{"fatawa":{"id":6507,"title":"The hadeeth: \u201cThe believer is between five hardships\u2026\u201d","slug":"the-hadeeth-the-believer-is-between-five-hardships","order":"","question":"I would like to know whether this hadeeth (prophetic narration) is saheeh (authentic) or not.\r\n\u201cThe believer is between five hardships: a believer who envies him, a hypocrite who envies him (hasad), a kafir (non-Muslim) who fights him, a soul which contends with him and a devil who leads him astray.\u201d\r\nIf this is a hadeeth, who narrated it?","answer":"
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Praise be to Allah <\/span>\r\n

This hadeeth was narrated via two isnads (chains of narration). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

1 – It was narrated by al-Daylami in al-Firdaws, as stated by al-Manawi in Fayd al-Qadeer, 5\/292, no. 7352, from the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): “The believer has four enemies: a believer who envies him (hasad), a hypocrite who hates him, a devil who leads him astray and a kafir who fights him.” <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Al-Manawi said, after quoting the hadeeth: its isnad includes Sakhr al-Hajibi of whom Al-Dhahabi said in al-Dua’afa’, he is accused of fabricating; Khalid al-Waasiti who is majhool (unknown); and Husayn ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman of whom al-Dhahabi said he forgot and grew old, and Al-Nasai said he changed. End quote. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Al-Shaykh al-Albani said in Da’eef al-Jami’ (4749): It is da’eef jiddan (very weak). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

2 – It was narrated by Abu Bakr ibn Lal in Makarim al-Akhlaaq, as stated by al-Iraqi in al-Mughni ‘an Haml al-Asfar, 3\/63, from the hadeeth of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): “The Muslim is between five hardships: a believer who envies him (hasad), a hypocrite who hates him, a kafir who fights him, a devil who leads him astray and a soul that contends with him.” <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Al-Iraqi said:  <\/span><\/p>\r\n

It was narrated by Abu Bakr ibn Lal in Makarim al-Akhlaaq from the hadeeth of Anas  (may Allah be pleased with him) with a da’eef (weak) isnad. End quote. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

So the hadeeth is not proven.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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