During Sheikh Ibrahim’s Riyadhus Saliheen class (26/10/18) he mentions how the below hadith in particular demonstrates the comprehensiveness of Islam. There are a lot of different lessons that can be learnt from it:
𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬:
Hadith 190, Chapter 23, Riyadhus Saliheen
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Beware! Avoid sitting on the roads (ways).” The people said, “There is no way out of it as these are our sitting places where we have talks.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If you must sit there, then observe the rights of the way.” They asked, “What are the rights of the way?” He said, “They are the lowering of your gazes (on seeing what is illegal to look at), refraining from harming people, returning greetings, advocating good and forbidding evil.”
He (ﷺ) warns us from sitting on the side of the road but if you insist on disagreeing with him, then give the right of the road, i.e. give precedence to the rights to people passing you.
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