Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 705
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " لاَ تَغْلِبَنَّكُمُ الأَعْرَابُ عَلَى اسْمِ صَلاَتِكُمْ - زَادَ ابْنُ حَرْمَلَةَ - فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ الْعِشَاءُ وَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُونَ الْعَتَمَةُ لإِعْتَامِهِمْ بِالإِبِلِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ya'qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us: Al-Mughirah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn 'Ajlan, from al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah. (A second route:) Ya'qub ibn Humayd narrated to us: Ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Harmalah, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Do not let the Bedouins prevail over you in naming your prayer.’ Ibn Harmalah added: ‘It is al-'Isha; they call it al-'Atamah because they delay with the camels until nightfall.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Two chains are given; the added wording is explicitly attributed to Ibn Harmalah. The final clause links the Bedouins' term al-'Atamah to their delaying with camels into the night.
لإِعْتَامِهِمْ بِالإِبِلِ
The source's concise idiom may describe bringing camels in or settling them after dark.
What precise camel-handling practice is intended by this expression?