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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأدب
General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب لاَ يَقُولُ الْمَمْلُوكُ " رَبِّي وَرَبَّتِي "
Chapter: The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati (My lord, My lady).
Sunan Abu Dawud 4977 — The slave should not say Rabbi or Rabbati
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا تَقُولُوا لِلْمُنَافِقِ : سَيِّدٌ ، فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ يَكُ سَيِّدًا فَقَدْ أَسْخَطْتُمْ رَبَّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " .
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not call a hypocrite sayyid (master), for if he is a sayyid, you will displease your Lord, Most High.
Brief Explanation
1؎: Because you called him "Sayyid" (master) and thus honored him, even though he is not deserving of such honor, and if he is not a Sayyid in any of those meanings, then your calling him "Sayyid" will be a lie and hypocrisy.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The command of Allah, the Exalted, is: (And to Allah belongs all honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers) (: Al-Munafiqun: 8). Honor belongs only to Allah, to His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and to the believers.
It is not permissible to honor a hypocrite in this manner.
The command of Allah, the Exalted, is: (And to Allah belongs all honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers) (: Al-Munafiqun: 8). Honor belongs only to Allah, to His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and to the believers.
It is not permissible to honor a hypocrite in this manner.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4977
