Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3008

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أُتِيَ بِأُسَارَى، وَأُتِيَ بِالْعَبَّاسِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ، فَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَهُ قَمِيصًا فَوَجَدُوا قَمِيصَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُبَىٍّ يَقْدُرُ عَلَيْهِ، فَكَسَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِيَّاهُ، فَلِذَلِكَ نَزَعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَمِيصَهُ الَّذِي أَلْبَسَهُ‏.‏ قَالَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ كَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدٌ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يُكَافِئَهُ‏.‏

Translation

'Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Ibn 'Uyayna narrated to us from 'Amr, who heard Jabir ibn 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: On the day of Badr, captives were brought, including al-'Abbas, who had no garment. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked for a shirt for him, and they found that the shirt of 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy would fit. The Prophet (ﷺ) dressed him in it. For that reason, the Prophet (ﷺ) removed the shirt he had put on him. Ibn 'Uyayna said: The man had done the Prophet a kindness, and he wished to repay him.

Translation notes
  • فَلِذَلِكَ نَزَعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَمِيصَهُ الَّذِي أَلْبَسَهُ‏.

    The Arabic uses an unexpressed object pronoun in the clause about removing the shirt. The witness interprets this as the Prophet taking off and giving his own shirt to Abdullah, while the wording immediately before says the shirt belonged to Abdullah ibn Ubayy and was put on al-Abbas.

    Confirm the reference of the final pronouns and whether the English witness is resolving an ambiguity or diverging from the Arabic.