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ahmad:14431Yaḥyá > Jaʿfar from my father > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to say in his sermon after the Tashahhud: "Indeed, the best of speech is the Book of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad." Yahya said, "I do not know who he was referring to except that he said, 'And the worst of matters are those newly introduced, and whenever he mentioned the Hour, his voice would rise and his anger would intensify as if he were warning of an approaching army, then he would say, 'I have been sent and the Hour are like these two fingers,' and he would join his index and middle fingers."  

أحمد:١٤٤٣١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ بَعْدَ التَّشَهُّدِ إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَالَ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكَانَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ السَّاعَةَ أَعْلَى بِهَا صَوْتَهُ وَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ كَأَنَّهُ مُنْذِرُ جَيْشٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةَ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَأَوْمَأَ وَصَفَ يَحْيَى بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى  


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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَحَرِّي اسْتِعْمَالِ السُّنَنِ فِي أَفْعَالِهِ، وَمُجَانَبَةِ كُلِّ بِدْعَةٍ تُبَايِنُهَا، وَتُضَادُّهَا

ibnhibban:10Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī

When Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) delivered the sermon, his eyes became red, his voice rose, and his anger increased so that he was like one giving a warning against the enemy and saying: "The enemy has made a morning attack on you and in the evening too." He would also say: "The Last Hour and I have been sent like these two." And he would join his forefinger and middle finger; and would further say: "The best of the speech is embodied in the Book of Allah, and the best of the guidance is the guidance given by Muhammad. And the most evil affairs are their innovations; and every innovation is error." He would further say:, I am more dear to a Muslim even than his self; and he who left behind property that is for his family; and he who dies under debt or leaves children (in helplessness), the responsibility (of paying his debt and bringing up his children) lies on me." (Using translation from Muslim 867a)  

ابن حبّان:١٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَطَبَ احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَعَلَا صَوْتُهُ وَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ نَذِيرُ جَيْشٍ يَقُولُ صَبَّحَكُمْ وَمَسَّاكُمْ وَيَقُولُ «بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةِ كَهَاتَيْنِ» يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى وَيَقُولُ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَخَيْرَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَإِنَّ شَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ» ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِأَهْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْنًا أَوْ ضَيْعَةً فَإِلَيَّ وَعَلَيَّ»