Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1586
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَابِسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ شَهِدْتَ الْخُرُوجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَوْلاَ مَكَانِي مِنْهُ مَا شَهِدْتُهُ يَعْنِي مِنْ صِغَرِهِ أَتَى الْعَلَمَ الَّذِي عِنْدَ دَارِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ خَطَبَ ثُمَّ أَتَى النِّسَاءَ فَوَعَظَهُنَّ وَذَكَّرَهُنَّ وَأَمَرَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقْنَ فَجَعَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تُهْوِي بِيَدِهَا إِلَى حَلَقِهَا تُلْقِي فِي ثَوْبِ بِلاَلٍ .
‘Amr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us; he said: Yahya narrated to us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us; he said: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abis narrated to us; he said: I heard Ibn ‘Abbas. A man asked him, “Did you accompany the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he went out?” He said: “Yes. Were it not for my position with him, I would not have witnessed it”—meaning, because he was so young. The Prophet went to the marker near the house of Kathir ibn al-Salt and prayed, then delivered a sermon. Then he went to the women, exhorted and reminded them, and told them to give charity. A woman would reach her hand toward her neck, take off her necklace, and put it in Bilal’s garment.
Translation notes
The source itself glosses Ibn ‘Abbas’s remark as referring to his young age. ‘Marker’ renders al-‘alam; the report does not further identify it.
قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ شَهِدْتَ الْخُرُوجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَوْلاَ مَكَانِي مِنْهُ مَا شَهِدْتُهُ يَعْنِي مِنْ صِغَرِهِ أَتَى الْعَلَمَ الَّذِي عِنْدَ دَارِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ خَطَبَ ثُمَّ أَتَى النِّسَاءَ فَوَعَظَهُنَّ وَذَكَّرَهُنَّ وَأَمَرَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقْنَ فَجَعَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تُهْوِي بِيَدِهَا إِلَى حَلَقِهَا تُلْقِي فِي ثَوْبِ بِلاَلٍ .
The phrase ‘my position with him’ is unusual; the source glosses the point as being due to Ibn ‘Abbas’s young age but does not explain the position further.
Does ‘my position with him’ specifically refer to kinship or another kind of closeness?