LessonsTravel, repayment, service, and sufficiency (Hadith 37–43)Quiz

يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ نَوْمَهُ، وَطَعَامَهُ، وَشَرَابَهُ
Travel disrupts a person's sleep, meals, and drink.

ExpressionMeaning
يَمْنَعُprevents, deprives
أَحَدَكُمْone of you
نَوْمَهُhis sleep
طَعَامَهُhis food
شَرَابَهُhis drink

يَمْنَعُ is a present-tense verb whose subject is the previously mentioned travel. أَحَدَكُمْ is its object; ـكُمْ refers to “you” in the plural. The pronoun ـهُ in the three necessities refers back to the traveler.

The narration names three daily needs. Its meaning should not be reduced to interrupted sleep alone.

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Travel, repayment, service, and sufficiency (Hadith 37–43)

يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ نَوْمَهُ، وَطَعَامَهُ، وَشَرَابَهُ
Travel disrupts a person's sleep, meals, and drink.

ExpressionMeaning
يَمْنَعُprevents, deprives
أَحَدَكُمْone of you
نَوْمَهُhis sleep
طَعَامَهُhis food
شَرَابَهُhis drink

يَمْنَعُ is a present-tense verb whose subject is the previously mentioned travel. أَحَدَكُمْ is its object; ـكُمْ refers to “you” in the plural. The pronoun ـهُ in the three necessities refers back to the traveler.

The narration names three daily needs. Its meaning should not be reduced to interrupted sleep alone.