Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1082

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1082
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ الطَّائِيُّ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ التَّبَتُّلِ ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَزَادَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَقَرَأَ قَتَادَةُ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ولقدْ أَرْسَلْنا رُسُلاً مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً ‏)‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ سَمُرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏ وَرَوَى الأَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ وَيُقَالُ كِلاَ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Abu Hisham al-Rifa'i, Zayd ibn Akhzam al-Ta'i, and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Basri narrated to us; they said: Mu'adh ibn Hisham narrated to us, from his father, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from Samurah: The Prophet prohibited celibacy. Abu Isa said: Zayd ibn Akhzam added to his report that Qatadah recited: We sent messengers before you and appointed wives and offspring for them. It is also reported in this chapter from Sa'd, Anas ibn Malik, Aishah, and Ibn Abbas. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Samurah is hasan gharīb. Al-Ash'ath ibn Abd al-Malik narrated this hadith from al-Hasan, from Sa'd ibn Hisham, from Aishah, from the Prophet, with a similar report. Both reports are said to be sound.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The quoted verse is translated in line with its wording in this report.

  • أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ التَّبَتُّلِ ‏ .

    The Arabic term tabattul can refer to abstaining from marriage; the report supplies no further qualification here.

    Should the rendering specify abstaining from marriage, or retain the concise term celibacy?