A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and talked to him …

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Hadith narrated by Narrated by An-Nasā’i in Al-Kubra, Ibn Mājah, and Ahmad

Its chain of narrators is Hasan/Sound

Hadith text: A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessi…

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رضي الله عنهما: أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكَلَّمَهُ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ، فَقَالَ: مَا شَاءَ اللهُ وَشِئْتَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَجَعَلْتَنِي لِلَّهِ عَدْلًا؟ قُلْ: مَا شَاءَ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ».

Explanation of the hadith: A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessi…

Lessons: A man came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessi…

• It is prohibited to say: "It is as Allah wills and you will" or any similar words containing the conjunctive 'and' between the will of Allah and the will of the slave, for this constitutes minor Shirk.
• Forbidding evil is obligatory.
• The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) guarded the sanctuary of Tawhīd (monotheism) and blocked the means leading to Shirk.
• When forbidding evil, it is better to direct the advised person to a permissible alternative following the example of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).
• To reconcile between the Prophet's words in this Hadīth: "It is what Allah alone wills", and his words in another Hadīth: "Say: What Allah wills, then, what you will", we say that the latter is permissible but the former is better.
• It is permissible to say: "What Allah wills, then, what you will"; however, it is better to say: "What Allah alone wills".

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