Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1750
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ يَعُودُهُ . قَالَ فَوَجَدْتُ عِنْدَهُ سَهْلَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ . قَالَ فَدَعَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِنْسَانًا يَنْزِعُ نَمَطًا تَحْتَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَهْلٌ لِمَ تَنْزِعُهُ فَقَالَ لأَنَّ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرَ وَقَدْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ . قَالَ سَهْلٌ أَوَلَمْ يَقُلْ " إِلاَّ مَا كَانَ رَقْمًا فِي ثَوْبٍ " فَقَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّهُ أَطْيَبُ لِنَفْسِي . 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.
Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us: Ma‘n narrated to us: Malik narrated to us, from Abu al-Nadr, from Ubaydullah ibn Utbah, who visited Abu Talhah al-Ansari while he was ill. He found Sahl ibn Hunayf with him. Abu Talhah called someone to remove a coverlet that was beneath him. Sahl asked him: ‘Why are you removing it?’ He replied: ‘Because it has images on it, and the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said about them what you know.’ Sahl said: ‘Did he not say, “Except what is a pattern on a garment”?’ He replied: ‘Yes, but that is more pleasing to me.’
Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness begins at Abu al-Nadr and omits the preceding transmitters (Ishaq ibn Musa, Ma‘n, and Malik). It also gives ‘Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah,’ whereas the supplied Arabic says ‘Ubaydullah ibn Utbah.’ Namat is rendered ‘coverlet’; it refers to a kind of floor covering or rug.
The final phrase atyb li-nafsi is rendered ‘more pleasing to me,’ preserving Abu Talhah’s personal preference rather than adding an explanation.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ،
The English witness omits three transmitters preceding Abu al-Nadr in the Arabic chain.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?
عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ،
The English witness includes ‘Abdullah’ after Ubaydullah, while the supplied Arabic has no such name at this point.
Is this an alternate narrator-name form from another source, or an addition in the English witness?