Sahih Ibn Hibban 7217
✧ The Virtue of the Ummah
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أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ
«إِنَّمَا أَجَلُكُمْ فِي أَجَلِ مَنْ خَلَا مِنَ الْأُمَمِ كَمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى مَغَارِبِ الشَّمْسِ وَإِنَّمَا مَثَلُكُمْ وَمَثَلُ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى كَرَجُلٍ اسْتَعْمَلَ عُمَّالًا فَقَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ؟ قَالَ فَعَمِلَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ قِيرَاطٍ؟ قَالَ فَعَمِلَتِ النَّصَارَى مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى مَغَارِبِ الشَّمْسِ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْتُمُ الَّذِينَ تَعْمَلُونَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى مَغَارِبِ الشَّمْسِ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ قَالَ فَغَضِبَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ كُنَّا أَكْثَرَ عَمَلًا وَأَقَلَّ عَطَاءً قَالَ هَلْ ظَلَمْتُكُمْ مِنْ عَمَلِكُمْ شَيْئًا؟ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ فَضْلِي أُوتِيهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ»
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Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān
- Qutaybah b. Saʿīd
- Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar
- ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār
- Ibn ʿUmar
- al-Nabī ﷺ
✧ Your lifespan in comparison to the lifespans of the nations that have passed is like the time between the afternoon prayer and sunset. Your likeness and that of the Jews and Christians is that of a man who employed workers and said, 'Who will work for me until midday for a carat, a carat?' The Jews worked until midday for a carat, a carat. Then he said, 'Who will work for me from midday until the afternoon prayer for a carat, a carat?' The Christians worked from midday until the afternoon prayer. Then he said, 'Who will work from the afternoon prayer until sunset for two carats, two carats?' Then he said, 'You are the ones who work from the afternoon prayer until sunset for two carats, two carats.' The Jews and Christians became angry and said, 'We worked more and received less.' He said, 'Have I wronged you in anything of your work?' They said, 'No.' He said, 'That is My bounty; I give it to whom I will.'
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Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 127 AH, or 131 AH, or 136 AH, also said: 132 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍثقةعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 180 AHإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍثقة ثبتحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 240 AH, or: 241 AHقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍثقة ثبتحدثنا
- d. 303 AHالْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
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