Hadith #14
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ أَوْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ
اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فِيكُمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ وُلَاتُهُ وَلَنْ يَزَالَ فِيكُمْ حَتَّى تُحْدِثُوا أَعْمَالًا فَإِذَا فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ شَرَّ خَلْقِهِ فَيَلْتَحِيكُمْ كَمَا يُلْتَحَى الْقَضِيبُ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
شعبة
حبيب ي
ابن أبي ثابت
English Translation
Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Ḥabīb — meaning Ibn Abī Thābit — from ʿUbaydullāh ibn al-Qāsim, or al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbaydillāh ibn ʿUtbah, from Abū Masʿūd رضي الله عنه, who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ addressed us and said: "Indeed, this matter [of authority] is among you, and you are its custodians. It will remain among you as long as you do not introduce corrupt deeds. But when you do that, Allāh عز وجل will send upon you the worst of His creation, and they will strip you bare as a branch is stripped of its bark."
Topics
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 14
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16452
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52842