Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2143
حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ، قال: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَاحِبٌ، لَنَا عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " لاَ يُعْدِي شَيْءٌ شَيْئًا " . فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْبَعِيرُ الْجَرِبُ الْحَشَفَةُ نُدْبِنُهُ فَيُجْرِبُ الإِبِلَ كُلَّهَا . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَمَنْ أَجْرَبَ الأَوَّلَ لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ صَفَرَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ وَكَتَبَ حَيَاتَهَا وَرِزْقَهَا وَمَصَائِبَهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَنَسٍ . قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ صَفْوَانَ الثَّقَفِيَّ الْبَصْرِيَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْمَدِينِيِّ يَقُولُ لَوْ حَلَفْتُ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَالْمَقَامِ لَحَلفْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Bun dar narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from ‘Umarah ibn al-Qa‘qa‘, from Abu Zur‘ah ibn ‘Amr ibn Jarir, who said: A companion of ours narrated to us, from Ibn Mas‘ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us and said, ‘Nothing causes contagion by itself.’ A Bedouin said, ‘Messenger of Allah, what about a mangy camel with scab-like sores? We put it among the camels, and they all become mangy.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Then who made the first one mangy? There is no contagion and no Safar. Allah created every soul and decreed its lifespan, provision, and afflictions.’ Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Abu Hurayrah, Ibn ‘Abbas, and Anas. Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Safwan al-Thaqafi al-Basri told me: I heard ‘Ali ibn al-Madini say, ‘If I were to swear between the Corner and the Station, I would swear that I have never seen anyone more knowledgeable than ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source’s rare wording الْجَرِبُ الْحَشَفَةُ appears to describe a camel afflicted with mange or scab-like sores; the exact disease term is uncertain. The phrase صاحِبٌ لَنا means an unnamed ‘companion of ours’ in the chain. ‘Safar’ is retained as the named pre-Islamic notion mentioned in the report.
قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " لاَ يُعْدِي شَيْءٌ شَيْئًا " .
The Arabic phrase الْجَرِبُ الْحَشَفَةُ is lexically unusual and is rendered contextually as a mangy camel with scab-like sores; the exact sense is uncertain.
Confirm the rare camel-disease wording against a critical Arabic edition if available.