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Mishkat al-Masabih 6010 — Fine Qualities
Fine Qualities
Mishkat al-Masabih : 6010
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 6010
وَعَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ إِنَّ بَعْدَهُمْ قَوْمًا يَشْهَدُونَ وَلَا يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ وَيَخُونُونَ وَلَا يُؤْتَمَنُونَ وَيَنْذُرُونَ وَلَا يفون وَيَظْهَرُ فِيهِمُ السِّمَنُ» . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: «وَيَحْلِفُونَ وَلَا يستحلفون» . مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ
'Imran bin Husain Narrated from:
The best of my people are my generation, then their immediate followers, then their immediate followers. After them there will be people who give testimony without being asked, who will be treacherous and not to be trusted, who will make vows which they do not fulfil, among whom fatness[*] will appear. A version has "They will swear oaths without being asked to do so."*Mirqat 5:520 f., gives various explanations of this, including unjustified pride, unjustified claims to nobility, acquisition of wealth, elaborate food and drink, neglect of religious duties. It is obviously some unsatisfactory characteristic which is intended. The various meanings suggested might be combine by treating it as meaning fine living which leads to neglect of religion.(Bukhari and Muslim.)
[1] Bukhari # 3650, Muslim # 214. 2535, Tirmidhi # 3859 (3885).English translation : Book 26, Hadith 6010Arabic reference : Book 30, Hadith 6010
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi
- Translator:
- James Robson
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
