The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hasten to do good deeds ahead of seven things. Are you waiting for anything but poverty that makes you forget, or wealth that makes you insolent, or illness that ruins you, or old age that leaves you feeble, or death that carries you off suddenly, or the Dajjal, for he is the worst absent thing awaited, or the Hour, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter?"He said, this is a good but rare hadith. We know it from the narration of Araj from Abu Hurairah only through the narration of Muhriz bin Harun. Bishr bin Umar and others have reported it from this Muhriz bin Harun.Muamar reported from Abdul-Rahman Araj, from Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hasten to do good deeds ahead of seven things. Are you waiting for anything but poverty that makes you forget, or wealth that makes you insolent, or illness that ruins you, or old age that leaves you feeble, or death that carries you off suddenly, or the Dajjal, for he is the worst absent thing awaited, or the Hour, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter?"He said, this is a good but rare hadith. We know it from the narration of Araj from Abu Hurairah only through the narration of Muharrir bin Harun. Bishr bin Umar and others have reported it from this Muharrir bin Harun. Muamar also reported this hadith from someone who heard Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, in similar terms, and he said "you are waiting."From someone who heard Saeed Maqburi, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, in similar terms, and he said "you are waiting."
حدثنا أبو مصعب عن محرز بن هارون عن عبد الرحمن الأعرج عن أبي هريرة أن رسول الله ﷺ قال بادروا بالأعمال سبعا هل تنتظرون إلا فقرا منسيا أو غنى مطغيا أو مرضا مفسدا أو هرما مفندا أو موتا مجهزا أو الدجال فشر غائب ينتظر أو الساعة فالساعة أدهى وأمر قال هذا حديث حسن غريب لا نعرفه من حديث الأعرج عن أبي هريرة إلا من حديث محرز بن هارون وقد روى بشر بن عمر وغيره عن محرز بن هارون هذا وقد روى معمر هذا الحديث عمن سمع سعيدا المقبري عن أبي هريرة عن النبي ﷺ نحوه وقال تنتظرون
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[Its chain of transmission is daif]. Ibn Adi narrated it in 6:2434 from the hadith of Abu Musab, through the same chain, and Ibn Harun is matruk (as stated in Taqrib).