Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1895
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، وَالْخَلِيلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ إِلْيَاسَ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " أَعْلِنُوا هَذَا النِّكَاحَ وَاضْرِبُوا عَلَيْهِ بِالْغِرْبَالِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Aishah reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Announce this marriage publicly, and beat the sieve for it.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source names a sieve as the object to be struck; it is retained literally.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " أَعْلِنُوا هَذَا النِّكَاحَ وَاضْرِبُوا عَلَيْهِ بِالْغِرْبَالِ " .
The source literally says to beat a sieve for the marriage; its exact function as a sound-making instrument is not explained.
Should al-ghirbal be retained as ‘sieve’ or rendered as a wedding percussion instrument?