Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (4/619)

He said: “And may Allah do you good likewise.” Then Kaʿb sprang up and said: “O Messenger of Allah, permit me to answer him.” He said: “Are you the one who says, ‘Sakhīnah has sought to contend with its Lord, but whoever contends with the Supreme Overpowerer shall surely be overcome’?” He replied: “Yes. I said, O Messenger of Allah:

‘Sakhīnah has sought to contend with its Lord, but whoever contends with the Supreme Overpowerer shall surely be overcome.’”

He said: “Indeed, Allah has not forgotten that for you.” Then Ḥassān rose and said: “O Messenger of Allah, permit me to answer him.” He stuck out his black tongue and said: “O Messenger of Allah, permit me; if You wish, I shall tear waterskins open with it.” He then related the hadith and said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabī concurred with him.

That is what they both said. However, Jābir was Ibn Yazīd al-Juʿfī, and he was weak. Yet Simāk ibn Ḥarb corroborated him in mursal form, thus strengthening it. The hadith has also been narrated in abbreviated form through other routes from al-Barāʾ. See: “Satirize the polytheists,” which has preceded under no. 801.

1971 — “A group from my community will continue to be manifest upon the truth. Those who oppose them will not harm them, until Allah’s command comes while they remain dominant over the people.”

Aḥmad recorded it (4/99): ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us from Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ, from Rabīʿah ibn Yazīd, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿĀmir al-Yaḥṣubī, who said: I heard Muʿāwiyah speaking and saying: “Beware of the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, except a hadith that was known in the time of ʿUmar; for ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with him, was the most fearful of people regarding Allah, the Exalted. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say—”

I say: He then mentioned three hadiths, of which this is one. The second is: “I am only a custodian ...” The third is: “When Allah wills good for someone, He grants him understanding ...” Both have preceded under nos. 971 and 1194.

قال " وأن يفعل الله بك خيرا مثل ذلك ". قال: ثم وثب كعب فقال: يا رسول الله: ايذن لي فيه. قال: " أنت الذي تقول: " همت.. ". قال نعم، قلت: يا رسول الله " همت سخينة أن تغالب ربها فليغلبن مغالب الغلاب ". قال: " أما إن الله لم ينس لك ذلك ". قال: ثم قام حسان فقال: يا رسول الله! ايذن لي فيه، وأخرج لسانا له أسود، فقال: يا رسول الله! ايذن لي إن شئت أفريت به المزاد. فقال: الحديث. وقال " صحيح الإسناد ". ووافقه الذهبي. كذا قالا، وجابر هو ابن يزيد الجعفي، وهو ضعيف، لكن تابعه سماك بن حرب مرسلا فيتقوى به. وقد جاء الحديث من طرق أخرى عن البراء مختصرا فانظر: " اهج المشركين " وقد مضى برقم (٨٠١) . ١٩٧١ - " لا تزال أمة من أمتي ظاهرين على الحق لا يضرهم من خالفهم حتى يأتي أمر الله وهم ظاهرون على الناس ". أخرجه أحمد (٤ / ٩٩) : حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن مهدي عن معاوية بن صالح عن ربيعة ابن يزيد عن عبد الله بن عامر اليحصبي قال: سمعت معاوية يحدث وهو يقول: إياكم وأحاديث رسول الله ﷺ، إلا حديثا كان على عهد عمر، فإن عمر ﵁ كان أخاف الناس في الله ﷿، سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: قلت: فذكر ثلاثة أحاديث هذا أحدها. والثاني: (إنما أنا خازن ... ) . والثالث: (من يرد الله به خيرا يفقهه..) ، وقد سبقا برقم (٩٧١ و ١١٩٤) .