English
Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told us two narrations 1, one of which I have seen, and I am awaiting the other. He told us that trustworthiness descended into the roots of men’s hearts, then they learned from the Qur’an, and then from the Sunnah. He also told us about its removal, saying: “A man will sleep a sleep, and trustworthiness will be taken from his heart, leaving a trace like a faint mark. Then he will sleep another sleep, and it will be taken, leaving a mark like a blister, as if you rolled an ember on your foot, and it blisters, and you see it raised but empty inside. People will engage in transactions, but hardly anyone will fulfill trustworthiness, such that it will be said: ‘There is a trustworthy man among the Banu so-and-so,’ and it will be said of a man: ‘How prudent he is, how refined he is, how resolute he is,’ yet he will not have a mustard seed’s worth of faith in his heart.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 6497 (unverified) 99% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 143a (unverified) 96% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “two narrations” – meaning concerning trustworthiness in the time of trials, which shows the relevance of mentioning them in this chapter. Al-Nawawi said: The first is: He told us that trustworthiness descended, and so on. The second is: He told us about its removal. The apparent meaning is that trustworthiness refers to the responsibility that Allah obligated upon His servants and the covenant He took from them. The commentator said: The root of something is its foundation, meaning trustworthiness first descended into the hearts of Allah’s men and dominated them, prompting them to adhere to the Book and Sunnah. This is the meaning of “then they learned.” His statement: “sleep” is either literal, making what follows involuntary, or a metaphor for heedlessness causing sins that diminish trustworthiness and faith. In Sharh Muslim, the author of At-Tahrir said: The meaning of the Hadith is that trustworthiness disappears from hearts gradually. When the first part of it is removed, its light vanishes, leaving darkness like a faint mark, which is a contrasting color. When another part is removed, it becomes like a blister, a firm mark that hardly fades except after time, and this darkness is greater than the previous one. The removal of that light after settling in the heart and its departure after being established, followed by darkness, is likened to an ember rolled on a foot, leaving a mark, then the ember is gone, leaving a blister that appears raised and large but empty. A commentator from our scholars said: It means trustworthiness is removed from hearts as a punishment for their owners’ sins. When they awaken from their sleep, their hearts are not as they were, sometimes leaving a trace like a faint mark, sometimes like a blister, which is the swelling of the hand from work. (Excerpted from Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله : حديثين: أي في أمر الأمانة الحادثة في زمن الفتنة، وبهذا يظهر وجه مناسبة ذكرهما في الباب، قال النووي : الأول: حدثنا أن الأمانة نزلت إلى آخره، والثاني: حدثنا عن رفعها الظاهر أن المراد بالأمانة التكليف الذي كلف الله تعالى به عباده، والعهد الذي أخذه عليهم. قال شارح: جذر كل شيء أصله أي أن الأمانة أول ما نزلت في قلوب رجال الله واستولت عليها، فكانت هي الباعثة على الأخذ بالكتاب والسنة. وهذا هو المعنى بقوله: «ثم علموا». وقوله: «النومة» وهي إما على حقيقتها فما بعده أمر اضطراري، وإما النومة كناية عن الغفلة الموجبة لارتكاب السيئة الباعثة على نقص الأمانة ونقص الإيمان، وفي شرح مسلم»: قال صاحب «التحرير»: معنى الحديث أن الأمانة تزول عن القلوب شيئًا فشيئًا، فإذا زال أول جزء منها زال نورها، وخلفته ظلمة كالوكت، وهو اعتراض لون مخالف للون الذي قبله، فإذا زال شيء آخر صار كالمجل، وهو أثر محكم لا يكاد يزول إلا بعد مدة، وهذه الظلمة فوق التي قبلها، ثم شبه زوال ذلك النور بعد وقوعه في القلب وخروجه بعد استقراره فيه، واعتقاب الظلمة إياه بجمر يدحرجه على رجله حتى يؤثر فيها، ثم يزول الجمر، ويبقى بمثابة نفطة تراها منتفطة مرتفعة كبيرة لا طائل تحتها. وقال شارح من علمائنا يريد أن الأمانة ترفع عن القلوب عقوبة لأصحابها على ما اجترحوا من الذنوب، حتى إذا استيقظوا من منامهم لم يجدوا قلوبهم على ما كانت عليه، ويبقى فيه أثر تارة مثل الوكت، وتارة مثل المجل، وهو انتفاط اليد من العمل. التقطته من المرقاة».