Mishkat al-Masabih — Hadith #49318

On the authority of Al-Harith Al-A'war, he said: I passed through the mosque and people were engaged in conversations, so I entered upon Ali, may God be pleased with him, and told him. He said: Did they do it? I said yes. He said: But I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, saying: “But it will be a trial.” So I said What is the way out of it, O Messenger of God? He said: “The Book of God contains information about what happened before you, information about what came after you, and judgment about what is between you. It is the decisive factor, and it is not a joke. Whoever leaves it is not a joke. A tyrant, God will punish him. And whoever seeks guidance in other than that, God will lead him astray. He is the solid rope of God, and he is the Wise Reminder. The straight path is the path by which desires do not deviate, tongues do not become confused by it, scholars do not get satisfied with it, and do not create the condition of many refutations. And His wonders will never end. He is the one whom the jinn did not stop hearing when they heard him until they said, “Indeed, we have heard a wondrous Qur’an that guides to the right path.” So we believed in it.) Whoever says it has spoken the truth, and whoever acts according to it will be rewarded, and whoever judges by it is just, and whoever calls to it will be guided to a straight path.” It was narrated by Al-Tirmidhi and Al-Darimi, and Al-Tirmidhi said: This is a hadith whose chain of transmission is unknown, and in Al-Harith there is an article.