1328 – On the authority of Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Beware of sitting in the thoroughfares.” They replied, “O Messenger of Allah, we cannot avoid the places where we sit and talk.” He said, “If you must do so, then give the road its due.” They asked, “And what is its due?” He answered, “Lowering the gaze, refraining from causing harm, returning greetings, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong.” Agreed upon. (1)

Vocabulary of the ḥadīth
– iyyākum: in the accusative as a warning; it functions as the direct object of an omitted verb whose implied meaning is “beware.”
– al-julūs (sitting): either conjoined to iyyākum or serving as the direct object of the same omitted verb (“beware”), and is therefore in the accusative as a warning.
– al-ṭuruqāt: with ḍamma on the ṭāʾ and the rāʾ; the plural of ṭarīq (road, pathway).
– mā lanā budd: budd, with ḍamma on the bāʾ and shadda on the dāl, means “there is no escaping it”; it is used only in negative constructions, carrying the sense of “we have no alternative.”
– abaytum: ibāʾ denotes strong refusal; al-Rāghib says, “Every ibāʾ is a refusal, but not every refusal is ibāʾ.”
– ghaḍḍ al-baṣar: literally “lowering the gaze”; the object from which the gaze is to be lowered is not mentioned because it is obvious from customary usage.