Hadith #224
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ زَاذَانَ أَبِي عُمَرَ عَنْ عُلَيْمٍ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عَلَى سَطْحٍ مَعَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَزِيدُ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا عَبْسًا الْغِفَارِيَّ وَالنَّاسُ يَخُوضُونَ فِي الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ عَبَسٌ
يَا طَاعُونُ خُذْنِي ثَلَاثًا يَقُولُهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُلَيْمٌ لِمَ تَقُولُ هَذَا أَلَمْ يَقُلْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمْ الْمَوْتَ فَإِنَّهُ عِنْدَ انْقِطَاعِ عَمَلِهِ لَا يُرَدُّ فَيُسْتَعْتَبَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بَادِرُوا بِالْمَوْتِ سِتًّا إِمْرَةَ السُّفَهَاءِ وَكَثْرَةَ الشَّرْطِ وَبَيْعَ الْحُكْمِ وَاسْتِخْفَافًا بِالدَّمِ وَقَطِيعَةَ الرَّحِمِ وَنَشْئًا يَتَّخِذُونَ الْقُرْآنَ مَزَامِيرَ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ يُغَنِّيهِمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَقَلَّ مِنْهُمْ فِقْهًا
Isnad Chain
يزيد بن هارون
شريك بن عبد الله
عثمان بن عمير
زاذان أبي عمر
عليم
English Translation
Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us: Sharīk ibn ʿAbdullāh narrated to us, from ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmayr, from Zādhān Abū ʿUmar, from ʿUlaym, who said: We were sitting on a rooftop, and with us was a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. Yazīd said: I believe it was ʿAbs al-Ghifārī. The people were discussing the plague. ʿAbs said: 'O plague, take me!' — saying it three times. ʿUlaym said to him: 'Why do you say this? Did not the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "None of you should wish for death, for he is at the end of his deeds — he will not be sent back to make amends"?' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Hasten to death before six things: the rule of the foolish, the proliferation of police, the selling of judgements, the cheapening of blood, the severing of kinship, and a generation who take the Quran as musical instruments — they put forward one who sings it best for them, even if he is the least knowledgeable among them."'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 224
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15462
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51852