Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1059

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1059
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازُ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ، قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَمَرُّوا بِجَنَازَةٍ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَجَبَتْ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ وَمَا وَجَبَتْ قَالَ أَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ لَهُ ثَلاَثَةٌ إِلاَّ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْنَا وَاثْنَانِ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَاثْنَانِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَلَمْ نَسْأَلْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْوَاحِدِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو الأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيُّ اسْمُهُ ظَالِمُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُفْيَانَ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Yahya ibn Musa and Harun ibn Abdullah al-Bazzaz narrated to us: They said: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated to us: Dawud ibn Abi al-Furat narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Buraydah narrated to us, from Abu al-Aswad al-Dili, who said: I came to Madinah and sat with Umar ibn al-Khattab. A funeral procession passed by, and people spoke well of the deceased. Umar said, 'It is assured.' I asked him, 'What is assured?' He said, 'I say what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No Muslim has three people testify in his favor but that Paradise is assured for him.' We asked, 'And two?' He said, 'And two.' We did not ask the Messenger of Allah about one. Abu Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. Abu al-Aswad al-Dili's name was Zalim ibn Amr ibn Sufyan.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • ‏ فَقُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ وَمَا وَجَبَتْ قَالَ أَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ لَهُ ثَلاَثَةٌ إِلاَّ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The Arabic uses wajabat, the same elliptical verb Umar used earlier, followed here by Paradise as its stated subject.

    Does 'is assured' convey the verb's force without implying a guaranteed legal status beyond the report?