Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2655

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا جَمِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ فِي الْمَوَاضِحِ خَمْسٌ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الإِبِلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Jamil ibn al-Hasan reported to us: Abd al-Ala reported to us: Said ibn Abi Arubah reported to us, from Matar, from Amr ibn Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “These and these are equal,” meaning the little finger and the thumb.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic explicitly identifies the little finger (khinsir) and the thumb.