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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1996

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1996
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ بِئْسَ ابْنُ الْعَشِيرَةِ أَوْ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لَهُ فَأَلاَنَ لَهُ الْقَوْلَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قُلْتَ لَهُ مَا قُلْتَ ثُمَّ أَلَنْتَ لَهُ الْقَوْلَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ النَّاسُ أَوْ وَدَعَهُ النَّاسُ اتِّقَاءَ فُحْشِهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Ibn Abi ‘Umar narrated to us: Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, from ‘A’ishah, who said: A man asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was with him. He said, “What an evil man of his clan”—or, “a brother of his clan.” Then he admitted the man and spoke gently to him. When the man had left, I said, “Messenger of Allah, you said what you said about him, then you spoke gently to him?” He replied, “ ‘A’ishah, among the worst of people is one whom people leave alone or avoid for fear of his foul speech.” Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The source gives two alternatives in the Prophet’s initial description. The final statement explains why he treated the man gently after that private warning.

  • قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ بِئْسَ ابْنُ الْعَشِيرَةِ أَوْ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The source gives the initial description as either “son of his clan” or “brother of his clan.”

    Are both alternatives preserved rather than choosing one?

  • ‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ النَّاسُ أَوْ وَدَعَهُ النَّاسُ اتِّقَاءَ فُحْشِهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The explanation describes someone whom people leave or avoid out of fear of his foul speech; it does not explicitly state a broader rule about when to speak gently.

    Does the translation preserve the stated reason without adding a general rule?