2/255. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1140 — Changing Wrong with Hand, Tongue, or Heart
The Khutbah On The Day Of 'Eid
Hadith About Changing Wrong with Hand Tongue or Heart
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1140
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1140
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، ح وَعَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْرَجَ مَرْوَانُ الْمِنْبَرَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فَبَدَأَ بِالْخُطْبَةِ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا مَرْوَانُ خَالَفْتَ السُّنَّةَ أَخْرَجْتَ الْمِنْبَرَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُخْرَجُ فِيهِ وَبَدَأْتَ بِالْخُطْبَةِ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ . فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ مَنْ هَذَا قَالُوا فُلاَنُ بْنُ فُلاَنٍ . فَقَالَ أَمَّا هَذَا فَقَدْ قَضَى مَا عَلَيْهِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ رَأَى مُنْكَرًا فَاسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَهُ بِيَدِهِ فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِلِسَانِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِقَلْبِهِ وَذَلِكَ أَضْعَفُ الإِيمَانِ " .
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Narrated from:
Marwan brought out the pulpit on 'Id. He began preaching before the prayer. A man stood and said: You opposed the sunnah, O Marwan. You brought out the pulpit on the 'Id, it was not brought out before: and you began preaching before the prayer. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said: Wh is this (man) ? They (people) said: So-and so son of so-and-so. He has performed his duty.I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: He who observes and evil deed should change it with his hand if he can do so; if he cannot do, (he should change it) then with his tongue; if he cannot do then (he should change it) with his heart, and that is the weakest degree of the faith.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1140In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 751English translation : Book 2, Hadith 1136
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1140
This hadith about changing wrong with the hand, tongue, or heart begins with an Eid event. Marwan brought out the pulpit on Eid and started the sermon before the prayer. A man stood up and said that this went against the Sunnah: the pulpit had not been brought out before, and the sermon had begun before the prayer. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri then said the man had done his duty. He reported hearing the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم say that whoever sees an evil should change it with his hand if able, then with his tongue if unable, then with his heart if unable, and that this is the weakest degree of faith. This is why people search “whoever sees evil hadith” and “change evil with hand tongue heart hadith.”
What we learn from this hadith
- The man spoke when he saw an Eid practice opposed to the Sunnah described in the report.
- Abu Sa'id said he had fulfilled what was upon him.
- The hadith gives levels of response: hand, tongue, then heart.
- The response is tied to ability, as stated in the wording.
