Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 255
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ مَوْلَى ابْنَةِ قَارِظٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ رُبَّمَا حَدَّثَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَيَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَهْدَبُ الشُّفْرَيْنِ، أَبْيَضُ الْكَشْحَيْنِ، إِذَا أَقْبَلَ أَقْبَلَ جَمِيعًا، وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَ، أَدْبَرَ جَمِيعًا، لَمْ تَرَ عَيْنٌ مِثْلَهُ، وَلَنْ تَرَاهُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Bishr ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd Allah informed us, saying: Usama ibn Zayd informed us, saying: Musa ibn Muslim, the client of Qariz’s daughter, informed me, from Abu Hurayra, who would sometimes narrate from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying: ‘He described him to me as having long lashes and pale flanks. When he turned toward someone, he turned his whole self, and when he turned away, he turned his whole self. No eye has seen anyone like him, and you will never see him.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حَدَّثَنِيهِ أَهْدَبُ الشُّفْرَيْنِ، أَبْيَضُ الْكَشْحَيْنِ،
The physical descriptors أهدب الشفرين and أبيض الكشحين are omitted entirely from the English witness; the precise nuance of the latter term is not transparent.
Review the rendering of the eyelashes and the sides of the waist/flanks against lexical sources.
لَمْ تَرَ عَيْنٌ مِثْلَهُ، وَلَنْ تَرَاهُ.
The English witness changes the final object to plural ‘them,’ while the Arabic uses a masculine singular pronoun referring to the Prophet.
Confirm the singular referent and whether the final clause should remain ‘you will never see him.’