Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 17
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي بَزَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ: هَلْ خَصَّكُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَخُصَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ كَافَّةً؟ قَالَ: مَا خَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَخُصَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ، إِلاَّ مَا فِي قِرَابِ سَيْفِي، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ صَحِيفَةً، فَإِذَا فِيهَا مَكْتُوبٌ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ، لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ سَرَقَ مَنَارَ الأَرْضِ، لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَيْهِ، لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
'Amr ibn Marzuq narrated to us. He said: Shu'bah informed us, from al-Qasim ibn Abi Bazza, from Abu al-Tufayl, who said: 'Ali was asked: “Did the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, single you out with anything that he did not single out for all the people?” He said: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not single us out with anything that he did not single out for the people, except what is in my sword sheath.” Then he brought out a document, and there it was written: “May Allah curse whoever sacrifices for anyone other than Allah. May Allah curse whoever steals the boundary markers of the land. May Allah curse whoever curses his parents. May Allah curse whoever shelters a muhdith [one who has introduced something].”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ،
The Arabic includes the chain, which is absent from the English witness.
Should the English witness be marked as abridged for this occurrence?
لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ سَرَقَ مَنَارَ الأَرْضِ،
The English witness renders منار الأرض as ‘a milestone’; the Arabic source alone does not specify the exact kind of boundary marker.
Which established English term best conveys منار الأرض in this report?
لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا.
The word محدثًا may have a specific technical sense here; the witness interprets it as ‘an innovator,’ but the assigned source package provides no further gloss.
Which contextual sense of محدثًا is supported for this occurrence?