'Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to those who measure and weigh: "Two such deeds have been committed by you, because of which the previous nations were destroyed before you." © Imam Tirmidhi says:
We know this hadith only as a marfu' narration through Husain bin Qais, and Husain bin Qais is considered weak in hadith. Also, it is narrated with a sahih chain from Ibn Abbas as a mawquf narration.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, measurement and weight.
At the beginning of this hadith, Imam Tirmidhi has started the chain of narration from his teacher Sa'id ibn Ya'qub Talaqani... This Talaqan is located in the north of present-day Afghanistan, and even today, by the grace of Allah, Salafi Ahl al-Hadith people are present there and are holding firmly to the heritage of hadith of their predecessors.
2:
For example, the people of Shu'ayb alayhis salam, when they had to take (something), they would take in full, and when they had to give, they would give less.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, "Husayn ibn Qays" is a narrator whose hadith is rejected (matruk al-hadith), but it is established as mawquf, that is, from the statement of Ibn Abbas, as Imam Tirmidhi himself has clarified after weakening the marfu' narration.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1217