Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1885

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 1885
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنَا حَفْصَةُ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ مَاتَتْ إِحْدَى بَنَاتِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ اغْسِلْنَهَا بِمَاءٍ وَسِدْرٍ وَاغْسِلْنَهَا وَتْرًا ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكِ وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَافُورٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ فَأَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حَقْوَهُ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَمَشَطْنَاهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ وَأَلْقَيْنَاهَا مِنْ خَلْفِهَا ‏.‏

Translation

‘Amr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, saying: Hisham narrated to us, saying: Hafsah narrated to us, from Umm ‘Atiyyah, who said: One of the daughters of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) died, and he sent word to us, saying: ‘Wash her with water and lote leaves, and wash her an odd number of times—three, five, or seven, as you think appropriate. Put some camphor in the final wash, and when you have finished, let me know.’ When we had finished, we informed him. He handed us his waist-wrapper and said: ‘Wrap her with it against her skin.’ We combed her hair into three braids and placed them behind her.

Translation notes
  • ‏ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ فَأَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حَقْوَهُ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ ‏" ‏ ‏.

    The English witness is textually corrupted in this passage, repeating and conflating the completion, notification, and waist-wrapper clauses; the Arabic is clear.

    Can the English witness be corrected against the Arabic source to remove these duplicated fragments?