Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2228
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَذْهَبُ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَوَالِي يُقَالُ لَهُ جَهْجَاهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muḥammad ibn Bashshār al-‘Abdī narrated to us; Abū Bakr al-Ḥanafī narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd ibn Ja‘far, from ‘Umar ibn al-Ḥakam, who said: I heard Abū Hurayrah say that the Messenger of Allah said: “The night and day will not pass away until a man from among the mawālī, called Jahjah, comes to rule.”
Abū ‘Īsā said: This is a ḥasan gharīb hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Mawālī is retained as a transliterated social designation because its precise sense varies by historical context.
لاَ يَذْهَبُ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ حَتَّى يَمْلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَوَالِي يُقَالُ لَهُ جَهْجَاهُ
Mawālī can refer to clients, affiliated groups, or non-Arab converts/freedmen depending on context.
Should the term be transliterated or rendered with a contextual gloss?