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Hadith 15 · 2 fragments

Speak good or be silent

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi, hadith No.15

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 أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ:

Narrator

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day speak good, or keep silent; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbour; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest.

Word by word
عَنْ
ʿan
from
أَبِي
abī
Abu
هُرَيْرَةَ
hurayrata
Hurayra
رَضِيَ
raḍiya
may be pleased
اللهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
with him
أَنَّ
anna
that
رَسُولَ
rasūla
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
قَالَ
qāla
said
2

مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاَللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاَللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ جَارَهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاَللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ .<br>

Matn

[Al-Bukhari] [Muslim]

Word by word
مَنْ
man
whoever
كَانَ
kāna
is
يُؤْمِنُ
yu'minu
believes
بِاَللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَالْيَوْمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
الْآخِرِ
l-ākhiri
Last
فَلْيَقُلْ
falyaqul
let him speak
خَيْرًا
khayran
good
أَوْ
aw
or
لِيَصْمُتْ
liyaṣmut
let him be silent
وَمَنْ
waman
and whoever
كَانَ
kāna
is
يُؤْمِنُ
yu'minu
believes
بِاَللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَالْيَوْمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
الْآخِرِ
l-ākhiri
Last
فَلْيُكْرِمْ
falyuk'rim
let him honor
جَارَهُ
jārahu
his neighbor
وَمَنْ
waman
and whoever
كَانَ
kāna
is
يُؤْمِنُ
yu'minu
believes
بِاَللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَالْيَوْمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
الْآخِرِ
l-ākhiri
Last
فَلْيُكْرِمْ
falyuk'rim
let him honor
ضَيْفَهُ
ḍayfahu
his guest
3

[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ] ، [وَمُسْلِمٌ]

Word by word
رَوَاهُ
rawāhu
narrated it
الْبُخَارِيُّ
l-bukhāriyyu
al-Bukhari
وَمُسْلِمٌ
wamus'limun
and Muslim

Lesson

Faith cultivates restraint of the tongue and kindness to the neighbour and the guest: better to keep silent than to say something evil.

Read in the Qur'an:4:36

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