Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1770

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1770
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمِ بْنِ الْبَرِيدِ، وَأَبُو سَعْدٍ الصَّغَانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْهَبِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ، عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ، قَالَ أُصِيبَ أَنْفِي يَوْمَ الْكُلاَبِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَاتَّخَذْتُ أَنْفًا مِنْ وَرِقٍ فَأَنْتَنَ عَلَىَّ فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ أَنْفًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ahmad ibn Mani narrated to us: Ali ibn Hashim ibn al-Barid and Abu Sa‘d al-Saghani narrated to us, from Abu al-Ashhab, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Tarafah, from Urfajah ibn As‘ad, who said: My nose was injured on the Day of al-Kulab during the pre-Islamic period. I fashioned a nose for myself from silver, but it became foul-smelling against me. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) ordered me to fashion a nose from gold.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The English witness begins at Urfajah ibn As‘ad and omits the preceding transmitters (Ahmad ibn Mani, Ali ibn Hashim ibn al-Barid, Abu Sa‘d al-Saghani, Abu al-Ashhab, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Tarafah). Al-Kulab is retained as the battle/day name given in the Arabic.

  • The Arabic says ‘my nose was injured’ (usiba anfi); the English witness specifies that it was severed. That more specific detail is not stated in the supplied Arabic wording. The Arabic says the silver prosthesis became foul-smelling and the Prophet ordered a gold one.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ،

    The English witness omits five transmitters preceding Urfajah in the Arabic chain.

    Can the English witness’s abbreviated isnad be confirmed as an intentional editorial choice?

  • قَالَ أُصِيبَ أَنْفِي يَوْمَ الْكُلاَبِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَاتَّخَذْتُ أَنْفًا مِنْ وَرِقٍ فَأَنْتَنَ عَلَىَّ فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ أَنْفًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ‏.

    The Arabic says that the speaker’s nose was injured, without explicitly saying it was severed.

    Is ‘severed’ supplied from another source, or does it over-specify the Arabic wording here?