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Ash-Shama'il 220

“There was a slenderness in the legs of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and his laugh always took the form of a joyful smile, so when I looked at him, I said: ‘His eyes are…

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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

قَالَ: كَانَ فِي سَاقَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، حُمُوشَةٌ، وَكَانَ لا يَضْحَكُ إِلا تَبَسُّمًا، فَكُنْتُ إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ، قُلْتُ: أَكْحَلُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، وَلَيْسَ بِأَكْحَلَ

“There was a slenderness in the legs of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and his laugh always took the form of a joyful smile, so when I looked at him, I said: ‘His eyes are blackened, though and he is not black-eyed’!”

Ash-Shama'il 220, Book 35, The Laughing Of Rasoolullah, Hadith 1. 1 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Ahmad ibn ManiTold us, Fourth generation, died 244 AH
  3. 3Abbad ibn al-AwwamTold us, Third generation, died 183 AH
  4. 4Hajjaj ibn ArtahInformed us, Third generation, died 145 AH
  5. 5Simak ibn HarbFrom, Successor, died 123 AH
  6. 6Jabir ibn SamurahFrom, Companion, died 72 AH

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