Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 598
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَأَدَاءُ الأَمَانَةِ كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهَا " . قُلْتُ وَمَا أَدَاءُ الأَمَانَةِ قَالَ " غُسْلُ الْجَنَابَةِ فَإِنَّ تَحْتَ كُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ جَنَابَةً " .
Hisham ibn Ammar reported to us; Yahya ibn Hamzah reported to us; Utbah ibn Abi Hakim reported to me; Talhah ibn Nafi reported to me; Abu Ayyub al-Ansari reported to me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The five prayers, one Friday until the next, and fulfilling the trust are expiations for what lies between them.’ I asked, ‘What is fulfilling the trust?’ He said, ‘The ritual bath after sexual impurity, for under every hair there is a state of major ritual impurity.’
Translation notes
The expression ‘fulfilling the trust’ is retained as the wording of the question and answer; the Arabic does not explain the connection further.
وَأَدَاءُ الأَمَانَةِ كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهَا
The referent of ‘between them’ is elliptical, and the phrase ‘fulfilling the trust’ is then identified in the dialogue as ritual bathing after sexual impurity.
Should the elliptical relation remain as translated or be clarified from a verified commentary?