Textual Studies of the Hadith - National Open University of Nigeria

ISL222 TEXTUAL STUDIES OF THE HADITH
3.1 Hadith 34, 35 and 36, Commentary and
Lesson
3.1.1 Hadith 34: Text, Translation, Commentary and
Lessons
نوثلاثلاو عبارلا ثي دحلا
ْنَم ) : ُلوُقَي
َمﱠلَسَو ِهْيَلَع ِﷲ ﱠيلَص ِﷲ َلوُسَر ُتْعِمَس : َلاَق ،ُهْنَع ُﷲ َيِضَر ﱢيرْدُخْلا ِ ِديِعَس يِبَأ ْنَع
ُفَعْضَأ َكِلَذَو ،ِهِبْلَقِبَف ْعِطَتْسَي ْمَل ْنِإَف ،ِهِناَسِلِبَف ْعِطَتْسَي ْمَل ْنِإَف ،ِهِدَيِب ُهُرﱢيَغُيْلَف اًرَكْنُم ْمُكْنِم ىَأَر
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ملسم هاور .( ِناَميِلإْا
Translation
Hadith 34
From Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudri who said: I heard the apostle of God say:
‘When anyone of you notices anything that is disapproved of (by God),
let him change it with his hand, or if that is not possible then with his
tongue, or if that is not possible then with his heart, though this is the
weakest (kind of) faith.’ A Muslim relates it.
Commentary
This life is full of atrocities which are prohibited by Islam. Muslims are
already aware of these prohibited things. It is then incumbent on us to
try, within our means, to ward off any abnormality in the society any
time we notice it. However, this hadith mentions three ways by which
we can effect necessary corrections depending on the situation or
circumstances of the occurrence. At times we may result to the last
mode (using our heart) to reject any atrocity. We should however not be
using this style always as it is tagged the weakest faith. This is a very
good example of jihad for Muslims.
Lessons
The following lessons are derivable from the discussion above:
1. We are saddled with the responsibility of effecting correction of
any disapproved thing in our midst.
2. The best for a Muslim is to correct people to desist from bad
behaviours.
3. It is sin to overlook any atrocity thrive in the society when we
can at least codemn it in our mind.
SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE 1
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