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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1060

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1060
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ وَمُعَاذٍ وَكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَعُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ وَأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَجَابِرٍ وَأَنَسٍ وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الأَشْجَعِيِّ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَقُرَّةَ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَأَبُو ثَعْلَبَةَ الأَشْجَعِيُّ لَهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَدِيثٌ وَاحِدٌ هُوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ الْخُشَنِيَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Qutaybah narrated to us from Malik ibn Anas. H. Al-Ansari narrated to us: Ma'n narrated to us: Malik ibn Anas narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'No Muslim loses three of his children to death and then the Fire touches him, except to the extent of fulfilling the oath.' Reports on this topic are also related from Umar, Mu'adh, Ka'b ibn Malik, Utbah ibn Abd, Umm Sulaym, Jabir, Anas, Abu Dharr, Ibn Mas'ud, Abu Tha'labah al-Ashja'i, Ibn Abbas, Uqbah ibn Amir, Abu Sa'id, and Qurrah ibn Iyas al-Muzani. Abu Isa said: Abu Tha'labah al-Ashja'i has only one hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is this hadith; he is not al-Khushani. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Abu Hurairah is hasan sahih.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَمُوتُ لأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثَلاَثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ فَتَمَسَّهُ النَّارُ إِلاَّ تَحِلَّةَ الْقَسَمِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The Arabic alludes to tahillat al-qasam without explaining the oath or its fulfillment; the precise exception is not spelled out in this text.

    Should the phrase remain this literal, or is there a recognized English rendering that avoids resolving the allusion?