42/29. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2724 — Manners in Gatherings
Regarding The Three Who Came To The Sitting Of The Prophet (SAW) And The Hadith That They Would Sit In The Gathering Wherever They Wound Up At
Hadith About Manners in Islamic Gatherings
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2724
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2724
حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُرَّةَ، مَوْلَى عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَالنَّاسُ مَعَهُ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَأَقْبَلَ اثْنَانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَذَهَبَ وَاحِدٌ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَلَّمَا فَأَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَرَأَى فُرْجَةً فِي الْحَلْقَةِ فَجَلَسَ فِيهَا وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَجَلَسَ خَلْفَهُمْ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَأَدْبَرَ ذَاهِبًا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ النَّفَرِ الثَّلاَثَةِ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَوَى إِلَى اللَّهِ فَآوَاهُ اللَّهُ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَاسْتَحْيَا فَاسْتَحْيَا اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَأَعْرَضَ فَأَعْرَضَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَأَبُو وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ اسْمُهُ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ وَأَبُو مُرَّةَ مَوْلَى أُمِّ هَانِئٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَاسْمُهُ يَزِيدُ وَيُقَالُ مَوْلَى عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ .
Abu Waqid Al-Laithi Narrated from:
The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Was Sitting In The Masjid And The People Were With Him When Three People Came. Two Of Them Came Near The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) And One Went Away. When The Two Stopped At The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) The Said The Salam. One Of Them Saw An Opening In The Circle So He Sat There. As For The Other One, He Sat Behind Them, And The Other One Went Way In The Rear.When The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Had Finished, He Said: 'Shall I Inform You About The Three People? As For One Of Them, He Took Himself To Allah So Allah Took Him. The Other, He Was Shy So Allah (Had Mercy) On Him. As For The Other One, He Turned Away, So Allah Turned Away From Him.'
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2724In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 37English translation : Vol. 5, Book 40, Hadith 2724
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2724
This Hadith teaches manners in gatherings through the example of three people. Two came near the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and gave salam, while one went away. One of the two found an opening in the circle and sat there. The other sat behind the people. After the gathering, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم explained their different states. The one who took himself to Allah was taken in by Allah. The one who was shy received mercy. The one who turned away was turned away from. This Hadith about Islamic gathering manners reminds Muslims to value circles of goodness, come forward with respect, and not turn away without reason.
What we learn from this hadith
- A person should approach gatherings of goodness with respect.
- Finding an open place and sitting there is acceptable.
- Shyness is treated with mercy in this narration.
- Turning away from a beneficial gathering is shown in a negative light.
