سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah — Hadith 3940
Compiled by Imam Ibn Majah
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَانُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ السَّلَامِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو خَلَفٍ الْأَعْمَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ اخْتِلَافًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّوَادِ الْأَعْظَمِ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al 'Abbas bin 'Utsman Ad Dimasyqi] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al Walid bin Muslim] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ma'an bin Rifa'ah As Salami] telah menceritakan kepadaku [Abu Khalaf Al A'ma] dia berkata; aku mendengar [Anas bin Malik] berkata, "Aku mendengar Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Sesungguhnya umatku tidak akan bersatu di atas kesesatan, apabila kalian melihat perselisihan maka kalian harus berada di sawadul a'dzam (kelompok yang terbanyak; maksudnya yang sesuai sunnah)."
About Sunan Ibn Majah
Born
209 AH / 824 CE — Qazvin, Iran
Died
273 AH / 887 CE
Imam Ibn Majah compiled the last of the six major hadith collections (Kutub al-Sittah). He travelled widely to collect hadiths — through Iraq, Basra, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia. His collection contains unique narrations not found in the other five collections, though scholars note some weaker chains.
Ibn Majah's collection was later added to the Kutub al-Sittah by Imam al-Maqdisi. It contains approximately 4,341 hadiths including narrations unique to this collection.
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