Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2558

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّ مِنَ الْغَيْرَةِ مَا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمِنْهَا مَا يُبْغِضُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمِنَ الْخُيَلاَءِ مَا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمِنْهَا مَا يُبْغِضُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَأَمَّا الْغَيْرَةُ الَّتِي يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَالْغَيْرَةُ فِي الرِّيبَةِ وَأَمَّا الْغَيْرَةُ الَّتِي يُبْغِضُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَالْغَيْرَةُ فِي غَيْرِ رِيبَةٍ وَالاِخْتِيَالُ الَّذِي يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اخْتِيَالُ الرَّجُلِ بِنَفْسِهِ عِنْدَ الْقِتَالِ وَعِنْدَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَالاِخْتِيَالِ الَّذِي يُبْغِضُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْخُيَلاَءُ فِي الْبَاطِلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ishaq ibn Mansur reported: Muhammad ibn Yusuf narrated to us: al-Awzai narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, who said: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith al-Taymi narrated to me, from Ibn Jabir, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Some protective jealousy is loved by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and some He dislikes. Some forms of pride are loved by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and some He dislikes. As for the protective jealousy Allah loves, it is jealousy when there is cause for suspicion; as for the jealousy Allah dislikes, it is jealousy without cause for suspicion. The pride Allah loves is a man pride in himself during battle and when giving charity. The pride Allah dislikes is arrogance in falsehood.

Translation notes
  • Ghayrah is rendered as protective jealousy, and khuyala as pride or arrogance according to the context. The source contrasts suspicion grounded in a cause with suspicion without one.