Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1119
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زُبَيْدٍ الأَيَامِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَعَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالاَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَعَنَ الْمُحِلَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابِنْ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَلِيٍّ وَجَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ مَعْلُولٌ . هَكَذَا رَوَى أَشْعَثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ هُوَ الشَّعْبِيُّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَامِرٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَائِمِ لأَنَّ مُجَالِدَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ قَدْ ضَعَّفَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْهُمْ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ . وَرَوَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ . وَهَذَا قَدْ وَهِمَ فِيهِ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَالْحَدِيثُ الأَوَّلُ أَصَحُّ . وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ مُغِيرَةُ وَابْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us: Ash'ath ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Zubayd al-Ayami narrated to us: Mujalid narrated to us, from al-Sha'bi, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, and from al-Harith, from Ali, who both said: The Messenger of Allah cursed the muhill and the one for whom the tahlil is done. It is also reported in this chapter from Ibn Mas'ud, Abu Hurairah, Uqbah ibn Amir, and Ibn Abbas. Abu Isa said: The reports of Ali and Jabir are defective. Ash'ath ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated it from Mujalid, from Amir—meaning al-Sha'bi—from al-Harith, from Ali; and Amir from Jabir ibn Abdullah, from the Prophet. This hadith's chain is not sound, because some scholars, including Ahmad ibn Hanbal, considered Mujalid ibn Sa'id weak. Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated this hadith from Mujalid, from Amir, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, from Ali. Ibn Numayr was mistaken in this, and the first report is more correct. Mughirah, Ibn Abi Khalid, and more than one other also narrated it from al-Sha'bi, from al-Harith, from Ali.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Muhill refers to an intermediary who marries a woman after an irrevocable divorce with the intent of making her lawful for her former husband; muhallal lahu is the former husband for whom this is done.
قَالاَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَعَنَ الْمُحِلَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ .
The Arabic uses technical terms whose exact scope depends on the prohibited arranged marriage practice being discussed.
Should these technical terms be transliterated with the explanatory note, or translated into plain English in the hadith text?