سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب المساجد والجماعاتThe Book On The Mosques And The Congregations
بَابُ : التَّغْلِيظِ فِي التَّخَلُّفِ عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِChapter: Severe warning Against Missing Prayer In Congregation
Hadith 794
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِينَاءَ ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ، وَابْنُ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَلَى أَعْوَادِهِ : " لَيَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَقْوَامٌ عَنْ وَدْعِهِمُ الْجَمَاعَاتِ ، أَوْ لَيَخْتِمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ ، ثُمَّ لَيَكُونُنَّ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ " .
´Ibn 'Abbas and Ibn 'Umar narrated that:` They heard the Prophet say on his pulpit: "People should desist from failing to attend the congregations, otherwise Allah will seal their hearts, and they will be among the negligent."
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
The purpose of mentioning an individual's mistake in front of everyone is so that others do not adopt their mistake and all people become alert.
(2)
The purpose of warning about a mistake without mentioning anyone's name is so that the person realizes their mistake and their honor is also preserved.
(3)
Due to certain sins, a seal can be set upon the hearts, as a result of which the ability to perform good deeds in the future may be taken away.
(4)
Abandoning congregational prayer (salah bi-jama‘ah) is such a grave sin that its punishment may be received in this world itself in the form of a seal being set upon the heart.
(5)
Heedlessness (ghaflah) means that a person no longer feels or desires what is beneficial for them, nor do they feel or fear their own loss. This is a very serious spiritual disease, due to which there is a danger that a person may lose all awareness of good and evil, and ultimately end up in Hellfire. May Allah protect us from that.
(1)
The purpose of mentioning an individual's mistake in front of everyone is so that others do not adopt their mistake and all people become alert.
(2)
The purpose of warning about a mistake without mentioning anyone's name is so that the person realizes their mistake and their honor is also preserved.
(3)
Due to certain sins, a seal can be set upon the hearts, as a result of which the ability to perform good deeds in the future may be taken away.
(4)
Abandoning congregational prayer (salah bi-jama‘ah) is such a grave sin that its punishment may be received in this world itself in the form of a seal being set upon the heart.
(5)
Heedlessness (ghaflah) means that a person no longer feels or desires what is beneficial for them, nor do they feel or fear their own loss. This is a very serious spiritual disease, due to which there is a danger that a person may lose all awareness of good and evil, and ultimately end up in Hellfire. May Allah protect us from that.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 794
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1371. Commentary: The person who neglects such an important act of worship as Jumu‘ah (Friday prayer), and does so repeatedly, will also not give importance to other acts of worship, and one by one, other acts of worship will also be abandoned by him. The result of this is that the person will, in practice, become a hypocrite, and his heart will become rusted, due to which the love of Allah and the love of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) will be overcome (i.e., diminished). This is what is meant by the sealing (of the heart). And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1371
