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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it better to mix with people and be patient, or to isolate oneself from them?

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Question:
In the hadith, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The believer who mixes with people and endures their harm is better than the believer who does not mix with people and does not endure their harm.المؤمن الذي يخالط الناس ويصبر على أذاهم أفضل من المؤمن الذي لا يخالط الناس ولا يصبر على أذاهم
Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:1081
? Combining this with the hadith
A time will soon come when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take on the top of mountainsيُوشك أن يكون خير مال المسلم غنم يتبع بها شعف الجبال
Sahih al-Bukhari 19
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Answer:
This does not contradict it; there is no harm in it. Its chain of narration is good. Ibn Majah narrated it with a good chain of narration, and there is no harm in it. However, this applies when there is benefit and when the advantage is realized.
As for when one fears for oneself, keeping one's distance is safer; because this hadith is more authentic than that one. The narration of al-Bukhari is more authentic.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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