Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 425
Arabic hadith text
وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْعَضْهُ؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: نَقْلُ الْحَدِيثِ مِنْ بَعْضِ النَّاسِ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، لِيُفْسِدُوا بَيْنَهُمْ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: Do you know what al-‘adhh is? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: Carrying reports from some people to others in order to sow discord between them.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses the term العَضْه for carrying reports between people to cause division; the translation retains the explanation that follows it.