Sunan Abi Dawud · Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim)
باب الأَمْرِ وَالنَّهْىِ
Chapter: Command And Prohibition.
12 hadith · references 4336–4347
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Abu Dawud · 4336إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا دَخَلَ النَّقْصُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَلْقَى الرَّجُلَ ، فَيَقُولُ : يَا هَذَا اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَدَعْ مَا تَصْنَعُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ، ثُمَّ يَلْقَاهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَلَا يَمNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The first defect that permeated Banu Isra'il was that a man (of them) met another man and said: O so-and-so, fear Allah, and abandon what you are doing, for it 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4337حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ الْحَنَّاطُ ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنِ النA similar tradition (to the No. 4322) has also been transmitted by Ibn Masud through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: "Or Allah will mingle your hearts together and curse you as He cu7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4338إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوْا الظَّالِمَ فَلَمْ يَأْخُذُوا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِعِقَابٍ ، وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَNarrated Abu Bakr: You people recite this verse "You who believe, care for yourselves; he who goes astray cannot harm you when you are rightly-guided, " and put it in its improper place. Khalid's version has: We heard th7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4339مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَكُونُ فِي قَوْمٍ يُعْمَلُ فِيهِمْ بِالْمَعَاصِي يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْ يُغَيِّرُوا عَلَيْهِ فَلَا يُغَيِّرُوا إِلَّا أَصَابَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَمُوتُواNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If any man is among a people in whose midst he does acts of disobedience, and, though they are able to make him change (his acts), they do not change, Allah will smite the5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4340مَنْ رَأَى مُنْكَرًا فَاسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَهُ بِيَدِهِ فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ ، وَقَطَعَ هَنَّادٌ بَقِيَّةَ الْحَدِيثِ وَفَّاهُ ابْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِلِسَانِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ بِلِسَAbu Saeed Al-Khudri said: I head the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: If any one you sees something objectionable, he should change it with his hand if he can change it with his hand. (The narrator Hammad broke the rest of the 10 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4341بَلِ ائْتَمِرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنَاهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَيْتَ شُحًّا مُطَاعًا وَهَوًى مُتَّبَعًا وَدُنْيَا مُؤْثَرَةً وَإِعْجَابَ كُلِّ ذِي رَأْيٍ بِرَأْيِهِ ، فَعَلَيْكَ يَعْنِي بِنَفْسِكَ وَدَعْ عAbu Umayyah ash-Sha'bani said: I asked Abu Thalabah al-Khushani: What is your opinion about the verse "Care for yourselves". He said: I swear by Allah, I asked the one who was well informed about it; I asked the Messenge6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4342كَيْفَ بِكُمْ وَبِزَمَانٍ أَوْ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ زَمَانٌ يُغَرْبَلُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ غَرْبَلَةً تَبْقَى حُثَالَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَأَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَاخْتَلَفُوا ، فَكَانُوا هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet ﷺ said: How will you do when that time will come? Or he said: A time will soon come when the people are sifted and only dregs of mankind survive and their covenants and gu5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4343إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ النَّاسَ قَدْ مَرِجَتْ عُهُودُهُمْ وَخَفَّتْ أَمَانَاتُهُمْ وَكَانُوا هَكَذَا وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ ، قَالَ : فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْتُ : كَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ جَعَلَنِي اللَّهُ فِدَاكَNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: When we were around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he mentioned the period of commotion (fitnah) saying: When you see the people that their covenants have been impaired, (the fulfilling of6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4344أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ أَوْ أَمِيرٍ جَائِرٍNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Prophet ﷺ said: The best fighting (jihad) in the path of Allah is (to speak) a word of justice to an oppressive ruler.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4345إِذَا عُمِلَتِ الْخَطِيئَةُ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَانَ مَنْ شَهِدَهَا فَكَرِهَهَا ، وَقَالَ : مَرَّةً أَنْكَرَهَا كَانَ كَمَنْ غَابَ عَنْهَا وَمَنْ غَابَ عَنْهَا فَرَضِيَهَا كَانَ كَمَنْ شَهِدَهَاNarrated Al-Urs bin Amirat al-Kindi: The Prophet ﷺ said: When sin is done in the earth, he who sees it and disapproves of it will be taken like one who was not present, but he who is not present and approves of it will b5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4346حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ ، قَالَ : مَنْ شَهِدَهَا فَكَرِهA similar tradition has also been transmitted by ‘Adl from the prophet ﷺ though a different chain of narrators. This version has: He who sees it and disapproves of it will be like him who was not present.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4347لَنْ يَهْلَكَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى يَعْذِرُوا أَوْ يُعْذِرُوا مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْA man from among the companions of the prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: The people will not perish until their sins and faults become abundant, and there remains no excuse for them.6 narrators