Sunan Ibn Majah 4053

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Hudhayfah reported: The Messenger of Allah told us two reports. I have seen one of them, and I am awaiting the other. He told us: ‘Trustworthiness descended into the very roots of men’s hearts’—al-Tanafisi explained: ‘That is, into the middle of their hearts.’ ‘Then the Qur’an was revealed, and we learned from the Qur’an and from the Sunnah.’ Then he told us about its removal: ‘A man will sleep, and trustworthiness will be taken from his heart, leaving a trace like a faint mark. Then he will sleep again, and trustworthiness will be taken from his heart, leaving a trace like a blister, like an ember rolled over your foot that raises a blister; you see it swollen, but there is nothing inside it.’ Hudhayfah then took a handful of pebbles and rolled them over his shin. He said: ‘People will conduct business with one another, but hardly anyone will fulfill a trust, until it is said, “In such-and-such a clan there is an honest man.” A man will be praised: “How intelligent, strong, and clever he is!” yet there will not be a mustard seed of faith in his heart.’ Hudhayfah added: ‘There was a time when I did not care which of you I dealt with: if he was a Muslim, his Islam would make him return what he owed me; and if he was a Jew or a Christian, his agent would make him return it. But today I would deal only with so-and-so and so-and-so.’’