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Sahih al-Bukhari 2823

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to say, “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from helplessness, laziness, cowardice and feeble old age; I seek refuge with You from afflictions of life and…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ رضى الله عنه

قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْهَرَمِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) used to say, “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from helplessness, laziness, cowardice and feeble old age; I seek refuge with You from afflictions of life and death and seek refuge with You from the punishment in the grave.”

আনাস ইবনু মালিক (রাঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আল্লাহর রাসূল (সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম) এই দু‘আ করতেন, ‘হে আল্লাহ্! আমি অক্ষমতা, ভীরুতা ও বার্ধক্য থেকে আপনার নিকট পানাহ চাচ্ছি এবং জীবন ও মরণের ফিতনা থেকে এবং কবরের আযাব থেকে আপনার নিকট পানাহ চাচ্ছি।’ (৪৭০৭, ৬৩৬৭, ৬৩৭১) (মুসলিম ৪৮/১৫ হাঃ ২৭০৬, আহমাদ ১২১১৪)

ہم سے مسدد نے بیان کیا ‘ کہا ہم سے معتمر نے بیان کیا کہ میں نے اپنے والد سے سنا ‘ انہوں نے بیان کیا کہ میں نے انس بن مالک رضی اللہ عنہ سے سنا ‘ انہوں نے بیان کیا کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم فرمایا کرتے تھے ”اے اللہ! میں تیری پناہ مانگتا ہوں عاجزی اور سستی سے ‘ بزدلی اور بڑھاپے کی ذلیل حدود میں پہنچ جانے سے اور میں تیری پناہ مانگتا ہوں زندگی اور موت کے فتنوں سے اور میں تیری پناہ مانگتا ہوں قبر کے عذاب سے۔“

Telah bercerita kepada kami [Musaddad] telah bercerita kepada kami [Mu'tamir] berkata aku mendengar [bapakku] berkata eku mendengar [Anas bin Malik radliallahu 'anhu] berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam biasa berdo'a: "ALLAAHUMMA INNII A'UUDZU BIKA MINAL 'AJZI WAL KASALI WAL JUBNI WAL HAROMI WA A'UUDZU BIKA MIN FITNATIL MAHYAA WAL MAMAAT WA A'UUDZU BIKA MIN 'ADZAABIL QOBRI" ("Ya Allah aku berlindung kepada-Mu dari sikap lemah, malas, pengecut dan kepikunan dan aku berlindung kepada-Mu dari fitnah kehidupan dan kematian dan aku berlindung kepada-Mu dari siksa qubur)

Enes İbn Malik'in naklettiğine göre Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem şöyle demiştir: "Allahım, aciz duruma düşmekten ve tembellikten sana sığınırım. Sana sığınırım Allahım, korkaklıktan ve yaşlılıktan. Allahım, hayatın ve ölümün fitnesinden ve kabir azabından sana sığınırım. " Tekrar:

Sahih al-Bukhari 2823, Book 56, Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad), Hadith 39. 1 min read

What it means

This Hadīth is one of the comprehensively precise statements of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) as he sought refuge with Allah from a number of evils and obstacles that interrupt the servant's advance along the path to Allah. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sought refuge from "incapacity and laziness" which are both hindrances to movement.

Failing to perform an act may be caused by the person's lack of resolve or willingness to do the act; in other words, laziness. A lazy person is someone with the least resolve and desire to do something. However, in some cases the reason for not doing an act is that the person lacks the ability to do it, and this is what is meant by incapacity.

"Cowardice and miserliness": these two characteristics prevent a person from performing his duties as well as doing righteous deeds. Cowardice weakens the heart, thus, the person does not enjoin what is good nor forbid what is evil because of the weakness of his heart and his attachment to people, apart from the Lord of the people.

A coward person acts only according to people's desires and orders. He devotes his servitude to people rather than to Allah, the Almighty. Miserliness encourages people to withhold their wealth and refrain from spending it. So, a miserly person does not fulfill the right of Allah by paying the obligatory Zakah, nor does he give the people their rights that they have over him regarding his wealth.

A miserly person is disliked by the people and by Allah. "Senility" means that a person reaches the most decrepit age, at which he starts to lose many of his senses and his body becomes weak. Therefore, he is unable to worship Allah the way he used to, and cannot bring benefit to his family. Then the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sought refuge from the punishment of the grave, which is true, and because it is true, he legislated for us seeking refuge from the punishment of the grave in every prayer (before Taslīm).

Finally, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sought refuge from the trials of life and death to include both worlds; the worldly life as well as the Hereafter. The trials of this life are its calamities and afflictions. The trials of the Hereafter include worrying about having a bad end of life and an evil destination, as well as the trial of being questioned by the two angels in the grave, and others.

In another narration, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "... and from the burden of heavy debt and the tyranny of men": both of them are forms of defeat and subjugation. Heavy debt is a stressful situation to the indebted person wherein he finds himself helpless. It is thus a from of defeat for the man, but for a rightful reason.

"The tyranny of men" means their oppression and overpowering, which is also a form of defeat but without a rightful reason.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Musaddad ibn MusarhadTold us, Fourth generation, died 228 AH
  3. 3Mutamir ibn SulaymanTold us, Third generation, died 186 AH
  4. 4Sulayman at-TaymiHeard, Successor, died 143 AH
  5. 5Anas ibn MalikHeard, Companion, died 90 AH

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