Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1284

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا كَاهِلٍ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَخِي، عَنْهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ وَحَبَشِيٌّ آخِذٌ بِخِطَامِهَا ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us; Waki narrated to us, from Ismail ibn Abi Khalid, who said: I saw Abu Kahil, who was a Companion. My brother narrated to me from him, saying: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivering a sermon atop a she-camel, while an Abyssinian man held its reins.