حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي حَلِيمَةَ مِنْ قَصْرِ الْأَحْنَفِ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ الْمَعْنَی وَاحِدٌ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَی بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَوْلَی غُفْرَةَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ کَانَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا وَصَفَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَمْ يَکُنْ بِالطَّوِيلِ الْمُمَّغِطِ وَلَا بِالْقَصِيرِ الْمُتَرَدِّدِ وَکَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنْ الْقَوْمِ وَلَمْ يَکُنْ بِالْجَعْدِ الْقَطَطِ وَلَا بِالسَّبِطِ کَانَ جَعْدًا رَجِلًا وَلَمْ يَکُنْ بِالْمُطَهَّمِ وَلَا بِالْمُکَلْثَمِ وَکَانَ فِي الْوَجْهِ تَدْوِيرٌ أَبْيَضُ مُشْرَبٌ أَدْعَجُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ أَهْدَبُ الْأَشْفَارِ جَلِيلُ الْمُشَاشِ وَالْکَتَدِ أَجْرَدُ ذُو مَسْرُبَةٍ شَثْنُ الْکَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ إِذَا مَشَی تَقَلَّعَ کَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي فِي صَبَبٍ وَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ مَعًا بَيْنَ کَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَهُوَ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ أَجْوَدُ النَّاسِ کَفَّا وَأَشْرَحُهُمْ صَدْرًا وَأَصْدَقُ النَّاسِ لَهْجَةً وَأَلْيَنُهُمْ عَرِيکَةً وَأَکْرَمُهُمْ عِشْرَةً مَنْ رَآهُ بَدِيهَةً هَابَهُ وَمَنْ خَالَطَهُ مَعْرِفَةً أَحَبَّهُ يَقُولُ نَاعِتُهُ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِمُتَّصِلٍ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ سَمِعْتُ الْأَصْمَعِيَّ يَقُولُ فِي تَفْسِيرِهِ صِفَةَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُمَّغِطُ الذَّاهِبُ طُولًا وَسَمِعْتُ أَعْرَابِيًّا يَقُولُ تَمَغَّطَ فِي نُشَّابَةٍ أَيْ مَدَّهَا مَدًّا شَدِيدًا وَأَمَّا الْمُتَرَدِّدُ فَالدَّاخِلُ بَعْضُهُ فِي بَعْضٍ قِصَرًا وَأَمَّا الْقَطَطُ فَالشَّدِيدُ الْجُعُودَةِ وَالرَّجِلُ الَّذِي فِي شَعْرِهِ حُجُونَةٌ أَيْ يَنْحَنِي قَلِيلًا وَأَمَّا الْمُطَهَّمُ فَالْبَادِنُ الْکَثِيرُ اللَّحْمِ وَأَمَّا الْمُکَلْثَمُ فَالْمُدَوَّرُ الْوَجْهِ وَأَمَّا الْمُشْرَبُ فَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي نَاصِيَتِهِ حُمْرَةٌ وَالْأَدْعَجُ الشَّدِيدُ سَوَادِ الْعَيْنِ وَالْأَهْدَبُ الطَّوِيلُ الْأَشْفَارِ وَالْکَتَدُ مُجْتَمَعُ الْکَتِفَيْنِ وَهُوَ الْکَاهِلُ وَالْمَسْرُبَةُ هُوَ الشَّعْرُ الدَّقِيقُ الَّذِي هُوَ کَأَنَّهُ قَضِيبٌ مِنْ الصَّدْرِ إِلَی السُّرَّةِ وَالشَّثْنُ الْغَلِيظُ الْأَصَابِعِ مِنْ الْکَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ وَالتَّقَلُّعُ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ بِقُوَّةٍ وَالصَّبَبُ الْحُدُورُ يَقُولُ انْحَدَرْنَا فِي صَبُوبٍ وَصَبَبٍ وَقَوْلُهُ جَلِيلُ الْمُشَاشِ يُرِيدُ رُئُوسَ الْمَنَاکِبِ وَالْعِشْرَةُ الصُّحْبَةُ وَالْعَشِيرُ الصَّاحِبُ وَالْبَدِيهَةُ الْمُفَاجَأَةُ يُقَالُ بَدَهْتُهُ بِأَمْرٍ أَيْ فَجَأْتُهُ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3638
Narrated Ibrahim bin Muhammad, one of the offspring of 'Ali bin Abi Talib: said: When 'Ali [may Allah be pleased with him] described the Prophet (ﷺ) he would say: 'He was not extremely tall (Mummaghit), nor was he extremely short (Mutaraddid), and he was of medium height in relation to the people. The wave of his hair was not completely curly (Qatat), nor straight, but it was in between. He did not have a large head, nor a small head (Mukaltham), his face was round and a blended-white color (Mushrab), his eyes were dark black (Ad'aj), his eye-lashes were long (Ahdab). He was big-boned and broad shouldered (Al-Katad), his body hair was well-placed, and he had a Masrubah, his hands and feet were thick (Shathn). When he walked he walked briskly (Taqalla'), he leaned forward as if he was walking on a decline (Sabab). And if he turned his head, his body turned as well, between his two shoulders was the seal of Prophethood, and he was the seal of the Prophets. He was the most generous of people [in hand, and the most big-hearted of them] in breast. He was the most truthful of people in speech, the softest of them in nature, and the most noble of them in his relations ('Ishrah). Whoever saw him for the first time (Badihah) would fear him, and whoever got to know him, loved him. The one who tried to describe him would have to say: 'I have not seen before him or after him anyone who resembles him (ﷺ).'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020