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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood among us after Asr prayer, delivering a sermon, leaving out nothing that will occur until the Hour, remembered by those who remembered and forgotten by those who forgot. Among what he said was: “The world is sweet and verdant, and Allah has made you successors in it, observing how you act. So beware of the world and beware of women.” He mentioned that every betrayer will have a banner on the Day of Resurrection proportional to his betrayal in the world, and no betrayal is greater than that of a public leader, whose banner will be planted at his rear. He said: “Let not the fear of people prevent any of you from speaking the truth when he knows it.” In another narration: “From changing an evil when he sees it.” Abu Sa’id wept and said: “We saw [evil], but the fear of people prevented us from speaking about it.” Then he said: “Indeed, the children of Adam were created in various classes: some are born believers, live as believers, and die as believers; some 1 are born disbelievers, live as disbelievers, and die as disbelievers; some are born believers, live as believers, and die as disbelievers; and some are born disbelievers, live as disbelievers, and die as believers.” He mentioned anger: “Some are quick to anger and quick to calm, one balancing the other; some are slow to anger and slow to calm, one balancing the other. The best of you are those slow to anger and quick to calm, and the worst are those quick to anger and slow to calm.” He said: “Beware of anger, for it is a burning coal in the heart of the son of Adam. Do you not see the swelling of his veins and the redness of his eyes? Whoever feels this should lie down and cling to the earth.” He mentioned debt: “Some of you are good in repayment but harsh in demanding; one balances the other. Some are poor in repayment but gentle in demanding; one balances the other. The best of you are those who, when indebted, repay well and, when demanding, ask gently. The worst are those who, when indebted, repay poorly and, when demanding, ask harshly.” Until, when the sun was on the tops of palm trees and the edges of walls, he said: “Indeed, what remains of the world compared to what has passed is like what remains of this day compared to what has passed.”
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- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 2191 (unverified) 97% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Some are born disbelievers”: This does not contradict the Hadith: “Every child is born upon the fitrah,” for fitrah means the capacity to accept guidance, were it not for obstacles of misguidance, as evidenced by the Hadith: “His parents make him a Jew,” etc. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله ومنهم من يولد كافرا وهو لا ينافي ما ورد كل مولود يولد على الفطرة، فإن المراد بها قابلية قبول الهداية لولا مانع من بواعث الضلالة، كما يشهد قوله: «فأبواه يهودانه»، الحديث. كذا في «المرقاة».