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tabarani:8523bIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar b. Burqān > Qāl ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd Kul Mā > Āt Qarīb Alā

[Machine] Abdullah bin Mas'ud said, "Everything that is to come is near. Verily, what is far away is not coming quickly, and Allah does not rush for anyone's sake, nor does He care about people's affairs. Allah wants a matter to happen, and people want a different matter to happen. Whatever Allah wants, it will happen, even if people dislike it. There is no one who can bring something close that Allah has distanced, nor can anyone distance something that Allah has brought close. There is nothing except with the permission of Allah. The most truthful of speech is the Book of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad. The worst of matters are innovations, and every innovation is a misguidance."  

الطبراني:٨٥٢٣bحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «كُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ أَلَا إِنَّ الْبَعِيدَ مَا لَيْسَ بِآتٍ لَا يَعْجَلُ اللهُ لِعَجَلَةِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا يَخِفُّ لِأَمْرِ النَّاسِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لَا مَا شَاءُ النَّاسُ يُرِيدُ اللهُ أَمْرًا وَيُرِيدُ النَّاسُ أَمْرًا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ كَانَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ النَّاسُ لَا مُقَرِّبَ لِمَا بَاعَدَ اللهُ وَلَا مُبَعِّدَ لِمَا قَرَّبَ اللهُ وَلَا يَكُونُ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ أَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَشَرُّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»  


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tabarani:8523aIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar b. Burqān

[Machine] "Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said: 'Everything that is coming is near. Verily, what is far away is not coming. Allah does not hasten for anyone's haste, nor does He fear the people's affairs. Whatever Allah wills, it will be, and whatever the people will, Allah intends. If Allah wills something, it will happen, even if the people dislike it. There is no one who is brought closer by Allah except by His permission, and there is no one who is distanced by Allah except by His permission. And there is nothing except by the permission of Allah. The most truthful of speech is the Book of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad. And the worst of affairs are the newly invented matters, and every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance.'"  

الطبراني:٨٥٢٣aحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «كُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ أَلَا إِنَّ الْبَعِيدَ مَا لَيْسَ بِآتٍ لَا يَعْجَلُ اللهُ لِعَجَلَةِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا يَخِفُّ لِأَمْرِ النَّاسِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لَا مَا شَاءُ النَّاسُ يُرِيدُ اللهُ أَمْرًا وَيُرِيدُ النَّاسُ أَمْرًا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ كَانَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ النَّاسُ لَا مُقَرِّبَ لِمَا بَاعَدَ اللهُ وَلَا مُبَعِّدَ لِمَا قَرَّبَ اللهُ وَلَا يَكُونُ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ أَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَشَرُّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»