An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
الأربعون النووية
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On the authority of Abu ‘Amr—and it is said, Abu ‘Amrah—Sufyan ibn ‘Abd Allah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, tell me a statement about Islam after which I will ask no one but you.” He said, “Say: ‘I believe in Allah,’ then remain steadfast.” [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو وَقِيلَ: أَبِي عَمْرَةَ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: "قُلْت: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ!
The Arabic itself records a name variant (“Abu ‘Amr; and it is said: Abu ‘Amrah”); the English witness additionally supplies a nisbah absent from this Arabic text.
Can the added nisbah in the witness be confirmed from a separately identified source? The translation retains the Arabic variant and does not add it.
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On the authority of Abu ‘Abd Allah Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them both): A man asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), saying, “Tell me: if I perform the prescribed prayers, fast Ramadan, regard as lawful what is lawful, regard as forbidden what is forbidden, and add nothing to that, will I enter Paradise?” He said, “Yes.” [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَلَمْ أَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا؛
The witness supplies a bracketed limitation to voluntary good deeds; the Arabic simply says the speaker would add nothing to that.
Is the witness’s bracket a sourced interpretation? The translation preserves the broader wording.
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On the authority of Abu Malik al-Harith ibn ‘Asim al-Ash‘ari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Purification is half of faith. ‘Praise be to Allah’ fills the Scale, and ‘Glory be to Allah’ and ‘Praise be to Allah’—or: ‘Praise be to Allah’—fill what is between the heavens and the earth. Prayer is light; charity is proof; patience is radiance; and the Qur’an is an argument for you or against you. Every person sets out in the morning, selling his soul, either freeing it or bringing it to ruin.” [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلَآنِ -أَوْ: تَمْلَأُ- مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ،
The Arabic explicitly preserves a wording alternative: the two phrases “fill” (dual) or the latter alone “fills.” This variant distinction is rendered but its textual basis is not supplied.
Can the alternative reading and its scope be checked against the cited source edition?
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On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as he relates from his Lord, Blessed and Exalted, that He said: “My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself, and I have made it forbidden among you, so do not oppress one another. My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I guide, so seek guidance from Me and I will guide you. My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I feed, so ask Me for food and I will feed you. My servants, all of you are unclothed except those whom I clothe, so ask Me for clothing and I will clothe you. My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness from Me and I will forgive you. My servants, you cannot attain causing Me harm, nor can you attain benefiting Me. My servants, if the first and last of you, and your humans and jinn, were all like the most God-fearing heart of one man among you, that would add nothing to My dominion. My servants, if the first and last of you, and your humans and jinn, were all like the most wicked heart of one man among you, that would diminish nothing from My dominion. My servants, if the first and last of you, and your humans and jinn, stood together on one plain and asked Me, and I gave every one of them what he asked for, that would diminish from what I have only as much as a needle diminishes from the sea when it is dipped into it. My servants, these are only your deeds: I count them for you, then repay you for them. Whoever finds good, let him praise Allah; and whoever finds otherwise, let him blame no one but himself.” [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و سلم فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى،
This is a sacred narration distinguished from the Prophet’s own speech by the source formula. The source identifies the attribution, but no independent edition or commentary was provided for review.
Can the attribution formula and this wording be checked against the cited Muslim edition before any approval?
لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَتْقَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ،
The Arabic uses the superlative أتقى; the witness renders it “most pious.” “God-fearing” is chosen descriptively here, but no approved glossary settles this term.
Which glossary rendering of taqwa is preferred in this context?
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Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) also related that some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), ‘O Messenger of Allah, the wealthy have taken all the rewards: they pray as we pray, fast as we fast, and give charity from their surplus wealth.’ He said, ‘Has Allah not given you things with which you may give charity? Every glorification of Allah is charity; every magnification of Allah is charity; every praise of Allah is charity; every declaration of Allah’s oneness is charity; enjoining what is right is charity; forbidding what is wrong is charity; and in the sexual act of each one of you there is charity.’ They said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, does one of us satisfy his desire and have a reward for it?’ He said, ‘Tell me: if he placed it in what is forbidden, would there be a burden upon him? Likewise, if he placed it in what is lawful, he has a reward.’ [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَفِي بُضْعِ أَحَدِكُمْ صَدَقَةٌ.
The Arabic euphemism بضع denotes sexual intercourse/intimacy; the exact preferred English register is not established by an approved glossary.
Which context-sensitive rendering is preferred for the euphemism in this passage?
كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ".
The English witness expands ‘he has a reward’ to ‘will be deserving of a reward,’ making explicit a qualification absent from this Arabic wording.
Should the witness wording be treated as interpretive? The translation follows the Arabic clause.
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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: ‘Every joint of a person owes charity each day on which the sun rises. To judge fairly between two people is charity. To help a man with his riding animal by helping him mount it or lifting his belongings onto it is charity. A good word is charity. Every step you take toward prayer is charity, and removing something harmful from the road is charity.’ [Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم "كُلُّ سُلَامَى مِنْ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ،
The Arabic سلامى refers to the person’s joints/bones; the English witness renders it ‘joint.’
Should ‘joint’ or a more anatomically explicit phrase be preferred in the reviewed glossary?
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On the authority of al-Nawwas ibn Sam‘an (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Righteousness is good character, and sin is what troubles your heart and what you dislike people seeing.’ It was narrated by Muslim. [Narrated by Muslim].
And on the authority of Wabisah ibn Ma‘bad (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said, ‘Have you come to ask about righteousness?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Seek a ruling from your heart. Righteousness is that with which the soul is at ease and the heart is at rest. Sin is what troubles the soul and wavers in the breast, even if people give you their legal opinions.’ A hasan hadith. We narrated it in the Musnads of the two imams, Ahmad ibn Hanbal [no. 4/227] and al-Darimi [2/246], with a hasan chain.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَكَرِهْت أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ" رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ [رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ].
The Arabic gives Muslim twice in immediate succession, once inline and again bracketed; this looks like a duplicated attribution in the source extraction.
Can the duplicate be checked against the source edition? Both instances are retained here.
وَإِنْ أَفْتَاك النَّاسُ وَأَفْتَوْك" .
The Arabic says ‘even if people give you fatwas/opinions’; the witness adds ‘repeatedly’ and ‘in its favour,’ which are not explicit in the source wording.
Should these modifiers be treated as interpretation? This translation does not add them.
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On the authority of Abu Najih al-‘Irbad ibn Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) admonished us with an admonition that made hearts tremble and eyes shed tears. We said, “O Messenger of Allah, it is as though this were the admonition of one bidding farewell, so advise us.” He said, “I advise you to be mindful of Allah, and to listen and obey even if a slave is made your ruler. Whoever among you lives on will see much disagreement. So hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided caliphs; cling to them with your molars. Beware of newly introduced matters, for every innovation is misguidance.” [Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi [no. 266], who said: “A hasan sahih hadith.”]
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ،
The supplied English witness inserts “[your leader]”; the Arabic says to listen and obey and does not state that object here.
Is the bracketed object a sourced explanatory gloss? The translation leaves it unstated.
قَالَ: أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ،
The Arabic تقوى الله is rendered without a supplied approved glossary; the witness glosses it as fear of Allah.
Which project-approved rendering of taqwa is preferred?
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On the authority of Mu‘adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a deed that will admit me to Paradise and distance me from the Fire.’ He said, ‘You have asked about a great matter, and it is easy for one for whom Allah makes it easy: worship Allah and associate nothing with Him; establish prayer; give zakah; fast Ramadan; and make pilgrimage to the House.’ Then he said, ‘Shall I direct you to the gates of goodness? Fasting is a shield; charity extinguishes sin as water extinguishes fire; and a man’s prayer in the depths of the night.’ Then he recited: ‘Their sides withdraw from their beds,’ until he reached ‘they do.’ [Surah al-Sajdah 32:16–17]. Then he said, ‘Shall I tell you the head of the matter, its pillar, and its highest peak?’ I said, ‘Indeed, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘The head of the matter is Islam; its pillar is prayer; and its highest peak is jihad.’ Then he said, ‘Shall I tell you what holds all of that together?’ I said, ‘Indeed, O Messenger of Allah!’ He took hold of his tongue and said, ‘Restrain this.’ I said, ‘O Prophet of Allah, will we be held accountable for what we say?’ He said, ‘May your mother be bereaved of you! Is it anything but the harvests of their tongues that cast people upon their faces—or, he said, upon their noses?’ It was narrated by al-Tirmidhi [no. 2616], who said: ‘A hasan sahih hadith.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَقَالَ: ثَكِلَتْك أُمُّك وَهَلْ يَكُبُّ النَّاسَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ -أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ- إلَّا حَصَائِدُ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ؟!
The Arabic says people are cast upon their faces or noses; it does not explicitly name Hellfire in this clause.
Is ‘Hellfire’ an interpretive gloss in the English witness? It is not added to this translation.
وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ: تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِهِ شَيْئًا،
The Arabic تقوى الله appears elsewhere in this lot, not in this segment; no issue is asserted here.
Can the religious terminology in this hadith be checked against the project glossary?
ثُمَّ تَلَا: " تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ " حَتَّى بَلَغَ "يَعْمَلُونَ"،
The Arabic supplies only the beginning and endpoint of the quoted passage, plus its surah and verse numbers; the witness fills in the complete verses.
Can the source’s partial quotation boundary be retained as rendered, with no additional verse wording?
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On the authority of Abu Tha‘labah al-Khushani, Jurthum ibn Nashir (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Allah, Exalted is He, has prescribed obligations, so do not neglect them; set limits, so do not overstep them; forbidden things, so do not violate them; and remained silent about things, as a mercy to you, not out of forgetfulness, so do not inquire into them.’ A hasan hadith, narrated by al-Daraqutni in his Sunan [4/184] and others.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
رَوَاهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيّ ْ"في سننه" [4/184]،
The Arabic contains an anomalous diacritic/quotation sequence around ‘in his Sunan’; the English rendering follows the apparent wording while preserving the citation.
Can the title formatting be checked against a clean edition?
رَوَاهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيّ ْ"في سننه" [4/184]،
The English witness omits the Arabic source’s title ‘his Sunan’ and the reference [4/184].
Can the locator be verified in the cited edition? The Arabic locator is retained.
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On the authority of Abu al-‘Abbas Sahl ibn Sa‘d al-Sa‘idi (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, direct me to a deed which, if I do it, will make Allah love me and the people love me.’ He said, ‘Renounce the world and Allah will love you; renounce what people possess and the people will love you.’ A hasan hadith, narrated by Ibn Majah [no. 4102] and others with hasan chains.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَقَالَ: "ازْهَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُحِبَّك اللهُ،
The Arabic الزهد carries context-sensitive meanings of renunciation/disinterest; the witness uses “renounce.” No approved glossary accompanies the source.
Which reviewed rendering is preferred for الزهد in this context?
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On the authority of Abu Sa‘id Sa‘d ibn Malik ibn Sinan al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘There is to be neither harm nor reciprocating harm.’ A hasan hadith, narrated by Ibn Majah [see no. 2341], al-Daraqutni [no. 4/228], and others as a connected report. Malik also narrated it [2/746] in al-Muwatta’, as a mursal report, from ‘Amr ibn Yahya, from his father, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), omitting Abu Sa‘id. It has other chains, some of which strengthen one another.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
رَوَاهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ [راجع رقم:2341]،
The Arabic مسندًا is a technical hadith descriptor; “connected report” is a literal rendering and may not capture its full technical force.
Which established English technical equivalent is preferred in the project terminology?
وَرَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ [2/746] فِي "الْمُوَطَّإِ" عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و سلم مُرْسَلًا،
The source expressly labels Malik’s transmission مرسلًا and says Abu Sa‘id is omitted. The technical term’s exact English convention is not defined in the supplied materials.
Should the project retain “mursal” as a transliterated technical term or use another established equivalent?
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘If people were given according to their claims, men would claim the property and blood of others. But proof is incumbent upon the claimant, and the oath upon the one who denies.’ A hasan hadith, narrated by al-Bayhaqi [in al-Sunan 10/252] and others in this form; part of it is in the two Sahih collections.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: "لَوْ يُعْطَى النَّاسُ بِدَعْوَاهُمْ لَادَّعَى رِجَالٌ أَمْوَالَ قَوْمٍ وَدِمَاءَهُمْ،
The English witness adds “[unjustly]” and “[other]”; neither is explicit in the Arabic text.
Are these bracketed words editorial glosses? They have not been added to the translation.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Whoever among you sees something disapproved, let him change it with his hand; if he is unable, then with his tongue; and if he is unable, then with his heart. That is the weakest of faith.’ [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَقُولُ: "مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمْ مُنْكَرًا فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ،
The Arabic states a sequence of responses but this passage alone does not specify authority, limits, or circumstances for physical intervention.
What contextual limits govern the phrase ‘with his hand’? Qualified review is needed before any interpretive application.
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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: ‘Do not envy one another; do not engage in deceptive bidding; do not hate one another; do not turn away from one another; and do not sell over one another’s sale. Be servants of Allah, as brothers. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he does not wrong him, abandon him, lie to him, or disdain him. Mindfulness of Allah is here’—and he pointed to his chest three times. ‘It is enough evil for a person to disdain his Muslim brother. Everything belonging to a Muslim is inviolable for another Muslim: his blood, his property, and his honor.’ [Narrated by Muslim].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَلَا تَنَاجَشُوا،
The Arabic تنَاجَشُوا is a specific marketplace practice; the English witness describes inflating prices, while no approved terminology is provided.
Which established English equivalent should be used for this commercial practice?
التَّقْوَى هَاهُنَا،
The Arabic تقوى has context-sensitive religious meaning and no approved glossary accompanies the lot.
Which reviewed rendering of taqwa is preferred here?
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship of this world, Allah will relieve him of a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever makes things easier for someone in difficulty, Allah will make things easier for him in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever covers a Muslim, Allah will cover him in this world and the Hereafter. Allah is in the servant’s aid so long as the servant is in his brother’s aid. Whoever follows a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make easy for him by it a path to Paradise. No people gather in a house among the houses of Allah, reciting Allah’s Book and studying it among themselves, except that tranquility descends upon them, mercy envelops them, the angels surround them, and Allah mentions them among those who are with Him. Whoever is held back by his deeds, his lineage will not hasten him forward.’ [Narrated by Muslim] in these words.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِما سَتَرَهُ اللهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ،
The Arabic uses ستر, ‘cover/conceal’; the witness supplies the parenthetical ‘hides the misdeeds of,’ narrowing the object not stated in Arabic.
Is the bracketed phrase a sourced explanation? It is not included in the translation.
وَمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ،
The expression بيوت الله is rendered literally as ‘houses of Allah’; the supplied context does not specify an explanatory gloss.
Is there an approved rendering for this expression in the project glossary?
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On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), relating from his Lord, Blessed and Exalted, who said: ‘Allah has recorded the good deeds and the bad deeds, then made that clear. Whoever intends a good deed but does not do it, Allah records it with Him as one complete good deed. If he intends it and does it, Allah records it with Him as ten good deeds, up to seven hundredfold and many times more. If he intends a bad deed but does not do it, Allah records it with Him as one complete good deed. If he intends it and does it, Allah records it as one bad deed.’ [Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim] in their two Sahih collections with these exact words.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى،
The source marks this as a report in which the Prophet relates from his Lord. The attribution is preserved, but this wording merits qualified review before approval.
Can the attribution and wording be checked against the cited collections?
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 that Allah, Exalted is He, said: ‘Whoever shows hostility to a devoted servant of Mine, I have declared war on him. My servant draws near to Me with nothing dearer to Me than what I have made obligatory upon him. My servant continues to draw near to Me through voluntary acts until I love him. When I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he grasps, and his foot with which he walks. If he asks Me, I will surely give to him; and if he seeks My protection, I will surely protect him.’ [Narrated by al-Bukhari].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَة رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُول اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم إنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ: "مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقْد آذَنْتهُ بِالْحَرْبِ،
The Arabic وليّ is a religiously significant term; the English witness renders it “friend,” which may not capture its full context. No approved glossary or commentary was included.
Which sourced, reviewed rendering of وليّ is appropriate here?
فَإِذَا أَحْبَبْتُهُ كُنْت سَمْعَهُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ بِهِ،
The Arabic uses a striking first-person metaphorical expression, and the supplied witness retains it literally. Its theological interpretation is not settled by this translation task.
Can this wording receive qualified theological review before approval? The translation preserves the Arabic image without explaining it.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Allah has overlooked for me, on behalf of my community, mistakes, forgetfulness, and what they are compelled to do.’ A hasan hadith, narrated by Ibn Majah [no. 2045] and al-Bayhaqi [al-Sunan 7].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: "إنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لِي عَنْ أُمَّتِي الْخَطَأَ وَالنِّسْيَانَ وَمَا اسْتُكْرِهُوا عَلَيْهِ" .
The Arabic phrase and its legal scope are concise; the English witness offers alternatives “pardoned” or “been lenient with.” No interpretive source or commentary is included.
Which contextual legal reading and English rendering are supported by the cited sources? Qualified review is needed.
وَالْبَيْهَقِيّ ["السنن" 7 ].
The Arabic citation gives only ‘al-Sunan 7’ without a page or fuller locator; none is supplied in the available source text.
Can the incomplete locator be verified? No further reference has been invented.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took me by the shoulder and said, ‘Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer.’ Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say, ‘When evening comes, do not expect the morning; and when morning comes, do not expect the evening. Take from your health for your illness, and from your life for your death.’ [Narrated by al-Bukhari].
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ: إذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الصَّبَاحَ،
The witness adds ‘to live until’ in brackets; the Arabic says simply not to expect the morning/evening.
Is this bracketed wording explanatory? It is not included in the translation.
وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ: إذَا أَمْسَيْتَ فَلَا تَنْتَظِرْ الصَّبَاحَ،
The source changes from the Prophet’s words to Ibn ‘Umar’s own counsel; the speaker boundary is preserved here.
Can the editorial separation of the narrator’s statement be confirmed in the source edition?