Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3144

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3144
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ، قَالَ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ يَا كَعْبُ حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاحْذَرْ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الإِسْلاَمِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لَهُ حَدِّثْنَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاحْذَرْ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ ارْمُوا مَنْ بَلَغَ الْعَدُوَّ بِسَهْمٍ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ابْنُ النَّحَّامِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الدَّرَجَةُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِعَتَبَةِ أُمِّكَ وَلَكِنْ مَا بَيْنَ الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn al-Ala informed us; he said: Abu Muawiyah narrated to us; he said: al-Amash narrated to us, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Salim ibn Abi al-Jad, from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, who said to Kab ibn Murrah: Kab, tell us from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and be careful. He said: I heard him say: Whoever grows a gray hair in Islam, in the cause of Allah, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection. He said to him: Tell us from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and be careful. He said: I heard him say: Shoot arrows at the enemy; whoever’s arrow reaches the enemy, Allah will raise him by it one rank. Ibn al-Nahham said: Messenger of Allah, what is the rank? He said: It is not like the step at your mother’s door; rather, the distance between two ranks is one hundred years.

Translation notes

  • The phrase واحذر is translated as a request to be careful in narrating. The comparison with a mother’s doorstep is retained literally because its intended force is not explained in the source.

  • ‏ قَالَ ابْنُ النَّحَّامِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الدَّرَجَةُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِعَتَبَةِ أُمِّكَ وَلَكِنْ مَا بَيْنَ الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The phrase ليسَتْ بِعَتَبَةِ أُمِّكَ literally compares the rank to one’s mother’s doorstep; its idiomatic implication is not explained.

    Confirm whether to preserve the literal doorstep comparison or use a conventional idiomatic rendering.