Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1109

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى بِهِ وَبِأُمِّهِ أَوْ خَالَتِهِ قَالَ: فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَأَقَامَ الْمَرْأَةَ خَلْفَنَا. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

He reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) led him and his mother or maternal aunt in prayer. The Prophet placed him on his right and the woman behind them. Muslim transmitted it.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic gives an alternative: the woman was either his mother or his maternal aunt. The opening pronoun refers to a narrator not named in this block.