Hadith #426
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ وَرَّادٍ كَاتِبِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا مَعَ امْرَأَتِي لَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ غَيْرَ مُصْفَحٍ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَتَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ غَيْرَةِ سَعْدٍ وَاللَّهِ لَأَنَا أَغْيَرُ مِنْهُ وَاللَّهُ أَغْيَرُ مِنِّي وَمِنْ أَجْلِ غَيْرَةِ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلَا شَخْصَ
أَغْيَرُ مِنْ اللَّهِ وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُذْرُ مِنْ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِدْحَةٌ مِنْ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ لَيْسَ حَدِيثٌ أَشَدَّ عَلَى الْجَهْمِيَّةِ مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَوْلِهِ لَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِدْحَةٌ مِنْ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
Isnad Chain
هشام بن عبد الملك أبو الوليد
أبو عوانة
عبد الملك
وراد كاتب المغيرة
المغيرة بن شعبة
English Translation
Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik Abū al-Walīd narrated to us, Abū ʿAwānah narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Malik, from Warrād the scribe of al-Mughīrah, from al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah رضي الله عنه: Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah said: 'If I saw a man with my wife, I would strike him with the sword — not with the flat side.' This reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: 'Are you amazed at the jealousy of Saʿd? By Allah, I am more jealous than him, and Allah is more jealous than me. Because of Allah's jealousy, He has forbidden indecencies — what is apparent of them and what is hidden. There is no person more jealous than Allah, and there is no person to whom excuse is more beloved than Allah. For that reason, Allah sent the Messengers as bearers of glad tidings and warners. And there is no person to whom praise is more beloved than Allah. For that reason, Allah promised Paradise.' — ʿUbaydullāh al-Qawārīrī narrated to us, Abū ʿAwānah narrated to us with the same chain — an identical report. Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said: al-Qawārīrī said: 'There is no ḥadīth harder upon the Jahmiyyah than this one — his statement: "There is no person to whom praise is more beloved than Allah عز وجل."'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 426
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17464
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53854