Fortress of the Muslim

Hisn al-Muslim 191

Arabic hadith text

إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَةً، أَوْ إِذَا اشْتَرَى خَادِماً فَلْيَقُلْ: (اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ)، وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى بَعِيراً فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ وَلْيَقُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ.

Translation

When one of you marries a woman or buys a servant, let him say: “O Allah, I ask You for her good and the good nature You have given her, and I seek refuge in You from her evil and the evil nature You have given her.” If he buys a camel, let him take hold of the top of its hump and say the same.

Translation notes
  • وَشَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ

    The Arabic literally refers to the disposition on which she was formed; “nature” is a concise rendering, while the English witness says “created her.”

    Would a reviewer prefer “disposition” or another term for jabaltaha?