Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 675
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ خَبَّابٍ، قَالَ شَكَوْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ حَرَّ الرَّمْضَاءِ فَلَمْ يُشْكِنَا . قَالَ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، نَحْوَهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us; Waki reported to us; al-Amash reported to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Harithah ibn Mudarrib al-Abdi, from Khabbab, who said: ‘We complained to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the heat of the scorching ground, but he did not grant us relief.’ Al-Qattan said: Abu Hatim reported to us; al-Ansari reported to us; Awf reported to us, with a similar report.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic expression rendered ‘did not grant us relief’ is idiomatic and can be read as the Prophet not relieving them of the heat or not giving them the respite they sought; the similar second chain is retained.
فَلَمْ يُشْكِنَا
The verb is compressed and may imply not granting respite or relief from the heat.
Which English rendering best preserves the expression in this context without inferring a specific request?