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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of Financial Transactions

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4685

Chapter: Stern Warning Concering Debt

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 4685

Narrator:Samurah ibn Jundub

أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ سَمْعَانَ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي جَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَهَا هُنَا مِنْ بَنِي فُلاَنٍ أَحَدٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثَلاَثًا فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ مَا مَنَعَكَ فِي الْمَرَّتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ أَنْ لاَ تَكُونَ أَجَبْتَنِي أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أُنَوِّهْ بِكَ إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ إِنَّ فُلاَنًا - لِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ - مَاتَ مَأْسُورًا بِدَيْنِهِ ‏"

It was narrated that samurah said:

"We were with the Prophet at a funeral, and he said: 'I there anyone from banu so and so here? He said this three times. Then a man stood up, and he said to him: 'What kept you form answering the first two times? I am not going to say anything but good to you, so and so (mentioning the name of a man from among them) has died and he is being detained (from entering Paradise) because of his debt."'

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 4685) and Ahmad (No. 19365).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( أَمَّا إِنِّي لَمْ أَنْوِهِ بِك ) هُوَ صِيغَة الْمُضَارِع مِنْ نَوَّهَ تَنْوِيهَا إِذَا رَفَعَهُ أَيْ لَا أَرْفَع وَلَا أَذْكُر لَكُمْ إِلَّا خَيْرًا ( مَأْسُورًا ) بِالرَّفْعِ خَبَر إِنْ أَيْ مَحْبُوس مَمْنُوع عَنْ دُخُول الْجَنَّة أَوْ الِاسْتِرَاحَة بِهَا أَرَادَ صَلَّى اللَّه تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُخْبِرهُ بِذَلِكَ لِيَسْتَعْجِل فِي أَدَاء الدَّيْن عَنْهُ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4685
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4685
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4685

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