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Jami' at-TirmidhiChapters on Virtues

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3639

Chapter: Regarding The Speech of the Prophet (saws)

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3639

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْرُدُ سَرْدَكُمْ هَذَا وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ

يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلاَمٍ بَيْنَهُ فَصْلٌ يَحْفَظُهُ مَنْ جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ ‏

Narrated 'Urwah:

that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not speak quickly like you do now, rather he would speak so clearly, unmistakably, that those who sat with him would memorize it."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 3639).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ ) بْنِ الْأَشْقَرِ الْبَصْرِيُّ أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ الْكَرَابِيسِيُّ صَدُوقٌ يَهِمُ قَلِيلًا مِنْ الثَّامِنَةِ ( عَنْ أَسَامَهُ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ) هُوَ اللَّيْثِيُّ الْمَدَنِيُّ. قَوْلُهُ : ( مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْرُدُ ) بِضَمِّ الرَّاءِ مِنْ السَّرْدِ وَهُوَ الْإِتْيَانُ بِالْكَلَامِ عَلَى الْوَلَاءِ وَالِاسْتِعْجَالُ فِيهِ ( سَرْدَكُمْ ) بِالنَّصْبِ عَلَى الْمَصْدَرِيَّةِ أَيْ كَسَرْدِكُمْ , وَالْمَعْنَى لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُتَابِعُ الْحَدِيثَ اِسْتِعْجَالًا بَعْضَهُ إِثْرَ بَعْضٍ لِئَلَّا يَلْتَبِسَ عَلَى الْمُسْتَمِعِ , زَادَ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ اِ…

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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. 3639
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3639
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 3639
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 3639

Other versions

Authentic Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya 222

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) would not speak on and on the way you do. Rather, he would pause periodically, so that those who sat with him would remember what he said.”

حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ‏:‏ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله…

Good chain (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 5828

God's messenger did not go on talking rapidly as you do, but spaced out his words so that those who sat with him could remember them. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْرُدُ سَرْدَكُمْ هَذَا وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلَامٍ بَيْنَهُ فَصْلٌ يَحْفَظُهُ من جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

Narrated by Ā’ishah

Also reported by… (3)
  • الأنوار في شمائل النبي المختار (340)مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ , صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , يَسْرُدُ سَرْدَكُمْ هَذَا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلامٍ بَيِّنَةٍ فَصْلٍ ، يَحْفَظُهُ مَنْ جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ
  • الشمائل المحمدية للترمذي (216)مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْرُدُ سرْدَكُمْ هَذَا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلامٍ بَيِّنٍ فَصْلٍ ، يَحْفَظُهُ مَنْ جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ
  • شرح السنة (3602)مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْرُدُ سَرْدَكُمْ هَذَا ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتكَلَّمُ بِكَلامٍ بَيِّنٍ فَصْلٍ يَحْفَظُهُ مَنْ جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ

On the same subject

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3567

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to talk so clearly that if somebody wanted to count the number of his words, he could do so. Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair: `Aisha said (to me), "Don't you wonder at Abu so-and-so who came and sat by my dwelling and started relating the traditions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)…

أَلاَ يُعْجِبُكَ أَبُو فُلاَنٍ جَاءَ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى جَانِبِ حُجْرَتِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، يُسْمِعُنِي ذَلِكَ وَكُنْتُ أُسَبِّحُ فَقَامَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ سُبْحَتِي، وَلَوْ أَدْرَكْتُهُ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 4 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 2493b

Listen to me, inmate of the apartment; listen to me, inmate of the apartment, while 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had been busy in observing prayer. As she finished prayer, she said to" Urwa: Did you hear his words? And this is how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to utter (so distinctly) that if…

اسْمَعِي يَا رَبَّةَ الْحُجْرَةِ اسْمَعِي يَا رَبَّةَ الْحُجْرَةِ ‏.‏ وَعَائِشَةُ تُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا قَضَتْ صَلاَتَهَا قَالَتْ لِعُرْوَةَ أَلاَ تَسْمَعُ إِلَى هَذَا وَمَقَالَتِهِ آنِفًا إِنَّمَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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