Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1972

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1972
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْغَسَّانِيِّ حَدَّثَكُمْ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا كَذَبَ الْعَبْدُ تَبَاعَدَ عَنْهُ الْمَلَكُ مِيلاً مِنْ نَتْنِ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَحْيَى فَأَقَرَّ بِهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ هَارُونَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ هَارُونَ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Yahya ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: I asked ‘Abd al-Rahim ibn Harun al-Ghassani: “Did ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad narrate to you from Nafi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, that the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘When a servant lies, the angel moves a mile away from him because of the foul stench of what he has brought’?” ‘Abd al-Rahim confirmed it and said: “Yes.”

Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib. We know it only through this route; ‘Abd al-Rahim ibn Harun alone transmitted it.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The source records Yahya ibn Musa asking ‘Abd al-Rahim whether ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad narrated this report to him; ‘Abd al-Rahim confirms the transmission. The report is then described as unique to ‘Abd al-Rahim’s route.

  • قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْغَسَّانِيِّ حَدَّثَكُمْ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ،

    Yahya ibn Musa asks whether ‘Abd al-‘Aziz narrated the report to ‘Abd al-Rahim; the Arabic is about confirmation of transmission, not general approval.

    Should the exchange be rendered explicitly as a chain-verification question?

  • أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا كَذَبَ الْعَبْدُ تَبَاعَدَ عَنْهُ الْمَلَكُ مِيلاً مِنْ نَتْنِ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The report says the angel moves a mile away because of the foul stench of the lie’s content.

    Should ‘what he has brought’ be retained for ما جاء به, or should it be rendered as ‘what he has said’?

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ هَارُونَ ‏.

    Abu ‘Isa grades this hasan gharib and says it is known only through the route uniquely transmitted by ‘Abd al-Rahim ibn Harun.

    Should the grading and route limitation remain alongside the report?