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And in the Sunan, it is reported that he—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“Every matter of importance that is not begun with praise of Allah is cut off.” (1)
He also said:
“Every sermon that contains no testimony of faith is like a severed hand.” (2)
(1) The hadith is narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—in *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, 4/360 (Book of Etiquette, chapter: Proper Conduct in Speech), with the wording: “Every discourse not begun with praise of Allah is maimed.” Abū Dāwūd said: “Yūnus, ʿUqayl, Shuʿayb, and Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz narrated it from al-Zuhrī, from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—in *mursal* form.” Ibn Mājah also narrated the hadith from Abū Hurayra as a *marfūʿ* report in his *Sunan*, 1/610 (Book of Marriage, chapter: The Marriage Sermon), with the wording: “Every important matter not begun with praise is cut off.” The annotation states that al-Sindī said: “Ibn al-Salāh and al-Nawawī judged the hadith *hasan*. Ibn Hibbān included it in his *Sahīh*, and al-Hākim in *al-Mustadrak*.” Al-Albānī graded these two versions, together with a third version of similar wording, as weak in *Daʿīf al-Jāmiʿ al-Saghīr*, 4/147–148. He discussed the hadith in detail in *Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl fī Takhrīj Ahādīth Manār al-Sabīl*, 1/29–32, al-Maktab al-Islāmī, Beirut, 1399/1979. Al-Suyūtī authenticated some versions of the hadith, while al-Nawawī judged some of them *hasan*. See also my discussion of the hadith in *Jāmiʿ al-Rasāʾil*, 1/108 and 2/67; Ibn al-ʿAjlūnī, *Kashf al-Khafāʾ*, 2/119; and al-Sakhāwī, *al-Maqāsid al-Hasana*, p. 322.
(2) The hadith is narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—in *Sunan Abī Dāwūd*, p. 361 (Book of Etiquette, chapter: Regarding the Sermon); *Sunan al-Tirmidhī*, 2/386 (Book of Marriage, chapter: Reports Concerning the Marriage Sermon), where al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a *hasan gharīb* hadith”; and *al-Musnad* (al-Maʿārif ed.), 15/170 and 16/216. Shaykh Ahmad Shākir authenticated both hadiths and noted that al-Suyūtī had authenticated it. Al-Albānī authenticated the hadith in *Sahīh al-Jāmiʿ al-Saghīr*, 4/172, and in his treatise *al-Ajwiba al-Nāfiʿa ʿan Asʾilat Lajnat Masjid al-Jāmiʿa*, p. 56, 2nd ed., al-Maktab al-Islāmī, Beirut, 1400.
وَفِي السُّنَنِ عَنْهُ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
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«كُلُّ أَمْرٍ ذِي بَالٍ لَا يُبْدَأُ فِيهِ بِالْحَمْدِ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ أَجْذَمُ»
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وَقَالَ أَيْضًا:
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«كُلُّ خُطْبَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا تَشَهُّدٌ فَهِيَ كَالْيَدِ الْجَذْمَاءِ»
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(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٤/٣٦٠ (كِتَابُ الْأَدَبِ، بَابُ الْهَدْيِ فِي الْكَلَامِ) ، بِلَفْظِ: " كُلُّ كَلَامٍ لَا يُبْدَأُ فِيهِ بِالْحَمْدِ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ أَجْذَمُ "، وَقَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: " رَوَاهُ يُونُسُ وَعَقِيلٌ وَشُعَيْبٌ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُرْسَلًا ". وَرَوَى ابْنُ مَاجَهْ الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مَرْفُوعًا فِي سُنَنِهِ ١/٦١٠ (كِتَابُ النِّكَاحِ، بَابُ خُطْبَةِ النِّكَاحِ) ، وَلَفْظُهُ: " كُلُّ أَمْرٍ ذِي بَالٍ لَا يُبْدَأُ فِيهِ بِالْحَمْدِ أَقْطَعُ "، وَجَاءَ فِي التَّعْلِيقِ: وَقَالَ السِّنْدِيُّ: " الْحَدِيثُ قَدْ حَسَّنَهُ ابْنُ الصَّلَاحِ وَالنَّوَوِيُّ، وَأَخْرَجَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ فِي صَحِيحِهِ وَالْحَاكِمُ فِي الْمُسْتَدْرَكِ ". وَضَعَّفَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ هَاتَيْنِ الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ وَرِوَايَةً ثَالِثَةً بِأَلْفَاظٍ مُقَارِبَةٍ فِي " ضَعِيفِ الْجَامِعِ الصَّغِيرِ " ٤/١٤٧ - ١٤٨ وَتَكَلَّمَ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ كَلَامًا مُفَصَّلًا فِي " الْإِرْوَاءِ "، إِرْوَاءِ الْغَلِيلِ فِي تَخْرِيجِ أَحَادِيثِ مَنَارِ السَّبِيلِ ١/٢٩ - ٣٢ ط. الْمَكْتَبِ الْإِسْلَامِيِّ بَيْرُوتَ ١٣٩٩ - ١٩٧٩ وَالْحَدِيثُ صَحَّحَ السُّيُوطِيُّ بَعْضَ رِوَايَاتِهِ وَحَسَّنَ النَّوَوِيُّ بَعْضَهَا، وَانْظُرْ مَا ذَكَرْتُهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ فِي " جَامِعِ الرَّسَائِلِ " ١/١٠٨، ٢/٦٧ وَانْظُرْ " كَشْفَ الْخَفَاءِ " لِابْنِ الْعَجْلُونِيِّ ٢/١١٩؛ الْمَقَاصِدِ الْحَسَنَةِ لِلسَّخَاوِيِّ، ص ٣٢٢
(٢) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٣٦١ (كِتَابُ الْأَدَبِ، بَابٌ فِي الْخُطْبَةِ) ، سُنَنُ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٢/٣٨٦ (كِتَابُ النِّكَاحِ، بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي خُطْبَةِ النِّكَاحِ) وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: " هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ " الْمُسْنَدُ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ١٥/١٧٠، ١٦/٢١٦ (وَصَحَّحَ الشَّيْخُ أَحْمَدُ شَاكِر الْحَدِيثَيْنِ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى تَصْحِيحِ السُّيُوطِيِّ لَهُ) . وَصَحَّحَ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ الْحَدِيثَ فِي " صَحِيحِ الْجَامِعِ الصَّغِيرِ " ٤/١٧٢، وَرِسَالَةِ " الْأَجْوِبَةِ النَّافِعَةِ عَنْ أَسْئِلَةِ لَجْنَةِ مَسْجِدِ الْجَامِعَةِ " ص ٥٦، ط. الْمَكْتَبِ الْإِسْلَامِيِّ، الطَّبْعَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ، بَيْرُوتْ، ١٤٠٠