Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3077

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لَمَّا حَمَلَتْ حَوَّاءُ طَافَ بِهَا إِبْلِيسُ وَكَانَ لاَ يَعِيشُ لَهَا وَلَدٌ فَقَالَ سَمِّيهِ عَبْدَ الْحَارِثِ ‏.‏ فَسَمَّتْهُ عَبْدَ الْحَارِثِ فَعَاشَ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ وَحْىِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَأَمْرِهِ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مَرْفُوعًا إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عُمَرَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ‏.‏ وَرَوَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ شَيْخٌ بَصْرِيٌّ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Samurah ibn Jundab reported that the Prophet said: ‘When Eve became pregnant, Satan came around her. None of her children survived, so he said, “Name him ‘Abd al-Harith.” She named him ‘Abd al-Harith, and he lived. That was among Satan’s inspirations and commands.’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan gharib and said it is known as a Prophetic report only through ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim, from Qatadah. Some narrators reported it from ‘Abd al-Samad without raising it to the Prophet. ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim was a Basran teacher.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The report is transmitted with differing attribution: Abu ‘Isa notes that some narrators report it as a non-Prophetic statement, while the marfu‘ version comes only through ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim.