Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 119
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى مَوْلَى جَعْدَةَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ فُلاَنَةً تَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ وَتَصُومُ النَّهَارَ، وَتَفْعَلُ، وَتَصَّدَّقُ، وَتُؤْذِي جِيرَانَهَا بِلِسَانِهَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهَا، هِيَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، قَالُوا: وَفُلاَنَةٌ تُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ، وَتَصَّدَّقُ بِأَثْوَارٍ، وَلاَ تُؤْذِي أَحَدًا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: هِيَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musaddad related to us: 'Abd al-Wahid related to us: al-A'mash related to us: Abu Yahya, the client of Ja'dah ibn Hubayrah, said: I heard Abu Hurayrah say: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked: ‘Messenger of Allah, so-and-so spends the night in prayer, fasts by day, does [other things], gives charity, but harms her neighbours with her tongue.’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘There is no good in her; she is among the people of the Fire.’ They said: ‘And so-and-so performs the obligatory prayers, gives small portions of dried curd in charity, and harms no one?’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘She is among the people of the Garden.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source uses the open-ended verb وَتَفْعَلُ (‘and she does’) without stating its object; the bracketed words keep that ellipsis visible. The food item أثوار is rendered as small portions of dried curd, following the supplied English witness; the precise food term merits lexical review.
وَتَصَّدَّقُ بِأَثْوَارٍ
The source word أثوار names a food item; the supplied English witness glosses it as pieces of curd, but the precise food identification has not been independently verified.
Should أثوار be retained as a transliterated food term or rendered with a more precise gloss?