Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2263
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَفَ عَلَى أُنَاسٍ جُلُوسٍ فَقَالَ " أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِكُمْ مِنْ شَرِّكُمْ " . قَالَ فَسَكَتُوا فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنَا بِخَيْرِنَا مِنْ شَرِّنَا . قَالَ " خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ يُرْجَى خَيْرُهُ وَيُؤْمَنُ شَرُّهُ وَشَرُّكُمْ مَنْ لاَ يُرْجَى خَيْرُهُ وَلاَ يُؤْمَنُ شَرُّهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us; ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, from al-‘Alā’ ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah came upon some people sitting together and said: “Shall I tell you which of you are the best and which are the worst?” They remained silent, so he repeated this three times. A man then said, “Yes, Messenger of Allah. Tell us which of us are the best and worst.” He said: “The best of you is the one from whom good is hoped and whose evil people feel safe from. The worst of you is the one from whom no good is hoped and whose evil people do not feel safe from.”
Abū ‘Īsā said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.