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مسند الشهاب
Musnad Shihab
Hadiths 801 to 1000
لَا حَلِيمَ إِلَّا ذُو عَثْرَةٍNo one is truly forbearing except one who has stumbled
Hadith 835
اُردوEn
835 - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ، أبنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو، عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَطْرُوشِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ، أبنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبِ الرَّمْلِيُّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ أَنَّ دَرَّاجًا أَبَا السَّمْحِ، حَدَّثَهُ وَوَافَقَهُ، إِلَى آخِرِ الْمَتْنِ قَالَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ: قَالَ لِي بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا: قَالَ لِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ أَيْشٍ كَتَبْتَ بِالشَّامِ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ لَمْ تَكْتُبْ سِوَاهُ لَمْ تَذْهَبْ رِحْلَتَكَ
Abu al-Abbas bin Qutaybah Asqalani says: Yazid bin Muhib Ramli narrated to us with his chain of transmission that indeed Abu al-Samh Darraj narrated this hadith and he agreed with it until the end of the text. Abu al-Abbas bin Qutaybah said: Some of my companions said to me: Ahmad bin Hanbal said to me (Muhib bin Yazid): What did you write in the land of al-Sham? I said to him: I wrote this hadith. So he said: If you had written nothing else there except this, even then your journey would not have been wasted.
Brief Explanation
Explanation: -
“Patience is acquired only by stumbling.” The meaning is that forbearance and patience (hilm wa burd-bari) come only to the person who has been deceived, who has faced slips and errors, who has endured disruption and loss in his affairs. Obviously, such a person, since he knows and understands well the significance of someone’s pain and benefit or harm, and how necessary it is to conceal someone’s faults and to overlook someone’s mistakes, therefore he becomes forbearing, patient, and well-wishing towards others. He covers people’s faults, and if someone makes a mistake or slips, he forgives them.
“Wisdom and understanding are gained through experience.” A “hakim” (wise person) is, in essence, someone who is intelligent, prudent, upright, and steadfast in action, because “hikmah” (wisdom) means: to know the reality and essence of everything, and “tajrubah” (experience) means: to gain familiarity with matters and to know the method of doing something. Therefore, it is said that the person who has attained recognition of the reality of things, is aware of the benefit and harm in everything, and is acquainted with the ups and downs of circumstances and the good and bad of matters and people—know that he has attained wisdom and is a complete sage (hakim). Furthermore, “hakim” can also mean a physician or healer. The meaning is clear: no one becomes a complete physician or healer merely by studying medicine; rather, for that, practice and exercise in experience and treatment are necessary. (See Mirqat: 9/391)
“Patience is acquired only by stumbling.” The meaning is that forbearance and patience (hilm wa burd-bari) come only to the person who has been deceived, who has faced slips and errors, who has endured disruption and loss in his affairs. Obviously, such a person, since he knows and understands well the significance of someone’s pain and benefit or harm, and how necessary it is to conceal someone’s faults and to overlook someone’s mistakes, therefore he becomes forbearing, patient, and well-wishing towards others. He covers people’s faults, and if someone makes a mistake or slips, he forgives them.
“Wisdom and understanding are gained through experience.” A “hakim” (wise person) is, in essence, someone who is intelligent, prudent, upright, and steadfast in action, because “hikmah” (wisdom) means: to know the reality and essence of everything, and “tajrubah” (experience) means: to gain familiarity with matters and to know the method of doing something. Therefore, it is said that the person who has attained recognition of the reality of things, is aware of the benefit and harm in everything, and is acquainted with the ups and downs of circumstances and the good and bad of matters and people—know that he has attained wisdom and is a complete sage (hakim). Furthermore, “hakim” can also mean a physician or healer. The meaning is clear: no one becomes a complete physician or healer merely by studying medicine; rather, for that, practice and exercise in experience and treatment are necessary. (See Mirqat: 9/391)
