Hadith 32842

Chapter 20

باب 20

(20) باب الأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

(20) Chapter: Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil (IT)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، قَالَ قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ} وَإِنَّا سَمِعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوُا الْمُنْكَرَ لاَ يُغَيِّرُونَهُ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِعِقَابِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ .

It was narrated that Qais bin Abu Hazim said:
"Abu Bakr stood upand praised and glorified Allah, then he said: 'O people, yourecite this Verse – "O you who believe! Take care of your ownselves. If you follow the (right) guidance no hurt can come to youfrom those who are in error."[5:105] – but I heard the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) say: 'If people see some evil but do not change it,soon Allah will send His punishment upon them all.'"(One of the narrators) Abu Usamah repeated: "Indeed I heard that Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say." (IT)

Reference (IT): Sunan Ibn Majah 4005 (IT)

In-book reference (IT): Book 36, Hadith 80 (IT)

English translation (IT): Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4005 (IT)