Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1732
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَتْهُمْ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَبَّرَ لِفَاطِمَةَ شِبْرًا مِنْ نِطَاقِهَا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ . وَفِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ رُخْصَةٌ لِلنِّسَاءِ فِي جَرِّ الإِزَارِ لأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ أَسْتَرَ لَهُنَّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us: Affan informed us: Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Umm al-Hasan al-Basri, that Umm Salamah told them: The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) measured out a handspan on Fatimah’s waist-wrapper.
Abu Isa said: Some transmitters related it from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Ali ibn Zayd, from al-Hasan, from his mother, from Umm Salamah. This hadith indicates a concession for women to let down their waist-wrappers, since that gives them greater covering.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic has two forms of the chain: the main text names Umm al-Hasan al-Basri between Ali ibn Zayd and Umm Salamah; the variant chain is given as al-Hasan, from his mother, from Umm Salamah. ‘Measured out a handspan on Fatimah’s waist-wrapper’ renders shabbara shibran min nitaqiha closely; the exact garment adjustment is not elaborated further.
The English witness gives ‘from al-Hasan, from his father’ in the variant chain, whereas the Arabic says ‘from his mother’ (an ummihi).
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ،
The English witness omits the Arabic chain before Umm Salamah.
Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ .
The Arabic variant chain says al-Hasan, from his mother (an ummihi), not from his father.
Does the English witness contain a kinship error in this variant chain?