Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3182
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَاوَانَ، عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ خَرَجْنَا حُجَّاجًا فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي مَنَازِلِنَا نَضَعُ رِحَالَنَا إِذْ أَتَانَا آتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَفَزِعُوا . فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَإِذَا النَّاسُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى نَفَرٍ فِي وَسَطِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَفِيهِمْ عَلِيٌّ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَطَلْحَةُ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَإِنَّا لَكَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ رضى الله عنه عَلَيْهِ مُلاَءَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ قَدْ قَنَّعَ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ أَهَا هُنَا طَلْحَةُ أَهَا هُنَا الزُّبَيْرُ أَهَا هُنَا سَعْدٌ قَالُوا نَعَمْ . قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ مِرْبَدَ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ " . فَابْتَعْتُهُ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا أَوْ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ " اجْعَلْهُ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا وَأَجْرُهُ لَكَ " . قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ . قَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنِ ابْتَاعَ بِئْرَ رُومَةَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فَابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ قَدِ ابْتَعْتُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ " اجْعَلْهَا سِقَايَةً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَجْرُهَا لَكَ " . قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ . قَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ " مَنْ يُجَهِّزْ هَؤُلاَءِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ " . يَعْنِي جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ حَتَّى لَمْ يَفْقِدُوا عِقَالاً وَلاَ خِطَامًا . فَقَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ . قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدِ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدِ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ .
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us; he said: Abd Allah ibn Idris narrated to us; he said: I heard Husayn ibn Abd al-Rahman relate from Amr ibn Jawan, from al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, who said: We set out as pilgrims for Hajj and arrived in Madinah intending to perform Hajj. While we were at our lodging, unloading our baggage, someone came to us and said: The people have gathered in the mosque and are alarmed. We went and found people gathered around a group in the middle of the mosque. Among them were Ali, al-Zubayr, Talhah, and Sad ibn Abi Waqqas. While we were there, Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, came wearing a yellow wrap over his head. He said: Is Talhah here? Is al-Zubayr here? Is Sad here? They said: Yes. He said: I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god: Do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever buys the enclosure of Banu So-and-so, Allah will forgive him? I bought it for twenty thousand or twenty-five thousand. I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and told him, and he said: Make it part of our mosque, and its reward will be yours. They said: Yes, by Allah. He said: I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god: Do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever buys the Well of Rumah, Allah will forgive him? I bought it for such-and-such a sum, went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and told him that I had bought it for such-and-such a sum. He said: Make it a watering place for the Muslims, and its reward will be yours. They said: Yes, by Allah. He said: I adjure you by Allah, besides whom there is no god: Do you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) looked at the people and said: Whoever equips these people, Allah will forgive him? He meant the Army of Hardship. I equipped them so fully that they lacked not even a camel hobble or a lead rope. They said: Yes, by Allah. He said: O Allah, bear witness. O Allah, bear witness. O Allah, bear witness.
Translation notes
The report gives three examples: purchasing an enclosure for the mosque, purchasing the Well of Rumah for Muslim use, and equipping the Army of Hardship. The specified price of the enclosure is twenty thousand or twenty-five thousand; the price of the well is left unspecified in the Arabic.
قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ يَبْتَاعُ مِرْبَدَ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ " .
The term مِرْبَد can mean an enclosure or yard; the text names it as the property of Banu So-and-so without further description.
Confirm whether enclosure is the preferred rendering of mirbad in this context.