Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1841

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

Abu Kurayb (Muhammad ibn al-‘Ala’) narrated to us: Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyash narrated to us, from Abu Hamzah al-Thumali, from al-Sha‘bi, from Umm Hani’ bint Abi Talib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me and asked, ‘Do you have anything?’ I replied, ‘No, only some dry pieces of bread and vinegar.’ He said: ‘Bring them near. No house that has vinegar is without a condiment.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharīb (good, though rare) by this route; we know it as a report from Umm Hani’ only through this route. Abu Hamzah al-Thumali’s name was Thabit ibn Abi Safiyyah. Umm Hani’ died a long time after ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib. I asked Muhammad about this hadith, and he said: ‘I do not know that al-Sha‘bi heard directly from Umm Hani’.’ I asked, ‘What do you think of Abu Hamzah?’ He replied: ‘Ahmad ibn Hanbal criticized him, but in my view his hadith is middling.’