Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 574
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: رَأْسُ الْكُفْرِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ، وَالْفَخْرُ وَالْخُيَلاَءُ فِي أَهْلِ الْخَيْلِ وَالإِبِلِ، الْفَدَّادِينَ أَهْلِ الْوَبَرِ، وَالسَّكِينَةُ فِي أَهْلِ الْغَنَمِ.
Isma‘il related to us: Malik told me, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “The head of disbelief is toward the east. Pride and arrogance are found among the owners of horses and camels—the loud-voiced people of felt tents—while tranquility is found among the owners of sheep.”
Translation notes
The expression الفدادين أهل الوبر describes loud-voiced people of the felt tents, i.e. Bedouins. The English witness glosses them as coarse Bedouins.
الْفَدَّادِينَ أَهْلِ الْوَبَرِ،
The witness’s “coarse” may be an interpretive rendering of الفدادين; the Arabic directly refers to loud-voiced people of the felt tents.
Does “the loud-voiced people of felt tents” best convey both parts of the Arabic expression?