Forty Hadith Qudsi
Hadith 7, 40 Hadith Qudsi
عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " يَعْجَبُ رَبُّكَ مِنْ رَاعِي غَنَمٍ، فِي رَأْسِ شَظِيَّةِ الْجَبَلِ(1)، يُؤَذِّنُ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَيُصَلِّي، فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي هَذَا، يُؤَذِّنُ وَيُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، يَخَافُ مِنِّي، قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لِعَبْدِي، وَأَدْخَلْتُهُ الْجَنَّةَ". رواه النسائي بسند صحيح
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) say:
Your Lord marvels at a shepherd tending sheep on a rocky mountain peak, who calls to prayer and prays. Allah, Might and Majesty belong to Him, says: ‘Look at this servant of Mine: he calls to prayer and establishes the prayer, fearing Me. I have forgiven My servant and admitted him to Paradise.’
It was related by al-Nasa’i with an authentic chain.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فِي رَأْسِ شَظِيَّةِ الْجَبَلِ(1)،
The Arabic includes a footnote marker (1), but the source block supplies no corresponding footnote text. The witness adds ‘[his sins]’ to the forgiveness phrase, which is not explicit in the Arabic.
Can the omitted footnote and the witness’s bracketed clarification be traced to a source edition?