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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكرIssues of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
بَابُ هلاك كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ لَمْ تَقُمْ بِهَذَا الْوَاجِبِChapter: The destruction of every nation that does not fulfill this obligation
Hadith 9545
اُردوEn
عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ((مَثَلُ الْقَائِمِ عَلَى حُدُودِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَالْمُدْهِنِ فِيهَا وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ وَالْوَاقِعِ فِيهَا كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ اسْتَهَمُوا عَلَى سَفِينَةٍ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَسْفَلَهَا وَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَعْلَاهَا فَكَانَ الَّذِينَ فِي أَسْفَلِهَا يَصْعَدُونَ فَيَسْتَقُونَ الْمَاءَ فَيَصُبُّونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ فِي أَعْلَاهَا فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِي أَعْلَاهَا لَا نَدَعُكُمْ تَصْعَدُونَ فَتُؤْذُونَنَا فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ فِي أَسْفَلِهَا فَإِنَّا نَنْقُبُهَا مِنْ أَسْفَلِهَا فَنَسْتَقِي قَالَ فَإِنْ أَخَذُوا عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ فَمَنَعُوهُمْ نَجَوْا جَمِيعًا وَإِنْ تَرَكُوهُمْ غَرِقُوا جَمِيعًا))
Narrated from Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of those who establish the limits of Allah and those who transgress them is like a group of people who drew lots for places in a boat for a sea journey. Some of them got seats in the lower part and some in the upper part. Those in the lower part, when they needed water, would go up to the upper part, and water would spill on those above. So the people above said: We will not let you keep coming up and causing us trouble. Hearing this, those below said: Then we will make a hole in our part to get water. If the people above hold their hands and stop them from doing so, they will all be saved. But if they leave them to their own devices, they will all be destroyed.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … A very clear example has been presented to make the people of knowledge understand their responsibility, whereas the outcome of the example mentioned in the hadith was drowning, and the outcome for those who do not fulfill the responsibility of conveying (tabligh) is eternal failure. We seek forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance.
