Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1978

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1978
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ الطَّائِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنْ رَجُلاً، لَعَنَ الرِّيحَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَلْعَنِ الرِّيحَ فَإِنَّهَا مَأْمُورَةٌ وَإِنَّهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ شَيْئًا لَيْسَ لَهُ بِأَهْلٍ رَجَعَتِ اللَّعْنَةُ عَلَيْهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَسْنَدَهُ غَيْرَ بِشْرِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Zayd ibn Akhzam al-Ta’i al-Basri narrated to us: Bishr ibn ‘Umar narrated to us: Aban ibn Yazid narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Abu al-‘Aliyah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that a man cursed the wind in the Prophet’s presence. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do not curse the wind, for it is commanded. Whoever curses something undeserving of a curse will have the curse return upon him.”

Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib. We know of no one who transmitted it with a complete chain except Bishr ibn ‘Umar.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The source says the wind is commanded and that a curse returns to the one who directs it at something undeserving. Abu ‘Isa notes that Bishr ibn ‘Umar alone is known to have transmitted the report with a connected chain.

  • لَعَنَ الرِّيحَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَلْعَنِ الرِّيحَ فَإِنَّهَا مَأْمُورَةٌ وَإِنَّهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ شَيْئًا لَيْسَ لَهُ بِأَهْلٍ رَجَعَتِ اللَّعْنَةُ عَلَيْهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The source says that when someone curses something undeserving, the curse returns upon the person who uttered it.

    Should ‘undeserving of a curse’ remain explicit rather than ‘undeservingly’?

  • حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ الطَّائِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ،

    The English witness omits the chain from Zayd ibn Akhzam through Ibn ‘Abbas.

    Should the full isnad be included?

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَسْنَدَهُ غَيْرَ بِشْرِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ‏.

    Abu ‘Isa says no one besides Bishr ibn ‘Umar is known to have transmitted this report with a connected chain.

    Should the route-specific chain note remain attached to this report?