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Sahih al-Bukhari 6127 (Book 78, Hadith 154) #5883
The Importance of Leniency

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of being lenient and understanding, as demonstrated by Abu Barza Al-Aslami when he interrupted his prayer to catch his horse.

Narrated Al-Azraq bin Qais: We were in the city of Al-Ahwaz on the bank of a river which had dried up. Then Abu Barza Al- Aslami came riding a horse and he started praying and let his horse loose. The horse ran away, so Abu Barza interrupted his prayer and went after the horse till he caught it and brought it, and then he offered his prayer. There was a man amongst us who was (from the Khawari) having a different opinion. He came saying".Look at this old man! He left his prayer because of a horse". On that Abu Barza came to us and said, "Since the time I left Allah's Messenger ﷺ, nobody has admonished me; My house is very far from this place, and if I had carried on praying and left my horse, I could not have reached my house till night". Then Abu Barza mentioned that he had been in the company of the Prophet, and that he had seen his leniency.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الأَزْرَقِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا عَلَى شَاطِئِ نَهْرٍ بِالأَهْوَازِ قَدْ نَضَبَ عَنْهُ الْمَاءُ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الأَسْلَمِيُّ عَلَى فَرَسٍ، فَصَلَّى وَخَلَّى فَرَسَهُ، فَانْطَلَقَتِ الْفَرَسُ، فَتَرَكَ صَلاَتَهُ وَتَبِعَهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهَا، فَأَخَذَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَضَى صَلاَتَهُ، وَفِينَا رَجُلٌ لَهُ رَأْىٌ، فَأَقْبَلَ يَقُولُ انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا الشَّيْخِ تَرَكَ صَلاَتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ فَرَسٍ‏.‏ فَأَقْبَلَ فَقَالَ مَا عَنَّفَنِي أَحَدٌ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ إِنَّ مَنْزِلِي مُتَرَاخٍ فَلَوْ صَلَّيْتُ وَتَرَكْتُ لَمْ آتِ أَهْلِي إِلَى اللَّيْلِ‏.‏ وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ صَحِبَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَرَأَى مِنْ تَيْسِيرِهِ‏.‏
TOPICS
prayer  *  horse  *  interrupting  *  understanding

QUICK LESSONS:
Be forgiving towards yourself & others' mistakes & shortcomings

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of being lenient and understanding. It was narrated by Al-Azraq bin Qais who was in the city of Al-Ahwaz on the bank of a river which had dried up. Abu Barza Al-Aslami came riding a horse and he started praying and let his horse loose. The horse ran away, so Abu Barza interrupted his prayer and went after the horse till he caught it and brought it back, then he offered his prayer again. There was someone from Khawari who criticized him for leaving his prayer because of a horse but Abu Barza explained that since the time he left Allah's Messenger nobody has admonished him before this incident happened; His house was very far from this place so if he hadn't gone after his horse, he wouldn't have been able to reach home until nightfall. He also mentioned that when in company with Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, one could witness how lenient He ﷺwas towards people's mistakes or shortcomings. This hadith teaches us that we should be forgiving towards others' mistakes or shortcomings as well as our own; We should not be too hard on ourselves or others for minor issues like this one because Allah ﷺis more merciful than us all together!

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