صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الأدبThe Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)
بَابٌ في الْهَدْيِ الصَّالِحِ:Chapter. The righteous way or guidance.
Hadith 6098
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ مُخَارِقٍ ، سَمِعْتُ طَارِقًا ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ " إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَأَحْسَنَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Narrated Tariq: `Abdullah said, "The best talk is Allah's Book (Qur'an), and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
The late Iqbal expressed the meaning of this hadith in the following way:
"Attach yourself to Mustafa, for the religion is entirely him; if you do not reach him, all you have attained is Abu Lahab’s scent."
The essence of religion is that one follows the footsteps of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) step by step. Apart from this, it is the religion of Abu Lahab; it is not the religion of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
The late Iqbal expressed the meaning of this hadith in the following way:
"Attach yourself to Mustafa, for the religion is entirely him; if you do not reach him, all you have attained is Abu Lahab’s scent."
The essence of religion is that one follows the footsteps of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) step by step. Apart from this, it is the religion of Abu Lahab; it is not the religion of Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6098
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
This hadith is mawquf (attributed to a Companion), though in some narrations it is reported from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in these words:
"The best speech is the Book of Allah, and the best way is the way of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)."
(Musnad Ahmad: 319/3)
(2)
The essence of religion is that in all matters, the character of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) should be adopted; anything besides this is not the religion of Muhammad, but rather the way of Abu Lahab. Allamah Iqbal has beautifully said:
(1)
This hadith is mawquf (attributed to a Companion), though in some narrations it is reported from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in these words:
"The best speech is the Book of Allah, and the best way is the way of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)."
(Musnad Ahmad: 319/3)
(2)
The essence of religion is that in all matters, the character of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) should be adopted; anything besides this is not the religion of Muhammad, but rather the way of Abu Lahab. Allamah Iqbal has beautifully said:
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6098
