Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 139
نَجِيحٍ أَبُو عُمَارَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ: لَقَدْ عَهِدْتُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْهُمْ لَيُصْبِحُ فَيَقُولُ: يَا أَهْلِيَهْ، يَا أَهْلِيَهْ، يَتِيمَكُمْ يَتِيمَكُمْ، يَا أَهْلِيَهْ، يَا أَهْلِيَهْ، مِسْكِينَكُمْ مِسْكِينَكُمْ، يَا أَهْلِيَهْ، يَا أَهْلِيَهْ، جَارَكُمْ جَارَكُمْ، وَأُسْرِعَ بِخِيَارِكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَرْذُلُونَ. وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: وَإِذَا شِئْتَ رَأَيْتَهُ فَاسِقًا يَتَعَمَّقُ بِثَلاَثِينَ أَلْفًا إِلَى النَّارِ مَا لَهُ قَاتَلَهُ اللَّهُ؟ بَاعَ خَلاَقَهُ مِنَ اللهِ بِثَمَنِ عَنْزٍ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ رَأَيْتَهُ مُضَيِّعًا مُرْبَدًّا فِي سَبِيلِ الشَّيْطَانِ، لاَ وَاعِظَ لَهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَلاَ مِنَ النَّاسِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu ʿUmārah Najīḥ said: I heard al-Ḥasan say: I remember the Muslims of old: a man would wake up and say, ‘My family, my family! Look after your orphan! Your orphan! My family, my family! Look after your poor person! Your poor person! My family, my family! Look after your neighbor! Your neighbor!’ The best among you are being swiftly taken away, while you grow baser day by day.’ I also heard him say: ‘If you wish, you may see a wicked man dragging thirty thousand people into the Fire. What is the matter with him—may Allah fight him! He has sold his share with Allah for the price of a goat. And if you wish, you may see a negligent man sunk in Satan’s path, with no admonisher within himself and none among the people.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness ends after the first part, omitting the warning about leading thirty thousand people into the Fire and selling one’s share with Allah for the price of a goat. It also appears to duplicate ‘orphan’ where Arabic has ‘poor person’. The rare مُرْبَدًّا is rendered ‘sunk’; specialist review may help.