Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 1950

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ تَقُولُ كَانَ يَكُونُ عَلَىَّ الصَّوْمُ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، فَمَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ إِلاَّ فِي شَعْبَانَ‏.‏ قَالَ يَحْيَى الشُّغْلُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ أَوْ بِالنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad bin Yunus narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Abu Salamah, who said: I heard Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, say: I would have fasts from Ramadan still due, and I could not make them up except in Shaaban. Yahya said: The preoccupation was because of the Prophet, or with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

Translation notes
  • The source preserves two possible prepositions in Yahya explanation, rendered here as because of the Prophet or with the Prophet.

  • الشُّغْلُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ أَوْ بِالنَّبِيِّ

    Yahya gives two prepositional variants for the reason Aisha delayed making up the fasts; the English witness selects busy serving the Prophet.

    Should the rendering preserve both variants or follow the witness explanation?