Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1957
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى وَلِيِّهَا فَقَالَ " أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَائْتِنِي بِهَا " . فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ رَجَمَهَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ فَقَالَ " لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ تَوْبَةً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " .
Isma‘il ibn Mas‘ud narrated to us, saying: Khalid narrated to us, saying: Hisham narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu al-Muhallab, from ‘Imran ibn Husayn, that a woman from Juhaynah came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: ‘I have committed adultery,’ while she was pregnant. He sent her to her guardian and said: ‘Treat her well, and when she has given birth, bring her to me.’ When she had given birth, he brought her to him. The Prophet ordered that her clothes be secured around her, then he stoned her and prayed over her. ‘Umar said to him: ‘Are you praying over her when she committed adultery?’ He replied: ‘She has repented with a repentance that, if divided among seventy of the people of Madinah, would suffice them. Have you seen a repentance better than her giving herself up for Allah, Mighty and Majestic?’
Translation notes
The Arabic explicitly says she was stoned before the Prophet prayed over her. The phrase فشكّت عليها ثيابها indicates that her clothing was fastened around her before the stoning.
The English witness has duplicated and corrupted clauses in the opening; the translation follows the Arabic sequence.
فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ رَجَمَهَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ فَقَالَ " لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ تَوْبَةً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " .
The witness omits the explicit intervening action فَرَجَمَهَا (‘then he stoned her’) before the funeral prayer.
Can the English witness be restored to include the omitted action stated in Arabic?