Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3153
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَمِيرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ نَفْسٍ مُسْلِمَةٍ يَقْبِضُهَا رَبُّهَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنَّ لَهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا غَيْرُ الشَّهِيدِ " . قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَلأَنْ أُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي أَهْلُ الْوَبَرِ وَالْمَدَرِ " .
Amr ibn Uthman informed us; he said: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Buhayr ibn Sad, from Khalid ibn Madan, from Jubayr ibn Nufayr, from Ibn Abi Umayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: No Muslim soul taken by its Lord would wish to return to you, even if it were given the world and all that is in it—except the martyr. Ibn Abi Umayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: To be killed in the cause of Allah is dearer to me than possessing all the people of tents and settled dwellings.
Translation notes
The phrase أهل الوبر والمدر contrasts people living in tents with those living in settled dwellings, encompassing all people.
قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَلأَنْ أُقْتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي أَهْلُ الْوَبَرِ وَالْمَدَرِ " .
The idiom أهل الوبر والمدر literally refers to people of tents and mud dwellings and functions as an encompassing expression for all people.
Confirm whether to retain the literal contrast or render it as all people.