Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2166
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حَرَامِ بْنِ مُحَيِّصَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنْ كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهُ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ الْحَاجَةَ فَقَالَ " اعْلِفْهُ نَوَاضِحَكَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Shababah ibn Sawwar narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Dhib, from al-Zuhri, from Haram ibn Muhaysah, from his father, that he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about a cupper’s earnings. He forbade it. When the man mentioned his need, he said: “Use it to feed your working camels.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنْ كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهُ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ الْحَاجَةَ فَقَالَ " اعْلِفْهُ نَوَاضِحَكَ " .
Nawāḍiḥ refers to camels used for drawing water or other work; the pronoun in the command refers back to the earnings.
Does “working camels” convey the function of nawāḍiḥ sufficiently?