Nawawī’s Arbaýīn

A Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ

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Too Many Questions - Hadith 9

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ صَخْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَقُولُ مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ، وَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَثْرَةُ مَسَائِلِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافُهُمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ ،وَمُسْلِمٌ

Narrated by Abū Hurayrah Ábd al-Raĥmān ibn Şakhr radiyAllāhu Anhu that he said: I heard RasūlAllāh ﷺ say:

Refrain from that which I have forbidden; perform, to the best of your ability, that which I have commanded you to do. Indeed, those who came before you[1] perished on account of asking too many questions and contradicting their Prophets.

Reported by Bukhārī and Muslim.[2]

Notes:

[1] Previous nations and followers of earlier Prophets.

[2] Bukhārī 7288; Muslim 1337.

References:

1. Nawawī’s Arbaýīn, Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ, Hadith 9

[ English Translation ]

Mawlana Abu Hasan Ridawi,

Ridawi Press.