Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 49

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَبُو هَاشِمٍ بْنُ أَبِي خِدَاشٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِحْصَنٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْلَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ لِصَاحِبِ بِدْعَةٍ صَوْمًا وَلاَ صَلاَةً وَلاَ صَدَقَةً وَلاَ حَجًّا وَلاَ عُمْرَةً وَلاَ جِهَادًا وَلاَ صَرْفًا وَلاَ عَدْلاً يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ كَمَا تَخْرُجُ الشَّعَرَةُ مِنَ الْعَجِينِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Dawud ibn Sulayman al-Askari narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Ali, Abu Hashim ibn Abi Khidash al-Mawsili, narrated to us: He said: Muhammad ibn Mihsan narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn Abi Ablah, from Abdullah ibn al-Daylami, from Hudhayfah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah does not accept from a person of innovation any fasting, prayer, charity, Hajj, Umrah, jihad, sarf, or adl. He leaves Islam as a hair leaves dough.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic names sarf and adl without explaining them; the English witness interprets these as obligatory and voluntary acts, but that gloss is not explicit in the Arabic. The terms are therefore transliterated and the ambiguity retained. The final simile says a hair exits dough.