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bayhaqi:17922 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Imām > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Mūsá from his father

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Paradise is beneath the shades of swords." A man with a disheveled appearance stood up and asked, "O Abu Musa, did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying this?" He replied, "O Allah, yes." The man then returned to his companions, greeted them, and then broke the sheath of his sword, tightened his grip on it, fought the enemy until he was killed.  

البيهقي:١٧٩٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْإِمَامُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ بِحَضْرَةِ الْعَدُوِّ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْجَنَّةُ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ كَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ وَشَدَّ عَلَى الْعَدُوِّ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ  

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Collected by Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān
muslim:1902 – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Tamīmī And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaḥyá > Qutaybah > Yaḥyá > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qays from his father > Abū Wahū Biḥaḍrah al-ʿAdū

Surely, the gates of Paradise are under the shadows of the swords. A man in a shabby condition got up and said; Abu Musa, did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this? He said: Yes. (The narrator said): He returned to his friends and said: I greet you (a farewell greeting). Then he broke the sheath of his sword, threw it away, advanced with his (naked) sword towards the enemy and fought (them) with it until he was slain.  

مسلم:١٩٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي وَهُوَ بِحَضْرَةِ الْعَدُوِّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ الْجَنَّةِ تَحْتَ ظِلاَلِ السُّيُوفِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى آنْتَ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ هَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمَ ثُمَّ كَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ فَأَلْقَاهُ ثُمَّ مَشَى بِسَيْفِهِ إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ  

tirmidhi:1659 – Qutaybah > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān al-Ḍubaʿī > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī > Abū Biḥaḍrah al-ʿAdū

"I heard my father saying in the presence of the enemy: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, the gates of Paradise are under the shadows of the swords.'" A man among the people with ragged appearance said: 'Have you heard what you mentioned from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?' He said: 'Yes.' So he returned to his comrades and bid them Salam (farewell), broke the sheath of his sword, and began fighting with it until he was killed."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Sahih Gharib. We do not know it except as a narration of Ja'far bin Sulaiman [Ad-Dubai']. (One of the narrators) Abu 'Imran Al-Jawni's name is 'Abdul Malik bin Habib. As for Abu Bakr bin Abi Musa, Ahmad bin Hanbal said: "That is his name."
الترمذي:١٦٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي بِحَضْرَةِ الْعَدُوِّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ الْجَنَّةِ تَحْتَ ظِلاَلِ السُّيُوفِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمَ وَكَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيِّ وَأَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ هُوَ اسْمُهُ
ahmad:19538 – Bahz > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qays > Abū / Biḥaḍrah al-ʿAdū

Surely, the gates of Paradise are under the shadows of the swords. A man in a shabby condition got up and said; Abu Musa, did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this? He said: Yes. (The narrator said): He returned to his friends and said: I greet you (a farewell greeting). Then he broke the sheath of his sword, threw it away, advanced with his (naked) sword towards the enemy and fought (them) with it until he was slain. (Using translation from Muslim 1902)   

أحمد:١٩٥٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي وَهُوَ بِحَضْرَةِ الْعَدُوِّ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ الْجَنَّةِ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى آنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ كَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ فَأَلْقَاهُ ثُمَّ مَشَى بِسَيْفِهِ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ  

ahmad:19680 – ʿAffān And ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Jaʿfar al-Maʿná

Surely, the gates of Paradise are under the shadows of the swords. A man in a shabby condition got up and said; Abu Musa, did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this? He said: Yes. (The narrator said): He returned to his friends and said: I greet you (a farewell greeting). Then he broke the sheath of his sword, threw it away, advanced with his (naked) sword towards the enemy and fought (them) with it until he was slain. (Using translation from Muslim 1902)   

أحمد:١٩٦٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ الْمَعْنَى قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيَّ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي وَهُوَ بِحَضْرَةِ الْعَدُوِّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ الْجَنَّةِ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ كَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ ثُمَّ مَشَى بِسَيْفِهِ إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ  

hakim:2388 – ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > Hishām b. ʿAlī al-Sadūsī > Mūsa b. Ismāʿīl Ḥaddathahum > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Mūsá from his father > / Maṣāf al-ʿAdū > Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Verily, Paradise is under the shades of swords.'" So a young man who appeared disheveled asked, "Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" He replied, "Yes," and broke the blade of his sword with him, then he said peace be upon you to his companions and entered into battle."  

الحاكم:٢٣٨٨ – حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ الْعَدْلُ أَنْبَأَ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ السَّدُوسِيُّ أَنَّ مُوسَىَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَهُوَ مَصَافِّ الْعَدُوَّ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ» فَقَالَ شَابٌّ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَكَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي الْقِتَالِ «»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم

ذِكْرُ رَجَاءِ نَوَالِ الْجِنَّانِ بِالثَّبَاتِ تَحْتَ أَظِلَّةِ السُّيُوفِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

ibnhibban:4617 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān al-Shaybānī > Qaṭan b. Nusayr al-Ghubarī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qays from my father > / Biḥiṣn al-ʿAdū or Biḥaḍrah al-ʿAdū

Surely, the gates of Paradise are under the shadows of the swords. A man in a shabby condition got up and said; Abu Musa, did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this? He said: Yes. (The narrator said): He returned to his friends and said: I greet you (a farewell greeting). Then he broke the sheath of his sword, threw it away, advanced with his (naked) sword towards the enemy and fought (them) with it until he was slain. (Using translation from Muslim 1902)   

ابن حبّان:٤٦١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا قَطَنُ بْنُ نُسَيْرٍ الْغُبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ وَهُوَ بِحِصْنِ الْعَدُوِّ أَوْ بِحَضْرَةِ الْعَدُوِّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ الْجَنَّةِ تَحْتَ ظِلَالِ السُّيُوفِ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ رَثَّ الْهَيْئَةِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَجَاءَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ «أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ» ثُمَّ كَسَرَ جَفْنَ سَيْفِهِ فَأَلْقَاهُ ثُمَّ مَضَى بِسَيْفِهِ قُدُمَا فَضَرَبَ بِهِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ