Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2931

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الأَحْزَابِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَلأَ اللَّهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا، شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Ali reported: On the day of the Confederates, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “May Allah fill their homes and graves with fire! They kept us from the middle prayer when the sun had set.”

Translation notes
  • The Arabic says “the middle prayer”; the English witness identifies it as Asr, which is not added to the translation.

  • شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ ‏"‏‏.

    The Arabic names the “middle prayer” without specifying Asr; the English witness supplies that identification.

    Should the prayer remain unnamed in the translation unless this occurrence explicitly identifies it?