Textual Studies of the Hadith - National Open University of Nigeria

ISL222 TEXTUAL STUDIES OF THE HADITH
towards guest. It is bad attitude to look down on or be careless to a
stranger that pays us a visit because we may not be in position to know
the personality of such a visitor.
Lessons
The following lessons are derivable from the hadith:
1. We should use decent expression which is part of faith in Islam.
2. Vulgar language should be avoided.
3. We should love our neighbours and be generous to them as
generosity is part of Islamic faith.
4. We should be generous to our guests and treat them well.
SELF-ASSESMENT EXERCISE 5
Give a concise comment to hadith 15.
3.1.6 Hadith 16 Text, Translation, Commentary, and Lessons
َلا ) : َلاَق . يِنِصْوَأ
Translation
Hadith 16
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َرَشَع ُسِداﱠسلا ُثيِد َحْلا
: َمﱠلَسَو ِهْيَلَع ُﷲ يﱠلَص ﱢيب ِ◌ﱠنلِل َلاَق ًلاُجَر ﱠنَأ ،ُهْنَع ُﷲ َيِضَر َةَرْيَرُھ يِبَأ ْنَع
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يراخبلا هاور .( ْبَضْغَت َلا ) : َلاَق ،اًراَرِم َدﱠدَرَف ( ْبَضْغَت
From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah’s peace and blessing be upon him, who
related that a man said to the Prophet, may the peace and blessing of
Allah be upon him: “admonish me”. He (the Prophet) said: “Do not get
angry” He (the man) then repeated the request several times (but the
Prophet) said: “Do not get angry” Al-Bukhari related it.
Commentary
This hadith advises against anger. If we consider the number of times
the Prophet advised one of his companion not to be angry, we should see
that the advice against anger is very emphatic.
In one moment of anger, man losses his sense of balance and control and
does a lot of things he dares not do under normal circumstance.
The result of anger may come in form of violence, quarrel and verbal
attacks and in process, serious sins are committed by man. This hadith
wants us to see anger as an enemy of man. So, we must seek caution and
suppress our emotion in the face of provocation – slight or utter.