Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2133
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْجُمَحِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَنَحْنُ نَتَنَازَعُ فِي الْقَدَرِ فَغَضِبَ حَتَّى احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ حَتَّى كَأَنَّمَا فُقِئَ فِي وَجْنَتَيْهِ الرُّمَّانُ فَقَالَ " أَبِهَذَا أُمِرْتُمْ أَمْ بِهَذَا أُرْسِلْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حِينَ تَنَازَعُوا فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَلاَّ تَتَنَازَعُوا فِيهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَأَنَسٍ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ صَالِحٍ الْمُرِّيِّ . وَصَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ لَهُ غَرَائِبُ يَنْفَرِدُ بِهَا لاَ يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهَا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Mu‘awiyah al-Jumahi al-Basri narrated to us: Salih al-Murri narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us while we were disputing about divine decree. He became angry, so that his face reddened as though pomegranates had burst on his cheeks. He said, ‘Have I commanded you to do this, or was I sent to you with this? The only reason those before you perished was that they disputed about this matter. I adjure you not to dispute about it.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from ‘Umar, ‘A’ishah, and Anas. This is a gharīb hadith; we know it only through this chain, from the hadith of Salih al-Murri. Salih al-Murri has singular reports for which he has no corroborating transmission.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report itself condemns disputation over divine decree; Abu ‘Isa then characterizes this particular route as gharīb and notes that Salih al-Murri has uncorroborated singular reports.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَأَنَسٍ .
The Arabic specifies the redness as though pomegranates burst on both cheeks, whereas the English witness gives a less precise, awkward image; the Arabic also includes a full chain and detailed route assessment absent from the witness.
Follow the Arabic wording and retain Abu ‘Isa’s route-specific assessment.