[Narrated by Muslim]
Shaykh
Sa’d bin Naasir ash-Shithree [May Allaah Preserve him]
Former
Member of Permanent Committee of Senior Scholars
The scholars have stated the religion can be summed
up in various Ahadeeth which Imaam an-Nawawee [May Allaah have Mercy on him]
has compiled in these Forty Ahadeeth. So some of the scholars have stated that
this Hadeeth is an integral part of Islam, some said it is one of the three Ahadeeth
that the whole religion
revolves around.
Deen: the word ‘deen’ refers to obedience just like it says in Surah
al-Faatihah;
“Master of the Day of Deen (i.e. Judgement)”
[Faatihah 1:3]
Meaning
is it the say that you will be held to account.
‘Deen’
can also mean religion. So the religion and obedience is about sincerity and is
built on advice.
‘Al-Deen’: ‘al-’ here is called Istidraaq,
means the whole religion or obedience is around Naseehah, which is advice or
sincerity.
The
Usooliyeen say that the adjective comes after the noun means that the adjective
is comprehensive, so the whole religion is Naseehah.
Naseehah: means we seek to help and want good for others, to be pure and nothing
else mixed with it.
Al-Deen an-Naseehah: so the term Naseehah may mean one of the following:
1)
The apparent meaning which is Naseehah is part of the whole religion
2)
The meaning is that Naseehah isn’t the whole religion but most of it, like the
statement of the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “Hajj
is ‘Arafah.”
3)
The meaning Naseehah describes the whole religion, meaning the best aspect of
the religion is Nasheehah, to have advice and/or sincerity.
‘To whom…?’: This is general, so all
those mentioned in the Hadeeth are those whom we must be sincere and give
advice to, therefore, Naseehah is general and applies to the whole religion.
[Taken
from the Explanation of Nawawee’s Forty Hadeeth]
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