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Jami at-Tirmidhi 2502

“I told the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about a man, so he said: ‘I do not like to talk about a man, even if I were to get this or that (for doing so).’ She said: ‘I said: ‘O Messenger of…

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Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الأَقْمَرِ، عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ، وَكَانَ

مِنْ أَصْحَابِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ حَكَيْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ: «مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنِّي حَكَيْتُ رَجُلاً وَأَنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا». قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ صَفِيَّةَ امْرَأَةٌ وَقَالَتْ بِيَدِهَا هَكَذَا كَأَنَّهَا تَعْنِي قَصِيرَةً. فَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ مَزَجْتِ بِكَلِمَةٍ لَوْ مَزَجْتِ بِهَا مَاءَ الْبَحْرِ لَمُزِجَ»

“I told the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) about a man, so he said: ‘I do not like to talk about a man, even if I were to get this or that (for doing so).’ She said: ‘I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Safiyyah is a woman who is…’ and she used her hand as if to indicate that she is short – ‘So he said: ‘You have said a statement which, if it were mixed in with the water of the sea, it would pollute it.’’’”

আয়িশাহ (রাঃ) হতে বর্ণিত, তিনি বলেন, কোন এক সময় নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-কে আমি জনৈক ব্যক্তির চালচলন নকল করে দেখালাম। তিনি বললেন, আমাকে এই পরিমাণ সম্পদ প্রদান করা হলেও কারো চালচলন নকল করা আমাকে আনন্দ দেয় না।

আয়িশাহ (রাঃ) বলেন, আমি বললাম, হে আল্লাহর রাসূল সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম! সাফিয়্যা তো বামন মহিলা লোক, এই বলে তিনি তা হাতের ইশারায় দেখালেন। রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বললেনঃ তুমি এমন একটি কথার দ্বারা বিদ্রুপ করেছো, তা সাগরের পানির সাথে মিশালেও তা উক্ত পানিকে দূষিত করে ফেলতো। সহীহঃ মিশকাত তাহকীক সানী (৪৮৫৩, ৪৮৫৭), গাইয়াতুল মারাম (৪২৭)।

ام المؤمنین عائشہ رضی الله عنہا کہتی ہیں کہ میں نے نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے سامنے ایک شخص کی نقل کی تو آپ نے فرمایا: ”مجھے یہ پسند نہیں کہ میں کسی انسان کی نقل کروں اور مجھے اتنا اور اتنا مال ملے“۔ میں نے عرض کیا: اللہ کے رسول! بیشک صفیہ ایک عورت ہیں، اور اپنے ہاتھ سے اس طرح اشارہ کیا، گویا یہ مراد لے رہی تھیں کہ صفیہ پستہ قد ہیں۔

آپ نے فرمایا: ”بیشک تم نے اپنی باتوں میں ایسی بات ملائی ہے کہ اگر اسے سمندر کے پانی میں ملا دیا جائے تو اس کا رنگ بدل جائے“ ۱؎۔

Âişe (r.anha)’dan rivâyete göre, şöyle demiştir: Rasûlullah (s.a.v.)’e bir kişiden, taklidini yaparak bahsetmiştim de şöyle buyurdular: “Benim şu kadar veya bu kadar menfaatim olsa bile birinin taklidini yapmak hoşuma gidip beni sevindirmez.” Âişe diyor ki: Bir seferinde: “Ey Allah’ın Rasûlü!” dedim.

“Safiyye küçücük bir kadındır” dedim ve elimle kısa oluşunu gösterdim. Bunun üzerine Rasûlullah (s.a.v.) buyurdular ki: “Öyle bir söz ettin ki o söz denize karışsaydı denizin suyu değişirdi.” Diğer tahric: Ebû Davud, Edeb

Jami at-Tirmidhi 2502, Book 37, Chapters on the description of the Day of Judgement, Ar-Riqaq, and Al-Wara', Hadith 88. 1 min read

What it means

‘Ā’ishah, Mother of the Believers, (may Allah be pleased with her) said to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him): Sufficient for you that Safiyyah—meaning the Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her)—one of her physical defects was that she was short.

So he replied: You have said a word that, if it were mixed with the water of the sea, would overwhelm, alter, and spoil it. She added: And I mimicked someone disparagingly. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) then said: I would not be pleased to speak of anyone's fault, nor to mimic his actions or words disparagingly, even if I were given a great deal of worldly wealth for it.

What it teaches

  • Warning and deterring against backbiting.
  • Imitating others' appearances or actions in a way that belittles or demeans them is considered forbidden backbiting.
  • Describing others' physical flaws is a form of backbiting.
  • Al-Qādi said: "Mixing" means blending and altering by adding something else to it. The meaning here is that if this backbiting were something that could be mixed with the sea, it would change its state, despite the sea's vastness and abundance. So how much more would it affect a limited amount of deeds if mixed with them?
  • Clarifying some of the jealousy that can occur between wives.
  • The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) did not approve of evil.
  • Pointing out the insignificance of worldly matters compared to the pleasure of Allah Almighty and avoiding His displeasure.
  • Islam is the religion of good morals, and it commands the protection of people's honor from being violated by words or actions, as such behavior breeds enmity and hatred among Muslims.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Yahya ibn Said al-QattanTold us, Third generation, died 198 AH
  4. 4Abd ar-Rahman ibn MahdiWith, Third generation, died 198 AH
  5. 5Sufyan ath-ThawriTold us, Third generation, died 159 AH
  6. 6Ali ibn al-AqmarFrom, Successor, died 111 AH
  7. 7Salamah ibn SuhaybFrom, Successor, died 81 AH

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