Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Looking after girls
كتاب عول البنات
Chapter 41
بَابُ مَنْ عَالَ جَارِيَتَيْنِ أَوْ وَاحِدَةً
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‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid narrated to us, saying: Harmalah ibn ‘Imran Abu Hafs al-Tujibi narrated to us, from Abu ‘Ushanah al-Ma‘afiri, from ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: “Whoever has three daughters, is patient with them, and clothes them from his means, they will be a shield for him from the Fire.”
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Al-Fadl ibn Dukayn narrated to us, saying: Fitr narrated to us, from Shurahbil, who said: I heard Ibn ‘Abbas relate from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he said: “There is no Muslim whom two daughters come under his care and who treats them well, but that they will admit him to Paradise.”
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Abu al-Nu‘man narrated to us, saying: Sa‘id ibn Zayd narrated to us, saying: ‘Ali ibn Zayd narrated to me, saying: Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir narrated to me that Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah related to them: The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Whoever has three daughters, shelters them, provides for them, and shows them mercy, Paradise is certainly due to him.” A man among the people said, “And two, Messenger of Allah?” He said, “And two.”
Chapter 42
بَابُ مَنْ عَالَ ثَلاَثَ أَخَوَاتٍ
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‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to me, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from Sa‘id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mukmil, from Ayyub ibn Bashir al-Mu‘awi, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “No one who has three daughters or three sisters and treats them well will enter Paradise.”
Chapter 43
بَابُ فَضْلِ مَنْ عَالَ ابْنَتَهُ الْمَرْدُودَةَ
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‘Abd Allah ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: Musa ibn ‘Ali narrated to me, from his father, that the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to Suraqah ibn Ju‘shum: “Shall I point you to the greatest charity—or one of the greatest forms of charity?” He said, “Yes indeed, Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Your daughter, returned to you, has no provider other than you.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
ابْنَتُكَ مَرْدُودَةٌ إِلَيْكَ
The participle مَرْدُودَةٌ suggests that the daughter has been returned to the father, but does not state the circumstances.
Should the English leave the reason for her return entirely unstated, as in the Arabic?
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Bishr narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd Allah informed us, saying: Musa informed us, saying: I heard my father relate from Suraqah ibn Ju‘shum that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “O Suraqah, the same applies to you.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source says مِثْلَهُ, ‘the same’; this short report depends on the immediately preceding account and is not expanded here.
يَا سُرَاقَةُ مِثْلَهُ
The source is an elliptical cross-reference and does not restate the teaching to which ‘the same’ refers.
Should this report remain elliptical in the translation, or should an explicit cross-reference to the preceding report be added in a note?
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Haywah ibn Shurayh narrated to us, saying: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Bahir, from Khalid, from al-Miqdam ibn Ma‘di Karib, that he heard the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: “Whatever you feed yourself is charity for you; whatever you feed your child is charity for you; whatever you feed your wife is charity for you; and whatever you feed your servant is charity for you.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Sadaqah is rendered as ‘charity’ here; the translation preserves the report’s repeated application of the term to each act of feeding.
Chapter 44
بَابُ مَنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى مَوْتَ الْبَنَاتِ
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‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, saying: Ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from ‘Uthman ibn al-Harith Abu al-Rawwa‘, from Ibn ‘Umar: A man was with him, and the man had daughters and wished for their death. Ibn ‘Umar became angry and said: “Are you the one who provides for them?”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
أَنْتَ تَرْزُقُهُنَّ؟
The question may challenge the man’s presumed control over provision rather than ask for factual confirmation.
Should the question be rendered as a rhetorical rebuke, or kept as a direct question?