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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3643

Chapter: Regarding The Seal Of Prophethood

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3643

Narrator:As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنِ الْجَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ، يَقُولُ ذَهَبَتْ بِي خَالَتِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم 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 ‏

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.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 3643), Al-Bukhari (No. 190, 3541, 5670, 6352) and Muslim (No. 2345).

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An explanation exists for another version of this hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 190

Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ الْجَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ) بْنِ أَوْسٍ وَقَدْ يُنْسَبُ إِلَى جَدِّهِ وَقَدْ يُصَغَّرُ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ الْخَامِسَةِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( إِنَّ اِبْنَ أُخْتِي ) اِسْمُهَا عُلْيَةُ بِضَمِّ الْمُهْمَلَةِ وَسُكُونِ اللَّامِ بَعْدَهَا مُوَحَّدَةٌ بِنْتُ شُرَيْحٍ أُخْتُ مَخْرَمَةَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ ( وَجِعَ ) بِكَسْرِ الْجِيمِ أَيْ مَرِيضٌ وَجَاءَ بِلَفْظِ الْفِعْلِ الْمَاضِي مُبَيِّنًا لِلْفَاعِلِ وَالْمُرَادُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَشْتَكِي رِجْلَهُ كَمَا ثَبَتَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ ( فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِي ) الْبَاءُ زَائِدَةٌ. قَالَ عَطَاءٌ مَوْلَى السَّائِبِ كَانَ مُقَدَّمُ رَأْسِ السَّائِبِ أَسْوَدَ وَهُوَ الْمَوْضِعُ الَّذِي مَسَحَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ ر…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3643
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 3643
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3643
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 3643

Other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 190

O Messenger of Allah, my nephew is ailing. So he wiped over my head and invoked blessings upon me. Then he performed ablution and I drank from the water of his ablution. After that, I stood behind his back and looked at the seal of prophet-hood between his two shoulder blades, and it resembled the egg of a pigeon

Al-Ja‘d reported that he heard As-Sā’ib ibn Yazīd say: "My maternal aunt took me to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, my nephew is ailing.' So he wiped over my head and invoked blessings upon me. Then he performed ablution and I drank from…

‏.‏ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى خَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ مِثْلِ زِرِّ الْحَجَلَةِ‏.‏

Narrated by As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd Explained

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3541

My aunt took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My nephew is sick"' The Prophet (ﷺ) passed his hands over my head and blessed me. Then he performed ablution and I drank the remaining water, and standing behind him. A saw the seal in between his shoulders."

ابْنَ أُخْتِي‏.‏ وَقَعَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، وَتَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى خَاتَمٍ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ

Narrated by As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5670

My aunt took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My nephew is- ill." The Prophet (ﷺ) touched my head with his hand and invoked Allah to bless me. He then performed ablution and I drank of the remaining water of his ablution and then stood behind his back and saw "Khatam…

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِي وَجِعٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ وَقُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى خَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ…

Narrated by As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6352

My aunt took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My sister's son is sick." So he passed his hand over my head and invoked for Allah's blessing upon me and then performed the ablution. I drank from the water of his ablution and I stood behind him and looked at his Khatam…

فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي، وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى خَاتَمِهِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ مِثْلَ زِرِّ الْحَجَلَةِ‏.‏

Narrated by As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2345

My mother's sister took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, here is the son of my sister and he is ailing. He touched my head and invoked blessings upon me. He then performed ablution and I drank the water left from his ablution; then I stood behind him and I saw the seal…

ابْنَ أُخْتِي وَجِعٌ ‏.‏ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ وَضُوئِهِ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى خَاتِمِهِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ مِثْلَ زِرِّ الْحَجَلَةِ ‏.‏

Narrated by As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd

Authentic chain Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya 16

‘My maternal aunt took me to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), and she said; “O Messenger of Allah, my sister's son is in pain!” He therefore stroked my head (Allah bless him and give him peace) and supplicated blessing for my sake. He performed the minor ritual ablution. I drank…

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَجَاءٍ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنِ الْجَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ‏:‏ سَمِعْتُ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ، يَقُولُ‏:‏ ذَهَبَتْ بِي خَالَتِي إِلَى…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Mishkat al-Masabih 476

My maternal aunt took me to the Prophet and said, “My nephew is ill.” So he wiped my head, invoked a blessing on me, then performed ablution, and I drank some of the water he had used. Then I stood up behind his back and looked at the seal of prophecy between his shoulders, like the button on a…

وَعَن السَّائِب بن يزِيد قَالَ: ذَهَبَتْ بِي خَالَتِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِي وَجِعٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لي بِالْبَرَكَةِ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ…

Narrated by As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd

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I came to the Prophet with a company of Muzaina who swore allegiance to him, and as his buttons were open I put my hand inside his shirt and felt the seal. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3874

When I came from Ethiopia (to Medina), I was a young girl. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made me wear a sheet having marks on it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was rubbing those marks with his hands saying, "Sanah! Sanah!" (i.e. good, good).

، فَكَسَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَمِيصَةً لَهَا أَعْلاَمٌ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَمْسَحُ الأَعْلاَمَ بِيَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ ‏"‏ سَنَاهْ، سَنَاهْ ‏"

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