Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1992

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1992
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ شَرِيكٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ ‏ "‏ يَا ذَا الأُذُنَيْنِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ قَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ يَعْنِي مَازَحَهُ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Sharik, from ‘Asim al-Ahwal, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet ﷺ said to him: “O you with two ears!” Mahmud said: Abu Usamah explained that he was joking with him. This hadith is sahih gharib.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The playful address is literal; Abu Usamah explicitly explains that the Prophet was joking with Anas.

  • أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ ‏ "‏ يَا ذَا الأُذُنَيْنِ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The address يا ذا الأذنين literally means “O possessor of two ears,” and the following comment explicitly says it was said in jest.

    Does the literal English address remain understandable when followed by the narrator’s explanation that it was a joke?