Sunan Ibn Majah 4120
The virtue of poverty
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ
مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قَالُوا رَأْيَكَ فِي هَذَا نَقُولُ هَذَا مِنْ أَشْرَافِ النَّاسِ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ أَنْ يُخَطَّبَ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ يُشَفَّعَ وَإِنْ قَالَ أَنْ يُسْمَعَ لِقَوْلِهِ فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا قَالُوا نَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ لَمْ يُنْكَحْ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ لاَ يُشَفَّعْ وَإِنْ قَالَ لاَ يُسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَهَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءِ الأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ
- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim
- my father
- Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī
“A man passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘What do you say about this man?’ They said: ‘We agree with your opinion concerning him. We say: He is one of the noblest of people. If he proposes marriage, his proposal deserves to be accepted; and if he intercedes, his intercession deserves to be accepted; and if he speaks, he deserves to be listened to.’ The Prophet ﷺ remained silent, and another man passed by. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘What do you think about this man?’ We said: ‘By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, this is one of the poor Muslims. If he proposes marriage, he does not deserve to get married; and if he intercedes, his intercession does not deserve to be accepted; and if he speaks, he does not deserve to be listened to.’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘This one is better than an earthful of (men like) the other man.’”
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3342 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 5091Sahih al-Bukhari 6447al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 5892
Narrators
- He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. Abū Nuʿaym and more than one said: 88 AH. Al-Wāqidī and others said: 91 AH. Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī said: he lived a hundred years or more, so on this basis he would have lived until the year 96 AH or after itسَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّله ولأبيه صحبةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. Ibn Khalfūn said: 132 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said, and Abū ʿĪsā al-Tirmidhī: 133 AH, khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said: 135 AH. Al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said: 140 AH. Ibn Qāniʿ said: 143 AH, Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn said: 144 AHأَبِيثقة عابدحدثني
- truthful (ṣadūq), juristd. 184 AH, also said: 180 AH, also said: 182 AHعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍصدوق ، فقيهحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 240 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِصدوقحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
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Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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