al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5195
✧ Mentioning the Virtues of one of the Six Jurists among the Companions: Mu'adh b. Jabal
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ
كَانَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ وَجْهًا وَأَحْسَنِهُمْ خُلُقًا وَأَسْمَحِهِمْ كَفَافًا دَانَ دَيْنًا كَثِيرًا فَلَزِمَهُ غُرَمَاؤُهُ حَتَّى تَغَيَّبَ عَنْهُمْ أَيَّامًا فِي بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى اسْتَعْدَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ غُرَمَاؤُهُ فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى مُعَاذٍ يَدْعُوهُ فَجَاءَ وَمَعَهُ غُرَمَاؤُهُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خُذْ لَنَا حَقَّنَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «رَحِمَ اللَّهُ مَنْ تَصَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِ» فَتَصَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِ نَاسٌ وَأَبَى آخَرُونَ وَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ خُذْ لَنَا بِحَقِّنَا مِنْهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اصْبِرْ لَهُمْ يَا مُعَاذُ» قَالَ فَخَلَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى غُرَمَائِهِ فَاقْتَسَمُوهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَأَصَابَهُمْ خَمْسَةُ أَسْبَاعِ حُقُوقِهِمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِعْهُ لَنَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ فَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ سَبِيلٌ» فَانْصَرَفَ مُعَاذٌ إِلَى بَنِي سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَائِلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَوْ سَأَلْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتَ الْيَوْمَ مُعْدِمًا فَقَالَ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَسْأَلَهُ قَالَ فَمَكَثَ أَيَّامًا ثُمَّ دَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَبَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَقَالَ «لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْبُرَكَ وَيُؤَدِّيَ عَنْكَ دَيْنَكَ» قَالَ فَخَرَجَ مُعَاذٌ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهَا حَتَّى تُوُفِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَوَافَى السَّنَةَ الَّتِي حَجَّ فِيهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مَكَّةَ فَاسْتَعْمَلَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى الْحَجِّ فَالْتَقَيَا يَوْمَ التَّرْوِيَةِ بِهَا فَاعْتَنَقَا وَعَزَّى كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَخْلَدَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ يَتَحَدَّثَانِ فَرَأَى عُمَرُ عِنْدَ مُعَاذٍ غِلْمَانًا فَقَالَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ؟ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْأَحْرُفَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُهَا فِيمَا تَقَدَّمَحذفه الذهبي من التلخيص لضعفه
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Aṣbahānī
- al-Ḥasan b. al-Jahm
- al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faraj
- Muḥammad b. ʿUmar
- ʿĪsá b. al-Nuʿmān
- Muʿādh b. Rifāʿah
- Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh
✧ Mu'adh b. Jabal was one of the most handsome people in face, the best in character, and the most generous with what he had. He incurred a large debt, and his creditors pressed him until he hid from them for some days in his house. His creditors sought help from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for Mu'adh, calling him. He came with his creditors. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, take our rights from him.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “May Allah have mercy on whoever gives charity to him.” Some people gave him charity, but others refused and said, “O Messenger of Allah, take our rights from him.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Be patient with them, O Mu'adh.” So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stripped him of his property and gave it to his creditors, and they divided it among themselves. They received five-sevenths of their rights. They said, “O Messenger of Allah, sell him for us.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Leave him alone, for you have no way against him.” Mu'adh went to Banu Salamah. Someone said to him, “O Abu Abd al-Rahman, if only you had asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for today you have become destitute.” He said, “I would not ask him.” He stayed for some days, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and sent him to Yemen, saying: “Perhaps Allah will restore you and pay off your debt on your behalf.” Mu'adh went to Yemen and remained there until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died. He arrived in the year in which Umar b. al-Khattab performed Hajj in Makkah. Abu Bakr had appointed him over the Hajj. They met on the Day of Tarwiyah there, embraced, and each consoled the other for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then they sat on the ground talking. Umar saw servants with Mu'adh and said, “Who are these?” Then he mentioned the words which I mentioned previously. Al-Dhahabi omitted this from the summary due to its weakness.
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What scholars said about it
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- Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim
حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 5231
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 68 AHجَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّصحابيعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 101 AHمُعَاذِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَصدوقعن
- حدثني
- abandoned (matrūk)d. 207 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَمتروكحدثنا
- حدثناd. 231 AH
- حدثناd. 290 AH
- حدثنا
- d. 403 AH
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.