Sunan Ibn Majah 203 — bearing the burden of those who follow

سنن ابن ماجه 203 — وزر من تبع

A report in Sunan Ibn Majah, no. 203 (The Book of the Sunnah), that speaks of bearing the burden of those who follow. The Hasanat and Sayyi'at Ledger lists it with the texts that count, write, erase or weigh a deed.

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«… الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ " مَنْ سَنَّ سُنَّةً حَسَنَةً فَعُمِلَ بِهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُهَا وَمِثْلُ أَجْرِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا لاَ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا وَمَنْ سَنَّ سُنَّةً سَيِّئَةً فَعُمِلَ بِهَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرُهَا وَوِزْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ لاَ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَوْزَارِهِمْ شَيْئًا ".»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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The reckoning of good and bad deeds· Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)

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Sunan Abi Dawud 1371 — forgiveness of past sins· Sunan Abi Dawud 1372 — forgiveness of past sins· Sunan Abi Dawud 1504 — forgiveness of past sins· Sunan Abi Dawud 1741 — forgiveness of past sins· Sunan Abi Dawud 2425 — forgiveness of past sins· Sunan Abi Dawud 2496 — deeds settled between people· Sunan Abi Dawud 2844 — a qirat lost from the reward each day· Sunan Abi Dawud 3089 — bad deeds erased and sins shed

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  • Sunan Ibn Majah (Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi edition)
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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