Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī Ḥadīth [2059] – One who does not care from where he earns

31 October 2022 · 6 Rabīʿ II 1444 AH

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حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ المَقْبُرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: >يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ، لاَ يُبَالِي المَرْءُ مَا أَخَذَ مِنْهُ، أَمِنَ الحَلاَلِ أَمْ مِنَ الحَرَامِ<

Reference

Book [34]: Sales and trade
Chapter [7]: One who does not care from where he earns

Translation

Ḥadīth [2059]: It is narrated on the authority of Abū Hurayrah [d. 57H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: “A time will come when one will not care how one gains one’s money, legally or illegally.”

Takhrīj

• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī  (2083)
• Sunan ad-Dārimī (2536 (2/198))
• Musnad Aḥmad (9620 (15/382); 9838 (15/521) & 10563 (16/332)) [Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ] 
• Musnad Aḥmad (9586 (9/262); 9799 (9/326) & 10511 (9/504-505)) [Aḥmad Shākir]

Grading
Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)

Commentary

Commentary by Shaykh Abū ‘Abdullāh Muḥammad Yusrī Ibrāhīm

❶ Warning from the trials of wealth.
❷ Dispraise of abandoning piety and being careful in earning (only permissible) wealth.
❸ The narration is from the signs of the prophethood [of Muḥammad (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him)], and it contains prophecy about the changing of the condition (of people) in the end of days.

• Reference: [965 (1/392-393), Fatḥul Bārī ‘Alā Mukhtaṣar al-Bukhārī, Dar Al-Yusr (Ar)]

Translated by Muḥammad ‘Imrān (Jeddah/India)