Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1940
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ لُؤْلُؤَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي صِرْمَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ ضَارَّ ضَارَّ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ شَاقَّ شَاقَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from Lu’lu’ah, from Abu Sirmah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever harms others, Allah will bring harm upon him; whoever makes things difficult for others, Allah will make things difficult for him.”
Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib. There is also a report on this topic from Abu Bakr.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The two Arabic verbs distinguish causing harm from imposing difficulty or hardship; the paired wording is preserved.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ ضَارَّ ضَارَّ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ شَاقَّ شَاقَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ " .
The source pairs causing harm (ضارّ) with imposing difficulty or hardship (شاقّ); ‘be harsh’ may obscure the second idea.
Should the second clause be rendered as ‘makes things difficult for others’?
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ،
The witness omits the Arabic isnad.
Should the full chain be included in the translated record?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ .
The Arabic grades the hadith hasan gharib and mentions a related report from Abu Bakr, which the witness omits.
Should the classification and corroborating report remain in the translation?