Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 102

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ‏:‏ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُحْسِنْ إِلَى جَارِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ‏.‏

Translation

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

Sadaqah related to us: Ibn 'Uyaynah informed us, from 'Amr, from Nafi' ibn Jubayr, from Abu Shurayh al-Khuza'i, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: ‘Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should treat his neighbour well. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak well or remain silent.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The English witness has a grammatical error in its final clause (‘should be say’); the Arabic calls for the natural rendering ‘should speak well or remain silent.’