Nawawī’s Arbaýīn

A Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ

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Acceptance Of Prayers - Hadith 10

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم إنَّ اللَّهَ طَيِّبٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ إلَّا طَيِّبًا، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنْ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا، وَقَالَ تَعَالَى يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الرَّجُلَ يُطِيلُ السَّفَرَ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ يَمُدُّ يَدَيْهِ إلَى السَّمَاءِ يَا رَبِّ! يَا رَبِّ! وَمَطْعَمُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَمَشْرَبُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَمَلْبَسُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَغُذِّيَ بِالْحَرَامِ، فَأَنَّى يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ

Narrated by Abū Hurayrah radiyAllāhu Anhu who said: RasūlAllāh ﷺ said:

Allāh táālā is Glorious [Transcendent from every flaw and] does not accept anything except the pure. Allāh táālā has commanded believers [to do that] which He has commanded the Messengers [to do].

Allāh táālā has said: “O Messengers [of Allāh], partake from that which is pure and do good deeds” [1]

يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنْ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا

And Allāh táālā has also said: “O believers, partake from that which is pure, from that we have given you.” [2]

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ

And then he mentioned:

“A man who goes on a long journey, who is dishevelled and muddy; he raises his hands towards the sky, beseeching and calling out: “O my Lord-Sustainer! O my Rabb!” Whereas, his food is from unlawful means, his drink is from the forbidden, his clothing is from the forbidden – and he has been nourished by the forbidden. How can his prayer be accepted?”

Reported by Muslim.[3]

Notes:

[1] Sūrah al-Mu’minūn, 23:51

[2] Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:172.

[3] Muslim 1015.

References:

1. Nawawī’s Arbaýīn, Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ, Hadith 10

[ English Translation ]

Mawlana Abu Hasan Ridawi,

Ridawi Press.