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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the authenticity of the hadith (Part of a person's good Islam is that he leaves what does not concern him), and what is the understanding of this hadith?

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The questioner : If this hadith
Part of a person’s goodness in Islam is his leaving alone that which does not concern him. من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه
Sunan Ibn Majah 3976Da’if (Darussalam)
is authentic, then its understanding becomes clear to us; may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : As for the well-known hadith
Part of a person’s goodness in Islam is his leaving alone that which does not concern him. من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه
Sunan Ibn Majah 3976Da’if (Darussalam)
, it is, praise be to Allah, an authentic hadith, and it contains a high level of proper conduct, which is that a person should not interfere in what does not concern him from the affairs of others; that a Muslim should not interfere in what does not concern him from the affairs of other Muslims, meaning he should not interfere in a person's private matters. But this does not mean that he should not advise him or mention it to him if he sees him committing an error; in that case, his affair does concern him, so we must distinguish between private matters related to a person; here, a Muslim should not interfere in his private affairs. However, if a Muslim falls into an error, then the Muslim who sees this error should take an interest in it and remind him of his error, but in the best manner, as is the Qur'anic rule
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best ادع إلى سبيل ربك بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة وجادلهم بالتي هي أحسن
[An-Nahl 16:125]
. And naturally, if we know this distinction, if we see people innovating in worship with no basis in the Book of Allah or in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we advise them and remind them with his saying (peace be upon him):
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected. من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد
Sahih Muslim 1718a
and with his saying (peace be upon him) in the well-known hadith:
Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور فإن كل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار
Sunan Abi Dawud 4607Sahih (Al-Albani)
, then this has no relation to the first hadith
Part of a person’s goodness in Islam is his leaving alone that which does not concern him. من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه
Sunan Ibn Majah 3976Da’if (Darussalam)
because this falls under his saying (peace be upon him):
The Religion is sincerity." We said, "To whom?" He said "To Allah, to His Book, To His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their masses." الدين النصيحة ، الدين النصيحة قالوا: لمن ؟ قال: لله ولكتابه ولرسوله ولأئمة المسلمين وعامتهم
Sahih Muslim 55a
. This is what can be said in answer to this question.
Source www.al-albany.com

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