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Sunan Ibn Majah 2223
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَقِيلِ بْنِ خُوَيْلِدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ النَّحْوِيُّ، أَنَّ عِكْرِمَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانُوا مِنْ أَخْبَثِ النَّاسِ كَيْلاً فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ ‏{وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ}‏ فَأَحْسَنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Abd al-Rahman ibn Bishr ibn al-Hakam and Muhammad ibn Aqil ibn Khuwaylid narrated to us. They said: Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Waqid narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Yazid al-Nahwi narrated to me, saying that Ikrimah related to him from Ibn Abbas, who said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Medina, its people were among the worst in measuring. Then Allah, Glorified is He, revealed: “Woe to those who give short measure!” After that, they measured properly.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانُوا مِنْ أَخْبَثِ النَّاسِ كَيْلاً فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ ‏{وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ}‏ فَأَحْسَنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ‏.

    The phrase akhbath al-nas kaylan describes the people as especially poor or corrupt in their measuring; “among the worst in measuring” preserves that emphasis.

    Does this wording convey their former short measure clearly without overstating who was included?