40 Hadith an-Nawawi #12

الاشتغال بما ينفع

Leaving What Does Not Concern You

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه
Hasan At-TirmidhiIbn Majah
Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "مِنْ حُسْنِ إسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ". حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ، رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ.
Pronunciation
'An abī hurayrata raḍiya-llāhu 'anhu qāl: Qāla rasūlu-llāhi ṣalla-llāhu 'alayhi wa sallam "min ḥusni islāmi-l-mar'i tarkuhū mā lā ya'nīh". Ḥadīthun ḥasanun, rawāhu-t-tirmidhiyu wabnu mājah.
English
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA) who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.” A Hasan Hadith, related by At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.