Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 165
Arabic hadith text
السَّلامُ عَلَـيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيارِ مِنَ المؤْمِنيـنَ وَالْمُسْلِمين، وَإِنّا إِنْ شاءَ اللهُ بِكُـمْ لاحِقـون، نَسْـاَلُ اللهَ لنـا وَلَكُـمْ العـافِيَة
Translation
Peace be upon you, people of these dwellings, among the believers and Muslims. If Allah wills, we will join you. We ask Allah to grant well-being to us and to you.
Translation notes
وَإِنّا إِنْ شاءَ اللهُ بِكُـمْ لاحِقـون،
The witness includes an additional bracketed supplication asking mercy for the first and last of them; this sentence is absent from the Arabic source text.
Should the witness-only bracketed supplication be excluded from the translation?