Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2777
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، رَفَعَهُ قَالَ " يَا عَلِيُّ لاَ تُتْبِعِ النَّظْرَةَ النَّظْرَةَ فَإِنَّ لَكَ الأُولَى وَلَيْسَتْ لَكَ الآخِرَةُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شَرِيكٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Ali, from the Prophet, reported: ‘‘Ali, do not follow one glance with another. The first is yours, but the next is not yours.’’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith; we know it only through Sharik’s narration.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The first unintended glance is excused; the instruction is not to deliberately follow it with another look.