Hadith 205

حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " أَيُّمَا دَاعٍ دَعَا إِلَى ضَلَالَةٍ فَاتُّبِعَ ، فَإِنَّ لَهُ مِثْلَ أَوْزَارِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ ، وَلَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَوْزَارِهِمْ شَيْئًا ، وَأَيُّمَا دَاعٍ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى فَاتُّبِعَ ، فَإِنَّ لَهُ مِثْلَ أُجُورِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ ، وَلَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا " .
´It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that:` The Messenger of Allah said: "Every caller who invites people to misguidance and is followed, will have a burden of sin equal to that of those who follow him, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest. And every caller who invites people to true guidance and is followed, will have a reward equal to that of those who follow him, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.'"
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / (أبواب كتاب السنة) / 205
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح لغيره  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij «تفرد بہ ابن ماجہ ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 851 ، ومصباح الزجاجة : 75 ) ، وقد أخرجہ : سنن الترمذی/تفسیر القرآن 38 ( 3228 ) ، سنن الدارمی/المقدمة 44 ( 530 ) ( صحیح ) » ( اس سند میں سعد بن سنان ضعیف ہیں ، لیکن اگلی حدیث سے تقویت پاکر یہ صحیح ہے )
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
English Commentary:
By misguidance is meant shirk (associating partners with Allah), innovation (bid‘ah), immorality (fisq), wickedness (fujur), and all those actions which are prohibited and unlawful in the Shari‘ah.
Whoever calls towards, encourages, or assists in such an act will bear a sin equal to the total sin of all those people who commit that wrongful act because of him.
And by guidance is meant actions such as tawhid (affirming the oneness of Allah), following the Sunnah, fulfilling obligations (wajibat), and abstaining from sins, etc.
The one who invites to these will receive a reward equal to the total reward of all those individuals who perform that good deed as a result of his influence.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 205