Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 564

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا فَرْوَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ‏:‏ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَحَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ، ثُمَّ انْتَبَهَ فَقَالَ‏:‏ لاَ حِلْمَ إِلاَّ تَجْرِبَةٌ، يُعِيدُهَا ثَلاثًا‏.‏

Translation

Farwah ibn Abi al-Maghra’ narrated to us; he said: ‘Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, who said: I was sitting with Mu‘awiyah. He reflected to himself, then came to and said, “There is no forbearance except through experience.” He repeated it three times.

Translation notes
  • فَحَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ،

    The Arabic says he reflected to himself, then came to; it does not mention illness.

    Should the parenthetical illness note in the English witness be omitted because it is absent from the Arabic?