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Benefits For The Later Generations
EPISODE 3️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣1️⃣ Mu’aadh said:
“One day Aboo Bakr (رضي الله عنه) entered a garden and there was a finch standing in the shade of a tree, so he sighed deeply and then said: ‘Glad tidings to you o bird! You eat fruit, receive shade from the trees and then you pass on to no reckoning; only if Aboo Bakr was like you!’”
[Al-Mutamanniyeen, p. 71 – Note that there is some ikhtilaaf on the authenticity of this narration]
2️⃣6️⃣2️⃣ It was narrated that Imaam Ahmad would not pray behind his uncle, Ishaq Ibn Hanbal, nor behind his sons, nor would he speak to them because they had taken a stipend from the Sultan.
[Al-Bidayah Wan-Nihayah, 14/386, and Hilyah Al-Awliya’ 9/176]
2️⃣6️⃣3️⃣ ‘Alee Ibn Al-Madeenee was asked about his father, to which he replied:
“‘Ask someone else.’ They said, ‘We are asking you.’ So he lowered his head and then raised it saying, ‘This is Deen (a matter of religion), my father is Dha’eef.’”
[Ibn Hibbaan in Al-Majrooheen, 2/52]
2️⃣6️⃣4️⃣ Abu Dharr Al-Baghandee stated:
“Do not narrate upon the authority of my father, for he is a liar.”
[Tareekh ibn ‘Asaakir, 55/173]
2️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ ‘Alee ibn Al-Husayn ibn Al-Junayd stated:
“I heard Abu Dawood saying: My son ‘Abdullaah is a liar.”
[Tareekh ibn ‘Asaakir, 55/173]
2️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ Shu’bah stated:
“I named my son Sa’d (contentment), but he is neither content nor is he successful.”
[Meezaan Al-’Itidaal, 4/113]
2️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ Abu ‘Urubah Al-Haraanee said concerning al-Husayn ibn Abee As-Sirree al-‘Asqalaanee:
“He is my maternal uncle but he is a liar.”
[Ad-Du’afaa lil-’Uqaylee: 2/118]
2️⃣6️⃣8️⃣ Abu Dawood As-Sijistaanee stated:
“‘Ubbaad ibn Suhayb approached Shu’bah requesting a favor that he does not speak about Abaan ibn Abee ‘Ayaash. Shu’bah said: ‘Give me three days to think about it.’ After three days he said, ‘I thought about what you said and I do not see the permissibility of remaining silent about him.’”
[Al-Majrooheen, 1/96]
2️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ Al-Imaam Ahmad used to praise those of Ahlus Sunnah who criticized him when he believed they were worthy of praise. A man approached him asking about Muhammad ibn Mansoor at-Toosee. He said:
“‘If you do not take from Muhammad ibn Mansoor then who would you take from?’ The man said, ‘But he criticized you!’ He responded, ‘He is a righteous man who has been tested with us, so what are we to do [i.e. criticize him just because he criticized us?].”
[Tabaqaat Al-Hanabilah: 1/195]
2️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ Aboo Haseen said:
“I went to Ibraheem to ask him about an issue, so he said, ‘Was there not anyone else between me and you that you could have asked (instead of me)?’”
[The Book Of Knowledge, by Imaam Aboo Khaithama An-Nisaa’ee, #78]
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