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Sahih Muslim 55a

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The Religion is sincerity.” We said, “To whom?” He said “To Allah, to His Book, To His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their masses.”

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ

قَالَ قُلْتُ لِسُهَيْلٍ إِنَّ عَمْرًا حَدَّثَنَا عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ، عَنْ أَبِيكَ، قَالَ وَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يُسْقِطَ، عَنِّي رَجُلاً قَالَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ الَّذِي سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ أَبِي كَانَ صَدِيقًا لَهُ بِالشَّامِ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ «قُلْنَا لِمَنْ قَالَ: «لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The Religion is sincerity.” We said, “To whom?” He said “To Allah, to His Book, To His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their masses.”

۔ جراح بن ملیح کہتے ہیں : میں نے جابر بن یزید ( جعفی ) کو یہ کہتے سنا : میرے ابو جعفر ( محمد باقر بن علی بن حسین بن علی ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ ) کی ستر ہزار حدیثیں ہیں جو سب کی سب رسول اللہﷺ سے ( روایت کی گئی ) ہیں ۔

(Bize Hasenü'l-Hulvânî dahi rivâyet etti. ki): Bize Ebû Yahya el-Hımmâni rivâyet etti. ki): Bize Kabîsa ile kardeşi rivâyet ettiler. İkisi de: el-Cerrâh b. Melih'i şunu söylerken işitmiştir: Bende hepsini Ebû Ca'ferden duyduğum, onunda Nebî (sallallahü aleyhi ve sellem)’den naklettiği yetmiş bin hadîs vardır; derken işittim

Sahih Muslim 55a, Book 1, The Book of Faith, Hadith 103. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the religion rests upon sincerity and truthfulness, to be observed as Allah ordained, in a perfect manner without shortcomings or deception. It was said to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): To whom should sincerity be?

He said: First: Sincerity should be to Allah Almighty: by performing deeds sincerely for His sake, not associating partners with Him, believing in His lordship, divinity, names, and attributes, venerating His command, and calling people to believe in Him. Second: Sincerity should be to His Book, namely the noble Qur’an: by believing that it is His speech and the last book revealed by Him and that it superseded all the legislations before it - and by revering it,

reciting it correctly, acting upon its definite verses and accepting its ambiguous ones, defending it against the misinterpretation of those who seek to distort it, heeding its lessons and admonitions, spreading its knowledge, and calling people to it. Third: Sincerity should be to His Messenger Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): by believing that he is the last Messenger,

believing him in all that he came with, observing his commands and prohibitions, worshiping Allah only according to what he came with, venerating and revering him, spreading his call, disseminating his Shariah, and negating the accusations leveled against him. Fourth: Sincerity should be to the leaders of the Muslims: by helping them in what is right, not fighting them over power, and hearing and obeying them in what is pleasing to Allah. Fifth: Sincerity should be to the Muslims: by showing kindness to them, calling them to Allah, averting harm from them, wishing good for them, and cooperating with them in righteousness and piety.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth commands us to be sincere to everyone.
  • Sincerity occupies great status in the religion.
  • The religion comprises beliefs, words, and deeds.
  • An aspect of sincerity is to rid oneself of deception toward the one to whom sincerity is addressed and to wish good for him.
  • The Hadīth highlights the Prophet's good approach to teaching, as he would briefly mention something and then explain it in detail.
  • First things first. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) began with sincerity to Allah, then to His Book, then to His Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), then to the leaders of the Muslims, and then to the common Muslims.

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. 2Muhammad ibn AbbadTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Sufyan ibn UyaynahTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH

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