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Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه
Ten Years Without a Harsh Word
Anas later described those years in the Prophet's house with deep affection. He said he served the Prophet ﷺ for ten years, and in all that time the Prophet ﷺ never said "Uff" to him, nor asked him "Why did you do that?" about something he had done, nor "Why didn't you do that?" about something he had left.
He noted that the Prophet ﷺ had the best character among people. A boy often forgets errands, and Anas was no exception, and once he lingered at play when sent on a task; the Prophet ﷺ smiled and gently took him by the neck, saying, "Anis, did you go where I told you?" (Sahih Muslim 2310).
Anas narrated more than two thousand hadith, and many of them are small scenes of the Prophet's daily conduct that only a household servant could have noticed.
Patient kindness toward those under our care leaves a mark on them for life.
Who depends on you, and how do you speak to them when they make a mistake?
- Sahih al-Bukhari 6038 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 2309Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 2310Sahih · in the two Sahihs
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
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