Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3182
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ قَالَ " أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ " . قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ " أَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَطْعَمَ مَعَكَ " . قَالَ قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ " أَنْ تَزْنِيَ بِحَلِيلَةِ جَارِكَ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، بُنْدَارٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، وَالأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِهِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah reported: ‘I asked, “Messenger of Allah, which sin is greatest?” He replied, “That you set up a rival to Allah, when He created you.” I asked, “Then what?” He said, “That you kill your child for fear that he will share your food.” I asked, “Then what?” He said, “That you commit adultery with your neighbor’s wife.”’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib report. A second route from Mansur and al-A‘mash, from Abu Wa’il, from ‘Amr ibn Shurahbil, from ‘Abdullah, from the Prophet, gives similar wording. Abu ‘Isa said: This version is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Preserved the stated motive of fearing the child would share the family’s food, and the distinction between the compiler’s gradings for the two routes.