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مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq
كتاب المناسكBook of Pilgrimage Rites
Obligation of Hajj and avoiding excessive questioning
Hadith 300
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ، نا شُعْبَةُ، نا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ، فَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَدَعُوهُ.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever matters I leave you with, then leave me with them (do not ask me about them). The people before you were destroyed because of asking too many questions of their prophets and differing with them. So when I command you regarding something, act upon it as much as you are able, and when I forbid you from something, then abstain from it."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits:
From the aforementioned hadith, it is understood that one should avoid excessive questioning, because the people of the past were destroyed due to their excessive questioning and their opposition to the commands given by the Prophets (alayhimus-salam). For example, the Children of Israel were commanded to slaughter a cow, but by asking unnecessary and futile questions, they entangled themselves in difficulty. (See Surah al-Baqarah, verses 67–71.) In the above hadith, it is stated: Whatever I command you, act upon it to the extent of your ability.
In this blessed statement, countless rulings are encompassed, upon which a person can act according to his ability. For example, the obligatory prayer (salah): in this, the connection to one’s physical strength is such that if a person cannot perform the prayer standing, then he should perform it sitting; if he cannot do so sitting, then lying down.
It is understood from the aforementioned hadith that whatever has been prohibited, abstaining from it is obligatory. However, a state of necessity (idtirar) is an exception, as Allah the Exalted says: ﴿وَ قَدْ فَصَّلَ لَکُمْ مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَیْکُمْ اِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ اِلَیْهِ﴾ (al-An‘am: 119) “And He has detailed to you what He has forbidden you, except that to which you are compelled.”
It is thus understood that in a state of compulsion and necessity, the use of prohibited things to the extent of need is permissible and lawful.
By “state of necessity” is meant that condition which brings a person’s life close to death, or at the very least, in which one faces extreme hardship. (See also Hadith and Explanation 60)
From the aforementioned hadith, it is understood that one should avoid excessive questioning, because the people of the past were destroyed due to their excessive questioning and their opposition to the commands given by the Prophets (alayhimus-salam). For example, the Children of Israel were commanded to slaughter a cow, but by asking unnecessary and futile questions, they entangled themselves in difficulty. (See Surah al-Baqarah, verses 67–71.) In the above hadith, it is stated: Whatever I command you, act upon it to the extent of your ability.
In this blessed statement, countless rulings are encompassed, upon which a person can act according to his ability. For example, the obligatory prayer (salah): in this, the connection to one’s physical strength is such that if a person cannot perform the prayer standing, then he should perform it sitting; if he cannot do so sitting, then lying down.
It is understood from the aforementioned hadith that whatever has been prohibited, abstaining from it is obligatory. However, a state of necessity (idtirar) is an exception, as Allah the Exalted says: ﴿وَ قَدْ فَصَّلَ لَکُمْ مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَیْکُمْ اِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ اِلَیْهِ﴾ (al-An‘am: 119) “And He has detailed to you what He has forbidden you, except that to which you are compelled.”
It is thus understood that in a state of compulsion and necessity, the use of prohibited things to the extent of need is permissible and lawful.
By “state of necessity” is meant that condition which brings a person’s life close to death, or at the very least, in which one faces extreme hardship. (See also Hadith and Explanation 60)
Source: Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwayh, Page: 300
