Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1912
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جَوْشَنٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ، شَهِدْتُ جَنَازَةَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ وَخَرَجَ زِيَادٌ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّرِيرِ فَجَعَلَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمَوَالِيهِمْ يَسْتَقْبِلُونَ السَّرِيرَ وَيَمْشُونَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ وَيَقُولُونَ رُوَيْدًا رُوَيْدًا بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ . فَكَانُوا يَدِبُّونَ دَبِيبًا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِبَعْضِ طَرِيقِ الْمِرْبَدِ لَحِقَنَا أَبُو بَكْرَةَ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ فَلَمَّا رَأَى الَّذِي يَصْنَعُونَ حَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِبَغْلَتِهِ وَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِمْ بِالسَّوْطِ وَقَالَ خَلُّوا فَوَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَ وَجْهَ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَإِنَّا لَنَكَادُ نَرْمُلُ بِهَا رَمْلاً . فَانْبَسَطَ الْقَوْمُ .
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la narrated to us, saying: Khalid narrated to us, saying: ‘Uyaynah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Jawshan informed us, saying: My father told me: I witnessed the funeral of ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah. Ziyad came out walking in front of the bier. Some men from ‘Abd al-Rahman’s family and their freedmen faced the bier and walked backward, saying: ‘Slowly, slowly—may Allah bless you!’ They were creeping along. When we were on part of the road to al-Mirbad, Abu Bakrah caught up with us on a mule. When he saw what they were doing, he drove his mule toward them, raised his whip at them, and said: ‘Move aside! By the One who honored the face of Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I remember us being with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and we would nearly run alongside it.’ The people then spread out.
Translation notes
Al-Mirbad is retained as a place name. The source’s closing phrase فانبسط القوم is rendered ‘the people then spread out.’