Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2325
What Has Been Related About 'The Parable Of Th World Is That Of Four People'
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الطَّائِيِّ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو كَبْشَةَ الأَنْمَارِيُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ
ثَلاَثَةٌ أُقْسِمُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا فَاحْفَظُوهُ قَالَ مَا نَقَصَ مَالُ عَبْدٍ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ وَلاَ ظُلِمَ عَبْدٌ مَظْلِمَةً فَصَبَرَ عَلَيْهَا إِلاَّ زَادَهُ اللَّهُ عِزًّا وَلاَ فَتَحَ عَبْدٌ بَابَ مَسْأَلَةٍ إِلاَّ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ فَقْرٍ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا وَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا فَاحْفَظُوهُ قَالَ إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا لأَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ عَبْدٍ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً وَعِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَتَّقِي فِيهِ رَبَّهُ وَيَصِلُ فِيهِ رَحِمَهُ وَيَعْلَمُ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ حَقًّا فَهَذَا بِأَفْضَلِ الْمَنَازِلِ وَعَبْدٍ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ عِلْمًا وَلَمْ يَرْزُقْهُ مَالاً فَهُوَ صَادِقُ النِّيَّةِ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي مَالاً لَعَمِلْتُ بِعَمَلِ فُلاَنٍ فَهُوَ بِنِيَّتِهِ فَأَجْرُهُمَا سَوَاءٌ وَعَبْدٍ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً وَلَمْ يَرْزُقْهُ عِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَخْبِطُ فِي مَالِهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَتَّقِي فِيهِ رَبَّهُ وَلاَ يَصِلُ فِيهِ رَحِمَهُ وَلاَ يَعْلَمُ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ حَقًّا فَهَذَا بِأَخْبَثِ الْمَنَازِلِ وَعَبْدٍ لَمْ يَرْزُقْهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً وَلاَ عِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي مَالاً لَعَمِلْتُ فِيهِ بِعَمَلِ فُلاَنٍ فَهُوَ بِنِيَّتِهِ فَوِزْرُهُمَا سَوَاءٌ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl
- Abū Nuʿaym
- ʿUbādah b. Muslim
- Yūnus b. Khabbāb
- Saʿīd al-Ṭāʾī Abū al-Bakhtarī
- Abū Kabshah al-Anmārī
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
"There are three things for which I swear and narrate to you about, so remember it." He said: "The wealth of a slave (of Allah) shall not be decreased by charity, no slave (of Allah) suffers injustice and is patient with it except that Allah adds to his honor; no slave (of Allah) opens up a door to begging except that Allah opens a door for him to poverty"- or a statement similar- "And I shall narrate to you a narration, so remember it." He said: "The world is only for four persons: A slave whom Allah provides with wealth and knowledge, so he has Taqwa of his Lord with it, nurtures the ties of kinship with it, and he knows that Allah has a right in it. So this is the most virtuous rank. And a slave whom Allah provides with knowledge, but He does not provide with wealth. So he has a truthful intent, saying: 'If I had wealth, then I would do the deeds of so-and-so with it.' He has his intention, so their rewards are the same. And a slave whom Allah provides with wealth, but He does not provide him with knowledge. [So he] spends his wealth rashly without knowledge, nor having Taqwa of his Lord, nor nurturing the ties of kinship, and he does not know that Allah has a right in it. So this is the most despicable rank. And a slave whom Allah does not provide with wealth nor knowledge, so he says: 'If I had wealth, then I would do the deeds of so-and-so with it.' He has his intention, so their sin is the same."
Notes
Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | SoundAnother source records this grader as “Daif” (fawazahmed0). | hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Hasan Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح الترمذي, p. 2325 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| al-Tirmidhi | Good-Soundin جامع الترمذي, p. 2511 | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
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- al-Tirmidhi
صححه
machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2511 - al-Tirmidhi
حديث حسن صحيح
machine translationA good and sound (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ) hadith.
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2511 - al-Tirmidhi
صححه الترمذي
machine translational-Tirmidhī graded it authentic (ṣaḥīḥ).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2511
Same hadith, other wordings
- Riyadhus Shalihin 556"ثلاثة أقسم عليهن وأحدثكم حديثاً فاحفظوه: ما نقص مال عبد من صدقة،ولا ظلم عبد مظلمة صبر عليها إلا زاده الله عزاً، ولا فتح عبد باب مسألة إلا فتح الله عليه باب فقر، أو كلمة نحوها وأحدثكم حديثاً فاحفظوه قال: إنما الدنيا لأربعة نفر: عبد رزقه ا
Other narrations of this report
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2029Muwatta' Malik 58-12Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 2683al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 20348al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 5098al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 7911
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. between 61 AH and 70 AHأَبُو كَبْشَةَ الْمَذْحِجِيُّصحابيحدثني
- trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt), there is a little Shīʿism in him, frequently narrates mursald. 81 AH or 82 AH or 83 AHسَعِيدٍ الطَّائِيِّ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّثقة ثبت، فيه تشيع قليل، كثير الإرسالعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes, and accused of Rafḍ.d. between 131 and 140 AHيُونُسُ بْنُ خَبَّابٍصدوق يخطئ ورمي بالرفض .حدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 151 AH 160 AHعُبَادَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 218 AH, 219 AHأَبُو نُعَيْمٍثقة ثبتحدثنا
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديثحدثنا
- 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 Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Dalīl al-Fāliḥīn (Ibn ʿAllān)
شرح مشكل الآثار
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī (Mubārakpūrī)
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