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There is no orphanhood after reaching puberty, and there is no silence for the whole day till the night

عن علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: «لاَ يُتْمَ بَعْدَ احْتِلاَمٍ، وَلاَ صُمَاتَ يوم إلى الليل».
‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no orphanhood after reaching puberty, and there is no silence for the whole day till the night."
Narrated by Abu DaoudGradeAuthentic hadith
Explanation

Firstly as person is not legally considered an orphan after reaching puberty. Secondly, in the pre-Islamic period people used to commit themselves to silence for an entire day and night as an act of worship. A person would stay silent without speaking all day at all until sunset. Muslims were prohibited from this because this necessitates leaving many worships of Allah like not glorifying Allah by making Tasbīh (saying "Subhān Allah"), or declaring Allah’s Oneness by making Tahlīl (saying "there is no god but Allah"), or praising Him by making Tahmīd (saying "praise be to Allah"), or by enjoining good and forbidding evil, reading the Qur'an, and so forth. This is from the practices of the period of pre-Islamic ignorance and this is another reason why Islam prohibited this practice.

Reference

سنن أبي داود، سليمان بن الأشعث أبو داود السجستاني، دار الفكر، تحقيق: محمد محيي الدين عبد الحميد. إرواء الغليل في تخريج أحاديث منار السبيل، تأليف: محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، المكتب الإسلامي، بيروت، الطبعة: الثانية - 1405 – 1985. كنوز رياض الصالحين، تأليف حمد بن ناصر العمار، دار كنوز إشبيليا، ط1-1430ه. بهجة الناظرين شرح رياض الصالحين، تأليف سليم بن عيد الهلالي، دار ابن الجوزي. رياض الصالحين، تأليف محيي الدين النووي، تحقيق عصام موسى هادي، ط: وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية بدولة قطر. دليل الفالحين لطرق رياض الصالحين؛ لمحمد بن علان الشافعي، دار الكتاب العربي-بيروت. شرح رياض الصالحين؛ للشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين، مدار الوطن، الرياض، 1426هـ.

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