Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 20

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Commentary on Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

لَكَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْإِخْوَةِ؛ لِأَنَّ الرَّسُولَ ﷺ قَالَ: «الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ»، وَقَالَ: «الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا»(١)، وَقَالَ: «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي تَوَادِّهِمْ وَتَرَاحُمِهِمْ وَتَعَاطُفِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ الْجَسَدِ الْوَاحِدِ إِذَا اشْتَكَى مِنْهُ عُضْوٌ؛ تَدَاعَى لَهُ سَائِرُ الْجَسَدِ بِالسَّهَرِ وَالْحُمَّى»(٢)، فَأَنْتَ إِذَا أَحْسَسْتَ بِأَلَمٍ فِي أَطْرَفِ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَعْضَائِكَ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْأَلَمَ يَسْرِي عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْبَدَنِ، كَذَلِكَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَكُونَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ هَكَذَا، إِذَا اشْتَكَى أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَكَأَنَّمَا الْأَمْرُ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ أَنْتَ.

You stand in a position of brotherhood. The Messenger, peace be upon him, said, "The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim." He also said, "A believer to another believer is like a building whose parts support one another." Furthermore, he said, "The believers in their mutual love, mercy, and compassion are like a single body; when one part suffers, the entire body responds with sleeplessness and fever." If you feel pain in the smallest part of your body, that pain spreads throughout your entire frame. You should relate to other Muslims in the same way; when one of them suffers, it is as if the pain were your own.

وَلْيُعْلَمْ أَنَّ النَّصِيحَةَ هِيَ مُخَاطَبَةُ الْإِنْسَانِ سِرًّا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ؛ لِأَنَّكَ إِذَا نَصَحْتَهُ سِرًّا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ أَثَّرْتَ فِي نَفْسِهِ، وَعَلِمَ أَنَّكَ نَاصِحٌ، لَكِنْ إِذَا تَكَلَّمْتَ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ تَأْخُذُهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْإِثْمِ فَلَا يَقْبَلُ النَّصِيحَةَ، وَقَدْ يَظُنُّ أَنَّكَ إِنَّمَا تُرِيدُ الِانْتِقَامَ مِنْهُ وَتَوْبِيخَهُ وَحَطَّ مَنْزِلَتِهِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَلَا يَقْبَلُ، لَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَتِ النَّصِيحَةُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ صَارَ لَهَا مِيزَانٌ كَبِيرٌ عِنْدَهُ وَقِيمَةٌ، وَقَبِلَ ذَلِكَ، وَاللَّهُ الْمَسْؤُولُ أَنْ يُوَفِّقَنَا جَمِيعًا لِمَا يُحِبُّهُ وَيَرْضَاهُ. (١)

Know that sincere advice is given privately. When you advise someone in secret, you touch their heart, and they recognize your sincerity. If you speak against them in public, however, they may be overcome by pride and reject your counsel. They might suspect that you only want to take revenge, rebuke them, or lower their status in the eyes of others. When advice is kept between you and them, it carries great weight and value, and they are more likely to accept it. We ask Allah to grant us all success in what He loves and finds pleasing.

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ: كِتَابُ الْمَظَالِمِ، بَابُ لَا يَظْلِمُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْمُسْلِمَ وَلَا يُسْلِمُهُ، رَقْمُ (٢٤٤٢)، وَمُسْلِمٌ: كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ وَالْآدَابِ، بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ الظُّلْمِ، رَقْمُ (٢٥٨٠)، مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا.

(1) Recorded by Al-Bukhari: Book of Oppressions, Chapter: The Muslim does not oppress the Muslim nor betray him, no. (2442), and Muslim: Book of Righteousness, Relations, and Etiquette, Chapter: The Prohibition of Oppression, no. (2580), from the hadith of Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both.

وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ، بَابُ تَحْرِيمِ ظُلْمِ الْمُسْلِمِ، رَقْمُ (٢٥٦٤)، مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ. (٢)

It was also recorded by Muslim, Book of Righteousness and Relations, Chapter: The Prohibition of Oppressing the Muslim, no. (2564), from the hadith of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him.

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ: كِتَابُ الصَّلَاةِ، بَابُ تَشْبِيكِ الْأَصَابِعِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، رَقْمُ (٤٨١)، وَمُسْلِمٌ: كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ بَابُ تَرَاحُمِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَقْمُ (٢٥٨٥)، مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ. (٣)

(2) Recorded by Al-Bukhari: Book of Prayer, Chapter: Interlacing fingers in the mosque, no. (481), and Muslim: Book of Righteousness and Relations, Chapter: The Mutual Mercy of the Believers, no. (2585), from the hadith of Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari, may Allah be pleased with him.

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ: كِتَابُ الْأَدَبِ، بَابُ رَحْمَةِ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ، رَقْمُ (٦٠١١)، وَمُسْلِمٌ: كِتَابُ الْبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ، بَابُ تَرَاحُمِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَقْمُ (٢٥٨٦)، مِنْ حَدِيثِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا.

(3) Recorded by Al-Bukhari: Book of Etiquette, Chapter: Mercy to people and animals, no. (6011), and Muslim: Book of Righteousness and Relations, Chapter: The Mutual Mercy of the Believers, no. (2586), from the hadith of An-Nu'man ibn Bashir, may Allah be pleased with them both.

Vocabulary · المفردات (22 verbs · 45 nouns)

• صَلَّى — to pray
• قَالَ — to say
• شَدَّ — to tighten
• اشْتَكَى — to complain
• تَدَاعَى — to call upon one another
• أَحَسَّ — to feel
• سَرَى — to spread
• اِنْبَغَى — to be necessary
• كَانَ — to be
• رَجَعَ — to return
• عَلِمَ — to know
• نَصَحَ — to advise
• أَثَّرَ — to influence
• تَكَلَّمَ — to speak
• أَخَذَ — to take
• قَبِلَ — to accept
• ظَنَّ — to think
• أَرَادَ — to want
• صَارَ — to become
• وَفَّقَ — to grant success
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• رَضِيَ — to be pleased
• شَرْح — explanation
• رِيَاض — gardens
• صَالِح — righteous person
• كَلَام — speech
• سَيِّد — master
• مُرْسَل — messenger
• مَنْزِلَة — status
• إِخْوَة — brotherhood
• رَسُول — messenger
• مُسْلِم — Muslim
• أَخ — brother
• مُؤْمِن — believer
• بُنْيَان — structure
• بَعْض — part
• مَثَل — example
• تَوَادّ — mutual love
• تَرَاحُم — mutual mercy
• تَعَاطُف — mutual sympathy
• جَسَد — body
• وَاحِد — one
• عُضْو — limb
• سَائِر — rest
• سَهَر — sleeplessness
• حُمَّى — fever
• أَلَم — pain
• طَرَف — extremity
• شَيْء — thing
• بَدَن — body
• أَمْر — matter
• نَصِيحَة — advice
• مُخَاطَبَة — addressing
• إِنْسَان — human
• سِرّ — secret
• نَفْس — self
• نَاصِح — advisor
• نَاس — people
• عِزَّة — pride
• إِثْم — sin
• انْتِقَام — revenge
• تَوْبِيخ — reproach
• حَطّ — lowering
• مِيزَان — weight
• كَبِير — great
• قِيمَة — value
• مَسْؤُول — the one asked