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Sunan Ibn Majah 2184

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Sunan Ibn Majah 2184
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمِصْرِيَّانِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ اشْتَرَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ حِمْلَ خَبَطٍ فَلَمَّا وَجَبَ الْبَيْعُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ اخْتَرْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ عَمْرَكَ اللَّهَ بَيِّعًا ‏.‏

Translation

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Harmalah ibn Yahya and Ahmad ibn Isa, both Egyptians, narrated to us. They said: Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us; Ibn Jurayj informed me, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) bought a load of khabat [tree leaves used as fodder] from a Bedouin. When the sale became binding, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Choose.” The Bedouin replied, “May Allah grant you long life as a buyer.”

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • ‏ فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ عَمْرَكَ اللَّهَ بَيِّعًا ‏.

    The Bedouin’s expression ʿamraka Allāh bayyiʿan is an idiomatic blessing or emphatic response; rendered literally as a wish for long life as a buyer.

    Does “May Allah grant you long life as a buyer” preserve the force of this idiom?