Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1057
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم يَقُول: «لَا صَلَاة بِحَضْرَة طَعَام وَلَا هُوَ يدافعه الأخبثان»
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘A’ishah (may God be pleased with her) reported that she heard the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) say: ‘There is no prayer when food is present, nor when the two foul matters are pressing.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم يَقُول: «لَا صَلَاة بِحَضْرَة طَعَام وَلَا هُوَ يدافعه الأخبثان»
The Arabic euphemism الأخبثان refers to the two bodily calls of nature, but does not name them directly.
Should this euphemistic phrase be rendered explicitly as urination and defecation in a reviewed edition?