Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1804

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلاَمِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ خُصَيْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ فِي ثَلاَثِينَ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ تَبِيعٌ أَوْ تَبِيعَةٌ وَفِي أَرْبَعِينَ مُسِنَّةٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Sufyan ibn Waki‘ narrated to us; Abd al-Salam ibn Harb narrated to us, from Khusayf, from Abu Ubaydah, from Abdullah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘For thirty head of cattle, one tabi‘ or tabi‘ah is due; and for forty, one musinnah is due.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The cattle-age terms tabi‘, tabi‘ah, and musinnah are retained as in the source.