Sunan ad-Darimi 2440
✧ The best people are those who hold onto the reins of their horse in the way of Allah.
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ جُلُوسٌ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلَةً؟» قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ رَجُلٌ مُمْسِكٌ بِرَأْسِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ قَالَ فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ أَوْ يُقْتَلَ قَالَ فَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِالَّذِي يَلِيهِ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «امْرُؤٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ يُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَيَعْتَزِلُ شُرُورَ النَّاسِ» قَالَ «فَأُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشَرِّ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلَةً؟» فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «الَّذِي يُسْأَلُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَلَا يُعْطِي بِهِ»
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Chain of narrators
- ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī
- Ibn Abū Dhiʾb
- Saʿīd b. Khālid
- Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Dhiʾb
- ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ The Prophet ﷺ came out to them while they were sitting and said: “Shall I tell you about the best of people in rank?” We said: “Yes.” He said: “A man holding the head of his horse — or he said: a horse — in the path of Allah until he dies or is killed.” Then he said: “Shall I tell you about the one who comes after him?” We said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “A man withdrawing into a mountain pass, establishing prayer, giving zakah, and keeping away from people’s evils.” Then he said: “Shall I tell you about the worst of people in rank?” We said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “The one who is asked by Allah, the Almighty, and does not give by Him.”
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- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), a man of admonitions and worship.d. 94 AH, or 97 AH, or 103 AH, or 104 AHعَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍثقة فاضل ، صاحب مواعظ وعبادةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 127 AHإِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُؤَيْبٍثقةعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. at the end of the reign of the Banū Umayyahسَعِيدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍصدوقعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh), virtuous (fāḍil)d. Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir said, from Ibn Abī Fudayk: 158 AH. Abū Nuʿaym said, and others: 159 AHابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍثقة فقيه فاضلحدثنا
- Truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made errors (wahm)d. 220 AH, or: 221 AHعَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّصدوق ، ربما وهمأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AHالدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن
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