Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1393
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو السَّفَرِ، قَالَ دَقَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ سِنَّ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَاسْتَعْدَى عَلَيْهِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ هَذَا دَقَّ سِنِّي . قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِنَّا سَنُرْضِيكَ وَأَلَحَّ الآخَرُ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَأَبْرَمَهُ فَلَمْ يُرْضِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ شَأْنَكَ بِصَاحِبِكَ . وَأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُصَابُ بِشَيْءٍ فِي جَسَدِهِ فَيَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ إِلاَّ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهِ خَطِيئَةً " . قَالَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي . قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَذَرُهَا لَهُ . قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لاَ جَرَمَ لاَ أُخَيِّبُكَ . فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِمَالٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَلاَ أَعْرِفُ لأَبِي السَّفَرِ سَمَاعًا مِنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَأَبُو السَّفَرِ اسْمُهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ وَيُقَالُ ابْنُ يُحْمِدَ الثَّوْرِيُّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū al-Dardāʾ reported that a Qurashī man broke a man of the Anṣār’s tooth. The Anṣārī brought his case to Muʿāwiyah and said: “Commander of the Faithful, this man broke my tooth.” Muʿāwiyah replied: “We will satisfy you.” But the man pressed him until Muʿāwiyah became frustrated and said: “You deal with your opponent yourself.” Abū al-Dardāʾ was sitting with him and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘No person suffers an injury to his body and then pardons it except that Allah raises him a degree and removes a sin from him.’” The Anṣārī asked: “Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah?” He replied: “My ears heard it and my heart retained it.” The man said: “Then I waive my claim against him.” Muʿāwiyah said: “Indeed, I will not disappoint you,” and ordered that he be given money. Abū ʿĪsā said: This is a gharīb hadith; we know it only through this chain. We do not know that Abū al-Safar heard from Abū al-Dardāʾ. Abū al-Safar’s name is given as Saʿīd ibn Aḥmad, also said to be Ibn Yuḥmid al-Thawrī.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report links pardon for an injury with spiritual reward; Muʿāwiyah then compensates the injured man after he waives his claim.