Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2414

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ الْوَرْدِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رضى الله عنها أَنِ اكْتُبِي إِلَىَّ كِتَابًا تُوصِينِي فِيهِ وَلاَ تُكْثِرِي عَلَىَّ ‏.‏ فَكَتَبَتْ عَائِشَةُ رضى الله عنها إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنِ الْتَمَسَ رِضَاءَ اللَّهِ بِسَخَطِ النَّاسِ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مُؤْنَةَ النَّاسِ وَمَنِ الْتَمَسَ رِضَاءَ النَّاسِ بِسَخَطِ اللَّهِ وَكَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَتَبَتْ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Suwaid bin Nasr informed us: 'Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak informed us, from 'Abdul-Wahhab bin Al-Ward, from a man of Madinah, who said: Mu'awiyah wrote to 'Aishah, Mother of the Believers: ‘Write me a letter of advice, but do not burden me with too much.’ 'Aishah wrote back: ‘Peace be upon you. I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Whoever seeks Allah's pleasure at the cost of people's displeasure, Allah will suffice him against the people. Whoever seeks people's pleasure at the cost of Allah's displeasure, Allah will leave him to the people.” Peace be upon you.’ Muhammad bin Yahya narrated to us: Muhammad bin Yusuf narrated to us, from Sufyan Ath-Thawri, from Hisham bin 'Urwah, from his father, from 'Aishah, who wrote to Mu'awiyah and mentioned a similar report in meaning, without attributing it to the Prophet.