Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1726
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْفَزَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيْفُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْبُرْجُمِيُّ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ السَّمْنِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْفِرَاءِ . فَقَالَ " الْحَلاَلُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَالْحَرَامُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَمَا سَكَتَ عَنْهُ فَهُوَ مِمَّا عَفَا عَنْهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مَرْفُوعًا إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَرَوَى سُفْيَانُ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَوْلَهُ وَكَأَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ الْمَوْقُوفَ أَصَحُّ . وَسَأَلْتُ الْبُخَارِيَّ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ مَا أُرَاهُ مَحْفُوظًا رَوَى سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ مَوْقُوفًا . قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَسَيْفُ بْنُ هَارُونَ مُقَارِبُ الْحَدِيثِ وَسَيْفُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ ذَاهِبُ الْحَدِيثِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ismail ibn Musa al-Fazari narrated to us: Sayf ibn Harun al-Burjumi narrated to us, from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Abu Uthman, from Salman, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) was asked about clarified butter, cheese, and furs. He said: ‘The lawful is what Allah has made lawful in His Book, the unlawful is what Allah has made unlawful in His Book, and whatever He has kept silent about is among the things He has excused.’
Abu Isa said: There is also a report on this subject from al-Mughirah. This hadith is gharīb; we know it as raised to the Prophet only through this route. Sufyan and others reported it from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Abu Uthman, from Salman as his own statement. It seems that the report stopped at Salman is more correct. I asked al-Bukhari about this hadith, and he said: ‘I do not consider it preserved. Sufyan reported it from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Abu Uthman, from Salman, stopping at Salman.’ Al-Bukhari said: ‘Sayf ibn Harun is middling in hadith, whereas reports of Sayf ibn Muhammad from Asim are abandoned.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness begins at Salman and omits the preceding Arabic chain (Ismail ibn Musa, Sayf ibn Harun, Sulayman al-Taymi, and Abu Uthman). ‘Raised’ (marfu‘) means attributed to the Prophet; ‘stopped at Salman’ (mawquf) means reported as Salman’s statement.
The Arabic names clarified butter (samn), cheese (jubn), and fira’, rendered literally as furs. The exact referent of fira’ is not specified further in this passage.
Muqarib al-hadith and dhahib al-hadith are retained here as evaluations of the transmitters, rendered ‘middling’ and ‘abandoned’ respectively.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْفَزَارِيُّ،
The English witness abbreviates the isnad to Salman, while the Arabic supplies four preceding transmitters.
Can the English witness’s shortened chain be confirmed as an intentional editorial abbreviation?