Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1749
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الصُّورَةِ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَنَهَى أَنْ يُصْنَعَ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَأَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Mani narrated to us: Rawh ibn Ubadah narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us: Abu al-Zubayr informed me, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) forbade an image in the house and forbade that it be made.
There are also reports on this subject from Ali, Abu Talhah, Aishah, Abu Hurayrah, and Abu Ayyub. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Jabir is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness begins at Jabir and omits the preceding Arabic chain (Ahmad ibn Mani, Rawh ibn Ubadah, Ibn Jurayj, and Abu al-Zubayr). The Arabic uses the generic singular ‘image’ (al-surah) and then forbids making it.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ،
The English witness omits four transmitters preceding Jabir in the Arabic chain.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?