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Hadith 12 · 2 fragments

Leaving what does not concern you

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi, hadith No.12

The fragments are a technical division for precise citation, not a canonical numbering of parts of the hadith. The wording inside each fragment is unchanged.

Arabic edition text

1

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ:

Narrator

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.

Word by word
عَنْ
ʿan
from
أَبِي
abī
Abu (father of)
هُرَيْرَةَ
hurayrata
Hurayrah
رَضِيَ
raḍiya
may be pleased
اللهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
with him
قَالَ:
qāla
he said
2

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم مِنْ حُسْنِ إسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ .

Matn

” A hasan (good) hadeeth which was related by at-Tirmidhi and others in this fashion

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
said
رَسُولُ
rasūlu
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
مِنْ
min
part of
حُسْنِ
ḥus'ni
the excellence of
إسْلَامِ
is'lāmi
the Islam of
الْمَرْءِ
l-mar'i
the person
تَرْكُهُ
tarkuhu
his leaving
مَا
mā
what
لَا
lā
not
يَعْنِيهِ
yaʿnīhi
concerns him
.
(period)
3

حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ،

Word by word
حَدِيثٌ
ḥadīthun
a hadith
حَسَنٌ،
ḥasanun
good (hasan)
4

رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ [رقم: 2318] ، ابن ماجه [رقم:]

Word by word
رَوَاهُ
rawāhu
narrated it
التِّرْمِذِيُّ
l-tir'midhiyyu
al-Tirmidhi
[رقم:
raqm
[no.
2318]
2318
2318]
،
(comma)
ابن
ibn
Ibn
ماجه
mājah
Majah
[رقم:]
raqm
[no.]

Lesson

A sign of mature faith is not to meddle in what does not concern you, and to guard your time and tongue from the idle.

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