A thread of hadith on gentleness with commentary.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ وَيُعْطِي عَلَيْهِ مَا لاَ يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعُنْفِ "
The Prophet ﷺ said "Allah is Gentle and loves gentleness, and He grants reward for it that He does not grant for harshness."
Sunan ibn Majah 3688
The Prophet ﷺ said "Allah is Gentle and loves gentleness, and He grants reward for it that He does not grant for harshness."
Sunan ibn Majah 3688
قال النبي ﷺ "من يُحْرَمِ الرِّفْقَ، يُحْرَمِ الخير كله"
The Prophet ﷺ said "Who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of all goodness."
Sahih Muslim 2592
The Prophet ﷺ said "Who is deprived of gentleness is deprived of all goodness."
Sahih Muslim 2592
عن النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ "إِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَا يَكُونُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَلَا يُنْزَعُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ"
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Verily, gentleness is not found in anything but that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything but that it disgraces it.”
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Verily, gentleness is not found in anything but that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything but that it disgraces it.”
Sahih Muslim 2594
قال النبي ﷺ "اِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا أَعْطَاهُ الرِّفْقَ مَا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يُحْرَمُونَ الرِّفْقَ إِلَّا قَدْ حُرِمُوا"
The Prophet ﷺ said "If Allah loves a servant, then He grants him the quality of gentleness. No household is deprived of...
قال النبي ﷺ "اِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا أَعْطَاهُ الرِّفْقَ مَا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يُحْرَمُونَ الرِّفْقَ إِلَّا قَدْ حُرِمُوا"
The Prophet ﷺ said "If Allah loves a servant, then He grants him the quality of gentleness. No household is deprived of...
...kindness but that they have been truly deprived.”
al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 2274
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّه ﷺ "إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ وَيَرْضَاهُ وَيُعِينُ عَلَيْهِ مَا لَا يُعِينُ عَلَى الْعُنْفِ"
The Prophet ﷺ said “Verily, Allah Almighty loves...
al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 2274
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّه ﷺ "إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ وَيَرْضَاهُ وَيُعِينُ عَلَيْهِ مَا لَا يُعِينُ عَلَى الْعُنْفِ"
The Prophet ﷺ said “Verily, Allah Almighty loves...
...gentleness and is pleased with it. He lends support for it in a way he does not support harshness.”
al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 7477
[Begin commentary]
Gentleness is an essential part of a person's Islam, but like any other aspect of the religion, it can be twisted by deviants...
al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 7477
[Begin commentary]
Gentleness is an essential part of a person's Islam, but like any other aspect of the religion, it can be twisted by deviants...
...with devastating consequences.
Many hypocrites and false scholars cite these hadith to justify living like sheep, in humiliation and service to the enemies of Allah, and to subdue the honorable chivalric military spirit and tradition of the ummah of Muhammad ﷺ.
Many hypocrites and false scholars cite these hadith to justify living like sheep, in humiliation and service to the enemies of Allah, and to subdue the honorable chivalric military spirit and tradition of the ummah of Muhammad ﷺ.
It's only natural that Muslims recoil against these perverted narratives and try to reclaim the strength and power which is our rightful patrimony. But as is always the case with extremism, one extreme feeds the other, and so many Muslims seek an escape from this...
...predicament in excessive violence, harshness, and un-Islamic ideas about masculinity and marriage.
So really these crypto-feminist "imams" carry a fair share of the blame for excessive violence and harshness along with those who fall into it themselves.
So really these crypto-feminist "imams" carry a fair share of the blame for excessive violence and harshness along with those who fall into it themselves.
The solution to this problem is to understand the true meaning of رفق, or gentleness, which in reality has nothing to do with weakness.
The sunnah method of beheading, severing the spine with a single blow of the sword, is actually much more kind and gentle than many methods...
The sunnah method of beheading, severing the spine with a single blow of the sword, is actually much more kind and gentle than many methods...
...of execution historically used by the kuffar, such as drawing and quartering. In many cases it is much kinder than life imprisonment as well, to both the criminal and the society that must pay for the criminal's upkeep and be indirectly affected by his mental diseases.
Showing gentleness and kindness to the kuffar who wage war against the Muslims is in reality a form of callousness and hard heartedness toward the believers, particularly when it comes from those who are benefitting materially from their relations with the kuffar.
The highest form of kindness we can show the kuffar is to invite them to Islam, and appeasing them or showing them approval for their oppression against theirselves (kufr) is a sign of either extreme cruelty or ignorance about the reality of their condition.
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