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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْبَلَايَا تَكُونُ بِالْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَكْثَرُ، ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلِ فَالْأَمْثَلِ فِي الدِّينِ

ibnhibban:2921ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim Ibn Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, who are the people who face the most trials and tribulations?" He replied, "The prophets, then those who are most like them. Each person is tested according to their level of faith. A person will continue to be tested until they walk on the face of the earth without any sins upon them."  

ابن حبّان:٢٩٢١أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ ابْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الْعَبْدُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Aḥmad's Zuhd, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2398Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

"O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Which of the people is tried most severely?" He said: "The Prophets, then those nearest to them, then those nearest to them. A man is tried according to his religion; if he is firm in his religion, then his trials are more severe, and if he is frail in his religion, then he is tried according to the strength of his religion. The servant shall continue to be tried until he is left walking upon the earth without any sins."  

الترمذي:٢٣٩٨حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلاَءً قَالَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الأَمْثَلُ فَالأَمْثَلُ فَيُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ دِينُهُ صُلْبًا اشْتَدَّ بَلاَؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلاَءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ مَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأُخْتِ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً قَالَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ

People are tested according to their commitment to faith

ibnmajah:4023Yūsuf b. Ḥammād al-Maʿnī And Yaḥyá b. Durust > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd > Abīh Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’”  

ابن ماجة:٤٠٢٣حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمَعْنِيُّ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ دُرُسْتَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلاَءً؟ قَالَ: «الأَنْبِيَاءُ، ثُمَّ الأَمْثَلُ، فَالأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الْعَبْدُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ۔ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ صُلْبًا اشْتَدَّ بَلاَؤُهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ، فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلاَءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَةٍ۔»  

ahmad:1607ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)  

أحمد:١٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ حَدَّثَنِي مُصْعَبُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلاءً؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ دِينُهُ صُلْبًا اشْتَدَّ بَلاؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ  

ahmad:1481Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)   

أحمد:١٤٨١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلاءً؟ قَالَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الصَّالِحُونَ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ مِنَ النَّاسِ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ صَلابَةٌ زِيدَ فِي بَلائِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ خُفِّفَ عَنْهُ وَمَا يَزَالُ الْبَلاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ  

ahmad:1494Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd > Saʿd

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), "Which people are tested the most severely?" He replied, "The prophets, then those who are most similar, then those who are similar." A person is tested according to his faith. If his faith is weak, he will be tested accordingly. If his faith is strong, he will be tested accordingly. He added, "The afflictions will continue to come to a person until they leave him walking on the Earth, with no sin on him."  

أحمد:١٤٩٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُصْعَبَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلاءً؟ فَقَالَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ فَيُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ رَقِيقَ الدِّينِ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ ذَاكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ صُلْبَ الدِّينِ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ ذَاكَ قَالَ فَمَا تَزَالُ الْبَلايَا بِالرَّجُلِ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ  

ahmad:1555Ismāʿīl / Ibn Ibrāhīm > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd

[Machine] "Saad, O Messenger of Allah, which people face the greatest tribulations?" The Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him, replied, "The prophets, then those most like them, and then those most like them." He continued, "Each person will be tested according to the strength of their faith. If their faith is strong, they will be tested accordingly. And I once said, 'The most severely tested are those with the strongest faith.' And if a person's faith is weak, they will be tested according to the strength of their faith. And I once said, 'Each person will be tested according to the strength of their faith.' The trials will continue to afflict a person until they walk on Earth free from any sin." My father commented, and it was also said by Saad, "I said, O Messenger of Allah..." [The rest of the passage is missing.]  

أحمد:١٥٥٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ

سَعْدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلاءً؟ قَالَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ حَتَّى يُبْتَلَى الْعَبْدُ عَلَى قَدْرِ دِينِهِ ذَاكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ صُلْبَ الدِّينِ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى قَدْرِ ذَاكَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أَشَدُّ بَلاءً وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى قَدْرِ ذَاكَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ قَالَ فَمَا تَبْرَحُ الْبَلايَاعَنِ الْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَعْنِي وَمَا إِنْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَةٍ قَالَ أَبِي وَقَالَ مَرَّةً عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ  

darimi:2825Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd > Saʿd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Who among the people experiences the most severe affliction?" He said, "The prophets, then the best, then the best. A man is tested according to his religious commitment, so if he is firm in his religion, his trials increase, and if he is weak in his religion, they are lightened for him. The affliction will continue for a servant until he walks on the earth with no sin to his account."  

الدارمي:٢٨٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ صَلَابَةٌ زِيدَ صَلَابَةً وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ خُفِّفَ عَنْهُ وَلَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهُ خَطِيئَةٌ»  

hakim:121Muḥammad b. Isrāʾīl al-Jawharī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Tamīm al-Qanṭarī > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Shākir > ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah And Ḥammād b. Zayd Waʾabān al-ʿAṭṭār > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn al-Qāḍī > al-Ḥārith b. Abū Usāmah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh Waḥdthnā Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > al-Ḥasan b. Mūsá al-Ashyab > Shaybān > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Maḥbūbī > Aḥmad b. Sayyār > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Abū ʿAmr b. Abū Saʿīd al-Naḥwī > al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Raqqī > ʿUqbah b. Mukram > Salm b. Qutaybah > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharazah > Aḥmad b. Yūnus Waʾabū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd Wahadhā Lafẓ Ḥadīth Shaybān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀṣim > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ from his father

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)   

الحاكم:١٢١أَخْبَرْنَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُوْ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ تَمِيمٍ الْقَنْطَرِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَأَبَانُ الْعَطَّارُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَحدثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَشْيَبُ ثنا شَيْبَانُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَيَّارٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ النَّحْوِيُّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثنا سَلْمُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ شَيْبَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «النَّبِيُّونَ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ إِنْ كَانَ صُلْبَ الدِّينِ اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلَاءُ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَوْطِينِ النَّفْسِ عَلَى تَحْمِلِ مَا يَسْتَقْبِلُهَا مِنَ الْمِحَنِ وَالْمَصَائِبِ

ibnhibban:2900ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > Hudbah b. Khālid > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim Ibn Bahdalah > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, who are the people who are tested the most severely?" He said, "The prophets, then those who are closest to them in righteousness. A person is tested according to the strength of their faith. The trial will not cease to afflict a person until it leaves him walking on the earth without any sin."  

ابن حبّان:٢٩٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ ابْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ وَيُبْتَلَى الْعَبْدُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:2901Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd b. Mālik from his father

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)  

ابن حبّان:٢٩٠١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ دِينُهُ صُلْبًا اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»  

nasai-kubra:7439Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī > Ḥammād > ʿĀṣim > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٤٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الْعَبْدُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ دِينُهُ صُلْبًا اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسْبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مَا بِهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»  

bayhaqi:6534[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah And Hishām Waḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > al-Ḥasan b. Mūsá al-Ashyab > Shaybān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀṣim > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ from his father

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)   

البيهقي:٦٥٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ وَهِشَامٌ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَشْيَبُ ثنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّونَ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسْبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ صُلْبَ الدِّينِ اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِيَ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَمَا تَبْرَحُ الْبَلَايَا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ حَتَّى تَدَعَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ  

ahmad-zuhd:294ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd 48 > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd from his father

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, who among the people endures the most severe trials?" He said, "The prophets, then the righteous, then those who resemble them. For the one who resembles the prophets, he is tested according to his faith. So, if his faith is firm, his trials are increased. And if his faith is weak, his trials are decreased. The trials continue upon the servant until he walks on the earth without any sin."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ [48] عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً؟ قَالَ «الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الصَّالِحُونَ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ مِنَ النَّاسِ؛ يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى حَسَبِ دِينِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ صَلَابَةٌ زِيدَ فِي بَلَائِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ؛ خَفَّفْتُ عَنْهُ وَلَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ فِي الْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَمْشِيَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ»  

suyuti:3257a

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which people are most severely tested?’ He said: ‘The Prophets, then the next best and the next best. A person is tested according to his religious commitment. If he is steadfast in his religious commitment, he will be tested more severely, and if he is frail in his religious commitment, his test will be according to his commitment. Trials will continue to afflict a person until they leave him walking on the earth with no sin on him.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4023)   

السيوطي:٣٢٥٧a

«أَشدُّ النَّاسِ بلاءً الأنبياءُ، ثم الأمْثلُ، فالأمْثَلُ، يُبْتَلى الرجلُ على حسبِ دينِه، فإِنْ كانَ في دينه صُلبًا اشتدَّ بلاؤه، وإنْ كانَ في دينه رقَّةٌ ابْتُلي على قدْرِ دينه، فما يبْرحُ البلاءُ بالعبْدِ حتَّى يتركه يمشى على الأرْضِ، وما عليه خطيئةٌ۔»  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، والدرامى، [خ] البخاري [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن سعد بن أبي وقاص
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السيوطي:٥-٩٣b

"عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَشَدُّ بَلَاءً (قَالَ: ) الأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الأَمْثَلُ فَالأَمْثَلُ حَتَّى يُبْتَلَى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى قَدْرِ دِينِهِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ صَلْبَ الدِّينِ اشْتَدَّ بَلَاؤُهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِى دِينِهِ رِقَّةٌ ابْتُلِىَ عَلَى حَسِبِ ذَلك أَوْ قَدْرِ ذَلِكَ فَمَا يَزَالُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهُ يَمْشِى فِى الأَرْضِ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [هـ] ابن ماجة