Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2121
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَارِجَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَطَبَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ وَأَنَا تَحْتَ جِرَانِهَا وَهِيَ تَقْصَعُ بِجَرَّتِهَا وَإِنَّ لُعَابَهَا يَسِيلُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَىَّ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعْطَى كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ وَلاَ وَصِيَّةَ لِوَارِثٍ وَالْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ وَمَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ أَوِ انْتَمَى إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ لاَ يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ صَرْفًا وَلاَ عَدْلاً " . قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ لاَ أُبَالِي بِحَدِيثِ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ . قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ فَوَثَّقَهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيهِ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ثُمَّ رَوَى ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah narrated to us; Abu ‘Awanah narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ghanm, from ‘Amr ibn Kharijah, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon while I was beneath the front of his she-camel. She was chewing her cud, and her saliva flowed between my shoulders. I heard him say: ‘Allah has given every rights-holder his due. There is no bequest for an heir. The child belongs to the marital bed, and the adulterer gets the stone. Whoever claims descent from someone other than his father, or affiliates himself with people other than his patrons out of aversion to them, upon him is Allah’s curse; Allah will accept from him neither compensation nor substitute.’
I heard Ahmad ibn al-Hasan say: Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, ‘I do not object to the hadith of Shahr ibn Hawshab.’ I asked Muhammad ibn Isma‘il about Shahr, and he regarded him as reliable, saying, ‘Ibn ‘Awn is the one who criticizes him.’ Yet Ibn ‘Awn narrated from Hilal ibn Abi Zaynab, from Shahr ibn Hawshab. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The opening scene is translated from the Arabic. The report’s additional curse clause and the compiler’s comments on Shahr ibn Hawshab are included, though absent from the witness.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَطَبَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ وَأَنَا تَحْتَ جِرَانِهَا وَهِيَ تَقْصَعُ بِجَرَّتِهَا وَإِنَّ لُعَابَهَا يَسِيلُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَىَّ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعْطَى كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ وَلاَ وَصِيَّةَ لِوَارِثٍ وَالْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ وَمَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ أَوِ انْتَمَى إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ لاَ يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ صَرْفًا وَلاَ عَدْلاً " .
The Arabic includes a curse clause extending to rejection of compensation or substitute, absent from the English witness.
Should this extension remain part of the quoted report? It is translated from the source.
قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ فَوَثَّقَهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيهِ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ثُمَّ رَوَى ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْنَبَ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ .
The source includes evaluations of Shahr ibn Hawshab by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muhammad ibn Isma‘il, and Ibn ‘Awn, plus Abu ‘Isa’s grade; the witness omits them.
Should these named transmitter assessments be preserved separately? They are included with attribution.