Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1987

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1987
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ وَالصَّحِيحُ حَدِيثُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Maymun ibn Abi Shabib, from Abu Dharr, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Be mindful of Allah wherever you are. Follow a bad deed with a good one and it will erase it, and treat people with good character.” Another report on this topic is from Abu Hurayrah. Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu Ahmad and Abu Nu‘aym narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Habib, with this chain and a similar wording. Mahmud said: Waki‘ narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Maymun ibn Abi Shabib, from Mu‘adh ibn Jabal, from the Prophet ﷺ, with a similar wording. Mahmud said: The sound version is the hadith of Abu Dharr.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The block records a variant attribution through Mu‘adh, then reports Mahmud’s judgment that the correct version is the Abu Dharr report.

  • قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The imperative اتق الله is a concise command to maintain taqwa; an exact English equivalent is difficult.

    Does “Be mindful of Allah” convey the command without narrowing it to fear alone?

  • ‏ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ وَالصَّحِيحُ حَدِيثُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ‏.

    The source preserves a similar report via Mu‘adh but then explicitly says the correct version is the Abu Dharr hadith.

    Is the alternative attribution clearly presented as a variant rather than the preferred form?