al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 4485
✧ Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Khallad al-Basri
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ خَلَّادٍ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ: نَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ قَالَ: نَا الصَّعْقُ بْنُ حَزْنٍ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ الْجَعْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ:
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، أَيُّ عُرَى الْإِيمَانِ أَوْثَقُ ؟ قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: " أَوْثَقُ عُرَى الْإِسْلَامِ الْوَلَايَةُ فِي اللهِ، وَالْحُبُّ فِيهِ، وَالْبُغْضُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ " قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا: قَالَ: " أَتَدْرِي، أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ "، قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ: " فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُهُمْ عَمَلًا، إِذَا فَقِهُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ "، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ: " أَتَدْرِي، أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ ؟ "، قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ: " إِنَّ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ أَبْصَرُهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُقَصِّرًا فِي الْعَمَلِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ يَزْحَفُ عَلَى اسْتِهِ زَحْفًا، وَاخْتَلَفَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلِي عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، نَجَا مِنْهَا ثَلَاثٌ، وَهَلَكَ سَائِرُهُمْ، فِرْقَةٌ آزَتِ الْمُلُوكَ، وَقَاتَلُوهُمْ عَلَى دِينِهِمْ وَدِينِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ، فَأَخَذُوهُمْ، فَقَتَلُوهُمْ، وَقَطَّعُوهُمْ بِالْمَنَاشِيرِ، وَفِرْقَةٌ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُمْ طَاقَةٌ بِمُوَازَاةِ الْمُلُوكِ، وَلَا بِأَنْ يُقِيمُوا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ يَدْعُونَهُمْ إِلَى دِينِ اللهِ وَدِينِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ، فَسَاحُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ، وَتَرَهَّبُوا " قَالَ: " وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللهُ: وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ، الْآيَةَ ". فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " مَنْ آمَنَ بِي، وَاتَّبَعَنِي، وَقَدْ صَدَّقَنِي، فَقَدْ رَعَاهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَّبِعْنِي فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْهَالِكُونَ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Khallād al-Qaṭṭān
- Shaybān b. Farrūkh
- al-Ṣaʿq b. Ḥazn
- ʿUqayl al-Jaʿdī
- Abū Isḥāq al-Hamdānī
- Sūwayd b. Ghafalah
- ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd
✧ I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: O Ibn Masʿud, which bond of faith is firmest? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: The firmest bond of Islam is allegiance for the sake of Allah, love for His sake, and hatred for His sake. Then he said: O Ibn Masʿud. I said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah. He said it three times. He said: Do you know which of the people is best? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: The best of people are the best of them in deeds when they have understanding in their religion. Then he said: O Ibn Masʿud. I said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah, three times. He said: Do you know which of the people is most knowledgeable? I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: The most knowledgeable of people is the one most perceptive of the truth when people differ, even if he is deficient in deeds, and even if he crawls on his backside. Those before me divided into seventy-two sects; three of them were saved and the rest perished. A sect that sided with the kings and fought them for their religion and the religion of Jesus son of Mary; they seized them, killed them, and cut them with saws. A sect that had no power to oppose the kings nor to remain among them calling them to the religion of Allah and the religion of Jesus son of Mary, so they wandered in the lands and became monks. He said: They are those of whom Allah said: And monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them—the verse. Then the Prophet ﷺ said: Whoever believes in me, follows me, and has affirmed me has observed it as it should be observed, and whoever does not follow me, those are the ones who perish.
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- Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī
هذا خطأ إنما هو الصعق بن حزن عن عقيل الجعدي عن أبي إسحاق وليس لحرب معنى ونفس الحديث منكر لا يشبه حديث أبي إسحاق ويشبه أن يكون عقيل هذا أعرابي والصعق فلا بأس به
in المعجم الأوسط, p. 4485
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 28 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍصحابيعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 76 AHسُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 126 AHأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّثقةعن
- عن
- ناtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 161 AH
- ناtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 235 AH
- حدثنا
- d. 360 AH
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