An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Hadith 11, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi
عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ سِبْطِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم وَرَيْحَانَتِهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: حَفِظْت مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "دَعْ مَا يُرِيبُك إلَى مَا لَا يُرِيبُك". رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ [رقم:2520]، [وَالنَّسَائِيّ] وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, the grandson and “rayhanah” of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: I memorized from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “Leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt.” It was narrated by al-Tirmidhi [no. 2520] and al-Nasa’i. Al-Tirmidhi said: “A hasan sahih hadith.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ سِبْطِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم وَرَيْحَانَتِهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا،
The Arabic honorific ريحانته is a figurative endearment; literal botanical translation may mislead, while the English witness paraphrases it as “the one much loved by him.” No approved glossary or commentary is included.
Which sourced, context-sensitive rendering of this epithet should be used?