Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3645

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ، هُوَ ابْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ فِي سَاقَىْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حُمُوشَةٌ وَكَانَ لاَ يَضْحَكُ إِلاَّ تَبَسُّمًا وَكُنْتُ إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ قُلْتُ أَكْحَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ وَلَيْسَ بِأَكْحَلَ ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Mani‘ narrated to us: ‘Abbad ibn al-‘Awwam narrated to us: al-Hajjaj—meaning Ibn Arta’ah—reported to us, from Simak ibn Harb, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ shins were slender. He would laugh only with a smile. When I looked at him, I would say, ‘His eyes are lined with kohl,’ though they were not lined with kohl. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih gharib hadith through this route.