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Sahih al-Bukhari 7372

When the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sent Muadh to Yemen, he said to him, “You are going to a nation from the people of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them,…

Ibn Abbasnarrated it
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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا مَعْبَدٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

يَقُولُ لَمَّا بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُعَاذًا نَحْوَ الْيَمَنِ قَالَ لَهُ «إِنَّكَ تَقْدَمُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فَلْيَكُنْ أَوَّلَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ يُوَحِّدُوا اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فَإِذَا عَرَفُوا ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي يَوْمِهِمْ وَلَيْلَتِهِمْ، فَإِذَا صَلُّوا فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ زَكَاةً فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ تُؤْخَذُ مِنْ غَنِيِّهِمْ فَتُرَدُّ عَلَى فَقِيرِهِمْ، فَإِذَا أَقَرُّوا بِذَلِكَ فَخُذْ مِنْهُمْ وَتَوَقَّ كَرَائِمَ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ»

When the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) sent Muadh to Yemen, he said to him, “You are going to a nation from the people of the Scripture, so let the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tauhid of Allah. If they learn that, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them, five prayers to be offered in one day and one night.

And if they pray, tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Zakat of their properties and it is to be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor. And if they agree to that, then take from them Zakat but avoid the best property of the people.”

ইবনু আব্বাস (রাঃ) এর মুক্ত গোলাম আবূ মা‘বাদ (রহ.) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি ‘আবদুল্লাহ্ ইবনু ‘আব্বাস (রাঃ)-কে বলতে শুনেছি, যখন নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম মু‘আয ইবনু জাবাল (রাঃ)-কে ইয়ামান পাঠালেন, তখন তিনি তাঁকে বললেন, তুমি আহলে কিতাবদের একটি কাওমের কাছে যাচ্ছ। অতএব, তাদের প্রতি তোমার প্রথম আহবান হবে- তারা যেন আল্লাহর একত্ববাদকে মেনে নেয়।

তারা তা জেনে নিলে তাদেরকে জানিয়ে দাও যে, আল্লাহ্ দিনে রাতে তাদের প্রতি পাঁচ বার সালাত ফরজ করে দিয়েছেন। যখন তারা সালাত আদায় করবে, তখন তুমি তাদেরকে জানিয়ে দাও যে, তাদের ধন-সম্পদে আল্লাহ্ তাদের প্রতি যাকাত ফরজ করেছেন। তা তাদেরই ধনশালীদের থেকে গ্রহণ করা হবে। আবার তাদের ফকীরদেরকে তা দেয়া হবে। যখন তারা স্বীকার করে নেবে, তখন তাদের থেকে গ্রহণ কর। তবে লোকজনের ধন-সম্পদের উত্তম অংশ গ্রহণ করা থেকে বেঁচে থাক। [১৩৯৫]

اور مجھ سے عبداللہ بن محمد بن ابی الاسود نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا ہم سے فضل بن العلاء نے بیان کیا، ان سے اسماعیل بن امیہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے یحییٰ بن عبداللہ بن محمد بن صیفی نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے ابن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما کے غلام ابومعبد سے سنا، انہوں نے بیان کیا کہ میں نے عبداللہ بن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما سے سنا، انہوں نے کہا کہ جب رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے معاذ بن جبل رضی اللہ عنہ کو یمن بھیجا تو ان سے فرمایا کہ تم اہل کتاب میں سے ایک قوم کے پاس جا رہے ہو۔

اس لیے سب سے پہلے انہیں اس کی دعوت دینا کہ وہ اللہ کو ایک مانیں ( اور میری رسالت کو مانیں ) جب وہ اسے سمجھ لیں تو پھر انہیں بتانا کہ اللہ نے ایک دن اور رات میں ان پر پانچ نمازیں فرض کی ہیں۔ جب وہ نماز پڑھنے لگیں تو انہیں بتانا کہ اللہ نے ان پر ان کے مالوں میں زکوٰۃ فرض کی ہے، جو ان کے امیروں سے لی جائے گی اور ان کے غریبوں کو لوٹا دی جائے گی۔

جب وہ اس کا بھی اقرار کر لیں تو ان سے زکوٰۃ لینا اور لوگوں کے عمدہ مال لینے سے پرہیز کرنا۔

Telah menceritakan kepadaku [Abdullah bin Abu Al Aswad] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al Fadll bin Al 'Ala] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ismail bin Umayyah] dari [Yahya bin Muhmmad bin Abdullah bin Shaifi] ia mendengar [Abu Ma'bad] mantan budak Ibn Abbas, berkata, aku mendengar [Ibn Abbas] berkata, "Dikala Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam mengutus Mu'adz ke negeri Yaman, Nabi berpesan: "Wahai Mu'adz, engkau mendatangi kaum ahli kitab, maka jadikanlah materi dakwah pertama-tama yang engkau sampaikan adalah agar mereka mentauhidkan Allah ta'ala.

Jika mereka telah sadar terhadap hal ini, beritahulah mereka bahwa Allah mewajibkan lima shalat kepada mereka dalam sehari semalam. Jika mereka telah shalat, beritahulah mereka bahwa Allah mewajibkan zakat harta mereka, yang diambil dari yang kaya, dan diberikan kepada yang miskin, dan jika mereka telah mengikrarkan yang demikian, ambilah harta mereka dan jagalah harta mereka yang kesemuanya harus dijaga kehormatannya

İbn Abbas şöyle demiştir: Nebi Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem, Muaz'ı Yemen taraflarına vali olarak gönderince "(Ey Muazf) Şimdi sen ehl-i kitap olan bir kavim üzerine (vali) gidiyorsun. (Oraya vardığında) ilk vazifen Yemenlileri Yüce Allah'ı birleyip, tevhid etmeye çağırmak olsun. Bunu öğrendiklerinde Allah'ın kendilerine gece ve gündüz beş vakit namaz farz kılmış olduğunu haber ver.

Namaz kılmaya başladıklarında Allah'ın kendilerine mallarının zekatını farz kılmış olduğunu ve (bu zekatların) zenginlerinden alınıp, fakirlere verileceğini haber ver. (Yemenliler) bunu da ikrar ve kabul edince, onlardan (zekat) al fakat insanların mallarının en iyilerini almaktan sakın

Sahih al-Bukhari 7372, Book 97, Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed), Hadith 2. 1 min read

What it means

When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu‘ādh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) to Yemen to call its people to Allah and teach them, he clarified to him that he would meet Christian people and that he should first call them to what is more important and then to what is less important, and so on.

He should first call them to reform their creed by testifying that none is worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. This is because they enter Islam with this testimony. If they complied with that, he should then enjoin them to establish the prayer, for it is the most important obligation after the testimony of Tawhīd (monotheistic belief).

If they established the prayer, he should then order the rich amongst them to pay Zakah on their property to the poor amongst them. Thereafter, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warned him not to take their best property; instead, it is required to adopt a moderate approach in this regard. Then, he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to avoid oppression, lest an oppressed person might supplicate to Allah against him, as his supplication is readily answered.

What it teaches

  • The testimony that none is worthy of worship except Allah means that we should devote worship to Allah Almighty alone and shun the worship of all other things.
  • The testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah means to have faith in him and what he came with, to believe in him, and to believe that he is the last Messenger sent by Allah to all humankind.
  • Speaking to a knowledgeable person or someone with certain misconceptions differs from speaking to an ignorant one. Hence, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) alerted Mu‘ādh with his words: "You will come to a people of the Scripture."
  • It is important for a Muslim to have proper knowledge of his religion to get rid of the misconceptions of those who raise them.
  • It demonstrates the invalidity of the religion of the Jews and the Christians after the mission of Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and that they are not among the people who will attain salvation on the Day of Judgment unless they enter the religion of Islam and believe in the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).

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. 2Abdullah ibn MuhammadTold me, Fourth generation, died 223 AH
  3. 3Al-Fadl ibn al-AlaTold us, Third generation, died 200 AH
  4. 4Ismail ibn UmayyahTold us, Successor, died 139 AH
  5. 5Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn MuhammadFrom, Successor, died 111 AH
  6. 6Abu Mabad Mawla ibn Abbas SamiahHeard, Successor, died 104 AH
  7. 7Ibn AbbasHeard, Companion, died 65 AH

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