Hadith about the 40 Abdals

July 24, 2008  |  Thoughts

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.”

 


6 Comments


  1. Subhan Allah!

  2. 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).’

  3. BismillahirRahmanirRahim
    Salamu’alaykum faqir,

    Thank you very much!

  4. 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

  5. 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.

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