Musnad Ahmad 947
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الشَّعْثَاءِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمَكِّيِّ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ قَالَ
سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ صِفَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: لَا قَصِيرٌ وَلَا طَوِيلٌ، مُشْرَبٌ لَوْنُهُ حُمْرَةً، حَسَنُ الشَّعَرِ رَجِلَهُ، ضَخْمُ الْكَرَادِيسِ، شَثْنُ الْكَفَّيْنِ [وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ]، ضَخْمُ الْهَامَةِ، طَوِيلُ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ، كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ، لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَبْلَهُ، وَلَا بَعْدَهُ ﷺ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh
- Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Sulaymān
- Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān
- Ḥajjāj
- ʿUthmān
- Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Makkī
- Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim
✧ 'Ali was asked about the description of the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: He was neither short nor tall, his complexion had a reddish tinge, his hair was beautiful and slightly curly, he had large joints, rough palms [and feet], a large head, and a long line of hair from chest to navel. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope. I have not seen anyone like him before or after ﷺ.
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Good Due to External Factors | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Darussalam | Hasan because of corroborating evidence | sunnah.com |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- al-Ḍiyāʾ al-Maqdisī
سئل الدارقطني عنه فذكر الاختلاف فيه قال والصواب قول من قال عن نافع بن جبير عن علي ولم يذكر فيه جبيرا والله أعلم فإن بعضهم ذكره عن نافع عن أبيه عن علي وبعضهم يقول عن نافع عن أبيه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
machine translationAl-Dāraquṭnī was asked about him, and he mentioned the disagreement concerning it. He said: The correct view is that of those who said, "from Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr, from ʿAlī," without mentioning Jubayr in it, and God knows best. For some of them mentioned it from Nāfiʿ, from his father, from ʿAlī, and some of them say: from Nāfiʿ, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ.
in مسند أحمد, p. 954 - Dāraquṭnī
سئل الدارقطني عنه فذكر الاختلاف فيه قال والصواب قول من قال عن نافع بن جبير عن علي ولم يذكر فيه جبيرا والله أعلم فإن بعضهم ذكره عن نافع عن أبيه عن علي وبعضهم يقول عن نافع عن أبيه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
machine translationAl-Dāraquṭnī was asked about him, and he mentioned the disagreement concerning it. He said: The correct view is that of those who said, "from Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr, from ʿAlī," without mentioning Jubayr in it, and God knows best. For some of them mentioned it from Nāfiʿ, from his father, from ʿAlī, and some of them say: from Nāfiʿ, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ.
in مسند أحمد, p. 954 - Dāraquṭnī
والصواب قول من قال عن نافع بن جبير عن علي ولم يذكر فيه جبيرا
machine translationThe correct view is that of those who said, "from Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr, from ʿAlī," without mentioning Jubayr in it.
in مسند أحمد, p. 954
Narrators
- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 40 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍأحد العشرةسئل
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 99 AHنَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍثقة فاضلعن
- He has some leniency (layyin)أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمَكِّيِّفيه لينعن
- He has some leniency (layyin)أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمَكِّيِّفيه لينعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), who made many errors and practiced much concealment (tadlīs)d. 145 AH, or before it, or 147 AHحَجَّاجٍصدوق كثير الخطأ والتدليسعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. 189 AH, or 190 AHأَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَصدوق يخطئحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 236 AH, also said: 237 AHأَبُو الشَّعْثَاءِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَثقةحدثني
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 290 AH, or 297عَبْدُ اللهِثقة
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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