Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2272
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ، حَفْصُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ اشْتَرَى صَفِيَّةَ بِسَبْعَةِ أَرْؤُسٍ . قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas reported that the Prophet bought Safiyyah for seven persons. ʿAbd al-Rahman said: She was from Dihyah al-Kalbi.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source literally says ‘seven heads’ and then identifies Safiyyah as coming from Dihyah al-Kalbi; ‘persons’ makes the count idiomatic in English while preserving the stated number.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ اشْتَرَى صَفِيَّةَ بِسَبْعَةِ أَرْؤُسٍ .
The source says ‘seven heads’ without specifying the persons or enslaved people being counted.
Does ‘seven persons’ adequately express the unstated counted category in this exchange?