Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1187
حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ خَلَفٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ طِخْفَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ، قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ، أَتَانِي آتٍ وَأَنَا نَائِمٌ عَلَى بَطْنِي، فَحَرَّكَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ فَقَالَ: قُمْ، هَذِهِ ضَجْعَةٌ يُبْغِضُهَا اللَّهُ، فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي، فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَائِمٌ عَلَى رَأْسِي.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Khalaf ibn Musa ibn Khalaf related to us: my father related to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf, from Ibn Tikhfah al-Ghifari, that his father told him he was among the Companions of the Suffah. He said: Late one night, I was sleeping in the mosque on my stomach. Someone came to me while I was asleep, moved me with his foot, and said, ‘Get up. This is a way of lying that Allah hates.’ I raised my head, and there was the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, standing over me.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Companions of the Suffah designation is retained as a group name.
أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ
The phrase names a recognized group; the English equivalent may be transliterated or described.
Should أصحاب الصفة be retained as ‘Companions of the Suffah’ or rendered descriptively?