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ahmad:13324Hāshim > Sulaymān > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] There was among us a man from the Banu Najar who had read Al-Baqarah and Al-Imran and used to write for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He fled until he caught up with the People of the Book. They raised him up and said, "This is the one who used to write for Muhammad," and they were amazed by him. Allah then broke his neck among them, so they buried him and threw him on his face on the ground. Then they returned and dug for him and threw him on his face on the ground. Then they returned and dug for him and threw him on his face on the ground. Finally, they left him abandoned.  

أحمد:١٣٣٢٤حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقَ هَارِبًا حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِأَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَرَفَعُوهُ وَقَالُوا هَذَا كَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَأُعْجِبُوا بِهِ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قَصَمَ اللهُ عُنُقَهُ فِيهِمْ فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتِ الْأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا ثُمَّ عَادُوا فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتِ الْأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا ثُمَّ عَادُوافَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتِ الْأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَتَرَكُوهُ مَنْبُوذًا  


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muslim:2781Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Abū al-Naḍr > Sulaymān / Ibn al-Mughīrah > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

There was a person amongst us who belonged to the tribe of Bani Najjar and he recited Sura al-Baqarah and Surat Al-i-'Imran and he used to transcribe for Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ). He ran away as a rebel and joined the People of the Book. They gave it much importance and said: He is the person who used to transcribe for Muhammad and they were much pleased with him. Time rolled on that Allah caused his death. They dug the grave and buried him therein, but they found to their surprise that the earth had thrown him out over the surface. They again dug the grave for him and buried him but the earth again threw him out upon the surface. They again dug the grave for him and buried him but the earth again threw him out upon the surface. At last they left him unburied.  

مسلم:٢٧٨١حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقَ هَارِبًا حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِأَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَرَفَعُوهُ قَالُوا هَذَا قَدْ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ فَأُعْجِبُوا بِهِ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قَصَمَ اللَّهُ عُنُقَهُ فِيهِمْ فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتِ الأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا ثُمَّ عَادُوا فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتِ الأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا ثُمَّ عَادُوا فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتِ الأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَتَرَكُوهُ مَنْبُوذًا  

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السيوطي:٨٥-٤٢١b

"عَنْ ثَابِت، عنْ أنسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِى النَّجَّارِ قَدْ قَرَأ البَقَرَةَ وآلَ عِمْرَانَ، وَكانَ يَكْتُبُ لرَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَانْطَلَقَ هَارِبًا حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِأهْلِ الكِتَابِ فَرَفَعُوهُ قَالُوا: هَذَا كان يَكْتُبُ لمُحَمَّدٍ فَأُعجِبُوا بِهِ، فَمَا لَبِثَ أنْ قَصَمَ الله عُنُقَهُ فِيهِمْ، فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ، فَأصْبَحَتِ الأرضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، فَتَرَكوهُ مَنْبُوذًا".  

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