The Meaning of Mixing with People, Patience with Their Harm, and Isolation
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Question:
This questioner, Honorable Shaykh, says:Sunan Ibn Majah 4032Sahih (Darussalam), is this hadith authentic, and what is its meaning?
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. After that, this is taken from the words of the scholars. The scholars distinguished between mixing and isolation. They said: If there is a clear benefit in mixing, in that he calls to Allah and clarifies things for the people,
then this mixing is better for him than isolation. But if the opposite is the case, and his mixing with people yields no benefit, because he is ignorant in general, or because the people have turned away and no longer accept him, then his isolation is better than his mixing, so that he is not affected by the people. What is the outcome? If he has a positive effect on the people, he mixes with them. But if the opposite is the case, and they have a negative effect on him, he does not mix with them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner, Honorable Shaykh, says:
The believer who mixes with people and bears their annoyance with patience will have a greater reward than the believer who does not mix with people and does not put up with their annoyance.
المؤمن الذي يخالط الناس ويصبر على أذاه أخبر. من المؤمن الذي لا يخالط الناس ولا يصبر على أذاهمAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِthen this mixing is better for him than isolation. But if the opposite is the case, and his mixing with people yields no benefit, because he is ignorant in general, or because the people have turned away and no longer accept him, then his isolation is better than his mixing, so that he is not affected by the people. What is the outcome? If he has a positive effect on the people, he mixes with them. But if the opposite is the case, and they have a negative effect on him, he does not mix with them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 26 — archive.org (0:35)
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