Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3125

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ، وَذَكَرَ، آخَرَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَانِئٍ الْخَوْلاَنِيُّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيَّ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَا مِنْ غَازِيَةٍ تَغْزُو فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُصِيبُونَ غَنِيمَةً إِلاَّ تَعَجَّلُوا ثُلُثَىْ أَجْرِهِمْ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ وَيَبْقَى لَهُمُ الثُّلُثُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِيبُوا غَنِيمَةً تَمَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yazid informed us; he said: My father narrated to us; he said: Haywah—and he mentioned another narrator—both narrated to us from Abu Hani al-Khawlani, who heard Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli say: I heard Abd Allah ibn Amr say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whenever an expedition goes out to fight in the cause of Allah and gains spoils, they have hastened two-thirds of their reward from the Hereafter, and one-third remains for them. If they gain no spoils, their reward is complete.

Translation notes
  • The source mentions another narrator but does not name that transmitter. The phrase concerning two-thirds of the reward and one-third remaining is translated literally.

  • يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَا مِنْ غَازِيَةٍ تَغْزُو فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُصِيبُونَ غَنِيمَةً إِلاَّ تَعَجَّلُوا ثُلُثَىْ أَجْرِهِمْ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ وَيَبْقَى لَهُمُ الثُّلُثُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِيبُوا غَنِيمَةً تَمَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The report says the expedition gains two-thirds of its reward early from the Hereafter while one-third remains; this division is stated compactly.

    Confirm whether the project prefers a conventional interpretation of the reward division or this literal rendering.