LessonsSelf-Reform, Purposeful Action, and Good Company (Hadith 57-62)Quiz

أَلَا كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ، وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ (Nasa'i; the full report is longer)
Translation: Take notice: each of you is a caretaker, and each of you will be questioned about those or that placed under your care.

أَلَا — pay attention; رَاعٍ — caretaker; مَسْئُولٌ — accountable; رَعِيَّتِهِ — those/that in one's care.

Brief grammar: كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ is a nominal sentence: كُلُّكُمْ is the subject and رَاعٍ its predicate. عَنْ is a preposition in عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ.

Responsibility is not limited to rulers: parents, teachers, workers, students, and those entrusted with authority each have duties toward people and tasks in their care.

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60 — Every person bears responsibility

Self-Reform, Purposeful Action, and Good Company (Hadith 57-62)

أَلَا كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ، وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ (Nasa'i; the full report is longer)
Translation: Take notice: each of you is a caretaker, and each of you will be questioned about those or that placed under your care.

أَلَا — pay attention; رَاعٍ — caretaker; مَسْئُولٌ — accountable; رَعِيَّتِهِ — those/that in one's care.

Brief grammar: كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ is a nominal sentence: كُلُّكُمْ is the subject and رَاعٍ its predicate. عَنْ is a preposition in عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ.

Responsibility is not limited to rulers: parents, teachers, workers, students, and those entrusted with authority each have duties toward people and tasks in their care.