1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

There is No Monasticism in Islam
Allah says;
یَا أَی ُّهَا ال َّذِینَ‏ آمَنُواْ‏ لاَ‏ تُحَر ِّمُواْ‏ طَي ِّبَاتِ‏ مَا أَحَل َّ اللّهُ‏ لَكُمْ‏ ...
O you who believe! Make not unlawful the good things
which Allah has made lawful to you,
Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn Abbas said,
"This Ayah was revealed about some of the
Companions of the Prophet who said, `We should
cut off our male organs, abandon the desires of
this life and travel in the land, just as the
Ruhban (monks) do.' When the Prophet heard of
this statement, he summoned them and asked
them if they made this statement and they
answered `Yes.'
The Prophet said,
لكِن ِّي أَصُومُ‏ وَأُفْطِرُ،‏ وَأُصَل ِّي،‏ وَأَنَامُ،‏ وَأَنْكِحُ‏ الن ِّسَاءَ،‏ فَمَنْ‏ أَخَ‏ ‏َذ
بِسُن َّتِي فَهُوَ‏ مِن ِّي،‏ وَمَنْ‏ لَمْ‏ یَأْخُذْ‏ بِسُن َّتِي فَلَيْسَ‏ مِن ِّي
I fast and break my fast, pray and sleep, and
marry women. Whoever follows my Sunnah is of
me, and whoever abandons my Sunnah is not of
me.''
Ibn Abi Hatim also collected this Hadith.
Ibn Marduwyah recorded that Al-Awfi said that
Ibn Abbas narrated a similar Hadith.
It is recorded in the Two Sahihs that Aishah said that;
some of the Companions asked the wives of the
Prophet about the acts of worship that he
performed in private.
One of them said, "I will not eat meat,'' another
said, "I will not marry women,'' while the third
said, "I will not sleep on the bed.''
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