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He Who Dislikes Having People Walk Behind Him

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Darussalam · Volume 1

The Book Of The Sunnah

Sunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 244 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 89

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244. It was narrated from Shu'ayb bin 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr that his father said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was never seen eating while reclining or making two men walk behind him." (Sahih) Other chains with the same meanings.

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244 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: «مَا رُئِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئًا قَطُّ، وَلَا يَطَأُ عَقِبَيْهِ رَجُلَانِ» قَالَ: أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، وَحَدَّثَنَا حَازِمُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: أَبُو الْحَسَنِ: وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، صَاحِبُ الْقَفِيزِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ

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a. It is a sign of vanity or pride on the part of a man that he walks in front and makes others walk behind him. It means that the person concerned thinks himself superior to others and cannot bear others to walk alongside himself. b. Some people follow the custom that if a 'holy' man or an elderly person is sitting on a couch, they will not share the couch with him but sit on the ground. This is again a bad custom, since there is more humiliation in it than in walking behind someone.