Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1070
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً اطَّلَعَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي بَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْتَظِرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Sahl ibn Sad reported that a man peered through a hole in the door of the Prophet ﷺ, who had a midra with which he was scratching his head. When the Prophet saw him, he said, “Had I known you were waiting for me, I would have pierced your eye with this.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
A midra is a pointed implement used to scratch or groom the head.
مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي بَابِ النَّبِيِّ
The Arabic says he looked through a hole in the Prophet’s door, not from a room.
Should “from a room” be corrected to “through a hole”?
مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ
A midra is a pointed grooming/scratching implement, not an ordinary comb.
Should the implement be identified as a midra or pointed hair tool?