Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah
Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 170
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شَيْخًا، مِنْ فَهْمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَطْيَبَ اللَّحْمِ لَحْمُ الظَّهْرِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Mahmud ibn Ghilan narrated to us; he said: Abu Ahmad narrated to us; he said: Mis‘ar narrated to us; he said: I heard a shaykh from Fahm say: I heard ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja‘far say: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘The finest meat is the meat of the back.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلانَ،
The English witness omits the chain before ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja‘far and the unnamed shaykh from Fahm.
Should the full chain be retained in the English record?