Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2890
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِ الْكَيْلِ وَالْمِيزَانِ: «إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ وُلِّيتُمْ أَمْرَيْنِ هَلَكَتْ فِيهِمَا الْأُمَمُ السَّابِقَة قبلكُمْ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said to those responsible for measuring and weighing: ‘You have been entrusted with two matters through which the nations before you perished.’ Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it. Its listed grading has not been studied (al-Albani).