Musnad Ahmad 16876

✧ Muawiyah b. Abi Sufyan

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حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

مَنْ مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ إِمَامٍ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً

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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever dies without an Imam, dies the death of the time of ignorance."

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Muʿāwiyah b. Abī Sufyān
Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 60 AH, also said: 59 AH
مُعَاوِيَة بْن أَبِي سُفْيَانصحابي
عن
Dhakwān al-Sammān
trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 101 AH
أَبِي صَالِحٍثقة ثبت
عن
ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah
Truthful (ṣadūq) with some errors (awhām)d. 127 AH, or: 128 AH
عَاصِمٍصدوق له أوهام
عن
Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh
Trustworthy (thiqah) and devout, except that his memory deteriorated when he grew old; his book is sound (ṣaḥīḥ).d. 192 AH, or: 193 AH, or: 194 AH
أَبُو بَكْرٍثقة عابد ، إلا أنه لما كبر ساء حفظه ، وكتابه صحيح
أخبرنا
Aswad b. ʿĀmir
trustworthy (thiqah)d. 207 AH, or 208 AH
أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍثقة
حدثنا
Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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