Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 491
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّ غُطَيْفَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ، وَهُوَ وَجِعٌ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَمْسَى أَجْرُ الأَمِيرِ؟ فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ فِيمَا تُؤْجَرُونَ بِهِ؟ فَقَالَ: بِمَا يُصِيبُنَا فِيمَا نَكْرَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا تُؤْجَرُونَ بِمَا أَنْفَقْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَاسْتُنْفِقَ لَكُمْ، ثُمَّ عَدَّ أَدَاةَ الرَّحْلِ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ عِذَارَ الْبِرْذَوْنِ، وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا الْوَصَبَ الَّذِي يُصِيبُكُمْ فِي أَجْسَادِكُمْ يُكَفِّرُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ خَطَايَاكُمْ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ishaq ibn al-‘Ala’ related to us: ‘Amr ibn al-Harith related to us: ‘Abd Allah ibn Salim related to us, from Muhammad al-Zubaydi, who said: Sulayman ibn ‘Amir related to us, that Ghutayf ibn al-Harith informed him that a man came to Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah while he was ill and asked, “How has the commander’s reward turned out?” He asked, “Do you know what you are rewarded for?” The man replied, “For what befalls us that we dislike.” Abu ‘Ubaydah said, “You are rewarded only for what you spend in Allah’s cause and what is spent for you.” Then he enumerated all the equipment of a saddle, up to the bridle of a packhorse. “But this ailment that afflicts your bodies—through it Allah expiates some of your sins.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The phrase “and what is spent for you” reflects the passive وَاسْتُنْفِقَ لَكُمْ. The English witness gives a different, less literal interpretation of the following phrase about enumerating the saddle equipment; the Arabic does not explicitly state “a reckoning.”
ثُمَّ عَدَّ أَدَاةَ الرَّحْلِ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ عِذَارَ الْبِرْذَوْنِ،
The Arabic says he enumerated the whole saddle equipment up to the bridle of a packhorse; it does not explicitly mention a reckoning.
Does the English witness’s “reckoning” add an interpretation absent from the Arabic wording?