Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2039
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي نَمِرٍ - عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كُلَّمَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَيَقُولُ : " السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا وَإِيَّاكُمْ مُتَوَاعِدُونَ غَدًا أَوْ مُوَاكِلُونَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لاَحِقُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لأَهْلِ بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ " .
‘Ali ibn Hujr informed us, saying: Isma‘il narrated to us, saying: Sharik—namely, Ibn Abi Nimr—narrated to us, from ‘Ata’, from ‘A’ishah, who said: Whenever it was the night on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stayed with her, he would go out in the last part of the night to al-Baqi‘ and say: ‘Peace be upon you, dwellings of a believing people. We have a rendezvous with you tomorrow—or we are to be joined together. If Allah wills, we will join you. O Allah, forgive the people of Baqi‘ al-Gharqad.’
Translation notes
وَإِنَّا وَإِيَّاكُمْ مُتَوَاعِدُونَ غَدًا أَوْ مُوَاكِلُونَ،
The phrase ‘mutawa‘idun ghadan aw muwakilun’ has an unusual alternative wording and its precise sense is uncertain.
Can another textual route clarify whether the phrase means a promised meeting or being joined together?