Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1947

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 1947
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ، عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ خَالَتِهَا أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِصَبِيٍّ مِنْ صِبْيَانِ الأَنْصَارِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ طُوبَى لِهَذَا عُصْفُورٌ مِنْ عَصَافِيرِ الْجَنَّةِ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَوَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ يَا عَائِشَةُ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْجَنَّةَ وَخَلَقَ لَهَا أَهْلاً وَخَلَقَهُمْ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ وَخَلَقَ النَّارَ وَخَلَقَ لَهَا أَهْلاً وَخَلَقَهُمْ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, saying: Talhah ibn Yahya narrated to us, from his paternal aunt, ‘A’ishah bint Talhah, from her maternal aunt, the Mother of the Believers ‘A’ishah, who said: A boy from among the Ansar was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he prayed over him. ‘A’ishah said: I remarked, ‘How fortunate he is! A little bird among the birds of Paradise: he did no evil, nor did he live to the age of accountability.’ He said: ‘Or is it otherwise, ‘A’ishah? Allah, Mighty and Majestic, created Paradise and created its people for it, and created them in their fathers’ loins. He created the Fire and created its people for it, and created them in their fathers’ loins.’

Translation notes

  • The phrase أو غير ذلك يا عائشة is rendered literally as a question (‘Or is it otherwise, ‘A’ishah?’); the witness paraphrases it as ‘It is better not to say anything,’ which is not stated in this Arabic wording.

  • ‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَوَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ يَا عَائِشَةُ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْجَنَّةَ وَخَلَقَ لَهَا أَهْلاً وَخَلَقَهُمْ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ وَخَلَقَ النَّارَ وَخَلَقَ لَهَا أَهْلاً وَخَلَقَهُمْ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The Arabic instead asks ‘Or is it otherwise, ‘A’ishah?’ and continues with the statement that Allah created Paradise and the Fire and their inhabitants.

    Can the English witness be revised to reflect this wording more directly?