English
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “O people, you recite this verse: ‘O you who believe, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who go astray will not harm you if you are guided.’ Indeed, I heard 1 the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If people see an evil and do not change it, Allah will soon encompass them with His punishment.’” [Narrated by Ibn Majah and At-Tirmidhi, who authenticated it]
In a narration by Abu Dawud: “If they see an oppressor and do not seize his hand, Allah will soon encompass them with punishment.”
In another narration by him: “No people among whom sins are committed, who are capable of changing them but do not, except that Allah will soon encompass them with punishment.”
In another narration by him: “No people among whom sins are committed, and they are greater in number than those who commit them.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2168 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 4338 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 4005 (unverified) 97% confidence
- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 5142 (unverified) 86% confidence
Mishkat (candidate) 5142
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Indeed, I heard, etc.”: At-Tayyibi said: The conjunction “indeed” indicates an omitted premise, as if he said: You recite this verse, taking it generally and refraining from enjoining good and forbidding evil, but it is not so, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, etc. At-Tayyibi also said: I say it is not so because the verse was revealed about people who were enjoined to do good and forbid evil but utterly refused to accept it. The believers grieved for them, so they were told: “Upon you is yourselves, you are not tasked with reforming them, and walk the path of guidance; their misguidance will not harm your religion if you are guided.” (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: فإني سمعت إلخ : قال الطيبي : الفاء فصيحة تدل على محذوف، كأنه قال: إنكم تقرؤون هذه الآية، وتجرون على عمومهما، وتمتنعون عن الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، وليس كذلك؛ فإني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول إلخ. وقال الطيبي الله وإنما قلت: ليس كذلك؛ لأن الآية نزلت في أقوام أمروا بالمعروف، ونهوا عن المنكر، فأبوا القبول كل الإباء، فذهبت أنفس المؤمنين حسرة عليهم، فقيل لهم: عليكم أنفسكم، وما كلفتم من إصلاحها، والمشي بها في طريق الهدي، لا يضركم الضلال في دينكم إذا كنتم مهتدين. كذا في «المرقاة».