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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل البر وصلة الرحمIssues of Righteousness and Maintaining Family Ties
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي تَعْرِيفِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِChapter on what has been narrated regarding the definition of righteousness and sin
Hadith 8986
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ جِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقَالَ جِئْتَ تَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ فَقُلْتُ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ الْبِرُّ مَا انْشَرَحَ لَهُ صَدْرُكَ وَالْإِثْمُ مَا حَاكَ فِي صَدْرِكَ وَإِنْ أَفْتَاكَ عَنْهُ النَّاسُ
(Second chain) He says: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to ask about virtue and sin. He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Have you come to ask about virtue and sin? I said: By the One Who sent you with the truth, I have not come to ask about anything else. He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Virtue is that which brings expansion to your heart, and sin is that which causes uneasiness in your chest, even if people keep giving you legal opinions.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … When there is no openness of heart (inshirah al-sadr) regarding a matter, rather a kind of doubt or uncertainty arises, and there is a suspicion that it may be sinful, then it should be abandoned.
