Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 4067
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو زُنَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تُمَيْلَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ ذَهَبَ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ بِالْبَادِيَةِ قَرِيبٍ مِنْ مَكَّةَ فَإِذَا أَرْضٌ يَابِسَةٌ حَوْلَهَا رَمْلٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " تَخْرُجُ الدَّابَّةُ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ " . فَإِذَا فِتْرٌ فِي شِبْرٍ . قَالَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ فَحَجَجْتُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِسِنِينَ فَأَرَانَا عَصًا لَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِعَصَاىَ هَذِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah ibn Buraydah reported from his father: The Messenger of Allah took me to a place in the wilderness near Makkah. It was dry ground surrounded by sand. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘The Beast will emerge from this place.’ It was a finger-span within a handspan. Ibn Buraydah said: Years later, I performed the pilgrimage, and he showed us his staff, which was like my staff, this much and that much.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَإِذَا فِتْرٌ فِي شِبْرٍ .
The phrase fitr fī shibr gives an obscure small measurement within a handspan.
Can fitr fī shibr be rendered more precisely from a reliable lexical source?