Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3246
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمِ بْنِ الْبَرِيدِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلاَ نَظَرْتَ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَجَدْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَ وَالصَّوَابُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ .
Muhammad ibn Adam reported to us; he said: Ali ibn Hashim ibn al-Barid narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Kaysan, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: A man from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: ‘I have married a woman.’ The Prophet said: ‘Did you look at her? There is something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar.’ Abu Abd al-Rahman said: I found this hadith elsewhere through Yazid ibn Kaysan, where Jabir ibn Abd Allah was said to have narrated it; the correct attribution is Abu Hurayrah.
Translation notes
The report includes an editorial correction of the Companion’s attribution: another version named Jabir, but the compiler says Abu Hurayrah is correct.
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلاَ نَظَرْتَ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا " .
The phrase فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا literally says there is “something” in the eyes of the Ansar, without specifying the feature meant.
Does “something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar” preserve the allusion without guessing its specific meaning?