Hadith #235
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رِشْدِينُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ أَبُو الْحَجَّاجِ الْمَهْرِيُّ عَنْ حَرْمَلَةَ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ التُّجِيب
ِيِّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ اللَّهَ يُعْطِي الْعَبْدَ مِنْ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى مَعَاصِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ اسْتِدْرَاجٌ ثُمَّ تَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ { فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ مُبْلِسُونَ }
Isnad Chain
يحيى بن غيلان
رشدين ي
ابن سعد أبو الحجاج المهري
حرملة بن عمران التجيب
English Translation
ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you see Allah giving a servant what he loves despite his persistence in disobedience, then that is only istidraj (gradual seizing)." Then he ﷺ recited: 'So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair.'"
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 235
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16673
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53063