Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3731
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ لَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ الأَجْدَعِ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " الأَجْدَعُ شَيْطَانٌ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated that Abu Bakr said: Hashim ibn al-Qasim narrated to us; Abu ‘Aqil narrated to us; Mujalid ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from al-Sha‘bi, from Masruq, who said: ‘I met ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. He asked, “Who are you?” I replied, “Masruq ibn al-Ajda‘.” ‘Umar said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Al-Ajda‘ is a devil.’”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Al-Ajda‘ is preserved as a name in Masruq's lineage and repeated in the saying; the wording may reflect a disparaged name or its meaning.
فَقَالَ عُمَرُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " الأَجْدَعُ شَيْطَانٌ " .
Al-Ajda‘ is both part of Masruq's name and the subject of the statement ‘is a devil’; the report gives no further explanation.
Is this a criticism of the name's meaning, rather than a reference to a person?