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Darussalam · Volume 4
25. Chapters On Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1991 · Volume 4 · Page 491
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صحيح، المشكاة (٤٨٨٦) ، مختصر الشمائل (٢٠٣)
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1991. Anas narrated: "A man sought a mount from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ who said: 'Indeed, I will let you ride on a she-camel's child.' So he said: 'O Messenger of Allāh ﷺ! What can a she-camel's child do?' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Are camels borne from other than she-camels?'" (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is [Hasan] Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb.
١٩٩١ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ «أَنَّ رَجُلًا» اسْتَحْمَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي حَامِلُكَ عَلَى وَلَدِ النَّاقَةِ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِ النَّاقَةِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: وَهَلْ تَلِدُ الْإِبِلَ إِلَّا النُّوقُ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ.
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The Prophet ﷺ said these words in a jovial mood but the questioner failed to take it in that light and took the words 'she-camel's child' in the literal sense of a young colt, which is unfit for riding. Upon this the Prophet ﷺ explained that every born child however it grows in age, is after all, the child of its parents.