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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1635

✧ Encouragement to Avoid Doubtful Matters

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قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ، ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، ثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ الْهُذَلِيِّ، عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ ؓ قَالَ:

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ، فَقَالَ لِي أَصْحَابُهُ: إِلَيْكَ يَا وَاثِلَةُ - أَيْ تَنَحَّ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ - فَقَالَ ﷺ: دَعُوهُ، فَإِنَّمَا جَاءَ لِيَسْأَلَ، فَدَنَوْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لِتُفْتِنَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ نَأْخُذُهُ عَنْكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ. قَالَ ﷺ: اسْتَفْتِ نَفْسَكَ، قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ لِي بِذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لَا يَرِيبُكَ، وَإِنْ أَفْتَاكَ الْمُفْتُونَ، قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ لِي بِعِلْمِ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: ضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى فُؤَادِكَ، فَإِنَّ الْقَلْبَ يَسْكُنُ إِلَى الْحَلَالِ، وَلَا يَسْكُنُ إِلَى الْحَرَامِ، وَإِنَّ وَرَعَ الْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يَدَعَ الصَّغِيرَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي الْكَبِيرِ، قُلْتُ: فَمَنِ الْحَرِيصُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الَّذِي يَطْلُبُ الْكَسْبَةَ فِي غَيْرِ حِلِّهَا، قُلْتُ: فَمَنِ الْوَرِعُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الَّذِي يَقِفُ عِنْدَ الشُّبْهَةِ، قُلْتُ: فَمَنِ الْمُؤْمِنُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ أَمِنَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَدِمَائِهِمْ، قُلْتُ: فَمَنِ الْمُسْلِمُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ، قُلْتُ: فَأَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ إِمَامٍ جَائِرٍ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Yaʿlá
  2. Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām
  3. ʿUbayd b. al-Qāsim
  4. al-ʿAlāʾ b. Thaʿlabah
  5. Abū al-Malīḥ al-Hudhalī
  6. Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the mosque of al-Khayf, and his companions said to me: "Come here, O Wathilah — that is, move away from his face." But he ﷺ said: "Leave him, for he has only come to ask." So I drew near and said: "May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah, give us a ruling about a matter we will take from you after you are gone." He ﷺ said: "Consult your own self." I said: "How can I do that?" He ﷺ said: "Leave what makes you doubtful for what does not make you doubtful, even if the muftis give you fatwas." I said: "How can I know that?" He ﷺ said: "Put your hand on your heart, for the heart is at peace with the lawful and is not at peace with the unlawful. Indeed, the piety of a Muslim is to leave the minor for fear of falling into the major." I said: "Then who is the covetous?" He ﷺ said: "The one who seeks earnings from unlawful sources." I said: "Then who is the scrupulous?" He ﷺ said: "The one who stops at the doubtful." I said: "Then who is the believer?" He ﷺ said: "The one whom people trust with their wealth and their lives." I said: "Then who is the Muslim?" He ﷺ said: "The one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe." I said: "Then which jihad is best?" He ﷺ said: "A word of truth in the presence of a tyrannical ruler."

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