Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 53, Hadith 7

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ‏:‏ اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِشْرِينَ وَمِئَةٍ، ثُمَّ عَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Sulayman ibn Harb related to us: Hammad ibn Zayd related to us, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: Ibrahim, Allah bless him and grant him peace, was circumcised when he was one hundred and twenty years old, then lived for another eighty years.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • This report gives Ibrahim’s age at circumcision as 120, differing from another report in this collection that says eighty; the source wording is preserved.