Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1893
أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سِيرِينَ، يَقُولُ كَانَتْ أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ قَدِمَتْ تُبَادِرُ ابْنًا لَهَا فَلَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ حَدَّثَتْنَا قَالَتْ دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ نَغْسِلُ ابْنَتَهُ فَقَالَ " اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ بِمَاءٍ وَسِدْرٍ وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ كَافُورًا أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَافُورٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي " . فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا أَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حَقْوَهُ وَقَالَ " أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ " . وَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ . قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَىُّ بَنَاتِهِ . قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا قَوْلُهُ " أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ " . أَتُؤَزَّرُ بِهِ قَالَ لاَ أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْفُفْنَهَا فِيهِ .
Yusuf ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, saying: Hajjaj narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Ayyub ibn Abi Tamimah informed me that he heard Muhammad ibn Sirin say: Umm ‘Atiyyah was a woman from among the Ansar. She had come in haste to reach one of her sons but did not reach him. She related to us, saying: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came in to us while we were washing his daughter. He said: ‘Wash her three or five times, or more than that if you think it appropriate, with water and lote leaves. Put camphor—or some camphor—in the final wash, and when you have finished, let me know.’ When we had finished, he handed us his waist-wrapper and said: ‘Wrap her with it against her skin.’ He did not add anything further. The narrator said: ‘I do not know which of his daughters it was.’ I asked: ‘What did he mean by, “Wrap her with it against her skin”? Is she to be wrapped in it like an izar?’ He replied: ‘I think he meant only that she be wrapped in it.’
Translation notes
The wording about Umm ‘Atiyyah hastening to reach her son and not reaching him is retained literally; the source gives no further explanation.
The last Arabic verb appears in a nonstandard or corrupted form (الْفُفْنَهَا); the context and English witness indicate ‘wrap her in it.’
أَتُؤَزَّرُ بِهِ قَالَ لاَ أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْفُفْنَهَا فِيهِ .
The final Arabic verb appears as الْفُفْنَهَا, an unclear form in this text; the translation follows the contextual sense of wrapping her in the waist-wrapper, also reflected by the English witness.
Can the final verb be verified against a sound Arabic edition or manuscript?