Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī Ḥadīth [68] – About selecting a suitable time for preaching
17 October 2022 · 21 Rabīʿ I 1444 AH
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: >كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ؛ كَرَاهَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا<
Reference
Book [3]: The book of knowledge
Chapter [11]: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) used to take care of the people in preaching by selecting a suitable time so that they might not run away (never made them averse or bored them with religious talk and knowledge all the time)
Translation
Ḥadīth [68]: It is narrated on the authority of ibn Mas’ūd [d. 28H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable time, so that we might not get bored. (He abstained from pestering us with sermons and knowledge all the time)
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Commentary
Commentary by Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azīz 'Alvī (may Allāh have mercy upon him)
It is clear from the actions of the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) that one should not extend the exhortation too long so that people get bored. If one wants to exhort daily, one should not take too much time for it, or one can leave time between the exhortations. But yes, when it comes to educating and teaching, it is done daily.
• Reference: [7127 (8/194), Tuḥfatul Muslim Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Nomani Kutub Khana (Ur)]
Translated by ‘Imrān (Germany)
Commentary by Dārussalām (Jāmi’ at-Tirmidhī)
Education and teaching is different than exhortation and admonition, there is sometimes rebuke and reproach in exhortation and admonition, so daily exhortation and admonition causes boredom; and prolonging the session of exhortation and admonition also causes boredom.
• Reference: [2855 (5/197), Jāmi’ at-Tirmidhī, Dārussalām (Eng)]
Commentary by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za'ī (may Allāh have mercy upon him)
❶ When it comes to the length of exhortations and admonitions, it is the sunnah to take into account the context and situation of the regular listener.
❷ It is permissible to designate a day for exhorting and calling people.
❸ Allāh has sent His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) as a mercy for all worlds.
❹ As for the actions of people who make fervent speeches that last all night or most of the night, and then do not attend to the morning prayer and go to sleep instead, this is wrong and worthy of criticism.
❺ One should answer a questioner with evidence.
❻ If one were to ask who the questioner is here, it is indeed the well-known zāhid and worshipper Yazīd bin Mu’āwiyah an-Nakh’ī [1], as stated by Ḥāfiẓ ibn Ḥajr [d. 852H] [See, Fatḥul Bārī, (6411 (19/489))].
Note that this is a different person from Yazīd bin Mu’āwiyah al-Umawī [d. 64H]. The narrations of Yazīd bin Mu’āwiyah an-Nakh’ī are found in Kitāb az-Zuhd of Imām Aḥmad [d. 241H] and other books (as mentioned in Taqrīb at-Tahdhīb (7828 (1/1082))) …
• Reference: [207 (1/270-271), Aḍwā' al-Maṣābīḥ fi-Taḥqīq Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, (Ur)]
[1] Ibn al-Athīr [d. 630H] [Al-Kāmil fī-Tārīkh (3/504)] mentions that he was killed in the year 32H. And Allāh knows best.
Translated by ‘Imrān (Germany)
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