Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3400
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كَانَ يُنْبَذُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي تَوْرٍ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ .
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh reported: Nabīdh would be prepared for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a stone vessel.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic names a vessel made of stone (tawr); it does not specify its size or exact shape.
قَالَ كَانَ يُنْبَذُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي تَوْرٍ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ .
Tawr denotes a stone vessel or basin, but the report does not describe its shape.
What kind of stone vessel is meant by tawr?