Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3503
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ نَاسًا، مِنْ عُرَيْنَةَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَاجْتَوَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لَوْ خَرَجْتُمْ إِلَى ذَوْدٍ لَنَا فَشَرِبْتُمْ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا " . فَفَعَلُوا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Naṣr ibn ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Wahhāb narrated to us: Ḥumayd narrated to us, from Anas: Some people from ʿUraynah came to the Messenger of Allah and found Medina’s climate unsuitable. He said, ‘Why don’t you go out to some of our camels and drink their milk and urine?’ They did so.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives the requested substances as camel milk and urine and says only that the visitors did as instructed; no further outcome appears in this unit. ذَوْد refers to a small herd/group of camels; the number is not specified here.
مِنْ عُرَيْنَةَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَاجْتَوَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لَوْ خَرَجْتُمْ إِلَى ذَوْدٍ لَنَا فَشَرِبْتُمْ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا وَأَبْوَالِهَا " .
ذَوْد denotes a small group/herd of camels, but the source gives no exact count; the English witness uses ‘flock.’
Should ذود be translated as ‘a small herd of camels’ or left as a more general group?