Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1760
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ رُكُوبِ الْمَيَاثِرِ . قَالَ وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ . وَحَدِيثُ الْبَرَاءِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَى شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ نَحْوَهُ وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ali ibn Hujr informed us: Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us: Abu Ishaq al-Shaybani narrated to us, from Ash‘ath ibn Abi al-Sha‘tha, from Muawiyah ibn Suwayd ibn Muqarrin, from al-Bara ibn Azib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) forbade us from riding on mayathir.
He said: This hadith contains an account. Reports on this subject are also related from Ali and Muawiyah. Abu Isa said: The hadith of al-Bara is hasan sahih. Shu‘bah narrated something similar from Ash‘ath ibn Abi al-Sha‘tha, and that report contains an account as well.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Mayathir is retained in transliteration as a type of riding cushion or saddle covering; this passage does not define the term. The English witness also transliterates it as ‘Miyathir.’ The Arabic twice notes that the report contains a story/account; the English describes the second report as lengthy but does not explicitly translate both notes.
The English witness begins at al-Bara ibn Azib and omits the chain (Ali ibn Hujr, Ali ibn Mushir, Abu Ishaq al-Shaybani, Ash‘ath ibn Abi al-Sha‘tha, and Muawiyah ibn Suwayd ibn Muqarrin).
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ،
The English witness omits five transmitters preceding al-Bara in the Arabic chain.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?
قَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ رُكُوبِ الْمَيَاثِرِ .
Mayathir is a culturally specific riding-cushion term that is not defined in this passage; it is retained in transliteration.
What precise kind of riding cushion or covering is meant by mayathir here?
قَالَ وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ .
The Arabic twice states that the report contains a story/account; the English witness does not explicitly preserve both statements.
Should the story/account notes be rendered explicitly in the English text?