Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1198

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Mishkat al-Masabih 1198
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: لَمَّا بَدَّنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَثَقُلَ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ جَالِسًا

Translation

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

Aishah, may God be pleased with her, said: When the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, grew physically heavier and weak, most of his prayer was performed seated.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • بَدَّنَ

    The Arabic describes a bodily change and heaviness; the English witness paraphrases this as old age and illness.

    Should بَدَّنَ be rendered as growing physically heavy, or is there evidence for the broader sense of aging here?