The Forty Hadith · An-Nawawi
— Twenty-Fourth Hadith —

The Prohibition of Oppression

تحريم الظلم
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Hadith 24 — The Prohibition of Oppression
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Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلَا تَظَالَمُوا. يَا عِبَادِي كُلُّكُمْ ضَالٌّ إِلَّا مَنْ هَدَيْتُهُ فَاسْتَهْدُونِي أَهْدِكُمْ. يَا عِبَادِي كُلُّكُمْ جَائِعٌ إِلَّا مَنْ أَطْعَمْتُهُ فَاسْتَطْعِمُونِي أُطْعِمْكُمْ. يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَتْقَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ مَا زَادَ ذَلِكَ فِي مُلْكِي شَيْئًا. يَا عِبَادِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ أُحْصِيهَا لَكُمْ ثُمَّ أُوَفِّيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْرًا فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللهَ، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ».
English Translation
EN · English
On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, from what he related from his Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, who said: “O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except those I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I shall guide you. O My servants, all of you are hungry except those I have fed, so seek food from Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the humans of you and the jinn of you, to be as pious as the most pious heart of any one man among you, that would not increase My dominion in anything. O My servants, it is but your deeds that I record for you and then recompense you for; so whoever finds good, let him praise Allah, and whoever finds otherwise, let him blame none but himself.”
Turjumaadda Soomaaliga
SO · Soomaali
Waxaa laga weriyay Abu Dharr al-Ghifaari (Allaha raalli ka noqdo), oo ka wariya Nabiga ﷺ, kana wariya Rabbigiis tabaaraka wa taʼaalaa, inuu yidhi: “Addoomadayow, waxaan ka xaaraan dhigay dulmiga naftayda, waxaana ka dhigay mid dhexdiinna xaaraan ah, ee ha is dulmin. Addoomadayow, dhammaantiin waxaad tihiin kuwo habaabay marka laga reebo kii aan hanuuniyay, ee iga barya hanuun, waan idin hanuunin doonaaye. Addoomadayow, dhammaantiin waxaad tihiin kuwo gaajaysan marka laga reebo kii aan quudiyay, ee iga barya cunto, waan idin quudin doonaaye. Addoomadayow, hadday kii idiin horreeyay iyo kii idiin dambeeyay, insigiinna iyo jinkiinnaba ahaan lahaayeen sida qalbiga ugu cibaadaysan ee nin keliya oo idinka mid ah, taasi waxba kuma kordhin laheyd boqortooyadayda. Addoomadayow, waa uun camalladiinna oo aan idiin xisaabiyo kadibna aan si buuxda idiinka abaal-gudo; ee kii hela khayr, ha mahad-naqo Allah, kii hela waxan ahayn, yuusan eedayn naftiisa mooyee.”
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2577