Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5564
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ، قَالَ شَهِدْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أُتِيَ بِبُسْرٍ مُذَنَّبٍ فَجَعَلَ يَقْطَعُهُ مِنْهُ .
Translation
Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from Abu Idris, who said: I witnessed Anas ibn Malik being brought unripe dates in the mudhannab form, and he began cutting that part off.
Translation notes
Al-mudhannab literally means ‘tailed’; the precise part of the date meant here is uncertain.