Hadith 5779

(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)

(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)

(۱) قوله: فئام أي جماعة في الحديث معجزة لرسول الله ، وفضل لأصحابه والتابعين وتابعيهم. كذا في المرقاة».

(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».