Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 769
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ: يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ.
Translation
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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.