حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَکَمِ النَّخَعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَبْرَةَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ مُسَيْکٍ الْغُطَيْفِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ سَبَأٍ مَا هُوَ أَرْضٌ أَمْ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ بِأَرْضٍ وَلَا امْرَأَةٍ وَلَکِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ وَلَدَ عَشْرَةً مِنْ الْعَرَبِ فَتَيَامَنَ سِتَّةٌ وَتَشَائَمَ أَرْبَعَةٌ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ الْغَطَفَانِيُّ مَکَانَ الْغُطَيْفِيِّ وَقَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَکَمِ النَّخَعِيُّ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3988
Narrated Farwah ibn Musayk al-Ghutayfi: I came to the Prophet ﷺ. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. A man from the people said: "Messenger of Allah! tell us about Saba'; what is it: land or woman? He replied: It is neither land nor woman; it is a man to whom ten children of the Arabs were born: six of them lived in the Yemen and four lived in Syria. The narrator Uthman said al-Ghatafani instead of al-Ghutayfi. He said: It has been transmitted to us by al-Hasan ibn al-Hakam an-Nakha'i.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020