Kitabul | Akib Hadith 172 //top\\
However, the most famous collection containing a structured numbering like "Hadith 172" in a book discussing "The End" or "Consequences" is found in Imam Al-Nawawi’s "Riyad as-Salihin" (Gardens of the Righteous), specifically the Book of the End (Kitab al-Akhir).
(The Book of Faith). While "Al-Aqib" is a title of the Prophet Muhammad meaning "the one after whom there is no prophet", there is no major classical hadith collection titled Kitab al-Aqib
The following are the most common Hadiths numbered 172 from major collections that you may be looking for: Sahih Muslim, Hadith 172 kitabul akib hadith 172
If you are referencing "172" in relation to the loins of Adam (often discussed in commentaries of Surah Al-A'raf 7:172 ), the "feature" is the testimony of every human soul Key Feature
References:
The reference to Hadith 172 varies depending on which primary collection or specific book you are consulting. The most prominent matches for this number across the major collections are detailed below. Sahih Muslim: Hadith 172
(Book of Optics) by the 11th-century scientist Ibn al-Haytham (often Latinized as Alhazen), which is sometimes mistakenly associated with "Kitabul Akib" in certain phonetic transliterations or titles in specific regions. However, the most famous collection containing a structured
Identification
- Source: Riyad as-Salihin (Gardens of the Righteous)
- Book/Chapter: Kitab al-Akhir (The Book of the End) - specifically the chapter on the stripping away of faith.
- Hadith Number: 172 (in some standard numbering systems, specifically regarding the signs of the End Times).
- Narrator: Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him).
“Amar felt the weight of what he’d done,” Yasin continued. “He went to the riverbank every dawn, shaping bracelets from mud and selling them small by small. He returned the coin and asked forgiveness. The master watched the quiet work and, remembering a line from an old hadith he once read, saw that promises broken can be mended by sincere deeds. He gave Amar the clay — not as before, but in a different way: he taught him to mix new glazes, to temper his pride with patience. The children of the town watched Amar’s jars become better than before, their glazes shining only because he had learned to keep his word and to let good acts speak when words had failed.”