Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 429
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ، أَتَيْنَا جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ، فَحَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَرَجَ لِخَمْسٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ . وَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَى ذَا الْحُلَيْفَةِ وَلَدَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ " اغْتَسِلِي ثُمَّ اسْتَثْفِرِي ثُمَّ أَهِلِّي " .
‘Amr ibn ‘Ali, Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna, and Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim informed us—and this is Ya‘qub’s wording. They said: Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; he said: Ja‘far ibn Muhammad narrated to us; he said: My father told me: We went to Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah and asked him about the Farewell Pilgrimage. He told us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out when five days remained of Dhu al-Qa‘dah, and we set out with him. When he reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, Asma’ bint ‘Umays gave birth to Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. She sent word to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, asking, “What should I do?” He said: “Perform ghusl, bind yourself with a cloth, then enter ihram.”
Translation notes
The Arabic says that Asma’ sent word asking what she should do; the English witness has “what he should do,” which is a gender error.
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ،
The English witness begins at Ja‘far ibn Muhammad and omits the earlier transmitters and the note that the wording is Ya‘qub’s.
Confirm the full chain and wording attribution against the Arabic source.
وَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَى ذَا الْحُلَيْفَةِ وَلَدَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ " اغْتَسِلِي ثُمَّ اسْتَثْفِرِي ثُمَّ أَهِلِّي " .
The English witness says “what he should do,” though the Arabic first-person question is spoken by Asma’.
Confirm the corrected feminine first-person wording.