سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah — Hadith 4098
Compiled by Imam Ibn Majah
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُسْتَوْرِدَ أَخَا بَنِي فِهْرٍ يَقُولُسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَثَلُ مَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numair] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ayahku] dan [Muhammad bin Bisyr] keduanya berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Isma'il bin Abu Khalid] dari [Qais bin Abu Hazim] dia berkata; saya mendengar [Al Mustaurida] saudara Bani Fihr berkata, "Saya mendengar Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Tidaklah permisalan dunia dengan akhirat melainkan seperti ketika seorang dari kalian memasukkan jarinya ke dalam lautan, maka lihatlah berapa teteskah yang masih tersisa (di jari tangan)."
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.
Hadith #4098 in Other Collections
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