Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2167

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Abu Bakr ibn Nafi‘ al-Basri narrated to us: al-Mu‘tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to me: Sulayman al-Madani narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Dinar, from Ibn ‘Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Allah will never unite my community—or, he said, the community of Muhammad—upon misguidance. Allah’s hand is with the community, and whoever separates himself separates himself toward the Fire.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This is a gharib hadith through this route. In my view, Sulayman al-Madani is Sulayman ibn Sufyan. Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, Abu ‘Amir al-‘Aqadi, and more than one scholar narrated from him. Abu ‘Isa said: According to the scholars, ‘the community’ means the people of jurisprudence, knowledge, and hadith. He said: I heard al-Jarud ibn Mu‘adh say: I heard ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan say, ‘I asked ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, “Who are the community?” He said, “Abu Bakr and ‘Umar.” It was said to him, “Abu Bakr and ‘Umar have died.” He said, “So-and-so and so-and-so.” It was said to him, “So-and-so and so-and-so have died.” Then ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak said, “Abu Hamzah al-Sukkari is the community.”’ Abu ‘Isa said: Abu Hamzah is Muhammad ibn Maymun, a righteous elder. The source adds that this was said during his lifetime, as conveyed in the report.