Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3407

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، حَدَّثَتْنِي رُمَيْثَةُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَتَعْجِزُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ كُلَّ عَامٍ مِنْ جِلْدِ أُضْحِيَّتِهَا سِقَاءً ثُمَّ قَالَتْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ يُنْبَذَ فِي الْجَرِّ وَفِي كَذَا وَفِي كَذَا إِلاَّ الْخَلَّ ‏.‏

Translation

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

ʿĀʾishah reported that she said, ‘Is one of you unable to make a waterskin each year from the hide of her sacrificial animal?’ She then said, ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade preparing nabīdh in jars and in such-and-such, and such-and-such—except vinegar.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic itself uses the placeholders ‘such-and-such’ twice rather than naming the other vessels; these are preserved as given.

  • The report states an exception for vinegar but does not further explain its relation to the listed vessels or preparation.

  • أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَتَعْجِزُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ كُلَّ عَامٍ مِنْ جِلْدِ أُضْحِيَّتِهَا سِقَاءً ثُمَّ قَالَتْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنْ يُنْبَذَ فِي الْجَرِّ وَفِي كَذَا وَفِي كَذَا إِلاَّ الْخَلَّ ‏.

    After naming jars, the report uses two explicit placeholders (‘such-and-such’) instead of identifying the other items, and then gives an exception for vinegar.

    Which additional vessels or preparations were intended by the two placeholders, and how does the vinegar exception apply?