سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الفتنChapters on Tribulations
بَابُ : السَّوَادِ الأَعْظَمِChapter: The great majority
Hadith 3950
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ , حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ , حَدَّثَنَا مُعَانُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ السَّلَامِيُّ , حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو خَلَفٍ الْأَعْمَى , قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ , يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , يَقُولُ : " إِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَنْ تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ , فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ اخْتِلَافًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّوَادِ الْأَعْظَمِ " .
´Anas bin Malik said:` “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘My nation will not unite on misguidance, so if you see them differing, follow the great majority.’”
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Explanation & Benefits
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Hadith Authentication
Its chain of narration is severely weak.
◄ In this narration, Mu'an ibn Rifa'ah al-Sulami is a narrator who is "layyin al-hadith" (one who narrates weak hadiths). See: [تقريب التهذيب 6747]
◄ The majority of hadith scholars have criticized him, as is evident from Tahdhib al-Kamal. [تهذيب الكمال 7؍149]
◄ The second narrator in this narration is Abu Khalaf al-A'ma (Hazim ibn Ata'), about whom Hafiz Ibn Hajar wrote: «متروك.» etc. [تقريب التهذيب : 8083]
◄ Abu Hatim al-Razi said:
«شيخ منكر الحديث ليس بالقوي»
"He was a shaykh who narrated munkar (denounced) hadiths and was not strong." [الجرح و التعديل 3 279]
◄ Al-Busayri said:
This chain is weak, etc. [زوائد ابن ماجه ص510]
◄ In Akhbar Asbahan by Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani [208/2], there is also a weak corroborating narration in which Abu 'Awn al-Ansari is of unknown status, and there is no explicit statement of hearing (tasrih al-sama') from Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid (who is trustworthy but a mudallis).
↰ In summary, this narration is weak.
Benefit:
If someone insists on using this weak narration as evidence, then it is submitted to him that the hadith scholar Ibn Abi Asim (d. 287 AH), after narrating this hadith, wrote the following addition (either as an explanation or as a narration):
«الحق وأهله»
That is, "the great majority (sawad a'zam)" refers to the truth and the people of truth. See: [السنة لابن ابي عاصم حديث 84]
Its chain of narration is severely weak.
◄ In this narration, Mu'an ibn Rifa'ah al-Sulami is a narrator who is "layyin al-hadith" (one who narrates weak hadiths). See: [تقريب التهذيب 6747]
◄ The majority of hadith scholars have criticized him, as is evident from Tahdhib al-Kamal. [تهذيب الكمال 7؍149]
◄ The second narrator in this narration is Abu Khalaf al-A'ma (Hazim ibn Ata'), about whom Hafiz Ibn Hajar wrote: «متروك.» etc. [تقريب التهذيب : 8083]
◄ Abu Hatim al-Razi said:
«شيخ منكر الحديث ليس بالقوي»
"He was a shaykh who narrated munkar (denounced) hadiths and was not strong." [الجرح و التعديل 3 279]
◄ Al-Busayri said:
This chain is weak, etc. [زوائد ابن ماجه ص510]
◄ In Akhbar Asbahan by Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani [208/2], there is also a weak corroborating narration in which Abu 'Awn al-Ansari is of unknown status, and there is no explicit statement of hearing (tasrih al-sama') from Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid (who is trustworthy but a mudallis).
↰ In summary, this narration is weak.
Benefit:
If someone insists on using this weak narration as evidence, then it is submitted to him that the hadith scholar Ibn Abi Asim (d. 287 AH), after narrating this hadith, wrote the following addition (either as an explanation or as a narration):
«الحق وأهله»
That is, "the great majority (sawad a'zam)" refers to the truth and the people of truth. See: [السنة لابن ابي عاصم حديث 84]
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 174
