Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 56, Hadith 6

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ رُكَيْنٍ، عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ قَالَ‏:‏ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ‏:‏ مَنْ كَانَ ذَا وَجْهَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، كَانَ لَهُ لِسَانَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ نَارٍ، فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ كَانَ ضَخْمًا، قَالَ‏:‏ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muhammad ibn Sa‘id al-Asbahani related to us: Sharik related to us, from Rukayn, from Nu‘aym ibn Hanzalah, from ‘Ammar ibn Yasir, who said: I heard the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘Whoever is two-faced in this world will have two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection.’ A corpulent man passed by, and he said: ‘This is one of them.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source says only that a stout/corpulent man passed and that the Prophet identified him as one of them; it does not explain the identification.

  • فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ كَانَ ضَخْمًا، قَالَ‏:‏ هَذَا مِنْهُمْ‏.

    The source provides no additional context explaining why the man is identified as two-faced.

    Should this report be read alongside surrounding commentary that clarifies the identification?