مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الإيمانThe Book of Faith
(سِتَّةُ أَصْنَافٍ مَلْعُونِينَ)(Six types of cursed people)
Hadith 110
وَعَن مطر بن عكام قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ إِلَيْهَا حَاجَةً» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ
Matar b. ‘Ukamis reported God’s messenger as saying, “When God decrees that someone should die in a certain land, He gives him a reason for going there." Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Takhrij:
[سنن ترمذي 2146]
Hadith Authentication:
It is authentic.
◈ Al-Hakim [1؍42 ح125، 126] and Al-Dhahabi have declared it authentic according to the conditions of Bukhari and Muslim.
◈ In its chain is Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, who is a mudallis narrator,
but in Sunan al-Tirmidhi [2147] there is an authentic corroborating narration (shahid) with exactly the same meaning, regarding which Imam al-Tirmidhi said: «هٰذا حديث صحيح» Its chain is authentic.
And Ibn Hibban [الموارد : 1815], Al-Hakim [42/1], and Al-Dhahabi have declared it authentic.
Fiqh of the Hadith:
➊ The time and place of a person's death that is decreed in destiny by Allah, he reaches there.
➋ The belief in divine decree (qadar) is true.
➌ In some manuscripts, instead of «عكامس», it is written as «عكام», whereas the correct version is «عكامس», as is found in the Mishkat teaching edition, India, p. [22].
[سنن ترمذي 2146]
Hadith Authentication:
It is authentic.
◈ Al-Hakim [1؍42 ح125، 126] and Al-Dhahabi have declared it authentic according to the conditions of Bukhari and Muslim.
◈ In its chain is Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, who is a mudallis narrator,
but in Sunan al-Tirmidhi [2147] there is an authentic corroborating narration (shahid) with exactly the same meaning, regarding which Imam al-Tirmidhi said: «هٰذا حديث صحيح» Its chain is authentic.
And Ibn Hibban [الموارد : 1815], Al-Hakim [42/1], and Al-Dhahabi have declared it authentic.
Fiqh of the Hadith:
➊ The time and place of a person's death that is decreed in destiny by Allah, he reaches there.
➋ The belief in divine decree (qadar) is true.
➌ In some manuscripts, instead of «عكامس», it is written as «عكام», whereas the correct version is «عكامس», as is found in the Mishkat teaching edition, India, p. [22].
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 110
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Thus, a servant travels toward that part of the earth to fulfill his need where Allah has decreed his death for him,
then, upon reaching there, his death occurs.
﴿وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ﴾ (Luqman: 34) (“And no soul knows in what land it will die”)—this points to the fact that no one has any knowledge of which part of the earth their death will come in.
1:
Thus, a servant travels toward that part of the earth to fulfill his need where Allah has decreed his death for him,
then, upon reaching there, his death occurs.
﴿وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ﴾ (Luqman: 34) (“And no soul knows in what land it will die”)—this points to the fact that no one has any knowledge of which part of the earth their death will come in.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2146
