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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1020 (Book 10, Hadith 56) #26587
Differing From Others

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was once followed by a rabbi who said that they do the same thing as what the Prophet was doing. The Prophet then told him to differ from them.

Ubadah bin As-Samit said: "When the Messenger of Allah follows a corpse, he would not sit until (the deceased was) placed in the Lahd. A rabbi came upon him and said: 'This is what we do, O Muhammad'" He said: "So the Messenger of Allah sat, and he said: 'Differ from them'."
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ جُنَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِذَا اتَّبَعَ الْجَنَازَةَ لَمْ يَقْعُدْ حَتَّى تُوضَعَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَعَرَضَ لَهُ حَبْرٌ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا نَصْنَعُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ ‏ "‏ خَالِفُوهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏ وَبِشْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ

TOPICS
differ  *  follow  *  corpse  *  rabbi  *  ibtidaa  *  lahd

QUICK LESSONS:
Have your own opinion on matters; Stand up for yourself; Be independent in thought and action; Understand why you are doing something before blindly following others; Respect other people's beliefs even if you don't agree with them .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of differing from others in certain matters. It is narrated by Ubadah bin As-Samit, who reported that when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) followed a corpse, he would not sit until it was placed in its grave. A rabbi then came upon him and said that this is what they do too, but the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) told him to differ from them. This hadith teaches us that we should not blindly follow others without first understanding why we are doing something and if it goes against our beliefs or values, we should not do it even if everyone else does it. We must have our own opinions and stand up for ourselves even if no one else agrees with us.

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