Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1559

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الأَدْرَعِ السُّلَمِيِّ، قَالَ جِئْتُ لَيْلَةً أَحْرُسُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ قِرَاءَتُهُ عَالِيَةٌ فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا مُرَاءٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَمَاتَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَفَرَغُوا مِنْ جِهَازِهِ فَحَمَلُوا نَعْشَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ ارْفُقُوا بِهِ رَفَقَ اللَّهُ بِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَحَفَرَ حُفْرَتَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَوْسِعُوا لَهُ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ حَزِنْتَ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَجَلْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to us; Musa ibn Ubaydah narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn Abi Sa‘id narrated to me, from al-Adra‘ al-Sulami, who said: ‘One night I came to guard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and there was a man reciting loudly. The Prophet came out, and I said, “Messenger of Allah, this man is showing off.” Later, the man died in Medina. When they had finished preparing him and were carrying his bier, the Prophet said, “Be gentle with him; may Allah be gentle with him, for he loved Allah and His Messenger.” When his grave was dug, he said, “Make it spacious for him; may Allah make it spacious for him.” Some of his Companions said, “Messenger of Allah, you have grieved for him.” He replied, “Indeed, for he loved Allah and His Messenger.”’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The report preserves the narrator’s initial judgment that the man was showing off alongside the Prophet’s later praise of him.