Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3037
حَدَّثَنَا خَلاَّدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ ثُوَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي فَاخِتَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ آيَةٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ : ( إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ ) قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَأَبُو فَاخِتَةَ اسْمُهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ عِلاَقَةَ وَثُوَيْرٌ يُكْنَى أَبَا جَهْمٍ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ كُوفِيٌّ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ وَقَدْ سَمِعَ مِنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ . وَابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ كَانَ يَغْمِزُهُ قَلِيلاً .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Thuwair ibn Abi Fakhtah reported from his father that ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib said: ‘No verse in the Qur’an is dearer to me than this one: “Allah does not forgive associating partners with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills” (Qur’an 4:116).’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan gharib. He identified Abu Fakhtah as Sa‘id ibn ‘Ilaqah and said Thuwair, a Kufan Successor also known by the kunya Abu Jahm, had heard from Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn al-Zubayr. Ibn Mahdi had criticized him slightly.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report attributes the statement about Qur’an 4:116 to ‘Ali; the narrator note records a mild criticism of Thuwair’s reliability.