Sahih al-Bukhari 2465

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Chapter: Open courtyards of houses and sitting on the ways

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri 4 narrators

Mua'dh bin Fdalh al-Zhrany Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. after 210 AH Zayd bin Aslam Tābiʿī d. 136 AH Ata bin Yasar Tābiʿī 19 AH – 103 AH Abu Said Al Khudri Companion d. 74 AH

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Beware! Avoid sitting on he roads (ways)." The people said, "There is no way out of it as these are our sitting places where we have talks." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If you must sit there, then observe the rights of the way." They asked, "What are the rights of the way?" He said, "They are the lowering of your gazes (on seeing what is illegal to look at), refraining from harming people, returning greetings, advocating good and forbidding evil."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 2465

In-book reference

Book 46, Hadith 26

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 3, Book 43, Hadith 645

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ، حَفْصُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْجُلُوسَ عَلَى الطُّرُقَاتِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا بُدٌّ، إِنَّمَا هِيَ مَجَالِسُنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ فِيهَا‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِذَا أَبَيْتُمْ إِلاَّ الْمَجَالِسَ فَأَعْطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهَا ‏"‏ قَالُوا وَمَا حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ قَالَ ‏"‏ غَضُّ الْبَصَرِ، وَكَفُّ الأَذَى، وَرَدُّ السَّلاَمِ، وَأَمْرٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَنَهْىٌ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ‏"‏‏.‏

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