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Sahih al-Bukhari 6407

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The example of the one who celebrates the Praises of his Lord (Allah) in comparison to the one who does not celebrate the Praises of his Lord, is that…

Abu Musa al-Asharinarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رضى الله عنه

قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ وَالَّذِي لَا يَذْكُرُ مَثَلُ الْحَىِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The example of the one who celebrates the Praises of his Lord (Allah) in comparison to the one who does not celebrate the Praises of his Lord, is that of a living creature compared to a dead one.”

আবূ মূসা (রাঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ যে তার প্রতিপালকের যিকর করে, আর যে যিকর করে না, তাদের উপমা হলো জীবিত ও মৃত ব্যক্তি। [মুসলিম ৬/২৯, হাঃ ৭৭৯]

ہم سے محمد بن علاء نے بیان کیا، کہا ہم سے ابواسامہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے یزید بن عبداللہ نے، ان سے ابوبردہ نے اور ان سے ابوموسیٰ رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”اس شخص کی مثال جو اپنے رب کو یاد کرتا ہے اور اس کی مثال جو اپنے رب کو یاد نہیں کرتا زندہ اور مردہ جیسی ہے۔“

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Al 'Ala`] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Usamah] dari [Buraid bin Abdullah] dari [Abu Burdah] dari [Abu Musa] radliallahu 'anhu dia berkata; Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Permisalan orang yang mengingat Rabbnya dengan orang yang tidak mengingat Rabbnya seperti orang yang hidup dengan yang mati

Ebu Musa'dan nakledildiğine göre Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem şöyle buyurmuştur: "Allah'ı zikreden ile zikretmeyen arasındaki fark ölü ile diri arasındaki fark gibidir

Sahih al-Bukhari 6407, Book 80, Invocations, Hadith 102. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified the difference between the person who remembers Allah Almighty and the one who does not and how such a difference is like that between the living and the dead person in terms of benefit and good appearance. The one who remembers his Lord is like the living person who is outwardly adorned by the light of life and inwardly adorned by the light of knowledge and who offers benefit, whereas the one who does not remember Allah is like the dead person who is outwardly idle and inwardly invalid and bears no benefit. Likewise, the house whose dwellers remember Allah is described as being living; otherwise, it is a dead house given its dwellers' heedlessness of remembering Allah. Describing the house as being living or dead is meant to refer to its dwellers.

What it teaches

  • Encouraging the remembrance of Allah and warning against being heedless thereof.
  • Remembering Allah provides the soul with life just as the soul provides the body with life.
  • It was from the practice of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) to give examples to make meanings clear and easy to understand.
  • An-Nawawi said: It indicates the recommendation of remembering Allah Almighty in the house and that it should not be devoid of Dhikr (remembrance of Allah).
  • An-Nawawi said: It denotes that having a long life in obeying Allah is a merit even if the dead person is moving to a good destination. This is because the living person will catch up with him and will have a chance to be better than him by the acts of obedience he performs.

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. 2Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-AlaTold us, Fourth generation, died 248 AH
  3. 3Abu Usamah Hammad ibn UsamahTold us, Third generation, died 200 AH
  4. 4Burayd ibn Abdullah ibn Abi BurdahFrom, Successor, died 141 AH
  5. 5Abu Burdah ibn Abi MusaFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  6. 6Abu Musa al-AshariFrom, Companion, died 42 AH

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