Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2883
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْعَطَّارِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ نَوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَأْتِي الْقُرْآنُ وَأَهْلُهُ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا تَقْدُمُهُ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآلُ عِمْرَانَ " . قَالَ نَوَّاسٌ وَضَرَبَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثَةَ أَمْثَالٍ مَا نَسِيتُهُنَّ بَعْدُ قَالَ " تَأْتِيَانِ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَيَابَتَانِ وَبَيْنَهُمَا شَرْقٌ أَوْ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَمَامَتَانِ سَوْدَاوَانِ أَوْ كَأَنَّهُمَا ظُلَّةٌ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَّ تُجَادِلاَنِ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِمَا " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ وَأَبِي أُمَامَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَمَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ يَجِيءُ ثَوَابُ قِرَاءَتِهِ كَذَا فَسَّرَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَمَا يُشْبِهُ هَذَا مِنَ الأَحَادِيثِ أَنَّهُ يَجِيءُ ثَوَابُ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ . وَفِي حَدِيثِ النَّوَّاسِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى مَا فَسَّرُوا إِذْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَأَهْلُهُ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا " . فَفِي هَذَا دَلاَلَةٌ أَنَّهُ يَجِيءُ ثَوَابُ الْعَمَلِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Nawwas ibn Sam‘an reported that the Prophet said, ‘The Qur’an and its people who acted upon it in this world will come, with Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Al ‘Imran preceding it.’ Al-Nawwas said: The Messenger of Allah gave three images of them that I have never forgotten. He said, ‘They will come like two canopies with light between them; or like two dark clouds; or like a canopy formed by birds flying in ranks, pleading on behalf of those who recited them.’ Reports from Buraydah and Abu Umamah are also cited on this topic. Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan gharib through this route. He explained that scholars understood this and similar reports to mean that the reward for reciting the Qur’an will come. The report from al-Nawwas supports their interpretation, since the Prophet said, “and its people who acted upon it in this world,” indicating that the reward for acting will come.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic gives three possible images: two canopies with a bright opening between them (ghiyabatan wa-baynahuma sharq), two dark clouds, or a canopy formed by birds in orderly ranks. They will intercede or plead for their companion. Abu ‘Isa explains the hadith as the coming of the reward for reciting and acting on the Qur’an, not merely the physical book.