Hadith No. 5

The Ummah is never without a Mansoor (one who is aided).

رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ [ت230هـ] فِي «مُسْنَدِهِ»[1]، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي -يَعْنِي قُرَّةَ بْنَ إِيَاسٍ الْمُزَنِيَّ- يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:

لَا يَزَالُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْصُورِينَ، لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ، حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ.

Translation:

Ali ibn al-Ja‘d [d. 230 AH] has narrated in his Musnad, (in this manner that) he has said: Shu‘bah narrated to us from Mu‘awiyah ibn Qurrah, who said: I heard my father—meaning Qurrah ibn Iyas al-Muzani—narrate from the Prophet , who said:

A group from my Ummah will always be Mansoor (i.e., they will always be aided). One who does not help them will not harm them, until the Day of Judgment arrives.

Attestation

وَرَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ [ت241هـ] فِي «مُسْنَدِهِ»[2]، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ؛ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا فَسَدَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ فَلَا خَيْرَ فِيكُمْ، وَلَنْ تَزَالَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْصُورِينَ، لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ، حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ».

Translation:

Also, Ahmad ibn Hanbal [d. 241 AH] has narrated in his Musnad and said: Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Shu‘bah (who said:) Mu‘awiyah ibn Qurrah narrated to me, from his father, from the Prophet ; and, Muhammad ibn Ja‘far (narrated to us and said:) Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Mu‘awiyah ibn Qurrah, from his father, from the Prophet , who said: “When the people of Sham become corrupt, there will be no good in you. And a group from my Ummah will always be Mansoor. One who does not help them will not harm them, until the Day of Judgment arrives.”

Consideration

قَالَ الْمَنْصُورُ حَفِظَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: قَوْلُهُ: «إِذَا فَسَدَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ فَلَا خَيْرَ فِيكُمْ» زِيَادَةٌ لَمْ يَذْكُرْهَا ابْنُ الْجَعْدِ، وَكَذَلِكَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ[3] وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ[4]، وَهِيَ زِيَادَةٌ غَيْرُ صَحِيحَةٍ؛ فَقَدْ فَسَدَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَكَانَ الْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَالْكُوفَةِ لِوُجُودِ عَلِيٍّ وَشِيعَتِهِ فِيهِمَا، بَلْ هِيَ مُنَاقِضَةٌ لِلْحَدِيثِ؛ لِأَنَّ بَقَاءَ الطَّائِفَةِ الْمَنْصُورَةِ فِي الْأُمَّةِ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ هُوَ بَقَاءُ الْخَيْرِ فِيهِمْ وَلَوْ فَسَدَ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا، وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ زَادَهَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ، فَقَدْ قَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: «هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا قُرَّةُ بْنُ إِيَاسَ»[5]، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ عَدَّهُ الْجُمْهُورُ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ، لِقَوْلِهِ «أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ، وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ»[6]، وَقَوْلِهِ: «أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ فَبَايَعْنَاهُ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلْتُ يَدِي فِي جَيْبِ قَمِيصِهِ، فَمَسَسْتُ الْخَاتَمَ»[7]، وَلَكِنْ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: «قُلْتُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ: أَكَانَ أَبُوكَ صَحِبَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِهِ قَدْ حَلَبَ وَصَرَّ»[8]، أَرَادَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ غُلَامًا صَغِيرًا يَخْدِمُ أَهْلَهُ، فَلَعَلَّهُ غَلَطَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ لِصِغَرِ سِنِّهِ، وَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ: «كَانَ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُنَا يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَلَا أَدْرِي أَكَانَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ أَوْ حُدِّثَ عَنْهُ»، وَهَذَا يُضَعِّفُ حَدِيثَهُ، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ جَعَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي حَاتَمٍ حَدِيثَهُ فِي الْمَرَاسِيلَ[9]، وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَأُخْرِجُ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ مَا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّدْ بِهِ، مُرَاعَاةً لِلرِّوَايَتَيْنِ.

Translation:

Mansoor said: The statement, “When the people of Sham become corrupt, there will be no good in you,” is an addition that ibn al-Ja‘d has not mentioned, nor have Sa‘id ibn Mansoor and ibn Majah. And it is an incorrect addition; because the people of Sham became corrupt in the time of Mu‘awiyah, while all good was in Medina and Kufa, due to the presence of Ali and his followers there. Rather, it contradicts the Hadith; because the survival of the aided group in the Ummah until the Day of Judgment means the survival of good in them, even if all the people of the Earth become corrupt. And Allah knows who added it to the Hadith; because al-Bazzar has said: “We do not know anyone who has narrated this Hadith with this wording from the Prophet except Qurrah ibn Iyas,” and he is a man whom most (of the people of knowledge) have considered one of the Sahabah, because of his statement that “he went to the Prophet . Then His Excellency caressed his head and sought forgiveness for him,” and his statement: “I went to the Prophet with a group from the Muzainah (tribe). We pledged allegiance to him, and then I put my hand in his collar and touched the seal (of Prophethood).” However, Shu‘bah has said: “I said to Mu‘awiyah ibn Qurrah: ‘Did your father accompany the Prophet ?’ He said: ‘No, but he used to milk and keep (it) during his time,’” meaning he was a young boy who served his household. So perhaps he has made a mistake in the Hadith due to his young age. Moreover, Mu‘awiyah ibn Qurrah has said: “My father would narrate to us and say: ‘The Messenger of Allah said,’ but I do not know if he had heard it directly from him or if it had been narrated to him,” and this weakens his hadith, which is why ibn Abi Hatim has mentioned his hadith in Marasil (i.e., mursal hadiths). However, I mention a part of his hadith that he is not alone in narrating (as a connected and authentic hadith) so that both narrations are taken into account[10].