Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1975
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خِيَارُكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلاَقًا " . وَلَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاحِشًا وَلاَ مُتَفَحِّشًا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu Dawud narrated to us, saying: Shu‘bah informed us, from al-A‘mash, who said: I heard Abu Wa’il narrate from Masruq, from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The best of you are those with the finest character.” The Prophet ﷺ was neither vulgar nor obscene.
Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says the Prophet ﷺ was neither fāhish nor mutafahhish; the paired terms are rendered as neither vulgar nor obscene.
وَلَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاحِشًا وَلاَ مُتَفَحِّشًا .
The Arabic distinguishes fāhish and mutafahhish; the translation renders these as vulgar and obscene.
Should the paired descriptions remain distinct in English?
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ،
The English witness omits all transmitters in the Arabic chain.
Should the complete isnad be retained?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
The hadith is graded hasan sahih in Arabic; the witness omits this grade.
Should the compiler’s grade be added?