An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Hadith 10, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "إنَّ اللَّهَ طَيِّبٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ إلَّا طَيِّبًا، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: "يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنْ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا"، وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: "يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ" ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الرَّجُلَ يُطِيلُ السَّفَرَ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ يَمُدُّ يَدَيْهِ إلَى السَّمَاءِ: يَا رَبِّ! يَا رَبِّ! وَمَطْعَمُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَمَشْرَبُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَمَلْبَسُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَغُذِّيَ بِالْحَرَامِ، فَأَنَّى يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُ؟". [رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ]
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Allah is good and accepts only what is good. Allah commanded the believers with what He commanded the messengers. The Exalted said: ‘O messengers, eat of the good things and do righteous deeds’; and the Exalted said: ‘O you who believe, eat of the good things We have provided for you.’ Then he mentioned a man who travels a long distance, disheveled and dusty, stretching his hands toward the sky and saying, ‘My Lord! My Lord!’ while his food is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his clothing is unlawful, and he has been nourished with the unlawful. How, then, can he be answered?” [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "إنَّ اللَّهَ طَيِّبٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ إلَّا طَيِّبًا،
The adjective طيب can carry contextual senses beyond the simple English “good”; the Arabic here does not itself give a gloss.
Which context-specific English rendering is preferred by a reviewed glossary?
وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: "يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنْ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا"،
The witness adds a food gloss and Qur’anic verse number not present in the Arabic passage supplied here.
Can these be confirmed as editorial annotations of the witness rather than text in the assigned source? The translation omits them as additions.