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Sahih Muslim 1785b (Book 32, Hadith 116) #11744
The Power of Discretion

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of using one's own discretion and not to give up in difficult situations.

It has been narrated on the authority of Shaqiq who said: I heard Sahl b. Hunaif say at Siffin: O ye people, find fault with your (own) discretion. By Allah, on the Day of Abu Jandal (i. e. the day of Hudaibiya), I thought to myself that, if I could, I would reverse the order of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (the terms of the truce being unpalatable). By Allah, we have never hung our swords on our shoulders in any situation whatsoever except when they made easy for us to realize the goal envisaged by us, but this battle of yours (seems to be an exception). Ibn Numair (in his version) did not mention the words:" In any situation whatsoever"
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ، يَقُولُ بِصِفِّينَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّهِمُوا رَأْيَكُمْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي يَوْمَ أَبِي جَنْدَلٍ وَلَوْ أَنِّي أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرُدَّ أَمْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَرَدَدْتُهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا وَضَعْنَا سُيُوفَنَا عَلَى عَوَاتِقِنَا إِلَى أَمْرٍ قَطُّ إِلاَّ أَسْهَلْنَ بِنَا إِلَى أَمْرٍ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ أَمْرَكُمْ هَذَا ‏.‏ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ إِلَى أَمْرٍ قَطُّ
TOPICS
discretion  *  goal  *  battle  *  istikharah  *  hudaibiya  *  siffin  *  realize

QUICK LESSONS:
Use your own judgement and don't give up even in difficult times as Allah will help you achieve your goals if you are patient and persevere with faith .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of using one's own discretion and not to give up in difficult situations. It was narrated by Shaqiq who heard it from Sahl b. Hunaif at Siffin. On the day of Hudaibiya, when the terms of truce were unpalatable, Sahl thought that if he could he would reverse them but then realized that they have never hung their swords on their shoulders except when it helped them realize their goal. This hadith teaches us to use our own judgement and not give up even in difficult times as Allah will help us achieve our goals if we are patient and persevere with faith.

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