Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4120

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قَالُوا رَأْيَكَ فِي ‏.‏ هَذَا نَقُولُ هَذَا مِنْ أَشْرَافِ النَّاسِ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ أَنْ يُخَطَّبَ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ يُشَفَّعَ وَإِنْ قَالَ أَنْ يُسْمَعَ لِقَوْلِهِ ‏.‏ فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا نَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ لَمْ يُنْكَحْ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ لاَ يُشَفَّعْ وَإِنْ قَالَ لاَ يُسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ لَهَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءِ الأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d al-Sa‘idi, who said: A man passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) asked: “What do you say about this man?” They replied: “We defer to your judgment about him. He is one of the most eminent people; if he proposes marriage, he deserves to be married to; if he intercedes, his intercession deserves acceptance; and if he speaks, he deserves to be listened to.” The Prophet (ﷺ) remained silent. Then another man passed by, and he asked: “What do you say about this one?” They replied: “By Allah, Messenger of Allah, he is one of the poor Muslims. If he proposes marriage, he will not be married to; if he intercedes, his intercession will not be accepted; and if he speaks, he will not be listened to.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “This man is better than an earthful of people like the other one.”