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Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4478 — The permissibility of not forbidding evil

قَالَ الْحَارِثُ : حَدَّثَنَا الْخَلِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا ، ثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ الشَّهِيدِ ، ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ : قَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ إِنَّ الْحَجَّاجَ قَدْ أَخَّرَ الصَّلَاةَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ حَتَّى قَرُبْنَا مِنَ الْعَصْرِ ، فَقُمْ إِلَيْهِ ، وَأْمُرْهُ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ تَعَالَى ، قَالَ الْحَسَنُ : إِذًا يَقْتُلَنِي ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ : أَلَيْسَ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : كَانُوا لا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ، الْآيَةَ ، قَالَ الْحَسَنُ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : لَيْسَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يُذِلَّ نَفْسَهُ ، قَالُوا : وَكَيْفَ يُذِلُّهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ : يَتَكَلَّفُ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ مَا لَا يُطِيقُ .
رُوَاتُهُ ثِقَاتٌ إِلَّا الْخَلِيلَ ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَ أَبِي يَعْلَى فِي قِصَّةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْقُرْدُوسِيِّ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَ بِحَدِيثَيْنِ : أَحَدُهُمَا : عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ، وَالثَّانِي قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَذَكَرَ هُنَا الْمَتْنَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him), as Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) relates, that a man came to him and said: "O Abu Sa'id! Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf has delayed the Friday prayer so much that we have come very close to the time of Asr; so stand before him and command him to have taqwa and fear of Allah Almighty." Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) replied: "In that case he will kill me." The man said (arguing): "Has Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, not said: 'They used not to forbid one another from the evil they did. How evil indeed was what they used to do!' [Surah al-Ma'idah: 79]?" Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not permissible for a believer to humiliate himself." The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! How does he humiliate himself?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He takes upon himself a trial or affliction that he cannot bear."
The narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy) except al-Khalil bin Zakariyya. This same narration is found with Imam Abu Ya'la in the form of a long story through al-Mu'alla bin Ziyad al-Qurdusi from al-Hasan al-Basri, in which he narrated two hadith: the first from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), and in the second he mentioned this above-quoted saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Reference المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب الفتوح / 4478
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«أخرجه مسند أبي يعلى برقم: 1411، وأخرجه المطالب العالية لابن حجر برقم: 4479، وأخرجه مصنف عبد الرزاق برقم: 20721»