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Sunan Ibn Majah 2156

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Sunan Ibn Majah 2156
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ثَلاَثِينَ رَاكِبًا فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَنَزَلْنَا بِقَوْمٍ فَسَأَلْنَاهُمْ أَنْ يَقْرُونَا فَأَبَوْا فَلُدِغَ سَيِّدُهُمْ فَأَتَوْنَا فَقَالُوا أَفِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ يَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ أَنَا وَلَكِنْ لاَ أَرْقِيهِ حَتَّى تُعْطُونَا غَنَمًا ‏.‏ قَالُوا فَإِنَّا نُعْطِيكُمْ ثَلاَثِينَ شَاةً ‏.‏ فَقَبِلْنَاهَا فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ ‏(‏ الْحَمْدُ ‏)‏ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَبَرِئَ وَقَبَضْنَا الْغَنَمَ فَعَرَضَ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ فَقُلْنَا لاَ تَعْجَلُوا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ الَّذِي صَنَعْتُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ أَوَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ اقْتَسِمُوهَا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي مَعَكُمْ سَهْمًا ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِنَحْوِهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِنَحْوِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّوَابُ هُوَ أَبُو الْمُتَوَكِّلِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us; Abu Muʿawiyah narrated to us; al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Jaʿfar ibn Iyas, from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Saʿid al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) sent us, thirty riders, on an expedition. We stopped among some people and asked them to host us, but they refused. Then their leader was stung by a scorpion. They came to us and asked, ‘Is there anyone among you who can recite a healing incantation for a scorpion sting?’ I said, ‘Yes, I can, but I will not recite for him unless you give us some sheep.’ They said, ‘We will give you thirty sheep.’ We accepted them, and I recited al-Fatihah over him seven times, and he recovered. We took the sheep, but we felt uneasy about them, so we said, ‘Do not be hasty until we come to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace).’ When we returned, I told him what I had done. He said, ‘How did you know that it is a healing incantation? Divide them, and assign me a share with you.’ Abu Kurayb narrated to us; Hushaym narrated to us; Abu Bishr narrated to us, from Abu al-Mutawakkil, from Abu Saʿid, from the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), with a report like it. (Another chain:) Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us; Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, from Abu al-Mutawakkil, from Abu Saʿid, from the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), with a report like it. Abu ʿAbdullah said: ‘The correct name is Abu al-Mutawakkil, Allah willing.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ثَلاَثِينَ رَاكِبًا فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَنَزَلْنَا بِقَوْمٍ فَسَأَلْنَاهُمْ أَنْ يَقْرُونَا فَأَبَوْا فَلُدِغَ سَيِّدُهُمْ فَأَتَوْنَا فَقَالُوا أَفِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ يَرْقِي مِنَ الْعَقْرَبِ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ أَنَا وَلَكِنْ لاَ أَرْقِيهِ حَتَّى تُعْطُونَا غَنَمًا ‏.

    أن يقرونا means to host/feed the travelers; فلُدغ سيدهم means their leader was stung, and the group asks about ruqya for a scorpion sting.

    Does ‘host us’ and ‘their leader was stung by a scorpion’ preserve both actions and the sequence?

  • ‏ فَقَبِلْنَاهَا فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ ‏(‏ الْحَمْدُ ‏)‏ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَبَرِئَ وَقَبَضْنَا الْغَنَمَ فَعَرَضَ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ فَقُلْنَا لاَ تَعْجَلُوا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ الَّذِي صَنَعْتُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ أَوَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ اقْتَسِمُوهَا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي مَعَكُمْ سَهْمًا ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The narrator recites al-Hamd (al-Fatihah) seven times as a ruqya, the leader recovers, and the group later asks the Prophet about accepting the sheep; the Prophet confirms its status as ruqya and directs them to divide the payment.

    Does the translation preserve the recitation count, recovery, initial uncertainty, and the Prophet’s instruction to divide the sheep?

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَالصَّوَابُ هُوَ أَبُو الْمُتَوَكِّلِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ‏.

    The compiler states that the correct narrator in the chain is Abu al-Mutawakkil, with the qualification ‘Allah willing.’

    Does ‘The correct name is Abu al-Mutawakkil, Allah willing’ preserve the compiler’s identification note?