Daily Hadith Tue 31-Aug-2010 - 22 Ramadan 1431 حديث اليوم
Revering the Scholars and Elders, Preferring them to others and raising their Status
Maimun bin Abu Shabib (May Allah had mercy upon him) reported: A begger asked `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) for charity and she gave him a piece of bread. Thereafter, one well-dressed person asked her for charity and she invited him to sit down and served him food. When she was asked about the reason for the difference in treatment, she said: "Messenger of Allah (PBUH) instructed us: `Treat people according to their status".[Abu Dawud].


Commentary:
This Hadith stresses that:
1. One should neither belittle a respectable person nor should one elevate a mean one. Everyone should be treated according to his real status.
2. It is unbecoming to take support from the Qur'an and Hadith and twist it to substantiate one's own views.
3. The Hadith, however, is classified as Da`if (weak) as there is no link in the chain of its narrators between `Aishah and Maimun.
44/356 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous)
باب توقير العلماء والكبار وأهل الفضل
وتقديمهم على غيرهم ، ورفع مجالسهم ، وإظهار مرتبتهم
وعن مَيْمُونَ بنِ أبي شَبِيبٍ رحمه اللَّهُ أَن عَائشَةَ رضي اللَّه عنها مَرَّ بِها سَائِلٌ، فَأَعْطَتْهُ كِسْرَةً ، وَمرّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابٌ وهَيْئَةٌ ، فَأَقْعَدتْهُ ، فَأَكَلَ فَقِيلَ لَهَا في ذلكَ ؟ فقالت : قال رسولُ اللَّه صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم : « أَنْزِلُوا النَّاسَ مَنَازِلَهُمْ » رواه أبو داود . لكِنْ قال : مَيْمُونُ لَمْ يُدْرِك عائِشَةَ .وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ مُسْلمٌ في أَوَّلِ صَحِيحهِ تَعْلِيقاً فقال : وَذُكَرَ عَنْ عائِشَةَ رضي اللَّه عنها قالت: أَمرنا رسولُ اللَّه صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم أَنْ نُنْزِل النَّاسَ مَنَازِلَهُمْ ، وَذَكَرَهُ الحاكِمُ أَبُو عبدِ اللَّهِ في كِتابِهِ « مَعْرفَة عُلُومِ الحَديث » وقال : هو حديثٌ صحيح .
356/44 - رياض الصالحين
Tue 31-Aug-2010 - 22 Ramadan 1431