A hadith: Two categories of people, if they are righteous, the people are righteous
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Q5: and so on, is this a hadith or a saying of 'Umar?
A5: It was narrated by Abu Nu'aym in [al-Hilyah] from Ibn 'Abbas , and al-Suyuti mentioned it in al-Jami' al-Saghir with this wording: and al-Suyuti indicated its weakness, and al-Munawi transmitted in his commentary on [al-Jami' al-Saghir] from al-Hafiz al-'Iraqi that it is weak, and our brother the scholar Shaykh Nasir al-Din al-Albani mentioned in the book [Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da'ifah] that it is fabricated; because in its chain of narration is Muhammad ibn Ziyad al-Yashkuri , and he is a liar, as stated by Ahmad and Ibn Ma'in .
Two categories of people, if they are righteous, the people are righteous...
صنفان من الناس إذا صلحا صلح الناس...A5: It was narrated by Abu Nu'aym in [al-Hilyah] from Ibn 'Abbas , and al-Suyuti mentioned it in al-Jami' al-Saghir with this wording:
Two categories of people, if they are righteous, the people are righteous, and if they are corrupt, the people are corrupt: the scholars and the rulers
صنفان من الناس إذا صلحا صلح الناس وإذا فسدا فسد الناس: العلماء والأمراء
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