Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2826
حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَبْيَضَ قَدْ شَابَ وَكَانَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ يُشْبِهُهُ وَأَمَرَ لَنَا بِثَلاَثَةَ عَشَرَ قَلُوصًا فَذَهَبْنَا نَقْبِضُهَا فَأَتَانَا مَوْتُهُ فَلَمْ يُعْطُونَا شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عِدَةٌ فَلْيَجِئْ . فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَأَمَرَ لَنَا بِهَا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَى مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِإِسْنَادٍ لَهُ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ نَحْوَ هَذَا . وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَكَانَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ يُشْبِهُهُ وَلَمْ يَزِيدُوا عَلَى هَذَا .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Juhaifah reported: I saw the Prophet; he was fair-complexioned and had begun to gray. Al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali resembled him. The Prophet had promised us thirteen young she-camels, so we went to collect them, but news of his death reached us and we received nothing. When Abu Bakr took office, he said, ‘Whoever has a promise due from Allah’s Messenger, let him come forward.’ I went to him and told him, and he ordered that the camels be given to us.
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan hadith. Marwan ibn Mu‘awiyah narrated it through another chain from Abu Juhaifah with similar wording. More than one transmitter narrated from Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid, from Abu Juhaifah, that he saw the Prophet and that al-Hasan resembled him, without adding the rest of this report.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source says the Prophet was fair-complexioned and had begun to gray, and that he had promised thirteen young she-camels. It distinguishes shorter parallel narrations that omit the promise and Abu Bakr’s fulfillment.