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hakim:8433 – Abū Ḥafṣ Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal al-Faqīh Bibukhārá > Abū Hārūn Sahl b. Shādhawayh > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Qāl Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people during times of trials is a man who holds onto the reins of his horse or camel, striking fear into the enemies of Allah and being afraid of them. Or, it is a man who isolates himself in the desert, fulfilling the rights of Allah upon him."  

الحاكم:٨٤٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ الْفَقِيهُ بِبُخَارَى أَنْبَأَ أَبُو هَارُونَ سَهْلُ بْنُ شَاذَوَيْهِ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ فِي الْفِتَنِ رَجُلٌ آخِذٌ بِعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ قَالَ بِرَسَنِ فَرَسِهِ خَلْفَ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ يُخِيفُهُمْ وَيُخِيفُونَهُ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي بَادِيَتِهِ يُؤَدِّي حَقَّ اللَّهِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

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ahmad:27353 – Yūnus b. Muḥammad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Layth / Ibn Abū Sulaym > Ṭāwwus > Um Mālik al-Bahziyyah

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Who is the best of people during it?' He said: 'A man among his livestock, who pays what is due on them, and worships his Lord. And a man clutching a head of his horse, terrified of his enemy, and they terrified oh him."' (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2177)   

أحمد:٢٧٣٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي طَاووُسٌ عَنْ أُمِّ مَالِكٍ الْبَهْزِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي مَالِهِ يَعْبُدُ رَبَّهُ وَيُؤَدِّي حَقَّهُ وَرَجُلٌ آخِذٌ بِرَأْسِ فَرَسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ يُخِيفُهُمْ وَيُخِيفُونَهُ  

hakim:8380 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣanʿānī Bimakkah Ḥarasahā Allāh Taʿālá > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Qāl Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best of people in times of trials is a man who holds onto the reins of his horse or camel, or he said, holds onto the knot of his horse's bridle, and goes behind the enemies of Allah, frightening them and being frightened by them. Or a man who isolates himself in a desert, fulfilling the rights of Allah the Exalted, which are on him."  

الحاكم:٨٣٨٠ – أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ حَرَسَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ فِي الْفِتَنِ رَجُلٌ آخِذٌ بِعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ أَوْ قَالَ بِرَسَنِ فَرَسِهِ خَلْفَ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ يُخِيفُهُمْ وَيُخِيفُونَهُ أَوْ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي بَادِيَتِهِ يُؤَدِّي حَقَّ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم
tabarani:21921 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Layth b. Abū Sulaym > Ṭāwus > Um Mālik al-Bahziyyah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best of people during a trial is a man who abstains from his wealth and worships his Lord and fulfills his rights, and a man who takes hold of the reins of his horse in the cause of Allah, causing fear among the enemy and being fearful of them."  

الطبراني:٢١٩٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ لَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أُمِّ مَالِكٍ الْبَهْزِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ النَّاسِ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ فِي مَالِهِ يَعْبُدُ رَبَّهُ وَيُؤَدِّي حَقَّهُ وَرَجُلٌ أَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ فَرَسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ يُخِيفُهُمْ وَيُخِيفُونَهُ»  

suyuti:13876a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:١٣٨٧٦a –

"خَيْرُ النَّاسِ في الفِتَنِ رَجُل آخِذٌ بعِنَانِ فَرَسِهِ خَلفَ أَعْدَاءِ اللَّه يُخِيفُهُم وَيُخِيفُونَهُ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزلٌ في بَادِيَةٍ يُؤَدِّى حَقَّ اللَّه الذى عَلَيْهِ".  

[ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن ابن عباس، نعيم بن حماد في الفتن عن طاووس مرسلا