Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1930

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ، عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَمَا الْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلاَدُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah narrated to us, from Malik, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Halhalah, from Ma‘bad ibn Ka‘b ibn Malik, from Abu Qatadah ibn Rib‘i, who used to relate that a funeral bier was brought past the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he said: ‘One who has found rest, and one from whom others have found rest.’ They asked: ‘Who is the one who has found rest, and who is the one from whom others have found rest?’ He replied: ‘The believing servant finds rest from the hardship and harm of this world. As for the wicked servant, people, lands, trees, and animals find rest from him.’