Muwatta' Malik 56-19
Disliked Speech
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وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ
قِيلَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ جَبَانًا فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَيَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بَخِيلاً فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَيَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ كَذَّابًا فَقَالَ لاَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Mālik
- Ṣafwān b. Sulaym
Malik related to me that Safwan ibn Sulaym said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, 'Can the mumin be a coward?' He said, 'Yes.' He was asked, 'Can the mumin be a miser?' He said, 'Yes.' He was asked, 'Can the mumin be a liar?' He said, 'No.' "
Grades by grader
| Mālik b. Anas | Sound | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Salim al-Hilali | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
لا أحفظ هذا الحديث مسندا بهذا اللفظ من وجه ثابت وهو حديث حسن
in موطأ مالك, p. 1756 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
حديث حسن مرسل
in موطأ مالك, p. 1756 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
لا أحفظ هذا الحديث مسندا من وجه ثابت وهو حديث حسن مرسل
in موطأ مالك, p. 1756
Narrators
- trustworthy (thiqah), a mufti, a devout worshipper, accused of Qadarism (qadar)d. 124 AH, or 132 AHصَفْوَان بْن سُلَيْم الْقُرَشِيّثقة ، مفت عابد ، رمي بالقدرعن
- The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AHمَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
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Commentaries
al-Tamhīd (Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr)
al-Istidhkār
Sharḥ al-Zarqāni (ʿAbd al-Bāqī)
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