Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1754
حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَبْعَةً لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلاَ بِالْقَصِيرِ حَسَنَ الْجِسْمِ أَسْمَرَ اللَّوْنِ وَكَانَ شَعْرُهُ لَيْسَ بِجَعْدٍ وَلاَ سَبْطٍ إِذَا مَشَى يَتَكَفَّأُ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَالْبَرَاءِ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَجَابِرٍ وَوَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ وَأُمِّ هَانِئٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ حُمَيْدٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Humayd ibn Mas‘adah narrated to us: Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi narrated to us, from Humayd, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was of medium stature, neither tall nor short, well-built, and brown-complexioned. His hair was neither curly nor straight. When he walked, he moved with a slight swaying gait.
There are also reports on this subject from Aishah, al-Bara, Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Abbas, Abu Sa‘id, Jabir, Wa’il ibn Hujr, and Umm Hani. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Anas is hasan sahih gharib through this route, in the report of Humayd.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness begins at Anas and omits the preceding chain (Humayd ibn Mas‘adah, Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi, and Humayd). The gait verb yatakaffa’u is rendered as a slight swaying movement; the Arabic does not specify direction.
حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ،
The English witness omits three transmitters preceding Anas in the Arabic chain.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?