Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1817
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَشْقَرُ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخَذَ بِيَدِ مَجْذُومٍ فَأَدْخَلَهُ مَعَهُ فِي الْقَصْعَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " كُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ثِقَةً بِاللَّهِ وَتَوَكُّلاً عَلَيْهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ فَضَالَةَ . وَالْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ هَذَا شَيْخٌ بَصْرِيٌّ وَالْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ شَيْخٌ آخَرُ مِصْرِيٌّ أَوْثَقُ مِنْ هَذَا وَأَشْهَرُ . وَقَدْ رَوَى شُعْبَةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ مَجْذُومٍ وَحَدِيثُ شُعْبَةَ أَثْبَتُ عِنْدِي وَأَصَحُّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Sa‘id al-Ashqar and Ibrahim ibn Ya‘qub both narrated to us: Yunus ibn Muhammad narrated to us: al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah narrated to us, from Habib ibn al-Shahid, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took a man afflicted with leprosy by the hand and brought him to share the bowl with him. Then he said: ‘Eat in the name of Allah, trusting in Allah and relying upon Him.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is gharīb (rare); we know it only through the report of Yunus ibn Muhammad from al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah. This al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah was a Basran shaykh; another shaykh named al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah was an Egyptian, more trustworthy and better known than this one. Shu‘bah reported this hadith from Habib ibn al-Shahid, from Ibn Buraydah, that Ibn ‘Umar took a man afflicted with leprosy by the hand. Shu‘bah’s report is more firmly established and more sound in my view.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic identifies the second, better-known al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah as Egyptian, not Basran. The phrase about joining the bowl is rendered as sharing the dish; the English witness's wording could be read as placing the man's hand directly into the bowl.
وَالْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ هَذَا شَيْخٌ بَصْرِيٌّ وَالْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ شَيْخٌ آخَرُ مِصْرِيٌّ أَوْثَقُ مِنْ هَذَا وَأَشْهَرُ .
The Arabic says the other al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah was Egyptian (misri), not Basran.
Should the second shaykh's origin be corrected to Egypt?
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَشْقَرُ،
The English witness omits the opening transmitters and shortens the chain.
Should the full chain be included?
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَخَذَ بِيَدِ مَجْذُومٍ فَأَدْخَلَهُ مَعَهُ فِي الْقَصْعَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " كُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ثِقَةً بِاللَّهِ وَتَوَكُّلاً عَلَيْهِ " .
The Arabic says he took the man by the hand and brought him into the bowl/dish with him; the witness can imply that the man's hand was placed directly inside it.
Should the witness clarify that the man was brought to share the dish?