Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1957
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْسَجَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ مَنَحَ مَنِيحَةَ لَبَنٍ أَوْ وَرِقٍ أَوْ هَدَى زُقَاقًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ عِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَقَدْ رَوَى مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ وَشُعْبَةُ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ . وَمَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ " مَنْ مَنَحَ مَنِيحَةَ وَرِقٍ " . إِنَّمَا يَعْنِي بِهِ قَرْضَ الدَّرَاهِمِ قَوْلُهُ " أَوْ هَدَى زُقَاقًا " . يَعْنِي بِهِ هِدَايَةَ الطَّرِيقِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Yusuf ibn Abi Ishaq narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Ishaq, from Talhah ibn Musarrif, who said: I heard ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awsajah say: I heard al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever lends a milch animal, lends silver, or guides someone along a road will have a reward like that of freeing a person.”
Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih gharib through the route of Abu Ishaq from Talhah ibn Musarrif; we know it only by this route. Mansur ibn al-Mu‘tamir and Shu‘bah also narrated this hadith from Talhah ibn Musarrif. There is also a report on this topic from al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir.
The phrase “whoever lends silver” means lending dirhams. The phrase “or guides someone along a road” means showing someone the way.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The compiler explicitly glosses the silver loan as lending dirhams and the route phrase as showing someone the way. Manihah of milk refers to lending a milch animal so its milk may be used; the translation preserves the loan sense.
يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ مَنَحَ مَنِيحَةَ لَبَنٍ أَوْ وَرِقٍ أَوْ هَدَى زُقَاقًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ عِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ " .
The source’s manihah is a loan/use of a milch animal, and the closing commentary explicitly says lending silver means loaning dirhams; the witness renders these as giving milk or silver.
Should the first two items be translated as loans rather than gifts?
إِنَّمَا يَعْنِي بِهِ قَرْضَ الدَّرَاهِمِ قَوْلُهُ " أَوْ هَدَى زُقَاقًا " .
The compiler clarifies that lending silver here means lending dirhams, not giving away silver.
Should the lexical gloss remain as a separate sentence?
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ،
The English witness omits the chain and all compiler notes.
Should the full isnad and source commentary be retained?