Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3509
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، قَالَ مَرَّ عَامِرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ بِسَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ وَهُوَ يَغْتَسِلُ فَقَالَ لَمْ أَرَ كَالْيَوْمِ وَلاَ جِلْدَ مُخَبَّأَةٍ . فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ لُبِطَ بِهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَدْرِكْ سَهْلاً صَرِيعًا . قَالَ " مَنْ تَتَّهِمُونَ بِهِ " . قَالُوا عَامِرَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ . قَالَ " عَلاَمَ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ أَخِيهِ مَا يُعْجِبُهُ فَلْيَدْعُ لَهُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ " . ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَأَمَرَ عَامِرًا أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيَغْسِلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ وَرُكْبَتَيْهِ وَدَاخِلَةَ إِزَارِهِ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَصُبَّ عَلَيْهِ . قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَكْفَأَ الإِنَاءَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, from Abū Umāmah ibn Sahl ibn Ḥunayf, who said: ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah passed by Sahl ibn Ḥunayf while he was bathing and said, ‘I have never seen anything like today—not even the skin of a secluded young woman.’ Soon afterward, Sahl collapsed. He was brought to the Prophet, and it was said to him, ‘Attend to Sahl; he has fallen down.’ He asked, ‘Whom do you suspect in his case?’ They said, ‘ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah.’
The Prophet said, ‘Why would one of you kill his brother? When one of you sees something in his brother that he admires, let him pray for blessing for him.’ Then he called for water and instructed ʿĀmir to perform ablution, washing his face, his hands up to the elbows, his knees, and the inside of his waist-wrapper. He instructed him to pour it over Sahl. Sufyān said: Maʿmar reported from al-Zuhrī that he instructed him to tip the vessel over him from behind.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
جلد مخبأة literally refers to the skin of a secluded woman; the remark praises Sahl’s appearance, but its precise comparison is compressed in the Arabic. لُبِطَ بِهِ describes Sahl being struck down/collapsing. The final sentence gives Maʿmar’s variant about pouring from behind.
قَالَ مَرَّ عَامِرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ بِسَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ وَهُوَ يَغْتَسِلُ فَقَالَ لَمْ أَرَ كَالْيَوْمِ وَلاَ جِلْدَ مُخَبَّأَةٍ .
The phrase لَمْ أَرَ كَالْيَوْمِ وَلَا جِلْدَ مُخَبَّأَةٍ is an elliptical comparison involving the skin of a secluded woman; the precise force of the praise is compressed in the Arabic.
How should the comparison with the skin of a secluded woman be expressed in natural English while preserving its image?
فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ لُبِطَ بِهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَدْرِكْ سَهْلاً صَرِيعًا .
لُبِطَ بِهِ indicates that Sahl was struck down or collapsed; the text does not name a specific medical event.
Should this be rendered as ‘collapsed’ without specifying a seizure?
ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَأَمَرَ عَامِرًا أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيَغْسِلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ وَرُكْبَتَيْهِ وَدَاخِلَةَ إِزَارِهِ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَصُبَّ عَلَيْهِ .
The text enumerates washing the face, hands to the elbows, knees, and the inside of the waist-wrapper; it does not describe a standard full ablution sequence here.
Should the body areas be preserved as explicitly listed, without filling in omitted ablution steps?
قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَكْفَأَ الإِنَاءَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ .
Maʿmar’s wording specifies tipping the vessel from behind, while the preceding wording simply says to pour the water over him.
Should Maʿmar’s procedural detail be retained as a separate variant note?