Sahih al-Bukhari 7086

Hadith text

Narrated Hudhaifa:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) related to us, two prophetic narrations one of which I have seen fulfilled and I am waiting for the fulfillment of the other. The Prophet (ﷺ) told us that the virtue of honesty descended in the roots of men's hearts (from Allah) and then they learned it from the Qur'an and then they learned it from the Sunna (the Prophet's traditions). The Prophet (ﷺ) further told us how that honesty will be taken away: He said: "Man will go to sleep during which honesty will be taken away from his heart and only its trace will remain in his heart like the trace of a dark spot; then man will go to sleep, during which honesty will decrease further still, so that its trace will resemble the trace of blister as when an ember is dropped on one's foot which would make it swell, and one would see it swollen but there would be nothing inside. People would be carrying out their trade but hardly will there be a trustworthy person. It will be said, 'in such-and-such tribe there is an honest man,' and later it will be said about some man, 'What a wise, polite and strong man he is!' Though he will not have faith equal even to a mustard seed in his heart." No doubt, there came upon me a time when I did not mind dealing (bargaining) with anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim his Islam would compel him to pay me what is due to me, and if he was a Christian, the Muslim official would compel him to pay me what is due to me, but today I do not deal except with such-and-such person

Hudhaifa bataate hain: Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne humein do Nabuwwati riwaayaten sunaayi jinmein se ek ko maine poora hote dekha hai aur main doosri ke poora hone ka intezaar kar raha hoon. Nabi (SAW) ne humein bataya ke amaanat (imaandaari) ki khoobi (Allah ki taraf se) logon ke dilon ki jadon mein utri, aur phir unhone use Quran se seekha, phir unhone use Sunnat (Nabi ki riwaayaton) se seekha. Nabi (SAW) ne aage humein bataya ke kaise wo amaanat cheeni jaayegi: Unhone kaha, 'Aadmi so-ega jiske dauraan amaanat uske dil se le li jaayegi, aur sirf uska nishaan bachega, ek dhundhle daagh ke nishaan jaisa; phir aadmi so-ega, jiske dauraan amaanat aur kam ho jaayegi, isliye uska nishaan aise chhaale jaisa ho jaayega jaise jab ek angaara kisi ke pair par gire jisse wo phool jaata hai, aur koi use phoola hua dekhta hai magar usmein kuch nahi hota. Log tijaarat karte rahenge magar shaayad hi koi bharosemand shaks hoga. Kaha jaayega, "Falaan qabeele mein ek imaandaar aadmi hai," aur baad mein kisi shaks ke baare mein kaha jaayega, "Wo kitna samajhdaar, shaista aur mazboot aadmi hai!" Halaanke uske dil mein sarson ke daane jitna bhi Iman nahi hoga.' Beshak, mujhpar ek waqt aaya jab mujhe tum mein se kisi ke saath vyavahaar (khareed-farokht) karne mein koi harj nahi hota tha, kyunke agar wo Musalmaan hota, uska Islam use majboor karta ke wo mujhe mera haq de, aur agar wo Isaai hota, Musalmaan afsar use majboor karte ke wo mujhe mera haq de, magar aaj main sirf falaan-falaan shaks ke saath hi vyavahaar karta hoon.

Sahih al-Bukhari 7086 · Book 92, Hadith 37