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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2010

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2010
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ الْمُزَنِيِّ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ السَّمْتُ الْحَسَنُ وَالتُّؤَدَةُ وَالاِقْتِصَادُ جُزْءٌ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ وَالصَّحِيحُ حَدِيثُ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Nasr ibn ‘Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Nuh ibn Qays narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Imran, from ‘Asim al-Ahwal, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sarjis al-Muzani, that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Good bearing, deliberateness, and moderation are one of the twenty-four parts of prophethood.” A report on this topic is also related from Ibn ‘Abbas. This hadith is hasan gharib.

Qutaybah narrated to us: Nuh ibn Qays narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Imran, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sarjis, from the Prophet ﷺ, with a similar wording, but without mentioning ‘Asim. The sound version is the hadith of Nasr ibn ‘Ali.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • Rendered al-samt al-hasan as “good bearing”; the source also has deliberateness and moderation. The second isnad omits ‘Asim and is explicitly judged less sound than the Nasr ibn ‘Ali route.

  • أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ السَّمْتُ الْحَسَنُ وَالتُّؤَدَةُ وَالاِقْتِصَادُ جُزْءٌ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    Al-samt al-hasan can refer to good bearing or comportment; the other two terms denote deliberateness and moderation.

    Does “good bearing” preserve the first quality without collapsing it into the other two?

  • عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ وَالصَّحِيحُ حَدِيثُ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ‏.

    The Qutaybah route omits ‘Asim and the source explicitly says the correct report is that of Nasr ibn ‘Ali.

    Are the omitted transmitter and the compiler’s preference both clearly retained?