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Sunan Ibn Majah 2155

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Sunan Ibn Majah 2155
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو يَحْيَى الْمَكِّيُّ، عَنْ فَرُّوخَ، مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنِ احْتَكَرَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ طَعَامَهُمْ ضَرَبَهُ اللَّهُ بِالْجُذَامِ وَالإِفْلاَسِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us; Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us; al-Haytham ibn Rafiʿ narrated to us; Abu Yahya al-Makki informed me, from Farrukh, the client of ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan, from ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) say: ‘Whoever hoards food from the Muslims, Allah will strike him with leprosy and bankruptcy.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنِ احْتَكَرَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ طَعَامَهُمْ ضَرَبَهُ اللَّهُ بِالْجُذَامِ وَالإِفْلاَسِ ‏"‏ ‏.

    احتكر على المسلمين طعامهم means hoarding/withholding food from Muslims; ضربه الله بالجذام والإفلاس literally states that Allah strikes him with leprosy and bankruptcy.

    Does the translation preserve both the hoarding action and the stated consequences literally, without softening or reinterpreting them?