Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1038
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ الْبَرَّادِ، قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ أَلاَ أُرِيكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي قُلْنَا بَلَى . فَقَامَ فَكَبَّرَ فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ جَافَى بَيْنَ إِبْطَيْهِ حَتَّى لَمَّا اسْتَقَرَّ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ مِنْهُ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ هَكَذَا وَقَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي .
Yaʿqub ibn Ibrahim informed us, from Ibn ʿUlayyah, from ʿAtaʾ ibn al-Saʾib, from Salim al-Barrad, who said: Abu Masʿud said: “Shall I show you how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray?” We said, “Yes.” He stood and said the takbir. When he bowed, he held his upper arms away from his sides until his whole body was settled; then he raised his head. He prayed four rakʿahs in this manner and said: “This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah pray.”
Translation notes
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
The English witness is abridged in the transmission chain; the Arabic source preserves it.
Should the English witness include the omitted chain in its separate source record?
قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ أَلاَ أُرِيكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي قُلْنَا بَلَى .
The Arabic name is Abu Masʿud, while the English witness reads “Abu Musʿad.”
Should the witness name be corrected to Abu Masʿud?