67/1. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5063 — Balanced Worship and Marriage
Awakening the desire for marriage
لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ}.
Hadith About Balanced Worship and Following the Sunnah
Sahih Bukhari : 5063
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5063
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ جَاءَ ثَلاَثَةُ رَهْطٍ إِلَى بُيُوتِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا أُخْبِرُوا كَأَنَّهُمْ تَقَالُّوهَا فَقَالُوا وَأَيْنَ نَحْنُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ. قَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي أُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ أَبَدًا. وَقَالَ آخَرُ أَنَا أَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ وَلاَ أُفْطِرُ. وَقَالَ آخَرُ أَنَا أَعْتَزِلُ النِّسَاءَ فَلاَ أَتَزَوَّجُ أَبَدًا. فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ قُلْتُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَمَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَتْقَاكُمْ لَهُ، لَكِنِّي أَصُومُ وَأُفْطِرُ، وَأُصَلِّي وَأَرْقُدُ وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ، فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي ".
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
A group of three men came to the houses of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) asking how the Prophet (ﷺ) worshipped (Allah), and when they were informed about that, they considered their worship insufficient and said, "Where are we from the Prophet (ﷺ) as his past and future sins have been forgiven." Then one of them said, "I will offer the prayer throughout the night forever." The other said, "I will fast throughout the year and will not break my fast." The third said, "I will keep away from the women and will not marry forever."Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to them and said, "Are you the same people who said so-and-so? By Allah, I am more submissive to Allah and more afraid of Him than you; yet I fast and break my fast, I do sleep and I also marry women. So he who does not follow my tradition in religion, is not from me (not one of my followers).
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5063In-book reference : Book 67, Hadith 1USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 1
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5063
This well-known Hadith is about balanced worship in Islam. Three men asked about the worship of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and then felt their own worship was too little. One planned to pray all night forever, another to fast every day without stopping, and another to avoid women and never marry. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم corrected this thinking. He said he was more submissive to Allah and more afraid of Him, yet he fasted and broke his fast, prayed and slept, and married women. The message is clear: following the Sunnah includes balance. A hadith about moderation in worship teaches that devotion is not shown by rejecting normal human needs when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did not do so.
What we learn from this hadith
- Worship should follow the way of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, not personal extremes.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم combined fasting with eating, prayer with sleep, and marriage with worship.
- Feeling spiritually weak should not lead a person to invent harder practices.
- Turning away from the Prophet's tradition in religion is strongly warned against.
