Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3135

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3135
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ نُودِيَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا خَيْرٌ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلاَةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّلاَةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجِهَادِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الْجِهَادِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّدَقَةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصِّيَامِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الرَّيَّانِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَا عَلَى الَّذِي يُدْعَى مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ هَلْ يُدْعَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ "

Translation

Ubaydullah ibn Sad ibn Ibrahim informed us; he said: My paternal uncle narrated to us; he said: My father narrated to us, from Salih, from Ibn Shihab, that Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman informed him that Abu Hurayrah used to relate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever gives a pair of things in the cause of Allah will be called in Paradise: Servant of Allah, this is good. Whoever is among the people of prayer will be called from the Gate of Prayer; whoever is among the people of striving will be called from the Gate of Striving; whoever is among the people of charity will be called from the Gate of Charity; and whoever is among the people of fasting will be called from the Gate of al-Rayyan. Abu Bakr said: Prophet of Allah, there is no hardship for the one who is called from all of those gates. Will anyone be called from all of those gates? He said: Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them.

Translation notes

  • The phrase زَوْجَيْنِ is rendered as a pair of things because the source does not specify which items are given. Al-Rayyan is the gate associated with fasting.

  • ‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَا عَلَى الَّذِي يُدْعَى مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ هَلْ يُدْعَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا ؟

    Abu Bakr’s phrase about there being no necessity or hardship for someone called from all these gates is compressed and not fully explicit in Arabic.

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