Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3645
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ - عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ اشْتَرُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ إِنِّي لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ اشْتَرُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ إِنِّي لاَ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ رَحِمٌ أَنَا بَالُّهَا بِبِلاَلِهَا ".
Ahmad ibn Sulayman reported to us: 'Ubaydullah ibn Musa reported to us: Isra'il informed us, from Mu'awiyah—meaning Ibn Ishaq—from Musa ibn Talhah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Children of 'Abd Manaf, ransom yourselves from your Lord; I can avail you nothing before Allah. Children of 'Abd al-Muttalib, ransom yourselves from your Lord; I can avail you nothing before Allah. But between me and you are ties of kinship, which I will keep joined.’
Translation notes
The imperative ‘ransom yourselves’ conveys the idiom ‘buy yourselves from your Lord’; the closing phrase is an idiom for maintaining kinship ties.