al-Hamm wa al-Huzn 49

Ibn Abi al-Dunya

««الْحُزْنُ أَهْدَأُ لِلْبَدَنِ وَالشَوْقُ أَهْدَأُ لِلْعَقْلِ»»

Its text does not say these are the Prophet’s words ﷺ, so they are not framed in gold.

The chain

  1. Ibn Abi al-Dunya
  2. حدثنا عبد الله صدوق، حافظ، صاحب تصانيف
The text as printed

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ الْقَارِئُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْقُمِّيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَابِدٌ بِالْبَحْرَيْنِ: «الْحُزْنُ أَهْدَأُ لِلْبَدَنِ وَالشَوْقُ أَهْدَأُ لِلْعَقْلِ»

Rulings on it

The early critics’ verdicts on this hadith have not been extracted from their books yet: they are in their texts, and their extraction is coming.

In its editions

  • تحقيق مجدي فتحي السيد No. 49 Page