Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3279

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3279
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ تَشَهَّدَ رَجُلاَنِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَمَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَقَدْ غَوَى ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ بِئْسَ الْخَطِيبُ أَنْتَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ishaq ibn Mansur reported to us; he said: Abd al-Rahman informed us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Abd al-Aziz, from Tamim ibn Tarafah, from Adi ibn Hatim, who said: Two men delivered their opening testimonies before the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). One of them said, ‘Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has been rightly guided, and whoever disobeys them has gone astray.’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘What a terrible orator you are!’

Translation notes

  • The report calls the two men’s introductory testimony tashahhud; the quoted speaker’s plural reference ‘them’ points to Allah and His Messenger as expressed in Arabic.