Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3252
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْوَازِعِ، حَدَّثَنِي شَيْخٌ، مِنْ بَنِي مُرَّةَ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ فَأُخْبِرْتُ عَنْ بِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ فِيهِ لَمُعْتَبَرًا فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ مَحْبُوسٌ فِي دَارِهِ الَّتِي قَدْ كَانَ بَنَى قَالَ وَإِذَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ قَدْ تَغَيَّرَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّرْبِ وَإِذَا هُوَ فِي قُشَاشٍ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ يَا بِلاَلُ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ وَأَنْتَ تَمُرُّ بِنَا تُمْسِكُ بِأَنْفِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ غُبَارٍ وَأَنْتَ فِي حَالِكَ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ مِنْ بَنِي مُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ . فَقَالَ أَلاَ أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ بِهِ قُلْتُ هَاتِ . قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَبِي مُوسَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يُصِيبُ عَبْدًا نَكْبَةٌ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا أَوْ دُونَهَا إِلاَّ بِذَنْبٍ وَمَا يَعْفُو اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَكْثَرُ " . قَالَ وَقَرَأََ : (وما أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ ) . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ 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.
A shaykh from Banu Murrah said: I arrived in Kufah and heard about Bilal ibn Abi Burdah. I said, ‘There is a lesson to be learned from him,’ and went to see him. He was confined in the house he had built. His whole appearance had changed from punishment and beatings, and he was among rags. I said, ‘Praise be to Allah, Bilal! I once saw you pass us by, holding your nose though there was no dust. Today you are in this state.’ He asked, ‘Which people are you from?’ I said, ‘Banu Murrah ibn ‘Abbad.’ He said, ‘Shall I tell you a hadith that may benefit you? My father, Abu Burdah, narrated to me from his father Abu Musa that the Messenger of Allah said: “No calamity, great or small, befalls a servant except because of a sin; yet what Allah pardons is far greater.”’ He recited: ‘Whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your hands have earned, and He pardons much’ (Qur’an 42:30). Abu ‘Isa said: This is a gharib hadith. We know it only through this route.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic describes Bilal as visibly changed by punishment and beatings; rendered the difficult ‘fi qashash’ as ‘among rags.’ Preserved the transmitted chain through Bilal, his father Abu Burdah, and Abu Musa.