Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2146
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الطَّائِفِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ يَتَبَايَعُونَ بُكْرَةً فَنَادَاهُمْ " يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ " . فَلَمَّا رَفَعُوا أَبْصَارَهُمْ وَمَدُّوا أَعْنَاقَهُمْ قَالَ " إِنَّ التُّجَّارَ يُبْعَثُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فُجَّارًا إِلاَّ مَنِ اتَّقَى اللَّهَ وَبَرَّ وَصَدَقَ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yaʿqub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sulaym al-Taʾifi narrated to us, from ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUthman ibn Khuthaym, from Ismaʿil ibn ʿUbayd ibn Rifaʿah, from his father, from his grandfather, Rifaʿah, who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and people were trading early in the morning. He called out to them, ‘O company of merchants!’ When they raised their eyes and craned their necks, he said, ‘On the Day of Resurrection, merchants will be resurrected as sinners, except those who are mindful of Allah, act righteously, and speak truthfully.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَلَمَّا رَفَعُوا أَبْصَارَهُمْ وَمَدُّوا أَعْنَاقَهُمْ قَالَ " إِنَّ التُّجَّارَ يُبْعَثُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فُجَّارًا إِلاَّ مَنِ اتَّقَى اللَّهَ وَبَرَّ وَصَدَقَ " .
فجارًا means wicked/sinful; the exception lists those who fear Allah, برّ (act rightly), and speak truthfully.
Does ‘as sinners’ preserve فجارًا and ‘act righteously’ convey برّ in the context of ethical commerce?