Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1920
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا وَيَعْرِفْ شَرَفَ كَبِيرِنَا " . حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، نَحْوَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ " وَيَعْرِفْ حَقَّ كَبِيرِنَا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Aban narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “He is not one of us who does not show mercy to our young and recognize the honor of our elders.”
Hannad narrated to us: ‘Abdah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, with a similar report, except that he said, “and recognize the rights of our elders.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source preserves two routes and a wording variant: honor (sharaf) in the first and rights (haqq) in the second.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ،
The English witness omits the opening transmitters and the second transmission route entirely.
Should both routes be retained in the English translation?
نَحْوَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ " وَيَعْرِفْ حَقَّ كَبِيرِنَا " .
The second route differs by saying ‘the rights of our elders’ instead of ‘the honor of our elders’.
Should this lexical variant be kept as a distinct reading?