Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3132
أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارِ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سُمَيْعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُسْرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلاَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ أَقَامَ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَمَاتَ لاَ يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ هَاجَرَ أَوْ مَاتَ فِي مَوْلِدِهِ " . فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نُخْبِرُ بِهَا النَّاسَ فَيَسْتَبْشِرُوا بِهَا فَقَالَ " إِنَّ لِلْجَنَّةِ مِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ أَعَدَّهَا اللَّهُ لِلْمُجَاهِدِينَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَلَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلاَ أَجِدُ مَا أَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ تَطِيبُ أَنْفُسُهُمْ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا بَعْدِي مَا قَعَدْتُ خَلْفَ سَرِيَّةٍ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أُقْتَلُ ثُمَّ أُحْيَا ثُمَّ أُقْتَلُ " .
Harun ibn Muhammad ibn Bakkar ibn Bilal informed us; he said: Muhammad ibn Isa ibn al-Qasim ibn Sumay narrated to us; he said: Zayd ibn Waqid narrated to us; he said: Busr ibn Ubayd Allah narrated to me, from Abu Idris al-Khawlani, from Abu al-Darda, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever establishes the prayer, gives the zakah, and dies without associating anything with Allah, it is Allah’s due right to forgive him, whether he emigrated or died in his birthplace. We said: Messenger of Allah, shall we tell the people this so they may rejoice? He said: Paradise has one hundred ranks, the distance between each two being like the distance between heaven and earth. Allah prepared them for those who strive in His cause. Were it not that I would impose hardship on the believers, that I have no mounts on which to carry them, and that they would be distressed at staying behind me, I would never remain behind an expedition. I would love to be killed, then brought to life, then killed.
Translation notes
The report includes the promise of forgiveness, the hundred ranks in Paradise, the Prophet’s concern about the believers being left behind, and his wish to be killed and restored to life.