Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1757
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، - هُوَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " اكْتَحِلُوا بِالإِثْمِدِ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ " . وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَتْ لَهُ مُكْحُلَةٌ يَكْتَحِلُ بِهَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ ثَلاَثَةً فِي هَذِهِ وَثَلاَثَةً فِي هَذِهِ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " عَلَيْكُمْ بِالإِثْمِدِ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ عَلَى هَذَا اللَّفْظِ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Humayd narrated to us: Abu Dawud—al-Tayalisi—narrated to us, from Abbad ibn Mansur, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: ‘Use ithmid kohl, for it clears the eyesight and causes hair to grow.’ It was claimed that the Prophet had a kohl case that he used every night, applying it three times to this eye and three times to this one.
It has also been narrated through other routes from the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) that he said: ‘Use ithmid, for it clears the eyesight and causes hair to grow.’ There are also reports on this subject from Jabir and Ibn Umar.
Abu Isa said: The hadith of Ibn Abbas is hasan. We know it in this wording only through the report of Abbad ibn Mansur.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness begins at Ibn Abbas and omits the Arabic chain (Muhammad ibn Humayd, Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, Abbad ibn Mansur, and Ikrimah). It also reduces the additional report through other routes to ‘Another chain with similar meaning’ without translating its separate wording, ‘Use ithmid.’
The English witness grades the report hasan gharib and names ‘Abbas bin Mansur’; the Arabic gives hasan and names Abbad ibn Mansur. ‘Gharib’ is absent from the Arabic grading here.
The Arabic says the dye clears vision and causes hair to grow, without specifying eyelashes. Ithmid is retained as the named kohl substance. The transmitter’s claim about the Prophet’s nightly use is kept as a separate statement.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ،
The English witness omits four transmitters preceding Ibn Abbas in the Arabic chain.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?
وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " عَلَيْكُمْ بِالإِثْمِدِ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ " .
The Arabic supplies a second report and its wording (‘Use ithmid…’); the English witness replaces this with a short summary and omits the actual report.
Was the second wording intentionally omitted from the English translation?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ عَلَى هَذَا اللَّفْظِ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ .
The English witness says Abbas, but the Arabic says Abbad ibn Mansur (عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ).
Is ‘Abbas’ a transcription error in the English witness?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ عَلَى هَذَا اللَّفْظِ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ .
The Arabic grades this report hasan and does not include gharib.
Was ‘gharib’ added to the English witness from another source or report?