Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3455
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرٌ الْوَرَّاقُ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَذَكَرْنَا الْكَمْأَةَ فَقَالُوا هِيَ جُدَرِيُّ الأَرْضِ . فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السَّمِّ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abū Hurayrah reported: We were talking in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned the desert truffle. People said, ‘It is the earth’s pox.’ The report of this conversation reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, ‘The desert truffle is among the manna, and the ʿajwah date is from Paradise and is a cure for poison.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The phrase ‘the earth’s pox’ is a literal description of the truffle as a growth on the earth; the report does not explain the comparison further.
The pronoun ‘it’ in the closing clause refers to the ʿajwah date, which is the immediately preceding feminine noun.
قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَذَكَرْنَا الْكَمْأَةَ فَقَالُوا هِيَ جُدَرِيُّ الأَرْضِ .
The speakers describe the truffle as ‘the earth’s pox’; this comparison is not further explained.
Is ‘the earth’s pox’ a figurative description of the truffle’s appearance?
فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " الْكَمْأَةُ مِنَ الْمَنِّ وَالْعَجْوَةُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَهِيَ شِفَاءٌ مِنَ السَّمِّ " .
The closing feminine pronoun most directly refers to ʿajwah, the feminine noun immediately before it; the report does not name the referent again.
Does the phrase ‘a cure for poison’ refer to the ʿajwah date?