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Sahih al-Bukhari 3445

I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Messenger.”

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حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ، يَقُولُ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، سَمِعَ عُمَرَ رضى الله عنه

يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا تُطْرُونِي كَمَا أَطْرَتِ النَّصَارَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدُهُ، فَقُولُوا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ»

I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Messenger.”

ইবনু ‘আব্বাস (রাঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি ‘উমার (রাঃ)-কে মিম্বারের ওপর দাঁড়িয়ে বলতে শুনেছেন যে, আমি নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-কে বলতে শুনেছি, তোমরা আমার প্রশংসা করতে গিয়ে বাড়াবাড়ি করো না, যেমন ‘ঈসা মারইয়াম (আঃ) সম্পর্কে খ্রিস্টানরা বাড়াবাড়ি করেছিল। আমি তাঁর বান্দা, তাই তোমরা বলবে, আল্লাহর বান্দা ও তাঁর রাসূল। (২৪৬২)

ہم سے حمیدی نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے سفیان نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ میں نے زہری سے سنا، وہ بیان کرتے تھے کہ مجھے عبیداللہ بن عبداللہ نے خبر دی اور انہیں ابن عباس رضی اللہ عنہما نے، انہوں نے عمر رضی اللہ عنہ کو منبر پر یہ کہتے سنا تھا کہ میں نے نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم سے سنا، آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”مجھے میرے مرتبے سے زیادہ نہ بڑھاؤ جیسے عیسیٰ ابن مریم علیہما السلام کو نصاریٰ نے ان کے رتبے سے زیادہ بڑھا دیا ہے۔

میں تو صرف اللہ کا بندہ ہوں، اس لیے یہی کہا کرو ( میرے متعلق ) کہ میں اللہ کا بندہ اور اس کا رسول ہوں۔“

Telah bercerita kepada kami [Al Humaidiy] telah bercerita kepada kami [Sufyan] berkata, aku mendengar [Az Zuhriy] berkata, telah mengabarkan kepadaku ['Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah] dari [Ibnu 'Abbas radliallahu 'anhua] bahwa dia mendengar ['Umar radliallahu 'anhum] berkata di atas mimbar, "Aku mendengar Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Janganlah kalian melampaui batas dalam memujiku (mengkultuskan) sebagaimana orang Nashrani mengkultuskan 'Isa bin Maryam.

Sesungguhnya aku hanyalah hamba-Nya, maka itu katakanlah 'abdullahu wa rasuuluh (hamba Allah dan utusan-Nya)

Ömer r.a.'dan rivayete göre, minber üzerinde dedi ki: "Nebi Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'i şöyle buyururken dinledim: Hıristiyanların Meryem oğlu (İsa) hakkında ileri derecede hak olmayan bir şekilde onu tazim edip övdükleri gibi siz de beni olmadık şekilde tazim edip övmeyiniz. Ben ancak onun kuluyum. Bu sebeple bana Allah'ın kulu ve Resulü deyiniz

Sahih al-Bukhari 3445, Book 60, Prophets, Hadith 115. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prohibits immoderateness and exceeding the Shariah-prescribed limit in praising him and forbids ascribing to himself the peculiar attributes and actions of Allah or knowledge of the unseen, or that he should be supplicated to along with Allah, as the Christians did with Jesus, the son of Mary (peace be upon him).

Then, he made it clear that he is one of the servants of Allah and commanded us to call him: the servant and Messenger of Allah.

What it teaches

  • It warns against exceeding the Shariah-prescribed limit in extolling and praising, for this leads to polytheism.
  • What the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warned about did take place within this Ummah, as a group of people went to extremes regarding the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), and another group did the same regarding the members of his household and another group did it for the pious figures. So, they fell into polytheism.
  • The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) described himself as a slave of Allah, thus pointing out that he is merely His slave, and it is not permissible to devote to him anything of the Lord's characteristics.
  • The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) described himself as the Messenger of Allah, thus pointing out that he is a messenger sent by Allah, and so we are obligated to believe and follow him.

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. 2Al-Humaydi Abdullah ibn az-ZubayrTold us, Companion, died 219 AH
  3. 3Sufyan ibn UyaynahTold us, Third generation, died 197 AH
  4. 4Ibn Shihab az-ZuhriHeard, Successor, died 123 AH
  5. 5Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn UtbahInformed me, Successor, died 94 AH
  6. 6Ibn AbbasFrom, Companion, died 65 AH
  7. 7Umar ibn al-KhattabHeard, Companion, died 23 AH

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