Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1118
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَنَفِيُّ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ، عُثْمَانُ أَنْبَأَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ نَهَانِي حِبِّي صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ - لاَ أَقُولُ نَهَى النَّاسَ - نَهَانِي عَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَعَنِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ الْمُفَدَّمَةِ وَلاَ أَقْرَأُ سَاجِدًا وَلاَ رَاكِعًا " .
Abu Dawud—Sulayman ibn Sayf—reported to us. He said: Abu ‘Ali al-Hanafi narrated to us, along with ‘Uthman ibn ‘Umar. Abu ‘Ali said, ‘He narrated to us’; and ‘Uthman said, ‘Dawud ibn Qays informed us,’ from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Hunayn, from his father, from Ibn ‘Abbas, from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: ‘My beloved (ﷺ) forbade me from three things—I do not say that he forbade the people: he forbade me from wearing gold rings, wearing qassiyy garments, and wearing heavily safflower-dyed garments; and I do not recite while prostrating or bowing.’
Translation notes
The chain wording around Abu ‘Ali and ‘Uthman is syntactically irregular in the source; it is rendered cautiously without supplying omitted links. القَسِّيّ is retained as a garment term, and المُعَصْفَر المُفَدَّمَة is rendered as heavily safflower-dyed clothing. The narration says “three” but then appears to add recitation during prostration or bowing as another clause.
قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ،
The transmission wording “قال أبو علي حدثنا وقال، عثمان أنبأنا داود بن قيس” is irregular and does not clearly mark how Abu ‘Ali’s and ‘Uthman’s routes relate.
Can the chain be segmented confidently into the two transmitters’ respective routes?
- رضى الله عنه - قَالَ نَهَانِي حِبِّي صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ - لاَ أَقُولُ نَهَى النَّاسَ - نَهَانِي عَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَعَنِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ الْمُفَدَّمَةِ وَلاَ أَقْرَأُ سَاجِدًا وَلاَ رَاكِعًا " .
The text announces three prohibitions and lists gold rings, qassiyy garments, safflower-dyed garments, then adds “and I do not recite while prostrating or bowing.”
Is the final recitation clause a fourth prohibition or a separate statement?