Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3173
أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ، عَنْ سَيَّارٍ، ح قَالَ وَأَنْبَأَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ سَيَّارٍ، عَنْ جَبْرِ بْنِ عَبِيدَةَ، - وَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ جُبَيْرٍ، - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ وَعَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَزْوَةَ الْهِنْدِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهَا أُنْفِقْ فِيهَا نَفْسِي وَمَالِي فَإِنْ أُقْتَلْ كُنْتُ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ أَرْجِعْ فَأَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْمُحَرَّرُ .
Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Hakim reported to me; he said: Zakariyya ibn Adi narrated to us; he said: Ubaydullah ibn Amr narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Abi Unaysah, from Sayyar. H. He said: Hushaym also reported to us, from Sayyar, from Jabr ibn Ubaydah—Ubaydullah said: from Jubayr—from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) promised us an expedition to India. If I live to see it, I will spend my life and wealth on it. If I am killed, I will be among the best of the martyrs; and if I return, then I am Abu Hurayrah, the freed one.
Translation notes
The report preserves two routes and a name variant: Jabr ibn Ubaydah, while Ubaydullah gives the name as Jubayr. The final epithet al-muharrar is rendered literally as the freed one.
قَالَ وَعَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَزْوَةَ الْهِنْدِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهَا أُنْفِقْ فِيهَا نَفْسِي وَمَالِي فَإِنْ أُقْتَلْ كُنْتُ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ أَرْجِعْ فَأَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْمُحَرَّرُ .
The epithet المُحَرَّر literally means the freed or emancipated one; the source does not specify what he is freed from.
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