Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1693
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَامَ الْفَتْحِ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمِغْفَرُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ ابْنُ خَطَلٍ مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ . فَقَالَ " اقْتُلُوهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُ كَبِيرَ أَحَدٍ رَوَاهُ غَيْرَ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah reported to us from Malik ibn Anas, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: In the year of the Conquest, the Prophet entered wearing a helmet on his head. He was told: Ibn Khatal is clinging to the coverings of the Kaaba. He said: Kill him.
Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih gharib. We do not know of any prominent transmitter who reported it apart from Malik from al-Zuhri.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic does not name Makkah in this sentence; the English witness adds it parenthetically. The unusual wording of Abu Isa’s final comment is rendered as ‘prominent transmitter.’
دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَامَ الْفَتْحِ
Makkah is supplied parenthetically in the English witness but is not named in the Arabic wording.
Should the location supplied by the English witness be retained only as contextual information?
لاَ نَعْرِفُ كَبِيرَ أَحَدٍ رَوَاهُ غَيْرَ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ
The phrase kabir ahad is unusual in this context; ‘prominent transmitter’ is a cautious rendering.
What sense of kabir is intended in the compiler’s wording here?