Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1155
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَصِفُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: كَانَ رَبْعَةً، وَهُوَ إِلَى الطُّوَلِ أَقْرَبُ، شَدِيدُ الْبَيَاضِ، أَسْوَدُ شَعْرِ اللِّحْيَةِ، حَسَنُ الثَّغْرِ، أَهْدَبُ أَشْفَارِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، بَعِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ، مُفَاضُ الْجَبِينِ، يَطَأُ بِقَدَمِهِ جَمِيعًا، لَيْسَ لَهَا أَخْمُصُ، يُقْبِلُ جَمِيعًا، وَيُدْبِرُ جَمِيعًا، لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَبْلُ وَلا بَعْدُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ishaq ibn al-‘Ala’ said: ‘Amr ibn al-Harith related to me: ‘Abd Allah ibn Salim related to me, from al-Zubaydi, who said: Muhammad ibn Muslim informed me, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib, that he heard Abu Hurayrah describe the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: He was of medium stature, closer to tall; very fair; with a black beard, fine front teeth, long eyelashes, broad shoulders, and a full forehead. He walked with his whole foot, which had no arch. He turned fully toward someone and fully away. I have never seen anyone like him, before or since.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حَسَنُ الثَّغْرِ، أَهْدَبُ أَشْفَارِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، بَعِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ، مُفَاضُ الْجَبِينِ
Several concise physical descriptors have more than one possible English rendering, particularly الثغر and مفاض الجبين.
Are ‘fine front teeth’ and ‘full forehead’ the best contextual renderings of these descriptors?