Hadith 5261

(1) His statement: “one-eyed in the left eye”: It was previously mentioned that he is one-eyed in the right eye and that one eye is effaced. The reconciliation is that one eye is gone, and the other is defective, so both can be called one-eyed, as the root of “one-eyed” is defect. It is also said that his one-eyedness appears differently to different people—some see him as one-eyed in the left, others in the right—to indicate the falsehood of his affair, as his inconsistent appearance suggests he is a lying sorcerer. The commentator said: It is possible one of these is due to a narrator’s error. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)

(۱) قوله : أعور العين اليسرى: قد سبق أنه أعور العين اليمنى، وأنه ممسوح إحدى عينيه، فالجمع أن يقال: إحدى عينيه ذاهبة، والأخرى معيبة، فيصح أن يقال لكل واحدة عوراء؛ إذ العور في الأصل هو العيب. وقيل: إن الأعور إنما يكون بالنسبة إلى أشخاص متفرقة، فقوم يرونه أعور اليسرى، وقوم يرونه أعور اليمنى؛ ليدل على بطلان أمره؛ لأنه إذا كان لا يرى خلقته، كما هي دل على أنه ساحر كذاب. قال شارح ويحتمل أن يكون أحدهما من سهو الراوي. كذا في «المرقاة».