حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ سُمَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَفْطَسُ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُرَشِيِّ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نَذْكُرُ الْفَقْرَ وَنَتَخَوَّفُهُ فَقَالَ: آلْفَقْرَ تَخَافُونَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتُصَبَّنَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا صَبًّا حَتَّى لاَ يُزِيغَ قَلْبَ أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ إِزَاغَةً إِلاَّ هِيَهْ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى مِثْلِ الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا وَنَهَارُهَا سَوَاءٌ
قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: صَدَقَ وَاللَّهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: تَرَكَنَا وَاللَّهِ عَلَى مِثْلِ الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا وَنَهَارُهَا سَوَاءٌ
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 [5]: It is narrated on the authority of Abū Dardā’ [d. 32H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) came out to us when we were speaking of poverty and how we feared it. He said: “Is it poverty that you fear? By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, (the delights and luxuries of) this world will come to you in plenty, and nothing will cause the heart of anyone of you to deviate except that. By Allāh, I am leaving you upon something like bayḍā’ (white, bright, clear path) the night and day of which are the same.”
Abū Dardā’ (may Allāh be pleased with him) said: ‘He spoke the truth, by Allāh. The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) did indeed leave us upon something like bayḍā’ (white, bright, clear path) the days and nights of which were the same.’
❶ Poverty is a kind of trial from Allāh. It drives a lot of people to unlawful ways in search of sustenance. Similarly, too much affluence is also a trial, which induces people to indulge evils like false pride, greed, and so on. The ḥadīth, however, seems to suggest that the affliction of affluence is greater than the affliction of poverty. May Allāh protect us from all trials and temptations!
❷ The ‘days and nights of which are the same’ probably means that everything in the Divine Law is bright like day. It could also mean that just as right was made completely distinct from wrong during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), the light of guidance would continue to shine even after his death, thanks to the luminous rays of the book and the sunnah that would guide the community to discriminate between truth and falsehood.
• Reference: [5 (1/75-76), Sunan ibn Mājah, Dārussalām (Eng)]
• Musnad al-Bazzār (4141 (10/76-77))
• Kitāb as-Sunnah (47 (1/26-27))
Non-primary books:
• Silsilah Aḥādīth aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah (688 (2/302))
• Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (15668 (18/242))
• Talkhīṣ al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (15668 (6/238))
Grade:
• Ḥasan by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan ibn Mājah (5 (1/13-14)))
• Ḥasan by Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar ad-Da’wah, New Delhi (Sunan ibn Mājah (5 (1/10)))
• Ḥasan by Shaykh Dr. Ḍiyā’-ur-Raḥmān al-‘Aẓamī (Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil)
• Isnād ḥasan by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah (5 (1/1)))
• Isnād ḥasan by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah (5 (1/5)))
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