Indeed, Allah Almighty has enjoined obligations, so do not violate them; He has set limits…

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Hadith narrated by Narrated by: Ad-Daaraqutni in his Sunan and others

Authenticity grade : An-Nawawi said: It is a Hasan (sound) Hadīth

Hadith text: Indeed, Allah Almighty has enjoined obligations, so do…

عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الخُشَنِيِّ جُرْثُومِ بن نَاشِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَال: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ فَرَائِضَ فَلَا تُضَيِّعُوهَا، وَحَدَّ حُدُودًا فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا، وَحَرَّمَ أَشْيَاءَ فَلَا تَنْتَهِكُوهَا، وَسَكَتَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ رَحْمَةً لَكُمْ غَيْرَ نِسْيَانٍ فَلَا تَبْحَثُوا عَنْهَا».

Abu Tha‘labah al-Khushani Jurthūm ibn Nāshir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has enjoined obligations, so do not violate them; He has set limits, so do not transgress them; He has forbidden things, so do not commit them; and He has kept silent about things out of mercy for you, not out of forgetfulness, so do not search for them."

Explanation of the hadith: Indeed, Allah Almighty has enjoined obligations, so do…

Lessons: Indeed, Allah Almighty has enjoined obligations, so do…

• The Hadīth is a proof that Allah is the Lawgiver, as all command lies in His Hand, Exalted be He.
• The Hadīth comprises the Shar‘i (legal) rules regarding rulings and permissibility. A Shar‘i ruling is either subject to silence or spoken about. It either pertains to something enjoined by way of obligation or desirability or prohibited by way of prohibition or undesirability, or it is permissible.
• What Allah remained silent about-as He has neither enjoined it, set a limit for it, nor forbidden it-is then lawful.
• The Prophet's (ﷺ) eloquence is evident in the way he presented the Hadīth with such clear and distinct division.
• It is a duty to observe the obligations enjoined by Allah Almighty.
• It is prohibited to transgress the limits set by Allah Almighty.

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