Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 28
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ يَزْعُمُ، أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ عِيَاضٍ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ: مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَسْتَسِبَّ الرَّجُلُ لِوَالِدِهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Salam narrated to us. He said: Makhlad informed us. He said: Ibn Jurayj informed us. He said: I heard Muhammad ibn al-Harith ibn Sufyan claim that 'Urwah ibn 'Iyad informed him that he heard 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As say: “Among the grave sins, in the sight of Allah, Exalted, is for a man to cause his father to be reviled.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ،
The Arabic contains an extended chain from Muhammad ibn Salam through 'Urwah ibn 'Iyad; the witness gives only 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr.
Should the English witness be marked as abridged for this occurrence?
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ: مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَسْتَسِبَّ الرَّجُلُ لِوَالِدِهِ.
The expression أَنْ يَسْتَسِبَّ الرَّجُلُ لِوَالِدِهِ has an unclear agent relationship in this excerpt. The English witness reads it as a man's own reviling of his father, while a causative or reciprocal sense may be intended.
Who is reviled, and by whom, in this expression?