Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2762
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَأْخُذُ مِنْ لِحْيَتِهِ مِنْ عَرْضِهَا وَطُولِهَا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَسَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَقُولُ عُمَرُ بْنُ هَارُونَ مُقَارِبُ الْحَدِيثِ لاَ أَعْرِفُ لَهُ حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ أَصْلاً أَوْ قَالَ يَنْفَرِدُ بِهِ إِلاَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأْخُذُ مِنْ لِحْيَتِهِ مِنْ عَرْضِهَا وَطُولِهَا . لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عُمَرَ بْنِ هَارُونَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ حَسَنَ الرَّأْىِ فِي عُمَرَ بْنِ هَارُونَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَسَمِعْتُ قُتَيْبَةَ يَقُولُ عُمَرُ بْنُ هَارُونَ كَانَ صَاحِبَ حَدِيثٍ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ الإِيمَانُ قَوْلٌ وَعَمَلٌ . قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قُتَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَصَبَ الْمَنْجَنِيقَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ . قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ قُلْتُ لِوَكِيعٍ مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ صَاحِبُكُمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ هَارُونَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, reported that the Prophet used to trim his beard from its width and length.
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a gharib hadith. I heard Muhammad ibn Isma‘il say: ‘“Umar ibn Harun’s hadith is acceptable. I do not know of another hadith from him that lacks a sound basis—or he said, “that he alone transmits”—besides this hadith, that the Prophet used to trim his beard from its width and length.” We know it only through ‘Umar ibn Harun’s narration, and I saw that Muhammad held a favorable opinion of ‘Umar ibn Harun.’ Abu ‘Isa said: I heard Qutaybah say, ‘“Umar ibn Harun was a hadith scholar, and he used to say that faith consists of speech and deeds.”’
Qutaybah said: I heard Waki‘ ibn al-Jarrah narrate from a man, from Thawr ibn Yazid, that the Prophet set up a catapult against the people of Ta’if. Qutaybah said: I asked Waki‘, ‘Who is this man?’ He replied, ‘Your companion, ‘Umar ibn Harun.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The beard report is gharīb and known only through ‘Umar ibn Harun. The source records positive remarks about him from Muhammad ibn Isma‘il and Qutaybah, then cites another report whose intermediary Waki‘ identified as ‘Umar ibn Harun; all these comments are retained without reconciling their differing implications.