Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3087

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَعْمَرًا، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ قُلْتُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ نَعَمْ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ح وَأَنْبَأَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لأَحْمَدَ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ بُعِثْتُ بِجَوَامِعِ الْكَلِمِ وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَبَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ فَوُضِعَتْ فِي يَدِي ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَثِلُونَهَا ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Ala informed us; he said: Mutamir narrated to us; he said: I heard Mamar, from al-Zuhri, who said: I asked whether this was from Said. He replied: Yes, from Abu Hurayrah. H. Ahmad ibn Amr ibn al-Sarh and al-Harith ibn Miskin also reported to us, by recitation to al-Harith while I listened; the wording here is Ahmad’s. They both said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Yunus, from Ibn Shihab, from Ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I was sent with concise, comprehensive speech, and I was granted victory through terror. While I was sleeping, the keys to the treasures of the earth were brought to me and placed in my hand. Abu Hurayrah said: Then the Messenger of Allah went away, while you are drawing them out.

Translation notes
  • The report preserves two transmission routes and specifies that the second route is given in Ahmad’s wording.

  • The final verb refers to drawing out or extracting the treasures; the wording is unusual.

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَثِلُونَهَا ‏.

    The rare final verb indicates extracting or drawing out the treasures; the precise English equivalent is uncertain.

    Confirm the preferred rendering of this rare verb against project terminology references.