Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 314
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: أَلأَمُ أَخْلاَقِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْفُحْشُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Amr ibn Marzuq narrated to us: Shu‘ba informed us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu al-Ahwas, from ‘Abd Allah, who said: ‘The vilest trait in a believer’s character is foul speech.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The adjective الفحش refers to obscenity or foul speech; the source characterizes it as the vilest trait.
أَلأَمُ أَخْلاَقِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْفُحْشُ
The witness’s ‘coarseness’ is less specific than الفحش, which refers to foul or obscene speech.
Should ‘foul speech’ be preferred to the witness’s broader ‘coarseness’?