Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1950

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1950
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَادِمَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فَارْفَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَأَبُو هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيُّ اسْمُهُ عُمَارَةُ بْنُ جُوَيْنٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْعَطَّارُ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ضَعَّفَ شُعْبَةُ أَبَا هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَمَا زَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ يَرْوِي عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ حَتَّى مَاتَ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Ahmad ibn Muhammad informed us: ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, from Sufyan, from Abu Harun al-‘Abdi, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you strikes his servant and remembers Allah, then raise your hands.”

Abu ‘Isa said: Abu Harun al-‘Abdi’s name was ‘Umarah ibn Juwayn. Abu Bakr al-‘Attar said: ‘Ali ibn al-Madini reported that Yahya ibn Sa‘id said that Shu‘bah considered Abu Harun al-‘Abdi weak. Yahya also said that Ibn ‘Awn continued narrating from Abu Harun until he died.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The command فارفعوا أيديكم literally means ‘raise your hands’; its intended force in this context is unclear. The English witness interprets it as ‘withhold your hands’, but that reading is not literal and is left for review.

  • قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَادِمَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فَارْفَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The Arabic literally commands ‘raise your hands’ after one remembers Allah while striking his servant; the witness interprets this as withholding one’s hands, but the source does not explain the phrase.

    Can the intended meaning of فارفعوا أيديكم be confirmed from another edition or commentary?

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ،

    The witness omits the Arabic transmission chain.

    Should the full chain be included?

  • ‏ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْعَطَّارُ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ضَعَّفَ شُعْبَةُ أَبَا هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيَّ ‏.

    The source reports Shu‘bah’s criticism of Abu Harun through nested transmitters; the witness omits it.

    Should the chain of attribution and weakness assessment be preserved in full?