Sunan Ad-Darimi

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ عَامِرٌ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ يَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي فَإِنْ رُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ كُنْتُ حَلَفْتُ لَكَ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ

Muhammad bin Humayd told us, Jarir told us on the authority of Mugheerah, he said that if Amer was asked about something, he would say, “I don’t know,” and if they answered him, he would say, “If you want.” I would have sworn to you by God if I had knowledge of it.

أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا لَبِسَتْكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ يَهْرَمُ فِيهَا الْكَبِيرُ وَيَرْبُو فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ وَيَتَّخِذُهَا النَّاسُ سُنَّةً فَإِذَا غُيِّرَتْ قَالُوا غُيِّرَتْ السُّنَّةُ قَالُوا وَمَتَى ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ إِذَا كَثُرَتْ قُرَّاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ فُقَهَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ أُمَنَاؤُكُمْ وَالْتُمِسَتْ الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ

Ya’la told us, Al-A’mash told us on the authority of a brother who said: Abdullah said, “How will you be when a trial engulfs you in which the old will grow old and die?” It contains small things, and the people take it as a sunnah, and when it is changed, they say, “The sunnah has been changed.” They say, “When is that, O Abu Abdul Rahman?” He said, “If it is too much.” Your readers are few, your jurists are few, your princes are many, your trustworthy ones are few, and the world is sought after by the work of the hereafter.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا لَبِسَتْكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ يَهْرَمُ فِيهَا الْكَبِيرُ وَيَرْبُو فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ إِذَا تُرِكَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قِيلَ تُرِكَتْ السُّنَّةُ قَالُوا وَمَتَى ذَاكَ قَالَ إِذَا ذَهَبَتْ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ جُهَلَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ قُرَّاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ فُقَهَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ أُمَنَاؤُكُمْ وَالْتُمِسَتْ الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ وَتُفُقِّهَ لِغَيْرِ الدِّينِ

Amr ibn Aoun informed us, on the authority of Khalid ibn Abdullah, on the authority of Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, on the authority of Ibrahim, on the authority of Alqamah, on the authority of Abdullah. He said: How? When a temptation overwhelms you, the old will grow old and the young will grow old in it, if any of it is left out, it is said, “The Sunnah has been abandoned,” they say, “And when will that be?” He said: When your scholars are gone, your ignorant people are gone, your reciters are many, your jurists are few, your princes are many, and your trustworthy people are few, And she seeks this world by doing the hereafter and gaining understanding of something other than religion.

أَخْبَرَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ سُهَيْلٍ مَوْلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَا يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ عَامٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ مِنْ الَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلَهُ أَمَا إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْنِي عَامًا أَخْصَبَ مِنْ عَامٍ وَلَا أَمِيرًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَمِيرٍ وَلَكِنْ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ وَخِيَارُكُمْ وَفُقَهَاؤُكُمْ يَذْهَبُونَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُونَ مِنْهُمْ خَلَفًا وَيَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَقِيسُونَ الْأُمُورَ بِرَأْيِهِمْ

Salih bin Suhail, the client of Yahya bin Abi Zaida, told us: Yahya told us, on the authority of Mujalid, on the authority of Al-Sha’bi, on the authority of Masruq, on the authority of Abdullah, he said: Not a year will come upon you except that it is worse than the one before it. However, I do not mean a year more fertile than another, nor a prince better than a prince, but Your scholars, your best men, and your jurists will go, and then you will not find among them a successor, and people will come who will measure matters according to their opinion.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ دَاوُدَ بْنَ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ قَاسَ إِبْلِيسُ وَمَا عُبِدَتْ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ إِلَّا بِالْمَقَايِيسِ

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Khalaf informed us, Yahya ibn Sulaym informed us, he said: I heard Dawud ibn Abi Hind on the authority of Ibn Sirin, who was the first to say Satan measured, and the sun and moon were not worshiped except according to standards.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَوْ أَخْشَى أَنْ أَقِيسَ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمِي

Amr bin Aoun told us, Abu Awanah told us, on the authority of Ismail bin Abi Khalid, on the authority of Al-Sha’bi, on the authority of Masruq, that he said, “I fear or I'm afraid to measure and my foot will slip

أَخْبَرَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِالْمَقَايِيسِ لَتُحَرِّمُنَّ الْحَلَالَ وَلَتُحِلُّنَّ الْحَرَامَ

Sadaqa bin Al-Fadl told us, Abu Khaled Al-Ahmar told us, on the authority of Ismail, on the authority of Al-Sha’bi, he said, By God, if you take the standards To prohibit what is lawful and to make lawful what is unlawful

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَا أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ أَرَأَيْتَ أَرَأَيْتَ يَسْأَلُ الرَّجُلُ صَاحِبَهُ فَيَقُولُ أَرَأَيْتَ وَكَانَ لَا يُقَايِسُ

Al-Hasan bin Bishr told us, my father told us, on the authority of Ismail, on the authority of Amir, that he used to say, “I do not hate me.” Did you see? Did you see the man ask? His companion would say, “What do you think?” and he would not compare.

أَخْبَرَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ كَانُوا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَنَزَلَتْ عَامَّةُ الْقُرْآنِ يَسْأَلُونَكَ يَسْأَلُونَكَ

Sadaqa bin Al-Fadl told us, Ibn Uyaynah told us, on the authority of Ismail, on the authority of Al-Sha’bi. He said, “If only these people had been at the time of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.” Upon him be peace and blessings, most of the Qur’an was revealed. They ask you, they ask you.

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ مَيْمُونٍ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَلَوْ وَجَدْتُ بُدًّا مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ وَإِنَّ زَمَانًا أَكُونُ فِيهِ فَقِيهَ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ زَمَانُ سُوءٍ

Ismail ibn Aban informed us: Muhammad ibn Talha informed me on the authority of Maymun Abi Hamza. He said: Ibrahim said to me, O Abu Hamza. By God, I have spoken, and if I found it necessary I would not have spoken, and the time in which I will be the jurist of the people of Kufa will be a bad time.

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ إِيَّاكَ وَالْمُكَايَلَةَ يَعْنِي فِي الْكَلَامِ

Abu Nu`aym told us, Sufyan told us, on the authority of Laith, on the authority of Mujahid, he said, ‘Umar said, “Beware of comparison,” meaning in speech.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ هُوَ ابْنُ مِغْوَلٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِيَ الشَّعْبِيُّ مَا حَدَّثُوكَ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَخُذْ بِهِ وَمَا قَالُوهُ بِرَأْيِهِمْ فَأَلْقِهِ فِي الْحُشِّ

Muhammad ibn Yusuf told us: Malik told us. He is the son of a Mughal. He said: Al-Sha’bi told me: “These people did not tell you about the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.” And peace be upon him, take him and what they say is their opinion, then throw him in the yard.

أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ حُبَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي رَجَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ يَقُولُ قَدْ رَضِيتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ زَمَانِي هَؤُلَاءِ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلُونِي وَلَا أَسْأَلُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَرَأَيْتَ أَرَأَيْتَ

Al-Abbas bin Sufyan told me on the authority of Zaid bin Hubab. Raja bin Abi Salamah told me, saying: I heard Abdah bin Abi Lubabah say: I accepted that these people of my time would not ask me, nor would I ask them. Rather, one of them would say, “You see, you see.”

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ { وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ } قَالَ الْبِدَعَ وَالشُّبُهَاتِ

Muhammad bin Yusuf told us, Warqa’ told us, on the authority of Ibn Abi Najih, on the authority of Mujahid: {And do not follow paths} He said: heresies and doubts.

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كُنَّا نَجْلِسُ عَلَى بَابِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ مَشَيْنَا مَعَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَجَاءَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ فَقَالَ أَخَرَجَ إِلَيْكُمْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بَعْدُ قُلْنَا لَا فَجَلَسَ مَعَنَا حَتَّى خَرَجَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قُمْنَا إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ آنِفًا أَمْرًا أَنْكَرْتُهُ وَلَمْ أَرَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا خَيْرًا قَالَ فَمَا هُوَ فَقَالَ إِنْ عِشْتَ فَسَتَرَاهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَوْمًا حِلَقًا جُلُوسًا يَنْتَظِرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ فِي كُلِّ حَلْقَةٍ رَجُلٌ وَفِي أَيْدِيهِمْ حَصًى فَيَقُولُ كَبِّرُوا مِائَةً فَيُكَبِّرُونَ مِائَةً فَيَقُولُ هَلِّلُوا مِائَةً فَيُهَلِّلُونَ مِائَةً وَيَقُولُ سَبِّحُوا مِائَةً فَيُسَبِّحُونَ مِائَةً قَالَ فَمَاذَا قُلْتَ لَهُمْ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا انْتِظَارَ رَأْيِكَ وَانْتِظَارَ أَمْرِكَ قَالَ أَفَلَا أَمَرْتَهُمْ أَنْ يَعُدُّوا سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَضَمِنْتَ لَهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَضِيعَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ ثُمَّ مَضَى وَمَضَيْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى أَتَى حَلْقَةً مِنْ تِلْكَ الْحِلَقِ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَرَاكُمْ تَصْنَعُونَ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَصًى نَعُدُّ بِهِ التَّكْبِيرَ وَالتَّهْلِيلَ وَالتَّسْبِيحَ قَالَ فَعُدُّوا سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ فَأَنَا ضَامِنٌ أَنْ لَا يَضِيعَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِكُمْ شَيْءٌ وَيْحَكُمْ يَا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ مَا أَسْرَعَ هَلَكَتَكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ صَحَابَةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَافِرُونَ وَهَذِهِ ثِيَابُهُ لَمْ تَبْلَ وَآنِيَتُهُ لَمْ تُكْسَرْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَعَلَى مِلَّةٍ هِيَ أَهْدَى مِنْ مِلَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَوْ مُفْتَتِحُو بَابِ ضَلَالَةٍ قَالُوا وَاللَّهِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ قَالَ وَكَمْ مِنْ مُرِيدٍ لِلْخَيْرِ لَنْ يُصِيبَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ قَوْمًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ مِنْكُمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ سَلَمَةَ رَأَيْنَا عَامَّةَ أُولَئِكَ الْحِلَقِ يُطَاعِنُونَا يَوْمَ النَّهْرَوَانِ مَعَ الْخَوَارِجِ

Al-Hakam bin Al-Mubarak told us, Amr bin Yahya told us, he said: I heard my father speaking on the authority of his father. He said: We were sitting at Abdullah’s door. Ibn Masoud before the morning prayer, and when he left, we walked with him to the mosque. Then Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari came to us and said, “Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari came out to you.” After we said no to Abdul Rahman, he sat with us until he came out. When he came out, we all stood up to him, and Abu Musa said to him, O Abu Abdul Rahman, I saw There was something in the mosque just before that I disapproved of, and I saw, praise be to God, nothing but good. He said, “What is it?” He said, “If you live, you will see it.” He said, “I saw some people in the mosque.” They are sitting around waiting for prayer. In each circle there is a man with pebbles in their hands. He says, “Allahu Akbar” a hundred times, and they say “Allahu Akbar” a hundred times. He says, “Hallelujah,” a hundred times so they say “Allahuhu.” A hundred and he says: Sublime a hundred and they say Subhana a hundred. He said: So what did you say to them? He said: I did not say to them anything. Wait for your opinion and wait for your command. He said Did you not command them to count their bad deeds and guarantee that none of their good deeds would be lost? Then he went on and we went on with him until he came to an episode of that. The throat, and he stood over them and said, “What is this that I see you doing?” They said, “O Abu Abd al-Rahman, a pebble with which we recite the takbeer, the tahlil, and the glorification.” He said, “Count your bad deeds, for I guarantee that none of your good deeds will be wasted. Woe to you, O nation of Muhammad, how quickly these companions destroyed you.” Your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, are present, and these are his clothes that have not worn out and his utensils have not been broken. By the One in whose hand is my soul, you are of a religion that is the same. Are you more guided than the religion of Muhammad or those who open the door to misguidance? They said, “By God, O Abu Abd al-Rahman, we only wanted good.” He said: “How many desire goodness?” It will not happen to him that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, told us that there are people who recite the Qur’an but it does not go beyond their throats. By God, I do not know perhaps. Most of them were among you. Then he turned away from them and Amr bin Salamah said: We saw most of these people rebelling against us on the Day of Nahrawan with the Kharijites.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ

Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abi Khalaf told us, Yahya bin Sulaym told us, Ja`far bin Muhammad told me, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah. Al-Ansari said: The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, addressed us, and he thanked God and praised him. Then he said, “The best guidance is that of Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him.” The worst of matters are newly-invented matters, and every innovation is going astray.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ أَسْلَمَ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ بِلَادِ بْنِ عِصْمَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ وَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَ عَشِيَّةَ الْخَمِيسِ لِلَيْلَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ قَامَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ الْقَوْلِ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَإِنَّ شَرَّ الرَّوَايَا رَوَايَا الْكَذِبِ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ

Muhammad bin Uyaynah informed us on the authority of Abu Ishaq Al-Fazari, on the authority of Aslam Al-Manqari, on the authority of Bilad bin Asma. He said: I heard Abdullah bin Masoud He says, “And when it was the eve of Thursday, Friday night, he got up and said, ‘The most truthful statement is the word of God, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.’” May God bless him and grant him peace. The wretched is the one who is wretched in his mother’s womb, and the worst of narrations are lying narrations, and the worst of matters are newly-invented matters and everything that is to come. Nearby

أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ مَا أَخَذَ رَجُلٌ بِبِدْعَةٍ فَرَاجَعَ سُنَّةً

Muhammad ibn Uyaynah told me on the authority of Abu Ishaq al-Fazari, on the authority of Laith, on the authority of Ayyub, on the authority of Ibn Sirin, who said: “No man begins with an innovation and then returns to a Sunnah.”

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْهَرَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ حَيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي حَيَّةَ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ بِالظَّهِيرَةِ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْتَ قَالَ أَقْبَلْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي فِي بُغَاءٍ لَنَا فَانْطَلَقَ صَاحِبِي يَبْغِي وَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا أَسْتَظِلُّ بِالظِّلِّ وَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ الشَّرَابِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى لُبَيْنَةٍ حَامِضَةٍ رُبَّمَا قَالَتْ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى ضَيْحَةٍ حَامِضَةٍ فَسَقَيْتُهُ مِنْهَا فَشَرِبَ وَشَرِبْتُ قَالَتْ وَتَوَسَّمْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُ بِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ فَذَكَرْتُ غَزْوَنَا خَثْعَمًا وَغَزْوَةَ بَعْضِنَا بَعْضًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَمَا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ الْأُلْفَةِ وَأَطْنَابِ الْفَسَاطِيطِ وَشَبَّكَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ أَصَابِعَهُ وَوَصَفَهُ لَنَا مُعَاذٌ وَشَبَّكَ أَحْمَدُ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى مَتَى تَرَى أَمْرَ النَّاسِ هَذَا قَالَ مَا اسْتَقَامَتْ الْأَئِمَّةُ قُلْتُ مَا الْأَئِمَّةُ قَالَ أَمَا رَأَيْتِ السَّيِّدَ يَكُونُ فِي الْحِوَاءِ فَيَتَّبِعُونَهُ وَيُطِيعُونَهُ فَمَا اسْتَقَامَ أُولَئِكَ

Ahmad bin Abdullah Abu Al-Walid Al-Harawi told us, Muadh bin Muadh told us, on the authority of Ibn Aoun, on the authority of Amr bin Saeed, on the authority of Abu Zar’ah. Ibn Amr Ibn Jarir, on the authority of Hayya bint Abi Hayya, who said: A man entered upon us at noon, and I said: O Abdullah, where did you come from? He said I and a friend of mine came to engage in our prostitution, and my friend went off prostituted, and I went in to take shade in the shade and drink some drink, so I went to Lubina. Sour, perhaps. She said, “So I went to a sour patch of water and gave him something to drink from, and he drank.” And I drank. She said, “And I touched him, so I said, ‘O Abdullah, who are you?’” He said, “I am Abu Bakr.” I said, “You are Abu Bakr, the companion of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, whom I heard about.” He said, “Yes.” She said, “So I mentioned our raid.” We fought and invaded one another in the pre-Islamic era, and what God brought with it of familiarity and many carpets, and Ibn Aoun interlocked his fingers. Mu'adh described it to us, and Ahmad Shabak, so I said, O Abdullah, until when will you see this matter of the people? He said: The imams have not been upright. I said: What are the imams? He said, “Did you not see the Master being with the Eve and they following him and obeying him? How upright were those people?”

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَخٍ لِعَدِيِّ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَخْوَفُ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ الْأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ

Muhammad ibn al-Salt informed us, Ibrahim ibn Sa`d informed us, on the authority of his father, on the authority of a brother of Adi ibn Artat, on the authority of Abu al-Darda’, the Messenger of God said, May God’s prayers and peace be upon him. Indeed, what I fear most for you are the misleading Imams.