Sunan Ibn Majah 4014

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Umayyah al-Sha‘bani reported: I came to Abu Tha‘labah al-Khushani and asked, ‘What do you make of this verse?’ He asked, ‘Which verse?’ I said, ‘“Believers, you are responsible for yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you if you are guided” (Qur’an 5:105).’ He said, ‘You have asked someone who knows about it. I asked the Messenger of Allah about it, and he said: “Rather, urge one another to do what is right and forbid one another from what is wrong. Continue until you see greed being obeyed, desires followed, worldly life preferred, and everyone pleased with his own opinion; and until you see a matter you have no power to address. Then attend to your own particular concern and leave the affairs of the common people. For after you will come days of patience, when patience will be like holding a burning coal. Whoever acts in those days will have the reward of fifty men who do the same deeds.”’