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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3291

Chapter: Regarding Surat Ar-Rahman

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3291

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ السَّعْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، رضى الله عنه قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُورَةَ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا فَسَكَتُوا فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا عَلَى الْجِنِّ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ فَكَانُوا أَحْسَنَ مَرْدُودًا مِنْكُمْ كُنْتُ كُلَّمَا أَتَيْتُ عَلَى قَوْلِهِِ ‏:‏ ‏(‏ فبأَىِّ آلاَءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ‏)‏ قَالُوا لاَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ رَبَّنَا نُكَذِّبُ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ ‏"

Muhammad bin Al Munkadir narrated that:

Jabir [may Allah be pleased with him] said: “The Messenger of Allah came out to his Companions, and recited Surat Ar-Rahman from its beginning to its end for them, and they were silent. So he said: ‘I recited it to the Jinns on the ‘Night of the Jinns,’ and they had a better response to it than you did. Each time I came to Allah’s saying: ‘Which of your Lords favor do you deny.’ They said: “We do not deny any of Your favors our Lord! And Yours is praise.”

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 3291).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ ) الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ( أَخْبَرَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ) الْقُرَشِيُّ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ( عَنْ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ) التَّمِيمِيِّ قَوْلُهُ : ( فَسَكَتُوا ) أَيْ الصَّحَابَةُ مُسْتَمِعِينَ ( لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ ) أَيْ لَيْلَةَ اِجْتِمَاعِهِمْ بِهِ ( فَكَانُوا ) أَيْ الْجِنُّ ( أَحْسَنَ مَرْدُودًا ) أَيْ أَحْسَنَ رَدًّا وَجَوَابًا لِمَا تَضَمَّنَهُ الِاسْتِفْهَامُ التَّقْرِيرِيُّ الْمُتَكَرِّرُ فِيهَا بِأَيِّ ( مِنْكُمْ ) أَيُّهَا الصَّحَابَةُ. قَالَ الطِّيبِيُّ : الْمَرْدُودُ بِمَعْنَى الرَّدِّ كَالْمَخْلُوقِ وَالْمَعْقُولِ نَزَلَ سُكُوتُهُمْ وَإِنْصَاتُهُمْ لِلِاسْتِمَاعِ مَنْزِلَةَ حُسْنِ الرَّدِّ فَجَاءَ بِأَفْعَلِ ال…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 3291
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3291
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 3291
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 3291

Other versions

Good (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 861

I have recited it to the jinn on the night they came to me, 2 and they responded better than you. As often as I came to the words, "Then which of the favours of your Lord do you deny?” they replied, "We deny none of Thy favours, O our Lord. To Thee be the praise.” 1. Al-Qur’an; 55. 2. When the…

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى أَصْحَابه فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِم سُورَةَ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا فَسَكَتُوا فَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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