Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 1238b
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ - جَمِيعًا عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ فَأَمَّا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَفِي حَدِيثِهِ الْمُتْعَةُ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ مُتْعَةُ الْحَجِّ . وَأَمَّا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فَقَالَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ لاَ أَدْرِي مُتْعَةُ الْحَجِّ أَوْ مُتْعَةُ النِّسَاءِ .
Ibn al-Muthanna narrated this to us: Abd al-Rahman narrated to us. (Another chain:) Ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad—meaning ibn Jafar—narrated to us. Both through Shuba and this chain. In the report of Abd al-Rahman, it says muta, without specifying muta in Hajj. Ibn Jafar said: Shuba said: Muslim said: I do not know whether it was muta in Hajj or muta of women.
Translation notes
وَأَمَّا ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ فَقَالَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ لاَ أَدْرِي مُتْعَةُ الْحَجِّ أَوْ مُتْعَةُ النِّسَاءِ .
The narration explicitly says the transmitter did not know whether “muta” referred to Hajj or to women.
Can this narration be classified as Hajj tamattu, or should the type of muta remain unresolved?