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ahmad:1122Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > Ibn ʿUmayr > Sharīk > Lah ʿAmman Yā Abū ʿUmayr ʿAmman > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr from his father > ʿAlī

The Prophet ﷺ had a large head, a reddish complexion, large hands and feet, a large beard, a long line of hair from his chest to his navel, and large joints. He walked as if going downhill, energetically. He was neither short not tall. I have never seen anyone like him before or since.  

أحمد:١١٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ

شَرِيكٌ قُلْتُ لَهُ عَمَّنْ يَا أَبَا عُمَيْرٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ؟ قَالَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ضَخْمَ الْهَامَةِ مُشْرَبًا حُمْرَةً شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ ضَخْمَ اللِّحْيَةِ طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ يَمْشِي فِي صَبَبٍ يَتَكَفَّأُ فِي الْمِشْيَةِ لَا قَصِيرٌ وَلَا طَوِيلٌ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ مِثْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ ﷺ  


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ahmad:746Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Hurmuz > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither tall nor short, he had a large head, a big beard and large hands and feet. His face had a reddish colour; he had a long thin line of hair from the top of his chest to his navel; and he had large joints. When he walked, he walked energetically as is walking downhill, I never saw anyone like him before or since,  

أحمد:٧٤٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلا بِالْقَصِيرِ ضَخْمُ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ شَثْنُ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ مُشْرَبٌ وَجْهُهُ حُمْرَةًطَوِيلُ الْمَسْرُبَةِ ضَخْمُ الْكَرَادِيسِ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ تَكَفُّؤًا كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَطُّ مِنْ صَبَبٍ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ﷺ  

ahmad:944ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybahawaʾismāʿīl Ibn b. al-Suddī > Sharīk > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

He had a large head, a reddish white complexion, a large beard, large joints and large hands and feet. He had a long line of hair running from his chest to his navel and the hair on his head was thick and slightly wavy. He used to lean forward when walking as if he was walking uphill, and he was neither tall nor short, I have never seen anyone like him ﷺ before or since. ‘Ali bin Hakeem said in his hadeeth: ‘Ali bin Abi Talib ؓ described the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to us. He said: He had a large head and beautiful, slightly wavy hair.  

أحمد:٩٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَوَإِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ بِنْتِ السُّدِّيِّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

أَنَّهُ وَصَفَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ عَظِيمَ الْهَامَةِ أَبْيَضَ مُشْرَبًا حُمْرَةً عَظِيمَ اللِّحْيَةِ ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ كَثِيرَ شَعَرِ الرَّأْسِ رَجْلَهُ يَتَكَفَّأُ فِي مِشْيَتِهِ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ فِي صَبَبٍ لَا طَوِيلٌ وَلا قَصِيرٌ لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ ﷺ وَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَصَفَ لَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ ضَخْمَ الْهَامَةِ حَسَنَ الشَّعَرِ رَجِلَهُ  

ahmad:946ʿAbdullāh > Surayj b. Yūnus > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī > Ibn Jurayj > Ṣāliḥ b. Suʿayd or Saʿīd > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿimʿan ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither short nor tall; he had a large head, wavy hair, a big beard and a reddish complexion. There was a long line of hair running from his chest to his navel. He had large joints and large hands and feet. When he walked, he walked energetically as if walking downhill, I have never seen anyone like him before or since.  

أحمد:٩٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سُعَيْدٍ أَوْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍعَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا قَصِيرٌ وَلا طَوِيلٌ عَظِيمَ الرَّأْسِ رَجِلَهُ عَظِيمَ اللِّحْيَةِ مُشْرَبًا حُمْرَةً طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ عَظِيمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ كَأَنَّمَا يَهْبِطُ فِي صَبَبٍ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ﷺ  

ahmad:1053Wakīʿ > Mujammiʿ b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿImrān al-Anṣārī > ʿAlī Wa-al-Masʿūdī > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Hurmuz > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was neither short not tall; he had a large head and beard, large hands and feet, large joints, a reddish face, and a long line of hair from his chest to his navel. When he walked he walked energetically, as if lifting his feet from a rock. I have never seen anyone like him before or since, may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him.  

أحمد:١٠٥٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَمِّعُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَالْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ بِالْقَصِيرِ وَلا بِالطَّوِيلِ ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ مُشْرَبًا وَجْهُهُ حُمْرَةً طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ تَكَفُّؤًا كَأَنَّمَا يَتَقَلَّعُ مِنْ صَخْرٍ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ﷺ  

hakim:4194Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Aḥmasī Bi-al-Kūfah > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥumayd > Abū Nuʿaym al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > al-Masʿūdī > ʿUthmān b. Muslim b. Hurmuz > Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim > ʿAlī

"The Prophet ﷺ was not tall nor was he short, his hands and feet were thick, his head was large, he was big-boned, he had a long Masrubah (the line of hair from the chest to the navel), and whenever he walked, he leaned forward as if he was going down a decline. I have not seen anyone before him nor after him that resembled him ﷺ." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3637)  

الحاكم:٤١٩٤أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْأَحْمَسِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

«لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلَا بِالْقَصِيرِ شَثْنُ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ ضَخْمُ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ مُشْرَبٌ حُمْرَةً ضَخْمُ الْكَرَادِيسِ طَوِيلُ الْمَسْرُبَةِ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ تَكَفُّؤًا كَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي يَنْحَطُّ مِنْ صَبَبٍ لَمْ أَرْ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ﷺ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ بِهَذِهِ الْأَلْفَاظِ صحيح
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السيوطي:٤-٩١٢b

" عن نافع بنِ جُبَيْر قَالَ: وَصَفَ لَنَا عَلِىٌّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلاَ بِالْقَصِيرِ، وَكَانَ أَبْيَضَ مُشْربًا بِحُمْرَةٍ، ضَخْمَ الهَامَةِ، عَظيمَ اللِّحْيَةِ، كَثِيرَ الشَّعرِ رَجْلَهُ، شَثْنَ الْكَفيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، صخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، إِذَا مَشَى يمْشِى يَكْفَأُ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلاَ بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ".  

ابن جرير، [ع] أبو يعلى [ق] البيهقى في السنن فيه، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
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السيوطي:٤-١٦٢b

"عَنْ علِيٍّ: كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ لَيْسَ بِالقَصيرِ وَلاَ بِالطَّويل، ضَخْمَ الرَّأسِ وَالِّلحْيَةِ، شَثْنَ الكَفَّيْنِ وَالقَدَمَيْنِ، مُشْرَبًا وَجْهُهُ حُمْرَةً، طَوِيلَ المَسْرُبَةِ، ضَخْمَ الكرَادِيسِ، إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ تَكَفُّؤا كَأنَّما يَنْحَطُّ مِنْ صَبَبٍ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلاَ بَعْدَه مِثْلَهُ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد والعبدنى، وابن منيع، [ت] الترمذي وقال: حسن، وابن أبى عاصم [ع] أبو يعلى وابن جرير، [حب] ابن حبّان [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل، [ص] سعيد بن منصور