Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2199

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَبُو الْخَطَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ سُعَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَقَالَ مُسْلِمًا أَقَالَهُ اللَّهُ عَثْرَتَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Ziyad ibn Yahya Abu al-Khattab narrated to us; Malik ibn Suayr narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever grants a Muslim release from a sale, Allah will overlook his stumble on the Day of Resurrection.”

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَقَالَ مُسْلِمًا أَقَالَهُ اللَّهُ عَثْرَتَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.

    Aqāla means to rescind or release someone from a sale at their request; ʿathratahu is rendered as “his stumble,” an idiom for a lapse or misstep.

    Does “grants a Muslim release from a sale” convey iqalah and “overlook his stumble” preserve the second idiom?