سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب السنةModel Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
باب فِي ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَChapter: The Offspring Of Polytheists.
Hadith 4718
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ : " يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ أَبِي ؟ قَالَ : أَبُوكَ فِي النَّارِ فَلَمَّا قَفَّى ، قَالَ : إِنَّ أَبِي وَأَبَاكَ فِي النَّارِ " .
Anas said: A man asked: where is my father, Messenger of Allah? He replied! Your father is in Hell. When he turned his back, he said: My father and your father are in Hell.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Without faith and deeds, mere lineage and kinship are not a cause for salvation.
➋ All such narrations in which it is mentioned that the parents of the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) were brought back to life and accepted Islam are weak and not valid as proof.
➌ In this matter, silence is better than engaging in debate and discussion.
➊ Without faith and deeds, mere lineage and kinship are not a cause for salvation.
➋ All such narrations in which it is mentioned that the parents of the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) were brought back to life and accepted Islam are weak and not valid as proof.
➌ In this matter, silence is better than engaging in debate and discussion.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4718
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:
This hadith is absolutely explicit on this issue,
that the Prophet’s (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) father passed away in a state of disbelief.
In the presence of this, to use such verses and hadiths as evidence whose meanings and interpretations are subject to differing opinions,
and where all possibilities exist,
is not correct,
because the established principle among Muslims is: "When there is a possibility (of multiple meanings), the evidence is invalidated" (إِذَا جَاءَ الْاِحْتمَالُ بَطَلَ الْاسْتَدْلَالُ). To use as evidence (for a particular issue) something that has the possibility of several meanings
is not correct.
And to interpret "ab" (father) as "uncle" is a figurative meaning,
and for a figurative meaning, an indicator or proof is required,
which is not present here.
However, there is no need to engage in excessive debate and investigation on this issue,
therefore, it should not be made an unnecessary subject of discussion.
The main purpose of this hadith is,
that disbelief (kufr) is such a heinous crime that even the intercession of the greatest of personalities cannot deliver a disbeliever from Hell.
This hadith is absolutely explicit on this issue,
that the Prophet’s (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) father passed away in a state of disbelief.
In the presence of this, to use such verses and hadiths as evidence whose meanings and interpretations are subject to differing opinions,
and where all possibilities exist,
is not correct,
because the established principle among Muslims is: "When there is a possibility (of multiple meanings), the evidence is invalidated" (إِذَا جَاءَ الْاِحْتمَالُ بَطَلَ الْاسْتَدْلَالُ). To use as evidence (for a particular issue) something that has the possibility of several meanings
is not correct.
And to interpret "ab" (father) as "uncle" is a figurative meaning,
and for a figurative meaning, an indicator or proof is required,
which is not present here.
However, there is no need to engage in excessive debate and investigation on this issue,
therefore, it should not be made an unnecessary subject of discussion.
The main purpose of this hadith is,
that disbelief (kufr) is such a heinous crime that even the intercession of the greatest of personalities cannot deliver a disbeliever from Hell.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 500
