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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب السنةModel Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
باب فِي لُزُومِ السُّنَّةِChapter: Adherence To The Sunnah.
Hadith 4608
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَتِيقٍ ، عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ ، عَنْ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ " .
Abdullah bin Masud reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: Beware! The extremists perished, saying it three times.
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Brief Explanation
1؎: By « متنطعون» are meant those individuals who, exceeding the bounds, engage in futile debates following the ways of the theologians (ahl al-kalam) and philosophers, and who exert their intellects even in those matters that are beyond human reason. As a result, they stray far from the methodology of the Salaf. For such people, there is a severe warning in this, and it is evidence that rulings regarding the texts (nusus) should be based solely on their apparent meanings. As long as it is possible to take the apparent meaning, one should not deviate from it.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
It is obligatory to act upon the plain and commonly understood meanings of the Qur’an and Hadith.
Splitting hairs, bringing far-fetched interpretations, indulging in unnecessary complications, or causing others to become entangled in them is not part of the religion.
It is obligatory to act upon the plain and commonly understood meanings of the Qur’an and Hadith.
Splitting hairs, bringing far-fetched interpretations, indulging in unnecessary complications, or causing others to become entangled in them is not part of the religion.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4608
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that fasting on the day of Eid al-Fitr is prohibited because Allah, the Exalted, has designated it as the "Day of Breaking the Fast" after Ramadan—that is, a day for not fasting and for eating and drinking. Therefore, to fast on this day is to oppose the divine will. Fasting on the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr) is prohibited because it is a day for eating the meat of the sacrificial animals.
In other words, Allah, the Exalted, desires that on this day, the sacrifices made for the sake of attaining His pleasure and approval, His servants should eat the meat of those sacrifices, considering it a feast from Allah, the Exalted, and eat joyfully. And indeed, that person would be extremely arrogant and ungrateful who, on the day of Allah’s general invitation, deliberately chooses to fast.
In other words, Allah, the Exalted, desires that on this day, the sacrifices made for the sake of attaining His pleasure and approval, His servants should eat the meat of those sacrifices, considering it a feast from Allah, the Exalted, and eat joyfully. And indeed, that person would be extremely arrogant and ungrateful who, on the day of Allah’s general invitation, deliberately chooses to fast.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 2671
