Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1984
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا تُرَى ظُهُورُهَا مِنْ بُطُونِهَا وَبُطُونُهَا مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا " . فَقَامَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ لِمَنْ هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " لِمَنْ أَطَابَ الْكَلاَمَ وَأَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَأَدَامَ الصِّيَامَ وَصَلَّى لِلَّهِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ . وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ فِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ هَذَا مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ وَهُوَ كُوفِيٌّ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقُرَشِيُّ مَدَنِيٌّ وَهُوَ أَثْبَتُ مِنْ هَذَا وَكِلاَهُمَا كَانَا فِي عَصْرٍ وَاحِدٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us: ‘Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq, from al-Nu‘man ibn Sa‘d, from ‘Ali, who said that the Prophet ﷺ said: “In Paradise are chambers whose exteriors can be seen from their interiors, and whose interiors can be seen from their exteriors.” A Bedouin stood and asked, “For whom are they, Messenger of Allah?” He replied: “For those who speak kindly, feed others, fast regularly, and pray to Allah at night while people are asleep.”
Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is gharib; we know it only through the narration of ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq. Some hadith scholars criticized this ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq for his retention. He was Kufan. The other ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq, the Qurashi from Madinah, is more reliable than this one; both lived in the same era.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Abu ‘Isa distinguishes the Kufan ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq in this chain from a more reliable Qurashi Medinan narrator with the same name.
قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا تُرَى ظُهُورُهَا مِنْ بُطُونِهَا وَبُطُونُهَا مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا " .
The image of the chambers states that each side is visible from the other; the relation is expressed symmetrically.
Does “exteriors … interiors” preserve the reciprocal image without implying transparent walls beyond the wording?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ .
Abu ‘Isa distinguishes the Kufan transmitter from another ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq, Qurashi and Medinan, said to be more reliable.
Is the distinction between these same-named narrators clear enough to prevent conflation?
وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ فِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ هَذَا مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ وَهُوَ كُوفِيٌّ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقُرَشِيُّ مَدَنِيٌّ وَهُوَ أَثْبَتُ مِنْ هَذَا وَكِلاَهُمَا كَانَا فِي عَصْرٍ وَاحِدٍ .
The final note says both same-named narrators were in one era.
Does “both lived in the same era” retain the source’s statement without implying they were identical?