al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3728
✧ Remembering death and shortening hopes
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حَدَّثَنَا الْخَلِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا، أَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ الشَّهِيدِ، ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ؓ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
« أَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْيَسُ ؟ » قَالُوا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: « أَكْيَسُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ ذِكْرًا، وَأَحْسَنُهُمْ لَهُ اسْتِعْدَادًا
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Chain of narrators
- al-Khalīl b. Zakariyyā
- Ḥabīb b. al-Shahīd
- al-Ḥasan b. Abū al-Ḥasan
- ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ 'Which of the believers is most astute?' They said: 'God and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'The most astute of believers is the one who remembers death most and is best prepared for it.'
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- embraced Islam in the year of Khaybar, accompanied the Prophet ﷺ, and was virtuousd. 52 AH, Ibn Mandah related a view that he died in the year (53) AHعِمْرَان بْن حُصَيْن بْن عُبَيْد بْن خَلَف الْخُزَاعِيّأسلم عام خيبر وصحب وكان فاضلاعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AHالْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَسَنِثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلسحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt)d. 145 AH, or 146 AHحَبِيبُ بْنُ الشَّهِيدِثقة ، ثبتأنا
- abandoned (matrūk)d. between 201 AH and 211 AHالْخَلِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّامتروكحدثنا
- d. 279 AH or 282 AHالحارث بن محمد بن أبي أسامة
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