النص العربي
وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً وَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا القُلُوبُ، وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا العُيُونُ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ، فَأَوْصِنَا. قَالَ: أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ، وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلاَفًا كَثِيرًا، فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الخُلَفَاءِ المَهْدِيِّينَ الرَّاشِدِينَ، تَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الأُمُورِ، فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلاَلَةٌ.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
I advise you with taqwā of Allah, and hearing and obeying — even if a slave is appointed over you. Whoever among you lives long will see much disagreement, so cling to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs after me. Bite onto it with your molar teeth. And beware of newly invented matters — for every innovation is misguidance.
— al-‘Irbāḍ ibn Sāriyah (RA) (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi (ṣaḥīḥ))
الشرح
A hadith that establishes Sunnah, the way of the rightly-guided caliphs, and warning against bid‘ah — all in one.
شرح موسّع
‘Al-‘Irbāḍ said: the Prophet ﷺ delivered an admonition that made our hearts tremble and our eyes overflow.’ This is not ordinary advice — it is parting wisdom for an Ummah that will face fitnah after the Companions are gone.
Three pillars: (1) taqwā as the inner anchor; (2) hearing and obeying legitimate authority — even when it personally inconveniences (‘even a slave appointed over you’); (3) clinging to the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ AND the rightly-guided caliphs (Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī, RA). The hadith concludes with the absolute: ‘every innovation is misguidance.’ No exceptions, no ‘good bid‘ah’ category in worship.
من كلام أهل العلم
"‘Bite onto it with your molars’ — meaning, hold on with the strongest possible grip, do not let the fashions of any era loosen your hold."
"‘Every innovation is misguidance’ — the Prophet ﷺ used the comprehensive ‘every’ (kullu). Anyone who divides bid‘ah into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ has contradicted the explicit text."
الفقه والأحكام
- •Bid‘ah in worship — inventing acts, times, manners not authorised by revelation — is rejected.
- •‘Bid‘ah ḥasanah’ in worldly affairs (cars, microphones, organised schools) is not what the hadith addresses.
- •Hearing and obeying applies to legitimate Muslim authority in what is not sin — there is no obedience to the creation in disobedience to the Creator.
- •The Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs is included in the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ — e.g., the tarāwīḥ congregation organised by ‘Umar (RA).
الصلة بآيات القرآن
مفردات عربية مفتاحية
trembled (with fear)
hearing and obeying
bite onto
with the molars (the strongest grip)
newly invented matters
تأمل اليوم
What new 'religious' practice have you considered? Test it against the Sunnah of the Companions.
أبرز الفوائد
- 1The Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs is included with the Prophet's ﷺ Sunnah.
- 2Innovation is misguidance — every innovation.
أخطاء شائعة وتنبيهات
- ⚠Inventing dhikrs, prayer formats, or commemorations not from revelation — even with sincere intention — is bid‘ah.
- ⚠Obedience to authority is NOT in disobedience to Allah — ‘no obedience to the creation in disobedience to the Creator’ (authentic).
- ⚠Splitting bid‘ah into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in matters of worship contradicts the explicit ‘every’ of the hadith.
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