Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1832
أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُيَىُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ وُلِدَ بِهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ قَالَ " يَا لَيْتَهُ مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ " . قَالُوا وَلِمَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ قِيسَ لَهُ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ إِلَى مُنْقَطَعِ أَثَرِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " .
Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la informed us: Ibn Wahb informed us: Huyayy ibn ‘Abdullah told me, from Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr, who said: A man who had been born in al-Madinah died there, and the Messenger of Allah prayed over him, then said: ‘If only he had died somewhere other than his birthplace!’ They asked: ‘Why is that, Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘When a man dies somewhere other than his birthplace, the distance from his birthplace to the point where his trail ends in Paradise is measured for him.’
Translation notes
قَالُوا وَلِمَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ قِيسَ لَهُ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ إِلَى مُنْقَطَعِ أَثَرِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ " .
The Arabic says the distance is measured from his birthplace to the point where his trail ends in Paradise; the English witness instead gives the distance to the place of death and has an unclear construction.
Please preserve the Arabic wording about the distance from his birthplace to where his trail ends in Paradise.