What is the authenticity of the hadith: “The one most beloved to me and closest to me in the Hereafter is the one with the best character”
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The Shaykh : The hadith is established; its wording is: .
The questioner : Yes, that is it. Is this hadith established?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is hasan, meaning it is of the hasan grade.
The questioner : Did al-Tirmidhi narrate it as well?
The Shaykh : Yes, al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, and others.
The questioner : If you would permit me, on the occasion of asking about it?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Today was our appointment with Abu Malik; I prayed with him in the mosque of Suhayb, and we went to the house of our brother 'Abd al-'Aziz As'ad.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The appointment was to pray 'Asr in the mosque, and then go after 'Asr. We entered; when it was 'Asr, the mu'adhdhin called the adhan, and we prayed with the imam.
Indeed, the one most beloved to me and closest to me in the Hereafter is the one with the best character, and indeed, the one most hated by me and farthest from me in the Hereafter is the one with the worst character: the garrulous, the puffed-up, and the pretentious.
إنَّ أحبَّكم إليَّ وأقربكم منِّي في الآخرة ، محاسنكم أخلاقًا ، وإنَّ أبغضكم إليَّ وأبعدكم منِّي في الآخرة أسوأكم أخلاقًا الثرثارون المتفَيْهقون المتشدِّقونThe questioner : Yes, that is it. Is this hadith established?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is hasan, meaning it is of the hasan grade.
The questioner : Did al-Tirmidhi narrate it as well?
The Shaykh : Yes, al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, and others.
The questioner : If you would permit me, on the occasion of asking about it?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Today was our appointment with Abu Malik; I prayed with him in the mosque of Suhayb, and we went to the house of our brother 'Abd al-'Aziz As'ad.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The appointment was to pray 'Asr in the mosque, and then go after 'Asr. We entered; when it was 'Asr, the mu'adhdhin called the adhan, and we prayed with the imam.
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