My OperaSaying "Jazak ALLAHu khayran"
By غرباء stranger garibmuhacir. Saturday, March 24, 2012 11:43:01 AM
Saying "Jazak ALLAHu khayran"
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
Saying "Jazak ALLAHu khayran" ("May ALLAH reward you generously") is established from the sunna of the Beloved Messenger of ALLAH (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Messenger of ALLAH (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If good is done to someone and then they say "Jazak ALLAHu khayran" to the one who did the good, they have indeed praised them well." [Tirmidhi]
سنن الترمذي - (ج 7 / ص 343)
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَحْوَصُ بْنُ جَوَّابٍ عَنْ سُعَيْرِ بْنِ الْخِمْسِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صُنِعَ إِلَيْهِ مَعْرُوفٌ فَقَالَ لِفَاعِلِهِ جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا فَقَدْ أَبْلَغَ فِي الثَّنَاءِ
What should one reply if someone says JazakALLAHu khayran to him? There is a hadeeth in Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan in which the Sahaabi said JazakALLAHu Khyran to the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and in reply he said وَأَنْتُمْ فَجَزَاكُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا
And you too, May ALLAH reward to with Khayr. The Hadeeth is narrated by Usayd Ibn Hudair أسيد بن حضير .
The text is as follows :
قُلْتُ : جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ
قَالَ : وَأَنْتُمْ فَجَزَاكُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا
فَإِنَّكُمْ مَا عَلِمْتُكُمْ أَعِفَّةٌ صُبُرٌ
Usayd ibn Hadayr says ... I said :
O Messenger of ALLAH جزاك الله خيرا [JazakALLAHu Khayrn]
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said :
And you too, May ALLAH reward you to with Khayr.
[وَأَنْتُمْ فَجَزَاكُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا]
Shaykh al-Albaany has said that the Hadeeh is Saheeh.
[al-Saheeha 3096, al-Ta'leeqaatul hisaan al Saheeh ibn Hibbaan 6231]
[التعليقات الحسان على صحيح بن حبان
The actual words that are used in response to jazakALLAH, as narrated in hadith are: "wa anta fajazakallahu khaira". When two or more companions said to the holy prophet (sallallahu alyhi wa sallam) jazakALLAH khair - the holy prophet replied "wa antum fajazakumullahu khaira".
وأنت فجزاك الله خيرا
وأنتم فجزاكم الله خيرا
The word wa-iyyaakum has the same meaning and is the shorter version of wa-antum-fajazakumullahu-khair. Not a big deal though, but it is always better to use the words that are transmitted in sunnah than words that we invent.
The correct way of saying May ALLAH reward you with good in different grammatical forms, i.e. to a man, woman, group etc.:
To a male: Jazak ALLAHu khayran
To a female: Jazaki-llahu khayran
To two people (whether male/female): Jazakuma ALLAHu khayran
To three men or more: Jazakum ALLAHu khayran
To three women or more: Jazakumunna-llaahu khayran
for more detail about the correct way of saying Jazak ALLAH, follow this link;
http://www.123muslim.com/islamic-articles/3501-correct-way-saying-jazakallah-khayr.html
