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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1993

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1993
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ الْعَمِّيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ وَرْدَانَ اللَّيْثِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ تَرَكَ الْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي رَبَضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الْمِرَاءَ وَهُوَ مُحِقٌّ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي وَسَطِهَا وَمَنْ حَسَّنَ خُلُقَهُ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي أَعْلاَهَا ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ‏.‏

Translation

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

‘Uqbah ibn Mukram al-‘Ammi al-Basri narrated to us: Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, saying: Salamah ibn Wardan al-Laythi narrated to me, from Anas ibn Malik, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever gives up lying when he is in the wrong, a house will be built for him on the outskirts of Paradise. Whoever gives up disputation when he is in the right, a house will be built for him in its midst. And whoever cultivates good character, a house will be built for him in its highest part.” This hadith is hasan; we know it only through the narration of Salamah ibn Wardan from Anas ibn Malik.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The phrase وهو باطل is rendered “when he is in the wrong”; the English witness’s wording is unclear. The Arabic states three corresponding locations in Paradise but does not specify the house’s architecture.

  • قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ تَرَكَ الْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي رَبَضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الْمِرَاءَ وَهُوَ مُحِقٌّ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي وَسَطِهَا وَمَنْ حَسَّنَ خُلُقَهُ بُنِيَ لَهُ فِي أَعْلاَهَا ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The first clause says ترك الكذب وهو باطل, literally leaving lying while in falsehood/wrong; the English witness phrases this unclearly as “while he is doing so falsely.”

    Does “when he is in the wrong” preserve the source’s contrast with leaving disputation while in the right?

  • ‏ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ‏.

    The closing note calls the report hasan and says it is known only through Salamah ibn Wardan from Anas.

    Should this route limitation and grading remain with the translated report?