Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār


Book 1, Chapter 341

The meaning of Haw’ab and the camel that is adbab
1 Ḥadīth

أخبرنا الحاكم أبو حامد أحمد بن الحسين بن علي ببلخ، قال: حدثنا محمد بن العباس، قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن إسحاق، قال: حدثني إبراهيم بن سعيد، قال: حدثنا أبو نعيم قال: حدثنا عصام بن قدامة، عن عكرمة، عن ابن عباس، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أنه قال لنسائه: ليت شعري أيتكن صاحبة الجمل الأدبب التي تنبحها كلاب الحوأب فيقتل عن يمينها وعن يسارها قتلى كثيرة ثم تنجو بعد ما كادت.


1. We were informed by al-Hakim, Abu Hamid, Ahmad bin Hussain bin Ali, in Balkh, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abbas, that he said: We were told by Ibrahim bin Ishaq, that he said: I was told by Ibrahim bin Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Abu Na’eem, that he said: We were told by Isam bin Qudama, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, that he said to his women: I wish I knew which one of you is going to be one with the camel that is adbab to whom the dogs of Haw’ab, and then, it will be killed, by her right and by her left, many victims, and then she will be saved after she is near.