Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1113
أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ الْبَصْرِيُّ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، وَرَوْحٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْقَاسِمِ - عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَلاَ أَكُفَّ شَعْرًا وَلاَ ثَوْبًا " .
Humayd ibn Mas‘adah al-Basri reported to us, from Yazid—namely, Ibn Zuray‘—who said: Shu‘bah narrated to us, and Rawh—meaning Ibn al-Qasim—from ‘Amr ibn Dinar, from Tawus, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘I have been commanded to prostrate on seven, and not to gather up hair or clothing.’
Translation notes
The source leaves “seven” without an explicit noun or list; it is translated as written without supplying body parts from parallel reports. The chain includes Shu‘bah and Rawh (identified as Ibn al-Qasim) before ‘Amr ibn Dinar.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ وَلاَ أَكُفَّ شَعْرًا وَلاَ ثَوْبًا " .
The command says to prostrate “on seven” but does not name the seven points in this report.
What noun or referent for “seven” is intended in this wording?