Hadith 2853

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُمَحِيُّ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ سَمِعَهُ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْغَضُ الْبَلِيغَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِي يَتَخَلَّلُ بِلِسَانِهِ كَمَا تَتَخَلَّلُ الْبَقَرَةُ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ، وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ .
´Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah detests the excessive among men, who slaps his tongue around like the cow slaps his tongue."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الأدب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 2853
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، الصحيحة (878)
Hadith Takhrij «سنن ابی داود/ الأدب 94 (5005) ( تحفة الأشراف : 8833) ، وحإ (2/165، 187) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Just as a cow wraps fodder with its tongue and makes it its food, in the same way, a glib-tongued person keeps wrapping and twisting words as he continues to speak.
This situation especially occurs in the context of false statements.
Such eloquence and fluency is undesirable.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2853
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Eloquence and rhetorical skill are excellent qualities among people of knowledge and virtue; however, affectation, artificiality, and a manner of roaring are in no way commendable, either ethically or legally, especially when statements contrary to reality are fabricated.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5005