مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الرقاقThe Book of Heart-Softeners
(لَا عُذْرَ بَعْدَ السِّتِّينَ سَنَةً)
(No excuse after sixty years)
Hadith 5292
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: أَيْنَ أَبْنَاءُ السِتِّينَ؟ وَهُوَ الْعُمُرُ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى [أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُمْ مَا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تذكَّرَ وجاءكُم النذير] رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي شعب الْإِيمَان
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, a caller will call out: Where are those who are sixty years old?" And this (sixty years) is the age about which Allah Almighty said: "Did We not grant you a life long enough for whoever would take heed to take heed, and the warner came to you." Its chain of narration is very weak. It was narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.
