An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Hadith 7, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi
عَنْ أَبِي رُقَيَّةَ تَمِيمِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ الدَّارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: "الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ." قُلْنَا: لِمَنْ؟ قَالَ: "لِلَّهِ، وَلِكِتَابِهِ، وَلِرَسُولِهِ، وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ." [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 Ruqayyah Tamim ibn Aws al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him), 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 common people.” [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي رُقَيَّةَ تَمِيمِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ الدَّارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: "الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ.
The Arabic term النصيحة has a semantic range that the witness renders with “advice, sincerity”; no project glossary entry was supplied to determine a single preferred English equivalent.
Which context-sensitive rendering should be preferred in the approved English glossary?