حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

Book 0: The book of the sunnah
Chapter 1: Following the sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him)

Ḥadīth [1]: It is narrated on the authority of Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “Whatever I have commanded you, do it, and whatever I have forbidden you, refrain from it.”

1: Each and every command of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) is binding on the community. Numerous āyāt of the Qurān confirm the assertion.

2: Anything and everything the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) prohibits must be avoided. Allāh – the Glorified – says in His book: “… And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, desist from it…” [Sūrah al-Ḥashr 59: 7]

3: The above quoted āyah proves that a command, as a rule, is binding although in certain contexts it could simply mean preferability or recommendation.

• Reference: [1 (1/73), Sunan ibn Mājah, Dārussalām (Eng)]

• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (7288)
• Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (1337)
• Sunan ibn Mājah (2)
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (5552 (2/973-974))
• Irwā’ al-Ghalīl (155 (1/183) & 314 (2/19))
• Silsilah Aḥādīth aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah (850 (2/505))

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan ibn Mājah (1 (1/13)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah (1 (1/1)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar ad-Da’wah, New Delhi (Sunan ibn Mājah (1 (1/8)))
• Ḥadīth ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah (1 (1/3)))

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