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Sunan Ibn Majah 207 — The Impact of Good and Evil Practices
One who introduces a good or evil practice
Hadith About Good and Evil Practices
Sunan Ibn Majah : 207
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 207
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ سَنَّ سُنَّةً حَسَنَةً فَعُمِلَ بِهَا بَعْدَهُ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُهَا وَمِثْلُ أُجُورِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَمَنْ سَنَّ سُنَّةً سَيِّئَةً فَعُمِلَ بِهَا بَعْدَهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرُهُ وَمِثْلُ أَوْزَارِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أَوْزَارِهِمْ شَيْئًا " .
Abu Juhaifa Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever introduces a good practice that is followed after him, will have a reward for that and the equivalent of their reward, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. Whoever introduces an evil practice that is followed after him, will bear the burden of sin for that and the equivalent of their burden of sin, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest.'
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 207In-book reference : Introduction, Hadith 0English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 207
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 207
This Hadith teaches that a practice may continue after the one who began it. If someone introduces a good practice and people act upon it after him, he receives its reward and a reward like theirs, without reducing their reward. If someone introduces an evil practice and people follow it after him, he carries its burden and a burden like theirs, without reducing their burden. The focus is not only on the first action, but on what that action leads others to do. For anyone searching for a hadith about good and evil practices, this narration gives a balanced reminder: influence can be a door to reward or a source of sin.
What we learn from this hadith
- Good influence can continue after a person.
- The reward of those who follow good is not reduced.
- Evil influence can also continue after a person.
- A person should think about the effects of what they begin.
