Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 897
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: إِنَّ أَوْلِيَائِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْمُتَّقُونَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ نَسَبٌ أَقْرَبَ مِنْ نَسَبٍ، فَلاَ يَأْتِينِي النَّاسُ بِالأَعْمَالِ وَتَأْتُونَ بِالدُّنْيَا تَحْمِلُونَهَا عَلَى رِقَابِكُمْ، فَتَقُولُونَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَأَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا: لاَ، وَأَعْرَضَ فِي كِلا عِطْفَيْهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdullah related to us, saying: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Muhammad related to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurayra, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “My close allies on the Day of Resurrection are the God-fearing, even if one lineage is closer than another. People may come to me with their deeds, while you come carrying this world on your shoulders, calling: ‘O Muhammad!’ I will say: ‘No, no,’ and turn away in both directions.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The closing gesture وَأَعْرَضَ فِي كِلا عِطْفَيْهِ is difficult; translated here as turning away in both directions.
فَأَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا: لاَ، وَأَعْرَضَ فِي كِلا عِطْفَيْهِ
The Arabic describes saying “no” and turning away on both sides; it does not say “I will have full power over them.”
Should the English witness be corrected to match the described gesture?