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Enjoining (Good) And Forbidding (Evil)

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Darussalam · Volume 4

36. THE BOOK OF THEGREAT BATTLES(AL-MALĀHAM)

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الحديث: 4343 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 124

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4343. It was narrated from 'Ikrimah, he said: "'Abdullāh bin 'Amr bin Al-Āṣ narrated to me, he said: 'While we were around the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, he mentioned Fitnah and said: "If you see that the people have started to break their promises, and are not trustworthy, and they are like this" – and he interlaced his fingers. I stood up and said: "What should I do at that time, may Allāh cause me to be ransomed for you." He said: "Stay in your house and hold your tongue, accept that which you approve of, and reject that which you disapprove of, tend to your own affairs and leave alone the affairs of the common folk.” (Hasan)

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4343 - حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، إِذْ ذَكَرَ الْفِتْنَةَ، فَقَالَ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ النَّاسَ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ، وَخَفَّتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ، وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ، قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ، جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ؟ قَالَ: «الْزَمْ بَيْتَكَ، وَامْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ، وَخُذْ بِمَا تَعْرِفُ، وَدَعْ مَا تُنْكِرُ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِأَمْرِ خَاصَّةِ نَفْسِكَ، وَدَعْ عَنْكَ أَمْرَ الْعَامَّةِ»

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    [1] Mixed together: meaning, to such an extent that one will not be able to tell the good from the bad, and people will be so confused about religious matters, that they will not be able to tell the difference between honesty and betrayal, good and evil.