Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3374

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْوَزِيرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَىَّ - كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ - أَثَرَ صُفْرَةٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَهْيَمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ أَوْلِمْ وَلَوْ بِشَاةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn al-Wazir ibn Sulayman informed me; he said: Sa'id ibn Kathir ibn Ufayr narrated to us; he said: Sulayman ibn Bilal informed us, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Humayd al-Tawil, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw traces of yellow on me—as though he meant Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf—and said, ‘What is this?’ He said, ‘I married a woman from the Ansar.’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Hold a wedding feast, even if only with a sheep.’

Translation notes
  • The narrator’s aside tentatively identifies the person with traces of yellow as Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf; the uncertainty is preserved.