الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب العلمBook of Knowledge
فِيمَا جَاءَ فِي الْإِحْتِرَازِ فِي رِوَايَةِ الْحَدِيثِ وَتَجْوِىْدِ أَلْفَاظِهِ كَمَا صَدَرَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
On what has come regarding caution in narrating hadith and perfecting its wording as it was uttered by the Prophet ﷺ
Hadith 283
عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدٍ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كُنَّا إِذَا جِئْنَاهُ قُلْنَا: حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: إِنَّا قَدْ كَبُرْنَا وَنَسِينَا وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَدِيدٌ
Ibn Abi Layla, may Allah have mercy on him, says: We used to go to Sayyiduna Zaid bin Arqam, may Allah be pleased with him, and say: "Narrate to us from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." (So he would narrate, but when he became old,) he used to say: "Indeed, we have grown old and have forgotten, and narrating the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, is a serious matter."
Hadith 284
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ثَنَا أَبُو هَارُونَ الْغَنَوِيُّ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ (بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ) قَالَ: قَالَ لِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: أَيْ مُطَرِّفُ! وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَى أَنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ حَدَّثْتُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ لَا أُعِيدُ حَدِيثًا، ثُمَّ لَقَدْ زَادَ بِي بُطْءً عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَكَرَاهِيَّةً لَهُ أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ مِنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهِدْتُ كَمَا شَهِدُوا وَسَمِعْتُ كَمَا سَمِعُوا يُحَدِّثُونَ أَحَادِيثَ مَا هِيَ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ، وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ، فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يُشَبَّهَ لِي كَمَا شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ، فَكَانَ أَحْيَانًا يَقُولُ: لَوْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ مِنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ صَدَقْتُ، وَأَحْيَانًا يَعْزِمُ فَيَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: كَذَا وَكَذَا
Mutarrif bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "O Mutarrif! By Allah! I used to think that if I narrated the ahadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for two consecutive days, there would not be a need to repeat a hadith a second time. But then I noticed that laziness began to overcome me and I started to dislike this, and the reason is that some of the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to attend the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as I did and used to hear the ahadith as I did, but when they narrate the ahadith, they are not as I narrate them, and I also know that they do not fall short in goodness. Now I fear that perhaps the matter (of ahadith) may become confused for me as it became confused for them." Sometimes Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "If I tell you that I heard such and such ahadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), then I would think that I am telling the truth," and sometimes he would say with great determination: "I heard the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say such and such."
Hadith 285
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: حَدَّثَنِي نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْغَنَوِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي هَانِئٌ الْأَعْوَرُ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ هُوَ ابْنُ حُصَيْنٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَاسْتَحْسَنَهُ وَقَالَ: زَادَ فِيهِ رَجُلًا
(Abu Abdur Rahman Abdullah, the son of Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, says: Mutarrif narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain, may Allah be pleased with him, and he narrated a similar hadith from the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Then I narrated this hadith to my father (Imam Ahmad), and he considered it good. However, Abdullah added one narrator (Hani’ A’war) in it.)
Hadith 286
عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ (يَعْنِي ابْنَ سِيرِينَ) قَالَ: كَانَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا حَدَّثَ حَدِيثًا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَفَرَغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ: أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Whenever Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) finished narrating a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he would say: «أَوْ کَمَا قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰہِ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم» (or as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, has said.)
Hadith 287
عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْيَشْكُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي الْوَهْمِ: ((يُتَوَخَّى)) قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: فِيمَا أَعْلَمُ
It is narrated from Sulaiman Yashkari, may Allah have mercy on him, that Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, used the word "Yatawakha" regarding doubt occurring in prayer. A man asked him, "Is this being narrated from the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him?" He replied, "To the best of my knowledge, this is the case."
Hadith 288
عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: أَلَا يُعْجِبُكَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ؟ جَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى جَانِبِ حُجْرَتِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسْمِعُنِي ذَلِكَ وَكُنْتُ أُسَبِّحُ، فَقَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ سُبْحَتِي وَلَوْ أَدْرَكْتُهُ لَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَسْرُدُ الْحَدِيثَ كَسَرْدِكُمْ
It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: "Does Abu Huraira not amaze you? He came and sat in a corner of my room and, while I was performing voluntary prayer, he began narrating the sayings of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to me. Then he left before I finished my prayer. If I had caught him, I would have refuted him. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not speak continuously like you do."
Hadith 289
عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: مَا كُلُّ الْحَدِيثِ سَمِعْنَاهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنَا أَصْحَابُنَا عَنْهُ، كَانَتْ تَشْغَلُنَا عَنْهُ رَعْيَةُ الْإِبِلِ
Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) says: “We did not hear all these ahadith directly from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); our companions would narrate to us from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), because we used to be occupied with herding camels.”
