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Sahih Muslim 1306d (Book 15, Hadith 363) #10298
The Flexibility of Rituals

SUMMARY: This hadith explains that it is not wrong to perform a certain sequence of rituals in a different order, as long as the rituals are performed.

Abdullah b. Amr b. al-'As (Allah be pleased with them) reported: As Allah's Apostle. was delivering sermon on the Day of Nahr, a man stood up before him and said: Messenger of Allah, I did not know that such and such (rite was to be performed) before such and such (rite). Then another man came and said: Messenger of Allah, I thought that such and such (rite) should precede such and such (rite), and then another man came and said: Messenger of Allah, I had thought that such and such was before such and such, and such and such (is the sequence) of the three (rites, viz. throwing of pebbles, sacrificing of animal and shaving of one's head). He said to all these three: Do now (if you have not observed the sequence) ; there is no harm in it.
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ، يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ بَيْنَا هُوَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسِبُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَّ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَبْلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كُنْتُ أَحْسِبُ أَنَّ كَذَا قَبْلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا لِهَؤُلاَءِ الثَّلاَثِ قَالَ ‏ "‏ افْعَلْ وَلاَ حَرَجَ

TOPICS
pebbles  *  sacrifice  *  head  *  rituals  *  flexibility  *  sequence  *  alnahr

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow religious practices with intention and do your best even if you don't know all the details or traditions associated with them .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the flexibility of rituals and how it is okay to perform them in a different order than what is traditionally done. It was reported by Abdullah b. Amr b. al-'As that on the Day of Nahr, people were asking questions about which ritual should come first and which one should come second, but Allah's Apostle said that there was no harm in performing them out of sequence if they had already been done out of order unintentionally. This teaches us that we should not worry too much about following traditions exactly when it comes to religious practices; instead, we should focus on doing our best to fulfill our obligations and trust in God's mercy for any mistakes we make along the way.

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