Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2022
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ بَيَانٍ الْعُقَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّحَّالِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا أَكْرَمَ شَابٌّ شَيْخًا لِسِنِّهِ إِلاَّ قَيَّضَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَنْ يُكْرِمُهُ عِنْدَ سِنِّهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَذَا الشَّيْخِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ بَيَانٍ وَأَبُو الرِّجَالِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ آخَرُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Yazid ibn Bayan al-‘Uqayli narrated to us: Abu al-Rahhal al-Ansari narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whenever a young person honors an elder because of his age, Allah appoints someone to honor that young person when he reaches that age.” Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is gharib; we know it only through this shaykh, Yazid ibn Bayan. Abu al-Rijal al-Ansari is a different person.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source distinguishes Abu al-Rahhal in the chain from another transmitter called Abu al-Rijal al-Ansari.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا أَكْرَمَ شَابٌّ شَيْخًا لِسِنِّهِ إِلاَّ قَيَّضَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَنْ يُكْرِمُهُ عِنْدَ سِنِّهِ " .
The reward clause refers back to the young person when he reaches old age; the Arabic uses “at his age” without restating the noun.
Does “when he reaches that age” make the referent clear without changing the promise?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هَذَا الشَّيْخِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ بَيَانٍ وَأَبُو الرِّجَالِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ آخَرُ .
Abu ‘Isa says Abu al-Rijal al-Ansari is another person, distinct from Abu al-Rahhal in the chain.
Are these similarly named transmitters kept distinct?