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Sunan Ibn Majah 4004 — Tribulations
Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil
Sunan Ibn Majah : 4004
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 4004
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " مُرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَدْعُوا فَلاَ يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ " .
A'isha Narrated from:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, before you call and you are not answered.’”
[1] Sindi thought that call meant to call people to what is right. But it is clear, based upon the other narrations, like the one after it, that this is not the meaning. And a more complete version of this Hadith is that of Hudhaifah, recorded by Ahmad, and At-Tirmidhi (no. 2169): "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! You will either command good and forbid evil, or soon Allāh will send upon you a punishment from Himself, and you call Him, and He does not respond to you."Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 4004In-book reference : Book 36, Hadith 79English translation : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4004
