Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1622

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1622
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «اقرؤوا سُورَةَ (يس) عَلَى مَوْتَاكُمْ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَأَبُو دَاوُد وَابْن مَاجَه

Translation

Maqil ibn Yasar reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Recite Surah Ya-Sin over your dead." Ahmad, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Translation notes
  • عَلَى مَوْتَاكُمْ

    The phrase is literally your dead, while the English witness notes a probable contextual meaning of people at the point of death; the Arabic alone does not resolve that interpretive question.

    Should موتاكم be rendered literally as your dead or contextually as those who are dying?