Please give the status, if any, of this narration :
Seek the help for the success or victory of your needs by being quiet. For verily, everything that has a ni'mah in it is envied.
Is this a hadith of the Messenger of Allah and where can it be found, if so?.
Praise be to Allaah.
This hadeeth was narrated by al-Tabaraani in his three Muâjams, by al-Bayhaqi in Shuâab al-Eemaan, by Abu Naâeem in al-Hilyah; by Ibn âAdiyy in al-Kaamil, and by al-âAqeeli in al-Duâafaâ. The hadeeth says: âSeek help in having your needs met by being discreet, for everyone who is blessed with something is envied.â This was narrated from the hadeeth of Muâaadh ibn Jabal, âAli ibn Abi Taalib, Ibn âAbbaas, Abu Hurayrah and Abu Bardah.
Ibn Abi Haatim said that this hadeeth was munkar (rejected). Ibn al-Jawzi ruled that it is mawdooâ (fabricated).
It was classed as daâeef (weak) by al-âIraaqi, al-Suyooti in al-Jaamiâ al-Sagheer, and al-âAjlooni in Kashf al-Khifaâ.
Al-Haythami said in Majmaâ al-Zawaaâid (8/195): It was narrated that Muâaadh ibn Jabal said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: âSeek help in having your needs met by being discreet, for everyone who is blessed with something is envied.â This was narrated by al-Tabaraani in his three (Muâjams), but its isnaad includes Saâeed ibn Salaam al-âAttaar. Al-âAjali said there is nothing wrong with him, but Ahmad and others described him as a liar. The rest of its men are thiqaat (trustworthy) except that Khaalid ibn Miâdaan did not hear it from Muâaadh.
âIlal Ibn Abi Haatim, 2/255; Fayd al-Qadeer by al-Mannaawi, 1/630; Kashf al-Khifaâ by al-âAjlooni, 1/135
This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 3/436, hadeeth no. 1453; and in Saheeh al-Jaamiâ, no. 943.
He narrated what the scholars said about the faults of this hadeeth, but he classed it as saheeh via the marfooâ narration of Sahl ibn âAbd al-Rahmaan al-Jarjaani from Muhammad ibn Mutarrif from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir from âUrwah ibn al-Zubayr from Abu Hurayrah.
He said: The hadeeth with this isnaad is jayyid in my view. Al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 3/439
And Allaah knows best.
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