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Sunan Ibn Majah 3974

Chapter: Restraining one's tongue during times of tribulation

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3974

Narrator:Umm Habība

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ الْمَكِّيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ حَسَّانَ الْمَخْزُومِيَّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

"‏ كَلاَمُ ابْنِ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ لاَ لَهُ إِلاَّ الأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَذِكْرَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏"

It was narrated from Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

“The words of the son of Adam count against him, not for him, except what is good and forbidding what is evil, and remembering Allah.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3974).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( عَلَيْهِ ) أَيْ وَبَاله عَلَيْهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ مُبَاحًا فَإِنَّ أَقَلّه تَطْوِيل الْحِسَاب وَقَدْ يَجُرّ إِلَى الْمَكْرُوه أَوْ الْمُحَرَّم فَيَصِير سَبَبًا لِلْعَذَابِ أَوْ يُورِث الْغَفْلَة عَنْ الذِّكْر فَيَكُون وَسِيلَة إِلَى نَقْص الثَّوَاب.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3974
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3974
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3974
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3974

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 2275

Umm Habiba reported God's messenger as saying, "Everything a son of Adam says counts against him and not in his favour, except recommending what is good, prohibiting what is objectionable, or making mention of God." Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.

وَعَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كُلُّ كَلَامِ ابْنِ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ لَا لَهُ إِلَّا أَمْرٌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ نَهْيٌ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ أَوْ ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ» . رَوَاهُ…

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