Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1840
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَسْكَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " نِعْمَ الإِدَامُ الْخَلُّ " . حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ " نِعْمَ الإِدَامُ أَوِ الأُدْمُ الْخَلُّ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Sahl ibn ‘Askar al-Baghdadi narrated to us: Yahya ibn Hassan narrated to us: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘What an excellent condiment vinegar is.’ ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: Yahya ibn Hassan informed us, from Sulayman ibn Bilal, with the same chain and a similar report, except that he said: ‘What an excellent condiment—or, vinegar is the best of condiments.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih gharīb (good, authentic, and rare) by this route. We know it as a report from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah only through Sulayman ibn Bilal.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The second wording offers an alternative expression involving al-idam/al-udm; both options are retained rather than harmonized.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَسْكَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ،
The English witness omits the two chains through Muhammad ibn Sahl ibn ‘Askar, ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, and Yahya ibn Hassan.
Should both chains be included?