Hadith of the Day - November 12th, 2008

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, 'Beware! Avoid sitting on the roads." They (the people) said, "O Allah s Apostle! We can't help sitting (on the roads) as these are (our places) here we have talks." The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, ' lf you refuse but to sit, then pay the road its right ' They said, "What is the right of the road, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, 'Lowering your gaze, refraining from harming others, returning greeting, and enjoining what is good, and forbidding what is evil." [Bukhari]


From this Hadith we learn the rights of the roads, which is to lower our gaze as we travel on them (or whatever else it is that we do on roads), greet others when we meet them, refraining from harming or causing discomfort to others who also share the same roads as us, and our basic duties as Muslims: to enjoin good and forbid evil. Once again, this is another fragment of the beauty of Islam in relation to carrying ourselves in the best of manners, regardless of where we are and what we're doing, or who we're interacting with.