Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 297
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ حَذْفُ السَّلاَمِ سُنَّةٌ . قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ يَعْنِي أَنْ لاَ تَمُدَّهُ مَدًّا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِبُّهُ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ التَّكْبِيرُ جَزْمٌ وَالسَّلاَمُ جَزْمٌ . وَهِقْلٌ يُقَالُ كَانَ كَاتِبَ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayrah said: Shortening the salutation is Sunnah. Ali ibn Hujr said: Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak explained that this means not drawing it out. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih, and this is what the people of knowledge recommend. It is narrated from Ibrahim al-Nakhai that he said: The takbir should be pronounced succinctly, and the salutation should be pronounced succinctly. Hiqil is said to have been al-Awzais scribe.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The compiler explains hadhf as not prolonging the salutation; succinctly conveys jazm in this context.
قَالَ حَذْفُ السَّلاَمِ سُنَّةٌ .
Hadhf can be misunderstood as omitting words; the compiler clarifies that it means not prolonging the utterance.
Should the English phrase emphasize concise pronunciation rather than shortening?