Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2519
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ الطَّائِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْوَزِيرِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَخْرَمِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نُبَيْهٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ ذُكِرَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِعِبَادَةٍ وَاجْتِهَادٍ وَذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ آخَرُ بِرِعَةٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَعْدِلْ بِالرِّعَةِ " . وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ هُوَ مِنْ وَلَدِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ وَهُوَ مَدَنِيٌّ ثِقَةٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ 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.
Jabir reported: ‘A man known for worship and devotion was mentioned to the Prophet, and another man was mentioned for his scrupulous piety. The Prophet said, “Nothing compares with scrupulous piety.”’ Abu Isa graded this hadith hasan gharib and said that it was known only through this route. He identified Abdullah ibn Jafar al-Makhrami as a descendant of al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, a Medinan whom hadith scholars considered reliable.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic term waraʿ denotes scrupulous restraint from wrongdoing; ‘scrupulous piety’ is used to distinguish it from worship and devotional effort mentioned in the report.