Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3141

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَجَّاجًا، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ يُخَامِرَ، أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْقَتْلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ نَفْسِهِ صَادِقًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ فَلَهُ أَجْرُ شَهِيدٍ وَمَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ نُكِبَ نَكْبَةً فَإِنَّهَا تَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَغْزَرِ مَا كَانَتْ لَوْنُهَا كَالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَرِيحُهَا كَالْمِسْكِ وَمَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَعَلَيْهِ طَابَعُ الشُّهَدَاءِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Yusuf ibn Said informed us; he said: I heard Hajjaj; Ibn Jurayj reported to us; he said: Sulayman ibn Musa narrated to us; he said: Malik ibn Yukhamir narrated to us that Muadh ibn Jabal related to them that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Any Muslim man who fights in the cause of Allah, even for the time it takes to milk a she-camel once, is assured Paradise. Whoever sincerely asks Allah for martyrdom and then dies or is killed will have the reward of a martyr. Whoever is wounded in the cause of Allah, or suffers another injury, will come on the Day of Resurrection with the wound as profuse as it was: its color will be like saffron and its scent like musk. Whoever is wounded in the cause of Allah bears the seal of the martyrs.

Translation notes
  • فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ is a short interval, conventionally the time between or during a she-camel’s milking; طَابَعُ الشُّهَدَاءِ is rendered as the seal of the martyrs.

  • سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنْ قَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْقَتْلَ مِنْ عِنْدِ نَفْسِهِ صَادِقًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ فَلَهُ أَجْرُ شَهِيدٍ وَمَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ نُكِبَ نَكْبَةً فَإِنَّهَا تَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَغْزَرِ مَا كَانَتْ لَوْنُهَا كَالزَّعْفَرَانِ وَرِيحُهَا كَالْمِسْكِ وَمَنْ جُرِحَ جُرْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَعَلَيْهِ طَابَعُ الشُّهَدَاءِ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The phrase فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ denotes a brief period associated with milking a she-camel; the report does not specify a more exact duration.

    Confirm whether the project uses the idiom time it takes to milk a she-camel once for this short interval.