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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Sitting Wrapped in a Garment
بَابُ الاِحْتِبَاءِChapter: Wrapping oneself (Ihtiba’)
Hadith 1182
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي قُرَّةُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْهُجَيْمِيُّ، عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ الْهُجَيْمِيِّ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُحْتَبٍ فِي بُرْدَةٍ، وَإِنَّ هُدَّابَهَا لَعَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوْصِنِي، قَالَ: ”عَلَيْكَ بِاتِّقَاءِ اللهِ، وَلاَ تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا، وَلَوْ أَنْ تُفْرِغَ لِلْمُسْتَسْقِي مِنْ دَلْوِكَ فِي إِنَائِهِ، أَوْ تُكَلِّمَ أَخَاكَ وَوَجْهُكَ مُنْبَسِطٌ، وَإِيَّاكَ وَإِسْبَالَ الإِزَارِ، فَإِنَّهَا مِنَ الْمَخِيلَةِ، وَلاَ يُحِبُّهَا اللَّهُ، وَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ عَيَّرَكَ بِشَيْءٍ يَعْلَمُهُ مِنْكَ فَلاَ تُعَيِّرْهُ بِشَيْءٍ تَعْلَمُهُ مِنْهُ، دَعْهُ يَكُونُ وَبَالُهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَجْرُهُ لَكَ، وَلاَ تَسُبَّنَّ شَيْئًا“، قَالَ: فَمَا سَبَبْتُ بَعْدُ دَابَّةً وَلا إِنْسَانًا.
Narrated from Sayyiduna Salim bin Jabir Hijimi (may Allah be pleased with him) that I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was sitting with his knees drawn up, wrapped in a sheet, and the ends of the sheet were hanging over his blessed feet. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Advise me. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Fear Allah, and do not consider any good deed insignificant, even if you pour some water from your bucket into the vessel of one who asks for water, or speak to your brother with a smiling, cheerful face. And avoid letting your lower garment hang below the ankles, for this is out of arrogance, and Allah does not like it. And if someone reproaches you for something he knows about you, do not reproach him for a fault you know about him. Leave it; its burden will be upon him and its reward will be for you. And do not revile anything.” The narrator says: After that, I never reviled any human or animal.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The definition of ihtiba’ has already been mentioned in previous hadiths. If the entire body is covered with a single sheet and no separate trousers (shalwar) or similar garment is worn, then ihtiba’ is impermissible because there is a risk of the private parts (‘awrah) being exposed. However, if trousers (shalwar) or similar are worn separately, then there is no harm. The hadith refers to the second situation. It is also understood that letting trousers or a waist-wrapper (izaar) hang below the ankles is itself arrogance, and one should not let any opportunity for a good deed slip by, because one does not know which act Allah Ta’ala may like.
The definition of ihtiba’ has already been mentioned in previous hadiths. If the entire body is covered with a single sheet and no separate trousers (shalwar) or similar garment is worn, then ihtiba’ is impermissible because there is a risk of the private parts (‘awrah) being exposed. However, if trousers (shalwar) or similar are worn separately, then there is no harm. The hadith refers to the second situation. It is also understood that letting trousers or a waist-wrapper (izaar) hang below the ankles is itself arrogance, and one should not let any opportunity for a good deed slip by, because one does not know which act Allah Ta’ala may like.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 1182
