Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2239
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنِ ابْتَاعَ مُصَرَّاةً فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنْ رَدَّهَا رَدَّ مَعَهَا صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ لاَ سَمْرَاءَ " . يَعْنِي الْحِنْطَةَ .
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us. They said: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: “Whoever buys a muṣarrāt [an animal whose milk has been withheld to make its yield seem greater] has the option for three days. If he returns it, he must return with it one sāʿ of dates, not wheat.” That is, wheat.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنِ ابْتَاعَ مُصَرَّاةً فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنْ رَدَّهَا رَدَّ مَعَهَا صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ لاَ سَمْرَاءَ " .
Muṣarrāt describes an animal whose milk has been withheld in its udder before sale; the report gives the buyer a three-day option and specifies a sāʿ of dates as the return compensation.
Does the bracketed gloss make muṣarrāt understandable while preserving the three-day option and compensation?
يَعْنِي الْحِنْطَةَ .
The source separately glosses samrāʾ as wheat; it is retained after the quoted report as an explanatory note.
Does “That is, wheat” correctly render the compiler’s gloss?