Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-927b
" عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِى ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِىٌّ لِرجُلٍ: لاَمُتَّ حَتَّى تُدْرِكَ فَتَى ثَقِيفٍ، قِيلَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ! مَا فَتَى ثَقِيفٍ؟ قَالَ: لَيُقَالَنَّ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة: اكفِنَا زَاوِيَةً مِنْ زَوَايَا جَهَنَّمَ، رَجُلٌ يَمْلكُ عِشْرِينَ أَوْ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً لاَ يدَعُ للهِ مَعْصِيَةً إِلاَّ اْرتَكَبَهَا، حَتَّى لَوْ لَم يْبَقَ إِلاَّ مَعِصيَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ وكَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيَنْهَا بَابٌ مُغْلَقٌ لَكَسَرهُ حَتَّى يَرْتَكِبَه، يَقْتُلُ بِمَنْ أَطَاعَهُ مَنْ عَصَاهُ ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ḥabīb b. Abiá Thābit
- Qāl ʿAli
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"From Habib ibn Abi Thabit, who said: Ali said to a man: You will not die until you meet the youth of Thaqif. It was said: O Commander of the Faithful, what is the youth of Thaqif? He said: On the Day of Resurrection it will be said to him: Take care of a corner of Hell for us. He is a man who rules for twenty or so years and leaves no act of disobedience to Allah without committing it. Even if only one act of disobedience remained, with a closed door between him and it, he would break it down to commit it. He kills those who obey him for the sake of those who disobey him."
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[ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل
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