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Sahih Muslim 779

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The house in which remembrance of Allah is made and the house in which Allah is not remembered are like the living and the dead.

Abu Musa al-Asharinarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
7names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَرَّادٍ الأَشْعَرِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَثَلُ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ وَالْبَيْتِ الَّذِي لَا يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ مَثَلُ الْحَىِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The house in which remembrance of Allah is made and the house in which Allah is not remembered are like the living and the dead.

আবূ রাবী' আয যাহরানী (রহঃ) ..... উবাই ইবনু কাব (রাযিঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম কে প্রশ্ন করলাম সে ব্যক্তি সম্পর্কে যে স্ত্রী সহবাস করে (অথচ) তারপর বীর্যপাত হলো না। তিনি বললেন, স্ত্রীর (লজ্জাস্থান) থেকে তার (লজ্জাস্থানে) যা লেগেছে তা ধুয়ে ফেলবে। তারপর ওযু করবে এবং সালাত আদায় করবে।

حماد اور ابو معاویہ نےہشام بن عروہ سے ، انہوں نے اپنےوالد سے ، انہوں نے ابو ایوب سے ، انہوں نے حضرت ابی بن کعب ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے روایت کی ، کہا : میں رسول اللہ ﷺ سے اس مرد کے بارے میں پوچھا جو اپنی بیوی کے پاس جاتا ہے ، پھر اسے انزال نہیں ہوتا ۔ تو آپ نے فرمایا : ’’ بیوی سے اسے جو کچھ لگ جائے اس کو دھو ڈالے ، پھر وضو کر کے نماز پڑھ لے ۔ ‘ ‘

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu ar-Rabi' az-Zahrani] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hammad] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hisyam bin Urwah] --lewat jalur periwayatan lain--, dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Kuraib Muhammad bin al-Ala'] dan lafazh tersebut miliknya, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Muawiyah] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hisyam] dari [bapaknya] dari [Abu Ayyub] dari [Ubaiy bin Ka'ab] dia berkata, "Saya bertanya kepada Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam tentang seorang laki-laki yang mencumbu istrinya, kemudian dia tidak keluar air mani."

Maka beliau menjawab, "Hendaklah dia mandi disebabkan menyenggamai istrinya, kemudian berwudhu dan shalat

Bize Ebu'r-Rabî'ez-Zebram rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Hammad rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Hişam b. Urve rivayet etti. H. Bize Ebu Kureyb Muhammed b. A'la dahî rivayet etti. Lafız onundur. (Dediki): Bize Ebu Muaviye rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Hişam babasından, o da Ebu Eyyub'dan, o da Ubey b. Ka'b'dan naklen rivayet etti. Ubey şöyle demiş: Resulullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'e kadınla cima' ederken menisini getirmeyen erkeğin hükmünü sordum. «Kadına temas eden nesneyi yıkar, sonra abdest alarak namaz kılar.» buyurdular

Sahih Muslim 779, Book 6, The Book of Prayer - Travellers, Hadith 251. 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 Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Abdullah ibn BarradTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-AlaWith, Fourth generation, died 248 AH
  4. 4Abu Usamah Hammad ibn UsamahTold us, Third generation, died 200 AH
  5. 5Burayd ibn Abdullah ibn Abi BurdahFrom, Successor, died 141 AH
  6. 6Abu Burdah ibn Abi MusaFrom, Successor, died 103 AH
  7. 7Abu Musa al-AshariFrom, Companion, died 42 AH

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