Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2256
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ سَكَنَ الْبَادِيَةَ جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى أَبْوَابَ السَّلاَطِينِ افْتُتِنَ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us; Sufyān narrated to us, from Abū Mūsā, from Wahb ibn Munabbih, from Ibn ‘Abbās, from the Prophet, who said: “Whoever settles in the open desert grows rough; whoever pursues game becomes heedless; and whoever frequents the doors of rulers is put to trial.”
Reports on this topic are also related from Abū Hurayrah. Abū ‘Īsā said: This is a ḥasan gharīb hadith from Ibn ‘Abbās; we know it only through the report of al-Thawrī.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source English witness translates جفا as “becomes ignorant”; “grows rough” reflects the more usual sense of becoming uncouth or hard in manner. Sulṭān is retained here as “ruler.”
مَنْ سَكَنَ الْبَادِيَةَ جَفَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ الصَّيْدَ غَفَلَ وَمَنْ أَتَى أَبْوَابَ السَّلاَطِينِ افْتُتِنَ
The term جفا can convey roughness or coarseness; the English witness renders it as becoming ignorant.
Which English wording best captures جفا in this context?
قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ
The English witness omits the related report and al-Tirmidhī’s grading and route note.
Should this closing comment be checked against another English witness?