Reading the Seerah of Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) or biographies of the pious
Question
Should a person first read the Seerah of Nabi صلى الله عليه و سلم or the biographies of our (Indian) Akaabireen or vice versa?
Answer
The Seerat of Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is the ultimate goal of every Muslim. To understand it and digest it, read it again and again, and most importantly, apply it to your life. And the biographies of our Akaabir are like the stepping stones to that ultimate goal.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
عن أبي نجيح العرباض بن سارية رضي الله عنه قال: وعظنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم موعظة بليغة وجلت منها القلوب وذرفت منها العيون فقلنا: يا رسول الله كأنها موعظة مودع فأوصنا قال: أوصيكم بتقوى الله والسمع والطاعة وإن تأمر عليكم عبد حبشي وإنه من يعش منكم فسيرى اختلافا كثيرا فعليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين عضوا عليها بالنواجذ وإياكم ومحدثات الأمور فإن كل بدعة ضلالة (رياض الصالحين ، الرقم: 157، رواه أبو داود والترمذي، وقال الترمذي : حديث حسن صحيح)
عن عكرمة عن ابن عباس أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال البركة مع أكابركم (صحيح ابن حبان ، الرقم: 559)
قال العلامة المناوي : (البركة مع أكابركم) المجربين للأمور المحافظين على تكثير الأجور فجالسوهم لتقتدوا برأيهم وتهتدوا بهديهم (فيض القدير ، الرقم: 3205)
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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