Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3464
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ جُرِحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَكُسِرَتْ رَبَاعِيَتُهُ وَهُشِمَتِ الْبَيْضَةُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَكَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَغْسِلُ الدَّمَ عَنْهُ وَعَلِيٌّ يَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ بِالْمِجَنِّ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ فَاطِمَةُ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ لاَ يَزِيدُ الدَّمَ إِلاَّ كَثْرَةً أَخَذَتْ قِطْعَةَ حَصِيرٍ فَأَحْرَقَتْهَا حَتَّى إِذَا صَارَ رَمَادًا أَلْزَمَتْهُ الْجُرْحَ فَاسْتَمْسَكَ الدَّمُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hishām ibn ʿAmmār and Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ both narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Ḥāzim narrated to us, from his father, from Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī, who said: The Messenger of Allah was wounded on the day of Uḥud, one of his front teeth was broken, and his helmet was crushed on his head. Fāṭimah was washing the blood from him, while ʿAlī poured water over him using a shield. When Fāṭimah saw that the water only made the bleeding worse, she took a piece of matting and burned it. When it had become ash, she pressed it against the wound, and the bleeding stopped.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
رَبَاعِيَتُهُ names a particular tooth; ‘one of his front teeth’ avoids over-specifying its modern dental classification. The shield was used to pour water over the wound, as the Arabic states.
قَالَ جُرِحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَكُسِرَتْ رَبَاعِيَتُهُ وَهُشِمَتِ الْبَيْضَةُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَكَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَغْسِلُ الدَّمَ عَنْهُ وَعَلِيٌّ يَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ بِالْمِجَنِّ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ فَاطِمَةُ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ لاَ يَزِيدُ الدَّمَ إِلاَّ كَثْرَةً أَخَذَتْ قِطْعَةَ حَصِيرٍ فَأَحْرَقَتْهَا حَتَّى إِذَا صَارَ رَمَادًا أَلْزَمَتْهُ الْجُرْحَ فَاسْتَمْسَكَ الدَّمُ .
رَبَاعِيَتُهُ refers to a specifically named tooth, but translating it as an exact modern tooth class risks overprecision.
Should this be rendered generally as ‘one of his front teeth’ or identified more specifically?