Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1844
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْفَزَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأْكُلُ الْقِثَّاءَ بِالرُّطَبِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Isma‘il ibn Musa al-Fazari narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d narrated to us, from his father, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja‘far, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat cucumber with fresh dates. Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih gharīb (good, authentic, and rare); we know it only through the report of Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says al-qiththa’ (cucumber) with fresh dates; the witness specifies ‘snake cucumber’, a narrower identification not present in this wording.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْفَزَارِيُّ،
The English witness omits the chain through Isma‘il ibn Musa, Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d, and his father.
Should the full chain be included?
قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأْكُلُ الْقِثَّاءَ بِالرُّطَبِ .
The Arabic names cucumber generally; the witness specifies snake cucumber.
Should the witness retain the broader term cucumber?