الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of a Man’s Responsibility to His Family
بَابُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ النَّاسَChapter: Whoever Does Not Thank People
Hadith 219
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ”قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِلنَّفَسِ: اخْرُجِي، قَالَتْ: لاَ أَخْرُجُ إِلاَّ كَارِهَةً.“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty says to a soul: 'Come out,' it says: 'I will not come out except with reluctance.'"
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The meaning of this hadith is that man is, by nature, ungrateful—even when his soul is separated from his body, he does not willingly entrust it to Allah with happiness. Whereas gratitude required that he should have handed it over to Allah with joy, just as the heavens and the earth did. Allah the Exalted says:
﴿فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْاَرْضِ اِئْتِیَا طَوْعًا اَوْ کَرْهًا قَالَتَا اَتَیْنَا طَائِعِیْنَ﴾ (: Fussilat: 11)
“Allah the Exalted said to the heavens and the earth: ‘Come willingly or unwillingly.’ They said: ‘We come willingly.’”
The meaning of this hadith is that man is, by nature, ungrateful—even when his soul is separated from his body, he does not willingly entrust it to Allah with happiness. Whereas gratitude required that he should have handed it over to Allah with joy, just as the heavens and the earth did. Allah the Exalted says:
﴿فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْاَرْضِ اِئْتِیَا طَوْعًا اَوْ کَرْهًا قَالَتَا اَتَیْنَا طَائِعِیْنَ﴾ (: Fussilat: 11)
“Allah the Exalted said to the heavens and the earth: ‘Come willingly or unwillingly.’ They said: ‘We come willingly.’”
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 219
