Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2001
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ تَقُولُونَ لِي فِيَّ التِّيهُ وَقَدْ رَكِبْتُ الْحِمَارَ وَلَبِسْتُ الشَّمْلَةَ وَقَدْ حَلَبْتُ الشَّاةَ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْكِبْرِ شَيْءٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Ali ibn ‘Isa al-Baghdadi narrated to us: Shababah ibn Sawwar narrated to us: Ibn Abi Dhi’b narrated to us, from al-Qasim ibn ‘Abbas, from Nafi‘ ibn Jubayr ibn Mut‘im, from his father, who said: “You say that I am conceited, yet I have ridden a donkey, worn a simple wrap, and milked a sheep.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever does these things has no arrogance in him.” Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih gharib.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The word al-tīh is rendered as conceit/self-importance; shamlah is rendered as a simple wrap without specifying its material, which this block does not state.
قَالَ تَقُولُونَ لِي فِيَّ التِّيهُ وَقَدْ رَكِبْتُ الْحِمَارَ وَلَبِسْتُ الشَّمْلَةَ وَقَدْ حَلَبْتُ الشَّاةَ وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْكِبْرِ شَيْءٌ " .
The speaker lists ordinary activities as a response to being called al-tīh (conceited or self-important); the source does not name the people making the criticism.
Does “You say that I am conceited” preserve the direct address without identifying the critics?