Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 5530

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْخَلِيلِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، - هُوَ ابْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ - عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الْفَزَارِيِّ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَذَكَرَ الدُّعَاءَ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ ‏ "‏ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ الْخَسْفَ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn al-Khalil reported to us; he said: Marwan—namely, Ibn Muʿawiyah—narrated to us, from ʿAli ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz, from ʿUbadah ibn Muslim al-Fazari, from Jubayr ibn Abi Sulayman, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to say, ‘O Allah…’ Then he mentioned the supplication and said at its end: ‘I seek refuge in You from being suddenly struck from beneath me’—meaning, swallowed by the earth.

Translation notes
  • The phrase ‘from being suddenly struck from beneath me’ is explained in the source as al-khasf, the earth caving in and swallowing someone.