Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 488
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، قَالَ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا - شَكَّ سُفْيَانُ - وَصُرِفَ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ .
Muhammad ibn Bashshar informed us; he said: Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us; he said: Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from al-Bara’, who said: We prayed with the Prophet ﷺ toward Bayt al-Maqdis for about sixteen or seventeen months—Sufyan was uncertain—then he was turned toward the Qiblah.
Translation notes
The Arabic explicitly attributes the uncertainty between sixteen and seventeen months to Sufyan. The English witness mistakenly attributes it to Safwan.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ،
The English witness omits the chain.
Confirm the isnad against the Arabic source.
قَالَ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا أَوْ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا - شَكَّ سُفْيَانُ - وَصُرِفَ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ .
The English witness attributes the uncertainty to Safwan, but the Arabic explicitly says Sufyan.
Confirm the correction to Sufyan.