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NON PRACTICING PREACHERS
Mishkat al-Masabih : 5149
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 5149
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: " رَأَيْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي رِجَالًا تُقْرَضُ شِفَاهُهُمْ بِمَقَارِيضَ مِنْ نَارٍ قُلْتُ: مَنْ هؤلاءِ يَا جبريلُ؟ قَالَ: هؤلاءِ خُطباءُ أُمَّتِكَ يَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبَرِّ وَيَنْسَوْنَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ «. رَوَاهُ فِي» شرح السّنة «وَالْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي» شعب الإِيمان " وَفِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَالَ: «خُطَبَاءُ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ الَّذِينَ يقولونَ مَا لَا يفعلونَ ويقرؤونَ كتابَ اللَّهِ وَلَا يعملونَ»
Sayyiduna Anas رضي الله عنه narrated that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "On the night of miraj (ascension to heaven), I saw some men having their lips cut with scissors of fire. So, I asked, 'O Jibril, who are they? He said, 'They are the sermonizers of your ummah who enjoined piety to the people but forgot (to include) themselves.' (They did not act but commanded others to act.)" According to another version: "He said, 'The sermonizers of your ummah who said what they did not do and they recited the Book of Allah but did not abide by it.'" [3]
[3] Bayhaqi in Shu'ab ul eeman # 4159.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 5149In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 522
