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hakim:7674 – al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥalīm al-Marwazī > Abū al-Muwajjih > ʿAbdān > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣāmit > Abū Qatādah > Qāl ʿUbādah

[Machine] "Worship means the son of Qurt, 'Indeed, you are performing actions today that are more precise in your eyes than poetry. If we were to count them according to the covenant of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, they would be considered as sinful.' So, I said to Abu Qatadah, 'What would happen if he were to live in our time?' He said, 'This is exactly what I say.'"  

الحاكم:٧٦٧٤ – أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَلِيمِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُوَجِّهِ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدَانُ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عُبَادَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ قُرْطٍ «إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ الْيَوْمَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي قَتَادَةَ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ أَدْرَكَ زَمَانَنَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ «هُوَ ذَا كَذَلِكَ أَقُولُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Aḥmad's Zuhd

The Ṣaḥābah did not trivialize sins at the time of the Prophet ﷺ

bukhari:6492 – Abū al-Walīd > Mahdī > Ghaylān > Anas

Anas said, "You all do ˹bad˺ deeds which seem insignificant in your eyes, like hair, while we used to consider those ˹deeds˺ as destructive during the life-time of the Prophet ﷺ."  

Abū ʿAbdullāh said that ˹mūbiqāt˺ means muhlikāt (destructive actions)
البخاري:٦٤٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ عَنْ غَيْلاَنَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

قَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالاً هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ إِنْ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمُوبِقَاتِ۔  

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ الْمُهْلِكَاتِ
ahmad:15859 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl

[Machine] "Ubada ibn Qurt, indeed you come with matters that are more sensitive in your eyes than hair. We used to count them during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the harmful things. That was mentioned to Muhammad ibn Sireen and he said, 'It is true, and I also see the hem of the garment dragged from it.'"  

أحمد:١٥٨٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عُبَادَةُ بْنُ قُرْطٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ أُمُورًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُوبِقَاتِ قَالَ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ وَأَرَى جَرَّ الْإِزَارِ مِنْهَا  

ahmad:12604 – Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Mahdī > Ghaylān b. Jarīr > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] Indeed, you are doing actions that are more delicate in your eyes than [strands of] hair, if we were to count them according to the scale of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the sinful deeds.  

أحمد:١٢٦٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيٌّ حَدَّثَنِي غَيْلَانُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ  

ahmad:10995 – ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > ʿAbbād / Ibn Rāshidʿan Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] "Indeed, you used to do deeds that were more precious in your eyes than hair. We used to count them during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among the calamities."  

أحمد:١٠٩٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍعَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالًا لَهِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ  

ahmad:20750 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl

[Machine] Translation: "Ubada bin Qurt, indeed you bring things that are finer in your eyes than hair. We used to count them during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as prohibitions. So, they mentioned that to Muhammad, and he said, 'Indeed, you speak the truth. I see a thread of the garment from it.'"  

أحمد:٢٠٧٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عُبَادَةُ بْنُ قُرْطٍ إِنَّكُمْ تَأْتُونَ أَشْيَاءَ هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمُوبِقَاتِ قَالَ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ أَرَى جَرَّ الْإِزَارِ مِنْهُ  

ahmad:20752 – ʿAffān > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] About Ubada ibn Qurt or Qurt, you are doing deeds today that are more precise in your eyes than hair. We used to count them during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the major sins, so I said to Abu Qatadah, "What if our time reaches this?" Abu Qatadah said, "That is why I say."  

أحمد:٢٠٧٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَتَادَةَ

عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ قُرْصٍ أَوْ قُرْطٍ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ الْيَوْمَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي قَتَادَةَ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ أَدْرَكَ زَمَانَنَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ لَكَانَ لِذَلِكَ أَقْوَلَ  

ahmad-zuhd:1084 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > ʿAbbād b. Rāshid > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī ؒ

Anas said "You people do (bad) deeds (commit sins) which seem in your eyes as tiny (minute) than hair while we used to consider those (very deeds) during the life-time of the Prophet ﷺ as destructive sins." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6492)   

الزهد لأحمد:١٠٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالًا هِيَ أَدَقُّ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ