Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1995
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ فِي الْفَرَسِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالدَّارِ " . قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَمْعَةَ، أَنَّ جَدَّتَهُ، زَيْنَبَ حَدَّثَتْهُ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَعُدُّ هَؤُلاَءِ الثَّلاَثَةَ وَتَزِيدُ مَعَهُنَّ السَّيْفَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yahya ibn Khalaf Abu Salamah narrated to us: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah said, ‘Ill omen is in three things: a horse, a woman, and a house.’ Al-Zuhri said: Abu ʿUbaydah ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Zamʿah told me that his grandmother Zaynab related to him, from Umm Salamah, that she used to count these three and add the sword to them.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report presents a statement about ill omen in three things, then separately reports Umm Salamah adding the sword; the text gives no further reconciliation.
أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَعُدُّ هَؤُلاَءِ الثَّلاَثَةَ وَتَزِيدُ مَعَهُنَّ السَّيْفَ .
Umm Salamah is reported to add the sword to the three items, creating a four-item list; no explanation is given in this text.
Should the list’s expansion be left as stated, without attempting to reconcile it with the preceding wording?