Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 346
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ شَوْذَبٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَتْ: زَارَنَا سَلْمَانُ مِنَ الْمَدَائِنِ إِلَى الشَّامِ مَاشِيًا، وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ وَانْدَرْوَرْدُ، قَالَ: يَعْنِي سَرَاوِيلَ مُشَمَّرَةً، قَالَ ابْنُ شَوْذَبٍ: رُؤِيَ سَلْمَانُ وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ مَطْمُومُ الرَّأْسِ سَاقِطُ الأُذُنَيْنِ، يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَرْفَشَ. فَقِيلَ لَهُ: شَوَّهْتَ نَفْسَكَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الاخِرَةِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Umm al-Darda’ said: Salman came to visit us from al-Mada’in to Syria on foot, wearing a cloak and an andarward—a garment identified here as trousers worn rolled up. Ibn Shawdhab said Salman was seen wearing a cloak pulled over his head with its two ends hanging down; that is, he looked unkempt. Someone said to him, ‘You have made yourself look ugly.’ He replied, ‘True goodness is the goodness of the Hereafter.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source glosses andarward as trousers worn rolled up. Its description of Salman’s outer garment and appearance is obscure; ‘a cloak pulled over his head with its two ends hanging down’ is kept close to the Arabic pending editorial clarification.
قَالَ ابْنُ شَوْذَبٍ: رُؤِيَ سَلْمَانُ وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ مَطْمُومُ الرَّأْسِ سَاقِطُ الأُذُنَيْنِ، يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَرْفَشَ.
The Arabic phrase describing the cloak, head, and ears is difficult; the supplied witness appears to interpret it as a garment and appearance description but its wording is itself unclear.
Can this description be checked against another edition or lexical source before finalizing its exact physical details?