Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 185
Arabic hadith text
(إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجِبْ، فَإِنْ كَانَ صَائِماً فَلْيُصَلِّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُفْطِراً فَلْيَطْعَمْ) ، وَمَعْنَى فَلْيُصَلِّ أَيْ فَلْيَدْعُ.
Translation
(When one of you is invited, let him respond. If he is fasting, let him pray; if he is not fasting, let him eat.) The meaning of “let him pray” is “let him supplicate.”
Translation notes
فَلْيُصَلِّ أَيْ فَلْيَدْعُ
The English witness specifies a prayer for blessings on the host, while this Arabic text explains the verb simply as supplication.
Should an edition-specific note identify the host as the object of the supplication?