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Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1405 — The Book of As-Salâm (Greetings)
If a person comes to a gathering and finds space to sit, he should sit there or otherwise he should sit behind that gathering.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 1405
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 1405
حديث أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَالنَّاسُ مَعَهُ، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ، فَأَقْبَلَ اثْنَانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَذَهَبَ وَاحِدٌ ⦗٥٦⦘ قَالَ: فَوَقَفَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَرَأَى فُرْجَةً فِي الْحَلْقَةِ، فَجَلَسَ فِيهَا وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَجَلَسَ خَلْفَهُمْ وَأَمَّا الثَّالِثُ فَأَدْبَرَ ذَاهِبًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ النَّفَرِ الثَّلَاثَةِ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَوَى إِلَى اللهِ فَآوَاهُ اللهُ؛ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَاسْتَحْيَا فَاسْتَحْيَا اللهُ مِنْهُ؛ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَأَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللهُ عَنْهُ.
Abû Wâqid Al-Laithî Narrated from:
While Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم was sitting in the mosque with some people, three men came. Two of them came in front of Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and the third went away. The narrator added: The two persons kept on standing before Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم for a while and then one of them found a place in the circle and sat there while the other sat behind them (the gathering,) and the third one went away.When Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم finished his preaching, he said, "Shall I tell you about these three persons? One of them betook himself to Allâh, so Allâh took him into His Grace and Mercy and accommodated him, the second felt shy from Allâh, so Allâh sheltered him in His Mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned his face from Allâh and went away, so Allâh turned His Face from him (likewise)." ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 66, Vol. 1 )
