Translated by Umm Rumayṣā’
Sunan ad-Dārimī Ḥadīth [241] – From the signs of the destruction of people
12 December 2020 · 27 Rabīʿ II 1442 AH
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالٌ هُوَ: ابْنُ خَبَّابٍ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، مَا عَلَامَةُ هَلَاكِ النَّاسِ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا هَلَكَ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ
Reference
Book: Introduction
Chapter [26]: The departure of knowledge
Reference: Sunan ad-Dārimī (241 (1/55))
Translation
Ḥadīth [241]: Hilāl bin Khabbāb [d. 144H] says: I asked Sa’īd bin Jubayr [d. 95H]: ‘O ‘Abu ‘Abdullāh, what is a sign of the destruction of people?’ He replied: ‘When their ‘ulamā’ [learned ones] pass away.’
Takhrīj
• Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (39989 [38361])
• Shu’ab al-Īmān (1542 (3/193))
• Ḥilyatul Awliyā’ (4/276)
• Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm wa-Faḍlihi (1023 (1/595-596))
Grade:
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Ḥusayn Asad (Musnad ad-Dārimī (247 (1/309-310)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ and the narrators are thiqāt by Shaykh Abul-Ashbāl az-Zuhayrī (Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm wa-Faḍlihi)
• Ḥasan mawqūf by Sayyid ‘Imrān (Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (38361 (11/390)))
• Trustworthy narrators except al-Faḍl bin Muḥammad by Mukhtār Aḥmad an-Nadwī (Shu’ab al-Īmān)
Commentary
Commentary by Shaykh ‘Abdul-Mannān Rāsikh (Sunan ad-Dārimī)
The true essence of life lies in attaching oneself to the religion. Lack of attachment to the religion brings desolation and following the correct path to religion will only bring goodness.
• Reference: [247 (1/203), Sunan ad-Dārimī, Ansarus Sunnah Publications (Ur)]
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