الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
بيان آداب المجالسExplanation of the Etiquettes of Gatherings
بَابُ هَلِ الْأَفْضَلُ الْعَزَلَةُ عَنِ النَّاسِ أَوِ الْاخْتَلَاطُ بِهَمْ؟
Chapter: Is it better to isolate oneself from people or to mix with them?
Hadith 9521
عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ مِنْ سَرَايَاهُ قَالَ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِغَارٍ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ بِأَنْ يُقِيمَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْغَارِ فَيَقُوتُهُ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَيُصِيبُ مَا حَوْلَهُ مِنَ الْبَقْلِ وَيَتَخَلَّى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ أَنِّي أَتَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَإِنْ أَذِنَ لِي فَعَلْتُ وَإِلَّا لَمْ أَفْعَلْ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِغَارٍ فِيهِ مَا يَقُوتُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَالْبَقْلِ فَحَدَّثَتْنِي نَفْسِي بِأَنْ أُقِيمَ فِيهِ وَأَتَخَلَّى عَنِ الدُّنْيَا قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنِّي لَمْ أُبْعَثْ بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَلَا النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ وَلَكِنْ بُعِثْتُ بِالْحَنِيفِيَّةِ السَّمْحَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَغَدْوَةٌ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَلَمَقَامُ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي الصَّفِّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in an army. A man passed by a low-lying place where there was also a spring of water. He thought that he should withdraw from the world and settle there; this water and the surrounding greenery would suffice for him. Then he decided that he would go to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and present this matter before him; if you permitted, then fine, otherwise not. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I passed by such-and-such a low-lying place; its water and greenery could suffice for my livelihood. I thought that I should withdraw from the world and settle there. (What do you think?) The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have not been sent with Judaism or Christianity; I have been sent with a gentle and easy Shari’ah. By Him in Whose hand is my soul! To go forth in the morning or evening in the path of Allah is better than the world and whatever is in it, and to stand in the ranks before the enemy is better than sixty years of prayer.
Hadith 9522
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ وَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُمْ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنَ الَّذِي لَا يُخَالِطُهُمْ وَلَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُمْ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ) خَيْرٌ مِنَ الَّذِي لَا يُخَالِطُهُمْ
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The believer who mixes with people and is patient over their harm is better than the one who neither mixes with people nor is patient over their harm.
Hadith 9523
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ مُؤْمِنٌ مُجَاهِدٌ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ يَعْبُدُ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ
Syedna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man said: O Messenger of Allah! Which people are the best? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The believer who strives in the way of Allah with his self and his wealth. He said: Then which person is the best? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then the person who worships his Lord in seclusion in a mountain pass and keeps people safe from his evil.
