Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Visitation
كتاب الزِّيَارَةِ
Chapter 158
بَابُ لا تُكْرِمْ صَدِيقَكَ بِمَا يَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ
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Ibn ‘Awn said: They used to say, ‘Do not honor your friend in a way that burdens him.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says ‘your friend’; the English witness renders this as ‘your guest.’
لاَ تُكْرِمْ صَدِيقَكَ بِمَا يَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ.
The Arabic word صديق means friend, while the English witness says guest.
Should this maxim be translated with the Arabic ‘friend’ or the English witness’s ‘guest’?
Chapter 159
بَابُ الزِّيَارَةِ
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Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: When a man visits his brother or goes to see him, Allah says to him, ‘You have done well, your steps have been blessed, and you have secured a home in Paradise.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic distinguishes visiting a sick brother (عَادَ) from visiting him more generally (زَارَهُ), and speaks of his brother in the singular. The witness’s ‘your evening will be good’ does not match طاب ممشاك, ‘your path/steps have been good.’
إِذَا عَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ أَوْ زَارَهُ، قَالَ اللَّهُ لَهُ: طِبْتَ وَطَابَ مَمْشَاكَ، وَتَبَوَّأْتَ مَنْزِلاً فِي الْجَنَّةِ.
The Arabic reads ‘your path/steps have been good’; the witness says ‘your evening will be good.’
Should this phrase follow the Arabic wording about the visitor’s path or the English witness’s wording about evening?
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Umm al-Darda’ said: Salman came to visit us from al-Mada’in to Syria on foot, wearing a cloak and an andarward—a garment identified here as trousers worn rolled up. Ibn Shawdhab said Salman was seen wearing a cloak pulled over his head with its two ends hanging down; that is, he looked unkempt. Someone said to him, ‘You have made yourself look ugly.’ He replied, ‘True goodness is the goodness of the Hereafter.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source glosses andarward as trousers worn rolled up. Its description of Salman’s outer garment and appearance is obscure; ‘a cloak pulled over his head with its two ends hanging down’ is kept close to the Arabic pending editorial clarification.
قَالَ ابْنُ شَوْذَبٍ: رُؤِيَ سَلْمَانُ وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ مَطْمُومُ الرَّأْسِ سَاقِطُ الأُذُنَيْنِ، يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ أَرْفَشَ.
The Arabic phrase describing the cloak, head, and ears is difficult; the supplied witness appears to interpret it as a garment and appearance description but its wording is itself unclear.
Can this description be checked against another edition or lexical source before finalizing its exact physical details?
Chapter 160
بَابُ مَنْ زَارَ قَوْمًا فَطَعِمَ عِنْدَهُمْ
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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) visited a household of the Ansar and ate with them. When he left, he asked for a place in the house to be prepared, and water was sprinkled on a carpet for him. He prayed on it and supplicated for them.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says water was sprinkled on the carpet; it does not state that the carpet was wet beforehand.
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Abu Khalda said: ‘Abd al-Karim Abu Umayya came to Abu al-‘Aliya wearing woolen clothes. Abu al-‘Aliya said, ‘These are the clothes of monks. When Muslims visit one another, they dress well.’
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‘Abd Allah, the client of Asma’, said: Asma’ brought out to me a cloak made of Tayalisah cloth, with a handspan-wide border of brocade; its two openings were hemmed with it. She said, ‘This is the cloak of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). He used to wear it when receiving delegations and on Friday.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source describes a span-wide brocade border and says the cloak’s two openings were hemmed with that material; the exact garment construction is kept close to the Arabic.
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‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar reported that his father, ‘Umar, found a brocade robe and brought it to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), saying, ‘Buy this and wear it on Friday or when delegations come to you.’ He replied, ‘Only someone with no share in the Hereafter wears it.’ Later, some robes were brought to the Messenger of Allah, and he sent one to ‘Umar, one to Usama, and one to ‘Ali. ‘Umar said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you sent this to me, though I heard you say what you said about it.’ The Prophet replied, ‘You can sell it or use it to meet your needs.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source calls the robe حُلَّةَ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ, a garment of brocade, and preserves the Prophet’s later direction that ‘Umar may sell it or use it to meet a need.
Chapter 161
بَابُ فَضْلِ الزِّيَارَةِ
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Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: A man visited a brother of his in a village, and Allah stationed an angel along his way. The angel asked, ‘Where are you going?’ He replied, ‘To visit a brother of mine in this village.’ The angel asked, ‘Does he have a favor toward you that you are tending to repay?’ He said, ‘No. I love him for Allah’s sake.’ The angel said, ‘I am Allah’s messenger to you: Allah loves you as you love him.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The phrase هل له عليك من نعمة تربها is difficult; the translation interprets it as asking whether the visitor was tending to repay a favor received from the brother.
هَلْ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تَرُبُّهَا؟
The clause appears to ask about a favor from the brother that the visitor tends or cultivates, possibly with the sense of repaying it.
Should this question be rendered as asking whether the visitor is repaying a favor, or does تربها carry another nuance here?
Chapter 162
بَابُ الرَّجُلِ يُحِبُّ قَوْمًا وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ
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Abu Dharr said: I asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, what about a man who loves a people but cannot attain their deeds?’ He replied, ‘Abu Dharr, you are with the one you love.’ I said, ‘I love Allah and His Messenger.’ He said, ‘Abu Dharr, you are with the one you love.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says he cannot catch up with or attain their deeds; the translation keeps the plural ‘the one you love’ as in the source’s repeated singular construction.
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Anas reported that a man asked the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), ‘Prophet of Allah, when is the Hour?’ He replied, ‘What have you prepared for it?’ The man said, ‘I have prepared nothing great, except that I love Allah and His Messenger.’ He said, ‘A person is with the one he loves.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The man’s reply says he has not prepared any great deed; it does not say he is unprepared for a terrible event.
مَا أَعْدَدْتُ مِنْ كَبِيرٍ، إِلاَّ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ،
The Arabic says he has prepared nothing great, except that he loves Allah and His Messenger; the English witness turns كبير into a terrible event.
Should this be read as ‘nothing great’ (i.e. no great deed) rather than ‘a terrible event’?