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Sunan Ibn Majah 3976

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Part of a person’s goodness in Islam is his leaving alone that which does not concern him.”

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
8names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ شَابُورَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَيْوَئِيلَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Part of a person’s goodness in Islam is his leaving alone that which does not concern him.”

আবূ হুরায়রা (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ মানুষের জন্য ইসলামের সৌন্দর্য হচ্ছে তার অনর্থক কথাবার্তা পরিহার করা।

ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: کسی شخص کے اسلام کی خوبی یہ ہے کہ جس بات کا تعلق اس سے نہ ہو اسے وہ چھوڑ دے ۱؎۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hisyam bin 'Ammar] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Syu'aib bin Syabur] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al Auza'i] dari [Qurrah bin Abdurrahman bin Haiwa`il] dari [Az Zuhri] dari [Abu Salamah] dari [Abu Hurairah] dia berkata, "Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Tanda dari baiknya keIslaman seseorang adalah meninggalkan sesuatu yang tidak bermanfaat baginya

Ebu Hureyre (r.a.)'den rivayet edildiğine göre; Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) şöyle buyurdu, demiştir: ‘‘Kişinin boş işleri terk etmek İslamının güzelliklerindendir’’ Diğer tahric. Tirmizi, Hakim ve Beyhaki

Sunan Ibn Majah 3976, Book 36, Tribulations, Hadith 51. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (ﷺ) clarified that part of the perfection and beauty of a Muslim's Islam, and the completeness of his faith, is keeping away from what does not concern him, and what does not pertain to him, what does not benefit him of words and deeds, or matters of religion and worldly life that are of no relevance to him. Being preoccupied with what does not concern a person may distract him from what truly does, or may lead him to what he must avoid. For indeed, a person will be held accountable for his deeds on the Day of Judgment.

What it teaches

  • People are of varying degrees in terms of their Islam, and it grows more excellent through some deeds.
  • Abandonment of idle and intrusive talk and action is a sign of the excellence of a person's Islam.
  • We are urged to preoccupy ourselves with religious and worldly matters that concern us. If it is part of the excellence of a person's Islam that he leaves what does not concern him, it is also part of its excellence that he gets preoccupied with what concerns him.
  • Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) summarized Wara‘ (piety/caution) in one sentence, saying: "Part of a person’s excellence in Islam is his leaving what does not concern him." This includes abandonment of what does not concern a person, like certain speech, looking, listening, striking, walking, thinking, and other movements, inward and outward. This is a sufficient and adequate statement on Wara‘.
  • Ibn Rajab said: This Hadīth is a fundamental principle of good manners.
  • We are urged to seek knowledge, for this is the means by which a person knows what concerns him and what does not.
  • Enjoining good and forbidding evil and rendering advice are among the things that should concern a person, for he is required to do them.
  • It falls under the general meaning of this Hadīth that we should keep away from what does not concern us among the things prohibited by Allah Almighty and disliked by the Prophet (ﷺ), and also those needless matters related to the Hereafter, like the facts of the unseen, and the details of the judgment among the creation; this also includes asking and searching about supposed issues that have not occurred, are unlikely to occur, or their occurrence is inconceivable.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Ibn Majah back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Ibn MajahCompiler, died 273 AH
  2. 2Hisham ibn AmmarTold us, Fourth generation, died 244 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn ShuaybTold us, Third generation, died 196 AH
  4. 4Al-AwzaiTold us, Third generation, died 157 AH
  5. 5Qurrah ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Third generation, died 147 AH
  6. 6Ibn Shihab az-ZuhriFrom, Successor, died 123 AH
  7. 7Abu Salamah ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Successor, died 94 AH
  8. 8Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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