LessonsSelf-Control, Good Character, and the Incomplete Verb Laysa (Hadith 177–187)Quiz

لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا، وَلَمْ يُوَقِّرْ كَبِيرَنَا، وَيَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَيَنْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
The report strongly warns against failing to show mercy to the young and respect to elders; its wording also mentions encouraging what is right and discouraging what is wrong.

Source: الترمذي

لَمْ يَرْحَمْ contains لَمْ, which negates a past action and makes the present-tense verb jussive. صَغِيرَنَا means “our young ones,” and كَبِيرَنَا means “our elders”; the suffix نَا means “our.” بِالْمَعْرُوفِ concerns what is right, and عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ what is wrong.

Mercy to the young includes gentleness and appropriate support; respect for elders recognizes dignity and experience. Encouraging good and discouraging wrong calls for wisdom and care, not humiliation or careless accusations.

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Hadith 179: Mercy for the young, respect for elders

Self-Control, Good Character, and the Incomplete Verb Laysa (Hadith 177–187)

لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا، وَلَمْ يُوَقِّرْ كَبِيرَنَا، وَيَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَيَنْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
The report strongly warns against failing to show mercy to the young and respect to elders; its wording also mentions encouraging what is right and discouraging what is wrong.

Source: الترمذي

لَمْ يَرْحَمْ contains لَمْ, which negates a past action and makes the present-tense verb jussive. صَغِيرَنَا means “our young ones,” and كَبِيرَنَا means “our elders”; the suffix نَا means “our.” بِالْمَعْرُوفِ concerns what is right, and عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ what is wrong.

Mercy to the young includes gentleness and appropriate support; respect for elders recognizes dignity and experience. Encouraging good and discouraging wrong calls for wisdom and care, not humiliation or careless accusations.