Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 327
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ ظَبْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى حَكِيمِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ: لاَ تَكُونُوا عُجُلاً مَذَايِيعَ بُذُرًا، فَإِنْ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ بَلاَءً مُبَرِّحًا مُمْلِحًا، وَأُمُورًا مُتَمَاحِلَةً رُدُحًا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Ali said: Do not be rash, given to broadcasting and spreading things. Ahead of you is a grievous, harsh trial and prolonged, weighty affairs.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The paired descriptors مَذَايِيعَ بُذُرًا are compressed in English as ‘given to broadcasting and spreading things’; the English witness interprets them as divulging secrets.
The final adjectives convey prolonged, weighty or difficult affairs; the source’s compressed wording is retained without adding the witness’s explanatory gloss.
عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى حَكِيمِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ: لاَ تَكُونُوا عُجُلاً مَذَايِيعَ بُذُرًا،
The Arabic uses a compact pair of descriptors for being hasty and spreading things, while the witness interprets this as divulging secrets; the exact nuance is uncertain.
Should the paired descriptors be rendered as spreading reports/secrets, or kept more generally as broadcasting and spreading things?