سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الزهدChapters on Zuhd
بَابُ : الْمُدَاوَمَةِ عَلَى الْعَمَلِChapter: Persisting in a good deed
Hadith 4239
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ , عَنْ سُفْيَانَ , عَنْ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ , عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ , عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الْكَاتِبِ التَّمِيمِيِّ الْأُسَيِّدِيِّ , قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ , حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْيَ الْعَيْنِ , فَقُمْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ , قَالَ : فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كُنَّا فِيهِ , فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ , فَقُلْتُ : نَافَقْتُ نَافَقْتُ , فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : إِنَّا لَنَفْعَلُهُ , فَذَهَبَ حَنْظَلَةُ فَذَكَرَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَالَ : " يَا حَنْظَلَةُ , لَوْ كُنْتُمْ كَمَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ أَوْ عَلَى طُرُقِكُمْ يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةً وَسَاعَةً " .
´It was narrated that Hanzalah Tamimi Al-Usaiyidi, the scribe, said:` “We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we spoke of Paradise and Hell until it was as if we could see them. Then I got up and went to my family and children, and I laughed and played (with them). Then I remembered how we had been, and I went out and met Abu Bakr, and said: ‘I have become a hypocrite!’ Abu Bakr said: ‘We all do that.’” So Hanzalah went and mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: “O Hanzalah, if you were (always) as you are with me, the angels would shake hands with you in your beds and in your streets. O Hanzalah, there is a time for this and a time for that.”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) were extremely cautious regarding their faith and the states of their hearts, and they feared that due to some unintentional mistake, their ranks might be diminished.
➋ The states of the heart continue to change.
➌ Fulfilling the rights of one's wife and children, and being engaged in worldly matters within the bounds of the Shari'ah, is something that is legislatively required.
➍ Man has been declared superior to the angels (in certain respects). The reason for this is that man is surrounded by such circumstances that distract him from Allah, yet despite this, he remembers Allah and worships Him.
➊ The noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum ajma'in) were extremely cautious regarding their faith and the states of their hearts, and they feared that due to some unintentional mistake, their ranks might be diminished.
➋ The states of the heart continue to change.
➌ Fulfilling the rights of one's wife and children, and being engaged in worldly matters within the bounds of the Shari'ah, is something that is legislatively required.
➍ Man has been declared superior to the angels (in certain respects). The reason for this is that man is surrounded by such circumstances that distract him from Allah, yet despite this, he remembers Allah and worships Him.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4239
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
‘Aafasna:
We mingle,
become occupied,
al-dhiyā‘āt,
Plural of dhiy‘ah,
estate,
land or business.
Benefits and Issues:
The duty and task of the angels is to remain constantly engaged in remembrance and contemplation without any laziness or weakness, and the duty and task of Satan is to be constantly engaged in evil and corruption. As for humans, sometimes they are engaged in remembrance and contemplation, and at other times they spend time in fulfilling the necessities of life.
It is not possible for them to remain engaged in remembrance and contemplation at all times.
Therefore, not remaining in the same state and condition at all times
is not hypocrisy (nifaq).
Being occupied with the affairs of life is also a natural and innate demand for him.
Rather, keeping in view the divine instructions in the matters of life is also remembrance (dhikr).
However, while acquiring the means of livelihood, it is necessary to avoid disobedience to Allah.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
‘Aafasna:
We mingle,
become occupied,
al-dhiyā‘āt,
Plural of dhiy‘ah,
estate,
land or business.
Benefits and Issues:
The duty and task of the angels is to remain constantly engaged in remembrance and contemplation without any laziness or weakness, and the duty and task of Satan is to be constantly engaged in evil and corruption. As for humans, sometimes they are engaged in remembrance and contemplation, and at other times they spend time in fulfilling the necessities of life.
It is not possible for them to remain engaged in remembrance and contemplation at all times.
Therefore, not remaining in the same state and condition at all times
is not hypocrisy (nifaq).
Being occupied with the affairs of life is also a natural and innate demand for him.
Rather, keeping in view the divine instructions in the matters of life is also remembrance (dhikr).
However, while acquiring the means of livelihood, it is necessary to avoid disobedience to Allah.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6966
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
From this hadith, it is understood that by sitting in the company of righteous people, fear of Allah is instilled in the hearts, the Hereafter is remembered, and the desire for the world diminishes.
1:
From this hadith, it is understood that by sitting in the company of righteous people, fear of Allah is instilled in the hearts, the Hereafter is remembered, and the desire for the world diminishes.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2452
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
In this hadith, the asceticism, piety, and God-consciousness (taqwa) of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) are mentioned.
It is understood from this that a person's state and condition are not always the same,
rather, they continue to change.
Therefore, whenever a person becomes heedless, he should engage abundantly in the remembrance of Allah,
and the state in which heedlessness overcomes him should not be considered as hypocrisy (nifaq),
because it is not possible for a person to always obligate himself to remain in the same state and condition.
Furthermore, it is also understood from this that even the faith (iman) of a single individual fluctuates from time to time, increasing and decreasing.
Note:
(For a corroborating narration (shahid) of this hadith, see: 2526)
1:
In this hadith, the asceticism, piety, and God-consciousness (taqwa) of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) are mentioned.
It is understood from this that a person's state and condition are not always the same,
rather, they continue to change.
Therefore, whenever a person becomes heedless, he should engage abundantly in the remembrance of Allah,
and the state in which heedlessness overcomes him should not be considered as hypocrisy (nifaq),
because it is not possible for a person to always obligate himself to remain in the same state and condition.
Furthermore, it is also understood from this that even the faith (iman) of a single individual fluctuates from time to time, increasing and decreasing.
Note:
(For a corroborating narration (shahid) of this hadith, see: 2526)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2514
