Musnad Ahmad 5856
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حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ
قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ: إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا رِجَالًا يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَإِنْ شَاؤُوا عَمِلُوا، وَإِنْ شَاؤُوا لَمْ يَعْمَلُوا. فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنِّي مِنْهُمْ بَرِيءٌ، وَأَنَّهُمْ مِنِّي بُرَآءُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ ﷺ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، مَا الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ فَقَالَ: تَعْبُدُ اللهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، وَتَحُجُّ الْبَيْتَ. قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَنَا مُسْلِمٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ. قَالَ: فَمَا الْإِحْسَانُ ؟ قَالَ: تَخْشَى اللهَ تَعَالَى كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَإِنْ لَا تَكُ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ. قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَنَا مُحْسِنٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ. قَالَ: فَمَا الْإِيمَانُ ؟ قَالَ: تُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ، وَالْبَعْثِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ وَالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، وَالْقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ. قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَنَا مُؤْمِنٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAffān
- Ḥammād b. Salamah
- ʿAlī b. Zayd
- Yaḥyá b. Yaʿmar
✧ "Indeed, the matter is in their hands. If they want, they can do it, and if they want, they may not do it. So, tell them that I am innocent of them, and they are innocent of me." Then Jibril ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad, what is Islam?" He replied, "To worship Allah alone, without associating anything with Him, to establish the prayer, to give the obligatory charity, to fast during Ramadan, and to perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (Kaaba)." Jibril said, "If you do that, then you are a Muslim." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have spoken the truth." Jibril asked, "What is Ihsan (excellence or perfection)?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not see Him, know that He sees you." Jibril said, "If you do that, then you are a Muhsin (a person of excellence)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have spoken the truth." Jibril asked, "What is Iman (faith)?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "To believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Day of Resurrection, and to believe in predestination, the good of it and the bad of it." Jibril said, "If you do that, then you are a Mu'min (a believer)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have spoken the truth."
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- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرقلت
- Trustworthy (thiqah), eloquent, and he used to narrate mursal reportsd. 89 AH, also said: 129 AH, which is doubtful, also said: around 120 AHيَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَثقة فصيح ، وكان يرسلعن
- weak (ḍaʿīf)d. 127 AH, or 129 AH, or 131 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍضعيفأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid), the most reliable of people in narrating from Thābit; his memory changed towards the end of his lifed. 167 AH, or 165 AH.حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَثقه عابد ، أثبت الناس في ثابت ، وتغير حفظه بآخرهحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 219 AH, or 220 AHعَفَّانُثقة ثبتحدثنا
- 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 viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
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