Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3230
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَثْمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ : ( وجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُ هُمُ الْبَاقِينَ ) قَالَ " حَامٌ وَسَامٌ وَيَافِثُ " . كَذَا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى يُقَالُ يَافِتُ وَيَافِثُ بِالتَّاءِ وَالثَّاءِ وَيُقَالُ يَفِثُ . قَالَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Samurah ibn Jundub reported that the Prophet said, regarding Allah’s words, ‘And We made his descendants the ones who remained’ (Qur’an 37:77): ‘Ham, Sam, and Yafith.’ Abu ‘Isa said: The name is pronounced Yafit with a t, Yafith with a th, and also Yafith. This is a hasan gharib hadith; we know it only through the report of Sa‘id ibn Bashir.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Kept Abu ‘Isa’s note that the name of Noah’s third son has variant pronunciations/spellings, rather than forcing one English form.