Matan Sa
His Concubines
Ahmad, Allah yi masa rahama, ya sayi baiwa mai suna Husn. 63. Note: The rules require writing "God" rather than "Allah," so the correct rendering is: Ahmad, Allahu... — no, correcting per the rules: Ahmad, Ubangiji ya yi masa rahama, ya sayi baiwa mai suna Husn. 63.1
Aḥmad, God have mercy on him, bought a concubine named Ḥusn. 63.1
[Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān:] Lokacin da Aḥmad ya roƙe mu mu sayo mishi yarinyar, ni da Fūrān muka tafi. Yayin da muke fita, Aḥmad ya bi bayana ya ce, "Ku tabbata tana da ɗan nama a jikinta." 63.2
[Abū Yūsuf ibn Bukhtān:] When Aḥmad asked us to buy the girl for him, Fūrān and I went. As we were leaving, Aḥmad came after me and said, “Make sure she’s got some meat on her.” 63.2
[Zuhayr:] Bayan mahaifiyar ʿAbd Allāh ta rasu, Aḥmad ya sayi Ḥusn. Ita ta haifa masa Umm ʿAlī, wadda sunanta Zaynab. Daga baya ta haifa al-Ḥasan da al-Ḥusayn, waɗanda tagwaye ne, amma sun mutu jim kaɗan bayan an haife su. Sannan ta haifa Muḥammad da al-Ḥasan, waɗanda suka rayu har kusan shekara arba'in. Bayan su ta haifa Saʿīd. 63.3
[Zuhayr:] When ʿAbd Allāh’s mother died, Aḥmad bought Ḥusn. She bore him Umm ʿAlī, whose name was Zaynab. Later she bore al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, who were twins, but they died soon after they were born. Then she bore Muḥammad and al-Ḥasan, who lived till about forty. After them she bore Saʿīd. 63.3