Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1937
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ الأَخِرَ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ. فَقَالَ " أَتَجِدُ مَا تُحَرِّرُ رَقَبَةً ". قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ " فَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَصُومَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ ". قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ " أَفَتَجِدُ مَا تُطْعِمُ بِهِ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ". قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ فَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِعَرَقٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ ـ وَهُوَ الزَّبِيلُ ـ قَالَ " أَطْعِمْ هَذَا عَنْكَ ". قَالَ عَلَى أَحْوَجَ مِنَّا مَا بَيْنَ لاَبَتَيْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ أَحْوَجُ مِنَّا. قَالَ " فَأَطْعِمْهُ أَهْلَكَ ".
Uthman bin Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from al-Zuhri, from Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said that the other man had relations with his wife in Ramadan. He asked: Can you find a slave to set free? The man said: No. He asked: Can you fast two consecutive months? He said: No. He asked: Can you find enough to feed sixty poor people? He said: No. A basket containing dates was brought to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him; al-zabil means a basket. He said: Feed this on your behalf. The man said: To people needier than us? There is no household between the two lava fields needier than ours. He said: Then feed it to your family.
Translation notes
The Arabic explains that al-zabil is a basket.
إِنَّ الأَخِرَ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فِي رَمَضَانَ
The Arabic says al-akhar, the other, rather than an explicit first-person statement; the English witness renders it as the speaker referring to himself.
Should this apparent wording difference be preserved literally or aligned with the English witness?