The hadeeth: “The believer is between five hardships…”

 

who envies him (hasad), a kaafir who fights him, a soul which contends with him and a devil who leads him astray.”


If this is a hadeeth, who narrated it?.

Praise be to Allaah.

This hadeeth was narrated via two isnaads. 

1 – It was narrated by al-Daylami in al-Firdaws, as
stated by al-Manaawi in Fayd al-Qadeer, 5/292, no. 7352, from the
hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah: “The believer has four enemies: a believer who
envies him (hasad), a hypocrite who hates him, a devil who leads him astray
and a kaafir who fights him.” 

Al-Manaawi said, after quoting the hadeeth: its isnaad
includes Sakhr al-Haajibi of whom Al-Dhahabi said in al-Dua’afa’, He
is accused of fabricating; Khaalid al-Waasiti who is majhool (unknown); and
Husayn ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan of whom al-Dhahabi said, He forgot and grew old,
and Al-Nasaa’i said, He changed. End quote. 

Shaykh al-Albaani said in Da’eef al-Jaami’ (4749): It
is da’eef jiddan (very weak). 

2 – It was narrated by Abu Bakr ibn Laal in Makaarim
al-Akhlaaq, as stated by al-Iraaqi in al-Mughni ‘an Haml al-Asfaar,
3/63, from the hadeeth of Anas: “The Muslim is between five hardships: a
believer who envies him (hasad), a hypocrite who hates him, a kaafir who
fights him, a devil who leads him astray and a soul that contends with
him.” 

Al-Iraqi said:  

It was narrated by Abu Bakr ibn Laal in Makaarim
al-Akhlaaq from the hadeeth of Anas with a da’eef (weak) isnaad. End
quote. 

So the hadeeth is not proven.

And Allaah knows best.

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