Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah
Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 344
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، فَمَا قَالَ لِي أُفٍّ قَطُّ، وَمَا قَالَ لِشَيْءٍ صَنَعْتُهُ، لِمَ صَنَعْتَهُ، وَلا لِشَيْءٍ تَرَكْتُهُ، لِمَ تَرَكْتَهُ؟ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ خُلُقًا، وَلا مَسَسْتُ خَزًّا وَلا حَرِيرًا، وَلا شَيْئًا كَانَ أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَلا شَمَمْتُ مِسْكًا قَطُّ، وَلا عِطْرًا كَانَ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ عَرَقِ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us: Ja‘far ibn Sulayman al-Duba‘i narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I served the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) for ten years, and he never once said “Uff” to me. He never said to me about anything I had done, “Why did you do it?” or about anything I had left undone, “Why did you leave it?” The Messenger of Allah was among the finest of people in character. I never touched brocade, silk, or anything softer than the palm of the Messenger of Allah’s hand. I never smelled musk or any perfume more fragrant than the Messenger of Allah’s sweat.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The complete chain is included; the English witness begins with Anas ibn Malik.
The Arabic has two distinct fabric terms, khazz and harir; the translation renders them as brocade and silk. It compares the softness of anything touched with the Prophet’s palm.