Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 254
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَضْحَكُونَ وَيَتَحَدَّثُونَ، فَقَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلاً، وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَأَبْكَى الْقَوْمَ، وَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، لِمَ تُقَنِّطُ عِبَادِي؟، فَرَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرُوا، وَسَدِّدُوا، وَقَارِبُوا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa narrated to us, saying: al-Rabi‘ ibn Muslim narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ziyad narrated to us, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out to a group of his Companions who were laughing and talking. He said, ‘By the One in whose hand is my soul, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.’ Then he turned away, and he made the people weep. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed to him: ‘Muhammad, why do you make My servants despair?’ The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, returned and said, ‘Receive good tidings, act rightly, and draw near.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
أَبْشِرُوا، وَسَدِّدُوا، وَقَارِبُوا.
The last two imperatives convey aiming for correctness and coming close to the right course; the English witness instead renders them ‘guide people and draw near to one another.’
Review whether ‘act rightly and draw near’ best preserves سددوا وقاربوا without adding an object.
وَسَدِّدُوا،
The supplied English witness says ‘guide people,’ though the Arabic has no explicit object here.
Confirm the imperative is rendered without an unstated object.