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Mishkat al-Masabih : 5327
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 5327
عَن أبي تَمِيمَة قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ صَفْوَانَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ وَجُنْدَبٌ يُوصِيهِمْ فَقَالُوا: هَلْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: " مَنْ سَمَّعَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُنْتِنُ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ بَطْنُهُ فَمن اسْتَطَاعَ أَن لَا يَأْكُل إِلا طيبا فَلْيَفْعَلْ وَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ لَا يَحُولَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ مِلْءُ كَفٍّ مِنْ دَمٍ أَهَرَاقَهُ فَلْيفْعَل. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Sayyiduna Abu Tamimah رحمه الله said, "I came (one day to Safwan رحمه الله and his companions رحمه الله at a time when (the well-known companion) Jundub رحمه الله (son of Abdullah ibn Sufyan Bajali) was giving them advice (on worship, being moderate, avoiding ostentation, and so on). They asked him, 'Have you heard anything from Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم?' He said, 'I had heard Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم say; 'If anyone does anything that people might hear (and thereby think high of him) then Allah will cause him to despair on the day of resurrection. And, if anyone burdens himself or anyone else beyond capacity, then Allah will lay on him a burden for which he has not strength to bear, on the day of resurrection.' They asked him (meaning, either the sahabah (Prophet's Companions) رضي الله عنهم asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم or Safwan رحمه الله and his colleagues رحمه الله asked Jundub رحمه الله), 'Give us more advice.' He said, 'The first thing that turns bad in man is his belly. So, if anyone can eat nothing but what is pure (and lawful), let him do it. And if anyone is able to prevent even a handful of blood obstruct him from paradise by not shedding it, let him do so.' [1]
[1] Bukhari # 7152Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 5327In-book reference : Book 26, Hadith 173
