43/23. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2770 — Pillow Reclining
What Has Been Related About Reclining
Hadith About the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Reclining on a Pillow
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2770
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2770
حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْكُوفِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَرَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ .
Jabir bin Samurah Narrated from:
I Saw The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Reclining Upon As Pillow, On His Left Side.
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2770In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 40English translation : Vol. 5, Book 41, Hadith 2770
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2770
This narration is searched as Prophet reclining on a pillow hadith. Jabir bin Samurah said that he saw the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم reclining upon a pillow on his left side. The report is short and descriptive. It does not give a command, a ruling about all pillows, or a special virtue for one side. It simply records what the Companion saw. The Arabic notes that other narrations mention reclining on a pillow without mentioning on his left side. So the careful way to explain it is to keep to the text: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was seen resting against a pillow, and in this wording the left side is mentioned.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report describes the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم reclining on a pillow.
- This wording mentions that the pillow was on his left side.
- The hadith is an observed action, not a spoken command.
- Other wording noted in the text may omit the left-side detail.
