48. Mortgages
«لَا يَغْلَقُ الرَّهْنُ لَهُ غُنْمُهُ وَعَلَيْهِ غُرْمُهُ»
✧ A pledge is not forfeited. Its benefit belongs to him and its liability is upon him.
«الرَّهْنُ يُرْكَبُ بِنَفَقَتِهِ وَلَبَنُ الدَّرِّ يُشْرَبُ إِذَا كَانَ مَرْهُونًا وَعَلَى الَّذِي يَرْكَبُ وَيَشْرَبُ نَفَقَتُهُ»
“A mount may be ridden when it is pawned, and its milk may be drunk when it is pawned, but the one who rides it or milks it must pay for its upkeep.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2440)
«تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَدِرْعُهُ مَرْهُونَةٌ عِنْدَ يَهُودِيٍّ بِثَلَاثِينَ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died while his shield was pawned with a Jew for thirty sāʿs of barley.
«رَهَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دِرْعًا لَهُ عِنْدَ يَهُودِيٍّ بِدِينَارٍ فَمَا وَجَدَ مَا يَفْتَكُّهَا بِهِ حَتَّى مَاتَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pawned a shield of his with a Jew for a dinar, and he did not find what to redeem it with until he died.
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اشْتَرَى مِنْ يَهُودِيٍّ طَعَامًا إِلَى سَنَةٍ وَرَهَنَهُ دِرْعًا لَهُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ bought food from a Jew on credit for a year and pawned him a shield of his made of iron.
«إِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ قَدْ يَئِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ وَلَكِنَّهُ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ بَيْنَهُمْ»
✧ Iblis has despaired of being worshipped by those who pray, but he is active in inciting discord among them.
«مَثَلُ الَّذِي يُعِينُ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِّ كَمَثَلِ بَعِيرٍ تَرَدَّى فِي بِئْرٍ فَهُوَ يُنْزَعُ مِنْهَا بِذَنَبِهِ»
✧ The likeness of one who helps his people in wrongdoing is like a camel that fell into a well and is being pulled out by its tail.
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ يَتَعَاطَوْنَ سَيْفًا بَيْنَهُمْ مَسْلُولًا فَقَالَ «أَلَمْ أَزْجُرْكُمْ عَنْ هَذَا؟ لِيُغْمِدْهُ ثُمَّ يُنَاوِلْهُ أَخَاهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by some people passing an unsheathed sword among themselves and said: “Did I not forbid you from this? Let him sheathe it and then hand it to his brother.”
«الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَلْعَنُ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا أَشَارَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ بِحَدِيدَةٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَخَاهُ لِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ»
✧ The angels curse one of you when he points a piece of iron at his brother, even if he is his brother from the same father and mother.
«إِذَا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمَانِ فَقَتَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ»
✧ When two Muslims meet and one kills the other, both are in the Fire.
«نَهَى عَنْ أَنْ يُتَعَاطَى السَّيْفُ مَسْلُولًا»
✧ He forbade passing an unsheathed sword.
«إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَلْعَنُ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا أَشَارَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ بِحَدِيدَةٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَخَاهُ لِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ»
✧ "Indeed, the angels curse one of you when he points a piece of iron at his brother, even if he be his brother by father and mother."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5948No grade recorded
«لَا يُشِيرُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى أَخِيهِ بِالسِّلَاحِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْرِي لَعَلَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْزِعُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَيَقَعُ فِيمَنْ يُنَاوَلُ»
✧ "None of you should point a weapon at his brother, for he does not know-perhaps Satan will snatch it from his hand and it will fall upon the one he is handing it to."
أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَخْذِفُ قَالَ لَا تَخْذِفْ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَهَى عَنِ الْخَذْفِ أَوْ قَالَ كَرِهَ الْخَذْفَ وَقَالَ » إِنَّهُ لَا يُصَادُ بِهِ صَيْدٌ وَلَا يُنْكَأُ بِهِ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكِنَّهَا قَدْ تَكْسِرُ السِّنَّ وَتَفْقَأُ الْعَيْنَ « ثُمَّ رَآهُ يَخْذِفُ فَقَالَ أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ تَخْذِفُ؟ لَا أُكَلِّمُكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا»
✧ He saw a man throwing pebbles and said, "Do not throw pebbles, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade pebble-throwing," or he said, "he disliked pebble-throwing," and he said, "No game is hunted with it and no enemy is struck with it, but it may break a tooth and put out an eye." Then he saw him throwing pebbles again and said, "I tell you from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you still throw pebbles? I will not speak to you for such-and-such a time."
«كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي حُثَالَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ»؟ قَالَ وَذَاكَ مَا هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «ذَاكَ إِذَا مَرِجَتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَعُهُودُهُمْ وَصَارُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ بِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «تَعْمَلُ مَا تَعْرِفُ وَدَعْ مَا تُنْكِرُ وَتَعْمَلُ بِخَاصَّةِ نَفْسِكَ وَتَدَعُ عَوَامَّ النَّاسِ»
✧ "How will you be, O 'Abd Allah, when you remain among the dregs of people?" He said, "And what are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "That is when their trusts and covenants become confused and they become like this," and he interlaced his fingers. He said, "So what should I do, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Do what you know and leave what you disapprove of, attend to your own self and leave the common people."
«كَيْفَ أَنْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي حُثَالَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ»؟ قَالَ وَذَاكَ مَا هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «ذَاكَ إِذَا مَرِجَتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَعُهُودُهُمْ وَصَارُوا هَكَذَا» وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَرَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «تَعْمَلُ مَا تَعْرِفُ وَتَدَعُ مَا تُنْكِرُ وَتَعْمَلُ بِخَاصَّةِ نَفْسِكَ وَتَدَعُ عَوَامَّ النَّاسِ»
✧ "How will you be, O 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr, when you remain among the dregs of people?" He said, "And what are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "That is when their trusts and covenants become confused and they become like this," and he interlaced his fingers. He said, "So what do you think, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Do what you know and leave what you disapprove of, attend to your own self and leave the common people."
أَتَيْنَا أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَشَكَوْنَا إِلَيْهِ الْحَجَّاجَ فَقَالَ «اصْبِرُوا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمٌ أَوْ زَمَانٌ إِلَّا وَالَّذِي بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ مِنْهُ حَتَّى تَلْقَوْا رَبَّكُمْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ»
✧ We came to Anas b. Malik and complained to him about al-Hajjaj. He said, "Be patient, for no day or time comes upon you except that what follows it is worse than it, until you meet your Lord. I heard this from your Prophet ﷺ."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5953No grade recorded
«لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَيْلَةٌ لَمَلَكَ فِيهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ»
✧ "If only one night remained of this world, a man from the household of the Prophet ﷺ would rule during it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5954Hasan sahih
«لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَيْلَةٌ لَمَلَكَ فِيهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي اسْمُهُ اسْمِي»
✧ "If only one night remained of this world, a man from my household would rule during it, whose name is my name."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5955No grade recorded
«أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرُ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غُنَيْمَةً يَتْبَعُ بِهَا سَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَوَاضِعَ الْقَطْرِ يَفِرُّ بِدِينِهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ»
✧ "Soon the best wealth of a Muslim will be a small flock he follows to the mountain peaks and places of rainfall, fleeing with his religion from tribulations."
قَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ لِهَذَا الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ مُنْتَهًى؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا مِنْ عَرَبٍ أَوْ عَجَمٍ أَدْخَلَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ تَقَعُ فِتَنٌ كَالظُّلَمِ» قَالَ كَلَّا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِيهَا أَسَاوِدَ صُبًّا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ فَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُؤْمِنٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنَ الشِّعَابِ يَتَّقِي اللَّهَ وَيَذَرُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ»
✧ An Arab man said, "O Messenger of Allah, does Islam have any limit?" He replied, "Yes, whoever Allah intends good for, He guides them to Islam, whether they are Arabs or non-Arabs." The man asked, "What then, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "Then there will be trials like layers of darkness." The man said, "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, and by the One in whose hand is my soul, you will return to that state, holding onto the reigns of ignorance, striking each other's necks. The best people on that day will be a believer who isolates himself in a mountain pass, fearing Allah and leaving people to their harm."
«الْعِبَادَةُ فِي الْهَرْجِ كَالْهِجْرَةِ إِلَيَّ»
✧ "Worship during turmoil is like emigration to me."
«يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرَ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ يَتْبَعُ شَغَفَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَوَاقِعَ الْقَطْرِ يَفِرُّ بِدِينِهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ»
✧ "Soon the best wealth of a Muslim will be sheep he follows to the mountain tops and places of rainfall, fleeing with his religion from tribulations."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5959No grade recorded
«سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ كَرِيَاحِ الصَّيْفِ الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي مَنِ اسْتَشْرَفَ لَهَا اسْتَشْرَفَتْهُ»
✧ "There will be tribulations like summer winds; the one sitting in them is better than the one standing, and the one standing is better than the one walking. Whoever seeks them out, they seek him out."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُ إِذَا جَاعَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى لَا تَسْتَطِيعَ أَنْ تَقُومَ مِنْ فِرَاشِكِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِكَ»؟ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «تَعَفَّفْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا مَاتَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْبَيْتُ بِالْوَصِيفِ»؟ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «تَصْبرُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ إِذَا اقْتَتَلَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى يَغْرَقَ حَجَرُ الزَّيْتِ»؟ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «تَأْتِي مَنْ أَنْتَ فِيهِ» فَقُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَتَى عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ «تَدْخُلُ بَيْتَكَ» قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَتَى عَليَّ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ خَشِيتَ أَنْ يَبْهَرَكَ شُعَاعُ السَّيْفِ فَأَلْقِ طَائِفَةَ رِدَائِكَ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِهِ» فَقُلْتُ أَفَلَا أَحْمِلُ السِّلَاحَ؟ قَالَ «إِذًا تَشْرَكُهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "O Abu Dharr, how will you act when people become so hungry that you cannot get up from your bed to go to your mosque?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "Keep yourself chaste." Then he said: "How will you act when people die so much that a house is worth a servant?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "Be patient." Then he said: "How will you act when people fight each other so much that the stone of oil is drowned?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "Go to the one you are with." I said: "What do you think if it comes upon me?" He said: "Enter your house." I said: "What do you think if it comes upon me?" He said: "If you fear that the flash of the sword will dazzle you, then throw a part of your cloak over your face; he will bear your sin and his sin." I said: "Should I not carry a weapon?" He said: "Then you would share with him."
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَمِنَّا مَنْ يَنْتَضِلُ وَمِنَّا مَنْ هُوَ فِي مَجْشَرِهِ وَمِنَّا مَنْ يُصْلِحُ خِبَاءَهُ إِذْ نُودِيَ بِالصَّلَاةِ جَامِعَةً فَاجْتَمَعْنَا فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ «لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلِي نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يَدُلَّ أُمَّتَهُ عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ وَيُنْذِرَهُمْ مَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ شَرٌّ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ جُعِلَتْ عَافِيَتُهَا فِي أَوَّلِهَا وَسَيُصِيبُ آخِرَهَا بَلَاءٌ فَتَجِيءُ فِتْنَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَيَقُولُ هَذِهِ مُهْلِكَتِي ثُمَّ تَجِيءُ فَيَقُولُ هَذِهِ مُهْلِكَتِي ثُمَّ تَنْكَشِفُ فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يُزَحْزَحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَيَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَلْتُدْرِكْهُ مَنِيَّتُهُ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَلْيَأْتِ إِلَى النَّاسِ الَّذِي يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهِ وَمَنْ بَايَعَ إِمَامًا فَأَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَلْيُطِعْهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ هَذَا ابْنُ عَمِّكَ مُعَاوِيَةُ يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَأْكُلَ أَمْوَالَنَا بَيْنَنَا بِالْبَاطِلِ وَنُهْرِيقُ دِمَاءَنَا وَقَالَ اللَّهُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ} وَقَالَ {وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ} قَالَ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَطِعْهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَاعْصِهِ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ»
✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. Some of us were shooting arrows, some were in their camp, and some were repairing their tents when the call to prayer was announced. We gathered and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon, saying: "There has been no prophet before me but it was incumbent upon Allah to guide his community to what is best for them and to warn them of what he knows is evil for them. Indeed, this community has been granted well-being at its beginning, and its later part will be afflicted with trials. A tribulation will come and the believer will say, 'This is my destruction.' Then it will come again and he will say, 'This is my destruction.' Then it will disperse. Whoever of you wishes to be kept away from the Fire and to enter Paradise, let his death come upon him while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and let him bring to people what he loves to be brought to him. Whoever pledges allegiance to a leader, giving him his handshake and the fruit of his heart, let him obey him as much as he can." He (the narrator) said: I said: "This is your cousin Mu'awiyah; he commands us to consume our wealth among ourselves in falsehood and to shed our blood, while Allah said: {O you who believe, do not consume your wealth among yourselves in falsehood} and said: {And do not kill yourselves}." He said: Then he was silent for a while and then said: "Obey him in obedience to Allah and disobey him in disobedience to Allah."
«إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ لَفِتَنًا كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا مُؤْمِنًا وَيُمْسِي كَافِرًا وَيُمْسِي مُؤْمِنًا وَيُصْبِحُ كَافِرًا الْقَاعِدُ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّاعِي كَسِّرُوا قِسِيَّكُمْ وَقَطِّعُوا أَوْتَارَكُمْ وَاضْرِبُوا بِسُيُوفِكُمُ الْحِجَارَةَ فَإِنْ دُخِلَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بَيْتَهُ فَلْيَكُنْ كَخَيْرِ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ»
✧ "Indeed, before the Hour there will be tribulations like patches of dark night. In them a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and a believer in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning. The one sitting in them is better than the one standing, the one standing is better than the one walking, and the one walking is better than the one running. Break your bows, cut your bowstrings, and strike your swords against stones. If someone's house is entered upon, let him be like the better of the two sons of Adam."
أَتَيْنَا الْيَشْكُرِيَّ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ فَقَالَ مِمَّنِ الْقَوْمُ؟ فَقُلْنَا بَنُو لَيْثٍ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ وَسَأَلَنَا وَقَالُوا إِنَّا أَتَيْنَاكَ نَسْأَلُكُ عَنْ حَدِيثِ حُذَيْفَةَ فَقَالَ أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ أَبِي مُوسَى قَافِلِينَ مِنْ بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ قَالَ وَغَلَتِ الدَّوَابُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ قَالَ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي أَبَا مُوسَى فَأَذِنَ لَنَا فَقَدِمْنَا الْكُوفَةَ بَاكِرًا مِنَ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي إِنِّي دَاخِلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا قَامَتِ السُّوقُ خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْكَ فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِحَلْقَةٍ كَأَنَّمَا قُطِعَتْ رُءُوسُهُمْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ رَجُلٍ قَالَ فَجِئْتُ فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَامَ إِلَى جَنْبِي فَقُلْتُ لِلرَّجُلِ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَبَصْرِيُّ أَنْتَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّكَ لَوْ كُنْتَ كُوفِيًّا لَمْ تَسْأَلْ عَنْ هَذَا هَذَا حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ وَكُنْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الشَّرِّ وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَمْ يَسْبِقْنِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ فَقَالَ «يَا حُذَيْفَةُ تَعَلَّمْ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَاتَّبِعْ مَا فِيهِ» يَقُولُهَا لِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ مِنْ شَرٍّ؟ قَالَ «فِتْنَةٌ وَشَرٌّ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الشَّرِّ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هُدْنَةٌ عَلَى دَخَنٍ مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «لَا تَرْجِعُ قُلُوبُ أَقْوَامٍ عَلَى الَّذِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «يَا حُذَيْفَةُ تَعَلَّمْ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَاتَّبِعْ مَا فِيهِ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «فِتْنَةٌ عَمْيَاءُ صَمَّاءُ عَلَيْهَا دُعَاةٌ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ النَّارِ فَإِنْ مُتَّ يَا حُذَيْفَةُ وَأَنْتَ عَاضٌّ عَلَى جَذْرِ خَشَبَةٍ يَابِسَةٍ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَتْبَعَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ»
✧ We came to al-Yashkuri in a group from Banu Layth. He said: "From which people are you?" We said: "Banu Layth." We asked him and he asked us. They said: "We have come to ask you about the hadith of Hudhayfah." He said: "We returned with Abu Musa from one of his expeditions. The animals became expensive in Kufah. My companion and I asked Abu Musa for permission, and he granted it to us. We arrived in Kufah early in the day. I said to my companion: 'I am entering the mosque; when the market opens I will come out to you.' I entered the mosque and found a circle as if their heads had been cut off, listening to the talk of a man. I came and stood over them. A man came and stood beside me. I said to the man: 'Who is this?' He said: 'Are you from Basrah?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I knew that if you were from Kufah you would not ask about this. This is Hudhayfah b. al-Yaman.' I drew near to him and heard him saying: 'People used to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about good, but I used to ask him about evil, knowing that good would not overtake me. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?" He said: "O Hudhayfah, learn the Book of Allah and follow what is in it," saying it to me three times. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?" He said: "Tribulation and evil." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will there be good after this evil?" He said: "A truce upon smoke." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, truce upon smoke, what is it?" He said: "The hearts of some people will not return to what they were upon." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?" He said: "O Hudhayfah, learn the Book of Allah and follow what is in it," three times. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, will there be evil after this good?" He said: "A blind and deaf tribulation, upon which are callers at the gates of the Fire. If you die, O Hudhayfah, while biting upon the root of a dry tree, it is better for you than following any one of them.""
قَدِمَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ مِنَ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ افْتَحِ الْبَابَ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ النَّاسُ أَتَحْسِبُنِي مِنْ قَوْمٍ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ؟ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُونَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَعُودَ السَّهْمُ عَلَى فُوقِهِ؟ هُمْ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ أَقْعُدَ لَمَا قُمْتُ وَلَوْ أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ قَائِمًا لَقُمْتُ مَا أَمْكَنَتْنِي رِجْلَايَ وَلَوْ رَبَطْتَنِي عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَمْ أُطْلِقْ نَفْسِي حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُطْلِقُنِي ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّبَذَةَ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ فَأَتَاهَا فَإِذَا عَبْدٌ يَؤُمُّهُمْ فَقَالُوا أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَنَكَصَ الْعَبْدُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ تَقَدَّمْ فَقَالَ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ «أَنْ أَسْمَعَ وَأُطِيعَ وَلَوْ لِعَبْدٍ حَبَشِيٍّ مُجَدَّعِ الْأَطْرَافِ وَإِذَا صَنَعْتُ مَرَقَةً فَأَكْثِرْ مَاءَهَا ثُمَّ انْظُرْ جِيرَانَكَ فَأَنِلْهُمْ مِنْهَا بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا فَإِنْ أَتَيْتَ الْإِمَامَ وَقَدْ صَلَّى كُنْتَ قَدْ أَحْرَزْتَ صَلَاتَكَ وَإِلَّا فَهِيَ لَكَ نَافِلَةٌ»
✧ Abu Dharr came to Uthman from Syria and said: "O Commander of the Believers, open the door so that people may enter. Do you consider me among a people who recite the Quran but it does not go beyond their throats? They pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its target, then they do not return to it until the arrow returns to its notch. They are the worst of creation and creatures. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if you commanded me to sit I would not stand, and if you commanded me to be standing I would stand as long as my legs could support me, and if you tied me to a camel I would not release myself until you are the one who releases me." Then he asked his permission to go to al-Rabadhah, and he granted it. He went there and found a slave leading them in prayer. They said: "Abu Dharr." The slave stepped back. It was said to him: "Come forward." He said: "My close friend ﷺ advised me with three things: to hear and obey even if it is an Ethiopian slave with mutilated limbs; and when I make a broth, to increase its water, then look at your neighbors and give them from it in kindness; and to pray the prayer at its time, for if you come to the imam and he has already prayed, you have secured your prayer, otherwise it is supererogatory for you."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5965No grade recorded
«إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ يَكُونُ الْمُضْطَجِعُ فِيهَا خَيْرًا مِنَ الْجَالِسِ وَالْجَالِسُ خَيْرًا مِنَ الْقَائِمِ وَالْقَائِمُ خَيْرًا مِنَ الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي خَيْرًا مِنَ السَّاعِي» قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِإِبِلِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ غَنَمٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِغَنَمِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِأَرْضِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَعْمِدْ إِلَى سَيْفِهِ فَلْيَضْرِبْ بِحَدِّهِ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ ثُمَّ لِيَنْجُ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ النَّجَاةَ»
✧ "Indeed, there will be tribulations in which the one lying down will be better than the one sitting, the one sitting better than the one standing, the one standing better than the one walking, and the one walking better than the one running." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you command me?" He said: "Whoever has camels, let him join his camels; whoever has sheep, let him join his sheep; whoever has land, let him join his land; whoever has none of that, let him go to his sword and strike its edge against a rock, then let him escape if he can find a way of escape."
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَجَدِيرٌ أَوْ لَجَرِيءٌ فَكَيْفَ قَالَ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ يُكَفِّرُهَا الصِّيَامُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَيْسَ هَذَا أُرِيدُ إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا لَكَ وَلَهَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ إِنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا قَالَ فَيُكْسَرُ الْبَابُ أَمْ يُفْتَحُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلْ يُكْسَرُ قَالَ ذَلِكَ أَحْرَى أَنْ لَا يُغْلَقَ أَبَدًا قَالَ قُلْنَا لِحُذَيْفَةَ هَلْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ مَنِ الْبَابُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ كَمَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ دُونَ غَدٍ اللَّيْلَةَ إِنَّ حُذَيْفَةَ
✧ We were sitting with Umar and he said: "Which of you remembers the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about tribulation?" I said: "I do." He said: "You are indeed worthy, or bold. How did he say it?" I said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The tribulation of a man in himself, his family, his wealth, his child, and his neighbor is expiated by fasting, charity, prayer, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.'" Umar said: "This is not what I mean. I mean the one that surges like the waves of the sea." I said: "What do you have to do with it, O Commander of the Believers? Between you and it is a closed door." He said: "Will the door be broken or opened?" I said: "It will be broken." He said: "That is more likely that it will never be closed again." We said to Hudhayfah: "Did Umar know who the door was?" He said: "Yes, as he knows that before tomorrow is tonight."
«مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ»
✧ "I have not left after me a tribulation more harmful to men than women."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5968Hasan sahih
«وَيْلٌ لِلنِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْأَحْمَرَيْنِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ»
✧ "Woe to women from the two red things: gold and saffron-dyed garments."
«مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ»
✧ "I have not left after me a tribulation more harmful to men than women."
«مَا تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَخْوَفَ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ»
✧ "I have not left after me a tribulation more feared for men than women."
«سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ»
✧ Insulting a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَنْصَتَ النَّاسَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked the people to be silent during the Farewell Pilgrimage, then said: “Do not return after me as disbelievers, striking one another’s necks.”