مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
بَابٌ فِيمَنْ تَشَبَّهَ مِنَ الشَّبَابِ بِالْكُهُولِ ، وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ .
Young people who imitate the elderly, and others
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عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ : أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " خَيْرُ شَبَابِكُمْ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِكُهُولِكُمْ ، وَشَرُّ كُهُولِكُمْ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِشَبَابِكُمْ " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَفِيهِ مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The best of your young people are those who resemble the elderly, and the worst of your elderly are those who resemble the young."
Imam Abu Ya'la and Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
Imam Abu Ya'la and Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration; its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.
وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " خَيْرُ شَبَابِكُمْ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِكُهُولِكُمْ ، وَشَرُّ كُهُولِكُمْ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِشَبَابِكُمْ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ وَالْبَزَّارُ ، وَفِيهِمَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of your young people are those who resemble your middle-aged people, and the worst of your middle-aged people are those who resemble your young people."
Imam al-Tabarani and Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration; the chains of both contain a narrator, al-Hasan bin Abi Ja'far, who is da'if (weak).
Imam al-Tabarani and Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration; the chains of both contain a narrator, al-Hasan bin Abi Ja'far, who is da'if (weak).
وَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ ابْنَ سَبْعِينَ فِي هَيْئَةِ ابْنِ عِشْرِينَ فِي مِشْيَتِهِ وَمَنْظَرِهِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَقَالَ : لَا يُرْوَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، وَفِيهِ مُوسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty dislikes a seventy-year-old who adopts the appearance of a twenty-year-old in his walk and his look."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and he said: It is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain. Its chain contains a narrator, Musa bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin al-Harith, who is da'if (weak).
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and he said: It is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only with this chain. Its chain contains a narrator, Musa bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin al-Harith, who is da'if (weak).
