حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الطَّالَقَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ أَخْبَرَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَکِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ جَارِيَةَ اللَّخْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ الشَّعْبَانِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيَّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ کَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ أَيَّةُ آيَةٍ قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَی يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْکُمْ أَنْفُسَکُمْ لَا يَضُرُّکُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ قَالَ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْهَا خَبِيرًا سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ بَلْ ائْتَمِرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنَاهَوْا عَنْ الْمُنْکَرِ حَتَّی إِذَا رَأَيْتَ شُحًّا مُطَاعًا وَهَوًی مُتَّبَعًا وَدُنْيَا مُؤْثَرَةً وَإِعْجَابَ کُلِّ ذِي رَأْيٍ بِرَأْيِهِ فَعَلَيْکَ بِخَاصَّةِ نَفْسِکَ وَدَعْ الْعَوَامَّ فَإِنَّ مِنْ وَرَائِکُمْ أَيَّامًا الصَّبْرُ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلُ الْقَبْضِ عَلَی الْجَمْرِ لِلْعَامِلِ فِيهِنَّ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا يَعْمَلُونَ مِثْلَ عَمَلِکُمْ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ وَزَادَنِي غَيْرُ عُتْبَةَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَجْرُ خَمْسِينَ مِنَّا أَوْ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ بَلْ أَجْرُ خَمْسِينَ مِنْکُمْ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3058
Narrated Abu Umayah Ash-Sha'bani: I went to Abu Tha'balah Al-Khushani and said to him: 'How do you deal with this Ayah?' He said: 'Which Ayah?' I said: 'Allah's saying: Take care of yourselves! If you follow the guidance no harm shall come to you (5:105).' He said: 'Well, by Allah! I asked one well-informed about it, I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it. [So] he said: Rather, comply with (and order) the good, and stay away from (and prohibit) the evil, until you see avarice obeyed, desires followed, and the world preferred, and everyone is amazed with his view. Then you should be worried about yourself in particular, and worry of the common folk. Ahead of you are the days in which patience is like holding onto an ember, for the doer (of righteous deeds) during them is the like of the reward of fifty of those who do the like of what you do. 'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said: It was added for me, by other than 'Utbah, that it was said: 'O Messenger of Allah! The reward of fifty men among us, or them?' He said: 'No! Rather the reward of fifty men among you.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020