Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you hear....(Musa's version has): When a man says people have perished, he is the one who has suffered that fate most. Abu Dawud said: Malik said: If he says that out of sadness for the decadence of religion which he sees among the people, I do not think there is any harm in that. If he says that out of self-conceit and servility of the people, it is an abominable act which has been prohibited.
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا سَمِعْتَ " . وَقَالَ مُوسَى " إِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ مَالِكٌ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ تَحَزُّنًا لِمَا يَرَى فِي النَّاسِ - يَعْنِي فِي أَمْرِ دِينِهِمْ - فَلاَ أَرَى بِهِ بَأْسًا وَإِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ عُجْبًا بِنَفْسِهِ وَتَصَاغُرًا لِلنَّاسِ فَهُوَ الْمَكْرُوهُ الَّذِي نُهِيَ عَنْهُ .
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1'Abdullah bin Muslima al-Qa'nabiMedina,Basra, Makkah · d. ~221 AH
- 2Imam MaalikMedina · d. 179 AH/795 CE
- 3Musa bin Isma'il al-Munqari al-TabudhakiBasra · d. 223 AH
- 4Hammad bin ZaydBasra · d. 179 AH
- 5Suhayl bin Abi SalahMedina · d. ~138 AH
- 6Dhakwan Abu Salah al-Saman al-ZiyatMedina,Kufa · d. 101 AH
- 7Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 43, Hadith 211
- English Reference
- Book 42, Hadith 4965