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Sahih Muslim 2701

Muawiyah went to a circle in the mosque and said: What makes you sit here? They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah. He said: I adjure you by Allah (to tell me whether you are…

Abu Said al-Khudrinarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْحُومُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَبِي نَعَامَةَ السَّعْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

قَالَ خَرَجَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى حَلْقَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ: مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ قَالُوا جَلَسْنَا نَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ. قَالَ آللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ إِلاَّ ذَاكَ قَالُوا: وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَنَا إِلاَّ ذَاكَ.

قَالَ: أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَحْلِفْكُمْ تُهْمَةً لَكُمْ وَمَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ بِمَنْزِلَتِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقَلَّ عَنْهُ حَدِيثًا مِنِّي وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ عَلَى حَلْقَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ: «مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ».

قَالُوا جَلَسْنَا نَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ وَنَحْمَدُهُ عَلَى مَا هَدَانَا لِلإِسْلَامِ وَمَنَّ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا. قَالَ: «آللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ إِلاَّ ذَاكَ».

قَالُوا: وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَنَا إِلاَّ ذَاكَ قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَحْلِفْكُمْ تُهْمَةً لَكُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ»

Muawiyah went to a circle in the mosque and said: What makes you sit here? They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah. He said: I adjure you by Allah (to tell me whether you are sitting here for this very purpose)?

They said: By Allah, we are sitting here for this very purpose. Thereupon, he said: I have not demanded you to take an oath, because of any allegation against you and none of my rank in the eye of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is the narrator of so few ahadith as I am. The fact is that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) went out to the circle of his Companions and said: What makes you sit?

They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah and to praise Him for He guided us to the path of Islam and He conferred favours upon us. Thereupon he adjured by Allah and asked if that only was the purpose of their sitting there.

They said: By Allah, we are not sitting here but for this very purpose, whereupon he (the Messenger) said: I am not asking you to take an oath because of any allegation against you but for the fact that Gabriel came to me and he informed me that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, was talking to the angels about your magnificence.

ইবনু আবূ খালাফ (রহঃ) ..... সুলায়মান ইবনু বুরায়দাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে তার পিতার সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি (বুরায়দাহ) বলেন, এক মহিলা নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এর কাছে আসল। ..... পূর্বের হাদীসের অনুরূপ। তবে এ সূত্রে এক মাসের সিয়ামের কথা উল্লেখ আছে।

عبدالملک بن ابی سلیمان نے عبداللہ بن عطاء سے ، انھوں نے سلیمان بن بریرہ سے اور انھوں نے اپنے والد سے روایت کی ، کہا : رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے پاس ایک عورت آئی ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ( آگے ) ان کی حدیث کے مانند ( بیان کیا ) اور انھوں نے بھی کہا : " ایک ماہ کے ر وزے ۔

{…} Bana İbni Ebî Halef rivayet etti. (Dediki) Bize İshak b. Yûsuf rivayet etti. (Dediki) Bize Abdâlmelik b. Ebî Süleyman, Abdullah b. Ata' El-Mekki'den, o da Süleyman b. Büreyde'den, o da babası (Radiyallahû anh)'dan naklen rivayet eyledi. Babası : Bir kadın, Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'e geldi...» diyerek yukarkilerin hadîsleri gibi rivayette bulunmuş ve: «Bir ayın orucu.» demiştir

Sahih Muslim 2701, Book 48, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness, Hadith 51. 1 min read

What it means

Mu‘āwiyah ibn Abi Sufyān (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) came upon a group of people sitting in a circle in the mosque and asked them about the purpose behind their gathering.

They replied: We are remembering Allah. He (may Allah be pleased with him) asked them to swear that they had only gathered and sat for the purpose of remembering Allah, and they swore to him.

Then he said to them, I have not asked you to swear because I suspect you or question your truthfulness. He, then, was informed about his status by the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and that no one was closer to him than he was, given the fact that his sister ’Umm Habībah was the Prophet's wife and that he was one of the scribes of the revelation, yet he did not narrate many Hadīths.

He narrated to them that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) came out of his home one day and found them sitting in the mosque, remembering Allah and praising Him for guiding them to Islam and for bestowing favor upon them.

He (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked them and demanded they swear, just as Mu‘āwiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) did with his companions. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) then informed them of the reason behind asking them and requiring them to swear, saying: Gabriel, the angel, (peace be upon him) came to him and informed him that Allah Almighty was boasting about you and taking pride in you before the angels; showing them your merit and the excellence of your deed and praising you in their presence.

What it teaches

  • The merit of Mu‘āwiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and his keenness to follow the Prophet's example in conveying knowledge.
  • Permissibility of asking someone to swear without accusation to draw attention to the significance of the report.
  • The merit of Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and knowledge sessions, and the fact that Allah loves them and takes pride in them before the angels.

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

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Abu Bakr ibn Abi ShaybahTold us, Fourth generation, died 235 AH
  3. 3Marhum ibn Abd al-AzizTold us, Third generation, died 187 AH
  4. 4Abd RabbihFrom, Successor, died 131 AH
  5. 5Abu Uthman an-NahdiFrom, Successor, died 75 AH
  6. 6Abu Said al-KhudriFrom, Companion, died 63 AH

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