Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1710
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ الْوَسْمِ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَالضَّرْبِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Mani reported to us from Rawh ibn Ubadah, from Ibn Jurayj, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, that the Prophet forbade branding on the face and striking.
Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic coordinates ‘striking’ with the prohibition on branding the face but does not state its object explicitly.
نَهَى عَنِ الْوَسْمِ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَالضَّرْبِ
The Arabic does not state the object of ‘striking’; the English witness supplies ‘it.’
Is striking the face also intended, or is the object broader?