Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 385
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ أُمَّهَ أُمَّ كُلْثُومِ ابْنَةَ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ أَخْبَرَتْهُ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَيَقُولُ خَيْرًا، أَوْ يَنْمِي خَيْرًا، قَالَتْ: وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ يُرَخِّصُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ إِلاَّ فِي ثَلاَثٍ: الإِصْلاَحِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، وَحَدِيثِ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ، وَحَدِيثِ الْمَرْأَةِ زَوْجَهَا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Umm Kulthum bint ‘Uqba ibn Abi Mu‘ayt reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: A liar is not one who reconciles between people, saying something good or conveying something good. She said: I never heard him permit any of the lying people speak except in three cases: reconciling between people, a man’s conversation with his wife, and a woman’s conversation with her husband.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness includes only the first statement; the Arabic adds Umm Kulthum’s report about three exceptions. The final two clauses are translated literally as conversation between spouses without adding an interpretation of their scope.
قَالَتْ: وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ يُرَخِّصُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ إِلاَّ فِي ثَلاَثٍ: الإِصْلاَحِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ،
The Arabic adds a statement that she had not heard the Prophet permit any lying people say except in three cases, followed by three examples; the English witness omits this continuation.
Can the omitted continuation be checked against a complete English edition?