Textual Studies of the Hadith - National Open University of Nigeria

ISL222 TEXTUAL STUDIES OF THE HADITH
3.1.4 Hadith 20 Text, Translation, Commentary and Lessons
َنوُرْشِعلا ُثيِد َحْلا
ُﷲ يﱠلَص ِﷲ ُلوُسَر َلاَق : َلاَق ُهْنَع ُﷲ َىِضَر ﱢيِرَدَبْلا ﱢيِراَصْنَلأْا ٍرْمَع ْنُب ُةَبْقُع ٍدوُعْسَم يِبَأ ْنَع
ىَلو ) : َمﱠلَسَو ِهْيَلَع
ُ هاور .( َتْئِش اَم ْعَن ْصاَف ِحَتْسَت ْمَل اَذإ : لأْا ِةﱠوُبﱡنلا ِمَلاَك ْنِم ُساﱠنلا َكَرْدَأ اﱠمِم ﱠنإ
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Translation
Hadith 20
From Abū Mas‘ūd ‘Uqba bn. ‘Amr al-Ansarī, who was one of those
present at (the battle of) Badr, he said: “The Apostle of God said:
‘among the things that people comprehended from the words of the first
prophecy *was the statement): ‘If it does not cause you to be ashamed,
do whatever you wish’.” Bukhari relates it.
Commentary
Shyness is associated with shameful acts and shyness is part of faith.
Shameful deeds, in all ramifications, must be done away with. If we can
feel shy of shameful deeds, then we attain a greater level of faith.
If a thing is forbidden by Allah, a Muslim must feel shy to venture into
such act. Whereas, a Muslim should not fear men when carrying out a
lawful act. This means that anything one wants to do which can not
bring shame or dent one’s image or damage one’s reputation or the
reputation of one’s religion, one should not fear men.
Lessons
The Following Lessons Are Derivable From The hadith:
1. We should be ashamed of doing evil deeds.
2. We should not feel ashamed while carrying out lawful acts in the
presence of men.
3. Our actions should not be those that would bring a shameful
consequence upon us.
SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE 4
Revise the Arabic text of hadith 20 to gain fluency.
4.0 CONCLUSION
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