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2391. Hāfṣ bin 'Āṣim narrated from Abū Hurairah or Abū Sa'eed that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Seven shall be shaded by Allāh under His shade on a day in which there is no shade except His shade: A just Imām, a young person raised upon worshipping Allāh, a man whose heart is attached to the Masjid when he leaves from it until he returns to it, two men who love each other for Allāh's sake, coming together upon that, and parting upon that, a man who remembers Allāh in privacy and his eyes swell with tears, a man invited by a woman of status and beauty, but he says: 'I fear Allāh, Mighty and Sublime is He,' and a man who conceals the charity he gives such that his left hand does not know what his right hand has spent." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
This Hadīth has been reported from Mālik bin Anas similar in meaning, through other routes, and he had some doubt in it. He said:
“From Abū Hurairah or from Abū Sa‘eed.” And ‘Ubaidullāh bin ‘Umar reported it from Khubaib bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān, and he did not have any doubt in it, so he said: “From Abū Hurairah.”
Sawwār bin ‘Abdullāh Al-‘Anbarī and Muḥammad bin Al-Muthanna narrated to us, they both said: “Yāḥya bin Sa‘eed narrated to us from ‘Ubaidullāh bin ‘Umar, from Khubaib bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān, from Ḥafṣ bin ‘Aṣim, from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ. And it is similar to the narration of Mālik in meaning, except that he said: “(a man) whose heart is attached to the Masājid.” And he said: “A woman of nobility and beauty.”
This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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Commentary
The seven human qualities or attributes recounted in the Hadīth are so loved and valued by Allāh that, on the Day of Judgement when there will be no shade, Allāh will provide those faithful servants of His with the shade of ‘Arsh (Allāh’s Throne). The shade provided by this Throne has been described as Allāh’s own shade in order to bestow honor upon it. It is like the Ka’bah - the first man-made structure on earth raised for the worship of Allāh alone - being called the House of Allāh (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, v.3, p.283)).
