Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1083

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1083
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ، وَغَيْرُ، وَاحِدٍ، قَالُوا أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، قَالَ رَدَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ التَّبَتُّلَ وَلَوْ أَذِنَ لَهُ لاَخْتَصَيْنَا ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Khallal and more than one other narrated to us; they said: Abd al-Razzaq informed us: Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who said: The Messenger of Allah rejected celibacy for Uthman ibn Maz'un. Had he permitted it to him, we would have castrated ourselves. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ رَدَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ التَّبَتُّلَ وَلَوْ أَذِنَ لَهُ لاَخْتَصَيْنَا ‏ .

    The term tabattul refers to abstaining from marriage in this context; the report does not give further detail about the request.

    Would a more explicit rendering such as abstaining from marriage better convey the intended meaning?