25/224. Chapter:
Mishkat al-Masabih 4900 — Manners
Be Not Agents of the Devil
Mishkat al-Masabih : 4900
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 4900
وَعَن مطرف بن عبد الله الشِّخّيرِ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبِي: انْطَلَقْتُ فِي وَفْدِ بَنِي عَامِرٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا: أَنْتَ سَيِّدُنَا. فَقَالَ: «السَّيِّدُ اللَّهُ» فَقُلْنَا وَأَفْضَلُنَا فَضْلًا وَأَعْظَمُنَا طَوْلًا. فَقَالَ: «قُولُوا قَوْلَكُمْ أَوْ بَعْضَ قَوْلِكُمْ وَلَا يَسْتَجْرِيَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَأَبُو دَاوُد
Mutarrif bin ‘Abdullah bin Shikhkhir Narrated from:
I was a member of the deputation of the Banu Aamir who came to Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم. We addressed him, 'Sayyiduna' (our chief) but, he corrected us. 'Sayyid is Allah!' So, we submitted, 'Better than us in excellence and greater than us in superiority.' So, he said, 'speak out what you wish to say' (meaning, you say that 'or, better use an expression of a lesser degree, (that is, do not exaggerate when praising me and do not exceed what you have said just now, but better praise me in a smaller way) and be careful lest the devil make you his agents. [2]
[2] Musnad Ahmad 4-25, Abu Dawud # 4806.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 4900In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 273
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi
- Translator:
- James Robson
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
