Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 440
أَخْبَرَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، رضى الله عنه أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا دَنَا مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ فَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ الْمَذْىُ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي ابْنَتَهُ وَأَنَا أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ . فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ " إِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَنْضَحْ فَرْجَهُ وَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وُضُوءَهُ لِلصَّلاَةِ " .
‘Utbah ibn ‘Abdullah informed us; he said: It was read to Malik while I listened, from Abu al-Nadr, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, from al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad, from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, who instructed him to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a man who approaches a woman and madhy comes out of him, saying: “His daughter is with me, and I am too shy to ask him.” Al-Miqdad asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that, and he said: “If one of you experiences that, let him sprinkle water on his private part and perform wudu’ as for prayer.”
Translation notes
Madhy refers to pre-seminal fluid. The Arabic says literally that ‘Ali’s daughter is with him; the English witness makes explicit that she is married to him.
أَخْبَرَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،
The English witness omits the chain and its note that the text was read to Malik while the narrator listened.
Confirm the chain and the mode of transmission against the Arabic source.
رضى الله عنه أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا دَنَا مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ فَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ الْمَذْىُ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي ابْنَتَهُ وَأَنَا أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ .
The Arabic says “his daughter is with me”; the witness explicitly glosses that she is married to him.
Confirm that the literal wording is preferred over the witness’s added clarification.