Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1066

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1066
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِقْدَامٍ أَبُو الأَشْعَثِ الْعِجْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Ahmad ibn Miqdam, Abu al-Ash'ath al-Ijli, narrated to us: al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us: I heard my father relate, from Qatadah, from Anas, from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: 'Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him; and whoever dislikes meeting Allah, Allah dislikes meeting him.' Reports on this topic are also related from Abu Musa, Abu Hurairah, and Aishah. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Ubadah ibn al-Samit is hasan sahih.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The Arabic repeats the same phrase in reciprocal clauses without explaining the intended context.

    Does 'meet Allah' preserve the wording without making it sound like ordinary physical meeting?