Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 681

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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 681
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، عَنْ نُصَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ‏:‏ كَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ‏:‏ اللَّهُمَّ قَنَّعْنِي بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَاخْلُفْ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ غَائِبَةٍ بِخَيْرٍ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn Yunus related to us: Abu Bakr related to us, from Nusayr ibn Abi al-Ash‘ath, from ‘Ata ibn al-Sa’ib, from Sa‘id, who said: Ibn ‘Abbas used to say: “O Allah, make me content with what You have provided me, bless it for me, and grant me something good in place of everything absent from me.”

Translation notes
  • وَاخْلُفْ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ غَائِبَةٍ بِخَيْرٍ

    The Arabic literally asks Allah to provide a good replacement for everything absent or lost; the English witness paraphrases this as things the speaker does not have.

    Should this be rendered as replacing whatever is absent or lost with something good?