Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3247
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ، امْرَأَةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " انْظُرْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا " .
Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yazid reported to us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Kaysan, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayrah, that a man wanted to marry a woman. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘Look at her, for there is something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar.’
Translation notes
The expression about something in the eyes of the Ansar is left general; this version does not identify the feature meant.
امْرَأَةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " انْظُرْ 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 naming the feature.
Does “something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar” preserve the allusion without speculation?