Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 452
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ رَبِّهِ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ الْبُنَانِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، أَنَّ الصَّلَوَاتِ، فُرِضَتْ بِمَكَّةَ وَأَنَّ مَلَكَيْنِ أَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَهَبَا بِهِ إِلَى زَمْزَمَ فَشَقَّا بَطْنَهُ وَأَخْرَجَا حَشْوَهُ فِي طَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَغَسَلاَهُ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ثُمَّ كَبَسَا جَوْفَهُ حِكْمَةً وَعِلْمًا .
Sulayman ibn Dawud informed us, from Ibn Wahb, who said: ‘Amr ibn al-Harith informed me that ‘Abd Rabbihi ibn Sa‘id told him that al-Bunani told him, from Anas ibn Malik, that the prayers were prescribed in Makkah, and that two angels came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and took him to Zamzam. They split open his abdomen and placed his innards in a golden basin. They washed them with Zamzam water, then filled his interior with wisdom and knowledge.
Translation notes
The Arabic says the angels filled his jawf (interior); the English witness renders this as his heart. The Arabic block does not specify “heart” in this final phrase.
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ،
The English witness omits the transmission chain.
Confirm the chain against the Arabic source.
فُرِضَتْ بِمَكَّةَ وَأَنَّ مَلَكَيْنِ أَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَهَبَا بِهِ إِلَى زَمْزَمَ فَشَقَّا بَطْنَهُ وَأَخْرَجَا حَشْوَهُ فِي طَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَغَسَلاَهُ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ ثُمَّ كَبَسَا جَوْفَهُ حِكْمَةً وَعِلْمًا .
The English witness says “filled his heart,” while the Arabic says his interior (jawf).
Confirm that the broader literal wording is preferred.