Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1962

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1962
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ، عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ الْحُدَّانِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ خَصْلَتَانِ لاَ تَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي مُؤْمِنٍ الْبُخْلُ وَسُوءُ الْخُلُقِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ مُوسَى ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Abu Hafs ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali informed us: Abu Dawud informed us: Sadaqah ibn Musa narrated to us: Malik ibn Dinar narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ghalib al-Huddani, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Two traits do not come together in a believer: miserliness and bad character.”

Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is gharib; we know it only through the narration of Sadaqah ibn Musa. There is also a report on this topic from Abu Hurayrah.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The Arabic describes miserliness and bad character as traits that do not come together in a believer; the source classifies the report as gharib and says it is known only through Sadaqah ibn Musa.

  • قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ خَصْلَتَانِ لاَ تَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي مُؤْمِنٍ الْبُخْلُ وَسُوءُ الْخُلُقِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The source says miserliness and bad character do not come together in a believer; the witness renders this as stinginess and bad manners.

    Should ‘bad character’ be preferred to ‘bad manners’ for سوء الخلق?

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ،

    The witness omits the chain from Abu Hafs ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali through Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri.

    Should the complete chain be included?

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ مُوسَى ‏.

    Abu ‘Isa says this gharib report is known only through Sadaqah ibn Musa.

    Should this route limitation remain attached to the maxim?