Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3039
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَوْلَى ابْنِ سَبَّاعٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ : ( مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ وَلاَ يَجِدْ لَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيًّا وَلاَ نَصِيرًا ) فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلاَ أُقْرِئُكَ آيَةً أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَىَّ " . قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ فَأَقْرَأَنِيهَا فَلاَ أَعْلَمُ إِلاَّ أَنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ وَجَدْتُ انْقِصَامًا فِي ظَهْرِي فَتَمَطَّأْتُ لَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا شَأْنُكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ " . قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي وَأَيُّنَا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا وَإِنَّا لَمَجْزِيُّونَ بِمَا عَمِلْنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَتُجْزَوْنَ بِذَلِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى تَلْقَوُا اللَّهَ وَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبٌ وَأَمَّا الآخَرُونَ فَيُجْمَعُ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ حَتَّى يُجْزَوْا بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَفِي إِسْنَادِهِ مَقَالٌ . مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ضَعَّفَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ وَمَوْلَى ابْنِ سَبَّاعٍ مَجْهُولٌ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ أَيْضًا . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar reported from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq: ‘I was with the Messenger of Allah when this verse was revealed to him: “Whoever does evil will be requited for it and will find no protector or helper besides Allah” (Qur’an 4:123). The Messenger of Allah said, “Abu Bakr, shall I recite to you a verse revealed to me?” I said, “Yes, Messenger of Allah.” He recited it, and I felt as though my back had been broken, so I stretched myself. The Messenger of Allah asked, “What is the matter, Abu Bakr?” I said, “Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you—who among us has not done wrong? Yet we will be requited for what we have done!” He said, “As for you, Abu Bakr, and the believers, you will be requited for it in this world, until you meet Allah with no sins. As for the others, their deeds will be held until they are requited for them on the Day of Resurrection.”’ Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith gharib and said its chain is criticized: Musa ibn ‘Ubaydah is considered weak in hadith and was criticized by Yahya ibn Sa‘id and Ahmad ibn Hanbal; the freedman of Ibn Sabba‘ is unknown. Another route from Abu Bakr is also reported, but it too has no sound chain. A report from ‘A’ishah is also cited on this topic.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report explicitly has a weak/criticized chain; the translation preserves Abu ‘Isa’s criticism and his note that another route is also unsound.