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Heart-Softening Narrations

Hadith 5004

Opening narrations

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Heart-Softening Narrations

Opening narrations

Zujajat al-Masabih 5004Volume 4

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Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Beware of the forbidden in building, for it is the foundation of ruin.” 1

[Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Iman]

Commentary and footnotes (2)

Note 1

For it is the foundation of ruin

(1) His statement: “For it is the foundation of ruin”: The implied meaning is the foundation of the ruin of religion or the ruin of the building. The first implies the permissibility of spending lawful wealth on building, while the second does not. The latter is more fitting for this chapter. (As stated in Al-Mirqat.)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله: فإنه أساس الخراب التقدير : أساس خراب الدين، أو أساس خراب البنيان، فعلى الأول يدل على جواز إنفاق الحلال في البنيان، وعلى الثاني لا . وهذا أنسب بالباب. كذا في «المرقاة».