Wisdom in Islam

‫الر ِحي ِم‬
َّ ‫بِ ْس ِم اللَّ ِه الرَّمْح َـ ِن‬

Wisdom in Islam
From 4:3
The Prohibition of Disclosing Unreliable and Uninvestigated News
Allah said,
ِ ‫[وِإ َذا جآءهم َأمر ِّمن االٌّم ِن َأ ِو اخْل و‬

]‫ف َأ َذاعُواْ بِِه‬ َْ ْ َ ٌْ ْ ُ َ َ َ
(When there comes to them some matter touching (public) safety or fear, they make it known
(among the people);) chastising those who indulge in things before being sure of their truth,
disclosing them, making them known and spreading their news, even though such news might
not be true at all. In the introduction to his Sahih, Imam Muslim recorded that Abu Hurayrah
said that the Prophet said,
ِ
َ ‫« َك َفى بِالْ َم ْرء َك ِذبًا َأ ْن حُيَد‬
»‫ِّث بِ ُك ِّل َما مَسِ ع‬
(Narrating everything one hears is sufficient to make a person a liar.) This is the same
narration collected by Abu Dawud in the section of Adab (manners) in his Sunan. In the Two
Sahihs, it is recorded that Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah said that the Messenger of Allah
prohibited, "It was said,'' and, "So-and-so said.'' This Hadith refers to those who often convey
the speech that people utter without investigating the reliability and truth of what he is
disclosing. The Sahih also records,
» ‫َأح ُد الْ َك ِاذ َبنْي‬ ِ ٍ ِ ‫«من حد َ حِب‬

ٌ ‫َّث َديث َو ُه َو يَُرى َأنَّهُ َكذ‬
َ ‫ َف ُه َو‬،‫ب‬ َ َْ
(Whoever narrates a Hadith while knowing it is false, then he is one of the two liars (who
invents and who spreads the lie).) We should mention here the Hadith of Ùmar bin Al-
Khattab collected in the Two Sahihs. When Ùmar was informed that the Messenger of Allah
divorced his wives, he came from his house, entered the Masjid and found the people talking
about this news. He could not wait and went to the Prophet to ask him about what had truly
happened, asking him, "Have you divorced your wives'' The Prophet said, "No.'' Ùmar said, "I
said, Allahu Akbar...'' and mentioned the rest of the Hadith. In the narration that Muslim
collected, Ùmar said, "I asked, `Have you divorced them' He said, `No.' So, I stood by the
door of the Masjid and shouted with the loudest voice, `The Messenger of Allah did not divorce
his wives.' Then, this Ayah was revealed,
ِ َّ ِ ِ ِ ‫[وِإ َذا جآءهم َأمر ِّمن االٌّم ِن َأ ِو اخْل و‬

‫ف َأ َذاعُواْ بِِه ولَو ر ُّدوهُ ِإىَل َّ ِ ِإ ىِل‬
َ ‫الر ُسول َو ىَل ُْأو االٌّْم ِر مْن ُه ْم لَ َعل َمهُ الذ‬
‫ين‬ َ َْ َْ ْ َ ٌْ ْ ُ َ َ َ
]‫يَ ْسَتْنبِطُونَهُ ِمْن ُه ْم‬
(When there comes to them some matter touching (public) safety or fear, they make it known
(among the people), if only they had referred it to the Messenger or to those charged with
authority among them, the proper investigators would have understood it from them
(directly).) So I properly investigated that matter.'' This Ayah refers to proper investigation, or
extraction of matters from their proper resources. Allah's statement,
]ً‫[الَتََّب ْعتُ ُم الشَّْيطَ َـن ِإالَّ قَلِيال‬

(you would have followed Shaytan except a few of you. ) refers to the believers, as Àli bin
Abi Talhah reported from Ibn Àbbas
From 16:72
Among His Blessings and Signs are Mates, Children and Grandchildren
Allah mentions the blessing He has bestowed upon His servant by giving them mates from
among themselves, mates of their own kind. If He had given them mates of another kind,
there would be no harmony, love and mercy between them. But out of His mercy He has made
the Children of Adam male and female, and has made the females wives or mates for the
males. Then Allah mentions that from these wives He creates children and grandchildren,
one's children's children. This was the opinion of Ibn Àbbas, Ìkrimah, Al-Hasan, Ad-Dahhak
and Ibn Zayd. Shu`bah said, narrating from Abu Bishr from Saìd bin Jubayr from Ibn
Àbbas: "Children and grandchildren, who are one's children and one's children's children.'' It
was also said that this means servants and helpers, or it means sons-in-law or in-laws. I say:
if we understand
to refer back to wives, then it must mean children, children's children, and )grandsons( ‫ف‬
َ ‫[و َح‬
َ
.sons-in-law, because they are the husbands of one's daughter or the children of one's wife
ِ ‫[ورزقَ ُكم ِّمن الطَّيِّب‬

]‫ات‬َ َ َََ
(and has granted you good provisions.) meaning your food and drink. Then Allah denounces
those who associate others in worship with the One Who bestows blessings on them:
]‫[َأفَبِالْبَ ِـط ِل يُْؤ ِمنُو َن‬

(Do they then believe in false deities), meaning idols and rivals to Allah
]‫ت اللَّ ِه ُه ْم يَ ْك ُفُرو َن‬

ِ ‫[وبِنِعم‬
َْ َ
(and deny the favor of Allah) meaning, by concealing the blessings that Allah has given them
and attributing them to others. According to a Sahih Hadith, the Prophet said:
ِ ِ ِ ُ ‫«ِإ َّن اهلل ي ُق‬

‫ َوَأذَ ْر َك‬،‫ك اخْلَْي َل َواِإْل بِ َل‬ َ ْ‫ك؟ َأمَل‬
َ َ‫ُأس ِّخ ْر ل‬ َ ‫ َأمَلْ َُأز ِّو ْج‬:‫ول ل ْل َعْبد َي ْو َم الْقيَ َام ِة مُمَْتنًّا َعلَْي ِه‬
َ ‫ك؟ َأمَلْ ُأ ْك ِر ْم‬ ََ
»‫َأس َو َت ْربَ ُع؟‬
ُ ‫َتْر‬
(Allah will say to His servant on the Day of Resurrection, reminding him of His blessings: "Did
I not give you a wife Did I not honor you Did I not subject horses and camels to your use, and
cause you to occupy a position of leadership and honor'')

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‫الر ِحي ِم‬

َّ ‫بِ ْس ِم اللَّ ِه الرَّمْح َـ ِن‬

The Prohibition of Disclosing Unreliable and Uninvestigated News

ِ ‫[وِإ َذا جآءهم َأمر ِّمن االٌّم ِن َأ ِو اخْل و‬

» ‫َأح ُد الْ َك ِاذ َبنْي‬ ِ ٍ ِ ‫«من حد َ حِب‬

ِ َّ ِ ِ ِ ‫[وِإ َذا جآءهم َأمر ِّمن االٌّم ِن َأ ِو اخْل و‬

]ً‫[الَتََّب ْعتُ ُم الشَّْيطَ َـن ِإالَّ قَلِيال‬

ِ ‫[ورزقَ ُكم ِّمن الطَّيِّب‬

]‫[َأفَبِالْبَ ِـط ِل يُْؤ ِمنُو َن‬

]‫ت اللَّ ِه ُه ْم يَ ْك ُفُرو َن‬

ِ ِ ِ ُ ‫«ِإ َّن اهلل ي ُق‬

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