Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2019
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ لَعَّانًا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا " . وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مُفَسِّرٌ .
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: Abu ‘Amir narrated to us, from Kathir ibn Zayd, from Salim, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said that the Prophet ﷺ said: “A believer is not given to cursing.” Abu ‘Isa said: A report on this topic is also related from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud. This hadith is hasan gharib. Some transmitters narrated it through this same chain from the Prophet with the wording: “A believer should not be a habitual curser.” This wording clarifies the meaning.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Rendered la‘‘anan as someone habitually given to cursing; the alternate wording uses ينبغي and is explicitly described as explanatory.
وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا " .
The alternate wording says لا ينبغي للمؤمن أن يكون لعانا and the compiler calls it explanatory, clarifying the force of the first version.
Does “should not be a habitual curser” preserve the explanatory wording without presenting it as a separate ruling?