Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3190
أَخْبَرَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ كَحُرْمَةِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَإِذَا خَلَفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ فَخَانَهُ قِيلَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَذَا خَانَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ فَخُذْ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ مَا شِئْتَ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ " .
Harun ibn Abd Allah informed me; he said: Harmi ibn Umarah narrated to us; he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Sulayman ibn Buraydah, from his father, that 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. If a man is left behind to care for someone’s family and betrays him, he will be told on the Day of Resurrection: This man betrayed you concerning your family, so take whatever you wish from his good deeds. So what do you think?
Translation notes
This wording explicitly says to take from the betrayer’s good deeds whatever one wishes; the closing question is a rhetorical warning.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " حُرْمَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِينَ كَحُرْمَةِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَإِذَا خَلَفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ فَخَانَهُ قِيلَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ هَذَا خَانَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ فَخُذْ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ مَا شِئْتَ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ " .
The expression خَلَفَهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ refers to being left in charge of a person’s family; the exact scope of the betrayal is not specified in the wording.
Should the betrayal be rendered generally, without specifying a particular form of misconduct?