حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِذَا سَمِعَ مِنْ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: حَدِيثًا لَمْ يَعْدُهُ وَلَمْ يُقَصِّرْ دُونَهُ

Book 0: The book of the sunnah
Chapter 1: Following the sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him)

Ḥadīth [4]: It is narrated on the authority of Abū Ja’far [d. 114H] that he said: ‘Whenever ibn ‘Umar [d. 72H] (may Allāh be pleased with them both) heard a ḥadīth from the Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), he would not do more than it said, and he would not do less.’

❶ The ḥadīth under reference shows how keen the companions (may Allāh be pleased with them) were to avoid innovation and literally implement each word of the Prophet’s ordainments. They left no stone unturned in their effort. Nor did they try to put one step ahead of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him). It is because the Qurān expressly forbids the doing of it in the following terms: “O you who believe! Do not put yourselves forward before Allāh and His Messenger.” [Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt 49: 1]
❷ The ḥadīth would also explain why ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar [d. 72H] (may Allāh be pleased with them both), when he heard a ḥadīth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), neither added to it nor omitted from it anything.

• Reference: [4 (1/75), Sunan ibn Mājah, Dārussalām (Eng)]

• Sunan ad-Dārimī (318 (1/65))

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan ibn Mājah (4 (1/13)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar ad-Da’wah, New Delhi (Sunan ibn Mājah (4 (1/9-10)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah (4 (1/1)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah (4 (1/4-5)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Ḥusayn Asad (Musnad ad-Dārimī (327 (1/348-349)))

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