Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3184
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ دَعَتْهُ خَزَنَةُ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ يَا فُلاَنُ هَلُمَّ فَادْخُلْ " . فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ذَاكَ الَّذِي لاَ تَوَى عَلَيْهِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنِّي لأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ " .
Amr ibn Uthman reported to us; he said: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from al-Awzai, who said: Yahya narrated to me, from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, who said: Abu Salamah informed us, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever gives a pair of things in the cause of Allah will be summoned by the keepers of Paradise through the gates of Paradise: So-and-so, come in! Abu Bakr said: Messenger of Allah, that is the one who suffers no loss. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: I hope you will be one of them.
Translation notes
Zawjayn means a pair of things; the narration does not specify what is paired. The call uses the generic address “So-and-so.”
فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ذَاكَ الَّذِي لاَ تَوَى عَلَيْهِ .
The expression لا توى عليه is unusual in this context; the translation renders it as absence of loss.
Does Abu Bakr’s phrase mean that the person called from the gates suffers no loss?