صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب البر والصلة والآدابThe Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
باب تَحْرِيمِ الظُّلْمِ:Chapter: The Prohibition Of Oppression
Hadith 2577
حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ الدَّارِمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيَّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيمَا رَوَى ، عَنِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " يَا عِبَادِي : إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا ، فَلَا تَظَالَمُوا ، يَا عِبَادِي : كُلُّكُمْ ضَالٌّ إِلَّا مَنْ هَدَيْتُهُ ، فَاسْتَهْدُونِي أَهْدِكُمْ ، يَا عِبَادِي : كُلُّكُمْ جَائِعٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَطْعَمْتُهُ ، فَاسْتَطْعِمُونِي أُطْعِمْكُمْ ، يَا عِبَادِي : كُلُّكُمْ عَارٍ إِلَّا مَنْ كَسَوْتُهُ ، فَاسْتَكْسُونِي أَكْسُكُمْ ، يَا عِبَادِي : إِنَّكُمْ تُخْطِئُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ، فَاسْتَغْفِرُونِي أَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ، يَا عِبَادِي : إِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَبْلُغُوا ضَرِّي ، فَتَضُرُّونِي وَلَنْ تَبْلُغُوا نَفْعِي ، فَتَنْفَعُونِي ، يَا عِبَادِي : لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ ، وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ ، كَانُوا عَلَى أَتْقَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ ، مَا زَادَ ذَلِكَ فِي مُلْكِي شَيْئًا ، يَا عِبَادِي : لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ ، وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ ، كَانُوا عَلَى أَفْجَرِ قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ ، مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا ، يَا عِبَادِي : لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ ، وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ ، قَامُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ ، فَسَأَلُونِي فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مَسْأَلَتَهُ مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا عِنْدِي ، إِلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْمِخْيَطُ إِذَا أُدْخِلَ الْبَحْرَ ، يَا عِبَادِي : إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ أُحْصِيهَا لَكُمْ ، ثُمَّ أُوَفِّيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْرًا فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ ، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ " ، قَالَ سَعِيدٌ : كَانَ أَبُو إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ جَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ .
Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: My servants, I have made oppression unlawful for Me and unlawful for you, so do not commit oppression against one another. My servants, all of you are liable to err except one whom I guide on the right path, so seek right guidance from Me so that I should direct you to the right path. O My servants, all of you are hungry (needy) except one whom I feed, so beg food from Me, so that I may give that to you. O My servants, all of you are naked (need clothes) except one whom I provide garments, so beg clothes from Me, so that I should clothe you. O My servants, you commit error night and day and I am there to pardon your sins, so beg pardon from Me so that I should grant you pardon. O My servants, you can neither do Me any harm nor can you do Me any good. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and even the whole of human race of yours, and that of jinns even, become (equal in) God-conscious like the heart of a single person amongst you, nothing would add to My Power. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours and that of the Jinns too in unison become the most wicked (all beating) like the heart of a single person, it would cause no loss to My Power. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours and that of jinns also all stand in one plain ground and you ask Me and I confer upon every person what he asks for, it would not. in any way, cause any loss to Me (even less) than that which is caused to the ocean by dipping the needle in it. My servants, these for you I shall reward you for thern, so he who deeds of yours which I am recording finds good should praise Allah and he who does not find that should not blame anyone but his ownself. Sa'id said that when Abu Idris Khaulini narrated this hadith he knelt upon his knees.
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حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ أَتَمُّهُمَا حَدِيثًا ،
The hadith is narrated through Abu Mushir from Sa'id bin 'Abdil'Aziz except that the previous hadith through Marwan was the more complete of the two.
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قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الْحَسَنُ ، وَالْحُسَيْنُ ابْنَا بِشْرٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَي ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ ، فَذَكَرُوا الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ .
This hadith is also transmitted through Ibna Bashr and Muhammad bin Muhammad through Abu Mashur through the same chain, narrated to its (full) extent
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى كلاهما ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيمَا يَرْوِي عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى : إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي الظُّلْمَ ، وَعَلَى عِبَادِي فَلَا تَظَالَمُوا ، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ ، وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ أَتَمُّ مِنْ هَذَا .
Abu Dharr (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that he reported it from his Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: Verily I have made oppression unlawful for Me and for My servants too, so do not commit oppression. The rest of the hadith is the same.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
I have made oppression unlawful for Myself:
I have established this principle and rule for Myself that I will not wrong (deprive of rights) anyone.
Because I am far above and exalted from committing oppression, and I have commanded you likewise,
because you are commanded (bound by the command).
(2)
As much as the needle diminishes:
As much as a needle diminishes,
that is, just as a needle does not decrease the water of the sea in any way, similarly, even if I fulfill the demands of every human being, there will be no decrease in My treasures, and this is merely for the purpose of explanation (to make it understandable).
Otherwise, the water of the sea is limited,
therefore, there is a possibility of decrease in it, but the treasures of Allah Ta’ala are unlimited,
so there is no possibility of decrease in them.
(3)
Makhyat:
Needle.
Benefits and Issues:
It is established from this hadith that whatever a human being receives,
he receives it by the tawfiq (divine enablement) and grace of Allah,
he cannot obtain anything on the basis of his own strength, power, or intelligence,
therefore, the request or appeal for the tawfiq and grace of everything should be made only to Allah,
it is not permissible to request or ask from anyone else, rising above means and resources, and a person’s good and evil,
or good and bad, do not cause any decrease or increase in the dominion of Allah, nor do they benefit or harm Him,
the effect of a person’s good and evil, benefit or harm, returns to himself, and the basis of his success or failure is his own actions,
if good deeds are accepted, then this is His grace and favor, and if there is accountability for evil deeds, then this is His justice and fairness,
therefore, a person should always keep accounting for his own conduct.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
I have made oppression unlawful for Myself:
I have established this principle and rule for Myself that I will not wrong (deprive of rights) anyone.
Because I am far above and exalted from committing oppression, and I have commanded you likewise,
because you are commanded (bound by the command).
(2)
As much as the needle diminishes:
As much as a needle diminishes,
that is, just as a needle does not decrease the water of the sea in any way, similarly, even if I fulfill the demands of every human being, there will be no decrease in My treasures, and this is merely for the purpose of explanation (to make it understandable).
Otherwise, the water of the sea is limited,
therefore, there is a possibility of decrease in it, but the treasures of Allah Ta’ala are unlimited,
so there is no possibility of decrease in them.
(3)
Makhyat:
Needle.
Benefits and Issues:
It is established from this hadith that whatever a human being receives,
he receives it by the tawfiq (divine enablement) and grace of Allah,
he cannot obtain anything on the basis of his own strength, power, or intelligence,
therefore, the request or appeal for the tawfiq and grace of everything should be made only to Allah,
it is not permissible to request or ask from anyone else, rising above means and resources, and a person’s good and evil,
or good and bad, do not cause any decrease or increase in the dominion of Allah, nor do they benefit or harm Him,
the effect of a person’s good and evil, benefit or harm, returns to himself, and the basis of his success or failure is his own actions,
if good deeds are accepted, then this is His grace and favor, and if there is accountability for evil deeds, then this is His justice and fairness,
therefore, a person should always keep accounting for his own conduct.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6572
