Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3183
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ أَبُو زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ الأَحْدَبِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ قَالَ " أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ وَأَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مَعَكَ أَوْ مِنْ طَعَامِكَ وَأَنْ تَزْنِيَ بِحَلِيلَةِ جَارِكَ " . قَالَ وَتَلاَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ : (والَّذِينَ لاَ يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلاَ يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ وَلاَ يَزْنُونَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا * يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا ) . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالأَعْمَشِ أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ لأَنَّهُ زَادَ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ رَجُلاً . حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ وَاصِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ . قَالَ وَهَكَذَا رَوَى شُعْبَةُ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَمْرَو بْنَ شُرَحْبِيلَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah reported: ‘I asked the Messenger of Allah which sin is greatest. He said, “That you set up a rival to Allah, when He created you; that you kill your child so he will not eat with you—or because of your food; and that you commit adultery with your neighbor’s wife.”’ He recited: “Those who do not call upon another deity alongside Allah, nor kill a soul Allah has forbidden except with right, nor commit adultery—for whoever does that will meet punishment; his torment will be multiplied on the Day of Resurrection, and he will remain there disgraced” (Qur’an 25:68–69).
Abu ‘Isa said: Sufyan’s report from Mansur and al-A‘mash is more accurate than Shu‘bah’s report from Wasil, because Sufyan’s chain includes an additional transmitter. Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna transmitted a similar report from Shu‘bah, from Wasil, from Abu Wa’il, from ‘Abdullah, from the Prophet, also omitting ‘Amr ibn Shurahbil.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Preserved the variant explanation for killing the child and the cited verses. Included the compiler’s assessment that the route with the additional transmitter is more accurate.