RENAISSANCE JUNE 2020

30 Monthly Renaissance June 2020 Ḥ ad ī th Selections from Ḥ ad ī th Dr Shehzad Saleem 1. Refraining from Backbiting ﻦْ ﻋ ﻫﺮﻳْﺮة A¢ ن رﺳﻮْ ٰ ل ﷲ ﺻ d ٰ ﻋﻠ ﷲ A ﻴۡﻪ وﺳﻠ ﻗ ﻢ ﺎل ﺗﺪْروْ ن ﻣﺎ ﻟْﻐﻴﺒﺔ ﻗ ﻮْ ﺎﻟ ٰ ﷲ ورﺳﻮْ ﻟﻪ ﻋْﻠﻢ ﻗ ﺎل ك bْ ذ ﺧﺎك ﺑ ْ ه ﻗﻴ bْ~ ﻤﺎ ﻳ ﻞ b¿ ﻳْﺖ نْ j ﺎن B ْ A ﻣ E× ﺎ ل ﻗﻮْ ﻗﺎل نْ j ﻓ ﺎن ْ ﻴ ﻘﻮْ ﻪﻣﺎ لﻓﻘﺪْ ﻏْﺘﺒْﺘﻪو نْ ﻟﻢﻳﻜﻦْ ﻓﻴﻪﻓﻘﺪْ ﺑﻬﺘﻪ Ab ū Hurayrah (rta) reported that God’s Messenger (sws) said: “Do you know what is backbiting?” The companions replied: “God and His Messenger know best.” Thereupon, the Prophet (sws) said: “Backbiting implies you talk about your brother in a manner which he does not like.” It was asked: “What do you say if [the fault] I mention is actually found in my brother?” The Prophet (sws) said: “If it is actually found [in him] you [are guilty of] backbiting, and if it is not found in him, then you [are guilty of] slandering him.” 1 2. Gentleness ٰ ﻋﻠ ﷲ Ad ﺻ Á ﻋﻦْ ﺟﺮﻳﺮٍ ﻋﻦْ ﻟﻨ ﻴۡﻪ وﺳﻠ ﻢ ْ مْ ﻟْﺨ bْÎ مْ ﻟﺮﻓْﻖﻳ bْÎ ﻗﺎلﻣﻦْ ﻳ Jar ī r (rta) reported that the Prophet (sws) said: “He who is devoid of gentleness is in fact devoid of goodness.” 2 ﻦْ ﻋ ﺸﺔ زوْج ﻋﺎ Á ﻟﻨ ٰ ﻋﻠ ﷲ Ad ﺻ ﻴۡﻪ وﺳﻠ ﻢ ٰ ل ن رﺳﻮْ ﷲ ٰ ﻋﻠ ﷲ Ad ﺻ ﻴۡﻪ وﺳﻠ ﻢ 1. Ab ū al- Ḥ usayn Muslim ibn al- Ḥ ajj ā j al-Qushayr ī . Al-J ā mi‘ al-s @ ah @ ī h @ , vol. 4 (Beirut: D ā r i ḥ y ā ’ al-tur ā th al-‘arab ī , n.d.), 2001, (no. 2589). 2. Ibid., vol. 4, 2003, (no. 2592).