Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1667
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَقِيلٍ، زُهْرَةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ، وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ إِنِّي كَتَمْتُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَرَاهِيَةَ تَفَرُّقِكُمْ عَنِّي ثُمَّ بَدَا لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمُوهُ لِيَخْتَارَ امْرُؤٌ لِنَفْسِهِ مَا بَدَا لَهُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ يَوْمٍ فِيمَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَنَازِلِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ اسْمُهُ تُرْكَانُ .
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 reported to us from Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, from al-Layth ibn Sad, from Abu Aqil Zuhrah ibn Ma bad, from Abu Salih, the freedman of Uthman ibn Affan, who said: I heard Uthman, while standing on the pulpit, say: I withheld from you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah because I disliked your turning away from me. Then it occurred to me to relate it to you, so that each person may choose for himself what seems right to him. I heard the Messenger of Allah say: A day of frontier guard in the cause of Allah is better than a thousand days in other stations.
Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih gharib.
Muhammad ibn Ismail said: Abu Salih, the freedman of Uthman, was named Turkan.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives Abu Salih’s name as Turkan, while the English witness spells it Burkan.
اسْمُهُ تُرْكَانُ
The Arabic form begins with ta (Turkan); the English witness gives Burkan.
Should the name spelling be checked against the source edition in a separate review?