صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الفضائلThe Book of Virtues
باب وُجُوبِ امْتِثَالِ مَا قَالَهُ شَرْعًا دُونَ مَا ذَكَرَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ مَعَايِشِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى سَبِيلِ الرَّأْيِ:Chapter: The Obligation To Obey What He Says With Regard To Matters Of Religion, But Not What He Says With Regard To Worldly Matters
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ، وَتَقَارَبَا فِي اللَّفْظِ ، وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ قُتَيْبَةَ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : " مَرَرْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، بِقَوْمٍ عَلَى رُءُوسِ النَّخْلِ ، فَقَالَ : مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ فَقَالُوا يُلَقِّحُونَهُ ، يَجْعَلُونَ الذَّكَرَ فِي الْأُنْثَى ، فَيَلْقَحُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَا أَظُنُّ يُغْنِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا ، قَالَ : فَأُخْبِرُوا بِذَلِكَ ، فَتَرَكُوهُ ، فَأُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنْ كَانَ يَنْفَعُهُمْ ذَلِكَ ، فَلْيَصْنَعُوهُ ، فَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا ظَنَنْتُ ظَنًّا ، فَلَا تُؤَاخِذُونِي بِالظَّنِّ ، وَلَكِنْ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنِ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا ، فَخُذُوا بِهِ ، فَإِنِّي لَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلّ " .
Musa bin Talha reported: I and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to pass by people near the date-palm trees. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What are these people doing? They said: They are grafting, i.e, they combine the male with the female (tree) and thus they yield more fruit. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I do not find it to be of any use. The people were informed about it and they abandoned this practice. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was later on informed that the yield had dwindled, whereupon he said: If there is any use of it, then they should do it, for it was just a personal opinion of mine, and do not go after my personal opinion; but when I say to you anything on behalf of Allah, then do accept it, for I do not attribute lie to Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Yulaqqihun:
The spathe of the male date palm is inserted into the spathe of the female date palm;
placing the blossom of the male date palm into the female date palm.
(2)
Yatalaqqah:
It becomes fruitful.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Yulaqqihun:
The spathe of the male date palm is inserted into the spathe of the female date palm;
placing the blossom of the male date palm into the female date palm.
(2)
Yatalaqqah:
It becomes fruitful.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6126
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
In worldly matters, every action is permissible unless it has been prohibited, but in acts of worship, only those actions are permissible which are established from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). To declare self-invented customs and actions as a means of reward is not correct; rather, such actions are innovations (bid‘ah), and committing them is sinful. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was a human being, so in worldly matters, he did not give his own opinion the same importance as the opinion of an expert in a particular profession.
(2)
It is not necessary for a prophet to be acquainted with the intricacies of every profession and every art; however, in those matters which pertain to the propagation and clarification of the Shari‘ah, the prophet receives complete guidance from Allah.
(3)
A true prophet cannot lie. And a person who is proven to have lied cannot be truthful in his claim to prophethood. One of the proofs of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani being a liar is that he told blatant lies in worldly matters and deceived the public. For example, he announced regarding his book "Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya" that it would consist of fifty parts. But when the first volume could not be published, he claimed that the publication of five parts fulfilled the promise of fifty parts. In addition to this, he told numerous lies and made false claims, the details of which can be seen in the book "Kadhbaat Mirza" and others by Shaykh al-Islam Maulana Thanaullah Amritsari rahimahullah.
(1)
In worldly matters, every action is permissible unless it has been prohibited, but in acts of worship, only those actions are permissible which are established from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). To declare self-invented customs and actions as a means of reward is not correct; rather, such actions are innovations (bid‘ah), and committing them is sinful. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was a human being, so in worldly matters, he did not give his own opinion the same importance as the opinion of an expert in a particular profession.
(2)
It is not necessary for a prophet to be acquainted with the intricacies of every profession and every art; however, in those matters which pertain to the propagation and clarification of the Shari‘ah, the prophet receives complete guidance from Allah.
(3)
A true prophet cannot lie. And a person who is proven to have lied cannot be truthful in his claim to prophethood. One of the proofs of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani being a liar is that he told blatant lies in worldly matters and deceived the public. For example, he announced regarding his book "Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya" that it would consist of fifty parts. But when the first volume could not be published, he claimed that the publication of five parts fulfilled the promise of fifty parts. In addition to this, he told numerous lies and made false claims, the details of which can be seen in the book "Kadhbaat Mirza" and others by Shaykh al-Islam Maulana Thanaullah Amritsari rahimahullah.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2470
