حَدَّثَنَا
هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ
ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِي مُوسَى ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا مَرَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي مَجْلِسٍ ، أَوْ سُوقٍ وَبِيَدِهِ نَبْلٌ ، فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِنِصَالِهَا ، ثُمَّ لِيَأْخُذْ بِنِصَالِهَا ، ثُمَّ لِيَأْخُذْ بِنِصَالِهَا " ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى : وَاللَّهِ مَا مُتْنَا حَتَّى سَدَّدْنَاهَا بَعْضُنَا فِي وُجُوهِ بَعْضٍ .
Abu Musa reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: When any one of you happens to go to a meeting or the bazar with an arrow in his hand he must grasp its pointed head; then (he again said): He must grasp its pointed head. Abu Musa said: By Allah, we did not court death until some of us had flung arrows upon the faces of one another.
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Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: He who amongst you moves in the mosque or in the bazar and there is an arrow with him he should take hold of its iron-head in his palm, so that none amongst the Muslims should receive any injury from it, or he said, should catch its iron-head.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: The instruction and emphasis of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was that wherever there is a gathering of people, no one should carry a weapon or any dangerous object in such a manner that it causes harm to others. However, contrary to his command, later people began to appear before one another carrying weapons, and today, unfortunately, people are being targeted with bombs and terrorism has become widespread. Even the houses of Allah, the mosques, are not safe from this. May Allah protect us from it.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6664