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Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “A time will come upon people when a group 1 of people goes out to fight, and it is said: Is there among you anyone who accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? They say: Yes, and victory is granted to them. Then a time will come upon people when a group of people goes out to fight, and it is said: Is there among you anyone who accompanied the companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? They say: Yes, and victory is granted to them. Then a time will come upon people when a group of people goes out to fight, and it is said: Is there among you anyone who accompanied those who accompanied the companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? They say: Yes, and victory is granted to them.” [Agreed Upon]
In a narration by Muslim: He said: “A time will come upon people when a detachment is sent from them, and they say: Look, is there among you anyone from the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ)? A man is found, and victory is granted to them. Then a second detachment is sent, and they say: Is there among them anyone who saw the companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? And victory is granted to them. Then a third detachment is sent, and it is said: Look, is there among them anyone who saw those who saw the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ)? Then a fourth detachment is sent, and it is said: Look, is there among them anyone who saw those who saw those who saw the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ)? A man is found, and victory is granted to them.”
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- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 3649 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2532a (unverified) 96% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.655
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Commentary and footnotes (6)
Note 1
(1) His statement “group”: i.e., a party. In the Hadith is a miracle of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a virtue for his companions, the followers, and their followers. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 2
(2) His statement “Then a fourth detachment”: with the addition, it is a verbal noun, and the described is omitted, i.e., the sending of the fourth detachment. The meaning of “detachment” is the army sent. His statement “Look, is there among them anyone who saw those who saw those who saw”: i.e., that one saw the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), being two intermediaries. A man is found, and victory is granted to them, i.e., for that follower of the followers of the followers. Since people of goodness were rare in the fourth generation, most narrations limited it to the three generations due to the abundance of scholars and righteous people in them and the scarcity of folly and corruption among them. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: فئام أي جماعة في الحديث معجزة لرسول الله ، وفضل لأصحابه والتابعين وتابعيهم. كذا في المرقاة».
Note 2
(۲) قوله: ثم يكون بعث الرابع: بالإضافة وهو مصدر، والموصوف محذوف، أي بعث البعث الرابع، فالمراد بالبعث الجيش المبعوث. وقوله: انظروا هل ترون فيهم أحدا رأى من رأى أحدا رأى أي ذلك الأحد أصحاب النبي ﷺ فيكون واسطتين، فيوجد الرجل فيفتح له أي لأجل ذلك التابع لاتباع للتابعين، ولما كان أهل الخير نادرا في القرن الرابع اقتصر على القرون الثلاثة في أكثر الروايات؛ لكثرة أهل العلم والصلاح فيهم، وقلة السفه والفساد منهم. كذا في «المرقاة».
Note 1
(13) قوله: فئام. سے مراد جماعت اس حدیث شریف میں رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کا معجزہ اور صحابہ تابعین و تبع تابعین کی فضیلت ہے۔ (مرقات)
Note 2
(14) قوله: ثم يكون بعث الرابع. اس میں اضافت ہے اور یہاں بعث مصدر ہے، اور الرابع کا موصوف البعث محذوف ہے۔ یعنی بعث البعث الرابع ہے، بعث سے مراد وہ فوج ہے جو بھیجی گئی ہے۔ وقوله: هل ترون فيهم احد رأى من رأى احدا رأى. یعنی اس ایک نے دیکھا ہو اصحاب النبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے درمیان میں دو واسطے ہوں گے۔ فيوجد الرجل فيفتح له. یعنی اس شخص کی وجہ سے جو تابعین کو دیکھنے والوں کو دیکھا ہو۔ اور چونکہ چوتھی صدی میں اہل خیر حضرات کم ہوں گے اس لئے اکثر روایات میں تین صدیوں پر ہی اقتصار ہے کیونکہ ان میں ایسے اصحاب کی کثرت ہے جو اہل علم اور اہل اصلح ہیں اور کم عقلی اور فساد سے دور ہیں۔ (مرقات)