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SHADEED AL UDMAH/ ادم شديد الادمة
ادم شديد الادمة. This term is frequently used to describe numerous companions of Prophet Mohammed صلى الله عليه وسلم, including figures like Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Umar bin Al Khataab, Muadh Ibn Jabal, Abdullah Ibn Masood, Yazeed Ibn Muawiyyah, Fadhl ibn Abbaas Ibn Utabah, Bilal Ibn Rabah, may Allah be pleased with them. It is also applied to Musa alayhi Al Salam, among others.
Al Hakm Al Muheet Al A’dam , Chapter 3, page 215
"Al Asham wa Al Suhaam wa Al Sahmah means black(ness) and every black is Asham…. And the two suhaams are shadeed Al Udmah."
المحكم والمحيط الأعظم – ج 3 ص 215
السّحَمُ والسُّحامُ والسُّحْمَةُ: السوَاد وكل أسود أسْحَمُ…والإسْحِمانُ، الشَّديد الأدمة
In another section he said السواد شدة الأدمة which translates to” jet black is an intense Udmah” in other words jet black and Shadeed Al Udmah mean the same thing.
Imaam Al Alaamah Al Dhahabi says in his book Seera A’laam Al Nubalaa Chapter 2 page 168
‘They said Aswad (jet black) and this means whoever is covered in blackness. They said (jet )black or Shadeed Al Udmah.”
سير أعلام النبلاء ج٢ ص ١٦٨
قالوا اسود و كذا كل من غلب عليه السواد قالوا اسود او شديد الادمة
In Kitaab Al Alfaadh by Ibn Sakeet in the Chapter of colours, page 153 he said
‘"from the the black men , and he is Shadeed al Udmah” in other words and from the people who are (jet) black in complexion they are also called Shadeed Al Udmah."
كتاب الألفاظ ١٥٣
قالوا : و من الرجال الاسود، و هو شديد الادمة
Another clear explanation of this can be found in the book called Fiqqatu Al Lughah(فقة اللغة). Chapter 13 , page 126. In this chapter, the scholar explains the levels of blackness in humans.
"and if it (the colour) is darker than (the colour) Adam then it is (called) Asham."
إذا عَلاَهُ أدنى سَوَاد فهو أسْمَر، فإنْ زاد سَوَادُهُ مَعَ صُفْرَةٍ تعلوه فهو أصْحَمُ، فإن زاد سَوَادُه على السُّمْرَة فهو آدم، فإن زاد على ذلك فهو أسحم، فإن اشتدّ سواده فهو أدلم.
The student of Sibaweey was nicknamed Natftweey because his udmah complexion resembled crude oil, which is a jet black colour.
لطائف المعارف ص٤٨
قال الثعالبي لقب نفطويه لدمامته و ادمته تشبيها (له ) بالنفط
Ibn Syadah said when given a description , in his book Kitaab Al Mukhassas ( المخصص) Chapter 1 Page 202
”and Aswad ( jet black ) is Shadeed Al Udmah a (jet)black man”
المخصص ج 1 ص202
والسواد شدة الأدمة رجل اسود
Imam Al Tabari gives a description of Mohammed Al Nafs Al Zaky in his book Tarikh Al Tabary(تاريخ الطبري), page 562.
‘‘Mohammed was Adam Shadeed Al Udama , Adlam and he was nicknamed father of Black coal because of his Udmah. Abu Ja’far called him charcoal.”
كان محمد آدم شديد الأدمة، أدلم جسيما عظيما، وكان يلقب القاري من أدمته، حتى كان أبو جعفر يدعوه محمما
Without even having to explain what Adlam means it is quite clear as to what shaded Al Udmah meant to Al Tabary.
The great grammarian Ibn Sakeet gives us further clarification here:
Ibn Sakeet tell us in his book Kitaab Al Al Faadh ( pages 152-153 ) that
”They say from the black men he is As Shadeed Al Udmah and from them is the Adlam and he is As Shadeed Al Udmah”
قال ابن السكيت في كتاب الافاظ ص ١٥٢ – ١٥٣
وقالوا من الرجال الأسود وهو الشديد الأدمة…ومنهم الأدلم وهو الشديد الأدمة
ادم شديد الادمة. This term is frequently used to describe numerous companions of Prophet Mohammed صلى الله عليه وسلم, including figures like Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Umar bin Al Khataab, Muadh Ibn Jabal, Abdullah Ibn Masood, Yazeed Ibn Muawiyyah, Fadhl ibn Abbaas Ibn Utabah, Bilal Ibn Rabah, may Allah be pleased with them. It is also applied to Musa alayhi Al Salam, among others.
Al Hakm Al Muheet Al A’dam , Chapter 3, page 215
"Al Asham wa Al Suhaam wa Al Sahmah means black(ness) and every black is Asham…. And the two suhaams are shadeed Al Udmah."
المحكم والمحيط الأعظم – ج 3 ص 215
السّحَمُ والسُّحامُ والسُّحْمَةُ: السوَاد وكل أسود أسْحَمُ…والإسْحِمانُ، الشَّديد الأدمة
In another section he said السواد شدة الأدمة which translates to” jet black is an intense Udmah” in other words jet black and Shadeed Al Udmah mean the same thing.
Imaam Al Alaamah Al Dhahabi says in his book Seera A’laam Al Nubalaa Chapter 2 page 168
‘They said Aswad (jet black) and this means whoever is covered in blackness. They said (jet )black or Shadeed Al Udmah.”
سير أعلام النبلاء ج٢ ص ١٦٨
قالوا اسود و كذا كل من غلب عليه السواد قالوا اسود او شديد الادمة
In Kitaab Al Alfaadh by Ibn Sakeet in the Chapter of colours, page 153 he said
‘"from the the black men , and he is Shadeed al Udmah” in other words and from the people who are (jet) black in complexion they are also called Shadeed Al Udmah."
كتاب الألفاظ ١٥٣
قالوا : و من الرجال الاسود، و هو شديد الادمة
Another clear explanation of this can be found in the book called Fiqqatu Al Lughah(فقة اللغة). Chapter 13 , page 126. In this chapter, the scholar explains the levels of blackness in humans.
"and if it (the colour) is darker than (the colour) Adam then it is (called) Asham."
إذا عَلاَهُ أدنى سَوَاد فهو أسْمَر، فإنْ زاد سَوَادُهُ مَعَ صُفْرَةٍ تعلوه فهو أصْحَمُ، فإن زاد سَوَادُه على السُّمْرَة فهو آدم، فإن زاد على ذلك فهو أسحم، فإن اشتدّ سواده فهو أدلم.
The student of Sibaweey was nicknamed Natftweey because his udmah complexion resembled crude oil, which is a jet black colour.
لطائف المعارف ص٤٨
قال الثعالبي لقب نفطويه لدمامته و ادمته تشبيها (له ) بالنفط
Ibn Syadah said when given a description , in his book Kitaab Al Mukhassas ( المخصص) Chapter 1 Page 202
”and Aswad ( jet black ) is Shadeed Al Udmah a (jet)black man”
المخصص ج 1 ص202
والسواد شدة الأدمة رجل اسود
Imam Al Tabari gives a description of Mohammed Al Nafs Al Zaky in his book Tarikh Al Tabary(تاريخ الطبري), page 562.
‘‘Mohammed was Adam Shadeed Al Udama , Adlam and he was nicknamed father of Black coal because of his Udmah. Abu Ja’far called him charcoal.”
كان محمد آدم شديد الأدمة، أدلم جسيما عظيما، وكان يلقب القاري من أدمته، حتى كان أبو جعفر يدعوه محمما
Without even having to explain what Adlam means it is quite clear as to what shaded Al Udmah meant to Al Tabary.
The great grammarian Ibn Sakeet gives us further clarification here:
Ibn Sakeet tell us in his book Kitaab Al Al Faadh ( pages 152-153 ) that
”They say from the black men he is As Shadeed Al Udmah and from them is the Adlam and he is As Shadeed Al Udmah”
قال ابن السكيت في كتاب الافاظ ص ١٥٢ – ١٥٣
وقالوا من الرجال الأسود وهو الشديد الأدمة…ومنهم الأدلم وهو الشديد الأدمة
