Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2082
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ زَنْجَوَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُعَتِّبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ، مَوْلَى بَنِي نَوْفَلٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عَبْدٍ طَلَّقَ، امْرَأَتَهُ تَطْلِيقَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أُعْتِقَا أَيَتَزَوَّجُهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ . فَقِيلَ لَهُ عَمَّنْ قَالَ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ . قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ لَقَدْ تَحَمَّلَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ هَذَا صَخْرَةً عَظِيمَةً عَلَى عُنُقِهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Zanjawayh, Abu Bakr, narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Maʿmar narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from ʿUmar ibn Muʿattib, from Abu al-Hasan, the client of Banu Nawfal, who said: Ibn ʿAbbas was asked about a man who had divorced his wife twice, then both were emancipated: ‘May he marry her?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He was asked, ‘On whose authority?’ He replied, ‘The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) ruled accordingly.’ ʿAbd al-Razzaq said: ʿAbdullah ibn al-Mubarak said, ‘Abu al-Hasan has surely placed a tremendous rock upon his own neck.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
امْرَأَتَهُ تَطْلِيقَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أُعْتِقَا أَيَتَزَوَّجُهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ .
The dual verb أُعْتِقَا indicates that both were emancipated; the question asks whether the man may marry his former wife after the two divorces and their emancipation.
Does ‘then both were emancipated’ accurately represent the dual subject without adding who emancipated them?
قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ لَقَدْ تَحَمَّلَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ هَذَا صَخْرَةً عَظِيمَةً عَلَى عُنُقِهِ .
تحمل ... صخرة عظيمة على عنقه is a forceful metaphor suggesting an enormous burden/responsibility borne by Abu al-Hasan.
Does the literal ‘placed a tremendous rock upon his own neck’ preserve the criticism’s vivid metaphor?