Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2061
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ، عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ, قال حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، قال حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حَيَّةُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ شَىْءَ فِي الْهَامِ وَالْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hafs ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us; Yahya ibn Kathir Abu Ghassan al-‘Anbari narrated to us; ‘Ali ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Hayyah ibn Habis al-Tamimi, from his father, who heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, ‘There is no ham, and the evil eye is real.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The word al-ham (الهام) is retained because its intended reference is unclear in this short wording; it may relate to the pre-Islamic belief associated with the owl or spirit of the dead.
سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ شَىْءَ فِي الْهَامِ وَالْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ " .
The meaning of al-ham in the phrase is not made explicit by the source; the English witness transliterates it without explanation.
Should al-ham be retained as a transliteration pending clarification of the intended belief?