Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Midday Naps
كتاب الْقَائِلَةِ
Chapter 592
بَابُ الْقَائِلَةِ
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‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad related to us: Hisham ibn Yusuf related to us: Ma‘mar informed us, from Sa‘id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, from al-Sa’ib, from ‘Umar, who said: Men of Quraysh would sometimes sit at the door of Ibn Mas‘ud. When the shade turned back, he would say, ‘Get up; whatever remains is for Satan.’ He would make anyone he passed get up. While he was doing so, someone said, ‘This is the client of Banu al-Has-has, who recites poetry.’ He called him and asked, ‘What did you say?’ The man replied: ‘Bid farewell to Sulayma if you set out as a warrior; grey hair and Islam are sufficient to restrain a man.’ He said, ‘That is enough. You have spoken truly; you have spoken truly.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The first clause uses the turn of the shade (فيء الفيء) to mark the time when ‘Umar ordered the men to get up. The couplet is rendered closely; its precise poetic force is compressed in the source.
وَدِّعْ سُلَيْمَى إِنْ تَجَهَّزْتَ غَازِيَا كَفَى الشَّيْبُ وَالإِسْلاَمُ لِلْمَرْءِ نَاهِيَا
The compact verse has an elliptical poetic construction; the translation follows the apparent sense of its words.
Should the couplet be rendered more idiomatically from a verified poetic source?
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‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah related to us: ‘Abd al-Razzaq related to us: Ma‘mar informed us, from Sa‘id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Jahshi, from Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Hazm, from al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid, who said: ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, would pass by us around midday and say: “Get up and take a midday nap; whatever remains is for Satan.”’
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Hajjaj related to us: Hammad related to us, from Humayd, from Anas, who said: They used to gather and then take a midday nap.
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Musa related to us: Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah related to us, from Thabit, who said: Anas said: When wine was forbidden, the people of Madinah had no drink they liked more than one made from dates and fresh, unripe dates. I was serving it to the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and grant him peace, while they were with Abu Talhah. A man passed by and said, ‘Wine has been forbidden.’ They did not say, ‘When?’ or ‘Let us wait and see.’ They said, ‘Anas, pour it away!’ Then they stayed with Umm Sulaym until they had cooled down and bathed. Umm Sulaym then perfumed them, and they went to the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, and found that the news was as the man had said. Anas said: They never tasted it again afterward.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says أهرقها, “pour it away,” rather than “break them”; the pronoun refers to the drink.
يَا أَنَسُ، أَهْرِقْهَا
The verb أهرق means to pour out, and the object is the drink just mentioned.
None; the translation follows the Arabic wording.
Chapter 593
بَابُ نَوْمِ آخِرِ النَّهَارِ
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Muhammad ibn Muqatil related to us: ‘Abd Allah informed us: Mis‘ar related to us, from Thabit ibn ‘Ubayd, from Ibn Abi Layla, from Khawwat ibn Jubayr, who said: ‘Sleeping at the beginning of the day is foolishness, in its middle is character, and at its end is folly.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The saying contrasts خرق (foolishness/clumsiness), خلق (character), and حمق (folly).
Chapter 594
بَابُ الْمَأْدُبَةِ
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‘Amr ibn Khalid related to us: Abu al-Malih related to us: I heard Maymun (meaning Ibn Mihran) say: I asked Nafi‘, ‘Would Ibn ‘Umar invite people to a banquet?’ He replied: ‘Once one of his camels was injured, so we slaughtered it. Then he said, “Gather the people of Madinah for me.”’ Nafi‘ said: I asked, ‘Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman, what for? We have no bread.’ He said: ‘O Allah, praise belongs to You. Here is meat on the bone, and here is broth’—or he said, ‘broth and pieces of meat.’ ‘Whoever wishes may eat, and whoever wishes may leave it.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report preserves a variant order for the broth and meat phrase. عُراق refers to meat still on the bone; بضع denotes pieces or portions of meat.
هَذَا عُرَاقٌ، وَهَذَا مَرَقٌ، أَوْ قَالَ: مَرَقٌ وَبَضْعٌ
The Arabic preserves both a variant sequence and different nouns for the food served.
Should عُراق be rendered as meat left on the bone or as ribs?