Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1535

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم يعوذ الْحسن وَالْحسن: «أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ» وَيَقُولُ: «إِنَّ أَبَاكُمَا كَانَ يعوذ بهما إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ» . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَفِي أَكْثَرِ نُسَخِ المصابيح: «بهما» على لفظ التَّثْنِيَة

Translation

Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of God used to seek protection for al-Hasan and al-Hasan, saying: I seek refuge for you both in the perfect words of God from every devil, every poisonous creature, and every eye that harms. He would say: Your father used to seek protection for Ismail and Ishaq by means of them.

Al-Bukhari transmitted it. In most copies of al-Masabih, the wording is bihima, in the dual form.

Translation notes
  • The supplied Arabic repeats al-Hasan, whereas the English witness reads al-Hasan and al-Husayn. The translation preserves the Arabic repetition. The witness also identifies the father as Abraham in an explanatory parenthesis not present in this Arabic block.

  • الْحسن وَالْحسن

    The supplied Arabic repeats al-Hasan, while the English witness has al-Hasan and al-Husayn. This may be a source transcription error, but it cannot be silently corrected from the witness.

    Can the name be checked against a reliable Arabic edition?