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bayhaqi:20805al-Ustādh Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6657)   

البيهقي:٢٠٨٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْأُسْتَاذُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ

سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ وَقَالَ أَهْلُ النَّارِ كُلُّ جَوَّاظٍ عُتُلٍّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:4918Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahbal-Khuzāʿī

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying. "May I tell you of the people of Paradise? Every weak and poor obscure person whom the people look down upon but his oath is fulfilled by Allah when he takes an oath to do something. And may I inform you of the people of the Hell-Fire? They are all those violent, arrogant and stubborn people."  

البخاري:٤٩١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

bukhari:6657Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person."  

البخاري:٦٦٥٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنِي غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَلاَ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعَّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ وَأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلُّ جَوَّاظٍ عُتُلٍّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

bukhari:6071Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Maʿbad b. Khālid al-Qaysī > Ḥārithah b. Wahbal-Khuzāʿī

Al-Khuzai: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? They comprise every obscure unimportant humble person, and if he takes Allah's Oath that he will do that thing, Allah will fulfill his oath (by doing that). Shall I inform you about the people of the Fire? They comprise every cruel, violent, proud and conceited person."  

البخاري:٦٠٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْقَيْسِيُّ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَاعِفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

muslim:2853aʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? They said: Do this, of course. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Every humble person who is considered to be humble if he were to adjure In the name of Allah, He would fulfil it. He then said: May I not inform you about the denizens of Hell-Fire? They said: Yes. And he said: Every haughty, fat and proud (person).  

مسلم:٢٨٥٣aحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ ﷺ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعَّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

muslim:2853cMuḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahb al-Khuzāʿī

May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? (And then informing about them) said: Every meek person who is considered to be humble and if they were to adjure in the name of Allah, Allah would certainly fulfil it. May I not inform you about the inmates of Hell-Fire? They are all proud, mean and haughty.  

مسلم:٢٨٥٣cوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعَّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلُّ جَوَّاظٍ زَنِيمٍ مُتَكَبِّرٍ  

tirmidhi:2605Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahbal-Khuzāʿī

"Should I not inform you about the people of Paradise: They are every humble and weak person, who if he were to make an Oath by Allah, He would fulfill it. Should I not inform you about the people of the Fire: They are every prideful, swaggering, ill-speaking person."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٦٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُتَكَبِّرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:18728Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahb al-Khuzāʿī

May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? (And then informing about them) said: Every meek person who is considered to be humble and if they were to adjure in the name of Allah, Allah would certainly fulfil it. May I not inform you about the inmates of Hell-Fire? They are all proud, mean and haughty. (Using translation from Muslim 2853c)  

أحمد:١٨٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعَّفٍ لَوْ يُقْسِمُ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ؟ كُلُّ جَوَّاظٍ جَعْظَرِيٍّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

ahmad:18730ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

“Shall I not tell you about the people of Paradise? Every weak and oppressed one. Shall I not tell you about the people of Hell? Every harsh, haughty and arrogant one.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4116)   

أحمد:١٨٧٣٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعَّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ؟ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ  

ibnhibban:5679Abū Yaʿlá > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Marwazī > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. Wahbal-Khuzāʿī

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6657)  

ابن حبّان:٥٦٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ كُلُّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ جَوَّاظٍ»  

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَدَلِيُّ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ

tabarani:4931Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Jamāl al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Yūsuf al-ʿAlawī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ghālib al-ʿAbbādānī > Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Maʿbad b. Khālid al-Khuzāʿī > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Jadalī > Zayd b. Thābit

May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? They said: Do this, of course. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Every humble person who is considered to be humble if he were to adjure In the name of Allah, He would fulfil it. He then said: May I not inform you about the denizens of Hell-Fire? They said: Yes. And he said: Every haughty, fat and proud (person). (Using translation from Muslim 2853a)   

الطبراني:٤٩٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ الْجَمَالِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو يُوسُفَ الْعَلَوِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ غَالِبٍ الْعَبَّادَانِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَدَلِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٌ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ؟» قَالَ «كُلُّ عُتُلٌّ جَوَّاظٌ»  

tabarani:3255ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

"Should I not inform you about the people of Paradise: They are every humble and weak person, who if he were to make an Oath by Allah, He would fulfill it. Should I not inform you about the people of the Fire: They are every prideful, swaggering, ill-speaking person." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2605)  

الطبراني:٣٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ؟ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُتَكَبِّرٍ»  

tabarani:3257[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Jadhūʿy al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Marzūq > Bakr b. Bakkār > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

May I not inform you about the inmates of Paradise? (And then informing about them) said: Every meek person who is considered to be humble and if they were to adjure in the name of Allah, Allah would certainly fulfil it. May I not inform you about the inmates of Hell-Fire? They are all proud, mean and haughty. (Using translation from Muslim 2853c)   

الطبراني:٣٢٥٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبِي ثنا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَذُوعيُّ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا بَكْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ جَوَّاظٍ»  

tabarani:3258Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū Khaythamah

"Should I not inform you about the people of Paradise: They are every humble and weak person, who if he were to make an Oath by Allah, He would fulfill it. Should I not inform you about the people of the Fire: They are every prideful, swaggering, ill-speaking person." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2605)  

الطبراني:٣٢٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ جَدِّي بِخَطِّهِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنِي مِسْعَرٌ ثنا مَعْبَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ وَالْمُسْتَوْرِدِ الْفِهْرِيِّ قَالَا قَالَ

«أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ؟ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ»  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ} [القلم: 13]

nasai-kubra:11551Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Maʿbad b. Khālid > Ḥārithah b. And Hb

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6657)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٥٥١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ» وَقَالَ «أَهْلُ النَّارِ كُلُّ جَوَّاظٍ عُتُلٍّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ»