Abu Salma
09-06-2009, 07:22 AM
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As-salamu 'alaykum,
I would like to know how the following two hadiths are to be explained:
Narrated Abu Hurayra:
A Bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Worship Allah, and worship none along with Him, offer the (five) prescribed compulsory prayers perfectly, pay the compulsory Zakat, and fast the month of Ramadan." The Bedouin said, "By Him, in Whose Hands my life is, I will not do more than this." When he (the Bedouin) left, the Prophet said, "Whoever likes to see a man of Paradise, then he may look at this man."
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 2, Hadith 480]
Anas ibn Malik reported: We were forbidden that we should ask anything (without the genuine need) from the Holy Prophet. It, therefore, pleased us that an intelligent person from the dwellers of the desert should come and asked him (the Holy Prophet) and we should listen to it. A man from the dwellers of the desert came (to the Holy Prophet) and said: “Muhammad, your messenger came to us and told us your assertion that verily Allâh had sent you (as a prophet).” He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: “He told the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “Who created the heaven?” He (the Holy Prophet) replied: “Allâh.” He (the bedouin again) said: “Who created the earth?” He (the Holy Prophet) replied: “Allâh.” He (the bedouin again) said: “Who raised these mountains and who created in them whatever is created there?” He (the Holy Prophet) replied: “Allâh.” Upon this he (the bedouin) remarked: “By Him Who created the heaven and created the earth and raised mountains thereupon, has Allâh (in fact) sent you?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger also told us that five prayers (had been made) obligatory for us during the day and the night.” He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: “He told you the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “By Him Who sent you, is it Allâh Who ordered you about this (i. e. prayers)?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger told us that Zakât had been made obligatory in our riches.” He (the Holy Prophet) said. “He has told the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allâh Who ordered you about it (Zakat)?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger told us that it had been made obligatory for us to fast every year during the month of Ramadan.” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “He has told the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allâh Who ordered you about it (the fasts of Ramadan)?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger also told us that pilgrimage (Hajj) to the House (of Ka’bah) had been made obligatory for him who is able to undertake the journey to it.” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” The narrator said that he (the bedouin) set off (at the conclusion of this answer, but at the time of his departure) remarked: “By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I would neither make any addition to them nor would I diminish anything out of them.” Upon this the Holy Prophet remarked: “If he were true (to what he said) he must enter Paradise.”
[Sahih Muslim, Book 1, Hadith 9]
A friend of mine was presented with one of these hadiths and was told that everything else is "extra". But we all know that providing for one's family is obligatory for a man etc. - so how does one go about explaining the two hadiths?
Wa jazakum Allahu khayran.
As-salamu 'alaykum,
I would like to know how the following two hadiths are to be explained:
Narrated Abu Hurayra:
A Bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Worship Allah, and worship none along with Him, offer the (five) prescribed compulsory prayers perfectly, pay the compulsory Zakat, and fast the month of Ramadan." The Bedouin said, "By Him, in Whose Hands my life is, I will not do more than this." When he (the Bedouin) left, the Prophet said, "Whoever likes to see a man of Paradise, then he may look at this man."
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 2, Hadith 480]
Anas ibn Malik reported: We were forbidden that we should ask anything (without the genuine need) from the Holy Prophet. It, therefore, pleased us that an intelligent person from the dwellers of the desert should come and asked him (the Holy Prophet) and we should listen to it. A man from the dwellers of the desert came (to the Holy Prophet) and said: “Muhammad, your messenger came to us and told us your assertion that verily Allâh had sent you (as a prophet).” He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: “He told the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “Who created the heaven?” He (the Holy Prophet) replied: “Allâh.” He (the bedouin again) said: “Who created the earth?” He (the Holy Prophet) replied: “Allâh.” He (the bedouin again) said: “Who raised these mountains and who created in them whatever is created there?” He (the Holy Prophet) replied: “Allâh.” Upon this he (the bedouin) remarked: “By Him Who created the heaven and created the earth and raised mountains thereupon, has Allâh (in fact) sent you?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger also told us that five prayers (had been made) obligatory for us during the day and the night.” He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: “He told you the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “By Him Who sent you, is it Allâh Who ordered you about this (i. e. prayers)?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger told us that Zakât had been made obligatory in our riches.” He (the Holy Prophet) said. “He has told the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allâh Who ordered you about it (Zakat)?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger told us that it had been made obligatory for us to fast every year during the month of Ramadan.” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “He has told the truth.” He (the bedouin) said: “By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allâh Who ordered you about it (the fasts of Ramadan)?” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” He (the bedouin) said: “Your messenger also told us that pilgrimage (Hajj) to the House (of Ka’bah) had been made obligatory for him who is able to undertake the journey to it.” He (the Holy Prophet) said: “Yes.” The narrator said that he (the bedouin) set off (at the conclusion of this answer, but at the time of his departure) remarked: “By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I would neither make any addition to them nor would I diminish anything out of them.” Upon this the Holy Prophet remarked: “If he were true (to what he said) he must enter Paradise.”
[Sahih Muslim, Book 1, Hadith 9]
A friend of mine was presented with one of these hadiths and was told that everything else is "extra". But we all know that providing for one's family is obligatory for a man etc. - so how does one go about explaining the two hadiths?
Wa jazakum Allahu khayran.