Do you Know that the teacher of Imam Bukhari and Muslim was an alcoholic ?

A touching ย story of the teacher of Imam bukhari and Imam muslim who was an alcoholic . Allah swt guided him through a single Hadith of Rasul Allah swt and it inspired him to become a great scholar and an Imam

The hadeeth of prophet Muhammad(pbuh) has influenced the life of many individuals. A single hadeeth has been so powerful that it had moulded ย many thiefs,robbers and drunkards to Islam.Haver you heard of the teacher of Imam al Bukhari and Muslim -โ€œabdullah ibn masalamah al Qanabiโ€?

The teacher of Imam Al bukhari and Muslim was an alcoholic.He was addicted to alcohol.He had no manners,and was the worst in hisย community.He was the only man at that time who used to roam publically with a bottle in his hand.He was shameless and had a ย low level of morality.

One day he saw a huge number of people gathered around a man.Everybody wanted to converse with the man and they seemed to respect him.He became very curious.So he went there with the bottle still in his hand and asked the man,โ€who are you?โ€quite shamelessly.People told him he was a muhaddith,who narrates the hadeeth of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

And this Imam with whom he was talking so roughly ย was Imam As Shaโ€™bi. iman as shaโ€™bi ย was calm and answered him politely. He was a ย drunk man talking to a great Imam in such a shameless manner and the imam was not offended at all. He didnโ€™t knew anything about Islam and he didnโ€™t had any manners.He said ,โ€Ok,If you are a muhaddith,then narrate one hadith for meย give me a hadithโ€The Imam read the situation and he read the man,He then gave such a suitable hadeeth to him that it entirely changed his life.

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ย โ€œAnd if you do not feel ashamed, then do whatever you like.โ€ ย  ย  ย ย 

Narrated Abu Mas`ud:

The Prophet (๏ทบ) said, โ€˜One of the sayings of the early prophets which the people have got is: If you donโ€™t feel ashamed (from Hayaโ€™: pious shyness from committing religeous indiscretions) do whatever you like.โ€ (See Hadith No 690, 691, Vol 4)

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ุญูŽุฏู‘ูŽุซูŽู†ูŽุง ุฃูŽุญู’ู…ูŽุฏู ุจู’ู†ู ูŠููˆู†ูุณูŽุŒ ุญูŽุฏู‘ูŽุซูŽู†ูŽุง ุฒูู‡ูŽูŠู’ุฑูŒุŒ ุญูŽุฏู‘ูŽุซูŽู†ูŽุง ู…ูŽู†ู’ุตููˆุฑูŒุŒ ุนูŽู†ู’ ุฑูุจู’ุนููŠู‘ู ุจู’ู†ู ุญูุฑูŽุงุดูุŒ ุญูŽุฏู‘ูŽุซูŽู†ูŽุง ุฃูŽุจููˆ ู…ูŽุณู’ุนููˆุฏูุŒ ู‚ูŽุงู„ูŽ ู‚ูŽุงู„ูŽ ุงู„ู†ู‘ูŽุจููŠู‘ู ุตู„ู‰ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ูˆุณู„ู… โ€ โ€œโ€ ุฅูู†ู‘ูŽ ู…ูู…ู‘ูŽุง ุฃูŽุฏู’ุฑูŽูƒูŽ ุงู„ู†ู‘ูŽุงุณู ู…ูู†ู’ ูƒูŽู„ุงูŽู…ู ุงู„ู†ู‘ูุจููˆู‘ูŽุฉู ุงู„ุฃููˆู„ูŽู‰ ุฅูุฐูŽุง ู„ูŽู…ู’ ุชูŽุณู’ุชูŽุญููŠ ููŽุงุตู’ู†ูŽุนู’ ู…ูŽุง ุดูุฆู’ุชูŽ โ€โ€โ€โ€.โ€
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Sahih al bukhari 6120
book 78,Hadith 147
vol 8,book 73,hadith 141
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These words opened his heart and and it went straight into his heart.The words โ€œIf you have no shame, then do whatever you wish and Allah will repay it fully and appropriatelyโ€became so deeply engraved in his heart that he decided to change.And he went to the famous Imam Malik ibn abbas the imam of madina and studied under him.And this very man who was ย an alcoholic later became the teacher of Imam Bukhari and ย Imam Muslim.He became the most famous scholar of his time.
Are you struggling to give up a bad habit? to live an Islamic life?This story is an inspiration to all the people who are struggling in their life with the bad practices.Let us make a will and Allah will make the way.Let us make dua and continue our strive.

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Ustadha Fahmina
Ustadha Fahmina
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Ustadha Fahmina holds the Alimah sanad from two prestigious institutes and is a certified Optometrist Doctor. She teaches Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, Seerah to Women and Kids and is passionate about spreading authentic information about the religion of Islam. Connect with her to keep updated about her recent ebooks and projects.

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