Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 1226c
وَحَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ بِهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَمَعَ بَيْنَ حَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ فِيهِ قُرْآنٌ يُحَرِّمُهُ وَقَدْ كَانَ يُسَلَّمُ عَلَىَّ حَتَّى اكْتَوَيْتُ فَتُرِكْتُ ثُمَّ تَرَكْتُ الْكَىَّ فَعَادَ .
Ubayd Allah ibn Muadh narrated this to me: My father narrated to us: Shuba narrated to us, from Humayd ibn Hilal, from Mutarrif, who said: Imran ibn Husayn said to me: I will tell you a hadith that Allah may make beneficial to you: The Messenger of Allah combined Hajj and Umra, then did not prohibit it until he died. No Quran was revealed forbidding it. I used to receive greetings until I was cauterized; then they stopped. Later I stopped cauterization, and they returned.
Translation notes
قَالَ قَالَ لِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ بِهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَمَعَ بَيْنَ حَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ فِيهِ قُرْآنٌ يُحَرِّمُهُ وَقَدْ كَانَ يُسَلَّمُ عَلَىَّ حَتَّى اكْتَوَيْتُ فَتُرِكْتُ ثُمَّ تَرَكْتُ الْكَىَّ فَعَادَ .
The Arabic says “greetings were given to me” without naming who greeted him; the English witness renders this as being blessed.
Should the translation retain “I used to receive greetings,” or is an unstated greeter understood from context?