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Hadith 11 · 2 fragments

Leave what makes you doubt

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi, hadith No.11

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Arabic edition text

1

عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ سِبْطِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم وَرَيْحَانَتِهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ:

Narrator

On the authority of Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abee Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), the grandson of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and the one much loved by him, who said: I memorised from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): “Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.

Word by word
عَنْ
ʿan
from
أَبِي
abī
Abu (father of)
مُحَمَّدٍ
muḥammadin
Muhammad
الْحَسَنِ
l-ḥasani
al-Hasan
بْنِ
ibni
son of
عَلِيِّ
ʿaliyyi
Ali
بْنِ
ibni
son of
أَبِي
abī
Abu
طَالِبٍ
ṭālibin
Talib
سِبْطِ
sib'ṭi
grandson of
رَسُولِ
rasūli
the Messenger of
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
صلى
ṣallā
may bless
الله
l-lahu
Allah
عليه
ʿalayhi
him
و
wa
and
سلم
sallama
grant peace
وَرَيْحَانَتِهِ
wa-rayḥānatihi
and his darling
رَضِيَ
raḍiya
may be pleased
اللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُمَا،
ʿanhumā
with them both
قَالَ:
qāla
he said
2

حَفِظْت مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم دَعْ مَا يُرِيبُك إلَى مَا لَا يُرِيبُك .

Matn

” [At-Tirmidhi] [An-Nasai] At-Tirmidhi said that it was a good and sound (hasan saheeh) hadeeth

Word by word
حَفِظْت
ḥafiẓ'tu
I memorized
مِنْ
min
from
رَسُولِ
rasūli
the Messenger of
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
صلى
ṣallā
may bless
الله
l-lahu
Allah
عليه
ʿalayhi
him
و
wa
and
سلم
sallama
grant peace
دَعْ
daʿ
leave
مَا
what
يُرِيبُك
yurībuka
makes you doubt
إلَى
ilā
in favor of
مَا
what
لَا
not
يُرِيبُك
yurībuka
make you doubt
.
(period)
3

رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ [رقم:2520]، [وَالنَّسَائِيّ] وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

Word by word
رَوَاهُ
rawāhu
narrated it
التِّرْمِذِيُّ
l-tir'midhiyyu
al-Tirmidhi
[رقم:2520]،
raqm 2520
[no. 2520]
[وَالنَّسَائِيّ]
wal-nasā'iyyu
[and al-Nasa'i]
وَقَالَ
wa-qāla
and said
التِّرْمِذِيُّ:
l-tir'midhiyyu
al-Tirmidhi
حَدِيثٌ
ḥadīthun
a hadith
حَسَنٌ
ḥasanun
good (hasan)
صَحِيحٌ
ṣaḥīḥun
authentic (sahih)

Lesson

Peace of soul is a sign of truth, while inner unease often hints that it is better to step back from the doubtful.

Text within an-Nawawi's collection: the Arabic source edition and the Ukrainian translation by the “Nur” project (by meaning).