Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 875
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ: قَدِمَ رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ خَطِيبَانِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقَامَا فَتَكَلَّمَا ثُمَّ قَعَدَا، وَقَامَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، خَطِيبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتَكَلَّمَ، فَعَجِبَ النَّاسُ مِنْ كَلاَمِهِمَا، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، قُولُوا قَوْلَكُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا تَشْقِيقُ الْكَلاَمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad related to us, saying: Abu ‘Amir al-‘Aqadi related to us, saying: Zuhayr related to us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, who said: I heard Ibn ‘Umar say: Two orators came from the East during the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. They stood and spoke, then sat down. Thabit ibn Qays, the Messenger of Allah’s orator, stood and spoke. The people were amazed by the two men’s speech. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood to address them and said: “People, speak plainly; affected and ornate speech is from Satan.” Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Some eloquence is magic.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The expression تَشْقِيقُ الْكَلاَمِ refers to affected, elaborate speech.
فَعَجِبَ النَّاسُ مِنْ كَلاَمِهِمَا
The Arabic says people were amazed by the two orators’ speech, not simply that they liked one speaker’s words.
Should the English witness be corrected to retain the plural attribution and sense?
فَإِنَّمَا تَشْقِيقُ الْكَلاَمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ
The Arabic warns that affected, elaborate speech is from Satan; the witness’s wording is ungrammatical and appears to invert or obscure the meaning.
Should the witness phrase be replaced with a clear rendering of the Arabic?