Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3057
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ : ( يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ ) وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوْا ظَالِمًا فَلَمْ يَأْخُذُوا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِعِقَابٍ مِنْهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مَرْفُوعًا وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَوْلَهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعُوهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said: ‘People, you recite this verse: “Believers, take care of yourselves. Those who stray cannot harm you if you are guided” (Qur’an 5:105). I heard the Messenger of Allah say, “When people see a wrongdoer and do not restrain him, it is likely that Allah will soon encompass them all with punishment from Him.”’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih. More than one narrator reported similar wording from Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid as a Prophetic report, while some narrated it from Isma‘il, from Qays, from Abu Bakr, as Abu Bakr’s own statement, without attributing it to the Prophet.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report clarifies that ‘take care of yourselves’ does not mean ignoring wrongdoing in the community; Abu Bakr cites the Prophet’s warning against failing to restrain it.
The chains differ on whether the warning is marfu‘ or mawquf.