Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 55a
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِسُهَيْلٍ إِنَّ عَمْرًا حَدَّثَنَا عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ، عَنْ أَبِيكَ، قَالَ وَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يُسْقِطَ، عَنِّي رَجُلاً قَالَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ الَّذِي سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ أَبِي كَانَ صَدِيقًا لَهُ بِالشَّامِ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ " قُلْنَا لِمَنْ قَالَ " لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ " .
Muhammad ibn Abbad al-Makki narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us. I said to Suhayl, ‘Amr narrated to us from al-Qa'qa', from your father,’ and I hoped he would omit one man for me. He said, ‘I heard it from the one from whom my father heard it; he was a friend of his in Syria.’ Then Sufyan narrated to us, from Suhayl, from Ata ibn Yazid, from Tamim al-Dari, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Religion is sincere counsel.’ We said, ‘To whom?’ He said, ‘To Allah, His Book, His Messenger, the leaders of the Muslims, and their generality.’
Translation notes
عَنِّي رَجُلاً قَالَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ الَّذِي سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ أَبِي كَانَ صَدِيقًا لَهُ بِالشَّامِ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ " قُلْنَا لِمَنْ قَالَ " لِلَّهِ وَلِكِتَابِهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ " .
The Arabic term النصيحة can convey sincere counsel and related senses of sincere commitment; the English wording is concise and follows the witness's general rendering.
Should a reviewed edition prefer ‘sincerity,’ ‘sincere counsel,’ or a fuller rendering for this term in this context?