Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3174
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ أَبُو الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ جَبْرِ بْنِ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ وَعَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَزْوَةَ الْهِنْدِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهَا أُنْفِقْ فِيهَا نَفْسِي وَمَالِي وَإِنْ قُتِلْتُ كُنْتُ أَفْضَلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ رَجَعْتُ فَأَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْمُحَرَّرُ .
Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim narrated to me; he said: Yazid narrated to us; he said: Hushaym reported to us; he said: Sayyar, Abu al-Hakam, narrated to us, from Jabr ibn Ubaydah, 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 the best of the martyrs; and if I return, then I am Abu Hurayrah, the freed one.
Translation notes
This version retains the epithet al-muharrar literally as the freed one; it does not specify what he is freed from.
قَالَ وَعَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَزْوَةَ الْهِنْدِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتُهَا أُنْفِقْ فِيهَا نَفْسِي وَمَالِي وَإِنْ قُتِلْتُ كُنْتُ أَفْضَلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ رَجَعْتُ 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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