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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1898 — Best Deeds and Parents
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Hadith About the Best Deeds and Dutifulness to Parents
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1898
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1898
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْعَيْزَارِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ " الصَّلاَةُ لِمِيقَاتِهَا " . قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ " . قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ " . ثُمَّ سَكَتَ عَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَوِ اسْتَزَدْتُهُ لَزَادَنِي . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . رَوَاهُ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ وَشُعْبَةُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْعَيْزَارِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ . وَأَبُو عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيُّ اسْمُهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ .
Ibn Mas'ud Narrated from:
I Asked The Messenger Of Allah: 'O Messenger Of Allah! Which Is The Most Virtuous Of Deeds?' He Said: 'Salat During Its Appropriate Time.' I Said: 'Then What, O Messenger Of Allah?' He Said: 'Being Dutiful To One'S Parents.' I Said: 'Then What, O Messenger Of Allah?' He Said: 'Jihad In The Cause Of Allah.' Then The Messenger Of Allah Was Silent, And If I Had Asked Him More, He Would Have Told Me More.'
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1898In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 2English translation : Vol. 4, Book 1, Hadith 1898
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1898
This Hadith about the best deeds is narrated from Ibn Mas’ud. He asked the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) which deed was most virtuous. The Prophet answered, “Salat during its appropriate time.” Ibn Mas’ud then asked what came next, and the Prophet said, “Being dutiful to one’s parents.” He asked again, and the Prophet said, “Jihad in the cause of Allah.” Then the Prophet was silent, and Ibn Mas’ud said that if he had asked more, the Prophet would have told him more. Abu Eisa graded it Hasan Sahih. The Hadith places dutifulness to parents among highly valued deeds in this answer.
What we learn from this hadith
- Prayer at its proper time is named first in this answer.
- Being dutiful to parents is named as the next deed.
- Ibn Mas’ud’s careful questioning preserved the order of the answer.
