Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 35
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْغَسِيلِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أُسَيْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ الْقَوْمَ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَلْ بَقِيَ مِنْ بِرِّ أَبَوَيَّ شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا أَبَرُّهُمَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، خِصَالٌ أَرْبَعٌ: الدُّعَاءُ لَهُمَا، وَالِاسْتِغْفَارُ لَهُمَا، وَإِنْفَاذُ عَهْدِهِمَا، وَإِكْرَامُ صَدِيقِهِمَا، وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لاَ رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Nu'aym narrated to us. He said: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Ghasil narrated to us. He said: Usayd ibn 'Ali ibn 'Ubayd informed me, from his father, who heard Abu Usayd relating to the people: We were with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when a man said: “Messenger of Allah, is there anything of dutiful treatment toward my parents remaining for me to do after their death, by which I may show them dutifulness?” He said: “Yes: four qualities—supplication for them, seeking forgiveness for them, carrying out their pledge, honoring their friend, and maintaining ties with kin to whom you are related only through them.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
خِصَالٌ أَرْبَعٌ: الدُّعَاءُ لَهُمَا،
The text explicitly gives the number four, but its list appears to contain five items; no grouping is indicated in this excerpt.
Does an authoritative source or edition clarify how the four qualities are counted?
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ،
The Arabic includes the chain from Abu Nu'aym through Usayd ibn 'Ali ibn 'Ubayd; the witness omits it.
Should the English witness be marked as abridged for this occurrence?
وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ الَّتِي لاَ رَحِمَ لَكَ إِلاَّ مِنْ قِبَلِهِمَا.
The Arabic uses the noun صلة, indicating maintaining or joining kinship ties, and also restricts the ties to those mediated by the parents.
Should the witness's condensed rendering be noted as omitting the action of maintaining those ties?