Fortress of the Muslim
Fortress of the Muslim
حصن المسلم
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Do not make my grave a place of recurring festivity, and send blessings upon me, for your blessings reach me wherever you are.”
Translation notes
لاَ تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيداً
The term ʿīd refers to a recurring festival or occasion; the witness interprets the phrase as a place of ritual celebration.
Which concise rendering of ʿīd in this context should the edition use?
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned but who does not invoke blessings upon me.”
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Allah has angels who travel throughout the earth and convey to me the greetings of peace from my community.”
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “No one sends greetings of peace upon me but Allah returns my soul to me so that I may return his greeting.”
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I direct you to something which, if you do it, will make you love one another? Spread greetings of peace among yourselves.”
There are three traits; whoever combines them has combined faith: being fair even at your own expense, offering greetings of peace to all people, and spending from a state of want.
Translation notes
ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ جَمَعَهُنَّ فَقَدْ جَمَعَ الْإِيمَانَ: الْإِنْصَافُ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ، وَبَذْلُ السَّلاَمِ لِلْعَالَمِ، وَالْإِنْفَاقُ مِنَ الإِقْتَارِ
The closing phrase al-infaq min al-iqtār is rendered by the witness as spending charitably from the little one has; the wording can also be read as spending despite constrained means.
Which nuance should be preferred for this concise phrase?
And from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr — may Allah be pleased with them both —: a man asked the Prophet — may Allah bless him and grant him peace —, “Which practice of Islam is best?” He replied, “You give food and offer the greeting of peace to those you know and those you do not know.”
Translation notes
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أيُّ الْإِسْلاَمِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ: (تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ،
The historical imported English witness names Umar. The current candidate follows Amr in the Arabic source explicitly corrected by the user against the archived author-site witness. This is a retained witness discrepancy, not an unresolved narrator reading in the current source.
At independent review, verify the narrator against the corrected Arabic and the archived primary witness; retain the imported English wording as historical evidence.
When you hear roosters crowing, ask Allah for His bounty, for they have seen an angel. When you hear a donkey braying, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, for it has seen a satan.
When you hear dogs barking or donkeys braying at night, seek refuge in Allah from them, for they see what you do not see.
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: O Allah, any believer whom I have insulted, make that a means of drawing near to You for him on the Day of Resurrection.
Translation notes
قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: "اللَّهُم فأيما مؤمن سببته فاجعل ذلك له قربة إليك يوم القيامة"
The English witness renders qurbah as a sacrificial slaughter and omits the wording about nearness to Allah; a separate cited Muslim wording is mentioned afterward but is not part of this Arabic source block.
Can an editor verify the witness divergence and determine whether the alternate wording belongs in a note?
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “If one of you must praise his companion, let him say: ‘I consider so-and-so—and Allah is his reckoner, and I do not declare anyone pure before Allah—I consider him to be such-and-such,’ if he knows that of him.”
Translation notes
أَحْسِبُهُ – إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ – كَذَا وَكَذَا
The parenthetical clause and its referent are not fully clear in this source wording; the witness supplies a longer explanation about knowing a praiseworthy trait.
How should the condition in this praise formula be attached in English?
O Allah, do not hold me to account for what they say. Forgive me for what they do not know, [and make me better than they think].
Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am; You have no partner; here I am. Surely all praise, blessing, and dominion belong to You. You have no partner.
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, performed circumambulation of the House while riding a camel. Whenever he came to the Corner, he pointed toward it with something he had and said, “Allah is the Greatest.”
Translation notes
أَتَى الرُّكْنَ
The Arabic says “the Corner”; the English witness identifies it specifically as the corner containing the Black Stone and mentions a cane in an explanatory note.
Should those identifications remain separate contextual notes rather than be inserted into the translation?
Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, came near al-Safa, he recited: “Indeed, al-Safa and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allah.” He said, “I begin with that with which Allah began.” He began at al-Safa and climbed it until he could see the House. He faced the qiblah, declared the oneness and greatness of Allah, and said: “There is no deity but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. There is no deity but Allah alone. He fulfilled His promise, aided His servant, and alone defeated the confederates.” Then he supplicated between these recitations. He said this three times. The narration adds: “He did at al-Marwah as he did at al-Safa.”
The best supplication is the supplication of the Day of ʿArafah, and the best of what I and the Prophets before me have said is: “There is no deity but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.”
Translation notes
لا إله إلا الله وحده
The witness expands the declaration with “none has the right to be worshipped,” while the Arabic source is more concise.
Should this interpretive gloss be noted for editorial review?
He, peace and blessings be upon him, rode al-Qaswa until he reached al-Mashʿar al-Haram. He faced the qiblah, supplicated, magnified Allah, proclaimed “There is no deity but Allah”, and affirmed His oneness. He remained standing until the light grew quite bright, then set out before the sun rose.
He would say “Allah is the Greatest” with each pebble he threw at the three Jamrah pillars. Then he would go forward and stand facing the qiblah, supplicating with his hands raised after the first and second pillars. As for the Jamrat al-ʿAqabah, he would stone it, say “Allah is the Greatest” with each pebble, then leave without stopping there.