al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2504
✧ Disapproval of leadership for one not capable of it
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وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ - هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ - ثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ:
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ ؓ بَعْثًا، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قَالَ: كَيْفَ وَجَدْتَ بَعْثَكَ ؟ قَالَ: مَا زِلْتُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ مَنْ مَعِي خَوَلٌ لِي، فَايْمُ اللهِ لَا أَعْمَلُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Musaddad
- Bishr
- Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal
- Ibn ʿAwn
- ʿUmayr b. Isḥāq
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad ؓ on an expedition. When he returned, he said: "How did you find your expedition?" He said: "I kept going until I thought that those with me were my servants. By God, I will never take charge of two men as long as I live."
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- Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī
فقال أبي كذا حدثنا إبراهيم بن موسى وحدثنا مسدد عن بشر بن المفضل عن ابن عون عن عمير بن إسحاق أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بعث المقداد بعثا فذكر الحديث قلت لأبي أيهما أشبه قال حديث مسدد
in المطالب العالية, p. 2504
Narrators
- acceptable (maqbūl)عُمَيْرِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَمقبولعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), virtuous (fāḍil).d. 150 AH, also said: 151 AH, also said: 152 AHابْنُ عَوْنٍثقة ثبت فاضلحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid)d. 186 AH, or 187 AHبِشْرٌ - هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ -ثقة ، ثبت ، عابدحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 228 AHمُسَدَّدٌثقة حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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