Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Leave me with what I have left for you. When I narrate a saying to you, …
Hadith on Sunnah: Do not dispute with the Prophet Read More »
Ahmad ibn Hanbal reported: Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, heard some people arguing and he said, “By Allah! These are not but people who are bored with …
Hasan on Arguing: They were bored with worship, so they argued Read More »
Abdullah ibn Amr reported: A group was sitting by the door of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and some of them said, “Did Allah not say this?” …
Hadith on Debates: The Prophet prohibits arguing over the Quran Read More »
Al-Ajurri reported: Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “I have never seen a jurist indulge argumentation. The believer does not debate with the foolish, not does he …
Hasan on Debate: Scholars do argue with fools or heretics Read More »
Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not acquire knowledge to impress the scholars, nor to argue with the fools, and do not …
Hadith on ‘Ilm: Islamic knowledge not for worldly gain Read More »
Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever supports a disputant in wrongdoing, or helps in wrongdoing, he will be subject to the …
Hadith on Dhulm: Allah angry with helpers of injustice Read More »
Ibn ‘Abd al-Hakam reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Among the degradation of knowledge is that you debate everyone who debates you, or you argue with everyone …
Shafi’i on Debate: Too much debating belittles status of knowledge Read More »
Ibn ‘Asakir reported: Shabib ibn Shaybah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Whoever hears a word he disapproves, he should be silent. What he disapproves will cease. If he …
Shabib on Silence: Better to ignore some evil speech than respond Read More »
Abu Yusuf reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Know that Allah has servants who cause some falsehood to die out by ignoring it and they …
Umar on Silence: Some falsehood is defeated by ignoring it Read More »
‘Imran ibn Husayn reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Among what I fear most for you are the debates of hypocrites with a knowledgeable …
Hadith on Nifaq: The Prophet fears debates of eloquent hypocrites Read More »
Abu Juhaym reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Quran is recited in seven ways. Do not argue over the Quran, for arguing over the Quran …
Hadith Ahruf: Quran revealed in seven readings, do not argue it Read More »
Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Arguing over the Quran is an act of unbelief.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4603 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
Hadith on Quran: Arguing over the Quran is unbelief Read More »
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: We were sitting in front of the door of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and we were debating, bringing this verse …
Hadith Debates: With this I commanded you? To argue? Read More »
Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I guarantee a house on the outskirts of Paradise, a house in the middle of …
Hadith on Character: House in Paradise for giving up arguments, lies Read More »
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the servant does not entirely have faith until he abandons lying even while joking, and …
Hadith on Iman: No true faith until he stops arguing in religion Read More »
Miskin Abi Fatimah reported: ‘Ata al-Salimi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “We have heard that lusts and whims can even overpower knowledge, reason, and eloquence.” Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ …
‘Ata on Whims: Rationality defeated by lusts, whims, lowly desires Read More »
Hisham reported: Muhammad ibn Sirin, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Do not sit with the people of whims, do not debate them, and do not listen to them.” …
Ibn Sirin on Whims: Do not listen to people of lowly desires Read More »
Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani reported: Abu Qilabah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Be on guard from three traits: beware of the gates of rulers, beware of sitting with the people …
Abu Qilabah on Whims: Beware of sitting with people of lowly desires Read More »
Al-Haytam ibn Jamil reported: I said to Malik, “O servant of Allah, if a man has knowledge of the Sunnah, should he argue to defend it?” Malik, may Allah have …
Malik on Arguments: Should he argue to defend the Sunnah? Read More »
Abu Nu’aym reported: Ma’ruf al-Karkhi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “If Allah wills goodness for a servant, He opens the door of action and closes the door of …
Ma’ruf on Arguing: If Allah guides him, he acts and does not argue Read More »