Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3415
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ امْرَأَةِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنْ شَرِبَ فِي إِنَاءِ فِضَّةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا يُجَرْجِرُ فِي بَطْنِهِ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿĀʾishah reported from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said, ‘Whoever drinks from a silver vessel is as though he were gulping the Fire of Hell into his belly.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This wording uses an explicit comparison (‘as though’), unlike a nearby version that states the image directly.
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنْ شَرِبَ فِي إِنَاءِ فِضَّةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا يُجَرْجِرُ فِي بَطْنِهِ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ " .
This version frames the image as a comparison, saying the drinker is as though he were gulping the Fire of Hell into his belly.
Should the simile be retained explicitly as ‘as though,’ rather than stated as a direct consequence?