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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْفِرْقَةِ النَّاجِيَةِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْفَرَقِ الَّتِي تَفْتَرِقُ عَلَيْهَا أُمَّةُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:5Aḥmad b. Mukram b. Khālid al-Birtī > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī And Ḥujr b. Ḥujr al-Kalāʿī > Ataynā al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah Wahū Mimman Nazal Fīh Walā > al--Adhīn Idhā Mā Atawk Litaḥmilahum Qult Lā Ajid Mā Aḥmilukum ʿAlayh Fasallamnā Waqulnā Ataynāk Zāʾirayn Wamuqtabisayn

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4607)  

ابن حبّان:٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُكْرَمِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبِرْتِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيُّ وَحُجْرُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ الْكَلَاعِيُّ قَالَا

أَتَيْنَا الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ {وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ إِذَا مَا أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ} فَسَلَّمْنَا وَقُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاكَ زَائِرَيْنَ وَمُقْتَبِسَيْنِ فَقَالَ الْعِرْبَاضُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةَ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا مُجَدَّعًا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:4607Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī And Ḥujr b. Ḥujr > Ataynā al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah Wahū Mimman Nazal Fīh Walā > al--Adhīn Idhā Mā Atawk Litaḥmilahum Qult Lā Ajid Mā Aḥmilukum ʿAlayh Fasallamnā Waqulnā Ataynāk Zāʾirīn Waʿāʾidīn Wamuqtabisīn

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error.  

أبو داود:٤٦٠٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيُّ وَحُجْرُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالاَ

أَتَيْنَا الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ { وَلاَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ إِذَا مَا أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لاَ أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ } فَسَلَّمْنَا وَقُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاكَ زَائِرِينَ وَعَائِدِينَ وَمُقْتَبِسِينَ فَقَالَ الْعِرْبَاضُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ بَعْدِي فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلاَفًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ الرَّاشِدِينَ تَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلاَلَةٌ  

tirmidhi:2676ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

"One day after the morning Salat, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ exhorted us to the extent that the eyes wept and the hearts shuddered with fear. A man said: 'Indeed this is a farewell exhortation. [So what] do you order us O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'I order you to have Taqwa of Allah, and to listen and obey, even in the case of an Ethiopian slave. Indeed, whomever among you lives, he will see much difference. Beware of the newly invented matters, for indeed they are astray. Whoever among you sees that, then he must stick to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafa', cling to it with the molars.'"  

الترمذي:٢٦٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا بَعْدَ صَلاَةِ الْغَدَاةِ مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ يَرَى اخْتِلاَفًا كَثِيرًا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الأُمُورِ فَإِنَّهَا ضَلاَلَةٌ فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رَوَى ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَ هَذَا حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ وَالْعِرْبَاضُ بْنُ سَارِيَةَ يُكْنَى أَبَا نَجِيحٍ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ حُجْرِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ عَنْ عِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ
ibnmajah:42ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Bashīr b. Dhakwān al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. al-ʿAlāʾ / Ibn Zabr > Yaḥyá b. Abū al-Muṭāʿ > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

I heard 'Irbad bin Sariyah say: 'One day, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up among us and delivered a deeply moving speech to us that melted our hearts and caused our eyes to overflow with tears. It was said to him: 'O Messenger of Allah, you have delivered a speech of farewell, so enjoin something upon us.' He said: 'I urge you to fear Allah, and to listen and obey, even if (your leader) is an Abyssinian slave. After I am gone, you will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to my Sunnah and the path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, and cling stubbornly to it. And beware of newly-invented matters, for every innovation is a going astray.'"  

ابن ماجة:٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَشِيرِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَبْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي الْمُطَاعِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ يَقُولُ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً وَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَعَظْتَنَا مَوْعِظَةَ مُوَدِّعٍ فَاعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا بِعَهْدٍ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا وَسَتَرَوْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِي اخْتِلاَفًا شَدِيدًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالأُمُورَ الْمُحْدَثَاتِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلاَلَةٌ  

A true believer compliant and adaptable to rightful authorities

ibnmajah:43Ismāʿīl b. Bishr b. Manṣūr And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Sawwāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Ḍamrah b. Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Salamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

He heard Al-'Irbad bin Sariyah say: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a moving speech to us which made our eyes flow with tears and made our hearts melt. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah. This is a speech of farewell. What did you enjoin upon us?' He said: 'I am leaving you upon a (path of) brightness whose night is like its day. No one will deviate from it after I am gone but one who is doomed. Whoever among you lives will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to what you know of my Sunnah and the path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, and cling stubbornly to it. And you must obey, even if (your leader is) an Abyssinian leader. For the true believer is like a camel with a ring in its nose; wherever it is driven, it complies."  

ابن ماجة:٤٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ السَّوَّاقُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السَّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ يَقُولُ وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَمَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ: «قَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا لاَ يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي إِلاَّ هَالِكٌ۔ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلاَفًا كَثِيرًا۔ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا عَرَفْتُمْ مِنْ سُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا۔ فَإِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُ كَالْجَمَلِ الأَنِفِ حَيْثُمَا قِيدَ انْقَادَ۔»  

ahmad:17142ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah / Ibn Ṣāliḥ > Ḍamrah b. Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

He heard Al-'Irbad bin Sariyah say: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a moving speech to us which made our eyes flow with tears and made our hearts melt. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah. This is a speech of farewell. What did you enjoin upon us?' He said: 'I am leaving you upon a (path of) brightness whose night is like its day. No one will deviate from it after I am gone but one who is doomed. Whoever among you lives will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to what you know of my Sunnah and the path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, and cling stubbornly to it. And you must obey, even if (your leader is) an Abyssinian leader. For the true believer is like a camel with a ring in its nose; wherever it is driven, it complies." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 43)  

أحمد:١٧١٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَمَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ قَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا لَا يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي إِلَّا هَالِكٌ وَمَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا عَرَفْتُمْ مِنْ سُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ فَإِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُ كَالْجَمَلِ الْأَنِفِ حَيْثُمَا انْقِيدَ انْقَادَ  

ahmad:17144al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > Thawr > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4607)   

أحمد:١٧١٤٤حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ لَهَا الْأَعْيُنُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ قُلْنَا أَوْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَأَوْصِنَا قَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ يَرَى بَعْدِي اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ  

ahmad:17145al-Walīd b. Muslim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī And Ḥujr b. Ḥujr > Ataynā al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah Wahū Mimman Nazal Fīh Walā > al--Adhīn Idhā Mā Atawk Litaḥmilahum Qult Lā Ajid Mā Aḥmilukum ʿAlayh al-Twbh 92 Fasallamnā Waqulnā Ataynāk Zāʾirīn Waʿāʾidīn Wamuqtabisīn

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4607)  

أحمد:١٧١٤٥حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيُّ وَحُجْرُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَا أَتَيْنَا الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ {وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ إِذَا مَا أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ} [التوبة 92] فَسَلَّمْنَا وَقُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاكَ زَائِرِينَ وَعَائِدِينَ وَمُقْتَبِسِينَ فَقَالَ

عِرْبَاضٌ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ فَقَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ بَعْدِي فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ تَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ  

darimi:96Abū ʿĀṣim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr > ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4607)   

الدارمي:٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ أَنبَأَنَا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ وَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ؟ فَأَوْصِنَا فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ بَعْدِي فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسَنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْمُحْدَثَاتِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ» وقالَ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ مَرَّةً «وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  

hakim:329Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4607)   

الحاكم:٣٢٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ثنا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً وَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَأَوْصِنَا قَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عُضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ عِلَّةٌ وَقَدِ احْتَجَّ الْبُخَارِيُّ بِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَرُوِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ فِي أَوَّلِ كِتَابِ الِاعْتِصَامِ بِالسُّنَّةِ وَالَّذِي عِنْدِي أَنَّهُمَا رَحِمَهُمَا اللَّهُ تَوَهَّمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ رَاوٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ غَيْرِ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمُخَرَّجُ حَدِيثُهُ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ» صحيح ليس له علة
hakim:331Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Muʾammal > al-Faḍl b. Muḥammad > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Ḍamrah b. Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

He heard Al-'Irbad bin Sariyah say: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a moving speech to us which made our eyes flow with tears and made our hearts melt. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah. This is a speech of farewell. What did you enjoin upon us?' He said: 'I am leaving you upon a (path of) brightness whose night is like its day. No one will deviate from it after I am gone but one who is doomed. Whoever among you lives will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to what you know of my Sunnah and the path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, and cling stubbornly to it. And you must obey, even if (your leader is) an Abyssinian leader. For the true believer is like a camel with a ring in its nose; wherever it is driven, it complies." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 43)   

الحاكم:٣٣١حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُؤَمَّلِ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا لَمَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدَّعٍ فَإِذًا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ «قَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا لَا يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي إِلَّا هَالِكٌ وَمَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا عَرَفْتُمْ مِنْ سُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ الرَّاشِدِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ» فَكَانَ أَسَدُ بْنُ وَدَاعَةَ يَزِيدُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ «فَإِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ كَالْجَمَلِ الْأَنْفِ حَيْثُ مَا قِيدَ انْقَادَ» وَقَدْ تَابَعَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَلَى رِوَايَتِهِ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الثِّقَاتِ الْأَثْبَاتِ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

hakim:332Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī > Mūsá b. Ayyūb al-Naṣībī And Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim al-Dimashqī > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī Waḥujr b. Ḥujr al-Kalāʿī > Ataynā al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah Wahū Mimman Nazal Fīh Walā > al--Adhīn Idhā Mā Atawk Litaḥmilahum Qult Lā Ajid Mā Aḥmilukum ʿAlayh Tawallawā Waʾaʿyunuhum Tufīḍ from al-Damʿ Ḥazan Allā Yajidūā Mā Yunfiqūn al-Twbh 92 Fasallamnā Waqulnā Ataynāk Zāʾirīn Wamuqtabisīn

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4607)  

الحاكم:٣٣٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ النَّصِيبِيُّ وَصَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَا ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيُّ وَحُجْرُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ الْكَلَاعِيُّ قَالَا أَتَيْنَا الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ {وَلَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ إِذَا مَا أَتَوْكَ لِتَحْمِلَهُمْ قُلْتَ لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ تَوَلَّوْا وَأَعْيُنُهُمْ تُفِيضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ حَزَنًا أَلَّا يَجِدُوا مَا يُنْفِقُونَ} [التوبة 92] فَسَلَّمْنَا وَقُلْنَا أَتَيْنَاكَ زَائِرِينَ وَمُقْتَبِسِينَ فَقَالَ

الْعِرْبَاضُ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدَّعٍ فَمَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهَا وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  

tabarani:15768Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah al-Sulamī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon that made our eyes shed tears and our hearts tremble. We said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is a farewell sermon, so advise us." He said, "I advise you to have taqwa (piety) of Allah, to listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave becomes your leader. Verily, he among you who lives long will see great differences, so hold fast to my Sunnah and the sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs after me. Bite onto it with your molar teeth, and beware of newly-invented matters, for every innovation is a misguidance."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ

وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْأَعْيُنُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَأَوْصِنَا قَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ بَعْدِي فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ بَعْدِي الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  

tabarani:15769[Chain 1] Mūsá b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥimṣī > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ [Chain 2] Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿIrq al-Ḥimṣī > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ advised them one day after the morning prayer. Tears flowed and hearts trembled from it. A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is like a farewell sermon. What do you advise us?" He said, "I advise you to fear Allah and to have good listening and obedience, even if a black Abyssinian slave is appointed over you. Verily, whoever among you lives after me will see much disagreement, so beware of newly invented matters, for they are misguidance. And adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs after me, and hold onto it with your molars."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِرْقٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَظَهُمْ يَوْمًا مَوْعِظَةً بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدَّعٍ فَمَا تَعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ بَعْدِي فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّهَا ضَلَالَةٌ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِي عُضْوًا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ»  

tabarani:15770[Chain 1] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá [Chain 2] Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Ḍamrah b. Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah al-Sulamī

He heard Al-'Irbad bin Sariyah say: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a moving speech to us which made our eyes flow with tears and made our hearts melt. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah. This is a speech of farewell. What did you enjoin upon us?' He said: 'I am leaving you upon a (path of) brightness whose night is like its day. No one will deviate from it after I am gone but one who is doomed. Whoever among you lives will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to what you know of my Sunnah and the path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, and cling stubbornly to it. And you must obey, even if (your leader is) an Abyssinian leader. For the true believer is like a camel with a ring in its nose; wherever it is driven, it complies." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 43)  

الطبراني:١٥٧٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَا ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ السُّلَمِيَّ يَقُولُ وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهُ الْأَعْيُنُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهُ الْقُلُوبُ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَا تَعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ «لَقَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا لَا يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي إِلَّا هَالِكٌ وَمَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا عَرَفْتُمْ مِنْ سُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ فَإِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُ كَالْجَمَلِ الْأَنِفِ حَيْثُمَا قِيدَ انْقَادَ»  

يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي الْمُطَاعِ، عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ

tabarani:15773Abū ʿAbd al-Malik Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Qurashī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. Zabr from my father > Yaḥyá b. Abū al-Muṭāʿ > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah al-Sulamī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , came to us one morning and delivered a sermon that caused our hearts to tremble and our eyes to shed tears. So we said, "O Messenger of Allah, you have advised us with a farewell sermon. Please give us some final instructions." He said, "I advise you to have Taqwa (God-consciousness), and to listen and obey, even if an Ethiopian slave were to rule over you. You will see much disagreement and discord after me, so hold fast to my Sunnah (way) and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Bite onto it with your molar teeth. And beware of newly invented matters (in religion), for every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٧٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقُرَشِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ زَبْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي الْمُطَاعِ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ

قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً وَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهُ الْعُيُونُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ وَعَظْتَنَا مَوْعِظَةَ مُوَدِّعٍ فَاعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَسَيَرَى مَنْ بَقِيَ بَعْدِي اخْتِلَافًا شَدِيدًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْمُحْدَثَاتِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  

tabarani:15774Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr > Abū al-Yamān > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > Arṭāh b. al-Mundhir > Mhāṣr b. Ḥabīb > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ delivered a powerful sermon after the morning prayer, causing tears to flow from the eyes and fear to fill the hearts. One of his companions said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is a farewell sermon." He then said, "I advise you to have taqwa (consciousness) of Allah, and to listen and obey, even if your leader is an Abyssinian slave. Indeed, whoever lives among you will see much difference, so beware of newly-invented matters, for every innovation is a misguidance. Whoever among you lives to see that, then it is upon him to adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs. Bite onto it with your molar teeth."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَرْطَاةَ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ مهاصرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةَ مُوَدِّعٍ فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ»  

tabarani:15775Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah al-Dimashqī > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ al-Ḥimṣī > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bilāl > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon that touched the hearts and brought tears to the eyes. So we said, "O Messenger of Allah, it seems like a farewell sermon, so advise us." He said, "I advise you to have taqwa (fearfulness) of Allah, to listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave becomes your leader. After me, you will see many differences, so adhere to my Sunnah (way) and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided caliphs. Bite onto it with your molars and beware of newly-innovated matters, for every newly-innovated matter is misguidance."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٧٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بِلَالٍ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً وَجَلَّتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْأَعْيُنُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَاعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا فَمَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ بَعْدِي فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  

جُبَيْرُ بْنُ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ

tabarani:15793Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿIqāl al-Ḥarrānī > Abū Jaʿfar al-Nufaylī > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Abū Ḥamzah al-Ḥimṣī > Shaʿwidh al-Azdī > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Jubayr b. Nufayr > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once gave us a profound sermon that made our eyes shed tears and our hearts tremble. A man from the Muslims said, "It seems like this sermon is a farewell sermon. So what instructions do you leave for us, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "I have left you upon a clear path, its night is as bright as its day. No one deviates from it after me except that they will be destroyed. And whoever among you lives will witness much disagreement. So beware of innovation and adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs. Bite onto it with your molars. And you must also listen and obey, even if your leader is an Ethiopian slave."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٩٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عِقَالٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الْحِمْصِيِّ عَنْ شَعْوِذٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مَوْعِظَةً بَلِيغَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةَ مُوَدِّعٍ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي قَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا لَا يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا هَالِكٌ وَأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ يَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْبِدَعَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا»  

bayhaqi:20338[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. al-Ḥamāmī al-Muqriʾ> Aḥmad b. Salmān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad > Abū ʿĀṣim [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Sulamī > al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāriyah

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came to Irbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the following verse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come to thee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I can find no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have come to see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbad said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in prayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at which the eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said: Messenger of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation, so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you to fear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live after me will see great disagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of the rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoid novelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and every innovation is an error. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4607)   

البيهقي:٢٠٣٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْحَمَامِيِّ الْمُقْرِئُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ أنبأ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ثنا ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَوَعَظَنَا مَوْعِظَةً وَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ فَأَوْصِنَا قَالَ أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ وَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الدُّورِيِّ  

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"أُوصِيكُمْ بتَقْوَى اللَّهِ والسَّمْعِ والطَّاعَة، وَإنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِىٌّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِش مِنكُمْ بَعْدى فَسَيَرى اخْتَلافًا كثِيرًا، فَعَلَيكم بسُنَّتِى وسُنَّةِ الخُلَفَاءِ الْمَهْديّينَ الرَّاشِدِين، تَمَسَّكوا بهَا، وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْها بالنَّوَاجذ، وَإياكُم ومُحْدثَات الأُمور فَإنَّ كُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بدْعَةٌ، وَكُلَّ بدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَة ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [هـ] ابن ماجة وابن جرير، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن العرباض بن سارية