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الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Mutual Love Among People
بَابُ الْبُخْلِChapter: Stinginess
Hadith 297
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلامٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَرَّادٌ كَاتِبُ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ: كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ: أَنِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُغِيرَةُ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَنْهَى عَنْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ، وَإِضَاعَةِ الْمَالِ، وَكَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ، وَعَنْ مَنْعٍ وَهَاتِ، وَعُقُوقِ الأُمَّهَاتِ، وَعَنْ وَأْدِ الْبَنَاتِ.
It is narrated from Warad that Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) asking him to write any hadith he had heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade idle talk and gossip, wasting wealth, and excessive questioning. He also forbade withholding (charity), demanding from people, disobedience to mothers, and burying daughters alive.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
➊ This narration has already been mentioned earlier under number 16; however, only the mention of excessive questioning, idle talk, and squandering of wealth was there. Its detailed benefits have already been discussed in that context.
➋ The meaning of "man‘ wa hat" is to not fulfill what is obligatory upon oneself and to withhold it, that is, to act with miserliness, and to demand what is not one’s right, that is, to neglect the obligatory rights of others while remembering one’s own recommended (mustahabb) acts. This is the worst example of miserliness.
➊ This narration has already been mentioned earlier under number 16; however, only the mention of excessive questioning, idle talk, and squandering of wealth was there. Its detailed benefits have already been discussed in that context.
➋ The meaning of "man‘ wa hat" is to not fulfill what is obligatory upon oneself and to withhold it, that is, to act with miserliness, and to demand what is not one’s right, that is, to neglect the obligatory rights of others while remembering one’s own recommended (mustahabb) acts. This is the worst example of miserliness.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 297
