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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل الترغيب فى الأعمال الصالحةIssues Encouraging Good Deeds
بَابُ فِي التَّرْغِيْبِ فِي خِصَالٍ مُجْتَمَعَةٍ مِنْ أَفْضَل أَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ وَالنَّهْي عَنْ ضِدُّهاChapter on encouragement towards combined qualities from the best of righteous deeds and prohibition of their opposites
Hadith 8959
اُردوEn
عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي عَمَلًا يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتَ أَقْصَرْتَ الْخُطْبَةَ لَقَدْ أَعْرَضْتَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ أَعْتِقِ النَّسَمَةَ وَفُكَّ رَقَبَةً فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوَلَيْسَتَا بِوَاحِدَةٍ قَالَ لَا إِنَّ عِتْقَ النَّسَمَةِ أَنْ تَفَرَّدَ بِعِتْقِهَا وَفَكَّ الرَّقَبَةِ أَنْ تُعِينَ فِي عِتْقِهَا وَالْمِنْحَةُ الْوَكُوفُ وَالْفَيْءُ عَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ الظَّالِمِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ فَأَطْعِمِ الْجَائِعَ وَاسْقِ الظَّمْآنَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تُطِقْ ذَلِكَ فَكُفَّ لِسَانَكَ إِلَّا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Teach me an action that will admit me into Paradise? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Although you have asked a brief question, the matter you have raised is great. The answer is that you should free a complete slave or contribute a share in the freeing of a slave. I said: Are ‘Itqun-Nasamah and Fakkur-Raqabah not the same thing? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, ‘Itqun-Nasamah means that you yourself free a complete slave, and Fakkur-Raqabah means that you contribute a share in the freeing of a slave; giving in charity an animal that gives much milk, showing kindness to an oppressive relative and doing good to him. So if you do not have the strength for this, then feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, enjoin good and forbid evil. And if you do not have the strength for even this, then restrain your tongue, except for matters of goodness.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … It is understood from this that the minimum level of goodness is that a person does not misuse his tongue, because if a person does not have the ability to perform any (good) deed, then at least it is within his capacity to keep his tongue under control. Yes, if there is something good to say, then he should say it.
But the situation is such that people are able to perform great deeds, yet they are unable to control their tongues.
But the situation is such that people are able to perform great deeds, yet they are unable to control their tongues.
