Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3208
أَخْبَرَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، وَالأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَسْوَدُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لَيْسَ بِمَحْفُوظٍ .
Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani al-Kufi informed me; he said: Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Muharibi narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Ibrahim, from Alqamah and al-Aswad, from Abd Allah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to us: ‘Whoever among you is able to marry should marry; whoever is unable should fast, for fasting is a restraint for him.’ Abu Abd al-Rahman said: Al-Aswad is not preserved in this hadith.
Translation notes
The closing sentence is an editorial transmission note, saying that the inclusion of al-Aswad in this hadith is not preserved.
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَسْوَدُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لَيْسَ بِمَحْفُوظٍ .
ليس بمحفوظ is a hadith-critical expression meaning the report or narrator detail is not reliably preserved.
Is “Al-Aswad is not preserved in this hadith” the best concise rendering of this technical note?