Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1453
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ، حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ كَرْدَمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَتَى تَنْقَطِعُ مَعْرِفَةُ الْعَبْدِ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ " إِذَا عَايَنَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Rawh ibn al-Faraj narrated to us; Nasr ibn Hammad narrated to us; Musa ibn Kardam narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Qays, from Abu Burdah, from Abu Musa, who said: ‘I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), “When does a servant cease recognizing people?” He replied, “When he sees [it].”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final phrase is elliptical in Arabic: ‘when he sees.’ The object is not stated in this wording, so no object has been supplied in the translation.