The Meaning of His Saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Those who lean and those who cause others to lean..."
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Question:
The questioner, Umm Ahmad, has this question. She says: What is the meaning in the hadith:Sahih Muslim 2128?
Answer:
This contains a prohibition regarding those whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about in the authentic hadith,: the one who leans is the one who leans toward immorality : the one who causes others to lean is the one who leads others to immoral acts Sahih Muslim 2128 meaning: they enlarge their heads and make them bulky with things they put on them.
So it is obligatory for the man to choose the good woman whose reputation is good. He asks about her until he marries the righteous woman, just as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 8:5 So the believer seeks the righteous woman and asks about her; so that she is not a woman suspected of evil and corruption. Rather, he asks about her from people of experience and people who know her. If she is described to him as a righteous woman, he marries her Sunan Ibn Majah 1858Sahih (Darussalam) Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner, Umm Ahmad, has this question. She says: What is the meaning in the hadith:
who would be inclined (to evil) and make their husbands incline towards it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side
مائلات مميلات رؤوسهن كأسنمة البخت المائلةAnswer:
This contains a prohibition regarding those whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about in the authentic hadith,
The one who leans
المائلةAnd the one who causes others to lean
والمميلةTheir heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side
رؤوسهن كأسنمة البخت المائلةSo it is obligatory for the man to choose the good woman whose reputation is good. He asks about her until he marries the righteous woman, just as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A woman is married for four qualities, for her wealth, her family status, her beauty and her religion: so get the religious one and prosper.
تنكح المرأة لأربع: لمالها، ولجمالها، ولحسبها، ولدينها، فاظفر بذات الدين تربت يداكChoose the religious, may your hands be rubbed with dust (i.e., may you prosper).
فاظفر بذات الدين تربت يداكThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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