حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا رَاشِدٌ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحِمَّانِيُّ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ: أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ: لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا، وَإِنْ قُطِّعْتَ وَحُرِّقْتَ، وَلَا تَتْرُكْ صَلَاةً مَكْتُوبَةً مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُ، وَلَا تَشْرَبِ الْخَمْرَ، فَإِنَّهَا مِفْتَاحُ كُلِّ شَرٍّ

Book 36: Tribulations
Chapter 23: Patience at the time of calamity

Ḥadīth [4034]: It was narrated from Abī Dardā’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that my close friend (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) advised me: “Do not associate anything with Allāh, even if you are cut and burned. Do not neglect any prescribed prayer deliberately, for whoever neglects it deliberately no longer has the protection of Allāh. And do not drink wine, for it is the key to all evil.”

a) Polytheism (setting partners with Allāh) is the greatest sin, so it should be avoided in all circumstances, no matter how severe they are.
b) Sacrificing one’s life for the sake of monotheism (Oneness of Allāh) is a cause of great pride.
c) The greatest sin after polytheism is neglecting prayers, which is similar to disbelief.
d) Drunkenness covers one’s mind, thus it becomes easy for such a person to commit any sin. Therefore, a Muslim should avoid all kinds of intoxicants.

• Reference: [3371 (5/233), Dārussalām (Eng)]

• Sunan ibn Mājah (3371)
• Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb (567 (1/367))
• Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb (2369 (2/601))
• Shu’ab al-Īmān (7481 (10/270-271))
• Kanzul ‘Ummāl (43846 (16/40-41))
• Majma’ al-Zawā’id (7182 (10/33-34))
• Al-Adab al-Mufrad (18 (1/19))
• Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ (580)
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (7339 (2/1226))
• Irwā’ al-Ghalīl (2026 (7/89-91))
• Tamhīd (4/228-229)

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’)
• Ḥasan by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan ibn Mājah & Al-Adab al-Mufrad)
• Ḥasan by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah & Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ)
• Ḥasan li-ghayri by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb)
• Ḥasan li-ghayri (but weak isnād) by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah)