Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1498

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

Al-Hasan ibn Ali narrated to us: Ubayd Allah ibn Musa narrated to us; Israil informed us, from Abu Ishaq, from Shurayh ibn al-Numan, from Ali, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with a similar report, adding: “The muqabalah is an animal whose ear tip has been cut off; the mudabarah is one whose ear has been cut from the side; the sharqa is one whose ear is split; and the kharqa is one whose ear is pierced.” Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih. Abu Isa also said: Shurayh ibn al-Numan al-Saidi was a Kufan and one of the companions of Ali. Shurayh ibn Hani was a Kufan whose father was a Companion, and he was among the companions of Ali. Shurayh ibn al-Harith al-Kindi, Abu Umayya, the judge, also narrated from Ali. All of them were among the companions of Ali and lived in the same era. The phrase “that we inspect carefully” means that we look carefully.