What Is the Context of …”and Do Not Ask People for Anything”, in the The Hadith of Muslim Below?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Does the prohibition in hadith Muslim 1043 against asking people for anything extend to seeking knowledge from teachers or lecturers about non-religious matters? Could you provide insight into understanding this hadith and its context?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
This hadith has been mentioned in the Book of Zakat in the chapter titled: It is Disliked to Ask from People.
Malik al-Ashja’i (Allah be pleased with him) reported, ‘We, nine, eight or seven men, were in the company of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), and he said:
Why don’t you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? -while we had recently pledged allegiance. So we said: Messenger of Allah, we have already pledged allegiance to you. He again said: Why don’t you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? And we said: Messenger of Allah, we have already pledged allegiance to you. He again said: Why don’t you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? We stretched our hands and said: Messenger of Allah. We have already pledged allegiance to you.
Now tell (on what things) we should pledge allegiance to you. He said I (You must pledge allegiance) that you would worship Allah only and would not associate with Him anything, (and observe) five prayers, and obey- (and he said one thing in an undertone) -that you would not ask of anything. (And as a consequence of that) I saw that some of these people did not ask anyone to pick up the whip for them if it fell down.
[Ibn Adam al- Atyubi, Al-Bahr al-Muhit al-Thajjaj Fi Sharh Sahih al-Muslim]
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I pray this helps answer your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
