Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1768
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نِسْطَاسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِذَا دَخَلَتِ الْعَشْرُ أَحْيَا اللَّيْلَ وَشَدَّ الْمِئْزَرَ وَأَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Zuhri narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Ibn Ubayd ibn Nistas, from Abu al-Duha, from Masruq, from Aishah, who said: When the last ten days began, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would keep the night alive, tighten his waist-wrapper, and wake his family.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The expression ‘tighten his waist-wrapper’ is rendered literally; the source does not explain its figurative sense.
قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِذَا دَخَلَتِ الْعَشْرُ أَحْيَا اللَّيْلَ وَشَدَّ الْمِئْزَرَ وَأَيْقَظَ أَهْلَهُ .
‘Tightened his waist-wrapper’ is an idiomatic expression whose intended implication is not stated in the source wording.
Should this expression remain literal, or be rendered with an interpretive gloss?