Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 955
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، أَنَّ حُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقَالَ: أَلاَ تُصَلُّونَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا عِنْدَ اللهِ، فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا، فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُ وَهُوَ مُدْبِرٌ يَضْرِبُ فَخِذَهُ يَقُولُ: {وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلاً}.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yahya ibn Bukayr related to us, saying: al-Layth related to us, from ‘Uqayl, from Ibn Shihab, from ‘Ali ibn Husayn, that Husayn ibn ‘Ali related to him, from ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to him and Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, at night and said: “Will you not pray?” I said: “Messenger of Allah, our souls are in Allah’s hands; if He wills to awaken us, He will awaken us.” The Prophet turned away and said nothing to me. Then, as he was walking away, I heard him slap his own thigh and say: “But man is, more than anything, argumentative.” (Qur’an 18:54)
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا
The Arabic says Allah will awaken them if He wills; it does not say they will make up the missed prayer.
Should the English preserve the reference to awakening rather than making up the prayer?