Hadith 3643

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل، عَنْ الْجَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَال : سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يَقُولُ : ذَهَبَتْ بِي خَالَتِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ : " يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِي وَجِعٌ فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ ، وَتَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ فَقُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ مِثْلُ زِرِّ الْحَجَلَةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : الزِّرُّ يُقَالُ بَيْضٌ لَهَا ، وَفِي الْبَابِ ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ , وَقُرَّةَ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ , وَجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ ، وَأَبِي رِمْثَةَ ، وَبُرَيْدَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ ، وَعَمْرِو بْنِ أَخْطَبَ ، وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
´Narrated As-Sa'ib bin Yazid:` "My maternal aunt took me to the Prophet (ﷺ), and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Indeed my nephew is in pain.' So he wiped over my head and supplicated for blessings for me. And he performed Wudu and I drank from the water of his Wudu. Then I stood behind his back, and I looked at the seal between his two shoulder blades, and it resembled the egg of a partridge.
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب المناقب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3643
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح مختصر الشمائل (14)
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح البخاری/الوضوء 40 (190) ، والمناقب 22 (3540، 3541) ، والمرضی 18 (5670) ، والدعوات 31 (6352) ، صحیح مسلم/الفضائل 30 (2345) ( تحفة الأشراف : 3794) (صحیح)»
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Curtains and draperies often have round, plump tassels at their edges. These are attached to the borders of other fabrics. This is what is meant here.

2: Some scholars of language have interpreted (zar al-hijlah) as the egg of a well-known bird, the partridge (chakor). The author is also stating this. However, the majority of linguists have rejected this interpretation, and maintain that by the word (raz al-hijlah), what is meant is the tassel at the four corners of the bridal canopy (hijlah ‘urusi). Incidentally, in the next hadith regarding the Seal of Prophethood, the example of a pigeon’s egg is also mentioned. There is no contradiction between the two similes; a single thing can resemble several things.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3643