23/73. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 2568 — Signs of Islam
One Who Asks By The Face Of Allah, The Mighty And Sublime
Hadith About the Signs of Islam
Sunan an-Nasai : 2568
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 2568
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ بَهْزَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَا أَتَيْتُكَ حَتَّى حَلَفْتُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَدَدِهِنَّ - لأَصَابِعِ يَدَيْهِ - أَلاَّ آتِيَكَ وَلاَ آتِيَ دِينَكَ وَإِنِّي كُنْتُ امْرَأً لاَ أَعْقِلُ شَيْئًا إِلاَّ مَا عَلَّمَنِي اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِمَا بَعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ " بِالإِسْلاَمِ " . قَالَ قُلْتُ وَمَا آيَاتُ الإِسْلاَمِ قَالَ " أَنْ تَقُولَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِيَ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَتَخَلَّيْتُ وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ كُلُّ مُسْلِمٍ عَلَى مُسْلِمٍ مُحَرَّمٌ أَخَوَانِ نَصِيرَانِ لاَ يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ بَعْدَ مَا أَسْلَمَ عَمَلاً أَوْ يُفَارِقَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ " .
Bahz bin Hakim Narrated from:
Bahz bin Hakim narrated from his father that his grandfather said: "I said: 'O Prophet of Allah! I did not come to you until I had sworn more that this many times' - the number of fingers on his hands - 'that I would never come to you or follow your religion. I am a man who does not know anything except that which Allah and His Messenger teach me. I ask you by the face of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, with what has your Lord sent you to us? He said: 'With Islam.'I said: What are the signs of Islam? He said; To say: I submit my face to Allah and give up Shirk, and, to establish the Salah and to pay Zakah. Each Muslim is sacred and inviolable to his fellow Muslim; they support one another. Allah does not accept my deed from an idolater after he becomes a Muslim, until he departs from the idolaters and joins the Muslims."'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2568In-book reference : Book 23, Hadith 134English translation : Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 2569
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 2568
This hadith about the signs of Islam records a man asking the Prophet what Allah sent him with. The Prophet answered: Islam. When asked about the signs of Islam, he mentioned saying, “I submit my face to Allah,” giving up Shirk, establishing Salah, and paying Zakah. The hadith also says that every Muslim is sacred and inviolable to another Muslim, and that Muslims are brothers who support one another. The text connects belief, worship, charity, and social safety. Islam is shown here as surrender to Allah, worship through prayer, giving through Zakah, and respect for Muslim life and honor.
What we learn from this hadith
- Islam includes submitting to Allah and leaving Shirk.
- Establishing Salah and paying Zakah are named as signs of Islam.
- A Muslim is sacred and inviolable to another Muslim.
- Muslims are described as brothers who support one another.
