Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 166
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ لَقِيطِ بْنِ صَبِرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَدَفَعَ الرَّاعِي فِي الْمُرَاحِ سَخْلَةً، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: لاَ تَحْسِبَنَّ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: لاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ إِنَّ لَنَا غَنَمًا مِئَةً لاَ نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ، فَإِذَا جَاءَ الرَّاعِي بِسَخْلَةٍ ذَبَحْنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً، فَكَانَ فِيمَا قَالَ: لاَ تَضْرِبْ ظَعِينَتَكَ كَضَرْبِكَ أَمَتَكَ، وَإِذَا اسْتَنْشَقْتَ فَبَالِغْ، إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَائِمًا.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Muhammad narrated to us. Dawud ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: I heard Isma'il, from Asim ibn Laqit ibn Sabira, from his father, who said: I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, while the shepherd was driving a young lamb into the enclosure. The Prophet said, 'Do not suppose...'—but the wording that follows is syntactically unclear: 'Do not suppose that we have a hundred sheep and do not want them to increase; when the shepherd brings a young lamb, we slaughter a sheep in its place.' Among his instructions was: 'Do not strike your wife as you strike your slave woman. When you rinse your nose, do so thoroughly, unless you are fasting.'
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: لاَ تَحْسِبَنَّ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: لاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ إِنَّ لَنَا غَنَمًا مِئَةً لاَ نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَزِيدَ، فَإِذَا جَاءَ الرَّاعِي بِسَخْلَةٍ ذَبَحْنَا مَكَانَهَا شَاةً،
This passage contains an abrupt and difficult-to-parse shift between a quoted prohibition and an explanatory clause; the source's intended syntax is uncertain.
Can this passage be checked against a manuscript or reliable parallel before settling its translation?
لاَ تَضْرِبْ ظَعِينَتَكَ كَضَرْبِكَ أَمَتَكَ،
Ẓaʿīna can refer to a wife, especially in a travel context; the source does not gloss it.
Should 'wife' or a more literal 'woman of your household/traveling companion' be used?