حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ الْأَذَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُمِّ خَالِدٍ بِنْتِ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُتِيَ بِکِسْوَةٍ فِيهَا خَمِيصَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ فَقَالَ مَنْ تَرَوْنَ أَحَقُّ بِهَذِهِ فَسَکَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ ائْتُونِي بِأُمِّ خَالِدٍ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا فَأَلْبَسَهَا إِيَّاهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبْلِي وَأَخْلِقِي مَرَّتَيْنِ وَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَی عَلَمٍ فِي الْخَمِيصَةِ أَحْمَرَ أَوْ أَصْفَرَ وَيَقُولُ سَنَاهْ سَنَاهْ يَا أُمَّ خَالِدٍ وَسَنَاهْ فِي کَلَامِ الْحَبَشَةِ الْحَسَنُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4024
Narrated Umm Khalid, daughter of Saad bin al-As: Once the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought some garments among which was a small cloak with a border and black stripes. He said: Whom do you think to be more deserving for it ? The people kept silence. He said: Bring Umm Khalid. The she was carried to him and he put it on her, saying: Wear it out and make it ragged twice. Then he went on looking at red or yellow marks on it, and said: This is sanah, sanah, Umm Khalid. It means "beautiful" in the language of the Abyssinians.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020