Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3183

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 3183
Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ نُودِيَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا خَيْرٌ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلاَةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّلاَةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجِهَادِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الْجِهَادِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّدَقَةِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصِّيَامِ دُعِيَ مِنْ بَابِ الرَّيَّانِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه هَلْ عَلَى مَنْ دُعِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَبْوَابِ مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ فَهَلْ يُدْعَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Salamah and al-Harith ibn Miskin reported to us, by recitation to al-Harith while I listened, from Ibn al-Qasim, who said: Malik narrated to me, from Ibn Shihab, from Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: Whoever gives a pair of things in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will be called in Paradise: Servant of Allah, this is good. Whoever is among the people of prayer will be called from the Gate of Prayer; whoever is among the people of striving will be called from the Gate of Striving; whoever is among the people of charity will be called from the Gate of Charity; and whoever is among the people of fasting will be called from the Gate of al-Rayyan. Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Is there any difficulty for the one who is called from one of these gates? And will anyone be called from all of these gates? He said: Yes, and I hope you will be one of them.

Translation notes

  • Zawjayn literally means a pair; the narration leaves the paired items unspecified. Al-Rayyan is named as the gate from which those devoted to fasting are called.

  • ‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه هَلْ عَلَى مَنْ دُعِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَبْوَابِ مِنْ ضَرُورَةٍ فَهَلْ يُدْعَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَبْوَابِ كُلِّهَا قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The phrasing of the first question is unusual and its precise nuance is uncertain.

    Does the wording convey hardship or necessity for the one called from a gate?