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Sahih Muslim 1337b

He heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Avoid that which I forbid you to do and do that which I command you to do to the best of your capacity. Verily the people…

Abd ar-Rahmannarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ

قَالَا كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ وَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَافْعَلُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَثْرَةُ مَسَائِلِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافُهُمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ»

He heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Avoid that which I forbid you to do and do that which I command you to do to the best of your capacity. Verily the people before you went to their doom because they had put too many questions to their Prophets and then disagreed with their teachings.

আবদুল ওয়ারিস ইবনু আবদুস সামাদ (রহঃ) ..... আয়িশাহ (রাযিঃ) নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে অনুরূপ হাদীস বর্ণনা করেছেন। তবে এ বর্ণনাতে এ কথাটুকু নেই যে, তিনি يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ (হে শানশাওকাতময়, দয়াবান) বলতেন। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১২১৩, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

شعبہ نے عاصم اور خالد سے روایت کرتے ہوئے عبداللہ بن حارث سے حدیث بیان کی ، انھوں نے حضرت عائشہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہم سے اور انھوں نے نبی ﷺ سے اسی کے مانند روایت کی ، مگر وہ ( شعبہ یا کے اضافے کے ساتھ ) یا ذاالجلال والاکرام کہا کرتے تھے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] dan [Ibn Numair], dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Muawiyah] dari ['Ashim] dari [Abdullah bin Harits] dari ['Aisyah] dia berkata; "Apabila Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam mengucapkan salam, beliau tidak duduk selain seukuran membaca bacaan "ALLAAHUMMA ANTAS SALAAM, WAMINKAS SALAAM, TABAARAKTA DZAL JALAALIL WAL IKRAAMI (Ya Allah, Engkau adalah Dzat Pemberi keselamatan, dan dari-Mulah segala keselamatan, Maha Besar Engkau Dzat Pemilik kebesaran dan kemuliaan)."

Dan dalam riwayat Ibn Numair disebutkan 'YA DZAL JALAALI WAL IKRAAMI (Wahai Dzat pemilik kebesaran dan kemuliaan)." Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibn Numair] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Khalid yaitu Al Ahmar] dari ['Ashim] dengan isnad ini, yaitu beliau bersabda dengan redaksi "YA DZAL JALAALI WAL IKRAAM (Wahai Dzat Pemilik kebesaran dan kemuliaan)."

Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdul Warits bin Abdushshamad] telah menceritakan kepadaku [bapakku] dari [Syu'bah] dari ['Ashim] dari [Abdullah bin Al Harits] dan [Khalid] dari [Abdullah bin Al Harits] keduanya dari [Aisyah] bahwa nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda sebagaimana di atas. Hanya saja dengan tambahan redaksi "YA DZAL JALAALI WAL IKRAAM (Wahai Dzat Pemilik kebesaran dan kemuliaan)

{….} Bize Abdülvâris b. Abdissamed rivayet etti. (Dediki) : Bana babam rivayet etti. (Dediki) : Bize Şu'be, Asım'dan, o da Abdullah b. Hâris'den bir de Hâlid'den, o da Abdullah b. Hâris'den rivayet etti, bunların ikisi de Aişe'den, Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'in yukarki hadisin mislini söylediğini rivayet ettiler. Şu kadar var ki Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) Ya ze'l-Celali ve'l-ikram diyormuş

Sahih Muslim 1337b, Book 43, The Book of Virtues, Hadith 171. 1 min read

What it means

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that if he forbade us from something, we must avoid it without exception, and if he ordered us to do something, we have to do it as much as we can. He then warned us against being like some of the previous nations, who asked their prophets excessive questions and disagreed with them, so Allah punished them with different types of destruction and ruin. We should therefore avoid being like them, so we will not be destroyed in the ways that they were.

What it teaches

  • It enjoins compliance with the commands and prohibitions.
  • We are not permitted to do anything of the prohibitions. With regard to the commands, however, we are required to comply according to our abilities. This is because the abandonment of something falls within one’s capacity, whereas taking a certain action requires ability.
  • It is prohibited to ask a lot of questions. The scholars divided questions into two types, one of which aims at learning things needed in the religion. This type is required, and it applies to questions the Companions used to ask. The other type is such questions that are posed by way of obstinacy and affectation, which is prohibited.
  • It warns the Ummah of disobeying the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), as happened in the past nations.
  • When something is prohibited, this applies to any part of it, great or small, for avoiding it requires avoidance of the action altogether. For example, we are prohibited from usury, and this applies to any amount of it, big or small.
  • We are required to shun the means conducive to something prohibited, for this falls under the meaning of avoidance.
  • Man has certain capacity and ability, as indicated by his words: “As much as you can.” This refutes the claim by the Jabriyyah (Determinism) doctrine that man has no ability because he is forced to do whatever he does; even when a person moves his hand during his speech, this, according to them, is out of his control and he is compelled to do so. This view is undoubtedly wrong, and it results in great evils.
  • When a person hears a command from the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), he should not ask whether it is obligatory or recommended; for he said: “Do it as much as you can.”
  • Whatever the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) commanded or prohibited is part of the Shariah, whether it exists in the Qur’an or not. We should observe the Sunnah if introduced something not in the Qur’an, be it a command or a prohibition.
  • One of the means to ruin is posing a lot of questions, especially about things that cannot be realized, like matters related to the unseen, the names and attributes of Allah, and the events on the Day of Judgment. Do not ask a lot about such matters, lest you ruin your life and become an obstinate and unnecessarily inquisitive person.
  • The past nations were ruined due to their frequent questioning and disobeying their prophets.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Harmalah ibn YahyaTold me, Fourth generation, died 243 AH
  3. 3Abdullah ibn WahbInformed us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4Yunus ibn Yazid al-AyliInformed me, Third generation, died 152 AH
  5. 5Ibn Shihab az-ZuhriFrom, Successor, died 123 AH
  6. 6Abd ar-Rahman ibn AwfInformed me, Companion, died 31 AH
  7. 7Said ibn al-MusayyibWith, Successor, died 87 AH

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