Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2013

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُلَىِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ، قَالَ ‏: ‏ ثَلاَثُ سَاعَاتٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْهَانَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِيهِنَّ، أَوْ نَقْبُرَ فِيهِنَّ مَوْتَانَا ‏:‏ حِينَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ بَازِغَةً حَتَّى تَرْتَفِعَ، وَحِينَ يَقُومُ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ، وَحِينَ تَضَيَّفُ الشَّمْسُ لِلْغُرُوبِ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Amr ibn ‘Ali informed us, saying: ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Musa ibn ‘Ulayy ibn Rabah said: I heard my father say: I heard ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir al-Juhani say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade us to pray or bury our dead at three times: when the sun rises until it has climbed higher; when midday heat is at its height, until the sun passes its zenith; and when the sun inclines toward setting.

Translation notes
  • The English witness appends the grade ‘Sahih’; this label is absent from the Arabic passage.

  • قَالَ ‏: ‏ ثَلاَثُ سَاعَاتٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْهَانَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِيهِنَّ،

    The English witness appends a hadith grade that is not present in the Arabic source text.

    Should the witness-only grade be retained with the translation?