Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1085
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السَّوَّاقُ الْبَلْخِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَسَعِيدٍ، ابْنَىْ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا جَاءَكُمْ مَنْ تَرْضَوْنَ دِينَهُ وَخُلُقَهُ فَأَنْكِحُوهُ إِلاَّ تَفْعَلُوا تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ قَالَ " إِذَا جَاءَكُمْ مَنْ تَرْضَوْنَ دِينَهُ وَخُلُقَهُ فَأَنْكِحُوهُ " . ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَأَبُو حَاتِمٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُ لَهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَيْرَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Amr al-Sawwaq al-Balkhi narrated to us: Hatim ibn Isma'il narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Muslim ibn Hurmoz, from Muhammad and Sa'id, the two sons of Ubayd, from Abu Hatim al-Muzani, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: When someone whose religion and character you approve comes to you, marry him to your ward. If you do not do so, there will be turmoil in the land and corruption. They said: Messenger of Allah, even if there is something objectionable in him? He said: When someone whose religion and character you approve comes to you, marry him. He said this three times. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharīb. Abu Hatim al-Muzani was a Companion, and we know of no other hadith he narrated from the Prophet besides this one.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb ankihuhu means arranging a marriage for a woman under one's care; ward makes that relationship explicit from context.
قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ قَالَ " إِذَا جَاءَكُمْ مَنْ تَرْضَوْنَ دِينَهُ وَخُلُقَهُ فَأَنْكِحُوهُ " .
The Arabic asks 'even if there is something in him?' without specifying what it is.
Should the question remain general, or can the unspecified concern be rendered more explicitly?