Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3375

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3375
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ، رضى الله عنه أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الإِسْلاَمِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَىَّ فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Zayd ibn Hubab narrated to us, from Mu‘awiyah ibn Salih, from ‘Amr ibn Qays, from ‘Abdullah ibn Busr (may Allah be pleased with him), that a man said: ‘Messenger of Allah, the prescribed practices of Islam have become many for me. Tell me something I can hold fast to.’ He said: ‘Let your tongue remain moist with the remembrance of Allah.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib by this route.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The expression ‘let your tongue remain moist’ conveys continual remembrance of Allah; the translation preserves the metaphor rather than replacing it with a paraphrase.