Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1630
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَتْ لِي فَاطِمَةُ يَا أَنَسُ كَيْفَ سَخَتْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ أَنْ تَحْثُوا التُّرَابَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ . وَحَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ، قَالَتْ حِينَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَا أَبَتَاهْ إِلَى جِبْرَائِيلَ أَنْعَاهْ وَا أَبَتَاهْ مِنْ رَبِّهِ مَا أَدْنَاهْ وَا أَبَتَاهْ جَنَّةُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ مَأْوَاهْ وَا أَبَتَاهْ أَجَابَ رَبًّا دَعَاهْ . قَالَ حَمَّادٌ فَرَأَيْتُ ثَابِتًا حِينَ حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَكَى حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَضْلاَعَهُ تَخْتَلِفُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to me; Thabit narrated to me, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: Fatimah said to me, ‘O Anas, how could you bring yourselves to shovel earth over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?’
Thabit also narrated to us, from Anas, that Fatimah said when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away: ‘O my father! To Jibril I announce your death! O my father, how near you are to your Lord! O my father, the Garden of al-Firdaws is your abode! O my father, you answered a Lord who called you!’ Hammad said: I saw Thabit, when he narrated this hadith, weeping until I saw his ribs move.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The second report has an elegiac, rhyming form; the repeated address is retained, while rhyme is not forced in English.
The first line of the elegy is translated closely; its compressed expression concerning Jibril remains open to review.
قَالَتْ حِينَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَا أَبَتَاهْ إِلَى جِبْرَائِيلَ أَنْعَاهْ وَا أَبَتَاهْ مِنْ رَبِّهِ مَا أَدْنَاهْ وَا أَبَتَاهْ جَنَّةُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ مَأْوَاهْ وَا أَبَتَاهْ أَجَابَ رَبًّا دَعَاهْ .
In the elegiac phrase إلى جبريل أنعاه, the first-person verb appears to mean announcing or lamenting his death to Jibril, but the compressed poetic construction leaves the relation unclear.
Does ‘To Jibril I announce your death’ preserve the line’s intended meaning, or is another reading warranted?