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 AHأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّصحابيصريح في السماع
- عنtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 141 AH
- عنd. 121 AH
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 177 AHشَرِيكٌصدوقحدثنا
- حدثناtrustworthy (thiqah)d. 213 AH
- حدثناtrustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 299 AH
- حدثنا
- d. 403 AH
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