Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 66

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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 66
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَمْعَانَ قَالَ‏:‏ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ إِمَارَةِ الصِّبْيَانِ وَالسُّفَهَاءِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَمْعَانَ‏:‏ فَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ حَسَنَةَ الْجُهَنِيُّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ‏:‏ مَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ‏؟‏ قَالَ‏:‏ أَنْ تُقْطَعَ الأَرْحَامُ، وَيُطَاعَ الْمُغْوِي، وَيُعْصَى الْمُرْشِدُ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Adam ibn Abi Iyas narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Dhi’b narrated to us, saying: Sa‘id ibn Sam‘an narrated to us, saying: I heard Abu Hurayrah seek refuge from the rule of young people and fools. Sa‘id ibn Sam‘an said: Ibn Hasanah al-Juhani informed me that he said to Abu Hurayrah, “What is the sign of that?” He said, “That kinship ties are severed, the one who leads astray is obeyed, and the one who guides rightly is disobeyed.”

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • إِمَارَةِ الصِّبْيَانِ وَالسُّفَهَاءِ

    إِمَارَة can refer to authority or governance, and الصبيان may mean boys or immature young people; the witness renders this ‘the power of children and fools.’

    Would ‘authority of the young and foolish’ better preserve the phrase without over-specifying age or office?