30th Hadith - Do Not Neglect the Religious Obligations [Narrated by Al-Daraqutni (4/184)]

الحديث الثلاثون 

عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِي جُرْثُوْمِ بْنِ نَاشِرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ : إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى فَرَضَ فَرَائِضَ فَلاَ تُضَيِّعُوْهَا، وَحَدَّ حُدُوْداً فَلاَ تَعْتَدُوْهَا، وَحَرَّمَ أَشْيَاءَ فَلاَ تَنْتَهِكُوْهَا، وَسَكَتَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ رَحْمَةً لَكُمْ غَيْرَ نِسْيَانٍ فَلاَ تَبْحَثُوا عَنْهَا

[حديث حسن رواه الدارقطني وغيره]

30th Hadith - Translation

It was narrated on the authority of Abi Thalabah Al-Khushani Jurthum Bin Nashir (R.A.) that the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) said:

"Verily Allah the Almighty has prescribed the obligatory deeds, so do not neglect them; He has set certain limits, so do not go beyond them; He has forbidden certain things, so do not indulge in them; and He has said nothing about certain things, as an act of mercy to you, not out of forgetfulness, so do not go enquiring into these." 

[Related by Al-Daraqutni and others - Al-Nawawi said this is a Hasan (fine) hadith]

Brief Narration

This hadith has been recorded by a number of scholars. They all recorded this hadith through the chain of Dawood Ibn Abi Hind on the authority of Makhool from Abi Thalabah Al-Khushani. This hadith is regarded as a weak hadith by many scholars such as Al-Bukhari, Ahmad and Hatem.

The meaning of the statement which says: "He (Allah the Almighty) has set certain limits, so do not go beyond them." has been emphasized in the Quran. Allah says:

“These are the bounds, the limits set by Allah. Do not then transgress them for who transgress them are evil doers.” (Surah Al-Baqarah: 2:229)

“And those are the set limits of Allah and whosoever transgresses the set limits of Allah then he indeed has wronged himself.” (Surah Al-Talaq: 65:1) 

(Reference: Commentary of Forty Hadiths of An-Nawawi by Dr. Jamal Ahmed Badi)