Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2863

Translation

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed Allah commanded Yahya bin Zakariyya with five commandments to abide by, and to command the Children of Isra'il to abide by them. But he was slow in doing so. So 'Eisa said: 'Indeed Allah commanded you with five commandments to abide by and to command the Children of Isra'il to abide by. Either you command them, or I shall command them.' So Yahya said: 'I fear that if you precede me in this, then the earth may swallow me, or I shall be punished.' So he gathered the people in Jerusalem, and they filled [the Masjid] and sat upon its balconies. So he said: 'Indeed Allah has commanded me with five commandments to abide by, and to command you to abide by. The first of them is that you worship Allah and not associate anything with him. The parable of the one who associates others with Allah is that of a man who buys a servant with his own gold or silver, then he says to him: "This is my home and this is my business so take care of it and give me the profits." So he takes care of it and gives the profits to someone other than his master. Which of you would live to have a servant like that? And Allah commands you to perform Salat, and when you perform Salat then do not turn away, for Allah is facing the face of His worshipers as long as he does not turn away. And He commands you with fasting. For indeed the parable of fasting, is that of a man in a group with a sachet containing musk. All of them enjoy its fragrance. Indeed the breath of the fasting person is more pleasant to Allah than the scent of musk. And He commands you to give charity. The parable of that, is a man captured by his enemies, tying his hands to his neck, and they come to him to beat his neck. Then he said: "I can ransom myself from you with a little or a lot" so he ransoms himself from them. And He commands you to remember Allah. For indeed the parable of that, is a man whose enemy quickly tracks him until he reaches an impermeable fortress in which he protects himself from them. This is how the worshiper is; he does not protect himself from Ash-Shaitan except by the remembrance of Allah.'" The Prophet ﷺ said: "And I command you with five that Allah commanded me: Listening and obeying, Jihad, Hijrah, and the Jama'ah. For indeed whoever parts from the Jama'ah the measure of a hand-span, then he has cast off the yoke of Islam from his neck, unless he returns. And whoever calls with the call of Jahiliyyah then he is from the coals of Hell." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Even if he performs Salat and fasts?" So he ﷺ said: "Even if he performs Salat and fasts. So call with the call that Allah named you with: Muslims, believers, worshipers of Allah."

Notes

• هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْحَارِثُ الأَشْعَرِيُّ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ وَلَهُ غَيْرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ

  machine translationThis is a good (ḥasan), sound (ṣaḥīḥ), gharīb hadith. Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl said: Al-Ḥārith al-Ashʿarī had companionship with the Prophet ﷺ, and he has other hadiths besides this one. Report a problem

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What scholars said about it

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• al-Tirmidhi

  صححه الترمذي

  machine translational-Tirmidhī graded it authentic (ṣaḥīḥ). Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 3115
• al-Tirmidhi

  صححه

  machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu). Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 3115
• Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim

  صحيح على شرط البخاري ومسلم

  machine translationAuthentic (ṣaḥīḥ), meeting the criteria of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 3115
• Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī

  أخرجه الترمذي وابن خزيمة وابن حبان ومصححا من حديث الحارث بن الحارث الأشعري

  machine translationAl-Tirmidhī, Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn Ḥibbān recorded it, and declared it sound (ṣaḥīḥ), from the hadith of al-Ḥārith b. al-Ḥārith al-Ashʿarī. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 3115

Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 55وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ( «آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلَاثٌ». زَادَ مُسْلِمٌ: «وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُسْلِمٌ». ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا: «إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ
• Riyadhus Shalihin 199- عن أبي هريرة، رضي الله عنه، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “آية المنافق ثلاث: إذا حدث كذب، وإذا وعد أخلف، وإذا أؤتمن خان" ((متفق عليه)).
• Shahih Muslim 59aآيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلاَثٌ إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا ائْتُمِنَ خَانَ
• Shahih Muslim 59cآيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلاَثٌ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُسْلِمٌ
• Shahih Muslim 59dوَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُسْلِمٌ
• Riyadhus Shalihin 688- وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "آية المنافق ثلاث: إذا حدث كذب، وإذا وعد أخلف، وإذا اؤتمن خان" ((متفق عليه)). زاد في ((رواية لمسلم)): "وإن صام وصلى وزعم أنه مسلم".
• Jami at-Tirmidzi 2631آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلاَثٌ إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ
• Misykatul Mashabih 3694عَن الحارِثِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " آمُرُكُمْ بِخَمْسٍ: بِالْجَمَاعَةِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَالْهِجْرَةِ وَالْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّهُ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَمَاعَةِ
• Sunan an-Nasa'i 5021آيَةُ النِّفَاقِ ثَلَاثٌ إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ
• Shahih al-Bukhari 6095آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلاَثٌ إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 7053Sahih al-Bukhari 7143Sahih Muslim 1849aMusnad Ahmad 2487Sunan ad-Darimi 2561Musnad Abi Ya'la 2350

Narrators

1. 1
   al-Ḥārith b. al-Ḥārith al-Ashʿarī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)
   الْحَارِثُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْأَشْعَرِيُّصحابي
   حدثه
2. 2
   Abū Sallām

   trustworthy (thiqah), he narrates mursal reports (yursil)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   أَبَا سَلَّامٍثقة يرسل
   حدثه
3. 3
   Zayd b. Sallām

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 121 AH and 130 AH
   زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Yaḥyá b. Abī Kathīr

   trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt), but he practiced tadlīs and irsāld. 129 AH or 130 AH or 132 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍثقة ثبت ، لكنه يدلس ويرسل
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abān

   Trustworthy (thiqah), with some unique narrations (afrād)d. around 160 AH
   أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَثقة له أفراد
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Mūsā b. Ismāʿīl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 223 AH, or 226 AH
   مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   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 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
   حدثنا
8. 8
   al-Tirmidhī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AH
   التِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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Mishkat al-Masabih 3694