Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1240
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُفَضَّلٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُهَلْهَلٍ - عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الَّذِي يَرَى أَنَّهُ الصَّوَابُ فَيُتِمَّهُ ثُمَّ - يَعْنِي - يَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ " . وَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ بَعْضَ حُرُوفِهِ كَمَا أَرَدْتُ .
Muhammad ibn Rafi‘ reported to us; he said: Yahya ibn Adam reported to us; he said: Mufaddal—namely, Ibn Muhalhil—reported to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from ‘Alqamah, from ‘Abd Allah, attributing it to the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: “If any one of you is uncertain during his prayer, let him determine which course he believes to be correct and complete the prayer on that basis. Then”—that is, let him prostrate twice. A narrator added: “I did not understand some of his wording as fully as I would have liked.”
Translation notes
The first-person comment at the end is retained as an unattributed narrator’s note because the source segment does not identify its speaker.
وَلَمْ أَفْهَمْ بَعْضَ حُرُوفِهِ كَمَا أَرَدْتُ .
The source ends with a first-person comment, ولم أفهم بعض حروفه كما أردتُ, but does not identify the speaker within this segment.
Can the first-person narrator of this closing comment be identified from the surrounding source?