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Sahih al-Bukhari 6956 (Book 90, Hadith 4) #6687
Fulfilling Religious Obligations

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of fulfilling one's religious obligations and duties, such as prayer, fasting and Zakat.

Narrated Talha bin 'Ubaidullah: A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards prayers". The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have to offer perfectly the five (compulsory) prayers in a day and a night (24 hrs), except if you want to perform some extra optional prayers". The bedouin said, "Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards fasting". The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have to observe fast during the month of Ramadan except if you fast some extra optional fast". The bedouin said, "Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regard Zakat". The Prophet ﷺ then told him the Islamic laws and regulations whereupon the bedouin said, "By Him Who has honored you, I will not perform any optional deeds of worship and I will not leave anything of what Allah has enjoined on me". Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "He will be successful if he has told the truth (or he will enter Paradise if he said the truth)". And some people said, "The Zakat for one-hundred and twenty camels is two Hiqqah, and if the Zakat payer slaughters the camels intentionally or gives them as a present or plays some other trick in order to avoid the Zakat, then there is no harm (in it) for him.
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَائِرَ الرَّأْسِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي مَاذَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ، إِلاَّ أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ شَيْئًا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ قَالَ ‏"‏ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ، إِلاَّ أَنْ تَطَوَّعَ شَيْئًا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ قَالَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَرَائِعَ الإِسْلاَمِ‏.‏ قَالَ وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَكَ لاَ أَتَطَوَّعُ شَيْئًا وَلاَ أَنْقُصُ مِمَّا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ شَيْئًا‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏"‏ أَفْلَحَ إِنْ صَدَقَ ‏"‏‏.‏ أَوْ ‏"‏ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِنْ صَدَقَ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ فِي عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةِ بَعِيرٍ حِقَّتَانِ‏.‏ فَإِنْ أَهْلَكَهَا مُتَعَمِّدًا، أَوْ وَهَبَهَا أَوِ احْتَالَ فِيهَا فِرَارًا مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ، فَلاَ شَىْءَ عَلَيْهِ‏.‏
TOPICS
prayer  *  fasting  *  obligation  *  success  *  salah  *  sawm  *  zakat  *  fardh  *  nasr

QUICK LESSONS:
Offer five compulsory prayers a day, Observe fast during Ramadan, Pay Zakat

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the importance of fulfilling one's religious obligations. It tells us that Allah has prescribed certain acts for us to do in order to be successful in this life and the hereafter. These acts include prayer, fasting and paying zakat. The bedouin asked Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about these three things specifically because they are obligatory upon every Muslim who is able to do them. The Prophet ﷺ told him that he must perform these acts perfectly without leaving anything out or doing any extra optional deeds of worship. He also said that if the bedouin was truthful in his promise then he would be successful or enter Paradise if he said the truth. This hadith teaches us that we should strive to fulfill our religious obligations with sincerity and truthfulness so that we can achieve success in this life and the hereafter. We should also remember not to neglect any part of our religion or try to avoid it by playing tricks or doing extra optional deeds of worship as this will not benefit us in any way but rather lead us astray from Allah’s path.

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