Understanding Sahih Bukharee ( Hadith No 4 )
Hadith NO 4:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
Ibn
'Abbas in the explanation of the Statement of Allah. 'Move not your
tongue concerning (the Quran) to make haste therewith." (75.16) Said
"Allah's Apostle used to bear the revelation with great trouble and used
to move his lips (quickly) with the Inspiration." Ibn 'Abbas moved his
lips saying, "I am moving my lips in front of you as Allah's Apostle
used to move his." Said moved his lips saying: "I am moving my lips, as I
saw Ibn 'Abbas moving his." Ibn 'Abbas added, "So Allah revealed 'Move
not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith. It is
for us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad) the ability to recite
it (the Qur'an) (75.16-17) which means that Allah will make him (the
Prophet ) remember the portion of the Qur'an which was revealed at that
time by heart and recite it. The Statement of Allah: And 'When we have
recited it to you (O Muhammad through Gabriel) then you follow its
(Qur'an) recital' (75.18) means 'listen to it and be silent.' Then it is
for Us (Allah) to make It clear to you' (75.19) means 'Then it is (for
Allah) to make you recite it (and its meaning will be clear by itself
through your tongue). Afterwards, Allah's Apostle used to listen to
Gabriel whenever he came and after his departure he used to recite it as
Gabriel had recited it.
Commentary by Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer:
This hadith indicates two important things :
1 The sense of responsibility which prophet exhibited in his effort to memorise holy inspiration coming to him .
2 The blessing of Allah on his prophet that how He made it easy for him to memorise holy inspiration.
It
was actually the duty of Rasool salal laho aliehi wasalam to convey the
message of Allah swt without any tampering as mentioned by Allah swt in
Holy Quran:
O
Messenger (Muhammad SAW)! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent
down to you from your Lord. And if you do not, then you have not
conveyed His Message. Allâh will protect you from mankind. Verily, Allâh
guides not the people who disbelieve. (Al-Ma'idah 5:67)
Therefore
when angel Gabriel came to him with revelation he used to move his lips
quickly to grasp the revelation coming to him.Allah swt was well aware
of feeling of his prophet so he made it clear to him that he should not
take burden of this thing .
Allah swt says:
And
when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad SAW through Jibrael
(Gabriel)], then follow you its (the Qur'ân's) recital. Then it is for
Us (Allâh) to make it clear to you, (Al-Qiyamah 75:18-19)
These
verses make it clear that Holy prophet salal laho aliehi wasalam did
not only grasp the words of revelation but he the meanings of
inspiration and its explanation was inspired by Allah swt.Therefore it
can be easily concluded that Quran along with its meaning was inspired
on Holy prophet salal laho aliehi wasalam .So we cannot by pass prophet
salal laho aliehi wasalam while trying to understand Quran.
This fact has been mentione in the following way:
And
We have not sent down the Book (the Qur'an) to you (O Muhammad SAW),
except that you may explain clearly unto them those things in which they
differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a folk who believe.
(An-Nahl 16:64)
On another instance Allah swt says:
And
We have also sent down unto you (O Muhammad SAW) the reminder and the
advice (the Qur'ân), that you may explain clearly to men what is sent
down to them, and that they may give thought. (An-Nahl 16:44)
These
verses of Quran indicate that prophet salal laho aliehi wasalam had
full commands on the real meanings of Holy Quran and these meanings were
also inspired on him besides the real text.So there are two sets of
commands for Muslims One is book of Allah and other is its explanation
also termed as hadith .These two sources of clear guidance were also
mentioned by Rasool salal laho aliehi waslaam in his khutbah of Hajj
that he left behind two sets of commands .One is book of Allah swt and
other is sunnah of His Rasool salal laho aliehi waslam.
So
coming back to the point initially prophet salal laho aliehi wasalam
was conscious about memorisation of holy inspiration but Allah swt made
it easy for His prophet . With the blessings of Allah swt he was capable
of memorising the revelation without any burden and hard work.
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