Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1698

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّخَعِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الشِّكَالَ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو زُرْعَةَ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ اسْمُهُ هَرِمٌ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الرَّازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّخَعِيُّ إِذَا حَدَّثْتَنِي فَحَدِّثْنِي عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ فَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي مَرَّةً بِحَدِيثٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِسِنِينَ فَمَا أَخْرَمَ مِنْهُ حَرْفًا ‏.‏

Translation

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

Muhammad ibn Bashshar reported to us from Yahya ibn Said, from Sufyan, who said: Salm ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Nakha i reported to me from Abu Zurah ibn Amr ibn Jarir, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet, that he disliked shikal among horses.

Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih. Shu bah also transmitted a similar report from Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Khath ami, from Abu Zurah, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet. Abu Zurah ibn Amr ibn Jarir’s name was Harim.

Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi reported to us; Jarir reported to us from Umarah ibn al-Qa qa, who said: Ibrahim al-Nakha i said to me: When you narrate from me, narrate from me through Abu Zurah, for he once narrated a hadith to me. I asked him about it years later, and he had not omitted a single letter from it.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • Shikal is retained as a horse-marking term because this passage does not explain which pattern it denotes. The Arabic says ‘years later’; the English witness specifies two years.

  • الشِّكَالَ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ

    The passage does not define which equine marking shikal refers to.

    What specific coat pattern does shikal designate here?

  • سَأَلْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِسِنِينَ

    The Arabic says years later but gives no number; the English witness says two years.

    Is the English witness’s ‘two years’ supported by another edition?