Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 2503

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يُذِلَّ نَفْسَهُ» . قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ يُذِلُّ نَفْسَهُ؟ قَالَ: «يَتَعَرَّضُ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ لِمَا لَا يُطِيقُ» رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَالْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي شُعَبِ الْإِيمَانِ. وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيث حسن غَرِيب

Translation

Hudhayfah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A believer should not humiliate himself.” They asked, “How would he humiliate himself?” He said, “By exposing himself to an affliction he cannot bear.” Reported by al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and al-Bayhaqi in Shu‘ab al-Iman. Al-Tirmidhi said, “This is a hasan gharīb hadith.” The hadith was not studied by al-Albani.