al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 7402
✧ Muhammad b. Aban al-Isbahani
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ، ثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْكُوفِيُّ، ثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
مَثَلُ الرَّجُلِ وَمَثَلُ الْمَوْتِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَخِلَّاءَ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا مَالِي فَخُذْ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ، وَأَعْطِ مَا شِئْتَ، وَدَعْ مَا شِئْتَ. وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ أَخْدُمُكَ، فَإِذَا مِتَّ تَرَكْتُكَ. وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ أَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ وَأَخْرُجُ مَعَكَ، إِنْ مِتَّ وَإِنْ حَيِيتَ. فَأَمَّا الَّذِي قَالَ: هَذَا مَالِي خُذْ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ وَدَعْ مَا شِئْتَ فَهُوَ مَالُهُ، وَالْآخَرُ: عَشِيرَتُهُ، وَالْآخَرُ: عَمَلُهُ يَدْخُلُ مَعَهُ وَيَخْرُجُ مَعَهُ حَيْثُ كَانَ
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Abān
- al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Kūfī
- al-Naḍr b. Shumayl
- Ḥammād b. Salamah
- Simāk b. Ḥarb
- al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ The parable of a man and death is like a man who has three friends. He said, “O Allah, this is my wealth; take from it what You will, give what You will, and leave what You will.” The second one said, “I am with you, I will serve you, but when you die, I will leave you.” The third one said, “I am with you; I will enter with you and exit with you, whether you die or live.” As for the one who said, “This is my wealth; take from it what You will and leave what You will,” that is his wealth. The other one is his kinsfolk. The other one is his deeds, which enter with him and exit with him wherever he is.
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Narrators
- He and his parents had companionship with the Prophet (ṣuḥbah)d. 60 AH, or: 64 AH, or: 65 AH, or: 66 AHالنُّعْمَان بْن بَشِير الْأَنْصَارِيّله ولأبويه صحبةعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq); his narrations from ʿIkrimah in particular are inconsistent (muḍṭarib); he changed (taghayyara) towards the end of his life, and at times he would accept prompting (yulaqqan).d. 123 AHسِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍصدوق , وروايته عن عكرمة خاصة مضطربة , وقد تغير بأخرة ، فكان ربما يلقنعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid), the most reliable of people in narrating from Thābit; his memory changed towards the end of his lifed. 167 AH, or 165 AH.حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَثقه عابد ، أثبت الناس في ثابت ، وتغير حفظه بآخرهحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 203 AH, or: 204 AH, also said: 202 AHالنَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍثقة ثبتحدثنا
- d. between 251 and 260 AHالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْكُوفِيُّحدثنا
- d. 293 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَحدثنا
- d. 360 AHالطبراني
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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