Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Sayings
كتاب الأقوال
Chapter 321
بَابُ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ: فُلانٌ جَعْدٌ، أَسْوَدُ، أَوْ طَوِيلٌ، قَصِيرٌ
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Abu Ruhm, one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who pledged allegiance to him beneath the tree, said: I went on the expedition to Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah. One night at al-Akhdar I slept near him. Drowsiness overcame us, and I kept waking as my mount drew close to his. I was alarmed lest it strike his foot in the stirrup, so I kept pulling my mount back until sleep overcame me for part of the night. Then my mount pressed against the Messenger of Allah’s mount while his foot was in the stirrup, and I struck his foot. I woke only when he exclaimed, “Ah!” I said: “Messenger of Allah, ask forgiveness for me.” He said: “Go on.” The Messenger of Allah then kept asking me about those of Banu Ghifar who had stayed behind, and I told him. As he questioned me, he asked: “What became of the tall, reddish, flat-nosed men?” I told him that they had stayed behind. Then he asked: “What became of the short, dark, curly-haired men who have livestock at Shabakat Sharakh?” I remembered them among Banu Ghifar, but then recalled that they were a group from Aslam, and said: “Messenger of Allah, those are from Aslam.” He said: “When one of those men stays behind, what prevents him from putting an able man on one of his camels to travel in Allah’s way? For the people dearest to me are the Muhajirun of Quraysh, the Ansar, Ghifar, and Aslam, and I would not want them to stay behind from me.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The physical descriptions of the groups and the final sentence are translated closely; the tribal and place names are retained.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: سِرْ
The Arabic says “Go on” or “Proceed,” not “Never mind.”
Please check this response against the Arabic.
فَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ
The Arabic continues with an extended exchange about people from Banu Ghifar and Aslam who stayed behind; the English witness ends before this material.
Please restore the remainder of the Arabic report in the English witness.
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‘A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: A man asked permission to see the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said: “What a bad man among his clan.” When the man entered, the Prophet received him warmly. I asked him about it, and he said: “Allah does not love the obscene person who speaks obscenely.”
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‘A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: Sawda asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for permission on the night of Jam‘. She was a heavy, slow-moving woman, and he gave her permission.
Chapter 322
بَابُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ بِحِكَايَةِ الْخَبَرِ بَأْسًا
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‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, distributed the spoils of Hunayn at al-Ji‘ranah, people crowded around him. The Messenger of Allah said: “Allah sent one of His servants to a people, but they rejected him and wounded his head. He wiped the blood from his forehead, saying: ‘O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know.’” ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud said: It is as though I can see the Messenger of Allah portraying that man, wiping his forehead.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَحْكِي الرَّجُلَ يَمْسَحُ عَنْ جَبْهَتِهِ
The Arabic adds Ibn Mas‘ud’s closing observation that he could almost see the Messenger of Allah reenacting the man wiping his forehead; this is absent from the witness.
Please restore the narrator’s closing observation.
Chapter 323
بَابُ مَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِمًا
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Abu al-Haytham said: Some people came to ‘Uqba ibn ‘Amir and said: “We have neighbors who drink and do [wrong things]. Should we refer them to the ruler?” He said: “No. I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘Whoever sees a Muslim’s private fault and conceals it is like one who brings a girl buried alive back to life from her grave.’”
Chapter 324
بَابُ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ: هَلَكَ النَّاسُ
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Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “When you hear a man saying, ‘People are ruined,’ he is the most ruined among them.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ
The Arabic can mean that he is the most ruined among them; the witness instead says he has destroyed them.
Please check the rendering of ahlakuhum against the Arabic.
Chapter 325
بَابُ لا يَقُولُ لِلْمُنَافِقِ: سَيِّدٌ
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‘Abdullah ibn Burayda reported from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Do not call a hypocrite ‘master.’ For if he is your master, you will have angered your Lord, Mighty and Majestic.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ يَكُ سَيِّدَكُمْ فَقَدْ أَسْخَطْتُمْ رَبَّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
The Arabic gives a conditional: “if he is your master, you have angered your Lord.” The witness replaces this with the statement that he is not your master.
Please preserve the conditional wording from the Arabic.
Chapter 326
بَابُ مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا زُكِّيَ
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‘Adi ibn Artah said: When one of the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was praised, he would say: “O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say, forgive me for what they do not know.”
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Abu Qilaba reported that Abu ‘Abdullah asked Abu Mas‘ud—or Abu Mas‘ud asked Abu ‘Abdullah: “What did you hear the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say about ‘za‘ama’ (‘he claims’/‘it is alleged’)?” He replied: “It is a bad mount for a man.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves uncertainty over which of the two men asked the question.
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Abu al-Muhallab reported that ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amir said: “Abu Mas‘ud, what did you hear the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say about ‘za‘amu’ (‘they claim’/‘they allege’)?” He replied: “I heard him say: ‘It is a bad mount for a man.’ And I heard him say: ‘Cursing a believer is like killing him.’”
Chapter 327
بَابُ لا يَقُولُ لِشَيْءٍ لا يَعْلَمُهُ: اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُ
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Ibn ‘Abbas said: None of you should say about something he does not know, “Allah knows it,” when Allah knows otherwise, thereby attributing to Allah knowledge of what you do not know. That is grave in Allah’s sight.
Chapter 328
بَابُ قَوْسُ قُزَحٍ
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Ibn ‘Abbas said: “The Milky Way is a gate of the heavens. As for the rainbow, it is a protection from drowning after the people of Noah, peace be upon him.”
Chapter 329
بَابُ الْمَجَرَّةِ
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Abu at-Tufayl reported: Ibn al-Kawwa’ asked ‘Ali about the Milky Way. He replied: “It is the channel of the heavens, and from it the sky was opened with pouring water.”
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Ibn ‘Abbas said: “The rainbow is a safeguard for the people of the earth against drowning. The Milky Way is the gate of the heaven from which it is split open.”
Chapter 330
بَابُ مَنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِي مُسْتَقَرِّ رَحْمَتِكَ
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Abu al-Harith al-Kirmani said: I heard a man say to Abu Raja’: “I greet you, and I ask Allah to bring us together in the abiding place of His mercy.” He asked: “Can anyone do that?” The man asked: “What is the abiding place of His mercy?” Abu Raja’ replied: “The Garden.” He said: “You have not got it right.” The man asked: “Then what is the abiding place of His mercy?” He replied: “The Lord of the worlds.”
Chapter 331
بَابُ لا تَسُبُّوا الدَّهْرَ
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Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “None of you should say, ‘O disappointment of time!’ For Allah is al-Dahr.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The divine name/epithet al-Dahr is retained transliterated in the statement to avoid adding an interpretation.
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Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “None of you should say, ‘O disappointment of time!’ Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: ‘I am al-Dahr. I send the night and the day, and when I will, I seize them.’ None of you should call grapes al-karm, for al-karm is the Muslim man.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The terms al-Dahr and al-karm are retained to preserve the wording and wordplay.
Chapter 332
بَابُ لا يُحِدُّ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ النَّظَرَ إِذَا وَلَّى
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Mujahid said: It is disliked for a man to stare fixedly at his fellow, follow him with his gaze when he turns away, or ask him: “Where have you come from, and where are you going?”
Chapter 333
بَابُ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِلرَّجُلِ: وَيْلَكَ
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Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw a man driving a sacrificial camel. He said: “Ride it.” The man replied: “It is a sacrificial camel.” He said: “Ride it.” The man repeated: “It is a sacrificial camel.” He said: “Ride it.” The man said: “But it is a sacrificial camel.” He said: “Ride it, woe to you!”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَيْلَكَ
The Arabic expression means “woe to you” or is an emphatic rebuke; the witness’s “bother you” is unclear and misleading.
Please check the closing expression against the Arabic.
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Al-Miswar ibn Rifa‘a al-Qurazi said: I heard Ibn ‘Abbas while a man was asking him: “I have eaten bread and meat; should I perform ablution?” He replied: “Woe to you! Would you perform ablution because of wholesome foods?”