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Abu Tha’labah (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding Allah’s statement: “Upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who go astray will not harm you if you are guided”: “By Allah, I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it, and he said: ‘Rather, enjoin good and forbid evil until you see greed obeyed, desires followed, the world preferred, and every opinionated person admiring 1 his own opinion, and you see a matter you cannot avoid. Then, upon you is yourself, and leave the affairs of the masses. For after you 2 are days of patience; whoever is patient in them holds a burning coal. The one who acts in them has the reward of fifty men doing the same.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, the reward of fifty of them?’ He said: ‘The reward of fifty of you.’”
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- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 3058 (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sunan Ibn Majah 4014 (unverified) 97% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.775
- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 5144 (unverified) 65% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (4)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Every opinionated person admiring his own opinion”: This means without regard to the Qur’an, Sunnah, consensus of the community, or analogy based on the strongest evidence, and abandoning the example of the four Imams. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 2
(2) His statement: “After you are days of patience”: Ali al-Qari said: This is a time of patience coupled with gratitude, joined with contentment with divine decree, requiring silence, staying at home, and being satisfied with sustenance until death. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: وإعجاب كل ذي رأي برأيه أي من غير نظر إلى الكتاب والسنة وإجماع الأمة والقياس على أقوى الأدلة، وترك الاقتداء بنحو الأئمة الأربعة. كذا في «المرقاة».
Note 2
(۲) قوله: وراءكم أيام الصبر : قال علي القاري: إن هذا زمان الصبر المقرون بالشكر المنضم إلى الرضاء بالقضاء المتعين فيه السكوت وملازمة البيوت والقناعة بالقوت إلى أن يموت.