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“Part of the perfection of one's Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him”: is it a hadith? Where is it written?

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من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه

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Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, No. 2317

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2317

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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ، وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ قُرَّةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ "، قَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ، لَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ.

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What graders said

  • al-Albānī: Ṣaḥīḥ — Ṣaḥīḥ wa-Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī (al-Maktaba al-Shāmila)

HadeethEnc: قال النووي: حديث حسن — An-Nawawi said: It is a Hasan (sound) Hadīth

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Translation

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Part of a person's excellence in Islam is his leaving what does not concern him."

Translation: HadeethEnc.com — Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, by Rowad Translation Center; published by the Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah. English, version v1.25.0. Full entry with explanation: https://hadeethenc.com/en/browse/hadith/65255

The same report is also in

  • Sunan Ibn Mājah, No. 3976
  • al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, Book 47, no. 1638
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 1673

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  1. Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī 2317: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ, from أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ, from إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ, from الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ, from قُرَّةَ, from الزُّهْرِيِّ, from أَبِي سَلَمَةَ (Abū Salamah), from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2318The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2318

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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكَهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ "، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: وَهَكَذَا رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ مُرْسَلًا، وَهَذَا عِنْدَنَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ.

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What graders said

  • al-Albānī: Ṣaḥīḥ — Ṣaḥīḥ wa-Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī (al-Maktaba al-Shāmila)

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  1. Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī 2318: قُتَيْبَةُ, from مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ, from الزُّهْرِيِّ, from عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 3976The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 3976

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حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ, حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ شَابُورَ, حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ, عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَيْوَئِيلَ, عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ, عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ, عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ, قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ ".

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What graders said

HadeethEnc: قال النووي: حديث حسن — An-Nawawi said: It is a Hasan (sound) Hadīth

Narrated by At-Tirmidhi and others

Translation

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Part of a person's excellence in Islam is his leaving what does not concern him."

Translation: HadeethEnc.com — Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, by Rowad Translation Center; published by the Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah. English, version v1.25.0. Full entry with explanation: https://hadeethenc.com/en/browse/hadith/65255

The same report is also in

  • Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, No. 2317
  • al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, Book 47, no. 1638
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 1673

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  1. Sunan Ibn Mājah 3976: هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ, from مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ شَابُورَ, from الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ, from قُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَيْوَئِيلَ, from الزُّهْرِيِّ, from أَبِي سَلَمَةَ (Abū Salamah), from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ Book 47, no. 1638The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ Book 47, no. 1638

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وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ ".

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  • Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, No. 2317
  • Sunan Ibn Mājah, No. 3976
  • Musnad Aḥmad, Sanadset entry 1673

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  1. al-Muwaṭṭaʾ Book 47, no. 1638: ابْنِ شِهَابٍ (Ibn Shihāb), from عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 1673The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 1673

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حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ ".

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  • Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, No. 2317
  • Sunan Ibn Mājah, No. 3976
  • al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, Book 47, no. 1638

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  1. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 1673: مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ, from عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ (ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar), from ابْنِ شِهَابٍ (Ibn Shihāb), from عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ, from أَبِيهِ (his father), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 1668The wording is similar, not the same. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset entry 1668

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حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَيَعْلَي، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ الْوَاسِطِيَّ، عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: قَال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ قِلَّةَ الْكَلَامِ فِيمَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ ".

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  1. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 1668: ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ, from حَجَّاجٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ الْوَاسِطِيَّ, from شُعَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ, from حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ, from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. Musnad Aḥmad Sanadset 1668: يَعْلَي, from حَجَّاجٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ الْوَاسِطِيَّ, from شُعَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ, from حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ, from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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