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سنن ترمذي
Tirmidhi
كتاب الفتن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمChapters On Al-Fitan
باب مِنْهُChapter: Prediction of an Era Where Even Little Good Deeds Will Lead to Salvation
Hadith 2267
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْجَوْزَجَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " إِنَّكُمْ فِي زَمَانٍ مَنْ تَرَكَ مِنْكُمْ عُشْرَ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ هَلَكَ ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي زَمَانٌ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ بِعُشْرِ مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ نَجَا " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ ، لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، قَالَ : وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ .
´Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet(s.a.w) said:` "You are in a time when whoever abandons a tenth of what he has been ordered, then he is ruined. Then, there will come a time in which whoever does a tenth of what he has been ordered shall be saved."
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Brief Explanation
1؎: That is, at a time when the religion is dominant and its supporters are many, abandoning and neglecting even a tenth part of the religious matters (shar‘i umūr) leads to destruction. However, in that era which will be filled with immorality and wickedness (fisq wa fujūr), when Islam will be weak and disbelief (kufr) will be dominant, and the supporters of the religion will be few, then at such a time, even the one who acts upon a tenth part of the religious rulings (ahkām shar‘iyyah) will be successful and triumphant. However, in that tenth part, the four pillars (arkān arba‘ah) must certainly be included.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, at a time when the religion is dominant and its supporters are many, abandoning and neglecting even a tenth part of the religious matters leads to destruction.
But in that era which will be filled with immorality and wickedness,
when Islam will be weak and disbelief will be dominant,
at such a time, even the one who acts upon a tenth part of the religious rulings (ahkam shar‘iyyah) will be successful and triumphant.
However, this tenth part must necessarily include the four pillars (arkan arba‘ah).
Note:
(Based on corroborating evidence, this hadith is authentic;
otherwise, its narrator "Nu‘aym ibn Hammad" is severely weak in memory.
For details, see:
al-Sahihah no. 2510,
and Tawaruj al-Albani: 224)
1:
That is, at a time when the religion is dominant and its supporters are many, abandoning and neglecting even a tenth part of the religious matters leads to destruction.
But in that era which will be filled with immorality and wickedness,
when Islam will be weak and disbelief will be dominant,
at such a time, even the one who acts upon a tenth part of the religious rulings (ahkam shar‘iyyah) will be successful and triumphant.
However, this tenth part must necessarily include the four pillars (arkan arba‘ah).
Note:
(Based on corroborating evidence, this hadith is authentic;
otherwise, its narrator "Nu‘aym ibn Hammad" is severely weak in memory.
For details, see:
al-Sahihah no. 2510,
and Tawaruj al-Albani: 224)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2267
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Hadith Authentication
Its chain of narration is weak.
This chain is weak for two reasons:
➊ Although Nu‘aym ibn Hammad rahimahullah was truthful and his hadith were fair (hasan al-hadith), this narration is among those for which Nu‘aym has been criticized. See my book ‘Ilmi Maqalat [ج1ص462]
➋ Imam Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah rahimahullah was a mudallis, and this narration is from «عن».
◄ A weak corroborating narration (shahid) attributed to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari radi Allahu anhu is found in Musnad Ahmad [5؍155] and Dham al-Kalam by al-Harawi [نسخة عبدالرحمٰن الشبل ح97، نسخة الشيخ الصالح ابي جابر عبدالله بن محمد بن عثمان الانصاري حفظه الله ح100] and others. See: [السلسلة الصحيحة للالباني 6؍40، 41 ح2510]
↰ This corroborating narration is weak due to its being disconnected (not musnad).
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud radi Allahu anhu said:
“You are living in a time when the prayer is long and the sermon is short, the scholars are many and the preachers are few. But a time will come upon you when the prayer will be short and the sermon long, the preachers will be many and the scholars few.” etc. [المعجم الكبير للطبراني 113/9ح 8567 وسنده حسن]
↰ In this mawquf narration (which is, in ruling, marfu‘), there is no corroboration (shahid) for the above hadith.
Summary of Authentication:
◄ Some scholars have declared this narration hasan li-ghayrihi, but it is weak with all its corroborating narrations.
Its chain of narration is weak.
This chain is weak for two reasons:
➊ Although Nu‘aym ibn Hammad rahimahullah was truthful and his hadith were fair (hasan al-hadith), this narration is among those for which Nu‘aym has been criticized. See my book ‘Ilmi Maqalat [ج1ص462]
➋ Imam Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah rahimahullah was a mudallis, and this narration is from «عن».
◄ A weak corroborating narration (shahid) attributed to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari radi Allahu anhu is found in Musnad Ahmad [5؍155] and Dham al-Kalam by al-Harawi [نسخة عبدالرحمٰن الشبل ح97، نسخة الشيخ الصالح ابي جابر عبدالله بن محمد بن عثمان الانصاري حفظه الله ح100] and others. See: [السلسلة الصحيحة للالباني 6؍40، 41 ح2510]
↰ This corroborating narration is weak due to its being disconnected (not musnad).
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud radi Allahu anhu said:
“You are living in a time when the prayer is long and the sermon is short, the scholars are many and the preachers are few. But a time will come upon you when the prayer will be short and the sermon long, the preachers will be many and the scholars few.” etc. [المعجم الكبير للطبراني 113/9ح 8567 وسنده حسن]
↰ In this mawquf narration (which is, in ruling, marfu‘), there is no corroboration (shahid) for the above hadith.
Summary of Authentication:
◄ Some scholars have declared this narration hasan li-ghayrihi, but it is weak with all its corroborating narrations.
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 179
