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English translation
2267. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "You are in a
time when whoever abandons a tenth of what he has been ordered, then he is ruined. Then, there will come a time in which whoever does a tenth of what he has been ordered shall be saved." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it except as a narration of Nu'aim bin Ḥammād from Sufyān bin 'Uyainah. He said: There are narrations on this topic from Abū Dharr, and Abū Sa'eed.
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Commentary
The Hadīth confirms that at a time when faith is strong and powerful and practicing it is easy, it is easier for each member of the community to follow its teachings to the maximum level. But in times when the adherents of faith, being powerless and weak, find it difficult to assert themselves and their religious duties difficult to perform, then a comparatively meager amount of that a man can practise, due to the trials he endures, shall be enough for his salvation.