We should only be slaves of Allah and not others. This applies in whatever we do, whether we are worshippers, teachers, professionals or preachers.
Explination of 40 hadith of imam nawawi how to#
We need to think of how to further improve our (the Muslims) situation and not just be content with the current situation. Another matter of concern to all Muslims, but is currently lacking among us, is to think about the affairs of oneself, the community and the whole Muslim community (ummah).Let each one of you sharpen his blade and let him spare suffering to the animal he slaughters." Thus, if you kill, kill well and if you slaughter, slaughter well. As related in Hadith 17 in this collection: "Verily, Allah has prescribed excellence (Ihsan) in all things. In the Quran: (Allah) Who created death and life that He may try you, which of you is best in deeds and He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving. Other matters of concern to Muslims are enjoining good and discouraging evil, selfaccountability and to practice Ihsan in all that we do.Everyone with their own profession and expertise has a role to contribute towards the community. An example is to work for the betterment of the community. Fard-kifayah, community-wide collective obligations, must not be neglected and should also be matters of concern to us.Examples are matters like worship and supplication. Fard-a'yn, an individual obligation, are matters of concern to every one of us.
One of the things that are of concern is to fulfill the obligations ( wajib), to perform as much as we can of the recommended or preferable acts ( mandub), to avoid the forbidden (haram) and to avoid as much as we can of the makruh (those that are disliked).This is related to the issue of time management, whereby we need to be involved with matters that are of concern to us.Īn important question related to this Hadith is what are the things to be of concern to a true believer? Answering this question will enable us to practice this Hadith in the right manner. Muslims have enough matters of concern to the extent one may not have enough time to deal with all of them. "Be keen with what is beneficial to you, and seek help from Allah - do not be reckless." Putting the Hadith in a different way, part of the perfection of faith ( iman) of a believer is to be concerned with matters that are beneficial in this life and the hereafter. Do not waste time, money and effort in things that are of no benefit in this life and the hereafter.
He also commented that a believer should train him/herself to concentrate to be involved in the beneficial matters so that this in itself will be the person's attitude. The Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, recommended a way to avoid societal problems. These types of practices normally lead to great evil in the society. Much of the harm inflicted on the society are due to people indulging in the unnecessary matters like meddling into the affairs of others when one has no right or responsibility over the particular issue. Jamaluddin Zarabozo, one of the contemporary commentators of Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, emphasises that Islam protects society as a whole from any kind of harm. In justifying this point, the Maliki jurist Imam Ibn Al-Arabi said that a person is not able to take care of all the necessary matters, why would he then get involved in the unnecessary matters that are of no real concern. They are of no benefit to this life nor to the hereafter, in terms of belief, speech or actions.
This Hadith states that a believer should avoid things that are of no concern to him.