Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 573
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ الأَزْرَقُ، عَنْ أَبِي عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: الشَّاةُ فِي الْبَيْتِ بَرَكَةٌ، وَالشَّاتَانِ بَرَكَتَانِ، وَالثَّلاَثُ بَرَكَاتٌ.
Muhammad ibn Yusuf related to us: Waki‘ related to us: Isma‘il al-Azraq related to us, from Abu ‘Umar, from Ibn al-Hanafiyyah, from ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “A sheep in a house is a blessing, two sheep are two blessings, and three are blessings.”
Translation notes
The Arabic specifically says three are blessings; the English witness instead says “more sheep are all blessings.”
وَالثَّلاَثُ بَرَكَاتٌ.
The English witness broadens the subject from three sheep to more sheep generally.
Should the witness’s broader wording be noted as a translation deviation? The translation follows the Arabic wording.