Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3189
أَخْبَرَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، وَمَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لِحُسَيْنٍ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ كَحُرْمَةِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَخْلُفُ فِي امْرَأَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فَيَخُونُهُ فِيهَا إِلاَّ وُقِفَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ مَا شَاءَ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ " .
Husayn ibn Hurayth and Mahmud ibn Ghaylan reported to us—and the wording is that of Husayn. They said: Waki narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Sulayman ibn Buraydah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The inviolability of the wives of those striving in Allah’s cause for those who remain behind is like the inviolability of their own mothers. Any man who is left in charge of the wife of a man striving in Allah’s cause and betrays him concerning her will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection, and the man will take from his deeds whatever he wishes. So what do you think?
Translation notes
The opening compares the inviolability of fighters’ wives for those remaining behind to that of their mothers. The final question is a rhetorical warning about the gravity of betrayal.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ كَحُرْمَةِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَخْلُفُ فِي امْرَأَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فَيَخُونُهُ فِيهَا إِلاَّ وُقِفَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ مَا شَاءَ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ " .
The wording فيخونه فيها is elliptical and does not explicitly state the form of betrayal; rendered generally as betraying him concerning her.
Should the betrayal here be understood specifically as sexual misconduct, or kept general as in this translation?