Praise(المعجم ٢٥) - بَابُ النَّشَاءِ الْحُسْنِ
Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4222 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1411
Source no. 4222 · Volume 9 · Page 222
Sahih
صحيح تخريج المشكاة (٤٩٨٨) ، الصحيحة (١٣٢٧)
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4222. It was narrated that Kulthum Al-Khuzā'i said: "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, how can I know, when I have done something good, that I have done well, and if I have done something bad, that I have done a bad deed?' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'If your neighbors say that you have done something good, then you have done well, and if they say that you have done something bad, then you have done something bad.” (Hasan)
4222 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ كُلْثُومٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ لِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ، وَإِذَا أَسَأْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَسَأْتُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِذَا قَالَ جِيرَانُكَ: قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ، فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ، وَإِذَا قَالُوا: إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَسَأْتَ، فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ "
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Common Muslims have the knowledge of general virtues and sins even if they fall short of doing good deeds and commit sins. Neighbors know a person more than others, so if one finds out that his neighbors think ill about him then he should try to correct himself.