Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1602
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ عَزَّى مُصَابًا فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Amr ibn Rafi narrated to us: He said: Ali ibn Asim narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Suqah, from Ibrahim, from al-Aswad, from Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever consoles someone afflicted by calamity will have a reward like his.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
‘مُصَابًا’ is someone afflicted by calamity. The Arabic says the one who consoles receives ‘a reward like his’; the pronoun is retained without further specifying its referent.