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Sahih Muslim 144a

We were sitting in the company of Umar and he said: Who amongst you has heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) talking about the turmoil? Some people said: It is we who heard it.

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وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ، (يَعْنِي سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ حَيَّانَ) عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ

قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَذْكُرُ الْفِتَنَ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ نَحْنُ سَمِعْنَاهُ.

فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْنُونَ فِتْنَةَ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَجَارِهِ قَالُوا أَجَلْ. قَالَ تِلْكَ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلَاةُ وَالصِّيَامُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَلَكِنْ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَذْكُرُ الْفِتَنَ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ مَوْجَ الْبَحْرِ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ فَأَسْكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا.

قَالَ أَنْتَ لِلَّهِ أَبُوكَ. قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «تُعْرَضُ الْفِتَنُ عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ كَالْحَصِيرِ عُودًا عُودًا فَأَىُّ قَلْبٍ أُشْرِبَهَا نُكِتَ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ وَأَىُّ قَلْبٍ أَنْكَرَهَا نُكِتَ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ عَلَى قَلْبَيْنِ عَلَى أَبْيَضَ مِثْلِ الصَّفَا فَلَا تَضُرُّهُ فِتْنَةٌ مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ وَالآخَرُ أَسْوَدُ مُرْبَادًّا كَالْكُوزِ مُجَخِّيًا لَا يَعْرِفُ مَعْرُوفًا وَلَا يُنْكِرُ مُنْكَرًا إِلاَّ مَا أُشْرِبَ مِنْ هَوَاهُ».

قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ وَحَدَّثْتُهُ أَنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا يُوشِكُ أَنْ يُكْسَرَ. قَالَ عُمَرُ أَكَسْرًا لَا أَبَا لَكَ فَلَوْ أَنَّهُ فُتِحَ لَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يُعَادُ.

قُلْتُ: لَا بَلْ يُكْسَرُ. وَحَدَّثْتُهُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ رَجُلٌ يُقْتَلُ أَوْ يَمُوتُ. حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ. قَالَ أَبُو خَالِدٍ فَقُلْتُ لِسَعْدٍ يَا أَبَا مَالِكٍ مَا أَسْوَدُ مُرْبَادًّا قَالَ شِدَّةُ الْبَيَاضِ فِي سَوَادٍ. قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْكُوزُ مُجَخِّيًا قَالَ مَنْكُوسًا

We were sitting in the company of Umar and he said: Who amongst you has heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) talking about the turmoil? Some people said: It is we who heard it.

Upon this be remarked: Perhaps by turmoil you presume the unrest of man in regard to his household or neighbour, they replied: Yes. He (Umar) observed: Such (an unrest) would be done away with by prayer, fasting and charity. But who amongst you has heard from the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) describing that turmoil which would come like the wave of the ocean.

Hudhayfah said: The people hushed into silence, I replied: It is I. He (Umar) said: Ye, well, your father was also very pious. Hudhayfah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) (may peace be, upon him) observing: Temptations will be presented to men’s hearts as reed mat is woven stick by stick and any heart which is impregnated by them will have a black mark put into it, but any heart which rejects them will have a white mark put in it.

The result is that there will become two types of hearts: one white like a white stone which will not be harmed by any turmoil or temptation, so long as the heavens and the earth endure; and the other black and dust-coloured like a vessel which is upset, not recognizing what is good or rejecting what is abominable, but being impregnated with passion.

Hudhayfah said: I narrated to him (Umar): There is between you and that (turmoil) a closed door, but there is every likelihood of its being broken. Umar said: Would it be broken? You have, been rendered fatherless. Had it been opened, it would have been perhaps closed also.

I said: No, it would be broken, and I narrated to him: Verily that door implies a person who would be killed or die. There is no mistake in this hadith. Abu Khalid narrated: I said to Sad, O Abu Malik, what do you mean by the term Al-Aswad Murbadda?

He replied: High degree of whiteness in blackness. I said: What is meant by Alkoozu Mujakhiyyan? He replied: A vessel turned upside down.

আবূ বাকর ইবনু আবূ শইবাহ (রহঃ) ..... মুআয ইবনু জাবাল (রাযিঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি এক সফরে রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম এর গাধা উফায়র এর পিঠে তার পিছনে বসা ছিলাম।

রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বললেন, হে মুআয! তুমি কি জান, বান্দার উপর আল্লাহর হক কী এবং আল্লাহর উপর বান্দার হক কী? আমি বললাম, আল্লাহ ও তার রাসূলই ভলো জানেন।

রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়া সাল্লাম বললেন, বান্দার উপর আল্লাহর হক হলো তারা আল্লাহর ইবাদাত করবে এবং তার সঙ্গে কোন কিছু শারীক করবে না। আর আল্লাহর উপর বান্দার হক হলো, যে তার সঙ্গে শারীক করবে না, তাকে তিনি শাস্তি দিবেন না।

মু'আয বললেন, ‘আমি আরয করলাম, হে আল্লাহর রাসূল! আমি কি লোকদের এ সংবাদ জানিয়ে দেব না? তিনি বললেন, না; লোকেদের এ সংবাদ দিও না, তাহলে তারা এর উপর ভরসা করে থাকবে। (অর্থাৎ, ‘আমল করা ছেড়ে দিবে)

عمرو بن میمون نے حضرت معاذ ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے روایت کی ، انہوں نے کہا : میں رسول اللہ ﷺ کے ساتھ ایک گدھے پر سوار تھا جسے عفیر کہا جاتا تھا ۔ آپ نے فرمایا : ’’اے معاذ ! جانتے ہو ، بندوں پر اللہ کاکیا حق ہے اور اللہ پربندوں کا کیا حق ہے ؟

‘ ‘ میں نے عرض کی : اللہ اور اس کے رسول زیادہ جاننے والے ہیں ۔ آپ نے فرمایا : ’’ بندوں پر اللہ کاحق یہ ہے کہ وہ اس کی بندگی کریں ، اس کے ساتھ کسی کوشریک نہ ٹھہرائیں اور اللہ پر بندوں کا حق یہ ہے کہ جو بندہ اس کے ساتھ ( کسی چیزکو ) شریک نہ ٹھہرائے ، اللہ اس کو عذاب نہ دے ۔

‘ ‘ کہا : میں نے عرض کی : اے اللہ کے رسول ! کیا میں لوگوں کو خوش خبری نہ سناؤں ؟ آپ نے فرمایا : ’’ ان کو خوش خبری نہ سناؤ وورنہ وہ اسی پر بھروسہ کر لیں گے ۔ ‘ ‘

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakar bin Abu Syaibah] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu al-Ahwash Sallam bin Sulaim] dari [Abu Ishaq] dari [Amru bin Maimun] dari [Mu'adz bin Jabal] dia berkata, "Saya berada di boncengan Rasulullah di atas keledai yang dinamakan Ufair."

Beliau lalu bersabda: "Wahai Mu'adz apakah kamu mengetahui apa hak Allah atas hamba dan hak hamba atas Allah.' Mu'adz berkata, 'Aku lalu menjawab, 'Allah dan Rasul-Nya lebih mengetahui.'

Beliau bersabda: "Sesungguhnya hak Allah atas hamba adalah kalian menyembah Allah dan tidak mensyirikkan-Nya dengan sesuatu apa pun, dan hak hamba atas Allah adalah agar tidak disiksa orang yang tidak mensyirikkan-Nya dengan sesuatu apa pun.'

Mu'adz berkata, 'Saya lalu berkata, 'Wahai Rasulullah, tidakkah boleh aku memberitakannya kepada manusia? ' Beliau menjawab: 'Jangan kamu memberitahukannya kepada mereka sehingga mereka bersandar kepadanya

Bize Ebu Bekr b. Ebi Şeybe tahdis etti (Dedi ki): Bize Ebu'l-Ahvas Sellam b. Süleym, Ebu İshak'dan, o da Amr b. Meymun'dan, o Muaz b. Cebel'den şöyle dediğini nakletti: Resulullah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem)'in terkisinde Ufeyr adındaki bir eşeğinin üzerine binmiştim. Allah Resulü: "Ey Muaz, Allah'ın kulları üzerindeki hakkı nedir?

Kulların Allah üzerindeki hakkı nedir bilir misin?" buyurdu. Ben: Allah ve Resulü en iyi bilir dedim. O şöyle buyurdu: "Şüphesiz Allah'ın kulları üzerindeki hakkı Allah'a ibadet etmeleri, ona hiçbir şeyi ortak koşmamalarıdır. Kulların aziz ve celil olan Allah üzerindeki hakkı ise kendisine hiçbir şeyi ortak koşmayan kimselere azap etmemesidir.

" (Muaz) dedi ki: Ey Allah'ın Resulü o halde insanlara bu müjdeyi vermeyeyim mi, dedim. O: "Onlara bu müjdeyi verme, o vakit buna bel bağlar/ar" buyurdu. Diğer tahric: Buhari, 2701, 2856 -muhtasar olarak-; Tirmizi, 2643; Tuhfetu'l-Eşraf

Sahih Muslim 144a, Book 1, The Book of Faith, Hadith 276. 2 min read

What it means

The Commander of the Believers, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him), was in his assembly, and with him was a group of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), so he said to them: Who among you heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) mention the trials?

Some people said: We heard him mention the trials. ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Perhaps you mean the trial and test a man faces within his household: with his wife and children, due to his excessive love for them, his miserliness towards them, his being preoccupied with them to the detriment of much goodness, or his negligence in fulfilling their rights, disciplining them, and educating them.

Likewise, the trial of a man with his neighbor and similar matters—perhaps this is what you mean? They said: Yes. He said: Those are trials that require accountability, and among them are sins that can be hoped to be expiated by good deeds, such as prayer, fasting, and charity. But who of you heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) mention the public trials due to their great severity and extensive prevalence, shaking people like the waves of the sea in turmoil?

The people kept silent, and Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamān (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: I heard him. ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) rejoiced and said to him: May Allah bless your father for bringing someone like you; speak.

Hudhayfah said: He (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: Trials appear and cling to the surface and sides of a person's heart, just as the straw mat clings to the side of one lying on it. The heart is deeply impacted by how tightly the trials adhere to it. These trials are repeated and recur, one after another. Any heart they enter, that embraces them and allows them to mix within it, as a drink permeates a body, becomes marked with a black spot.

And any heart that rejects them is marked with a white spot until hearts become of two kinds: a white heart, firm in its bond of faith, free from defects, and unaffected by trials, like a smooth, polished rock upon which nothing sticks—such a heart is unharmed by any trial until it meets Allah. The other heart is a heart that has turned black from the trials, like a tilted or overturned pitcher that cannot hold water.

Similarly, this heart does not retain any good or wisdom. It does not acknowledge what is right, nor does it denounce what is evil, except for what it desires and craves.

Hudhayfah said to ‘Umar: These trials will not emerge during your lifetime, and between you and them is a closed door that is about to be broken. ‘Umar asked: Will it be broken completely? If it were opened, perhaps it would have been restored.

Hudhayfah replied: No, it will be broken. And that door is a man who will be killed or die. What I have mentioned is a true and confirmed report, not from the scriptures of the People of the Book, nor from the opinion of any scholar, but from the Hadīth of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).

What it teaches

  • The danger of public trials lies in the bloodshed, the loss of wealth, and the disappearance of security therein.
  • If the personal trials are related to religion, the person will be blamed, as they are either religious innovations or sins. But if they are related to worldly matters, they are a test and trial for the person, and he must be patient.
  • The heart is affected by the trials that are presented to it, and the successful one is the one whom Allah guides to remain steadfast on guidance.
  • An-Nawawi said: The author of At-Tahrīr said: The meaning of the Hadīth: When a person follows his desires and commits sins, darkness enters his heart with every sin he commits. When this happens, he becomes misled, and the light of Islam is removed from him. The heart is like a jug; if it is turned upside down, whatever is inside it pours out, and nothing can enter it after that.
  • ‘Umar's words to Hudhayfah: (La aba lak) mean: Be serious in this matter, and prepare yourself like one who has no helper.
  • The merit of ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and that he is a closed door between the people and trials.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn NumayrTold us, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Sulayman ibn HayyanTold us, Third generation, died 189 AH
  4. 4Sad ibn TariqFrom, Successor, died 140 AH
  5. 5Ribi ibn HirashFrom, Successor, died 100 AH
  6. 6Hudhayfah ibn al-YamanFrom, Companion, died 36 AH

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