Question

What is the authenticity of this Hadith?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “If your good deeds make you happy and your bad deeds make you sad, then you are a believer.”

 

Answer

This Hadith is recorded in many Hadith collections on the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Umamah Al Bahili (radiyallahu ‘anhu). Among them:

  1. Musnad Ahmad, vol. 5, pg. 251, pg. 252 and pg. 256
  2. Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 176
  3. Mustadrak Hakim, vol. 1, pg. 14

Imams Ibn Hibban and Hakim (rahimahumallah) have declared the Hadith authentic. ‘Allamahs Mundhiri and Haythami (rahimahumallah) have declared the narrators of Musnad Ahmad reliable.

(Targhib, vol. 2, pg. 560 and Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 1, pg. 176)

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar

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