Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1747
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كَانَ نَقْشُ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُحَمَّدٌ سَطْرٌ وَرَسُولُ سَطْرٌ وَاللَّهِ سَطْرٌ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Ansari narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from Thumamah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The inscription on the Prophet’s ring was: ‘Muhammad’ on one line, ‘Messenger’ on one line, and ‘Allah’ on one line.
Abu Isa said: The hadith of Anas is hasan sahih gharib.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness starts at Anas and omits the preceding chain (Muhammad ibn Yahya, Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, his father, and Thumamah). The Arabic gives the three words separately, each followed by ‘a line.’
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى،
The English witness omits four transmitters preceding Anas in the Arabic chain.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?