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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الإيمانThe Book of Faith
(ثَوَابُ إِحْيَاءِ السُّنَّةِ)(The reward for reviving the Sunnah)
Hadith 170
اُردوEn
وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الدِّينَ لَيَأْرِزُ إِلَى الْحِجَازِ كَمَا تَأْرِزُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَى جُحْرِهَا وَلَيَعْقِلَنَّ الدِّينُ مِنَ الْحِجَازِ مِعْقَلَ الْأُرْوِيَّةِ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْجَبَلِ إِنَّ الدِّينَ بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا وَسَيَعُودُ كَمَا بَدَأَ فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ يُصْلِحُونَ مَا أَفْسَدَ النَّاسُ مِنْ بَعْدِي من سنتي» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
‘Amr b. ‘Auf reported God’s messenger as saying, “The religion will shrink back to the Hijaz as a snake shrinks back to its hole, and the religion will seek refuge in the Hijaz as the mountain goat seeks refuge in the mountain top. The religion began few in number and will return to the state in which it began. Blessed are the few, for they will set right the corruptions caused in my sunna by people after my death.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Hadith Authentication
The chain of narration for this report is extremely weak.
Its narrator is Kathir bin Abdullah bin Amr bin Awf al-Muzani, about whom Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said:
“He is worth nothing.” al-kh [كتاب العلل و معرفيه الرجال 3213ت 4922 ملخصا]
◄ Imam Yahya bin Ma'in said:
«ليس بشئي» “He is nothing.” [تاريخ عثمان بن سعيد الدارمي : 713]
In addition to them, the majority of hadith scholars have criticized Kathir mentioned above.
◄ Hafiz Haythami says:
«وهو ضعيف عند الجمهور» “And he is weak according to the majority.” [مجمع الزوائد68/6]
Also see Majma‘ az-Zawa’id [130/6، 286] and [فتح الباري 451/4، 19/5، 280/7]
◄ Hafiz Ibn Hibban said:
He is a severe narrator of munkar (rejected) hadiths; he has narrated a fabricated compilation from his father «عن جده :» with the chain from his grandfather. al-kh [كتاب المجروحين221/2] Also see: [حدیث 167 سابق اضواء المصابیح 158]
Note:
There are corroborating reports for some portions of this narration, some of which have also been mentioned by Shaykh Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani rahimahullah. See: «المشكوة بتحقيق الالباني 60/1 طبعه قديمه»
The portions of the narration that are established with authentic chains make this rejected narration unnecessary. «والحمد لله»
The chain of narration for this report is extremely weak.
Its narrator is Kathir bin Abdullah bin Amr bin Awf al-Muzani, about whom Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal said:
“He is worth nothing.” al-kh [كتاب العلل و معرفيه الرجال 3213ت 4922 ملخصا]
◄ Imam Yahya bin Ma'in said:
«ليس بشئي» “He is nothing.” [تاريخ عثمان بن سعيد الدارمي : 713]
In addition to them, the majority of hadith scholars have criticized Kathir mentioned above.
◄ Hafiz Haythami says:
«وهو ضعيف عند الجمهور» “And he is weak according to the majority.” [مجمع الزوائد68/6]
Also see Majma‘ az-Zawa’id [130/6، 286] and [فتح الباري 451/4، 19/5، 280/7]
◄ Hafiz Ibn Hibban said:
He is a severe narrator of munkar (rejected) hadiths; he has narrated a fabricated compilation from his father «عن جده :» with the chain from his grandfather. al-kh [كتاب المجروحين221/2] Also see: [حدیث 167 سابق اضواء المصابیح 158]
Note:
There are corroborating reports for some portions of this narration, some of which have also been mentioned by Shaykh Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani rahimahullah. See: «المشكوة بتحقيق الالباني 60/1 طبعه قديمه»
The portions of the narration that are established with authentic chains make this rejected narration unnecessary. «والحمد لله»
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 170
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Sometimes it happens that the rain cloud is at the lower level of the mountain, so the goat climbs to the top of the mountain to protect itself from the rain. And sometimes it also happens that the goat is at the lower level of the mountain and a flood of rainwater comes and sweeps it away and kills it. Out of this fear, it climbs to the top of the mountain and thus protects itself from such calamities and destruction.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Kathir ibn Abdullah is a severely weak narrator.)
1:
Sometimes it happens that the rain cloud is at the lower level of the mountain, so the goat climbs to the top of the mountain to protect itself from the rain. And sometimes it also happens that the goat is at the lower level of the mountain and a flood of rainwater comes and sweeps it away and kills it. Out of this fear, it climbs to the top of the mountain and thus protects itself from such calamities and destruction.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Kathir ibn Abdullah is a severely weak narrator.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2630
