Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 167
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ وَذَكَرَ الْخَوَارِجَ فَقَالَ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُثْدَنُ الْيَدِ وَلَوْلاَ أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِمَا وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ . قُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ . ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Ismail ibn Ulayyah reported to us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Ubaydah, from Ali ibn Abi Talib, who mentioned the Khawarij and said: Among them is a man with a defective, shortened, or stunted hand. Were it not that you might become overjoyed, I would tell you what Allah promised, through Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace), to those who kill them. I asked, ‘Did you hear this from Muhammad?’ He replied, ‘Yes, by the Lord of the Ka‘bah!’—three times.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic preserves three alternative descriptions of the man’s hand; it does not settle which precise impairment is intended.
مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ أَوْ مُثْدَنُ الْيَدِ
The source itself gives three variant descriptors, and their exact physical distinctions are uncertain.
Should the three variants be retained in this form or normalized to one descriptive term?