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Hadith 4549

Chapter on Sitting, Sleeping, and Walking

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Chapter on Sitting, Sleeping, and Walking

Zujajat al-Masabih 4549Volume 4

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Ali ibn Shayban narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever sleeps on the roof of a house without a barrier—or in another narration, stones—then the responsibility 1 is absolved from him.” [Narrated by Abu Dawud] In Ma‘alim as-Sunan by Al-Khattabi: “hijaa.”
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Note 1

then the responsibility is absolved from him

(1) His statement: “then the responsibility is absolved from him”: Every person has a covenant from Allah for protection and care, but if he throws himself into peril, it is severed. As stated in Al-Mirqat.

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله : فقد برئت منه الذمة : فإن لكل من الناس عهدا من الله تعالى بالحفظ والكلا، فإذا ألقى بيده إلى التهلكة انقطع عنه. كذا في «المرقاة».

Note 1

خطابی کی کتاب ”معالم السنن“ میں حجیً (منڈیر) کا لفظ ہے۔