Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3567
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " الْبَسُوا ثِيَابَ الْبَيَاضِ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit, from Maymūn ibn Abī Shabīb, from Samurah ibn Jundab, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Wear white garments, for they are purer and more pleasant.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Aṭyab can mean better or more pleasant; ‘more pleasant’ preserves its evaluative sense alongside ‘purer.’