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Sahih al-Bukhari 39

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ مُطَهَّرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ مَعْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الدِّينَ يُسْرٌ، وَلَنْ يُشَادَّ الدِّينَ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ غَلَبَهُ، فَسَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا، وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالْغَدْوَةِ وَالرَّوْحَةِ وَشَىْءٍ مِنَ الدُّلْجَةِ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by worshipping in the mornings, the afternoons, and during the last hours of the nights.” (See Fath-ul-Bari, Page 102, Vol).

আবূ হুরাইরাহ (রাযি.) হতে বর্ণিত। নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ নিশ্চয়ই দ্বীন সহজ। দ্বীন নিয়ে যে বাড়াবাড়ি করে দ্বীন তার উপর জয়ী হয়। কাজেই তোমরা মধ্যপন্থা অবলম্বন কর এবং (মধ্যপন্থার) নিকটে থাক, আশান্বিত থাক এবং সকাল-সন্ধ্যায় ও রাতের কিছু অংশে (‘ইবাদাত সহযোগে) সাহায্য চাও। (৫৬৭৩, ৬৪৬৩, ৭২৩৫)

ہم سے عبدالسلام بن مطہر نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا کہ ہم کو عمر بن علی نے معن بن محمد غفاری سے خبر دی، وہ سعید بن ابوسعید مقبری سے، وہ ابوہریرہ سے کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا بیشک دین آسان ہے اور جو شخص دین میں سختی اختیار کرے گا تو دین اس پر غالب آ جائے گا ( اور اس کی سختی نہ چل سکے گی ) پس ( اس لیے ) اپنے عمل میں پختگی اختیار کرو۔

اور جہاں تک ممکن ہو میانہ روی برتو اور خوش ہو جاؤ ( کہ اس طرز عمل سے تم کو دارین کے فوائد حاصل ہوں گے ) اور صبح اور دوپہر اور شام اور کسی قدر رات میں ( عبادت سے ) مدد حاصل کرو۔ ( نماز پنج وقتہ بھی مراد ہو سکتی ہے کہ پابندی سے ادا کرو۔)

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdus Salam bin Muthahhar] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Umar bin Ali] dari [Ma'an bin Muhammad Al Ghifari] dari [Sa'id bin Abu Sa'id Al Maqburi] dari [Abu Hurairah] bahwa Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Sesungguhnya agama itu mudah, dan tidaklah seseorang mempersulit agama kecuali dia akan dikalahkan (semakin berat dan sulit).

Maka berlakulah lurus kalian, mendekatlah (kepada yang benar) dan berilah kabar gembira dan minta tolonglah dengan Al Ghadwah (berangkat di awal pagi) dan ar-ruhah (berangkat setelah zhuhur) dan sesuatu dari ad-duljah ((berangkat di waktu malam)

Ebu Hureyre r.a. dediki Nebiyy-i Muhterem sallallahu aleyhi ve sellem buyurdu ki: "Dîn kolaylıktır. Dini aşmak isteyen kimse, ona yenik düşer. O halde, orta yolu tutunuz, (elinizden gelenin) en iyisini yapmaya çalışınız, o zaman size müjdeler otsun; günün başlangıcından, sonundan ve bir miktar da geceden faydalanınız. Tekrar:

Sahih al-Bukhari 39, Book 2, Belief, Hadith 32. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) pointed out that the religion of Islam is built on facilitation and ease in all its affairs, and facilitation becomes more emphatic when there is an inability and need for it. Also, delving deeply into religious activities and abandoning moderateness finally leads to the inability and cessation of deeds, wholly or partially.

Then, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) urged moderation and refraining from excessive. So, a person should neither neglect his duties nor be burdened with things beyond his capacity. If he is unable to do a certain deed altogether, he should perform what is close to it. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) gave good tidings of a great reward for ongoing deeds, even if they are little, for those who are unable to perform the deeds completely.

This is because if the inability is not due to their own fault, it does not entail a reduction in their reward. Since this world is in reality a place of travel and transfer to the Hereafter, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to seek help, for the regular performance of worship, in the three times of activeness: First: Ghadwah: walking in the early morning - between the Fajr prayer and sunrise. Second: Rawhah: walking in the afternoon. Third: Duljah: walking in the whole night or part of it.

Since work at night is harder than the daytime, he enjoined part of it, saying: and part of the Duljah.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth shows the ease and tolerance of Islamic Shariah and its middle position between excess and neglect.
  • A person should fulfill a command to the best of his ability, neither taking it lightly nor overburdening himself with it.
  • A person should choose the times of activeness for the performance of worship. In these three times in particular, one's body becomes most energetic for worship.
  • Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalāni said: It is as if the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was addressing a traveler to a destination, and these three times are the best times for the traveler. So, he alerted him to the times in which he is active. If a traveler travels during both the night and day, he will become weak and cut off. But if he is keen to travel during these energetic times, he will be able to continue without difficulty.
  • Ibn Hajar said: There is a reference in the Hadīth to taking the Shar‘i dispensation, for choosing a determined course of action where a Shar‘i dispensation is available is regarded as immoderation. For example, a person refuses to perform Tayammum (dry ablution) when he is unable to use water, and his use of it leads to a harmful effect.
  • Ibn al-Munīr said: In this Hadīth is one of the signs that prove the Prophet's prophethood, for we have seen and the people before us have seen that every extremist in the religion will be cut off. The purpose is not to prevent the pursuit of the most perfect form of worship, which is commendable. Rather, it is to prevent excess that leads to boredom, or exaggeration in voluntary acts that lead to abandoning what is better or performing an obligatory act beyond its time, such as someone who spends the whole night praying and then sleeps and does not offer the Fajr prayer in congregation, or until the sun rises and the time for the obligatory prayer has passed.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Abd as-Salam ibn MutahharTold us, Third generation, died 224 AH
  3. 3Umar ibn AliTold us, Third generation, died 189 AH
  4. 4Man ibn MuhammadFrom, Successor
  5. 5Said ibn Abi Said al-MaqburiFrom, Successor, died 117 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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