Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1012
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِذَا سَمِعُوا صَوْتَهُ سَبُّوا الْقُرْآنَ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْفِضُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَا كَانَ يَسْمَعُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَلاَ تَجْهَرْ بِصَلاَتِكَ وَلاَ تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلاً } " .
Muhammad ibn Qudamah informed us: Jarir narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Jaʿfar ibn Iyas, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbas, who said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to raise his voice while reciting the Qur’an. When the polytheists heard him, they would insult the Qur’an and the one who brought it. So the Prophet began to lower his voice while reciting the Qur’an, to the extent that his companions could hear him. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: ‘Do not recite your prayer aloud, nor recite it silently, but seek a way between that.’”
Translation notes
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ،
The English witness omits the chain preceding Ibn ʿAbbas.
Should the English witness include the omitted chain in its separate source record?
قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِذَا سَمِعُوا صَوْتَهُ سَبُّوا الْقُرْآنَ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْفِضُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَا كَانَ يَسْمَعُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { وَلاَ تَجْهَرْ بِصَلاَتِكَ وَلاَ تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلاً } " .
The Arabic says his companions could hear him; the English witness inserts a negation and reverses the clause.
Should the witness’s negation be removed to match the Arabic?