Sunan Ibn Majah 3975

Chapter: Restraining one's tongue during times of tribulation

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3975

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِي، يَعْلَى عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ، قَالَ قِيلَ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ إِنَّا نَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمَرَائِنَا فَنَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا قُلْنَا غَيْرَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَعُدُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ النِّفَاقَ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Abu Sha’tha said:

“It was said to Ibn ‘Umar: ‘We enter upon our rulers and say one thing, and when we leave we say something else.’ He said: ‘At the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we used to regard that as hypocrisy.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3975).

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

قَوْله ( فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا قُلْنَا غَيْره ) أَيْ فَذِكْرهمْ الْكَلَام عَلَى مُقْتَضَى هَوَاهُمْ وَإِلَّا فَاَلَّذِي عِنْدنَا فِيمَا بَيْننَا غَيْره وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده صَحِيح رِجَاله ثِقَات وَأَبُو الشَّعْثَاء اِسْمه سُلَيْمَان بْن الْأَسْوَد.…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3975
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3975
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3975
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 3975

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الإبانة الكبرى لابن بطة (510)نَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمَرَائِنَا فَنُزَكِّيهِمْ , وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ , ثُمَّ نَخْرُجُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ فَنَسُبُّهُمْ , فَقَالَ : كُنَّا نَعُدُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النِّفَاقَ
الإبانة الكبرى لابن بطة (511)نَدْخُلُ عَلَى أَمَوَاتِنَا فَنَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ , فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا قُلْنَا غَيْرَهُ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نَعُدُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النِّفَاقَ
الصمت وآداب اللسان (277)نَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمَرَائِنَا فَنَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ ، فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا قُلْنَا غَيْرَهُ ، فَقَالَ : كُنَّا نَعُدُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النِّفَاقَ
ذم الغيبة والنميمة لابن أبي الدنيا (140)إِنَّا نَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمَرَائِنَا فَنَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ ، فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا قُلْنَا غَيْرَهُ فَقَالَ : كُنَّا نَعُدُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ النِّفَاقَ

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You indulge in (bad) actions which are more insignificant to you than a hair while we considered them at the time of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to be great destroying sins". [Al-Bukhari].

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 7178

Some people said to Ibn `Umar, "When we enter upon our ruler(s) we say in their praise what is contrary to what we say when we leave them." Ibn `Umar said, "We used to consider this as hypocrisy."

كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا نِفَاقًا‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

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Narrator: عبادة بن قرط الضبي + 4 other versions Arabic only

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Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik Arabic only

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Sunan Ibn Majah 3975

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You indulge in (bad) actions which are more insignificant to you than a hair while we considered them at the time of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to be great destroying sins". [Al-Bukhari].

Some people said to Ibn `Umar, "When we enter upon our ruler(s) we say in their praise what is contrary to what we say when we leave them." Ibn `Umar said, "We used to consider this as hypocrisy."

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You indulge in (bad) actions which are more insignificant to you than a hair while we considered them at the time of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to be great destroying sins". [Al-Bukhari].

Some people said to Ibn `Umar, "When we enter upon our ruler(s) we say in their praise what is contrary to what we say when we leave them." Ibn `Umar said, "We used to consider this as hypocrisy."

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