Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 94
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْوَصَّافِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا سَمَّاهُمُ اللَّهُ أَبْرَارًا، لأَنَّهُمْ بَرُّوا الْآبَاءَ وَالأَبْنَاءَ، كَمَا أَنَّ لِوَالِدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، كَذَلِكَ لِوَلَدِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقٌّ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn Makhlad related to us, from ‘Isa ibn Yunus, from al-Wassafi, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: Allah called them the righteous because they showed dutifulness to their parents and children. Just as your parent has a right over you, so too your child has a right over you.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
إِنَّمَا سَمَّاهُمُ اللَّهُ أَبْرَارًا، لأَنَّهُمْ بَرُّوا الْآبَاءَ وَالأَبْنَاءَ
The Arabic uses the root b-r-r both for the designation ‘righteous’ and for dutiful conduct.
Would retaining the term al-abrar with a brief note help preserve the wordplay?