Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1936

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1936
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ حَسَدَ إِلاَّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوُ هَذَا ‏.‏

Translation

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

Ibn Abi ‘Umar narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us: al-Zuhri narrated to us, from Salim, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There is no envy except in two cases: a man whom Allah has given wealth, which he spends throughout the night and the day; and a man whom Allah has given the Qur’an, and he stands in prayer with it throughout the night and the day.”

Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih. Similar wording has also been narrated from the Prophet ﷺ by way of Ibn Mas‘ud and Abu Hurayrah.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The phrase ‘stands with it’ is rendered as ‘stands in prayer with it’ to express the Qur’anic recitation in night and day worship; no additional practice is specified.

  • قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ حَسَدَ إِلاَّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    In the second case, the Arabic says the recipient of the Qur’an ‘stands with it’ through the night and day, conventionally understood as reciting it in prayer.

    Should the English retain ‘stands in prayer with it’ or the more literal ‘stands with it’?

  • حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ،

    The English witness omits the chain from Ibn Abi ‘Umar through Ibn ‘Umar.

    Should the chain be retained in the English text?

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.

    The Arabic grade and related routes from Ibn Mas‘ud and Abu Hurayrah are absent from the witness.

    Should these compiler notes remain in the translation?