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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 18

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 18
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ تَسْتَنْجُوا بِالرَّوْثِ وَلاَ بِالْعِظَامِ فَإِنَّهُ زَادُ إِخْوَانِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَسَلْمَانَ وَجَابِرٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ - الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ - فَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَسْتَنْجُوا بِالرَّوْثِ وَلاَ بِالْعِظَامِ فَإِنَّهُ زَادُ إِخْوَانِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَكَأَنَّ رِوَايَةَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَصَحُّ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ ‏.‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ رضى الله عنهما ‏.‏

Translation

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

Hannad narrated to us; Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from Dawud ibn Abi Hind, from al-Sha'bi, from 'Alqamah, from 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not clean yourselves with dung or bones, for they are provisions for your brothers among the jinn." There are also reports on this subject from Abu Hurairah, Salman, Jabir, and Ibn 'Umar. Abu 'Isa said: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim and others narrated this hadith from Dawud ibn Abi Hind, from al-Sha'bi, from 'Alqamah, from 'Abd Allah, who was with the Prophet ﷺ on the Night of the Jinn—the full hadith—where al-Sha'bi said that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not clean yourselves with dung or bones, for they are provisions for your brothers among the jinn." Isma'il's narration seems sounder than Hafs ibn Ghiyath's. Scholars act according to this hadith. There are also reports on this subject from Jabir and Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لاَ تَسْتَنْجُوا بِالرَّوْثِ وَلاَ بِالْعِظَامِ فَإِنَّهُ زَادُ إِخْوَانِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The source describes the jinn as the narrators' brothers; the referent and sense of this kinship expression are left as stated.

    Does this kinship wording need a separate explanatory note?