Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2033
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ دَرَّاجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ حَلِيمَ إِلاَّ ذُو عَثْرَةٍ وَلاَ حَكِيمَ إِلاَّ ذُو تَجْرِبَةٍ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us: ‘Abd Allah ibn Wahb narrated to us, from ‘Amr ibn al-Harith, from Darrāj, from Abu al-Haytham, from Abu Sa‘id, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Only someone who has stumbled can be forbearing, and only someone with experience can be wise.” Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib; we know it only through this route.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Rendered ‘athrah as a stumble/misstep and tajribah as experience, retaining the aphoristic contrast.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ حَلِيمَ إِلاَّ ذُو عَثْرَةٍ وَلاَ حَكِيمَ إِلاَّ ذُو تَجْرِبَةٍ " .
The wording links forbearance with a stumble and wisdom with experience; the first image may imply learning through one’s own missteps, but does not state that explanation directly.
Does “someone who has stumbled” preserve the aphorism without adding an explicit lesson from the mistake?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
The Arabic source grades the hadith hasan gharib, whereas the English witness labels it Da‘if.
Should the translation retain the source block’s hasan gharib wording while recording the witness’s conflicting grade for review?