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Sunan Ibn Majah 4222

Chapter: Praise

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 4222

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ كُلْثُومٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ لِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ وَإِذَا أَسَأْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَسَأْتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ إِذَا قَالَ جِيرَانُكَ إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ وَإِذَا قَالُوا إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَسَأْتَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ ‏"

It was narrated that Kulthum Al-Khuza’i said:

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, how can I know, when I have done something good, that I have done well, and if I have done something bad, that I have done a bad deed?’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If your neighbors say that you have done something good, then you have done well, and if they say that you have done something bad, then you have done something bad.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 4222).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( إِذَا قَالَ جِيرَانك ) الَّذِينَ عَلِمُوا بِعَمَلِك وَفِي الزَّوَائِد رِجَال إِسْنَاد حَدِيث كُلْثُوم الْخُزَاعِيّ ثِقَات إِلَّا أَنَّهُ مُرْسَل وَكُلْثُوم بْن عَلْقَمَة وَيُقَال لَهُ اِبْن الْمُصْطَلَق ذَكَرَهُ اِبْن حِبَّانَ فِي الثِّقَات وَقَالَ اِبْن عَبْد الْبَرّ أَحَادِيثه مُرْسَلَة لَا يَصِحّ لَهُ صُحْبَة وَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْم وَرَدُّوا الصُّحْبَة لِأَبِيهِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4222
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 4222
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 4222
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4222

Other versions

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  • أسد الغابة (1405)إِذَا قَالَ جِيرَانُكَ : إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ ، وَإِذا قَالَ جِيرَانُكَ : إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَسَأْتَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ
  • مسند ابن أبي شيبة (691)إِذَا قَالَ جِيرَانُكَ : إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ ، وَإِذَا قَالُوا : إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَسَأْتَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ

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Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 4223

“A man said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘How can I know when I have done well and when I have done something bad?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘If you hear your neighbors saying that you have done well, then you have done well, and if you hear them saying that you have done something bad, then you…

‏ ‏"‏ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ جِيرَانَكَ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ وَإِذَا سَمِعْتَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ ‏:‏ قَدْ أَسَأْتَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ ‏"

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