Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1424a
What Has Been Related About Averting Legal Punishments
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الأَسْوَدِ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
ادْرَءُوا الْحُدُودَ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَخْرَجٌ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُ فَإِنَّ الإِمَامَ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ فِي الْعَفْوِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ فِي الْعُقُوبَةِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad Abū ʿAmr al-Baṣrī
- Muḥammad b. Rabīʿah
- Yazīd b. Ziyād al-Dimashqī
- al-Zuhrī
- ʿUrwah
- ʿĀʾishah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Avert the legal penalties from the Muslims as much as possible, if he has a way out then leave him to his way, for if the Imam makes a mistake in forgiving it would be better than making mistake in punishment."
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
في إسناده يزيد ابن زياد الدمشقي وهو ضعيف
machine translationIn its chain of transmission is Yazīd b. Ziyād al-Dimashqī, and he is weak (ḍaʿīf).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 1502 - al-Tirmidhi
هذا حديث لا نعرفه مرفوعا إلا من حديث محمد بن ربيعة عن يزيد بن زياد الدمشقي عن الزهري ويزيد بن زياد ضعيف في الحديث ورواه وكيع عن يزيد بن زياد ولم يرفعه وهو أصح ثم أخرجه عن وكيع عن يزيد به موقوفا
in جامع الترمذي, p. 1502 - al-Tirmidhi
[فيه] يزيد بن زياد الدمشقي ضعيف في الحديث
in سنن الترمذي, p. 1424
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 3570وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «ادرؤا الْحُدُودَ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَخْرَجٌ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُ فَإِنَّ الْإِمَامَ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ فِي الْعَفْوِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ ي
Other narrations of this report
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1424bSunan Ibn Majah 2545Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29089Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29094al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17155al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17158al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17160
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AHعُرْوَةَثقة فقيه مشهورعن
- The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AHالزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبتهعن
- abandoned (matrūk)d. between 161 and 170 AHيَزِيدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّمتروكحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. after 190 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَصدوقحدثنا
- acceptable (maqbūl)d. after: 240 AHعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْبَصْرِيُّمقبولحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AHالتِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ
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Commentaries
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī (Mubārakpūrī)
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