Textual Studies of the Hadith - National Open University of Nigeria

ISL222 TEXTUAL STUDIES OF THE HADITH
Commentary
This is another mercy which God has bestowed on us. He knows our
nature. Thus, He promised not to punish us for sins we commit out of
mistake or ignorance.
This means that since knowledge about life and how to live therein is a
gradual development, one can not know everything once and for all.
Some sins may be committed rather out of mistakes or ignorance and
still they will not be recorded against us.
At times a person may be coerced to do some things against his will;
God has vowed to overlook such actions. The tradition goes a long way
to explain the fact that God loves us and therefore does not want any
unnecessary hardship to befall us.
Lessons
The following lessons are derivable from the discussion above:
1. Sins committed out of mistakes are not punishable by God.
2. Anybody forced to act against his wish will not be punished.
3. It shows the love and kindness of Allah to us.
SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE 3
Explain vividly the message contained in hadith 39.
3.1.4 Hadith 40 Text Translation, Commentary and Lessons
َنوُعَبْرَلأْا ُثيِد َحْلا
يِف ْنُك ) : َلاَقَف ،يِبَكْنَمِب َمﱠلَسَو ِةْيَلَع ُﷲ يﱠلَص ُلوُسﱠرلا َذَخَأ : َلاَق ،اَمُھْنَع ُﷲ َيِضَر َرَمُع ِنْبا ِنَع
رِظَتْنَت ِ َلاَف َتْيَسْمَأ اَذإ : ُلوُقَي اَمُھْنَع ُﷲ َيِضَر َرَمُع ُنْبا َناَكَو
.( ٍليِبَس ُرِباَع ْوَأ ٌبيرَغ ِ َكﱠنَأَك اَيْنﱡدلا
هاور . َكِتْوَمِل َكِتاَيَح ْنِمَو ،َكِضَرَمِل َكِتﱠحِص ْنِم ْذُخَو ،َءاَسَمْلا ِرِظَتْنَت َلاَف َت ْحَب ْصَأ اَذإَو ،َحاَبﱠصلا
.[ 6416 : مقر ] يراخبلا
Translation
Hadith 40
From Ibn ‘Umar who said: ‘the Apostle of God took me by the shoulder
and said: ‘be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler’.’’
now Ibn ‘Umar used to say: ‘when evening comes on you do not expect
morning, and when morning comes do not expect evening. Take from
your health (a precaution) for your sickness and from your life for your
death.’ Bukhari relates this.
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