Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 449

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَابْنُ حَزْمٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي خَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً فَرَجَعْتُ بِذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَمُرَّ بِمُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ مَا فَرَضَ رَبُّكَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ قُلْتُ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً ‏.‏ قَالَ لِي مُوسَى فَرَاجِعْ رَبَّكَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لاَ تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ فَرَاجَعْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَوَضَعَ شَطْرَهَا فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ رَاجِعْ رَبَّكَ فَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لاَ تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ فَرَاجَعْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ هِيَ خَمْسٌ وَهِيَ خَمْسُونَ لاَ يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ ‏.‏ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى فَقَالَ رَاجِعْ رَبَّكَ فَقُلْتُ قَدِ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la informed us; he said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us; he said: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Anas ibn Malik and Ibn Hazm said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah, Mighty and Exalted, prescribed fifty prayers for my community. I returned with that until I passed by Musa, peace be upon him. He said, ‘What has your Lord prescribed for your community?’ I said, ‘He prescribed fifty prayers for them.’ Musa said to me, ‘Return to your Lord, Mighty and Exalted, for your community will not be able to bear that.’ I returned to my Lord, Mighty and Exalted, and He removed half of them. I returned to Musa and told him. He said, ‘Return to your Lord, for your community will not be able to bear that.’ I returned to my Lord, Mighty and Exalted, and He said, ‘They are five, and they are fifty; the word with Me is not changed.’ I returned to Musa, and he said, ‘Return to your Lord.’ I said, ‘I am too shy before my Lord, Mighty and Exalted.’”

Translation notes
  • The Arabic names Anas ibn Malik and Ibn Hazm before introducing the Prophet’s statement; both names are retained, although the witness attributes the report only through them.

  • أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى،

    The English witness omits the transmitters preceding Anas ibn Malik and Ibn Hazm.

    Confirm the isnad and attribution against the Arabic source.

  • ‏ فَرَاجَعْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ هِيَ خَمْسٌ وَهِيَ خَمْسُونَ لاَ يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ ‏.

    The English witness adds an explanatory parenthesis, “in reward,” that is not in the Arabic block.

    Confirm that this explanation should remain excluded.