Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3624
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْصَى إِلَى عَلِيٍّ رضى الله عنه لَقَدْ دَعَا بِالطَّسْتِ لِيَبُولَ فِيهَا فَانْخَنَثَتْ نَفْسُهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَا أَشْعُرُ فَإِلَى مَنْ أَوْصَى
'Amr ibn 'Ali reported to us: Azhar narrated to us: Ibn 'Awn informed us, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from 'A'ishah, who said: They claim that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a bequest to 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He called for a basin to urinate in; then his strength failed and he slumped while I was unaware. So to whom did he make a bequest?
Translation notes
The phrase describing what happened after the basin was brought is terse; it is rendered as his strength failing and his body slumping, without adding an explicit statement of death.
قَالَتْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْصَى إِلَى عَلِيٍّ رضى الله عنه لَقَدْ دَعَا بِالطَّسْتِ لِيَبُولَ فِيهَا فَانْخَنَثَتْ نَفْسُهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَا أَشْعُرُ فَإِلَى مَنْ أَوْصَى
The phrase فانخنثت نفسه وما أشعر indicates a sudden collapse or loss of strength while 'A'ishah was unaware, but the wording does not explicitly state the event that followed.
Should the phrase be rendered as ‘he slumped while I was unaware,’ or does the intended meaning explicitly describe his death?