Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3089

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبِي، سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ بُعِثْتُ بِجَوَامِعِ الْكَلِمِ وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَبَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ فَوُضِعَتْ فِي يَدِي ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَثِلُونَهَا ‏.‏

Translation

Kathir ibn Ubayd informed us; he said: Muhammad ibn Harb narrated to us, from al-Zubaydi, from al-Zuhri, from Said ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, that Abu Hurayrah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: 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: The Messenger of Allah has gone away, while you are drawing them out.

Translation notes
  • This is another chain for the report and retains Abu Hurayrah’s closing comment.

  • ‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَدْ ذَهَبَ 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.