Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1193
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ رِيَاحٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ: جَاءَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، فَصَعِدْتُ بِهِ عَلَى سَطْحٍ أَجْلَحَ، فَنَزَلَ وَقَالَ: كِدْتُ أَنْ أَبِيتَ اللَّيْلَةَ وَلاَ ذِمَّةَ لِي.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Kathir related to us: Sufyan informed us, from ‘Imran ibn Muslim ibn Riyah al-Thaqafi, from ‘Ali ibn ‘Umarah, who said: Abu Ayyub al-Ansari came, and I took him up onto a flat, open roof. He came down and said, ‘I nearly spent the night with no protection.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
ذِمَّةَ
ذمة may refer to protection or a guarantee of safety; the report’s exact legal or devotional implication is not explained.
What is the most precise contextual rendering of ذمة in this statement?