Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 199
Arabic hadith text
.(مَنْ حَفِظَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ) ، وَالْاسْتِعَاذَةُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَتِهِ عَقِبَ التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَخِيرِ مِنْ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ.
Translation
“Whoever memorizes ten verses from the beginning of Surah al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal.” One should also seek refuge in Allah from his trial after the final tashahhud of every prayer.
Translation notes
.(مَنْ حَفِظَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ) ، وَالْاسْتِعَاذَةُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَتِهِ عَقِبَ التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَخِيرِ مِنْ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ.
The Arabic gives the second clause as a nominal phrase; the witness recasts it as an instruction to recite in every prayer and adds “before ending the prayer.”
Should an editor supply an imperative subject for the second clause, or preserve the source fragment as translated?