al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 7244
✧ Muhammad b. Yahya al-Isbahani
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، ثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، ثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُلَيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخِيَارِ عُمَّالِكُمْ وَشِرَارِهِمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " خِيَارُهُمْ خِيَارُهُمْ لَكُمْ، وَمَنْ تُحِبُّونَهُ وَيُحِبُّكُمْ، وَتَدْعُونَ اللهَ لَهُ وَيَدْعُو اللهَ لَكُمْ، وَشِرَارُهُمْ شِرَارُهُمْ لَكُمْ، مَنْ تُبْغِضُونَهُ وَيُبْغِضُكُمْ، وَتَدْعُونَ اللهَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَدْعُو اللهَ عَلَيْكُمْ " فَقَالُوا: أَفَلَا نُقَاتِلُهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: " لَا، دَعُوهُمْ مَا صَلَّوْا، وَصَامُوا
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá
- Abū Kurayb
- Bakr b. Yūnus b. Bukayr
- Mūsá b. ʿUlay
- his father
- ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ Shall I not tell you about the best of your governors and the worst of them? They said, “Yes, O Messenger of God.” He said, “The best of them are those who are best to you, whom you love and who love you, for whom you pray to God and they pray to God for you. The worst of them are those who are worst to you, whom you hate and who hate you, against whom you pray to God and they pray to God against you.” They said, “Should we not fight them, O Messenger of God?” He said, “No, leave them as long as they pray and fast.”
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What scholars said about it
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- Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī
هذا حديث منكر
in المعجم الأوسط, p. 7244 - Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
وفيه بكر بن يونس وثقه أحمد العجلي وضعفه البخاري وأبو زرعة وبقية رجاله رجال الصحيح
in المعجم الأوسط, p. 7244
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 58 AHعُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ بْنِ عَبْسٍ الْفَرَضِيُّصحابيعن
- عنtrustworthy (thiqah)d. 117 AH
- عنtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 163 AH
- حدثناضعيفd. 191 AH
- حدثناtrustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 248 AH
- حدثناd. 301 AH
- d. 360 AH
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.