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Sunan Abi Dawud 4892 (Book 43, Hadith 120) #25183
Preaching and Threatening Instead of Punishing

SUMMARY: This hadith is about not punishing people for their wrongdoings, but instead preaching and threatening them.

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: AbulHaytham quoted Dukhayn, the scribe of Uqbah ibn Amir, saying: We had some neighbours who used to drink wine. I forbade them, but they did not stop. I then said to Uqbah ibn Amir: These neighbours of ours drink wine, and I tried to prevent them but they did not stop, and I am going to call the police about them. He said: Leave them. I again came to Uqbah ibn Amir and said: Our neighbours have refused to refrain from drinking wine, and I am going to call the police for them. He said: Woe to thee! Leave them alone. I heard the Messenger of Allah say: he then mentioned the tradition to the same effect as recorded above on the authority of the narrator Muslim. Abu Dawud said: In this version Hashim b. al-Qasim said on the authority of Laith: Do not do it, but preach them and threaten them.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَشِيطٍ، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ، يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ دُخَيْنًا، كَاتِبَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ كَانَ لَنَا جِيرَانٌ يَشْرَبُونَ الْخَمْرَ فَنَهَيْتُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَنْتَهُوا فَقُلْتُ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ إِنَّ جِيرَانَنَا هَؤُلاَءِ يَشْرَبُونَ الْخَمْرَ وَإِنِّي نَهَيْتُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَنْتَهُوا فَأَنَا دَاعٍ لَهُمُ الشُّرَطَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ دَعْهُمْ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى عُقْبَةَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ جِيرَانَنَا قَدْ أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا عَنْ شُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ وَأَنَا دَاعٍ لَهُمُ الشُّرَطَ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ دَعْهُمْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَى حَدِيثِ مُسْلِمٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ لَيْثٍ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ لاَ تَفْعَلْ وَلَكِنْ عِظْهُمْ وَتَهَدَّدْهُمْ

TOPICS
preaching  *  threatening  *  punishment  *  alqasm

QUICK LESSONS:
Guide others away from wrongdoing without punishment , preach & threaten instead of punishing people for their wrongdoings .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is narrated by Uqbah ibn Amir who quoted his scribe Dukhayn saying that they had some neighbours who used to drink wine and he tried to prevent them from doing so but they did not stop. He then went to Uqbah ibn Amir asking him what he should do about it and he said to leave them alone as the Messenger of Allah said the same thing according to another narrator named Muslim. Abu Dawud added that in this version Hashim b. al-Qasim said on the authority of Laith that one should preach them and threaten them instead of punishing them for their wrongdoings. This hadith teaches us that we should not punish people for their wrongdoings but rather preach and threaten them in order to make sure they understand why what they are doing is wrong without having any negative consequences on themselves or others around them due to punishment or other forms of retribution such as calling the police on someone for drinking wine which was mentioned in this hadith as an example of a wrongdoing which one should not punish someone else for but rather try to help guide him/her away from it through preaching and threatening if necessary without any form of punishment involved whatsoever.

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