الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Grooming Others
بَابُ إِذَا ضَرَبَ الرَّجُلُ فَخِذَ أَخِيهِ وَلَمْ يُرِدْ بِهِ سُوءًاChapter: Striking brother's thigh without ill intent
Hadith 958
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ انْطَلَقَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قِبَلَ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ، حَتَّى وَجَدُوهُ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الْغِلْمَانِ فِي أُطُمِ بَنِي مَغَالَةَ، وَقَدْ قَارَبَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْحُلُمَ، فَلَمْ يَشْعُرْ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ظَهْرَهُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ”أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟“ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ الأُمِّيِّينَ، قَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ: فَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ؟ فَرَصَّهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: ”آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ“، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِابْنِ صَيَّادٍ: ”مَاذَا تَرَى؟“ فَقَالَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ: يَأْتِينِي صَادِقٌ وَكَاذِبٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”خُلِّطَ عَلَيْكَ الأَمْرُ“، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”إِنِّي خَبَّأْتُ لَكَ خَبِيئًا“، قَالَ: هُوَ الدُّخُّ، قَالَ: ”اخْسَأْ فَلَمْ تَعْدُ قَدْرَكَ“، قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَتَأْذَنُ لِي فِيهِ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”إِنْ يَكُ هُوَ لاَ تُسَلَّطُ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُ هُوَ فَلاَ خَيْرَ لَكَ فِي قَتْلِهِ.“ ¤ قَالَ سَالِمٌ: فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ: انْطَلَقَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ يَوْمًا إِلَى النَّخْلِ الَّتِي فِيهَا ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، حَتَّى إِذَا دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَفِقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَّقِي بِجُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ، وَهُوَ يَسْمَعُ مِنِ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ شَيْئًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرَاهُ، وَابْنُ صَيَّادٍ مُضْطَجِعٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فِي قَطِيفَةٍ لَهُ فِيهَا زَمْزَمَةٌ، فَرَأَتْ أُمُّ ابْنِ صَيَّادٍ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَهُوَ يَتَّقِي بِجُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ، فَقَالَتْ لابْنِ صَيَّادٍ: أَيْ صَافُ - وَهُوَ اسْمُهُ - هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ، فَتَنَاهَى ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”لَوْ تَرَكَتْهُ لَبَيَّنَ“. ¤ قَالَ سَالِمٌ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: قَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي النَّاسِ، فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللَّهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الدَّجَّالَ، فَقَالَ: ”إِنِّي أُنْذِرُكُمُوهُ ، وَمَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلا وَقَدْ أَنْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ، لَقَدْ أَنْذَرَ نُوحٌ قَوْمَهُ، وَلَكِنْ سَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ فِيهِ قَوْلا لَمْ يَقُلْهُ نَبِيٌّ لِقَوْمِهِ: تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ أَعْوَرُ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِأَعْوَرَ.“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went with a group of the Companions to Ibn Sayyad along with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), until they found him in a state where he was playing with boys near the fort of Banu Maghalah. At that time, Ibn Sayyad was close to puberty. He realized (their presence) when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) patted him on the back, then said: “Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?” He looked towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I bear witness that you are the Messenger of the unlettered (people). Then he said: Do you also bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pressed him firmly, then said: “I believe in Allah and His Messenger.” Then he asked Ibn Sayyad: “What do you see?” Ibn Sayyad said: Both the truthful and the liar come to me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Your matter has been confused for you.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) further said: “I have hidden something in my heart for you (tell me what it is).” He said: Dukhan (smoke). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Go away, you have not gone beyond your status.” Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted: O Messenger of Allah! Do you permit me to strike his neck? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If he is that one, i.e., the Dajjal, then you will not be able to overpower him, and if he is not, then there is no good for you in killing him.”
Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that he heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself and Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b (may Allah be pleased with him) went one day to the garden in which Ibn Sayyad was. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the orchard, he wanted to hear something from Ibn Sayyad before he saw him (to hear what he was murmuring), Ibn Sayyad was lying wrapped in a sheet on his bed and muttering. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was approaching, hiding behind the trunks of the date palms, when Ibn Sayyad’s mother saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and said to Ibn Sayyad: O Saf! (that was his name) Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is coming. So Ibn Sayyad became silent. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If she had left him to his state, the matter would have become clear.”
Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among the people, praised Allah as He deserves, then mentioned the Dajjal and said: “I warn you about him, and every Prophet has warned his nation about him. Even Nuh (peace be upon him) warned his people about him. But I will tell you something about him which no Prophet told his nation: You should know that he is one-eyed, and Allah, the Exalted, is not one-eyed.”
Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that he heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself and Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b (may Allah be pleased with him) went one day to the garden in which Ibn Sayyad was. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the orchard, he wanted to hear something from Ibn Sayyad before he saw him (to hear what he was murmuring), Ibn Sayyad was lying wrapped in a sheet on his bed and muttering. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was approaching, hiding behind the trunks of the date palms, when Ibn Sayyad’s mother saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and said to Ibn Sayyad: O Saf! (that was his name) Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is coming. So Ibn Sayyad became silent. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If she had left him to his state, the matter would have become clear.”
Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among the people, praised Allah as He deserves, then mentioned the Dajjal and said: “I warn you about him, and every Prophet has warned his nation about him. Even Nuh (peace be upon him) warned his people about him. But I will tell you something about him which no Prophet told his nation: You should know that he is one-eyed, and Allah, the Exalted, is not one-eyed.”
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
➊ In this narration, it is mentioned that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam struck Ibn Sayyad on the back, and his intention was not to cause harm. Since striking on the back is established, it can be analogized to striking on the thigh. From this, the heading of the chapter is substantiated.
➋ Ibn Sayyad was a Jewish boy who practiced various forms of trickery, and devils would cast strange and confusing things towards him. There were several traits in him that resembled the characteristics of the Messiah Dajjal, which led the noble Companions radi Allahu anhum to suspect that he might be the very Dajjal. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam investigated this matter.
➌ The Messiah Dajjal will be killed by Isa alayhis salam, therefore the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to our master Umar radi Allahu anhu that if this is the Messiah Dajjal, then you will not be able to kill him, and if he is not that Dajjal, then there is no benefit in killing him. Later, it became clear to the Prophet that he was not that Dajjal, so he addressed the Companions and informed them of the signs of the Messiah Dajjal.
➊ In this narration, it is mentioned that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam struck Ibn Sayyad on the back, and his intention was not to cause harm. Since striking on the back is established, it can be analogized to striking on the thigh. From this, the heading of the chapter is substantiated.
➋ Ibn Sayyad was a Jewish boy who practiced various forms of trickery, and devils would cast strange and confusing things towards him. There were several traits in him that resembled the characteristics of the Messiah Dajjal, which led the noble Companions radi Allahu anhum to suspect that he might be the very Dajjal. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam investigated this matter.
➌ The Messiah Dajjal will be killed by Isa alayhis salam, therefore the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to our master Umar radi Allahu anhu that if this is the Messiah Dajjal, then you will not be able to kill him, and if he is not that Dajjal, then there is no benefit in killing him. Later, it became clear to the Prophet that he was not that Dajjal, so he addressed the Companions and informed them of the signs of the Messiah Dajjal.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 958
