Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1135
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْلَةً، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ. قُلْنَا وَمَا هَمَمْتَ قَالَ هَمَمْتَ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَذَرَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One night I prayed with the Prophet, who continued standing until I considered doing something bad. We asked, ‘What did you consider?’ He replied, ‘I considered sitting down and leaving the Prophet.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ.
The Arabic says he considered a bad or improper thing; the following sentence explains that he considered sitting and leaving.
Would ‘I considered doing something bad’ convey the phrase without the awkward ‘ill-thought’?