Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1755
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ، صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ شَعْرٌ فَوْقَ الْجُمَّةِ وَدُونَ الْوَفْرَةِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِيهِ هَذَا الْحَرْفَ وَكَانَ لَهُ شَعْرٌ فَوْقَ الْجُمَّةِ وَدُونَ الْوَفْرَةِ . وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ثِقَةٌ كَانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ يُوَثِّقُهُ وَيَأْمُرُ بِالْكِتَابَةِ عَنْهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hannad narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, who said: I used to perform ghusl with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) from one vessel. His hair was described as being ‘above the jummah and below the wafrah.’
Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih gharib through this route. It has also been narrated through other routes from Aishah, who said: I used to perform ghusl with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) from one vessel. They did not mention this phrase about his hair being above the jummah and below the wafrah.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad is trustworthy. Malik ibn Anas considered him trustworthy and used to order that hadith be written from him.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness starts at Aishah and omits the preceding chain (Hannad, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad, Hisham ibn Urwah, and his father). The paired hair-length terms jummah and wafrah are retained in transliteration because the Arabic’s ‘above the jummah and below the wafrah’ is difficult to reconcile as a length description; the English witness gives the same relation as ‘above his shoulders and below his earlobes.’ The following variant note says other routes omit this hair-description phrase.
Ghusl is a ritual bath. The compiler states that Malik ibn Anas considered Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad trustworthy and encouraged recording from him.
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ،
The English witness omits four transmitters preceding Aishah in the Arabic chain.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?
صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ شَعْرٌ فَوْقَ الْجُمَّةِ وَدُونَ الْوَفْرَةِ .
The Arabic literally pairs ‘above the jummah’ with ‘below the wafrah’; these named hair-length categories make the comparative direction difficult to interpret, and the English gloss appears similarly problematic.
Should the wording be preserved as transmitted, or is there a variant or conventional interpretation that resolves the apparent reversal?