al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5466
✧ The crisis of Abu Dharr
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمُ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ ثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُحَجَّلُ عَنْ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حِطَّانَ قَالَ
أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَوَجَدْتُهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مُخْتَبِئًا بِكِسَاءٍ أَسْوَدَ وَحْدَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا هَذِهِ الْوَحْدَةُ؟ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْوَحْدَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ جَلِيسَ السُّوءَ وَالْجَلِيسُ الصَّالِحُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْوَحْدَةِ وَإِمْلَاءُ الْخَيْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ السُّكُوتِ وَالسُّكُوتُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ إِمْلَاءِ الشَّرِّ» لم يصح
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh
- Muḥammad b. al-Haytham al-Qāḍī
- al-Haytham b. Jamīl al-Anṭākī
- Sharīk
- Abū al-Muḥajjal
- Ṣadaqah b. Abū ʿImrān b. Ḥiṭṭān
✧ I came to Abu Dharr and found him in the mosque, hiding alone under a black cloak. I said, 'O Abu Dharr, what is this solitude?' He said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Solitude is better than a bad companion, and a righteous companion is better than solitude; uttering good is better than silence, and silence is better than uttering evil."' It is not authentic.
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
سنده حسن لكن المحفوظ أنه موقوف عن أبي ذر أو عن أبي الدرداء
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 5509
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 31 AH, or: 32 AHأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّالصحابيصريح في السماع
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 141 and 150 AHصَدَقَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حِطَّانَصدوقعن
- d. between 121 and 130 AHأَبِي الْمُحَجَّلِعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq) who made many mistakes (yukhṭiʾ kathīran); his memory changed after he was appointed judge of Kufa; he was just, virtuous, devout, and severe against the people of innovation (ahl al-bidaʿ)d. 177 AH, or 178 AHشَرِيكٌصدوق يخطئ كثيرا , تغير حفظه منذ ولي القضاء بالكوفة ، وكان عادلا فاضلا عابدا شديدا على أهل البدعحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), one of the people of hadith, it seems he was abandoned, so he changed.d. 213 AH, or 214 AHالْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّثقة من أصحاب الحديث ، وكأنه ترك فتغير.حدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 299 AH, also said: 298 AH. And the first is more correctمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْقَاضِيثقة حافظحدثنا
- d. 348 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُحدثنا
- d. 403 AH, or 405 AHالحاكم
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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