Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3680

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا تَلِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَحَّافِ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلاَّ لَهُ وَزِيرَانِ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَوَزِيرَانِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فَأَمَّا وَزِيرَاىَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ فَجِبْرِيلُ وَمِيكَائِيلُ وَأَمَّا وَزِيرَاىَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ فَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو الْجَحَّافِ اسْمُهُ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَوْفٍ ‏.‏ وَيُرْوَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ ‏.‏ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجَحَّافِ وَكَانَ مَرْضِيًّا وَتَلِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ يُكْنَى أَبَا إِدْرِيسَ وَهُوَ شِيعِيٌّ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj narrated to us: Talid ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Abu al-Jahhaf, from ‘Atiyyah, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Every Prophet has two ministers from heaven and two ministers from earth. My two ministers from heaven are Jibril and Mika’il; my two ministers from earth are Abu Bakr and ‘Umar.’ This is a hasan gharib hadith. Abu al-Jahhaf’s name was Dawud ibn Abi ‘Awf. Sufyan al-Thawri is reported to have said, ‘Abu al-Jahhaf narrated to us, and he was regarded favorably.’ Talid ibn Sulayman was also called Abu Idris, and he was a Shi‘i.