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ahmad:6174 – Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar > Mālik / Ibn Anas > Qaṭan b. Wahb > Yuḥannas > Mawlāh Liāb. ʿUmar Atath > ʿAlayk al-Salām Yā Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Wamā Shaʾnuk > Aradt al-Khurūj > al-Rīfifaqāl Lahā Āqʿudī Faʾinnī

[Machine] "Peace be upon you, O Aba Abdullah Rahman," she said, "What is your concern?" He replied, "I wanted to go out to the countryside." He said to her, "Sit down, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'No one endures the hardships and difficulties of a place except that I will be a witness or intercessor for him on the Day of Resurrection.'"  

أحمد:٦١٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَنَسٍ عَنْ قَطَنِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُحَنَّسَ أَنَّ مَوْلَاةً لِابْنِ عُمَرَ أَتَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ

عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ وَمَا شَأْنُكِ؟ قَالَتْ أَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى الرِّيفِفَقَالَ لَهَا اقْعُدِي فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى لَأْوَائِهَا وَشِدَّتِهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَهِيدًا أَوْ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

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muslim:1377b – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Qaṭan b. Wahbb. ʿŪwaymir b. al-Ajdaʿ > Yuḥannis a freed slave of al-Zubayr

Abu Abd al-Rahmin, I have decided to leave (Medina) for the time is hard for us, whereupon Abdullah said to her: Stay here, foolish lady, for I have heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: For one who shows endurance on the hardships and rigour of it (of Medina) I would be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf on the Day of Resurrection.  

مسلم:١٣٧٧b – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ قَطَنِ بْنِ وَهْبِ بْنِ عُوَيْمِرِ بْنِ الأَجْدَعِ عَنْ يُحَنِّسَ مَوْلَى الزُّبَيْرِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَأَتَتْهُ مَوْلاَةٌ لَهُ تُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ

إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْنَا الزَّمَانُ فَقَالَ لَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ اقْعُدِي لَكَاعِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَصْبِرُ عَلَى لأْوَائِهَا وَشِدَّتِهَا أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ كُنْتُ لَهُ شَهِيدًا أَوْ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

malik:45-3 – Yaḥyá > Mālik > Qaṭan b. And Hb b. ʿUmayr b. al-Ajdaʿ > Yuḥannas a freed slave of al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām

Yahya related to me from Malik from Qatan ibn Wahb ibn Umayr ibn al-Ajda that Yuhannas, the mawla of az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam informed him that he was sitting with Abdullah ibn Umar during the troubles (at the time of al-Hajaj ibn Yusuf) . A female mawla of his came and greeted him. She said, "I want to leave, Abu Abd ar-Rahman. The time is harsh for us." Abdullah ibn Umar said to her, "Sit down, O you with little knowledge, for I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'No one will be patient in hunger and hardship in it (Madina) except that I will be a witness or intercede for him on the Day of Rising.' "  

مالك:٤٥-٣ – حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ قَطَنِ بْنِ وَهْبِ بْنِ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ الأَجْدَعِ أَنْ يُحَنَّسَ مَوْلَى الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَأَتَتْهُ مَوْلاَةٌ لَهُ تُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْنَا الزَّمَانُ فَقَالَ لَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ اقْعُدِي لُكَعُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَصْبِرُ عَلَى لأْوَائِهَا وَشِدَّتِهَا أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا أَوْ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:9161 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ismāʿīl > al-ʿAlāʾ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

For one among my Ummah who shows endurance against the hardships and rigours of Medina, I would be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 1378a)  

أحمد:٩١٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلَاءُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى لَأْوَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَشِدَّتِهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَوْ شَهِيدًا  

ahmad:9770 – Wakīʿ > Aflaḥ > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > Salmān al-Aghar > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Whoever remains patient in the face of its hardships and its adversities, I will intercede or bear witness for him on the Day of Resurrection."  

أحمد:٩٧٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْأَغَرِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْمَدِينَةُ مَنْ صَبَرَ عَلَى شِدَّتِهَا وَلَأْوَائِهَا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا أَوْ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:11659 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Rāzī > Salamah b. al-Faḍl > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Thābit b. Shuraḥbīl > Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of al-Mahriyyiʿan Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whoever is patient with the hardships and difficulties of Madinah, I will intercede for him on the Day of Judgment."  

أحمد:١١٦٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى الْمَهْرِيِّعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَبَرَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى لَأْوَائِهَا وَشِدَّتِهَا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:8516 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Hishām > Ṣāliḥ b. Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sammān from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "No one bears the hardships and efforts of Medina except that I will intercede for him or bear witness for him on the Day of Judgment."  

أحمد:٨٥١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَصْبِرُ أَحَدٌ عَلَى لَأْوَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَجَهْدِهَا إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَفِيعًا أَوْ شَهِيدًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

nasai-kubra:4267 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Qaṭan b. Wahbb. ʿŪwaymir b. al-Ajdaʿ > Yuḥannas a freed slave of al-Zubayr

Abu Abd al-Rahmin, I have decided to leave (Medina) for the time is hard for us, whereupon Abdullah said to her: Stay here, foolish lady, for I have heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: For one who shows endurance on the hardships and rigour of it (of Medina) I would be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf on the Day of Resurrection. (Using translation from Muslim 1377b)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٢٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ قَطَنِ بْنِ وَهْبِ بْنِ عُوَيْمِرِ بْنِ الْأَجْدَعِ أَنَّ يُحَنَّسَ مَوْلَى الزُّبَيْرِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَأَتَتْهُ مَوْلَاةٌ لَهُ تَسْأَلُ فَقَالَتْ

إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْخُرُوجَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْنَا الزَّمَانُ فَقَالَ لَهَا عَبْدُ اللهِ اقْعُدِي لَكَاعِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى لَأْوَائِهَا وَشِدَّتِهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا كُنْتُ لَهُ شَهِيدًا أَوْ شَفِيعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»