Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2516
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ عَنْ حَنَشٍ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
كُنْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ: «يَا غُلاَمُ، إِنِّي أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ: (١) احْفَظِ اللَّهَ يَحْفَظْكَ، (٢) احْفَظِ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَكَ، (٣) إِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَاسْأَلِ اللَّهَ، (٤) وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ.» «(٥) وَاعْلَمْ، أَنَّ الأُمَّةَ لَوِ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْفَعُوكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوكَ إِلاَّ بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى أَنْ يَضُرُّوكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَضُرُّوكَ إِلاَّ بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ: رُفِعَتِ الأَقْلاَمُ وَجَفَّتِ الصُّحُفُ».
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Mūsá
- ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak
- Layth b. Saʿd and Ibn Lahīʿah
- Qays b. al-Ḥajjāj
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- Abū al-Walīd
- Layth b. Saʿd
- Qays b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Maʿná Wāḥid
- Ḥanash al-Ṣanʿānī
- Ibn ʿAbbās
I was behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day, and he said: “O young man, I will teach you some words: (1) Guard Allah and He will guard you. (2) Guard Allah and you will find Him before you. (3) When you ask, ask Allah; and (4) when you seek help, seek help from Allah." "And (5) know that if the people were to gather together to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you except with something that Allah has already written for you; and if they were to gather together to harm you with something, they would not harm you except with something that Allah has already written against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.”
Notes
Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Hasan Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Isnaad Hasan | fawazahmed0, sunnah.com |
| al-Tirmidhi | Good-Soundin جامع الترمذي, p. 2721Another source records this grader as “Sound” (hadithunlocked). | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- al-Tirmidhi
حديث حسن صحيح
machine translationA good and sound (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ) hadith.
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2721
Same hadith, other wordings
- Arba'in Nawawi 19كُنْت خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَوْمًا، فَقَالَ: يَا غُلَامِ! إنِّي أُعَلِّمُك كَلِمَاتٍ: احْفَظْ اللَّهَ يَحْفَظْك، احْفَظْ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَك، إذَا سَأَلْت فَاسْأَلْ اللَّهَ، وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْت فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاَللَ
- Arba'in 19عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: "كُنْت خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَوْمًا، فَقَالَ: يَا غُلَامِ! إنِّي أُعَلِّمُك كَلِمَاتٍ: احْفَظْ اللَّهَ يَحْفَظْك، احْفَظْ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَك، إذَ
- Riyadhus Shalihin 62: " كنت خلف النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، يوماً فقال: " يا غلام إني أعلمك كلمات: "احفظ الله يحفظك، احفظ الله تجده تجاهك، إذا سألت فاسأل الله، وإذا استعنت فاستعن بالله، واعلم: أن الأمة لو اجتمعت على أن ينفعوك بشيء، لم ينفعوك إلا بشيء قد كتبه ال
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 2763al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 11447al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 11592al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 13024al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 14807
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah).d. 100 AH.حَنَشٍ الصَّنْعَانِيِّثقة.عن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 129 AHقَيْسُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِصدوقعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh), a well-known imamd. 175 AH, or 176 AH, or 177 AHلَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍثقة ثبت ، فقيه إمام مشهورأخبرنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh) and scholar, generous and a fighter in the way of God, in whom the qualities of goodness were gathered.d. 181 AH, or 182 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِثقة ثبت ، فقيه عالم ، جواد مجاهد ، جمعت فيه خصال الخيرأخبرنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 235 AH, or 238 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَىثقة حافظحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AHالتِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.
Commentaries
Sharḥ al-Arbaʿīn (Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd)
Jāmiʿ al-ʿUlūm wa-l-Ḥikam (Ibn Rajab)
Dalīl al-Fāliḥīn (Ibn ʿAllān)
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī (Mubārakpūrī)
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