Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1938
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ عُقْبَةَ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لَيْسَ بِالْكَاذِبِ مَنْ أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ خَيْرًا أَوْ نَمَى خَيْرًا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Mani‘ narrated to us: Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ma‘mar, from al-Zuhri, from Humayd ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, from his mother, Umm Kulthum bint ‘Uqbah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “The one who reconciles people is not a liar when he says something good or conveys something good.”
Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb نمى conveys passing along or reporting something; the wording is kept broad as ‘conveys something good’ within the context of reconciliation.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ،
The witness omits the chain from Ahmad ibn Mani‘ through Umm Kulthum bint ‘Uqbah.
Should the full isnad be retained in the English translation?
قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لَيْسَ بِالْكَاذِبِ مَنْ أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ خَيْرًا أَوْ نَمَى خَيْرًا " .
The source says the reconciler may say or convey something good; ‘conveys’ reflects the second verb’s sense of passing something along.
Should the broader phrase ‘conveys something good’ be retained?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
The hadith’s hasan sahih grade is absent from the witness.
Should the compiler’s grade be included?