Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1908

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ إِذَا وُضِعَ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ قَالَ قَدِّمُونِي قَدِّمُونِي وَإِذَا وُضِعَ الرَّجُلُ - يَعْنِي السُّوءَ - عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ قَالَ يَا وَيْلِي أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ بِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Suwayd ibn Nasr narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd Allah informed us, from Ibn Abi Dhi’b, from Sa‘id al-Maqburi, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mihran, that Abu Hurayrah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: ‘When a righteous man is placed on his bier, he says, “Carry me on, carry me on!” But when an evil man is placed on his bier, he says, “Woe to me! Where are you taking me?”’

Translation notes
  • The source uses the explanatory phrase الرجل (يعني السوء), ‘the man—meaning the evil one,’ for the second man.