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Sunan Ibn Majah 2042

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The Pen is lifted from the minor, the insane person and the sleeper.”

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «يُرْفَعُ الْقَلَمُ عَنِ الصَّغِيرِ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ وَعَنِ النَّائِمِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The Pen is lifted from the minor, the insane person and the sleeper.”

‘আলী ইবনু আবূ ত্বলিব (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেনঃ নাবালেগ, পাগল ও ঘুমন্ত ব্যক্তি থেকে কলম তুলে রাখা হয়।

علی بن ابی طالب رضی اللہ عنہ سے روایت ہے کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: بچے، دیوانے اور سوئے ہوئے شخص سے قلم اٹھا لیا جاتا ہے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhamamd bin Basysyar] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Rauh bin Ubadah] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ibnu Juraij] berkata, telah memberitakan kepada kami [Al Qasim bin Yazid] dari [Ali bin Abi Thalib] bahwa Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Pena diangkat dari (tiga) golongan; anak kecil, orang gila dan orang tidur

Ali bin Ebî Tâlib (r.a.)'den rivayet edildiğine göre; Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem) şöyle buyurmuştur: «Çocuktan, deliden ve uyuyandan sorumluluk kalemi kaldırılıyor.» Not: Zevaid'de şöyle denilmiştir: Bunun senedinde bulunan Kasım bin Yezid, mechuldür ve Ali bin Ebi Talib (r.a.)'a yetişmemiştir

Sunan Ibn Majah 2042, Book 10, The Chapters on Divorce, Hadith 27. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that accountability is binding on all the children of Adam except for these three: A child till he grows up and reaches puberty. An insane and crazy person till his mind is restored. A sleeping person till he wakes up. Accountability has been lifted from them, and their sinful actions are not recorded against them.

However, goodness is recorded for a young boy, but not for the insane or sleeping person, because they are in the category of those who are not capable of valid worship due to the loss of consciousness.

What it teaches

  • A person’s lack of eligibility is either due to sleep, which may cause him to fail to wake up to perform his duties, or because his young age is associated with legal incompetence, or because of insanity with which his mental functions are disturbed, as well as similar cases such as drunkenness. Whoever becomes unable to discern matters and perceive them properly is no longer legally qualified due to one of these three reasons. Allah Almighty, out of His justice, forbearance, and generosity, has absolved him of the blame for his transgression or shortcomings with regard to the right of Allah Almighty.
  • Not recording their sins against them does not contradict the establishment of some worldly rulings against them. For example, if an insane person kills, there is no retaliation or expiation due against him, and his paternal family members must pay blood money.
  • Puberty has three signs: the emission of semen, through a wet dream or otherwise; the growth of pubic hair; and reaching the age of fifteen. A woman has a fourth sign in addition: menstruation.
  • As-Subki said: A boy is a child. Someone else said: A child in his mother’s womb is called a fetus, and when he is born, he is a child. When he is weaned, he is a boy until he is seven. Then, he becomes an adolescent until he is ten; then a minor until he is fifteen. What is certain is that he is called a boy in all of these cases. This was said by As-Suyūti.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Ibn Majah back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Ibn MajahCompiler, died 273 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Rawh ibn UbadahTold us, Third generation, died 205 AH
  4. 4Ibn JurayjTold us, Successor, died 149 AH
  5. 5Al-Qasim ibn YazidReported to us, Successor
  6. 6Ali ibn Abi TalibFrom, Companion, died 40 AH

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