Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1959
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا حَدَّثَ الرَّجُلُ الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ فَهِيَ أَمَانَةٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَإِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ .
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 Ibn Abi Dhi’b, who said: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Ata’ informed me, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Jabir ibn ‘Atik, from Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “When a man tells something and then looks around, it is a trust.”
Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan, and we know it only through the narration of Ibn Abi Dhi’b.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says that after telling the report, the man looks around; it does not explicitly say that he asks for confidentiality. The trust implication is retained without adding an explicit request.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا حَدَّثَ الرَّجُلُ الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ فَهِيَ أَمَانَةٌ " .
The Arabic says the narrator looks around after telling something, which implies trust; it does not explicitly mention the intended audience or a direct request for secrecy.
Should the wording remain literal as ‘looks around’ without adding a request for confidentiality?
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ،
The English witness omits the complete chain.
Should the isnad be included?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَإِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ .
Abu ‘Isa grades the hadith hasan and says it is known only through Ibn Abi Dhi’b’s narration.
Should the route limitation accompany the translated maxim?