Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1540

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: مَاتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ حَاقِنَتِي وَذَاقِنَتِي فَلَا أَكْرَهُ شِدَّةَ الْمَوْتِ لِأَحَدٍ أَبَدًا بَعْدَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ

Translation

Aisha, may God be pleased with her, said: The Prophet died between my hāqinati and dhāqinati. After the Prophet, I would never resent anyone suffering the agony of death.

Al-Bukhari transmitted it.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic uses the bodily terms حاقنة and ذاقنة. They are retained in transliteration because their precise anatomical reference is uncertain here; the English witness interprets them as breast and collarbone.

  • بَيْنَ حَاقِنَتِي وَذَاقِنَتِي

    The two anatomical terms are obscure and the English witness supplies an interpretation as breast and collarbone.

    What anatomical locations do حاقنة and ذاقنة denote in this report, and what English wording is best supported?