2. Knowledge

1. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 290No grade recorded

   «لَا تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهُوا بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ أَوْ تُمَارُوا بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ وَلَا لِتَحِيزُوا بِهِ الْمَجْلِسَ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَالنَّارُ النَّارُ»

   ✧ Do not learn knowledge in order to vie with the scholars, or to dispute with the foolish, or to gain prominence in gatherings. Whoever does that, then the Fire, the Fire!

2. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 291No grade recorded

   عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ فَوَصَلَهُ وَيَحْيَى مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِهِ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ فَأَنَا عَلَى الْأَصْلِ الَّذِي أَصَّلْتُهُ فِي قَبُولِ الزِّيَادَةِ مِنَ الثِّقَةِ فِي الْأَسَانِيدِ وَالْمُتُونِ» رواه ابن وهب فأرسله

   ✧ From Ibn Jurayj, and he connected it. And Yahya is agreed upon for his transmission in the two Sahihs. Abdullah b. Wahb sent it as mursal. I adhere to the principle I established regarding accepting the addition from a trustworthy narrator in chains and texts. Ibn Wahb narrated it and sent it as mursal.

3. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 292No grade recorded

   «لَا تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهُوا بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَلَا لِتُمَارُوا بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ وَلَا لِتُحَدِّثُوا بِهِ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَالنَّارُ النَّارُ»

   ✧ Do not learn knowledge in order to vie with the scholars, or to dispute with the foolish, or to narrate it in gatherings. Whoever does that, then the Fire, the Fire!

4. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 293No grade recorded

   «مَنِ ابْتَغَى الْعِلْمَ لِيُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ أَوْ يُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ أَوْ يَقْبَلَ إِفَادَةَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ فَإِلَى النَّارِ»

   ✧ Whoever seeks knowledge in order to vie with the scholars, or dispute with the foolish, or turn people's attention to him, then [he goes] to the Fire.

5. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 294Sahih

   قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْخَيْفِ فَقَالَ نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي فَوَعَاهَا ثُمَّ أَدَّاهَا إِلَى مَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَا فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَا فِقْهَ لَهُ وَرَبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُغِلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبُ مُؤْمِنٍ إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ وَالطَّاعَةُ لِذَوِي الْأَمْرِ وَلُزُومُ جَمَاعَةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنَّ دَعْوَتَهُمْ تُحِيطُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ «»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at al-Khayf and said: 'May Allah brighten [the face of] a servant who hears my words, memorizes them, then conveys them to one who has not heard them. For many a bearer of understanding has no understanding, and many a bearer of understanding conveys it to one who has more understanding than him. Three things: a believer's heart does not harbor rancor regarding them: sincerity of action for Allah, obedience to those in authority, and adherence to the community of Muslims, for their supplication encompasses those behind them.'

6. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 295No grade recorded

   وَحدثنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو يَعْلَى ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَا ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْلَى ثنا يَحْيَى ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَهْبِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْعَدْلُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خُزَيْمٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى اللَّخْمِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ثنا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ قَطَنٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْخَيْفِ مِنْ مِنًى فَقَالَ نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي فَوَعَاهَا ثُمَّ أَدَّاهَا إِلَى مَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَا فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَا فِقْهَ لَهُ وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَأَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُغِلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبُ مُؤْمِنٍ إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ وَالنَّصِيحَةُ لِأُولِي الْأَمْرِ وَلُزُومُ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ دَعْوَتَهُمْ تَكُونُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ «» قَدِ اتَّفَقَ هَؤُلَاءِ الثِّقَاتُ عَلَى رِوَايَةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَخَالَفَهُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَحْدَهُ فَقَالَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْجَنُوبِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ثِقَةٌ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ ثُمَّ نَظَرْنَاهُ فَوَجَدْنَا لِلزُّهْرِيِّ فِيهِ مُتَابِعًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ

   ✧ And Abu Ali al-Hafiz narrated to us, Abu Ya'la informed us, Abu Khaythama narrated to us, they said: Ya'qub b. Ibrahim b. Sa'd narrated to us, my father narrated to us from Ibn Ishaq. And Abu al-Hasan Muhammad b. Abdullah al-Jawhari informed me, Muhammad b. Ishaq narrated to us, Muhammad b. Ya'la narrated to us, Yahya narrated to us, Ya'la b. Ubayd al-Tanafisi and Ahmad b. Khalid al-Wahbi narrated to us, they said: Muhammad b. Ishaq narrated to us. And Muhammad b. al-Muzaffar al-Hafiz informed me, Muhammad b. Harun narrated to us, Sulayman b. Umar narrated to us, Yahya b. Sa'id al-Umawi narrated to us from Muhammad b. Ishaq. And Abu Amr Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ishaq al-Adl informed me, Muhammad b. Khuzaym al-Dimashqi narrated to us, Hisham b. Ammar narrated to us, he said: Sa'id b. Yahya al-Lakhmi narrated to me, Ibn Ishaq narrated to us. And Ali b. Isa narrated to me, and the wording is his: Musaddad b. Qatan narrated to us, Uthman b. Abi Shayba narrated to us, Ya'la b. Ubayd narrated to us, Muhammad b. Ishaq narrated to us from al-Zuhri, from Muhammad b. Jubayr b. Mut'im, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at al-Khayf in Mina and said: 'May Allah brighten [the face of] a servant who hears my words, memorizes them, then conveys them to one who has not heard them. For many a bearer of understanding has no understanding, and many a bearer of understanding conveys it to one who has more understanding than him. Three things: a believer's heart does not harbor rancor regarding them: sincerity of action for Allah, good counsel to those in authority, and adherence to the community, for their supplication encompasses those behind them.' These trustworthy narrators agreed upon transmitting this hadith from Muhammad b. Ishaq from al-Zuhri. Abdullah b. Numayr alone contradicted them, saying: from Muhammad b. Ishaq from Abd al-Salam, who is Ibn Abi al-Janub, from al-Zuhri. Ibn Numayr is trustworthy, and Allah knows best. Then we examined it and found for al-Zuhri a corroborating narrator from Muhammad b. Jubayr.

7. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 296No grade recorded

   رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي فَوَعَاهَا ثُمَّ أَدَّاهَا إِلَى مَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَا فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَا فِقْهَ لَهُ وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُغِلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ وَمُنَاصَحَةُ ذَوِي الْأَمْرِ وَلُزُومُ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ دَعْوَتَهُمْ تَكُونُ مِنٍ وَرَائِهِمْ

   ✧ May Allah have mercy on a servant who hears my words, comprehends them, and then conveys them to one who has not heard them. Many a bearer of understanding has no understanding of his own, and many a bearer of understanding conveys it to one who has more understanding than him. Three things the heart of a believer does not harbor treachery against: sincerity of action, giving good counsel to those in authority, and adhering to the community. For their supplication encompasses them from behind.

8. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 297Sahih

   خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَ امْرِئٍ سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي فَحَمَلَهَا فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ غَيْرُ فَقِيهٍ وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُغِلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبُ مُؤْمِنٍ إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى وَمُنَاصَحَةُ وُلَاةِ الْأَمْرِ وَلُزُومُ جَمَاعَةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ «» قَدِ احْتَجَّ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الْمُسْنَدِ الصَّحِيحِ بِحَدِيثِ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ يَوْمًا يَمْلَأُ بَطْنَهُ مِنَ الدَّقَلِ وَعَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَوِّي صُفُوفَنَا الْحَدِيثَ «وَحَاتِمُ بْنُ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِي مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِهِمَا» وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺعلى شرط مسلم

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: May Allah brighten the face of a person who hears my words and carries them. Many a bearer of understanding is not himself a jurist, and many a bearer of understanding conveys it to one who has more understanding than him. Three things a believer's heart does not harbor treachery against: sincerity of action for Allah Almighty, giving good counsel to those in authority, and adhering to the community of Muslims. "" Muslim has already adduced as evidence in the authentic musnad the hadith of Simak b. Harb from al-Nu'man b. Bashir that he said: I saw our Prophet ﷺ one day filling his belly with inferior dates. And from Simak from al-Nu'man: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to straighten our rows... the hadith. "Hatim b. Abi Saghira and Abdullah b. Bakr al-Sahmi are agreed upon by both [al-Bukhari and Muslim] in including them." It has also been narrated from al-Sha'bi and Mujahid from al-Nu'man b. Bashir from the Prophet ﷺ according to the conditions of Muslim.

9. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 298Sahih

   أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَرْحَبًا بِوَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوصِينَا بِكُمْ»

   ✧ He said: "Welcome to the testament of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to enjoin us concerning you."

10. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 299Sahih

    «مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَطْلُبُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا إِلَّا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ أَبْطَأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ»

    ✧ "No man takes a path seeking knowledge therein except that Allah makes easy for him thereby a path to Paradise. And whoever is slowed by his deeds will not be hastened by his lineage."

11. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 300No grade recorded

    «مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا فِيهِ يَلْتَمِسُ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ»

    ✧ "Whoever takes a path in which he seeks knowledge, Allah makes easy for him a path to Paradise."

12. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 301Sahih

    «اعْرِفُوا أَنْسَابَكُمْ تَصِلُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ لَا قُرْبَ لِرَحِمٍ إِذَا قُطِعَتْ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ قَرِيبَةً وَلَا بُعْدَ لَهَا إِذَا وُصِلَتْ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ بَعِيدَةً»

    ✧ "Know your lineages so that you may maintain your kinship ties. For there is no closeness for a kinship tie when it is severed, even if it is near, and no distance for it when it is maintained, even if it is far."

13. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 302No grade recorded

    «تَعَلَّمُوا أَنْسَابَكُمْ تَصِلُوا أَرْحَامَكُمْ»

    ✧ "Learn your lineages so that you may maintain your kinship ties."

14. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 303Abu Dawud silent

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْبِلَادِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» فَلَمَّا أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ «يَا جِبْرِيلُ أَيُّ الْبُلْدَانِ شَرٌّ؟» قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَبِّي فَانْطَلَقَ جِبْرِيلُ فَمَكَثَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَمْكُثَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّكَ سَأَلْتَنِي أَيُّ الْبِلَادِ شَرٌّ؟ وَإِنِّي قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي فَقُلْتُ أَيُّ الْبِلَادِ شَرٌّ فَقَالَ «أَسْوَاقُهَا» قَدِ احْتَجَّا جَمِيعًا بِرُوَاةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ إِلَّا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ وَقَدْ تَفَرَّدَ الْبُخَارِيُّ بِالِاحْتِجَاجِ بِأَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ أَصْلٌ فِي قَوْلِ الْعَالِمِ لَا أَدْرِي وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, which land is worst? He said: "I do not know." When Gabriel came to him, he said: "O Gabriel, which land is worst?" He said: I do not know until I ask my Lord. Gabriel departed and remained as long as Allah willed him to remain, then he came and said: O Muhammad, you asked me which land is worst, and I said I do not know, and I asked my Lord, saying: Which land is worst? He said: "Its marketplaces." Both [al-Bukhari and Muslim] have adduced as evidence all the narrators of this hadith except Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Aqil, while al-Bukhari alone has adduced as evidence Abu Hudhayfa. This hadith is a foundational principle for the scholar's saying 'I do not know,' and it has a corroborating witness from Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Aqil. Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.

15. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 304No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْبِلَادِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» فَلَمَّا أَتَى جِبْرِيلُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ أَيُّ الْبِلَادِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَبِّي فَانْطَلَقَ جِبْرِيلُ فَمَكَثَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَمْكُثَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ سَأَلْتَنِي أَيُّ الْبِلَادِ شَرٌّ؟ وَإِنِّي قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي أَيُّ الْبِلَادِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقَالَ «أَسْوَاقُهَا» «عَمْرُو بْنُ ثَابِتٍ هَذَا هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ الْكُوفِيُّ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَإِنَّمَا ذَكَرْتُهُ شَاهِدًا وَرِوَايَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْهُ حَتَّى حَثَّنِي عَلَى إِخْرَاجِهِ فَإِنِّي قَدْ عَلَوْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ لَا يُعْتَمَدُ»

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, which land is the worst?" He ﷺ said, "I do not know." When Gabriel came to Muhammad ﷺ, he said, "O Gabriel, which land is the worst?" Gabriel replied, "I do not know until I ask my Lord." So Gabriel went and stayed as long as Allah willed, then he came back and said, "O Muhammad, you asked me which land is the worst? Indeed, it is its markets. 'Amr ibn Thabit is the son of Abu al-Miqdam al-Kufi, and he is not one of the two sheikhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim). I mentioned him as a witness, and the narration is from Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, who urged me to mention him. But I have doubted the authenticity of this narration from multiple aspects."

16. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 305Weak

    عنه عبد الصمد بن النعمان وهو ضعيف

    ✧ From him, narrated by Abd al-Samad b. al-Nu'man, and he is weak.

17. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 306No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» فَقَالَ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا أَدْرِي» فَقَالَ سَلْ رَبَّكَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي سُئِلْتُ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ وَأَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ وَأَنَا لَا أَدْرِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ رَبِّي قَالَ فَانْتَفَضَ جِبْرِيلُ انْتِفَاضَةً كَادَ أَنْ يُصْعَقَ مِنْهَا مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ يَسْأَلُكَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ خَيْرٌ؟ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي فَسَأَلَكَ أَيُّ الْبِقَاعِ شَرٌّ فَقُلْتَ لَا أَدْرِي وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْبِقَاعِ الْمَسَاجِدُ وَشَرَّ الْبِقَاعِ الْأَسْوَاقُ

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, which places are best? He said: "I do not know." He said: Which places are worst? He said: "I do not know." He said: Ask your Lord. He said: When Gabriel descended, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I was asked which places are best and which places are worst, and I said I do not know. Gabriel said: And I do not know until I ask my Lord. He said: Gabriel shuddered with a shudder that almost made Muhammad ﷺ swoon from it. Then Allah said: O Gabriel, Muhammad asks you which places are best, and you said I do not know, and he asks you which places are worst, and you said I do not know. Verily, the best of places are the mosques, and the worst of places are the marketplaces.

18. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 307Sahih

    «يُوشِكُ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَضْرِبُوا أَكْبَادَ الْإِبِلِ فَلَا يَجِدُونَ عَالِمًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْ عَالِمِ الْمَدِينَةِ»

    ✧ "People are on the verge of striking the livers of camels [in travel] and will not find a scholar more learned than the scholar of Madinah."

19. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 308No grade recorded

    «يُوشِكُ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَضْرِبُوا أَكْبَادَ الْإِبِلِ»

    ✧ "People are on the verge of striking the livers of camels."

20. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 309Sahih

    مَنْ جَاءَ مَسْجِدَنَا هَذَا يَتَعَلَّمُ خَيْرًا أَوْ يُعَلِّمُهُ فَهُوَ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِغَيْرِ هَذَا كَانَ كَالرَّجُلِ يَرَى الشَّيْءَ يُعْجِبُهُ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ يَرَى الْمُصَلِّينَ وَلَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ وَيَرَى الذَّاكِرِينَ وَلَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ

    ✧ Whoever comes to this mosque of ours to learn good or teach it is like a mujahid in the path of Allah, and whoever comes for other than this is like a man who sees something that pleases him but it is not his. Perhaps he said: he sees those who pray but is not one of them, and he sees those who remember Allah but is not one of them.

21. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 310No grade recorded

    «مَنْ دَخَلَ مَسْجِدَنَا هَذَا لِيَتَعَلَّمَ خَيْرًا أَوْ يُعَلِّمَهُ كَانَ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ دَخَلَهُ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ كَانَ كَالنَّاظِرِ إِلَى مَا لَيْسَ لَهُ»

    ✧ Whoever enters this mosque of ours to learn good or teach it is like a mujahid in the path of Allah, and whoever enters it for other than that is like one who looks at what is not his.

22. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 311Sahih

    «مَنْ غَدَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ لَا يُرِيدُ إِلَّا لِيَتَعَلَّمَ خَيْرًا أَوْ يَعْلَمَهُ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ مُعْتَمِرٍ تَامِّ الْعُمْرَةِ فَمَنْ رَاحَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ لَا يُرِيدُ إِلَّا لِيَتَعَلَّمَ خَيْرًا أَوْ يُعَلِّمَهُ فَلَهُ أَجْرُ حَاجٍّ تَامِّ الْحِجَّةِ»

    ✧ Whoever goes early to the mosque, intending only to learn good or teach it, will have the reward of a person who performs a complete 'Umrah. Whoever goes later to the mosque, intending only to learn good or teach it, will have the reward of a person who performs a complete Hajj.

23. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 312Sahih

    مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ مَنْهُومٌ فِي عِلْمٍ لَا يَشْبَعُ وَمَنْهُومٌ فِي دُنْيَا لَا يَشْبَعُ

    ✧ There are two greedy types who are never satisfied: one greedy for knowledge who is never satisfied, and one greedy for worldly things who is never satisfied.

24. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 313No grade recorded

    جَاءَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِلَى كَعْبٍ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ وَكَعْبٌ فِي الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ «مَا تُرِيدُ مِنْهُ؟» فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَكُونُ أَحْفَظَ لِحَدِيثِهِ مِنِّي فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ «أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَجِدْ أَحَدًا يَطْلُبُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا يَشْبَعُ مِنْهُ يَوْمًا مِنَ الدَّهْرِ إِلَّا طَالِبَ عِلْمٍ وَطَالِبَ دُنْيَا» فَقَالَ أَنْتَ كَعْبٌ فَإِنِّي لِمِثْلِ هَذَا جِئْتُ

    ✧ Abu Huraira came to Ka'b to ask about someone, and Ka'b was among the people. Ka'b asked, "What do you want from him?" Abu Huraira replied, "I do not know anyone from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who preserves his hadiths better than me." Ka'b responded, "Indeed, you have not found anyone who seeks something without being satisfied with it for a day in his entire life, except for a seeker of knowledge and a seeker of worldly gains." Then he said to Abu Huraira, "You are Ka'b, so I have come for something like this."

25. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 314No grade recorded

    «فَضْلُ الْعِلْمِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ فَضْلِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَخَيْرُ دِينِكُمُ الْوَرَعُ»

    ✧ The virtue of knowledge is more beloved to me than the virtue of worship, and the best of your religion is piety (wara').

26. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 315No grade recorded

    وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ السِّرَاجُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ الزَّيَّاتِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْحَكَمَ

    ✧ And Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Balawayh narrated to me: Ibrahim b. Ishaq al-Siraj narrated to us: Muhammad b. Abdullah b. Numayr narrated to us: Khalid b. Makhlad narrated to us from Hamza al-Zayyat from al-A'mash from Mus'ab b. Sa'd, and he mentioned it similarly but did not mention al-Hakam.

27. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 316Sahih

    حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ أَنْبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ مِنْدَهٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدَانَ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَا ثنا بَكْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا حَمْزَةُ الزَّيَّاتُ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ نَحْوَهُ «ثُمَّ نَظَرْنَا فَوَجَدْنَا خَالِدَ بْنَ مَخْلَدٍ أَثْبَتَ وَأَحْفَظَ وَأَوْثَقَ مِنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ بَكَّارٍ فَحَكَمْنَا لَهُ بِالزِّيَادَةِ» وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقُدُّوسِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ بِإِسْنَادٍ آخَرَعلى شرطهما

    ✧ Abu Ali al-Husayn b. Ali al-Hafiz narrated it to us: Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Yahya b. Mandah al-Asbahani informed us: Ibrahim b. Sa'dan and Ahmad b. Abd al-Wahid narrated to us, they said: Bakr b. Bakkar narrated to us: Hamza al-Zayyat narrated to us: al-A'mash narrated to us from a man from Mus'ab b. Sa'd from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said something similar. Then we examined and found that Khalid b. Makhlad was more reliable, more retentive, and more trustworthy than Bakr b. Bakkar, so we judged in his favor for the addition. And Abdullah b. Abd al-Quddus narrated it from al-A'mash with another chain, according to their conditions.

28. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 317No grade recorded

    «فَضْلُ الْعِلْمِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ فَضْلِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَخَيْرُ دِينِكُمُ الْوَرَعُ»

    ✧ The virtue of knowledge is better than the virtue of worship, and the best of your religion is piety (wara').

29. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 318No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ فَقَالَ: «قَدْ يَئِسَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِأَنْ يُعْبَدَ بِأَرْضِكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُ رَضِيَ أَنْ يُطَاعَ فِيمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِمَّا تُحَاقِرُونَ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، فَاحْذَرُوا. يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمْ مَا إِنِ اعْتَصَمْتُمْ بِهِ فَلَنْ تَضِلُّوا أَبَدًا: كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ. إِنَّ كُلَّ مُسْلِمٍ أَخٌ مُسْلِمٌ، الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِخْوَةٌ، وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرِئٍ مِنْ مَالِ أَخِيهِ إِلَّا مَا أَعْطَاهُ عَنْ طِيبِ نَفْسٍ، وَلَا تَظْلِمُوا، وَلَا تَرْجِعُوا مِنْ بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed the people during the Farewell Pilgrimage and said: "Satan has despaired of being worshiped in your land, but he is content to be obeyed in matters other than that: deeds of yours that you consider insignificant, so beware. O people, I have left among you that which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet ﷺ. Every Muslim is a Muslim’s brother; the Muslims are brothers. None of his brother’s property is lawful for a person except what he gives willingly. Do not wrong one another, and do not revert after me to being unbelievers, striking one another’s necks."

30. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 319No grade recorded

    إِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمْ شَيْئَيْنِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُمَا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّتِي وَلَنْ يَتَفَرَّقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, I have left among you two things that you will never go astray as long as you hold fast to them: the Book of Allah and my Sunnah. And they will never separate from each other until they meet me at the Pond."

31. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 320Sahih

    كَانَ أَخَوَانِ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَالْآخَرُ يَحْتَرِفُ فَشَكَا الْمُحْتَرِفُ أَخَاهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَعَلَّكَ تُرْزَقُ بِهِ»

    ✧ There were two brothers in the time of the Prophet ﷺ. One of them would come to the Prophet ﷺ, and the other would work for a living. The working brother complained about his brother to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: "Perhaps you are provided for because of him."

32. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 321Sahih

    أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ خَرَجَ مِنْ حَمَّامِ حِمْصَ فَقَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ ائْتِنِي لُبْسَتَيَّ فَلَبِسَهُمَا ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مَسْجِدَ حِمْصَ فَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ إِذَا هُوَ بِنَاسٍ جُلُوسٌ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مَا يُجْلِسُكُمْ؟ قَالُوا صَلَّيْنَا صَلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ ثُمَّ قَصَّ الْقَاصُّ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَعَدْنَا نَتَذَاكَرُ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَقَلَّ حَدِيثًا عَنْهُ مِنِّي إِنِّي سَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِخَصْلَتَيْنِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَكُونُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَيَقُومُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ الرِّجَالُ يُحِبُّ أَنْ تَكْثُرَ الْخُصُومُ عِنْدَهُ فَيَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ وَكُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِقَوْمٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قُعُودٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا يُقْعِدُكُمْ؟» قَالُوا صَلَّيْنَا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ ثُمَّ قَعَدْنَا نَتَذَاكَرُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ شَيْئًا تَعَاظَمَ ذِكْرُهُ»

    ✧ Mu'awiya came out of the bathhouse in Hims and said to his servant: "Bring me my two garments." He put them on, then entered the mosque of Hims and prayed two rak'ahs. When he finished, he found people sitting. He said to them: "What makes you sit?" They said: "We prayed the obligatory prayer, then the storyteller told his story, and when he finished we sat to discuss the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Mu'awiya said: "There is no man who met the Prophet ﷺ with fewer hadiths from him than I. I will tell you two things that I memorized from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. No man is in charge of people and men stand at his head, who loves that disputes become many in his presence, will enter Paradise. I was with the Prophet ﷺ one day when he entered the mosque and found a group of people sitting. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'What makes you sit?' They said: 'We prayed the obligatory prayer, then we sat to discuss the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet ﷺ.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'When Allah mentions something, its mention becomes great.'"

33. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 322Sahih

    «أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا جَلَسُوا كَانَ حَدِيثُهُمْ يَعْنِي الْفِقْهَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَقْرَأَ رَجُلٌ سُورَةً أَوْ يَأْمُرَ رَجُلًا بِقِرَاءَةِ سُورَةٍ»

    ✧ When the companions of the Prophet ﷺ sat together, their talk was about fiqh, unless a man recited a surah or asked another man to recite a surah.

34. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 323No grade recorded

    «تَذَاكَرُوا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّ مُذَاكَرَةَ الْحَدِيثِ تُهَيِّجُ الْحَدِيثَ»

    ✧ Discuss hadith among yourselves, for discussing hadith enlivens hadith.

35. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 324No grade recorded

    «تَذَاكَرُوا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّكُمْ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوا يَنْدَرِسُ»

    ✧ Study the hadith among yourselves, for if you do not, it will be obliterated.

36. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 325No grade recorded

    «تَذَاكَرُوا الْحَدِيثَ فَإِنَّ ذِكْرَ الْحَدِيثِ حَيَاتُهُ»

    ✧ Study the hadith among yourselves, for the remembrance of hadith is its life.

37. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 326Sahih

    سَمِعْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنَا أَصْحَابُنَا وَكُنَّا مُشْتَغِلِينَ فِي رِعَايَةِ الْإِبِلِ»

    ✧ We heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he would narrate to us while our companions were occupied with tending the camels.

38. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 327Sahih

    «تَسْمَعُونَ وَيُسْمَعُ مِنْكُمْ وَيُسْمَعُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ مِنْكُمْ»

    ✧ You will hear, and it will be heard from you, and it will be heard from those who hear from you.

39. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 328No grade recorded

    «تَسْمَعُونَ وَيُسْمَعُ مِنْكُمْ وَيُسْمَعُ مِمَّنْ يَسْمَعُ مِنْكُمْ»

    ✧ You will hear, and it will be heard from you, and it will be heard from those who hear from you.

40. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 329No grade recorded

    صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً وَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَأَوْصِنَا قَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عُضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the morning prayer, then he turned to face us and admonished us with an exhortation that made the hearts tremble and the eyes shed tears. We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, it is as if it were the exhortation of one bidding farewell, so advise us.' He said, 'I enjoin upon you the fear of Allah, and hearing and obeying, even if a black slave is placed in authority over you. For whoever lives among you will see much disagreement. You must adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided, guided caliphs. Bite upon it with the molar teeth. And beware of newly invented matters, for every innovation is misguidance.'

41. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 330Sahih

    خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَقَامَ فَوَعَظَ النَّاسَ وَرَغَّبَهُمْ وَحَذَّرَهُمْ وَقَالَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأَطِيعُوا مَنْ وَلَّاهُ اللَّهُ أَمْرَكُمْ وَلَا تُنَازِعُوا الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ عَبْدًا أَسْوَدَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا تَعْرِفُونَ مِنْ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَالْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَعَضُّوا عَلَى نَواجِذِكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ» «هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا جَمِيعًا وَلَا أَعْرِفُ لَهُ عِلَّةً وَقَدْ تَابَعَ ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ خَالِدَ بْنَ مَعْدَانَ عَلَى رِوَايَةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ» على شرطهما ولا أعرف له علة

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us one day and stood and admonished the people, encouraged them, and warned them, and said what Allah willed him to say. Then he said, 'Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, and obey the one whom Allah has placed in authority over you, and do not dispute the matter with its people, even if he is a black slave. And you must adhere to what you know of the Sunnah of your Prophet and the rightly guided, guided caliphs. And bite upon the truth with your molar teeth.' This is a sound chain of transmission according to the conditions of both of them, and I do not know of any defect in it. Damrah b. Habib corroborated Khalid b. Ma'dan in narrating this hadith from 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Sulami.

42. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 331Abu Dawud silent

    وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا لَمَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدَّعٍ فَإِذًا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ «قَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا لَا يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي إِلَّا هَالِكٌ وَمَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا عَرَفْتُمْ مِنْ سُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ الرَّاشِدِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ» فَكَانَ أَسَدُ بْنُ وَدَاعَةَ يَزِيدُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ «فَإِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ كَالْجَمَلِ الْأَنْفِ حَيْثُ مَا قِيدَ انْقَادَ» وَقَدْ تَابَعَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَلَى رِوَايَتِهِ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الثِّقَاتِ الْأَثْبَاتِ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ admonished us with an exhortation that made the eyes shed tears and the hearts tremble. We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, indeed this is the exhortation of one bidding farewell, so what do you entrust to us?' He said, 'I have left you upon a clear path whose night is like its day. No one deviates from it after me except one who is destroyed. And whoever lives among you will see much disagreement. You must adhere to what you know of my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me. And you must obey, even if he is an Abyssinian slave. Bite upon it with the molar teeth.' Asad b. Wada'ah would add in this hadith: 'For the believer is like a camel with a nose ring; wherever it is led, it follows.' And 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr was corroborated in his narration from al-'Irbad b. Sariyah by three trustworthy, reliable transmitters from the imams of the people of Sham. Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.

43. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 332No grade recorded

    أَتَيْنَا الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ {وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ إِذَا مَا أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ تَوَلَّوْا وَأَعْيُنُهُمْ تُفِيضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ حَزَنًا أَلَّا يَجِدُوا مَا يُنْفِقُونَ} [التوبة 92] فَسَلَّمْنَا وَقُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاكَ زَائِرِينَ وَمُقْتَبِسِينَ فَقَالَ الْعِرْبَاضُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدَّعٍ فَمَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»

    ✧ We came to al-'Irbad b. Sariyah, who was among those about whom it was revealed: 'Nor upon those who, when they came to you so that you might provide them with mounts, you said, "I find nothing upon which to mount you," they turned away with their eyes overflowing with tears out of grief that they could not find anything to spend' [al-Tawbah 92]. We greeted him and said, 'We have come to you as visitors and seekers of knowledge.' Al-'Irbad said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the morning prayer one day, then he turned to face us and admonished us with an eloquent exhortation that made the eyes shed tears and the hearts tremble. Someone said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is as if it were the exhortation of one bidding farewell, so what do you entrust to us?" He said, "I enjoin upon you the fear of Allah, and hearing and obeying, even if he is an Abyssinian slave. For whoever lives among you will see much disagreement. You must adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided, guided caliphs. Hold fast to it and bite upon it with the molar teeth. And beware of newly invented matters, for every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance."

44. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 333No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ السُّلَمِيَّ يَقُولُ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً وَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْأَعْيُنُ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ وَعَظْتَنَا مَوْعِظَةَ مُوَدَّعٍ فَاعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَسَتَرَى مِنْ بَعْدِي اخْتِلَافًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْمُحْدَثَاتِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ «» وَمِنْهُمْ مَعْبَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ وَلَيْسَ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ شَرْطِ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ فَتَرَكْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَقْصَيْتُ فِي تَصْحِيحِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَعْضَ الِاسْتِقْصَاءِ عَلَى مَا أَدَّى إِلَيْهِ اجْتِهَادِي وَكُتِبَ فِيهِ كَمَا قَالَ إِمَامُ أَئِمَّةِ الْحَدِيثِ شُعْبَةُ فِي حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ لَمَّا طَلَبَهُ بِالْبَصْرَةِ وَالْكُوفَةِ وَالْمَدِينَةِ وَمَكَّةَ ثُمَّ عَادَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ فَتَرَكَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ لَأَنْ يَصِحَّ لِي مِثْلُ هَذَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ وَالِدِي وَوَلَدِي وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَقَدْ صَحَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

    ✧ I heard al-'Irbad b. Sariyah al-Sulami say: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us one morning and admonished us with an exhortation that made the hearts tremble and the eyes shed tears.' He said: 'We said, "O Messenger of Allah, you have admonished us with the exhortation of one bidding farewell, so entrust to us." He said, "You must have the fear of Allah—I think he said—and hearing and obeying. And after me you will see severe or much disagreement. You must adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs. Bite upon it with the molar teeth. And beware of newly invented matters, for every innovation is misguidance." And among them is Ma'bad b. 'Abd Allah b. Hisham al-Qurashi, but the route to him is not according to the condition of this book, so I left it. I have been exhaustive to some extent in authenticating this hadith as far as my effort allowed, and it has been written as Shu'bah, the imam of the imams of hadith, said about the hadith of 'Abd Allah b. 'Ata' from 'Uqbah b. 'Amir when he sought it in Basra, Kufa, Madinah, and Makkah, then the hadith returned to Shahr b. Hawshab, so he abandoned it. Then Shu'bah said: "If such a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were authenticated for me, it would be dearer to me than my father, my son, and all the people." And this hadith is authentic, praise be to Allah, and may Allah bless Muhammad and his family all together.

45. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 334Sahih

    أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَوْصِنَا قَالَ أَجْلِسُونِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مَكَانَهُمَا مَنِ الْتَمَسَهُمَا وَجَدَهُمَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَالْتَمِسُوا الْعِلْمَ عِنْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ رَهْطٍ عِنْدَ عُوَيْمِرٍ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَعِنْدَ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ وَعِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّهُ عَاشِرُ عَشَرَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»

    ✧ When Mu'adh b. Jabal was on his deathbed, they said, 'O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, advise us.' He said, 'Sit me up.' Then he said, 'Indeed, knowledge and faith are in their place; whoever seeks them will find them.' He said that three times. 'And seek knowledge from four men: from 'Uwaymir Abu al-Darda', from Salman al-Farisi, from 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud, and from 'Abd Allah b. Salam. For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Indeed, he is the tenth of ten in Paradise."

46. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 335No grade recorded

    وَجِعَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ يَوْمًا وَعِنْدَهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَمِيرَةَ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ فَبَكَى عَلَيْهِ يَزِيدُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاذٌ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ قَالَ يُبْكِينِي مَا كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَنْقَطِعُ عَنِّي فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ «إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ وَالْإِيمَانَ بَشَّاشَانِ قُمْ فَالْتَمِسْهُمَا» قَالَ يَزِيدُ وَعِنْدَ مَنْ أَلْتَمِسُهُمَا؟ فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ عِنْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ عِنْدَ عُوَيْمِرٍ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَعِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعِنْدَ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ وَعِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهُ عَاشِرُ عَشَرَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ فَقُلْتُ وَعِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ «لَا تَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَإِنَّهُ عَنْكَ مَشْغُولٌ»

    ✧ Mu'adh b. Jabal fell ill one day while Yazid b. 'Umayrah al-Zubaydi was with him. Yazid wept over him. Mu'adh said to him, 'What makes you weep?' He said, 'What makes me weep is that what I used to ask you about every day will be cut off from me.' Mu'adh said, 'Indeed, knowledge and faith are cheerful. Arise and seek them.' Yazid said, 'From whom shall I seek them?' Mu'adh said, 'From four persons: from 'Uwaymir Abu al-Darda', from 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud, from Salman al-Farisi, and from 'Abd Allah b. Salam, for it used to be said that he is the tenth of ten in Paradise.' Yazid said, 'And from 'Umar b. al-Khattab?' He said, 'Do not ask him about anything, for he is too preoccupied for you.'

47. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 336No grade recorded

    الْعِلْمُ وَالْإِيمَانُ مَكَانَهُمَا مَنِ ابْتَغَاهُمَا وَجَدَهُمَا

    ✧ "Knowledge and faith are found by those who seek them."

48. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 337Sahih

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ «هَذَا أَوَانُ يُرْفَعُ الْعِلْمُ» فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ لَبِيدٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُرْفَعُ الْعِلْمُ وَقَدْ أُثْبِتَ فِي الْكِتَابِ وَوَعَتْهُ الْقُلُوبُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَحْسَبُكَ مِنْ أَفْقَهِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ» ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ ضَلَالَةَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى عَلَى مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ شَدَّادَ بْنَ أَوْسٍ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِحَدِيثِ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ عَوْفٌ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَوَّلِ ذَلِكَ يُرْفَعُ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ الْخُشُوعُ حَتَّى لَا تَرَى خَاشِعًا «هَذَا صَحِيحٌ وَقَدِ احْتَجَّ الشَّيْخَانِ بِجَمِيعِ رُوَاتِهِ وَالشَّاهِدُ لِذَلِكَ فِيهِ شَدَّادُ بْنُ أَوْسٍ فَقَدْ سَمِعَ جُبَيْرُ بْنُ نُفَيْرٍ الْحَدِيثَ مِنْهُمَا جَمِيعًا» وَمِنْ ثَالِثٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ وَهُوَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِصحيح احتجا برواته

    ✧ He said: 'Awf b. Malik al-Ashja'i said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at the sky one day and said, “This is the time when knowledge will be lifted.” A man from the Ansar called Ibn Labid said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, how will knowledge be lifted when it has been established in the Book and hearts have comprehended it?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I had thought you were one of the most knowledgeable of the people of Madinah.” Then he mentioned the misguidance of the Jews and Christians despite what they had in their hands of the Book of Allah. He (the narrator) said: I met Shaddad b. Aws and told him the hadith of 'Awf b. Malik. He said, “'Awf spoke the truth. Shall I inform you of the first of that to be lifted?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Khushu' (humility), until you will not see anyone humble.” This is sahih, and the two Shaykhs have used all its narrators as proof. The supporting witness for that in it is Shaddad b. Aws, for Jubayr b. Nufayr heard the hadith from both of them, and from a third Companion, who is Abu al-Darda'.

49. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 338Sahih

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَشَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا أَوَانُ يُخْتَلَسُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى لَا يَقْدِرُوا مِنْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ» قَالَ فَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يُخْتَلَسُ مِنَّا وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَنَقْرَأَنَّهُ وَلَنُقْرِئَنَّهُ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا فَقَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا زِيَادُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ لَأَعُدُّكَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَذَا التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فَمَاذَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ؟» قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ أَخُوكَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ وَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي قَالَ قَالَ صَدَقَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِأَوَّلِ عِلْمٍ يُرْفَعُ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْخُشُوعُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَلَا تَرَى فِيهِ رَجُلًا خَاشِعًا

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he raised his gaze to the sky, then said, “This is the time when knowledge will be snatched away from people until they are unable to obtain any of it.” Ziyad b. Labid al-Ansari said, “O Messenger of Allah, how will it be snatched away from us when we have read the Quran? By Allah, we will certainly read it and make our women and children read it.” He said, “May your mother be bereaved of you, O Ziyad! I used to count you among the jurists of the people of Madinah. This Torah and Gospel are with the Jews and Christians, so what does it avail them?” Jubayr said: I met 'Ubadah b. al-Samit and said to him, “Do you not hear what your brother Abu al-Darda' says?” and I informed him of what he said. He said, “Abu al-Darda' spoke the truth. If you wish, I will tell you of the first knowledge to be lifted from people: khushu' (humility). Soon you will enter a congregational mosque and not see a single humble man in it.”

50. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 339No grade recorded

    «هَذَا أَوَانُ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَوْ قَالَ «أَوَانُ انْقِطَاعِ الْعِلْمِ» قَالُوا كَيْفَهُ وَفِينَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ تُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ؟ قَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ ابْنَ لَبِيدٍ مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسِبُكَ إِلَّا مِنْ أَعْقِلِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَلَيْسَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فِيهِمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعُوا مِنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ»

    ✧ “This is the time of the departure of knowledge.” Shu'bah said: Or he said, “The time of the cutting off of knowledge.” They said, “How can that be when the Book of Allah is among us, and our children teach it to their children?” He said, “May your mother be bereaved of you, Ibn Labid! I did not think you to be anything but one of the most intelligent of the people of Madinah. Do not the Jews and Christians have the Book of Allah, the Torah and the Gospel, yet they benefit from it nothing?”

51. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 340Sahih

    أَنَّهُ جَاءَ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ قَالَ مَا أَعْمَلَكَ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ مَا أَعْمَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا لِذَلِكَ قَالَ «فَأَبْشِرْ فَإِنَّهُ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَخْرُجُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا بَسَطَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًى بِمَا يَفْعَلُ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ»

    ✧ He came asking him about something. He said, “What made you come to me except that?” He said, “I came to you only for that.” He said, “Rejoice, for no man goes out seeking knowledge but the angels spread their wings for him in pleasure at what he does, until he returns.”

52. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 341No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُرَادٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَالُ لَهُ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَسَّالٍ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟» قَالَ ابْتِغَاءُ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًى بِمَا يَصْنَعُ» وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ «عَارِمٌ هَذَا هُوَ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَافِظٌ ثِقَةٌ اعْتَمَدَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي جُمْلَةٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ رَوَاهَا عَنْهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ وَقَدْ خَالَفَهُ سِنَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ الصَّعْقِ بْنِ حَزْنٍ»

    ✧ A man from Murad called Safwan b. 'Assal came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “What has brought you?” He said, “Seeking knowledge.” He said, “Indeed, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with what he does.” And he mentioned the hadith. 'Arim, who is Abu al-Nu'man Muhammad b. al-Fadl al-Basri, is a trustworthy hafiz. Al-Bukhari relied on him in a portion of this hadith, narrating it from him in the Sahih. Sinan b. Farrukh differed from him in this hadith, narrating it from al-Sa'q b. Hazn.

53. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 342No grade recorded

    أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ «وَقَدْ أَوْقَفَهُ أَبُو جَنَابٍ الْكَلْبِيُّ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ وَأَبُو جَنَابٍ مَنْ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِرِوَايَتِهِ فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ» خالفه شيبان

    ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he mentioned the hadith. Abu Janab al-Kalbi stopped it at Talhah b. Musarrif, from Zirr b. Hubaysh, but Abu Janab is one whose narration is not used as proof in this book. Shu'ban differed from him.

54. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 343No grade recorded

    أَنَّ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ أَتَى صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ فَقَالَ «مَا غَدَا بِكَ إِلَيَّ؟» قَالَ غَدَا بِي الْتِمَاسُ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ يَصْنَعُ مَا صَنَعْتَ لَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًى بِمَا يَصْنَعُ»

    ✧ "Indeed, he does not do what you have done for him, except that the angels have placed their wings over him in satisfaction of what he does. And we have mentioned in this Hadith of what is not weakened, as this Hadith has been narrated by a group and another group has stopped at it, and the one who narrated it is more reliable, and the addition from them is accepted."

55. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 344Sahih

    «مَنْ سُئِلَ عَنْ عِلْمٍ فَكَتَمَهُ جِيءَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَقَدْ أُلْجِمَ بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ»

    ✧ “Whoever is asked about knowledge and conceals it, he will be brought on the Day of Resurrection bridled with a bridle of fire.”

56. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 345No grade recorded

    «مَنْ سُئِلَ عَنْ عِلْمٍ فَكَتَمَهُ أَلْجَمَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ»

    ✧ “Whoever is asked about knowledge and conceals it, Allah will bridle him on the Day of Resurrection with a bridle of fire.”

57. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 346Sahih

    «مَنْ كَتَمَ عِلْمًا أَلْجَمَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ»

    ✧ “Whoever conceals knowledge, Allah will bridle him on the Day of Resurrection with a bridle of fire.”

58. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 347No grade recorded

    «أَتَدْرُونَ لِمَ مَشَيْتُ مَعَكُمْ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ نَحْنُ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَشَيْتَ مَعَنَا قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ تَأْتُونَ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ لَهُمْ دَوِيٌّ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ فَلَا تَبْدُونَهُمْ بِالْأَحَادِيِثِ فَيَشْغَلُونَكُمْ جَرِّدُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَأَقِلُّوا الرِّوَايَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَامْضُوا وَأَنَا شَرِيكُكُمْ» فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَرَظَةُ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا قَالَ نَهَانَا ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ

    ✧ “Do you know why I walked with you?” They said, “Yes, we are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; you walked with us.” He said, “You are going to come to the people of a town who have a humming with the Quran like the humming of bees. Do not begin with them with hadiths, lest they occupy you. Strip down to the Quran and reduce narration from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Go on, and I am your partner.” When Qarazah arrived, they said, “Narrate to us.” He said, “Ibn al-Khattab forbade us.”

59. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 348No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى قَرَظَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُمْ جَوَارِي يُغَنِّينَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ أَتَفْعَلُونَ هَذَا وَأَنْتُمْ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا «إِنْ كُنْتَ تَسْمَعُ وَإِلَّا فَامْضِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَخَّصَ لَنَا فِي اللَّهْوِ فِي الْعُرْسِ وَفِي الْبُكَاءِ عِنْدَ الْمَيِّتِ»

    ✧ I entered upon Qarazah b. Ka'b, Abu Mas'ud, and Zayd b. Thabit, and there were slave girls with them singing. I said to them, “Do you do this while you are Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” They said, “If you can hear, then stay; otherwise leave, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ permitted us amusement at weddings and weeping over the dead.”

60. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 349No grade recorded

    «مَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنِ اسْتَشَارَهُ أَخُوهُ فَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ رِشْدَةٍ فَقَدْ خَانَهُ وَمَنْ أَفْتَى بِفُتْيَا غَيْرِ ثَبْتٍ فَإِنَّمَا إِثْمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ أَفْتَاهُ»

    ✧ “Whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire. And whoever's brother consults him and he advises him without sound judgment has betrayed him. And whoever gives a fatwa without firm knowledge, its sin is upon the one who gave the fatwa.”

61. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 350No grade recorded

    «مَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ بُنْيَانَهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ وَمَنْ أَفْتَى بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ كَانَ إِثْمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ أَفْتَاهُ وَمَنْ أَشَارَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ بِأَمْرٍ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الرُّشْدَ فِي غَيْرِهِ فَقَدْ خَانَهُ»

    ✧ Whoever says about me what I did not say, let him take his place in Hellfire. Whoever gives a fatwa without knowledge, its sin is upon the one who gave it. Whoever advises his brother in a matter knowing that the right course lies elsewhere has betrayed him.

62. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 351No grade recorded

    «سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يُحَدِّثُونَكُمْ بِمَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا أَنْتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ»

    ✧ There will be at the end of time people from my ummah who will narrate to you what neither you nor your forefathers have heard. Beware of them and keep away from them.

63. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 352No grade recorded

    «الِاقْتِصَادُ فِي السُّنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الِاجْتِهَادِ فِي الْبِدْعَةِ»

    ✧ Moderation in the Sunnah is better than striving in innovation.

64. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 353Sahih

    عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِثْلَهُ

    ✧ From 'Abdullah, the like of it.

65. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 354Sahih

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْأَرْبَعِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلَبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ

    ✧ O Allah, I seek refuge in You from four: knowledge that does not benefit, a heart that does not humble itself, a soul that is never satisfied, and a supplication that is not heard.

66. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 355No grade recorded

    «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْأَرْبَعِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلَبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ»

    ✧ O Allah, I seek refuge in You from four: knowledge that does not benefit, a heart that does not humble itself, a soul that is never satisfied, and a supplication that is not heard.

67. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 356Sahih

    «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلَبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ» وَيَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعِ»

    ✧ O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, a heart that does not humble itself, a soul that is never satisfied, and a supplication that is not heard. And at the end of that he says: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from these four.

68. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 357Sahih

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ بَشَرٌ يَغْضَبُ كَمَا يَغْضَبُ الْبَشَرُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا تَقُولُ تَكْتُبُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ بَشَرٌ يَغْضَبُ كَمَا يَغْضَبُ الْبَشَرُ قَالَ فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى شَفَتَيْهِ فَقَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِمَّا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا حَقٌّ فَاكْتُبْ»

    ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he is only a human who becomes angry as humans become angry. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, Quraysh say: You write from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but he is only a human who becomes angry as humans become angry. He said: He pointed to his lips and said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, nothing comes out from between them except truth, so write.

69. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 358No grade recorded

    يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَكْتُبُ مَا أَسْمَعُ مِنْكَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ وَعِنْدَ الرِّضَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ إِلَّا حَقًّا»

    ✧ He said, "O Messenger of Allah, should I write down what I hear from you?" He said, "Yes." I said, "Should I write down both when you are angry and when you are pleased?" He said, "Yes, for it is not permissible for me to speak except the truth." So let the seeker of this knowledge know that no one ever narrated in the lifetime of Amr ibn Shu'aib except Muslim, who heard from Shu'aib through Abdullah ibn Amr. And when a hadith is narrated from Amr ibn Shu'aib from Mujahid from Abdullah ibn Amr, then it is an authentic hadith, although I have mentioned it as a witness to the hadith of Abdul Wahid ibn Qays, and this same hadith has been narrated verbatim from Yusuf ibn Mahak.

70. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 359Sahih

    كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَسْمَعُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأُرِيدُ حِفْظَهُ فَنَهَتْنِي قُرَيْشٌ وَقَالُوا تُكْتَبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ تَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَشَرٌ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الرِّضَاءِ وَالْغَضَبِ؟ قَالَ فَأَمْسَكْتُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اكْتُبْ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا حَقٌّ» وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى فِيهِ رُوَاةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَدِ احْتَجَّا بِهِمْ عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ غَيْرِ الْوَلِيدِ هَذَا وَأَظُنُّهُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ الشَّامِيُّ فَإِنَّهُ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ عُلِمَتْ عَلَى أَبِيهِ الْكَتَبَةُ فَإِنْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ فَقَدِ احْتَجَّ مُسْلِمٌ بِهِ وَقَدْ صَحَّتِ الرِّوَايَةُ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَيِّدُوا الْعِلْمَ بِالْكِتَابِ إن كان الوليد هو ابن أبي الوليد الشامي فهو على شرط مسلم

    ✧ I used to write everything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wanting to memorize it. Then Quraysh forbade me and said: You write everything you hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a human who speaks in pleasure and anger? He said: So I stopped, and I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Write, for by the One in whose hand is my soul, nothing comes out from him except truth. And he pointed with his hand to his mouth. The narrators of this hadith have been relied upon by both al-Bukhari and Muslim, all of them except this al-Walid. I think he is al-Walid b. Abi al-Walid al-Shami, for he is al-Walid b. 'Abdullah, and his father is known to have been a scribe. If that is the case, then Muslim has relied upon him. It has been authentically reported from the Commander of the Believers, 'Umar b. al-Khattab, that he said: Restrain knowledge with writing. If al-Walid is Ibn Abi al-Walid al-Shami, then the hadith meets Muslim's criterion.

71. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 360No grade recorded

    «قَيِّدُوا الْعِلْمَ بِالْكِتَابِ» «وَكَذَلِكَ الرِّوَايَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ صَحِيحٌ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَقَدْ أُسْنِدَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ غَيْرِ مُعْتَمَدٍ فَأَمَّا الرِّوَايَةُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ» وصح مثله من قول أنس

    ✧ Restrain knowledge with writing. And likewise the report from Anas b. Malik is authentic as his statement, and it has been raised to the Prophet from an unreliable route. As for the report from his statement: And the like of it is authentic from Anas's statement.

72. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 361No grade recorded

    «قَيِّدُوا الْعِلْمَ بِالْكِتَابِ» «أَسْنَدَهُ بَعْضُ الْبَصْرِيِّينَ عَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَذَلِكَ أَسْنَدَهُ شَيْخُ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ غَيْرَ مُعْتَمَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ»

    ✧ "He used to say to his sons, 'Record knowledge in writing.' It was narrated by some of the people of Basra from the Ansari, and it was also narrated by a respected elder from the people of Mecca who heard it from Ibn Jurayj."

73. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 362Weak

    «قَيِّدُوا الْعِلْمَ» قُلْتُ وَمَا تَقْيِيدُهُ؟ قَالَ «كِتَابَتُهُ»

    ✧ Restrain knowledge. I said: And what is restraining it? He said: Writing it.

74. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 363Sahih

    لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ هَلُمَّ فَلْنَسْأَلْ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كَثِيرٌ فَقَالَ وَاعَجَبًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَتَرَى النَّاسَ يَفْتَقِرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَفِي النَّاسِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ فِيهِمْ قَالَ «فَتَرَكْتُ ذَاكَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ أَسْأَلُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَبْلُغُنِي الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ فَآتِي بَابَهُ وَهُوَ قَائِلٌ فَأَتَوَسَّدُ رِدَائِي عَلَى بَابِهِ يَسْفِي الرِّيحُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ التُّرَابِ فَيَخْرُجُ فَيَرَانِي» فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ هَلَّا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيَّ فَآتِيَكَ؟ فَأَقُولُ «لَا أَنَا أَحَقُّ أَنْ آتِيَكَ» قَالَ فَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ فَعَاشَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَتَّى رَآنِي وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ حَوْلِي يَسْأَلُونِي فَيَقُولُ «هَذَا الْفَتَى كَانَ أَعْقَلَ مِنِّي»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, I said to a man from the Ansar: Come, let us ask the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for today they are many. He said: How strange of you, O Ibn 'Abbas! Do you think people will need you when among the people are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: So I left that and began to ask the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If a hadith from a man reached me, I would go to his door while he was taking a midday nap, and I would use my cloak as a pillow at his door, with the wind blowing dust upon me. Then he would come out and see me, and say: O cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what brought you? Why did you not send for me so that I could come to you? I would say: No, I am more deserving of coming to you. He said: So I would ask him about the hadith. That Ansari man lived until he saw me with people gathered around me asking me questions, and he would say: This young man was wiser than me.

75. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 364Sahih

    إِنَّ أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ يُقْضَى فِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَجُلٌ اسْتُشْهِدَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ قَاتَلْتُ فِي سَبِيلِكَ حَتَّى اسْتُشْهِدْتُ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ جَرِيءٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ فَيُؤْمَرُ بِهِ فَيُسْحَبُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ تَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ وَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ تَعَلَّمْتُ الْعِلْمَ وَقَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَمِلْتُهُ فِيكَ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ عَالِمٌ وَفُلَانٌ قَارِئٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ فَأُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْمَالِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا فَقَالَ مَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ مَا تَرَكْتُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُنْفِقَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْفَقْتُ فِيهِ لَكَ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يُقَالَ فُلَانٌ جَوَادٌ فَقَدْ قِيلَ فَأُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ

    ✧ The first of people to be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be three: a man who was martyred. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favors, and he will recognize them. He will say, 'What did you do therein?' He will say, 'I fought in Your cause until I was martyred.' He will say, 'You have lied. You only wanted it to be said, "So-and-so is daring," and it was said.' Then he will be commanded and dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. And a man who learned knowledge and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favors, and he will recognize them. He will say, 'What did you do therein?' He will say, 'I learned knowledge and recited the Qur'an and acted upon it for Your sake.' He will say, 'You have lied. You only wanted it to be said, "So-and-so is a scholar and so-and-so is a reciter," and it was said.' Then he will be commanded and dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. And a man whom Allah gave abundant wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favors, and he will recognize them. He will say, 'What did you do therein?' He will say, 'I did not leave any way You love for money to be spent except that I spent in it for Your sake.' He will say, 'You have lied. You only wanted it to be said, "So-and-so is generous," and it was said.' Then he will be commanded and dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire.

76. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 365No grade recorded

    ثَلَاثَةٌ يَهْلِكُونَ عِنْدَ الْحِسَابِ جَوَادٌ وَشُجَاعٌ وَعَالِمٌ

    ✧ Three will be destroyed at the Reckoning: a generous one, a brave one, and a scholar.

77. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 366No grade recorded

    لَوْلَا مَا أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ ثُمَّ تَلَا {وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُ}

    ✧ Were it not for the covenant Allah took from the People of the Book, I would not have narrated anything to you. Then he recited: {And when Allah took the covenant of those who were given the Scripture: 'You shall make it clear to the people and not conceal it.'}

78. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 367No grade recorded

    كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُومُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَى جَانِبِ الْمِنْبَرِ فَيَطْرَحُ أَعْقَابَ نَعْلَيْهِ فِي ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُ عَلَى رُمَّانَةِ الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ الْمَصْدُوقُ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ فِي بَعْضِ ذَلِكَ «وَيْلٌ لِلْعَرَبِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ» فَإِذَا سَمِعَ حَرَكَةَ بَابِ الْمَقْصُورَةِ بِخُرُوجِ الْإِمَامِ جَلَسَ

    ✧ Abu Hurayrah used to stand on Friday beside the pulpit and place the heels of his sandals in his arms, then grasp the pommel of the pulpit and say: Abu al-Qasim ﷺ said, Muhammad ﷺ said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, the Truthful and Trusted ﷺ said. Then he would say on some of those occasions: 'Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near.' When he heard the movement of the door of the enclosure with the imam's coming out, he would sit.

79. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 368Sahih

    لَا أُلْفِيَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ يَأْتِيهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مِمَّا أَمَرْتُ بِهِ أَوْ نَهَيْتُ عَنْهُ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَدْرِي مَا وَجَدْنَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ اتَّبَعْنَاهُ

    ✧ I will not find any of you reclining on his couch, and a command of mine comes to him from what I have commanded or forbidden, and he says, 'I do not know; whatever we find in the Book of Allah, we follow it.'

80. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 369No grade recorded

    لَا أَعْرِفَنَّ الرَّجُلَ مُتَّكِئًا يَأْتِيهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مِمَّا أَمَرْتُ بِهِ أَوْ نَهَيْتُ عَنْهُ فَيَقُولُ مَا نَدْرِي هَذَا هُوَ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَلَيْسَ هَذَا فِيهِ

    ✧ Let me not know of a man reclining, and a command of mine comes to him from what I have commanded or forbidden, and he says, 'We do not know this; this is the Book of Allah, and this is not in it.'

81. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 370No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَالنَّاسُ حَوْلَهُ لَا أَعْرِفَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَأْتِيهِ أَمْرٌ مِنْ أَمْرِي قَدْ أَمَرْتُ بِهِ أَوْ نَهَيْتُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ مَا وَجَدْنَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَمِلْنَا بِهِ وَإِلَّا فَلَا

    ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said while people were around him: Let me not know of any of you who receives a command of mine that I have commanded or forbidden while he is reclining on his couch, and he says, 'Whatever we find in the Book of Allah, we act upon it; otherwise, no.'

82. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 371Abu Dawud silent

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْمِقْدَامَ بْنَ مَعْدِ يكَرِبَ الْكِنْدِيَّ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَقُولُ حَرَّمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَشْيَاءَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ مِنْهَا الْحِمَارُ الْأَهْلِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَقْعُدَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ يُحَدَّثُ بِحَدِيثِي فَيَقُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهِ حَلَالًا اسْتَحْلَلْنَاهُ وَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهِ حَرَامًا حَرَمْنَاهُ وَإِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ «وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الثَّانِي» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

    ✧ That he heard Miqdam b. Ma'dikarib al-Kindi, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, say: The Prophet ﷺ forbade certain things on the day of Khaybar, among them the domestic donkey and others. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'It is near that a man among you will sit on his couch and be told of my hadith, and he will say, "Between us and you is the Book of Allah; whatever we find in it lawful, we deem lawful, and whatever we find in it unlawful, we deem unlawful." Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade just as Allah forbade.' As for the second hadith: al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in the Talkhis.

83. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 372No grade recorded

    عَنْ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِالْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عِمْرَانُ «أَنْتَ وَأَصْحَابُكَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَكُنْتَ مُحَدِّثِي عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ وَمَا فِيهَا وَحُدُودِهَا؟ أَكُنْتَ مُحَدِّثِي عَنِ الزَّكَاةِ فِي الذَّهَبِ وَالْإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَأَصْنَافِ الْمَالِ؟ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ شَهِدْتُ وَغِبْتَ أَنْتَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «فَرَضَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الزَّكَاةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا» وَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَحْيَيْتَنِي أَحْيَاكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ فَمَا مَاتَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى صَارَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الشَّنِّيُّ مِنْ ثِقَاتِ الْبَصْرِيِّينَ وَعُبَّادِهِمْ وَهُوَ عَزِيزُ الْحَدِيثِ يُجْمَعُ حَدِيثُهُ فَلَا يَبْلُغُ تَمَامَ الْعَشَرَةِ وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَعقبة ثقة عابد

    ✧ About the Sunnah of our Prophet ﷺ when a man said to him, 'O Abu Nujayd, narrate to us the Qur'an.' Imran said to him: 'You and your companions recite the Qur'an. Would you inform me about the prayer and what is in it and its limits? Would you inform me about zakat on gold, camels, cattle, and types of wealth? But I was present and you were absent.' Then he said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ obligated upon us in zakat such and such.' The man said, 'You have revived me, may Allah revive you.' Al-Hasan said: That man did not die until he became one of the jurists of the Muslims. Uqbah b. Khalid al-Shanni is among the trustworthy and devoted worshippers of the Basrans, and he is rare in hadith; his hadith is collected and does not reach ten in number. And may Allah bless Muhammad and all his family. Uqbah is trustworthy, a worshipper.

84. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 373Sahih

    كَانَ طَاوُسٌ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «اتْرُكُهَا» فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُمَا أَنْ تَتَّخَذَ سُلَّمًا أَنْ يُوَصِّلَ ذَلِِكَ إِلَى غُرُوب الشَّمْسِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ صَلَاةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَمَا أَدْرِي أَيُعَذَّبُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ يُؤْجَرُ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ {وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ}

    ✧ Tawus used to pray two rak'ahs after 'Asr, and Ibn Abbas said to him, 'Leave them.' He said, 'It was only forbidden to take them as a ladder to reach sunset.' Ibn Abbas said, 'The Prophet ﷺ forbade prayer after 'Asr, and I do not know whether he will be punished or rewarded for it, because Allah Almighty says: {It is not for a believing man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter, to have any choice in their affair.}'

85. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 374No grade recorded

    لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَلِأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَلِأَبِي ذَرٍّ «مَا هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَحْسِبُهُ حَبَسَهُمْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى أُصِيبَ» رواه عفان وغيره عنه يعني عن شعبة

    ✧ To Ibn Mas'ud, Abu al-Darda', and Abu Dharr: 'What is this hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? I think he kept them in Madinah until he was afflicted.' Narrated by Affan and others from him, i.e., from Shu'bah.

86. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 375Sahih

    عَنْ شُعْبَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ From Shu'bah, and he mentioned the hadith with its chain similarly.

87. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 376No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَارْتَعَدَ وَارْتَعَدَتْ ثِيَابُهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا»

    ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he trembled and his clothes trembled,” then he said, “or something like this.”

88. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 377Sahih

    ثنا شَرِيكٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ

    ✧ Sharik narrated to us, and he mentioned it in a similar manner.

89. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 378No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ ذَاتَ عَشِيَّةٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ مَحْلُولٌ أَزْرَارُ قَمِيصِهِ مُنْتَفِخٌ أَوْدَاجُهُ مُغْرَوْرِقَةٌ عَيْنَاهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا أَوْ فَوْقَ ذَا أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ذَا أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, until when it was one evening, he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Then I looked at him, and there he was with the buttons of his shirt undone, his jugular veins bulging, and his eyes flooded with tears.” Then he said, “like this, or more than this, or close to this, or as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said.”

90. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 379Sahih

    ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا أَبُو شِهَابٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْعَوْذِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَكَثْرَةَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِّي فَمَنْ قَالَ عَنِّي فَلَا يَقُولُ إِلَّا حَقًّا وَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ» وَفِي حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ كَعْبٍ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

    ✧ Al-Qa'nabi narrated to us, Abu Shihab narrated to us, and 'Ali b. Hamshadh al-'Adl narrated to me, Abu al-Hasan Muhammad b. Ahmad al-'Awdi narrated to us, Abu al-Rabi' narrated to us, Abu Shihab narrated to us, from Muhammad b. Ishaq, from Ma'bad b. Ka'b b. Malik, who said: I heard Abu Qatadah say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say while he was on the pulpit: “Beware of narrating too much from me. Whoever says something about me, let him say nothing but the truth. Whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire.” In the hadith of Muhammad b. 'Ubayd: Ibn Ka'b and others narrated to me from Abu Qatadah.

91. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 380No grade recorded

    حَدِّثْنِي بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَخْشَى أَنْ يَزِلَّ لِسَانِي بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَقُلْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَكَثْرَةَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِّي مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»

    ✧ Narrate to me something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: I fear that my tongue may slip with something the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not say. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Beware of narrating too much from me. Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.”

92. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 381Sahih

    «كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ»

    ✧ “It is enough of a sin for a man to narrate everything he hears.”

93. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 382No grade recorded

    «كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ»

    ✧ “It is enough of a sin for a man to narrate everything he hears.”

94. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 383Sahih

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى رَكِبْتُمُ الصَّعْبَ وَالذَّلُولَ» «هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ آخَرُ مِثْلُهُ» على شرطهما

    ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, until you rode the difficult and the easy.” “This is a sound chain according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, and it has another witness similar to it” according to their conditions.

95. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 384No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا لَمْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَكِبَ النَّاسُ الصَّعْبَ وَالذَّلُولَ تَرَكْنَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْهُ وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ»

    ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, if he did not lie about him. When the people rode the difficult and the easy, we abandoned narrating from him. May Allah bless Muhammad and his family and grant them peace.”

96. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 385Accepted

    آخِرُ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَسَتَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ يُحِبُّونَ الْحَدِيثَ عَنِّي أَوْ كَلِمَةٌ تُشْبِهُهَا فَمَنْ حَفِظَ شَيْئًا فَلْيُحَدِّثْ بِهِ وَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ» رُوَاةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ يُحْتَجُّ بِهِمْ فَأَمَّا أَبُو مُوسَى مَالِكُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ الْغَافِقِيُّ فَإِنَّهُ صَحَابِيٌّ سَكَنَ مِصْرَ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ مَا خَرَّجْنَاهُ عَنِ الصَّحَابِيِّ إِذَا صَحَّ إِلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقُ عَلَى أَنَّ وَدَاعَةَ الْجُهَنِيَّ قَدْ رَوَى أَيْضًا عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ الْغَافِقِيِّ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ قَدْ جَمَعَ لَفْظَتَيْنِ غَرِيبَتَيْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا قَوْلُهُ «سَتَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ يُحِبُّونَ الْحَدِيثَ عَنِّي» وَالْأُخْرَى «فَمَنْ حَفِظَ شَيْئًا فَلْيُحَدِّثْ بِهِ» وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَى أَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْمُحَدِّثِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِمَا لَا يَحْفَظْهُ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ رواته محتج بهم وأبو موسى مالك بن عبادة صحابي

    ✧ The last thing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon us was that he said: “Hold fast to the Book of Allah. You will return to a people who love to hear hadith from me—or a similar word—so whoever has memorized something, let him narrate it, and whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire.” The narrators of this hadith, down to the last of them, are reliable and may be used as proof. As for Abu Musa Malik b. 'Ubadah al-Ghafiqi, he is a Companion who resided in Egypt. This hadith is among what we have transmitted from a Companion when the chain to him is sound, though Wada'ah al-Juhani also narrated from Malik b. 'Ubadah al-Ghafiqi. This hadith has combined two rare expressions: one is his saying, “You will return to a people who love to hear hadith from me,” and the other is, “Whoever has memorized something, let him narrate it.” A group of the imams of Islam held that a narrator may not narrate what he does not memorize. They did not include it. Its narrators are reliable and may be used as proof, and Abu Musa Malik b. 'Ubadah is a Companion.

97. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 386No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَشَرٍّ فَجَاءَ اللَّهُ بِهَذَا الْخَيْرِ فَهَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَفِيهِ دَخَنٌ» قُلْتُ وَمَا دَخَنُهُ؟ قَالَ «قَوْمٌ يَهْدُونَ بِغَيْرِ هَدْيِي يُعْرَفُ مِنْهُمْ وَيُنْكَرُ» قُلْتُ وَهَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ جَهَنَّمَ مَنْ أَجَابَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ قَذَفُوهُ فِيهَا» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صِفْهُمْ لَنَا قَالَ «هُمْ مِنْ جِلْدَتِنَا وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِنَا» قُلْتُ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «تَلْزَمْ جَمَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِمَامَهُمْ» قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ إِمَامٌ وَلَا جَمَاعَةٌ؟ قَالَ «فَاعْتَزِلْ تِلْكَ الْفِرَقَ كُلَّهَا وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعَضَّ بِأَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَكَ الْمَوْتُ وَأَنْتَ كَذَلِكَ»

    ✧ He heard Hudhayfah b. al-Yaman say: The people used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, but I used to ask him about evil, fearing that it might overtake me. I said: O Messenger of Allah, we were in ignorance and evil, then Allah brought this good. Is there any evil after this good? He said: “Yes, and there will be some taint in it.” I said: What is its taint? He said: “People who guide by other than my guidance; some of them you will recognize and some you will disapprove.” I said: Will there be any evil after that good? He said: “Yes, callers at the gates of Hell. Whoever answers them, they will cast him into it.” I said: O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us. He said: “They are of our own skin and speak with our tongues.” I said: What do you command me if I live to see that? He said: “Cling to the community of Muslims and their imam.” I said: What if they have no imam and no community? He said: “Then withdraw from all those factions, even if you have to bite onto the root of a tree until death overtakes you while you are in that state.”

98. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 387No grade recorded

    إِنِّي قُمْتُ فِيكُمْ كَمَقَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِينَا فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِأَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَفْشُو الْكَذِبُ حَتَّى يَحْلِفَ الرَّجُلُ وَلَا يُسْتَحْلَفُ وَيَشْهَدَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ مِنْكُمْ بُحْبُوحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبْعَدُ أَلَا لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَ ثَالِثَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبْعَدُ أَلَا وَمَنْ سَرَّتْهُ حَسَنَتُهُ وَسَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ»

    ✧ I stood among you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us, and he said: “I enjoin you to my Companions, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then lying will spread, until a man swears and is not asked to swear, and gives testimony and is not asked to testify. Whoever among you desires the spaciousness of Paradise, let him cling to the community, for Satan is with the solitary individual and is farther from two. Indeed, no man should be alone with a woman except that Satan is the third of them.” He said it three times. “And upon you is the community, for Satan is with the solitary individual and is farther from two. Indeed, whoever is pleased by his good deeds and distressed by his evil deeds is a believer.”

99. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 388No grade recorded

    قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَقَامِي فِيكُمْ فَقَالَ «اسْتَوْصُوا بِأَصْحَابِي خَيْرًا» فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ «وَأَمَّا الشَّاهِدُ الثَّانِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us as I am standing among you, and said: "Treat my Companions well." Then he mentioned the hadith in a similar manner, "…and as for the second witness…"

100. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 389Sahih

     إِنِّي قُمْتُ فِيكُمْ كَمَقَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِينَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ «فَأَمَّا الْخِلَافُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَجْمُوعٌ لِي فِي جُزْءٍ وَالَّذِي عِنْدِي أَنَّ الْإِمَامَيْنِ يَرْوِيَانِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخِلَافِ بَيْنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فِيهِ وَتِلْكَ الْأَسَانِيدُ لَا تُعَلَّلُ بِهَذِهِ الْأَسَانِيدِ الْخَارِجَةِ مِنْهَا» وَقَدْ رَوَيْنَاهُ بِإِسْنَادٍ صَحِيحٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ شرطهما

     ✧ Indeed I stood among you just as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us. Then he mentioned the hadith in a similar manner. "As for the disagreement in this hadith from 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Umayr, it has been compiled for me in a volume. What I hold is that the two imams narrate this hadith from that disagreement among the imams regarding 'Abd al-Malik in it, and those chains are not to be deemed defective by these chains that lie outside them." And we have narrated it with a sound chain from Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas, from 'Umar, under the conditions of the two shaykhs.

101. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 390Sahih

     سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي فَوَعَاهَا إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَفَ فِينَا كَمَقَامِي فِيكُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ «احْفَظُونِي فِي أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ» ثَلَاثًا «ثُمَّ يَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ وَيَظْهَرُ الْكَذِبُ وَيَشْهَدُ الرَّجُلُ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُ وَيَحْلِفُ وَلَا يُسْتَحْلَفُ مَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ بُحْبُوحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبْعَدُ أَلَا لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ ثَالِثُهُمَا مَنْ سَرَّتْهُ حَسَنَتُهُ وَسَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ» الْحَدِيثُ الثَّانِي فِيمَا احْتَجَّ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ أَنَّ الْإِجْمَاعَ حَجَّةٌ حَدِيثٌ مُخْتَلَفٌ فِيهِ عَنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَوْجُهٍ فَالْوَجْهُ الْأَوَّلُ مِنْهَاوهذا صحيح

     ✧ He heard my speech and retained it. Indeed I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stand among us as I am standing among you, then he said: "Take care of me through my Companions, then those who follow them, then those who follow them"—three times—"then there will be much killing and lying will spread, and a man will testify though he is not asked to testify, and he will swear though he is not asked to swear. Whoever among you loves the spaciousness of Paradise, let him adhere to the congregation, for Satan is with the one and he is farther from the two. Beware, let no man be alone with a woman, for Satan is the third of them. Whoever is pleased by his good deed and grieved by his evil deed is a believer." The second hadith regarding what the scholars have used as evidence that consensus is authoritative is a hadith that is disputed from al-Mu'tamir b. Sulayman in seven ways. The first way among them: And this is authentic.

102. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 391No grade recorded

     «لا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ عَلى الضَّلالَةِ أبَدًا»

     The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah will never unite this ummah upon misguidance." And he also said: "The hand of Allah is over a ˹united˺ group, so follow the majority, for whoever deviates will deviate into the Hellfire."

103. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 392No grade recorded

     «لا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ عَلى الضَّلالَةِ أبَدًا، ويَدُ اللَّهِ عَلى الجَماعَةِ فَمَن شَذَّ شَذَّ فِي النّارِ».

     ✧ "Allah will never gather this ummah upon misguidance ever, and the hand of Allah is over the congregation, so whoever deviates, deviates into the Fire."

104. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 393No grade recorded

     «لا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ أُمَّتِي عَلى الضَّلالَةِ أبَدًا».

     ✧ "Allah will never gather my ummah upon misguidance ever."

105. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 394No grade recorded

     «لَنْ يَجْمَعَ اللَّهُ أُمَّتِي عَلى ضَلالَةٍ أبَدًا، ويَدُ اللَّهِ عَلى الجَماعَةِ هَكَذا - ورَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ - فَإنَّهُ مَن شَذَّ شَذَّ فِي النّارِ».

     ✧ "Allah will never gather my ummah upon misguidance ever, and the hand of Allah is over the congregation like this"—and he raised his hands—"so indeed whoever deviates, deviates into the Fire."

106. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 395No grade recorded

     «لا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةَ - أوْ قالَ أُمَّتِي - عَلى الضَّلالَةِ أبَدًا، واتَّبَعُوا السَّوادَ الأعْظَمَ فَإنَّهُ مَن شَذَّ شَذَّ فِي النّارِ».

     ✧ "Allah will never gather this ummah—or he said: my ummah—upon misguidance ever, so follow the great majority, for indeed whoever deviates, deviates into the Fire."

107. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 396No grade recorded

     «لا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ أُمَّتِي عَلى ضَلالَةٍ أبَدًا، ويَدُ اللَّهِ عَلى الجَماعَةِ هَكَذا، فاتَّبِعُوا السَّوادَ الأعْظَمَ، فَإنَّهُ مَن شَذَّ شَذَّ فِي النّارِ».

     ✧ "Allah will never gather my ummah upon misguidance ever, and the hand of Allah is over the congregation like this, so follow the great majority, for indeed whoever deviates, deviates into the Fire."

108. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 397No grade recorded

     قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَجْمَعُ أُمَّتِي - أوْ قالَ أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ - عَلى ضَلالَةٍ أبَدًا، ويَدُ اللَّهِ عَلى الجَماعَةِ» وقالَ بِيَدِهِ يَبْسُطَها: «إنَّهُ مَن شَذَّ شَذَّ فِي النّارِ».

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah will never gather my ummah—or he said: the ummah of Muhammad ﷺ—upon misguidance ever, and the hand of Allah is over the congregation." And he said, gesturing with his hand, spreading it out: "Indeed whoever deviates, deviates into the Fire."

109. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 398No grade recorded

     «لَا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ أُمَّتِي أَوْ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ عَلَى الضَّلَالَةِ أَبَدًا وَيَدُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْجَمَاعَةِ»

     ✧ "Allah will never gather my ummah—or he said: this ummah—upon misguidance ever, and the hand of Allah is over the congregation."

110. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 399Weak

     «لَا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ أَبَدًا، وَيَدُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْجَمَاعَةِ۔»

     ✧ "Allah will never gather my ummah upon misguidance ever, and the hand of Allah is over the congregation."

111. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 400No grade recorded

     «سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَمُوتَ جُوعًا فَأُعْطِيَ ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَجْتَمِعُوا عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ فَأُعْطِيَ ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَرْتَدُّوا كُفَّارًا فَأُعْطِيَ ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَغْلِبَهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لَهُمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَ بَأْسَهُمْ فَأُعْطِيَ ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ بَأْسَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَمْ يُعْطَ ذَلِكَ»

     ✧ "He asked his Lord that they not die of hunger, and that was granted. He asked his Lord that they not unite upon misguidance, and that was granted. He asked his Lord that they not turn back to disbelief, and that was granted. He asked his Lord that no enemy of theirs overcome them and deem their might permissible, and that was granted. He asked his Lord that their might not be between them, and that was not granted."

112. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 401No grade recorded

     «مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ»

     ✧ Whoever separates from the community by a span has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck.

113. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 402No grade recorded

     «مَنْ خَالَفَ جَمَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ شِبْرًا فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ»

     ✧ Whoever opposes the community of Muslims by a span has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck.

114. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 403Abu Dawud silent

     «مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَمَاعَةِ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ حَتَّى يُرَاجِعَهُ» وَقَالَ «مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ إِمَامُ جَمَاعَةٍ فَإِنَّ مَوْتَتَهُ مَوْتَةٌ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ»

     ✧ Whoever departs from the community by a span has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck until he returns to it. And he said: Whoever dies without having an imam of the community, his death is a death of ignorance.

115. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 404Abu Dawud silent

     آمُرُكُمْ بِخَمْسِ كَلِمَاتٍ أَمَرَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِنَّ الْجَمَاعَةُ وَالسَّمْعُ وَالطَّاعَةُ وَالْهِجْرَةُ وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَمَاعَةِ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَرْجِعَ

     ✧ I command you with five words which Allah commanded me: the community, hearing and obedience, emigration, and jihad in the path of Allah. So whoever departs from the community by a span has cast off the yoke of Islam from his head unless he returns.

116. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 405No grade recorded

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي بِخَمْسٍ أَعْمَلُ بِهِنَّ»

     ✧ Indeed Allah commanded me with five things to act upon.

117. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 406No grade recorded

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ يَحْيَى بْنَ زَكَرِيَّا بِخَمْسٍ يَعْمَلُ بِهِنَّ وَأَمَرَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِهِنَّ» فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ فِيهِ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُنِي بِخَمْسٍ»

     ✧ Indeed Allah commanded Yahya b. Zakariyya with five things to act upon, and He commanded the Children of Israel to act upon them. Then he mentioned the hadith and said in it: Indeed Allah commands me with five things.

118. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 407No grade recorded

     «مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا دَخَلَ النَّارَ»

     ✧ Whoever separates from the community by a span enters the Fire.

119. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 408No grade recorded

     «مَنْ فَارَقَ أُمَّةً أَوْ عَادَ أَعْرَابِيًّا بَعْدَ هِجْرَتِهِ فَلَا حُجَّةَ لَهُ»

     ✧ Whoever separates from a nation or returns to being a Bedouin after his emigration has no argument for himself.

120. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 409Sahih

     «مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ وَاسْتَذَلَّ الْإِمَارَةَ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَلَا حُجَّةَ لَهُ»

     ✧ Whoever separates from the community and humiliates the authority will meet Allah and he has no argument for himself.

121. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 410No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ وَاسْتَذَلَّ الْإِمَارَةَ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَلَا حُجَّةَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever separates from the community and humiliates the authority will meet Allah and he has no argument for himself with Allah.

122. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 411Sahih

     ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ وَعَصَى إِمَامَهُ فَمَاتَ عَاصِيًا وَأَمَةٌ أَوْ عَبْدٌ آبِقٌ مِنْ سَيِّدِهِ فَمَاتَ وَامْرَأَةٌ غَابَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَقَدْ كَفَاهَا مُؤْنَةَ الدُّنْيَا فَتَبَرَّجَتْ بَعْدَهُ فَلَا تَسْأَلْ عَنْهُمْ

     ✧ Three [types of people] you should not ask about: a man who separated from the community and disobeyed his imam and died while disobedient; and a slave woman or slave who runs away from his master and dies; and a woman whose husband was absent and he had sufficed her with the provision of the world, then she displayed her adornment after him. Do not ask about them.

123. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 412Sahih

     «الصَّلَاةُ الْمَكْتُوبَةُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَالشَّهْرُ إِلَى الشَّهْرِ يَعْنِي مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ إِلَى شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُمَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ «إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ» فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَمْرٍ حَدَثَ فَقَالَ «إِلَّا مِنَ الْإِشْرَاكِ بِاللَّهِ وَنَكْثِ الصَّفْقَةِ وَتَرْكِ السُّنَّةِ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمَّا الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ فَمَا نَكْثُ الصَّفْقَةِ وَتَرْكُ السُّنَّةِ؟ قَالَ أَمَّا نَكْثُ الصَّفْقَةِ أَنْ تَبَايَعَ رَجُلًا بِيَمِينِكَ ثُمَّ تَخْتَلِفَ إِلَيْهِ فُتَقَابِلَهُ بِسَيْفِكَ وَأَمَّا تَرْكُ السُّنَّةِ فَالْخُرُوجُ مِنَ الْجَمَاعَةِ

     ✧ The prescribed prayer to the prescribed prayer that comes after it is an expiation for what is between them, and the Friday prayer to the Friday prayer, and the month to the month - meaning from the month of Ramadan to the month of Ramadan - is an expiation for what is between them. Then after that he said: Except from three things. So I knew that that was from a matter that had occurred. He said: Except from associating partners with Allah, breaking the covenant, and abandoning the sunnah. I said: O Messenger of Allah, as for associating partners with Allah, we have come to know it. But what is breaking the covenant and abandoning the sunnah? He said: As for breaking the covenant, it is that you pledge allegiance to a man with your right hand, then you differ with him and confront him with your sword. As for abandoning the sunnah, it is departing from the community.

124. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 413Sahih

     «يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ» أَوْ قَالَ «خِيَارَكُمْ مِنْ شِرَارِكُمْ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِمَاذَا؟ قَالَ «بِالثَّنَاءِ الْحَسَنِ وَالثَّنَاءِ السَّيِّئِ أَنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءُ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ»

     ✧ "It is near that you will know the people of Paradise from the people of the Fire," or he said, "your best from your worst." It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, by what?" He said, "By good praise and bad praise. You are witnesses over one another."

125. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 414No grade recorded

     «خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي جَنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْقَبْرِ وَلَمَّا يُلْحَدْ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَلَسْنَا حَوْلَهُ كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُءُوسِنَا الطَّيْرُ» وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَدْ ثَبَتَ صِحَّةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي كِتَابِ الْإِيمَانِ وَأَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ

     ✧ "We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the funeral of a man from the Ansar, and we reached the grave before it was prepared. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and we sat around him as if birds were on our heads." And he mentioned the hadith. The authenticity of this hadith has been established in the Book of Faith, and they did not include it in the two Sahihs.

126. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 415Sahih

     «كُنَّا إِذَا قَعَدْنَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ نَرْفَعْ رُءُوسَنَا إِلَيْهِ إِعْظَامًا لَهُ»

     ✧ "When we sat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we did not raise our heads to him, out of respect for him."

127. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 416No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ عِنْدَهُ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ فَسَلَّمْتُ وَقَعَدْتُ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابٌ يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ حَتَّى قَالُوا أَنَتَدَاوَى قَالَ «تَدَاوَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَضَعْ دَاءً إِلَّا وَضَعَ لَهُ دَوَاءً» فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ فَقَالَ «عِبَادَ اللَّهِ وُضِعَ الْحَرَجُ لَا امْرَأً اقْتَرَضَ امْرَأً ظُلْمًا فَذَلِكَ حَرَجٌ وَهَلَكَ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا خَيْرُ مَا أُعْطِيَ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ «خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ»

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while his companions were with him as if birds were on their heads. I greeted and sat down. Then some Bedouins came asking him about things, until they said, "Should we seek treatment?" He said, "Seek treatment, for Allah Almighty has not placed any disease except that He has placed for it a cure." Then they asked him about other things, and he said, "O servants of Allah, hardship has been removed, except for a man who wrongs another man; that is hardship and destruction." Then they said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the best thing given to people?" He said, "Good character."

128. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 417Sahih

     دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا حَلْقَةٌ كَأَنَّمَا قُطِعَتْ رُءُوسُهُمْ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ فَإِذَا هُوَ حُذَيْفَةُ قَالَ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ « وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ » مَتْنُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الْكِتَابَيْنِ وَإِنَّمَا خَرَّجْتُهُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ لِلْإِصْغَاءِ إِلَى الْمُحَدِّثِ وَكَيْفِيَّةِ التَّوْقِيرِ لَهُ فَإِنَّ هَذَا اللَّفْظَ لَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ فِي الْكِتَابَيْنِ صحيح

     ✧ I entered the mosque and there was a circle as if their heads had been cut off. There was a man narrating to them, and it was Hudhayfah. He said: "The people used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, but I used to ask him about evil." And he mentioned the hadith at length. The text of this hadith is included in the two Sahihs, but I have included it in this place for the attentive listening to the narrator and the manner of honoring him, for this wording was not included in the two Sahihs. Sahih.

129. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 418No grade recorded

     «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا رَأْسَهُ غَيْرُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَإِنَّهُمَا كَانَا يَتَبَسَّمَانِ إِلَيْهِ وَيَتَبَسَّمُ إِلَيْهِمَا»

     ✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque, none of us would raise his head except Abu Bakr and Umar, for they would smile at him and he would smile at them."

130. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 419Sahih

     كَانَ سَلْمَانُ فِي عِصَابَةٍ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فَمَرَّ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَهُمْ قَاصِدًا حَتَّى دَنَا مِنْهُمْ فَكَفُّوا عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ إِعْظَامًا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا كُنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ؟ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الرَّحْمَةَ تَنْزِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُشَارِكَكُمْ فِيهَا»

     ✧ Salman was among a group remembering Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by them and came to them deliberately until he drew near. They stopped talking out of respect for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "What were you saying? For I saw mercy descending upon you, and I wanted to share in it with you."

131. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 420Sahih

     سَأَلَنِي الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا مُؤَدَّبًا نَشِيطًا حَرِيصًا عَلَى الْجِهَادِ يَقُولُ يَعْزِمُ عَلَيْنَا أُمَرَاؤُنَا أَشْيَاءَ لَا نُحْصِيهَا؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ «وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِلَّا أَنَّا كُنَّا نَكُونُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَعَلَّهُ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِالشَّيْءِ إِلَّا فَعَلْنَاهُ وَمَا أَشْبَهَ مَا غَبَرَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَالثَّغْبِ شُرِبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَنْ يَزَالَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا اتَّقَى اللَّهَ ﷻ وَإِذَا حَاكَ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَيْءٌ أَتَى رَجُلًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَشَفَاهُ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَيُوشِكَنَّ أَنْ لَا تَجِدُوهُ»

     ✧ Today a man asked me about something I do not know what to say to him. He said, "What do you think of a man who is well-mannered, energetic, eager for jihad, and our commanders impose upon us things we cannot count?" I said, "By Allah, I do not know what to say to you except that we used to be with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and perhaps he would not command something except that we did it. What remains of this world is like a pool whose clear water has been drunk and only its dregs remain. One of you will continue to be in good as long as he fears Allah Almighty, and when something troubles his soul, he goes to a man and asks him, and he heals him. By Allah, it is near that you will not find him."

132. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 421No grade recorded

     «لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يُجِلَّ كَبِيرَنَا وَيَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيَعْرِفْ لِعَالِمِنَا»

     ✧ "He is not one of us who does not honor our elders, show mercy to our young, and recognize the right of our scholar."

133. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 422No grade recorded

     عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ {أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ} [النساء 59] قَالَ «أُولِي الْفِقْهِ وَالْخَيْرِ»

     ✧ From Jabir b. Abdullah regarding {Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you} [al-Nisa' 59]: He said, "Those possessing understanding and goodness."

134. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 423No grade recorded

     عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ} [النساء 59] يَعْنِي «أَهْلَ الْفِقْهِ وَالدَّيْنِ وَأَهْلِ طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ مَعَالِيَ دِينِهِمْ وَيَأْمُرُونَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَأَوْجَبَ اللَّهُ طَاعَتَهُمْ» «وَهَذِهِ أَحَادِيثُ نَاطِقَةٌ بِمَا يَلْزَمُ الْعُلَمَاءُ مِنَ التَّوَاضُعِ لِمَنْ يُعَلِّمُونَهُمْ»

     ✧ From Ibn Abbas regarding the saying of the Almighty {Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you} [al-Nisa' 59]: It means "the people of understanding and religion, the people of obedience to Allah who teach the people the noble aspects of their religion, enjoin them to do good, and forbid them from evil. Allah has obligated obedience to them." "These are explicit hadiths about what scholars must do in humility toward those they teach."

135. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 424No grade recorded

     أَنَّ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ لِعُمَرَ أَلَا تَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ ثَوْبِكَ وَتَأْكُلُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ طَعَامِكَ هَذَا وَقَدْ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ الْأَمْرَ وَأَوْسَعَ إِلَيْكَ الرِّزْقَ؟ فَقَالَ «سَأُخَاصِمُكِ إِلَى نَفْسِكِ فَذَكَرَ أَمْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَا كَانَ يَلْقَى مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْعَيْشِ» فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَذْكُرُ حَتَّى بَكَتْ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي قَدْ قُلْتُ لَأُشَارِكَنَّهُمَا فِي مِثْلِ عَيْشِهِمَا الشَّدِيدِ لِعَلِّي أُدْرِكُ مَعَهُمَا عَيْشَهُمَا الرَّخِيَّ»

     ✧ Hafsah said to Umar, "Will you not wear a garment softer than your garment and eat food better than your food, when Allah has opened the matter for you and expanded provision for you?" He said, "I will contend with you against yourself," and he mentioned the affair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the hardship of living he used to endure. He kept mentioning it until she wept. Then he said, "I have resolved to share with them in their harsh living, so that perhaps I may attain with them their easy living."

136. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 425No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «كَرَمُ الْمُؤْمِنِ دِينُهُ وَمُرُوءَتُهُ عَقْلُهُ وَحَسَبُهُ خَلْقُهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The nobility of a believer is his religion, his manliness is his intellect, and his lineage is his character.'

137. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 426No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «كَرَمُ الْمُؤْمِنِ دِينُهُ وَمُرُوءَتُهُ عَقْلُهُ وَحَسَبُهُ خَلْقُهُ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'The nobility of a believer is his religion, his manliness is his intellect, and his lineage is his character.'

138. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 427No grade recorded

     «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَسَعُونَ النَّاسَ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَلْيَسَعُهُمْ مِنْكُمْ بَسْطُ الْوَجْهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ»

     ✧ You cannot encompass the people with your wealth, but let them be encompassed by your cheerful countenance and good character.

139. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 428No grade recorded

     «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَسَعُونَ النَّاسَ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَلْيَسَعُهُمْ مِنْكُمْ بَسْطُ الْوَجْهِ وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ»

     ✧ You cannot encompass the people with your wealth, but let them be encompassed by your cheerful countenance and good character.

140. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 429No grade recorded

     «الْمَعْرُوفُ إِلَى النَّاسِ يَقِي صَاحِبَهَا مَصَارِعَ السُّوءِ وَالْآفَاتِ وَالْهَلَكَاتِ وَأَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِي الدُّنْيَا هُمْ أَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»

     ✧ Kindness to people protects its doer from evil deaths, calamities, and destructions. The people of kindness in this world are the people of kindness in the Hereafter.

141. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 430Sahih

     فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {خُذِ الْعَفْوَ} [الأعراف 199] قَالَ «أَمَرَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ الْعَفْوَ فِي أَخْلَاقِ النَّاسِ»

     ✧ Regarding His saying ﷻ {Take to forgiveness} [al-A'raf 199], he said: 'Allah commanded His Prophet ﷺ to adopt forgiveness in dealing with people's character.'

142. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 431No grade recorded

     مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ إِلَّا فِي أَخْلَاقِ النَّاسِ {خُذِ الْعَفْوَ} [الأعراف 199] وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ «»

     ✧ Allah did not reveal this verse except concerning people's character: {Take to forgiveness} [al-A'raf 199] and enjoin what is good and turn away from the ignorant.

143. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 432No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَبَسَ رَجُلًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فِي تُهْمَةٍ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلَامَ تَحْبِسُ جِيرَتِي؟ فَصَمَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ إِنَّ أُنَاسًا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّكَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الشَّرِّ وَتَسْتَحْلِي بِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا تَقُولُ؟» فَجَعَلْتُ أُعَرِّضُ بَيْنَهُمَا بِالْكَلَامِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَفْهَمَهَا فَيَدْعُو عَلَى قَوْمِي دَعْوَةً لَا يُفْلِحُوا بَعْدَهَا فَلَمْ يَزَلِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى فَهِمَهَا فَقَالَ «قَدْ قَالُوا؟ أَوَ قَائِلُهَا مِنْهُمْ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ فَعَلْتُ لَكَانَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ خَلُّوا عَنْ جِيرَانِهِ» وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ الْقَوْلُ فِي صَحِيفَةِ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ مَا أَغْنَى عَنْ إِعَادَتِهِ عَلَى أَنَّ شَوَاهِدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مُخَرَّجَةٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ فَمِنْهَا حَدِيثُ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَسْمًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ قِسْمَةٌ مَا أُرِيدَ بِهَا وَجْهُ اللَّهِ وَمِنْهَا حَدِيثُ مَالِكٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ نَجْرَانِيٌّ غَلِيظُ الْحَاشِيَةِ فَجَبَذَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بُرْدَتَهَ الْحَدِيثَ وَمِنْهَا حَدِيثُ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ فِي قِصَّةِ حُنَيْنٍ عَلَى مَا تَضْطَرُّونِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ «وَغَيْرُ هَذَا مِمَّا يَطُولُ ذِكْرُهُ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ detained a man from his tribe on suspicion. A man from his tribe came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon and said: 'O Muhammad, why do you detain my neighbor?' The Prophet ﷺ remained silent. Then he said: 'Some people say that you forbid evil but you delight in it.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'What do you say?' So I began to interpose between them with speech, fearing that he would understand it and supplicate against my people with a supplication after which they would never prosper. The Prophet ﷺ continued until he understood it, then said: 'Have they said that? Or is the one saying it among them? By Allah, if I did that, it would be upon them as it was upon them. Release his neighbors.' And the discussion has already been mentioned in the scroll of Bahz b. Hakim, which suffices from repeating it, although the supporting evidences for this hadith are extracted in the two Sahihs. Among them is the hadith of al-A'mash from Abu Wa'il from 'Abdullah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed a distribution, and a man from the Ansar said, 'This is a distribution by which the Face of Allah is not intended.' Among them is the hadith of Malik from Ishaq b. 'Abdullah b. Abi Talha from Anas: I was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was wearing a Najrani cloak with a thick border. A bedouin pulled his cloak... the hadith. Among them is the hadith of Sharik b. 'Abdullah b. Abi Namir from Anas in the story of Hunayn: 'Why do you compel me to this tree?' and other than this, which would take long to mention.

144. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 433No grade recorded

     «ثَلَاثَةٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ آوَاهُ اللَّهُ فِي كَنَفِهِ وَسَتَرَ عَلَيْهِ بِرَحْمَتِهِ وَأَدْخَلَهُ فِي مَحَبَّتِهِ» قِيلَ مَا هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ إِذَا أُعْطِي شُكَرَ وَإِذَا قَدَرَ غَفَرَ وَإِذَا غَضِبَ فَتَرَ»

     ✧ Three qualities, whoever has them, Allah will shelter him in His protection, cover him with His mercy, and admit him into His love.' It was said: 'What are they, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Whoever, when given, is thankful; when able, forgives; and when angry, restrains himself.'

145. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 434Weak

     لَمَّا وَلِيَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مِنْكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُؤْنِسُونَ مِنِّي شِدَّةً وَغِلْظَةً وَذَلِكَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ عَبْدَهُ وَخَادِمَهُ وَكَانَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ {بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ} فَكُنْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَالسَّيْفِ الْمَسْلُولِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَغْمِدَنِي أَوْ يَنْهَانِي عَنْ أَمَرٍ فَأَكُفَّ وَإِلَّا أَقْدَمْتُ عَلَى النَّاسِ لِمَكَانِ لِينِهِ»

     ✧ When 'Umar b. al-Khattab became caliph, he addressed the people from the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: 'O people, I know that you perceive severity and harshness from me. That is because I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I was his servant and attendant. He was, as Allah said, {with the believers kind and merciful}. I was before him like a drawn sword, unless he sheathed me or forbade me from a matter, then I would refrain; otherwise I would advance upon the people because of his gentleness.'

146. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 435Sahih

     «مَنْ كَانَ هَيِّنًا لَيِّنًا قَرِيبًا حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّارِ»

     ✧ Whoever is gentle, soft, and approachable, Allah will forbid him to the Fire.

147. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 436Sahih

     «مَنْ أَفْتَى النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ كَانَ إِثْمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ أَفْتَاهُ»

     ✧ Whoever gives fatwa to people without knowledge, his sin is upon the one who gave him the fatwa.

148. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 437Sahih

     «لَا تَكْتُبُوا عَنِّي شَيْئًا سِوَى الْقُرْآنِ مَنْ كَتَبَ عَنِّي شَيْئًا سِوَى الْقُرْآنِ فَلْيَمْحُهُ»

     ✧ Do not write down anything from me except the Quran. Whoever writes down anything from me other than the Quran, let him erase it.

149. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 438Sahih

     سَمِعَ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ لَنَا ضَيْعَةٌ وَأَشْغَالٌ وَلَكِنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا لَا يَكْذِبُونَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَيُحَدِّثُ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ»

     ✧ He heard a hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'We had an estate and occupations, but people in those days did not lie, so the one who was present would narrate to the one who was absent.'

150. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 439Sahih

     بِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَكَانَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ قَالَ بِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ قَالَ بِمَا قَالَ بِهِ أَبُو بَكْرِ وَعُمَرُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ قَالَ بِرَأْيِهِ»

     ✧ Then if it is not in the Book of Allah, and there is something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning it, he would act according to it. Then if there is nothing from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concerning it, he would act according to what Abu Bakr and Umar acted upon. Then if there is nothing from Abu Bakr and Umar concerning it, he would give his own opinion.

151. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 440Sahih

     إِنَّ الْكَذِبَ لَا يَصْلُحُ مِنْهُ جِدٌّ وَلَا هَزْلٌ وَلَا أَنْ يَعِدَ الرَّجُلُ ابْنَهُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْجِزُ لَهُ إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ إِنَّهُ يُقَالُ لِلصَّادِقِ صَدَقَ وَبَرَّ وَيُقَالُ لِلْكَاذِبِ كَذَبَ وَفَجَرَ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صَدِيقًا أَوْ يَكْذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا

     ✧ Lying is not appropriate, whether in seriousness or in jest, nor for a man to promise his son something and then not fulfill it. Indeed, truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire. It is said of the truthful one: he spoke the truth and was righteous. And it is said of the liar: he lied and was wicked. A man continues to be truthful until he is recorded with Allah as a truthful one, or he continues to lie until he is recorded with Allah as a liar.

152. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 441Sahih

     «افْتَرَقَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوِ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَافْتَرَقَتِ النَّصَارَى عَلَى إِحْدَى أَوِ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً»

     ✧ The Jews split into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, the Christians split into seventy-one or seventy-two sects, and my community will split into seventy-three sects.

153. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 442No grade recorded

     «تَفَرَّقَتِ الْيَهُودُ عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً وَالنَّصَارَى مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً»

     “The Jews split into seventy-one sects and my nation will split into seventy-three sects.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3991)

154. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 443No grade recorded

     حَجَجْنَا مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ أُخْبِرَ بِقَاصٍّ يَقُصُّ عَلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ مَوْلًى لِبَنِي فَرُّوخٍ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ فَقَالَ أُمِرْتَ بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَصِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى أَنْ تَقُصَّ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ قَالَ نُنْشِئُ عِلْمًا عَلَمَنَاهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لَوْ كُنْتُ تَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكَ لَقَطَعْتُ مِنْكَ طَائِفَةً ثُمَّ قَامَ حِينَ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَفَرَّقُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ عَلَى اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً وَهِيَ الْجَمَاعَةُ وَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ تَتَجَارَى بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الْأَهْوَاءُ كَمَا يَتَجَارَى الْكَلْبُ بِصَاحِبِهِ فَلَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ عِرْقٌ وَلَا مَفْصِلٌ إِلَّا دَخَلَهُ وَاللَّهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ لَغَيْرُ ذَلِكَ أَحْرَى أَنْ لَا تَقُومُوا بِهِ»

     ✧ We performed Hajj with Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, and when we arrived in Mecca, he was informed of a storyteller who was narrating to the people of Mecca, a servant of the Banu Farrukh. Mu'awiya sent for him and asked, "Were you ordered to give these narrations?" He replied, "No." Mu'awiya then asked, "So what led you to narrate without permission?" The man replied, "We are imparting knowledge that Allah has taught us." Mu'awiya said, "Had I warned you beforehand, I would have severed a part of you." Then, after the Dhuhr prayer in Mecca, Mu'awiya stood up and said: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The People of the Book divided themselves into seventy-two sects in their religion, and this Ummah will divide into seventy-three, all of which will be in the fire except one, which is the congregation. From my Ummah, there will emerge people driven by desires just as rabies drives its host, leaving no vein or joint without being infected. By Allah, O Arabs, if you do not uphold that which Muhammad ﷺ brought, surely nothing else will you uphold."

155. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 444No grade recorded

     «لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مَا أَتَى عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ حَذْوَ النَّعْلِ بِالنَّعْلِ حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمْ مَنْ نَكَحَ أُمَّهُ عَلَانِيَةً كَانَ فِي أُمَّتِي مِثْلَهُ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ افْتَرَقُوا عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَتَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا مِلَّةً وَاحِدَةً» فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا الْوَاحِدَةُ؟ قَالَ «مَا أَنَا عَلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ وَأَصْحَابِي»

     ✧ There will certainly come upon my community the like of what came upon the Children of Israel, exactly, just as one sandal matches the other, so much so that if there were among them one who openly had intercourse with his mother, there would be in my community someone like him. The Children of Israel split into seventy-one religious communities, and my community will split into seventy-three religious communities, all of them in the Fire except one religious community." It was said to him: "Which is the one?" He said: "That upon which I and my companions are today.

156. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 445No grade recorded

     كُنَّا قُعُودًا حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ فَقَالَ «لَتَسْلُكُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ حَذْوَ النَّعْلِ بِالنَّعْلِ وَلَتَأْخُذُنَّ مِثْلَ أَخْذِهِمْ إِنْ شِبْرًا فَشِبْرٌ وَإِنْ ذِرَاعًا فَذِرَاعٌ وَإِنْ بَاعًا فَبَاعٌ حَتَّى لَوْ دَخَلُوا جُحْرَ ضَبٍّ دَخَلْتُمْ فِيهِ أَلَا إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ افْتَرَقَتْ عَلَى مُوسَى عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً كُلُّهَا ضَالَّةٌ إِلَّا فِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ الْإِسْلَامُ وَجَمَاعَتُهُمْ وَإِنَّهَا افْتَرَقَتْ عَلَى عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً كُلُّهَا ضَالَّةٌ إِلَّا فِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ الْإِسْلَامُ وَجَمَاعَتُهُمْ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَى اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً كُلُّهَا ضَالَّةٌ إِلَّا فِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ الْإِسْلَامُ وَجَمَاعَتُهُمْ» آخِرُ كِتَابِ الْعِلْمِ

     ✧ We were sitting around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his mosque when he said: 'You will certainly follow the ways of those before you, just as one sandal matches the other, and you will take exactly as they took, if a span then a span, if a cubit then a cubit, if a fathom then a fathom, so much so that if they entered the hole of a lizard, you would enter it. Verily, the Children of Israel split concerning Moses into seventy-one sects, all of them astray except one sect: Islam and their community. And they split concerning Jesus son of Mary into seventy-one sects, all of them astray except one sect: Islam and their community. Then they will be upon seventy-two sects, all of them astray except one sect: Islam and their community.' End of the Book of Knowledge.

157. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 288Sahih

     «مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا مِمَّا يُبْتَغَى بِهِ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ لَا يَتَعَلَّمُهُ إِلَّا لَيُصِيبَ بِهِ غَرَضًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَرْفَ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

     The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone acquires knowledge that should be sought seeking the Face of Allah, but he acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience the arf, i.e. the fragrance, of Paradise. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3664)

158. al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 289No grade recorded

     «مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا يُبْتَغَى بِهِ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ لَا يَتَعَلَّمُهُ إِلَّا لَيُصِيبَ بِهِ غَرَضًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَرْفَ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ Whoever learns knowledge by which the face of Allah is sought, but does not learn it except to attain thereby some worldly gain, will not find the fragrance of Paradise.