Hadith Referenceسنن ترمذي / كتاب صفة القيامة والرقائق والورع عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 2520
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف، المشكاة (178) ، التعليق الرغيب (1 / 41) // ضعيف الجامع الصغير (5476) ما عدا الجزء الأخير // | زبیر علی زئی:(2520) إسناده ضعيف, أبو بشر مجهول الحال ، وثقه الحاكم وحده و تناقض قول الذهبي فيه
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone eats what is good, acts according to a sunna, and men are safe from injuries on his part, he will enter paradise.” A man said, “Messenger of God, to-day there are many such among the people to which he replied, “And there will also be such in generations after my time.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Hadith Authentication Its chain of narration is weak. ◄ Al-Hakim [104/4] and al-Dhahabi (both) have declared it authentic. ◄ On the other hand, Hafiz al-Dhahabi himself has written regarding «ابوبشر عن ابي وائل»: «لا يعرف» “He is not known.” [الكاشف3 273] ◄ Al-Dhahabi’s authentication is nullified by his own criticism, and al-Hakim was lenient, therefore reliance cannot be placed solely on his authentication unless the narrator is from among his teachers, teachers of his teachers, or from that group who were very well-known for their narrations.
Note ①: Hafiz Ibn al-Jawzi, without any chain of narration, has reported from Imam Ahmad that he strongly rejected this hadith and said: “I do not know Abu Bishr.” etc. [العللا المتناهيه 2 263ح 1252]
Note ②: In the monthly magazine Al-Hadith Hazro [عدد 24 ص48], this hadith has been described as hasan, which is abrogated according to the research in Adhwa al-Masabih.
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 178