Sunan ibn Mājah Ḥadīth [4035] – There is nothing left of this world except trials and tribulations
24 December 2020 · 9 Jumādā I 1442 AH
حَدَّثَنَا غِيَاثُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّحَبِيُّ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ جَابِرٍ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا بَلَاءٌ وَفِتْنَةٌ
Reference
Book 36: Tribulations
Chapter 24: Hard times
Translation
Ḥadīth [4035]: It is narrated on the authority of Mu’āwiyah [d. 60H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) say: “There is nothing left of this world except trials and tribulations.”
Takhrīj
• Musnad Aḥmad (16853 (28/66-68)) [Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ]
• Musnad Aḥmad (16796 (13/181-182)) [Aḥmad Shākir]
• Musnad Shāmīn (607 (1/350))
• Musnad Shihāb (1175 (2/197-198))
• Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Ḥibbān (690 (2/465-466) & 2899 (7/159-160))
• Al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr (866 (19/368))
• Ḥilyatul Awliyā’ (5/162)
• Tārīkh ad-Dimashq (60/348)
• Siyar A’lām an-Nubalā’ (11/312)
• Ibn Abī ‘Āṣim’s az-Zuhd (146 (1/71))
• Ibn Abī Dunyā’s az-Zuhd (202 (1/94-95))
• Ibn al-Mubārak’s az-Zuhd (551 (1/485-486))
Grade:
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan ibn Mājah)
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar ad-Da’wah, New Delhi (Sunan ibn Mājah (4237 (5/283)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ isnād by Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir (Musnad Aḥmad)
• Ḥasan isnād by Ḥāfiz Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah)
• Ḥasan isnād by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah & Musnad Aḥmad)
• Qawī isnād by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Ḥibbān)
Commentary
Commentary by Dārussalām (Sunan ibn Mājah)
Trials come in all stages of life; comfort is a trial, and discomfort is also a trial. So, a believer should always perceive the dearest act to Allāh and should put it into practice.
• Reference: [4035 (5/234), Sunan ibn Mājah, Dārussalām (Eng)]
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