Tabarani said in his Mu`jam al-awsat:
Anas said that the Prophet said: “The earth will never lack forty men similar to the Friend of the Merciful [Prophet Ibrahim], and through them people receive rain and are given help. None of them dies
except Allah substitutes another in his place.”
Qatada said: “We do not doubt that al-Hasan [al-Basri] is one of them.”
July 24th, 2008 - 9:53 am
Subhan Allah!
July 24th, 2008 - 6:31 pm
as-salamu `alaikum
Shaykh Gibril mentioned that it was ‘Narrated from Anas by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat with a fair chain and from Ibn Mas`ud with a chain containing two unknown narrators, both as per al-Haythami (10:63).’
July 24th, 2008 - 8:22 pm
BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Salamu’alaykum faqir,
Thank you very much!
July 24th, 2008 - 11:46 pm
The Qutb and Allah’s Love for the Awliya (short answer, long url):
[edited by yursil: changed long url to a tiny one]
http://tinyurl.com/6oos4k
July 24th, 2008 - 11:48 pm
Salaam ‘alaikum,
I also saw a website once that had a number of ahadith about the Abdal, with their chains, but I can’t remember where.
In any event, they are very beautiful reminders about the reality of our place in scheme of things.
July 25th, 2008 - 9:00 pm
thanks.