Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1846
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ الْجُرْجَانِيُّ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الْمَعْنَى، وَاحِدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ يَعْنِي الرُّمَّانِيَّ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ أَنَّ بَرَكَةَ الطَّعَامِ الْوُضُوءُ بَعْدَهُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " بَرَكَةُ الطَّعَامِ الْوُضُوءُ قَبْلَهُ وَالْوُضُوءُ بَعْدَهُ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى لاَ نَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ قَيْسِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ . وَقَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَأَبُو هَاشِمٍ الرُّمَّانِيُّ اسْمُهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ دِينَارٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yahya ibn Musa narrated to us: ‘Abd Allah ibn Numayr narrated to us: Qays ibn al-Rabi‘ narrated to us. (Another route:) Qutaybah narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Karim al-Jurjani narrated to us, from Qays ibn al-Rabi‘—the meaning is the same—, from Abu Hashim, namely al-Rummani, from Zadhan, from Salman, who said: I read in the Torah that the blessing of food is wudu’ (washing) after it. I mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him what I had read in the Torah. The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The blessing of food is wudu’ before it and wudu’ after it.’ Reports on this topic also come from Anas and Abu Hurayrah. Abu ‘Isa said: We know this hadith only through the report of Qays ibn al-Rabi‘. Qays ibn al-Rabi‘ is considered weak in hadith. Abu Hashim al-Rummani’s name was Yahya ibn Dinar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source uses wudu’ before and after eating; it may refer to washing before and after the meal, while the wording is retained without narrowing it to a specific ritual procedure. The Arabic gives two routes which converge at Qays ibn al-Rabi‘ and continue with the same meaning.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى،
The English witness omits both transmission routes through Yahya ibn Musa/‘Abd Allah ibn Numayr and Qutaybah/‘Abd al-Karim al-Jurjani.
Should both chains be included in the witness?
قَالَ قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ أَنَّ بَرَكَةَ الطَّعَامِ الْوُضُوءُ بَعْدَهُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " بَرَكَةُ الطَّعَامِ الْوُضُوءُ قَبْلَهُ وَالْوُضُوءُ بَعْدَهُ " .
The Arabic says al-wudu’ after food; in context this may mean washing before and after eating, while the witness leaves it as ritual wudu’.
Should the witness clarify whether this means handwashing or ritual ablution?