Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 605
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنَّ الْكَرِيمَ ابْنَ الْكَرِيمِ ابْنِ الْكَرِيمِ ابْنِ الْكَرِيمِ، يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ الرَّحْمَنِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: لَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَنِي الدَّاعِي لَأَجَبْتُ، إِذْ جَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ فَقَالَ: {ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ اللاَّتِي قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ}، وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَى لُوطٍ، إِنْ كَانَ لَيَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ، إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ: {لَوْ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ}، فَمَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلاَّ فِي ثَرْوَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: الثَّرْوَةُ: الْكَثْرَةُ وَالْمَنَعَةُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Salam related to us: ‘Abdah informed us: Muhammad ibn ‘Amr informed us: Abu Salamah related to us, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The noble one, son of the noble one, son of the noble one, son of the noble one, is Yusuf, son of Ya‘qub, son of Ishaq, son of Ibrahim, the close friend of the All-Merciful, blessed and exalted is He.” The Messenger of Allah then said: “If I had remained in prison as long as Yusuf remained, then the caller came to me, I would have answered. When the messenger came to him, he said, ‘Return to your master and ask him about the women who cut their hands.’ And may Allah have mercy on Lut. He truly used to seek refuge in a strong support, when he said to his people, ‘If only I had strength against you, or could take refuge in a strong support!’ Allah did not send any prophet after him except among a people possessing strength and protection.” Muhammad said: “Tharwah means abundance and might.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic includes Muhammad’s gloss that ثروة means abundance and strength/protection; the final explanatory note is preserved.
The quoted words of Yusuf and Lut are Qur’anic quotations in the source; the existing English witness includes verse references not present in the Arabic text.
فَمَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلاَّ فِي ثَرْوَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: الثَّرْوَةُ: الْكَثْرَةُ وَالْمَنَعَةُ.
The transmitter explicitly glosses ثروة as abundance and protection/strength, not only wealth.
Does “among a people possessing strength and protection” better reflect the narrator’s gloss?