وَإِذَا اسْتَنْصَحَكَ فَانْصَحْ لَهُ
when he seeks your council give him,
Sahih Muslim 2162b · Source checked
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Source
Sahih Muslim 2162b
Book 39, Hadith 6
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What It Means: Reading in Context
Abu Huraira reports six rights of one Muslim towards another. This excerpt is the instruction about responding when advice is requested. The other five concern greeting, accepting an invitation, responding to a sneeze after praise of Allah, visiting during illness and following a funeral. The source spells counsel as “council”; that spelling is retained in the quotation. This entry comes from Sahih Muslim 2162b. The displayed text is an excerpt, not the complete narration. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
When someone asks for advice, listen carefully and distinguish what you know from what you are unsure about.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.