Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Bukhārī Muslim Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Nasāʾī Ibn Mājah Dārimī Aḥmad Mālik Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
abudawud:4608 – Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān / Ibn ʿAtīq > Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"Beware! The extremists perished," saying it three times.

أبو داود:٤٦٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ

Add your own reflection below:

Sign in from the top menu to add or reply to reflections.

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī

Danger of going to extremes

muslim:2670 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth And Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān b. ʿAtīq > Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ruined were those who are over-scrupulous." He repeated this thrice.

مسلم:٢٦٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ» قَالَهَا ثَلاَثًا

ahmad:3655 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān b. ʿAtīq > Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"Beware! The extremists perished," saying it three times. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4608)

أحمد:٣٦٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ

tabarani:10368 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān b. ʿAtīq > Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, the reckless ones are doomed to destruction."

الطبراني:١٠٣٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ»