The Hadith of Mu'adh (Do you know what is the right of the servants upon Allah and the right of Allah upon the servants?)
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The questioner : Your Eminence, the hadith of Mu'adh ibn Jabal in which he says: Do the Companions know about this hadith?
The Shaykh : Is it?
The questioner : Do the Companions know the right of Allah upon the servants and the right of the servants upon Allah?
The Shaykh : They know it through the explanation of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 7373 Did you understand?
The questioner : Do you mean they knew about this hadith?
The Shaykh : They knew it after Mu'adh informed them, because when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) feared that he had concealed this hadith at the time of his death, so he narrated it in its exact wording. If he narrated it in its exact wording, there is no blame on him. But if he had not informed the people of it, the people would not have known it, and in that case, he would have been concealing a Sunnah from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Is your difficulty resolved? I say: Is the difficulty resolved for you?
The questioner : Yes, I do.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Yes.
I was riding behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a donkey, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Do you know what is the right of Allah upon the servants, O Mu'adh? Do you know what is the right of Allah upon the servants and what is the right of the servants upon Allah? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: The right of Allah upon the servants is that they worship Him and do not associate anything with Him, and the right of the servants upon Allah is that He does not punish whoever does not associate anything with Him. I said: O Messenger of Allah, should I not give the people good news? He said: Do not give them good news, lest they become complacent.
كنت رديف النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على حمار فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم له : أتدري ما حق الله على العباد يا معاذ أتدري ما حق الله على العباد وما حق العباد على الله ؟ قلت : الله ورسوله أعلم قال : حق الله على العباد أن يعبدوه ولا يشركوا به شيئا وحق العباد على الله ألا يعذب من لا يشرك به شيئا قلت : يا رسول الله أفلا أبشر الناس ؟ قال : لا تبشرهم فيتكلواThe Shaykh : Is it?
The questioner : Do the Companions know the right of Allah upon the servants and the right of the servants upon Allah?
The Shaykh : They know it through the explanation of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
To worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allah).
أن يعبدوه ولا يشركوا به شيئاThe questioner : Do you mean they knew about this hadith?
The Shaykh : They knew it after Mu'adh informed them, because when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not inform them, lest they become complacent
لا تخبرهم فيتكلواThe questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Is your difficulty resolved? I say: Is the difficulty resolved for you?
The questioner : Yes, I do.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Yes.