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Sunan Abi Dawud 4980

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Do not say: “What Allah wills and so and so wills,” but say: “What Allah wills and afterwards so and so wills.”

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Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا تَقُولُوا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ فُلَانٌ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ شَاءَ فُلَانٌ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Do not say: “What Allah wills and so and so wills,” but say: “What Allah wills and afterwards so and so wills.”

হুযাইফাহ (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ তোমরা বলো না যে, আল্লাহ যা চান এবং অমুক লোক যা চায়। সুতরাং তোমরা বলো, আল্লাহ যা চান, অতঃপর অমুক যা চায়।[1] সহীহ।

حذیفہ رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: تم یوں نہ کہو: جو اللہ چاہے اور فلاں چاہے ۱؎ بلکہ یوں کہو: جو اللہ چاہے پھر فلاں چاہے۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abul Walid Ath Thayalisi] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Syu'bah] dari [Manshur] dari [Abdullah bin Yasar] dari [Hudzaifah] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau bersabda: "Jangan kalian mengatakan 'Allah dan Fulan berkehendak', tetapi katakanlah 'Allah berkehendak kemudian fulan

Hz. Ebu Huzeyfe'den (rivayet edildiğine göre) Nebi (s.a.v.) şöyle buyurmuştur: "Allah ve falan kimse diledi demeyiniz. Fakat (önce) Allah sonra falan diledi, deyiniz

Sunan Abi Dawud 4980, Book 43, General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab), Hadith 208. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbids Muslims from saying: "What Allah wills and what so-and-so wills" in their speech, or saying: "What Allah wills and so-and-so". This is because Allah's will and determination are absolute and none shares them with Him. but using the conjunctive "and" denotes associating someone with Allah and regarding them as equals.

However, one should say: What Allah wills, then what so-and-so wills; thus, making the slave's will subordinate to Allah's will by saying "then" instead of "and", since "then" denotes sequence with a gap in time between the two things in sequence.

What it teaches

  • The prohibition of saying: "What Allah wills and what you will" and similar phrases where the conjunctive "and" is used to join something with the name of Allah, as this is deemed from the verbal Shirk.
  • The permissibility of saying: "What Allah wills, then what you will" and similar phrases where the conjunctive "then" is used to join something with the name of Allah, as this does not involve any prohibition.
  • Establishing will for Allah and for the slave and the fact that the slave's will follows the will of Allah Almighty.
  • The prohibition of associating partners to Allah in His will even verbally.
  • If the sayer believes that the slave's will is equal to the will of Allah Almighty in terms of comprehensiveness and absoluteness, or believes that the slave has an independent will, then, this constitutes major Shirk (polytheism). However, if he believes that he comes in a lower rank, then, this is minor Shirk.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Hisham ibn Abd al-MalikTold us, Third generation, died 226 AH
  3. 3Shubah ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  4. 4Mansur ibn al-MutamirFrom, Successor, died 132 AH
  5. 5Abdullah ibn YsarFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  6. 6Hudhayfah ibn al-YamanFrom, Companion, died 36 AH

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