حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
صُرَدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَنَازِلِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
حَبِيبًا الْمَالِكِيَّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ : يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ ، إِنَّكُمْ لَتُحَدِّثُونَنَا بِأَحَادِيثَ مَا نَجِدُ لَهَا أَصْلًا فِي الْقُرْآنِ ، فَغَضِبَ
عِمْرَانُ ، وَقَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ : أَوَجَدْتُمْ فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ دِرْهَمًا دِرْهَمٌ ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ كَذَا وَكَذَا شَاةً شَاةٌ ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ كَذَا وَكَذَا بَعِيرًا كَذَا وَكَذَا أَوَجَدْتُمْ هَذَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ ، قَالَ : لَا ، قَالَ : فَعَنْ مَنْ أَخَذْتُمْ هَذَا ؟ أَخَذْتُمُوهُ عَنَّا وَأَخَذْنَاهُ عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَذَكَرَ أَشْيَاءَ نَحْوَ هَذَا .
Habib al-Maliki said: A man said to Imran ibn Husayn: Abu Nujayd, you narrate to us traditions whose basis we do not find in the Quran. Thereupon, Imran got angry and said to the man: Do you find in the Quran that one dirham is due on forty dirhams (as Zakat), and one goat is due on such-and-such number of goats, and one camel will be due on such-and-such number of camels? He replied: No. He said: From whom did you take it? You took it from us, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He mentioned many similar things.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1561. Commentary: This indicates that the tribulation of rejecting hadith is an ancient tribulation, the beginnings of which appeared towards the end of the era of the Companions (radi Allahu anhum). Undoubtedly, most subsidiary rulings are found only in authentic hadiths. The Noble Qur’an has mentioned the principles, and in some places, some important subsidiary matters as well. In this hadith, the Companion of the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), Imran (radi Allahu anhu), has, with great comprehensiveness and brevity, uprooted the tribulation of rejecting hadith.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1561