Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2148

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي خُزَامَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رُقًى نَسْتَرْقِيهَا وَدَوَاءً نَتَدَاوَى بِهِ وَتُقَاةً نَتَّقِيهَا هَلْ تَرُدُّ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ هِيَ مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي خُزَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ هَكَذَا قَالَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي خُزَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Sa‘id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Makhzumi narrated to us: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Ibn Abi Khuzaymah, from his father, that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, what do you think of incantations that we recite, medicines that we use, and precautions that we take—do they avert anything of Allah’s decree?’ He replied, ‘They are part of Allah’s decree.’ Abu ‘Isa said: We know this hadith only through the narration of al-Zuhri. More than one transmitter narrated it from Sufyan, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Khuzaymah, from his father; this is the more correct form. More than one transmitter has likewise reported it from al-Zuhri, from Abu Khuzaymah, from his father.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The man’s remedies and precautions are presented as things within divine decree, not outside it. The chain is given in the source first as Ibn Abi Khuzaymah and subsequently as Abu Khuzaymah; both forms are retained according to their local context.

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي خُزَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ هَكَذَا قَالَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي خُزَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ‏.

    The opening chain names Ibn Abi Khuzaymah, while Abu ‘Isa’s discussion of the route names Abu Khuzaymah; the source itself presents the forms differently.

    Preserve the chain wording as it appears in each passage rather than harmonizing the name.