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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3723 (Book 47, Hadith 325) #28922
The Consequences of Unthankfulness

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the consequences of not being grateful to Allah and how it can lead to destruction.

Narrated Abu Wa'il: from a man of Rabi'ah who said: "I arrived in Al-Madinah, entered upon the Messenger of Allah and mentioned the emissary of 'Ad to him. I said: 'I seek refuge in Allah from being like the emissary of 'Ad'. So the Messenger of Allah said: 'And what of the emissary of 'Ad?'" He said: "I said: You have got the one who is informed about it. When 'Ad suffered from famine they sent Qail and he stayed with Bakr bin Mu'awiyah. He gave him wine to drink and two slave girls to sing for him. Then he went out towards the mountains of Murrah and said: "O Allah! I did not come to You to cure a sick person, nor to ransom a captive! So give water to Your slave as You used to do, and give water to Bakr bin Mu'awiyah along with him". He said that out of gratitude for the wine which he gave him to drink. So two clouds appeared and it was said to him: "Choose one of them". So he chose the black one. It was said to him: "Take it as ashes that will leave none in 'Ad". So he mentioned that the wind sent upon them was not more than this circle - meaning the circle of a ring - then he recited: ".We sent against them the barren wind; it spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins. (51:41 & 42)"
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ سَلاَّمٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَافِدَ عَادٍ فَقُلْتُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ وَافِدِ عَادٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ وَمَا وَافِدُ عَادٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ عَلَى الْخَبِيرِ سَقَطْتَ إِنَّ عَادًا لَمَّا أُقْحِطَتْ بَعَثَتْ قَيْلاً فَنَزَلَ عَلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَسَقَاهُ الْخَمْرَ وَغَنَّتْهُ الْجَرَادَتَانِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ جِبَالَ مَهْرَةَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَمْ آتِكَ لِمَرِيضٍ فَأُدَاوِيَهِ وَلاَ لأَسِيرٍ فَأُفَادِيَهُ فَاسْقِ عَبْدَكَ مَا كُنْتَ مُسْقِيَهُ وَاسْقِ مَعَهُ بَكْرَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ ‏.‏ يَشْكُرْ لَهُ الْخَمْرَ الَّذِي سَقَاهُ فَرُفِعَ لَهُ سَحَابَاتٌ فَقِيلَ لَهُ اخْتَرْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فَاخْتَارَ السَّوْدَاءَ مِنْهُنَّ فَقِيلَ لَهُ خُذْهَا رَمَادًا رَمْدَدًا لاَ تَذَرُ مِنْ عَادٍ أَحَدًا وَذُكِرَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُرْسَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الرِّيحِ إِلاَّ قَدْرُ هَذِهِ الْحَلْقَةِ يَعْنِي حَلْقَةَ الْخَاتَمِ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ‏:‏ ‏(‏إذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ * مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ جَعَلَتْهُ كَالرَّمِيمِ ‏)‏ الآيَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ سَلاَّمٍ أَبِي الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ

TOPICS
gratitude  *  destruction  *  punishment  *  shukr  *  qail  *  murrah  *  ashhabulqariah  *  ad

QUICK LESSONS:
Be thankful for all your blessings no matter how small or insignificant they may seem .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith tells us about the consequences of not being thankful for what we have been given by Allah. It is narrated by Abu Wa'il from a man from Rabi'ah who visited the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and told him about an emissary from 'Ad, a people who were destroyed because they were ungrateful for their blessings. The man was seeking refuge in Allah from suffering the same fate as them. In response, the Prophet ﷺ asked him what happened to them, so he told him that when they suffered famine, they sent Qail and he stayed with Bakr bin Mu'awiyah who gave him wine to drink and two slave girls to sing for him. Out of gratitude for this kindness, Qail prayed that Allah would give water both himself and Bakr bin Mu’awiyah but instead two clouds appeared which contained ashes that destroyed all those in ‘Ad. This hadith teaches us that we should be grateful for all our blessings no matter how small or insignificant they may seem because if we are ungrateful then we will suffer punishment like those before us did.

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