Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2952

Translation

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever says (something) about the Qur'an according to his own opinion and he is correct, yet he has committed a mistake."

Notes

• This Hadith is Gharib. Some of the people of Hadith have criticized Suhail bin Abi Hazm. [Imam At-Tirmidhi said:] This is how it has been reported from some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and others. They were very stern about this - about explaining the Qur'an without knowledge. As for what has been related from Mujãhid, Qatadah and others, among the people of knowledge, that they would interpret the Qur'an, then it should not be thought about them that they would say something about the Qur'an, or interpret it without knowledge, or according to their own intellect. Rather that which proves what we have said has been reported from them, that they would not say something from themselves without knowledge. Husain bin Mahdi Al-Basri narrated to us (he said: AbdurRazzaq narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from Qatadah who said): "There is no Ayah in the Qur'an except that I have heard something about it." Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us (he said): "Sufyan bin 'Uyainah narrated to us, from Al-A'mash who said: 'Mujãhid said: If you recited the recitation of Ibn Mas'ud, you would not need to ask Ibn 'Abbãs about much of what you ask him regarding the Qur'an."

• قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِي سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَزْمٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ شَدَّدُوا فِي هَذَا فِي أَنْ يُفَسَّرَ الْقُرْآنُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي رُوِيَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ وَقَتَادَةَ وَغَيْرِهِمَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُمْ فَسَّرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَلَيْسَ الظَّنُّ بِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ فَسَّرُوهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ أَوْ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى مَا قُلْنَا أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقُولُوا مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ الْبَصْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ آيَةٌ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ فِيهَا بِشَيْءٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ قَالَ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ لَوْ كُنْتُ قَرَأْتُ قِرَاءَةَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لَمْ أَحْتَجْ إِلَى أَنْ أَسْأَلَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مِمَّا سَأَلْتُ

• قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ شَدَّدُوا فِي هَذَا فِي أَنْ يُفَسَّرَ الْقُرْآنُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ. وَأَمَّا الَّذِي رُوِيَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ وَقَتَادَةَ وَغَيْرِهِمَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُمْ فَسَّرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَلَيْسَ الظَّنُّ بِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ فَسَّرُوهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ أَوْ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى مَا قُلْنَا أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقُولُوا مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ. حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ آيَةٌ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ فِيهَا بِشَيْءٍ. حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، قَالَ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ لَوْ كُنْتُ قَرَأْتُ قِرَاءَةَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لَمْ أَحْتَجْ إِلَى أَنْ أَسْأَلَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مِمَّا سَأَلْتُ.

  machine translationAbū ʿĪsā said: Thus it has been narrated from some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others that they were strict about this, regarding interpreting the Qur'an without knowledge. As for what has been narrated from Mujāhid, Qatādah and others among the people of knowledge, that they interpreted the Qur'an, it is not to be thought of them that they spoke about the Qur'an or interpreted it without knowledge or from their own opinions. And it has been narrated from them what indicates what we have said, that they did not speak from their own opinions without knowledge. Al-Ḥusayn b. Mahdī al-Baṣrī narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, from Maʿmar, from Qatādah, who said: There is no verse in the Qur'an except that I have heard something about it. Ibn Abī ʿUmar narrated to us: Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, who said: Mujāhid said: Had I recited the recitation of Ibn Masʿūd, I would not have needed to ask Ibn ʿAbbās about much of what I asked concerning the Qur'an. Report a problem

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• al-Tirmidhi

  هذا حديث غريب

  machine translationThis is a strange (gharīb) hadith. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 3219

Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 235وَعَنْ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِرَأْيِهِ فَأَصَابَ فقد أَخطَأ». رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Abi Dawud 3652al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 1670al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 5107al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8051Musnad Abi Ya'la 1519

Narrators

1. 1
   Jundab al-Khayr, Jundab b. ʿAbdullāh b. Sufyān al-ʿAlaqī

   He has companionship (Companion, ṣuḥbah)d. Khalīfah said: during the strife of Ibn al-Zubayr, al-Bukhārī mentioned him in "al-Tārīkh" among those who died from 60 AH to 70 AH, then mentioned him again in the following decade, which is: from 70 AH to 80 AH, Ibn Qāniʿ said: 64 AH
   جُنْدُبُ الْخَيْرِ ، جُنْدُبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ الْعَلَقِيُّله صحبة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 106 AH or 123 AH or 127 AH or 128 AH or 129 AH
   أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّثقة
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Suhayl b. Abī Ḥazm

   weak (ḍaʿīf)d. 175 AH
   سُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي حَزْمٍ أَخُو حَزْمٍ الْقُطَعِيِّضعيف
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Ḥabbān b. Hilāl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 210 AH or 216 AH
   حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلَالٍثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 249 AH
   عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍثقة حافظ
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Tirmidhī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AH
   التِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ

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Mishkat al-Masabih 235