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Jami' at-TirmidhiChapters on the description of the Day of Judgement, Ar-Riqaq, and Al-Wara'

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2454

Chapter: An Illustration About the Length of Life and a Person's Aspirations Increasing As He Becomes Old, and That He Will Become Old in the End

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2454

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي يَعْلَى، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ

خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا وَخَطَّ فِي وَسَطِ الْخَطِّ خَطًّا وَخَطَّ خَارِجًا مِنَ الْخَطِّ خَطًّا وَحَوْلَ الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ خُطُوطًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هَذَا ابْنُ آدَمَ وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ وَهَذَا الَّذِي فِي الْوَسَطِ الإِنْسَانُ وَهَذِهِ الْخُطُوطُ عُرُوضُهُ إِنْ نَجَا مِنْ هَذَا يَنْهَشُهُ هَذَا وَالْخَطُّ الْخَارِجُ الأَمَلُ ‏"

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) drew a square line (on the ground) forus, and in the middle of the (square) line he drew another line, and he drew another line going out of the (square) line.Around the one that was in the middle, he drew (various) lines. Then he said:

'This is the son of Adam, and this is his life-span encircling him, and this one in the middle in the person, and these lines are his obstacles, if he escapes this one, this one ensnares him, and the line extending outside is his hope.'"

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2454).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ) هُوَ الْقَطَّانُ ( أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ ) هُوَ الثَّوْرِيُّ ( عَنْ أَبِيهِ ) اِسْمُهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ ( عَنْ أَبِي يَعْلَى ) اِسْمُهُ الْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ يَعْلَى الثَّوْرِيُّ بِالْمُثَلَّثَةِ الْكُوفِيُّ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ السَّادِسَةِ ( عَنْ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ ) بِضَمِّ الْمُعْجَمَةِ وَفَتْحِ الْمُثَلَّثَةِ اِبْنِ عَائِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الثَّوْرِيِّ , كُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْكُوفِيُّ , ثِقَةٌ عَابِدٌ مُخَضْرَمٌ مِنْ الثَّانِيَةِ قَالَ لَهُ اِبْنُ مَسْعُودٍ : لَوْ رَآك رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَأَحَبَّك. قَوْلُهُ : ( خَطَّ لَنَا ) أَيْ لِلصَّحَابَةِ ( خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا ) الظَّاهِرُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ بِيَدِهِ ا…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2454
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari The hadith No. 2454
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2454
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2454

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