Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2859
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنِ النَّوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ الْكِلاَبِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ ضَرَبَ مَثَلاً صِرَاطًا مُسْتَقِيمًا عَلَى كَنَفَىِ الصِّرَاطِ سُورَانِ لَهُمَا أَبْوَابٌ مُفَتَّحَةٌ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ سُتُورٌ وَدَاعٍ يَدْعُو عَلَى رَأْسِ الصِّرَاطِ وَدَاعٍ يَدْعُو فَوْقَهُ: (وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى دَارِ السَّلاَمِ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ) وَالأَبْوَابُ الَّتِي عَلَى كَنَفَىِ الصِّرَاطِ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلاَ يَقَعُ أَحَدٌ فِي حُدُودِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يُكْشَفَ السِّتْرُ وَالَّذِي يَدْعُو مِنْ فَوْقِهِ وَاعِظُ رَبِّهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنَ عَدِيٍّ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ خُذُوا عَنْ بَقِيَّةَ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ عَنِ الثِّقَاتِ وَلاَ تَأْخُذُوا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ عَنِ الثِّقَاتِ وَلاَ غَيْرِ الثِّقَاتِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Nawwas ibn Sam‘an al-Kilabi reported that the Messenger of Allah said, ‘Allah has set forth the example of a straight path, with two walls along its sides. The walls have open doors, each covered by a curtain. A caller summons at the head of the path, and another caller summons from above it. “Allah invites to the Abode of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path” (Qur’an 10:25). The doors along the sides of the path are Allah’s limits. No one falls into Allah’s limits until the curtain is lifted. The caller above the path is an admonisher from his Lord.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan gharib. He then quoted ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman reporting that Zakariyya ibn ‘Adi heard Abu Ishaq al-Fazari say: ‘Take from Baqiyyah what he narrates from reliable authorities; do not take from Isma‘il ibn ‘Ayyash what he narrates from either reliable or unreliable authorities.’ The Arabic says the caller above is wa‘iz rabbihi (an admonisher from his Lord), whereas the English witness renders it ‘his Lord.’ The metaphor’s curtain signals the barrier before violating the limits.