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Sunan Abi Dawud 4806

I went with a deputation of Banu Amir to the apostle of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and we said: You are our lord (sayyid). To this he replied: The lord is Allah, the Blessed and Exalted.…

Mutarrifnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ، (يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ) حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَسْلَمَةَ، سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ

قَالَ: قَالَ أَبِي انْطَلَقْتُ فِي وَفْدِ بَنِي عَامِرٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْنَا أَنْتَ سَيِّدُنَا. فَقَالَ: «السَّيِّدُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى». قُلْنَا وَأَفْضَلُنَا فَضْلاً وَأَعْظَمُنَا طَوْلاً. فَقَالَ: «قُولُوا بِقَوْلِكُمْ أَوْ بَعْضِ قَوْلِكُمْ وَلَا يَسْتَجْرِيَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ»

I went with a deputation of Banu Amir to the apostle of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and we said: You are our lord (sayyid). To this he replied: The lord is Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. Then we said: And the one of us most endowed with excellence and superiority. To this he replied: Say what you have to say, or part of what you have to say, and do not let the devil make you his agents.

মুতাররিফ (রহঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, একদা আমি বনী আমীরের প্রতিনিধি দলের সঙ্গে রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-এর নিকট গেলাম। আমরা বললাম, আপনি আমাদের নেতা।

তিনি বললেন, প্রকৃত নেতা হলেন বরকতময় মহিয়ান আল্লাহ। আমরা বললাম, আপনি মর্যাদার দিক থেকে আমাদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ এবং দানের বিশালতায় আপনি মহান। তিনি বললেন, তোমাদের একথা তোমরা বলতে পারো, অথবা তোমাদের এরূপ কিছু বলায় কোনো সমস্যা নেই। তবে শয়তান যেন তোমাদেরকে তার প্রতিনিধি না বানায়।[1] সহীহ।

مطرف کے والد عبداللہ بن شخیر کہتے ہیں کہ میں بنی عامر کے وفد میں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے پاس گیا، تو ہم نے عرض کیا: آپ ہمارے سید، آپ نے فرمایا: سید تو اللہ تعالیٰ ہے ۱؎ ہم نے عرض کیا: اور آپ ہم سب میں درجے میں افضل ہیں اور دوستوں کو نوازنے اور دشمنوں پر فائق ہونے میں سب سے عظیم ہیں، آپ نے فرمایا: جو کہتے ہو کہو، یا اس میں سے کچھ کہو، ( البتہ ) شیطان تمہیں میرے سلسلے میں جری نہ کر دے ( کہ تم ایسے کلمات کہہ بیٹھو جو میرے لیے زیبا نہ ہو ) ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Musaddad] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Bisyr] -maksudnya Bisyr bin Al Mufadhdhal berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Maslamah Sa'id bin Yazid] dari [Abu Nadhrah] dari [Mutharrif] ia berkata; [Bapakku] berkata, "Aku pergi bersama rombongan utusan bani Amir menemui Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam.

Kami lalu berkata, "Engkau adalah junjungan kami." Beliau langsung menyahut: "Junjungan itu hanyalah Allah Ta'ala semata." Kami berkata lagi, "Engkau adalah yang paling utama di antara kami dan memiliki kemuliaan yang besar."

Beliau bersabda: "Berkatalah kalian dengan perkataan kalian, atau sebagian dari perkataan kalian (tidak perlu banyak pujian), dan jangan sekali-kali kalian terpengaruh oleh setan

Mutarrif (İbn Abdullah İbn eş-Şıhhîr)dan demiştir ki: Babam dedi ki: (Ben birgiin) Âmir oğullarının elçileriyle birlikte (elçi olarak) Rasûlullah (s.a.v.)'in huzuruna gitmiştim. (Orada Hz. Nebie): Sen bizim Seyyidimizsin, dedik de, (Resulü Ekrem): Seyyid Allah'dır, buyurdu. Biz: Sen bizim faziletçe en faziletlimiz, (eşe, dosta iyilik elini) uzatma bakımından da en üstünümüz sensin, dedik.

Bu sözünüzü söyleyiniz -yahutta- (bu) sözünüzün bazısını (söyleyiniz; fakat bir kısmını bırakınız, taki) şeytan sizi (bazı sözlerinizle kendi yoluna) sürüklemesin

Sunan Abi Dawud 4806, Book 43, General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab), Hadith 34. 1 min read

What it means

A group of people came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and on reaching him, they said - praising him - some words that he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) disliked.

They said: "You are our master." But the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "The Master is Allah," Who possesses full sovereignty over His creation and they are His slaves.

They also said: You are "the best of us in superiority" and the highest among us in rank, honor, and in merit. And you are "the greatest among us in bounteousness" and the most giving, the loftiest, and the most prestigious among us. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) then advised them to say what they would typically say without affectation and not to be dragged by the devil to exaggeration and flattery that lead to committing what is prohibited of Shirk (polytheism) and its means.

What it teaches

  • This Hadīth shows how the Prophet's Companions held and revered him in high esteem.
  • Prohibiting affectation in words and encouraging the act of speaking moderately.
  • Protecting Tawhīd (monotheism) from words and deeds that could violate it.
  • Prohibition of exaggeration in praising, which is one of the devil's access points.
  • The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) is the master of the children of Adam, and what is mentioned in the Hadīth is an expression of humility and fear for them lest they exaggerate in honoring him.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Musaddad ibn MusarhadTold us, Fourth generation, died 228 AH
  3. 3Bishr ibn al-MufaddalTold us, Third generation, died 186 AH
  4. 4Said ibn YazidTold us, Successor, died 131 AH
  5. 5Al-Mundhir ibn MalikFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  6. 6Mutarrif ibn AbdullahFrom, Successor, died 87 AH

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