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Sahih al-Bukhari 3610 (Book 61, Hadith 117) #3449
Justice and its Importance

SUMMARY: This hadith is about a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim who asked Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to do justice. The Prophet (PBUH) warned that if he did not do justice, he would be a desperate loser. He then described a group of people who will appear in the future and how they can be identified.

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: While we were with Allah's Messenger who was distributing (ie some property), there came Dhu'l- khuwaysirah, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, "O Allah's Messenger ! Do Justice". The Prophet said, "Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do justice"'.Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger ! Allow me to chop his head off". The Prophet said, "Leave him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negligible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur'an but it does not go beyond their throats (ie they do not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim's body, so that the hunter, on looking at the arrow's blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing: he would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at its qudhadhih ( 1 ) and see nothing (neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear. The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose arms will resemble a woman's breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will appear when there will be differences amongst the people". I testify that I heard this narration from Allah's Messenger and I testify that 'Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people, and I was in his company. He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet ) should be looked for. The man was brought and I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described him.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَهْوَ يَقْسِمُ قَسْمًا أَتَاهُ ذُو الْخُوَيْصِرَةِ ـ وَهْوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ ـ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اعْدِلْ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ وَيْلَكَ، وَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلْ قَدْ خِبْتَ وَخَسِرْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْدِلُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي فِيهِ، فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ دَعْهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَصْحَابًا، يَحْقِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَلاَتَهُ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ وَصِيَامَهُ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ، يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَىْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَمَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَىْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ ـ وَهْوَ قِدْحُهُ ـ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَىْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَىْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَالدَّمَ، آيَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ إِحْدَى عَضُدَيْهِ مِثْلُ ثَدْىِ الْمَرْأَةِ، أَوْ مِثْلُ الْبَضْعَةِ تَدَرْدَرُ وَيَخْرُجُونَ عَلَى حِينِ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَأَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَاتَلَهُمْ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، فَأَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ، فَالْتُمِسَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى نَعْتِ النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي نَعَتَهُ‏.‏

TOPICS
justice  *  loser  *  people  *  man  *  adl  *  khuwaysirah  *  tamim  *  qudhadhih  *  quran

QUICK LESSONS:
Practice truthfulness at all times no matter what situation you are in . Practice faithfulness towards Allah's commands . Practice Justice at all times even when distributing something among yourselves or others .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the importance of justice in Islam. It was narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri while they were with Allah's Messenger distributing some property when Dhu'l-khuwaysirah from the tribe of Bani Tamim came and asked for justice. The Prophet said that if he did not do justice, then he would be a desperate loser. Umar wanted to chop his head off but the Prophet stopped him as there were people who prayed and fasted more than them but still their actions did not reflect their words as it went beyond their throats without any effect on them. He further described these people saying that among them there will be a black man whose arm will resemble a woman's breast or lump of meat moving loosely which can help identify them easily when they appear in future due to differences amongst people. Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people later on confirming what was said by Prophet Muhammad earlier on this matter.

This hadith teaches us about how important it is for us to practice justice even if we are distributing something among ourselves or others so we don't become desperate losers like those mentioned in this hadith who recite Quran but don't act upon it leading them away from Islam eventually due to lack of faithfulness towards Allah's commands . We should also remember that Allah knows all our intentions behind our actions so even if we try hiding something from others, He knows what lies beneath our hearts which makes it important for us to practice truthfulness at all times no matter what situation we are in .

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