Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1073
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَفِظْنَاهُ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ لَمَّا رَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ أَنْجِ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَسَلَمَةَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ وَعَيَّاشَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ بِمَكَّةَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ وَاجْعَلْهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سِنِينَ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ " .
Muhammad ibn Mansur informed us: Sufyan narrated to us, saying, “We learned it by heart from al-Zuhri, from Saʿid, from Abu Hurairah.” He said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his head from the second rakʿah of the Subh prayer, he said: “O Allah, rescue al-Walid ibn al-Walid, Salamah ibn Hisham, ʿAyyash ibn Abi Rabiʿah, and the oppressed believers in Mecca. O Allah, intensify Your pressure upon Mudar and afflict them with years like the years of Joseph.”
Translation notes
The Arabic compares the requested years to the years of Joseph without explicitly adding “famine.”
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ،
The English witness begins with Abu Hurairah and omits Muhammad ibn Mansur, Sufyan, al-Zuhri, and Saʿid from the Arabic chain.
Should the English witness preserve the full chain of transmission?