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1861901/03/2005

The hadeeth: “The believer is between five hardships…”

Question: 60299

I would like to know whether this hadeeth (prophetic narration) is saheeh (authentic) or not.

“The 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.”

If this is a hadeeth, who narrated it?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

This hadeeth was narrated via two isnads (chains of
narration). 

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.” 

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. 

Al-Shaykh al-Albani said in Da’eef al-Jami’ (4749): It is
da’eef jiddan (very weak). 

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.” 

Al-Iraqi said:  

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. 

So the hadeeth is not proven.

And Allah knows best.

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