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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ الْمَوْتَ فِيهِ رَاحَةُ الصَّالِحِينَ وَعَنَاءُ الطَّالِحِينَ مَعًا

ibnhibban:3007Abū ʿArūbah > Aḥmad b. Bakkār > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > Wahbb. Kaysān > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abū Qatādah

[Machine] We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a funeral procession passed by. The Prophet ﷺ said, "The believer finds rest and is relieved from the afflictions, trials, and calamities of this world when they die. As for the disbeliever, the people, the land, the trees, and the animals find rest and relief from them."  

ابن حبّان:٣٠٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ طَلَعَتْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ» قُلْنَا مَا يَسْتَرِيحُ وَيُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ «الْمُؤْمِنُ يَمُوتُ وَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ أَوْصَابِ الدُّنْيَا وَبَلَائِهَا وَمُصِيبَاتِهَا وَالْكَافِرُ يَمُوتُ فَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلَادُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ»  


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bukhari:6512Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥalḥalah > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abū Qatādah b. Ribʿī al-Anṣārī

A funeral procession passed by Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "Relieved or relieving?" The people asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What is relieved and relieving?" He said, "A believer is relieved (by death) from the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him."  

البخاري:٦٥١٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ الأَنْصَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلاَدُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

muslim:950aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik b. Anas Fīmā Quriʾ ʿAlayh > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥalḥalah > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abū Qatādah b. Ribʿī

Whenever a bier passed before him, he said: He is the one to find relief and the one with (the departure of him) other will find relief. They said: Apostle of Allah, who is al-Mustarih and al-Mustarah? Upon this he said: The believing servant finds relief from the troubles of the world, and in the death of a wicked person, the people, towns, trees and animals find rellef.  

مسلم:٩٥٠aوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلاَدُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

nasai:1930Qutaybah > Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥalḥalah > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abū Qatādah b. Ribʿī

"A funeral passed by the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'He is relieved and others are relieved of him.' They said: 'What does relieved mean and what does relieved of him mean: He said: "The believing slave is relieved of the hardships and troubles of this world, and the people, the land, the trees and the animals are relieved of the immoral slave."'  

النسائي:١٩٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَمَا الْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلاَدُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

nasai:1931Muḥammad b. Wahbb. Abū Karīmah al-Ḥarrānī > Muḥammad b. Salamah Wahū al-Ḥarrānī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd > Wahb b. Kaysān > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb > Abū Qatādah

"We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah when a funeral appeared. The Messenger of Allah said: 'He is relieved and others are relieved of him. When the believer dies he is relieved of the calamities, hardships and troubles of this world, and when the evildoer dies, the people, the land, the trees and the animals are relieved of him."'  

النسائي:١٩٣١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبِ بْنِ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَهُوَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ طَلَعَتْ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَمُوتُ فَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ أَوْصَابِ الدُّنْيَا وَنَصَبِهَا وَأَذَاهَا وَالْفَاجِرُ يَمُوتُ فَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلاَدُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

malik:16-56Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥalḥalah al-Dīlī > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abū Qatādah b. Ribʿī

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Halhalaad-Dili from Mabad ibn Kab ibn Malik that Abu Qatada ibn Ribi used to relate that a funeral procession passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "One is relieved and another others are relieved from." They said, "Who is the one relieved and the one from whom others are relieved?" He said, "A slave who is mumin is the one who is relieved from the exhaustion and suffering of this world to the mercy of Allah, and a wrong-acting slave is the one from whom people, towns, trees and animals are relieved."  

مالك:١٦-٥٦وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ الدِّيلِيِّ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلاَدُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

ahmad:22536Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd / Ibn Abū Hind > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥalḥalah > Ibn Likaʿb b. Mālik > Abū Qatādah b. Ribʿī

A funeral procession passed by Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "Relieved or relieving?" The people asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What is relieved and relieving?" He said, "A believer is relieved (by death) from the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6512)  

أحمد:٢٢٥٣٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي هِنْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ عَنِ ابْنٍ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ قَالَ

مُرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِجِنَازَةٍ قَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ؟ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ اسْتَرَاحَ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَاإِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَالْفَاجِرُ اسْتَرَاحَ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلَادُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

ahmad:22592ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Abū Hind > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥalḥalah al-Dīlī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abū Qatādah

"A funeral passed by the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'He is relieved and others are relieved of him.' They said: 'What does relieved mean and what does relieved of him mean: He said: "The believing slave is relieved of the hardships and troubles of this world, and the people, the land, the trees and the animals are relieved of the immoral slave."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1930)   

أحمد:٢٢٥٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ الدِّيلِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَمُرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ قَالَ قُلْنَا أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا مُسْتَرِيحٌ؟ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَهَمِّهَا إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُالْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلَادُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

nasai-kubra:2069Muḥammad b. Wahbal-Ḥarrānī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Zayd Wahū Ibn Abū Unaysah > Wahb b. Kaysān > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb > Abū Qatādah

"We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah when a funeral appeared. The Messenger of Allah said: 'He is relieved and others are relieved of him. When the believer dies he is relieved of the calamities, hardships and troubles of this world, and when the evildoer dies, the people, the land, the trees and the animals are relieved of him."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1931)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٦٩أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ طَلَعَتْ جِنَازَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَمُوتُ فَيَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ أَوْصَابِ الدُّنْيَا وَنَصَبِهَا وَأَذَاهَا وَالْفَاجِرُ يَمُوتُ فَيَسْتَرِيحُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلَادُ وَالدَّوَابُّ وَالشَّجَرُ مِنْهُ»  

bayhaqi:6574[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Abū ʿĪsá And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAfaṣī > Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Shādhān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥalḥalah al-Duʾalī > Maʿbad b. Kaʿb > Abū Qatādah b. Ribʿī

A funeral procession passed by Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "Relieved or relieving?" The people asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What is relieved and relieving?" He said, "A believer is relieved (by death) from the troubles and hardships of the world and leaves for the Mercy of Allah, while (the death of) a wicked person relieves the people, the land, the trees, (and) the animals from him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6512)   

البيهقي:٦٥٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عِيسَى وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَفَصِيُّ قَالَا ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَلْحَلَةَ الدُّؤَلِيِّ عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ قَالَ

مَرَّ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَالَ مُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ؟ وَمَا الْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْ نَصَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَذَاهَا إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَالْعَبْدُ الْفَاجِرُ يَسْتَرِيحُ مِنْهُ الْعِبَادُ وَالْبِلَادُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ
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السيوطي:١٩٩٧٣a

"مُسْتَريحٌ ومُسْتَراحٌ مِنْه، المؤْمنُ (أ) يموتُ فيستريحُ من أَوْصَاب الدُّنْيا وأَذَاها (ب)، والفاجرُ يَموتُ فَيَسْتريِحُ منه العِبَادُ والبلادُ والشجرُ والدوابُّ".  

[ن] النسائي عنه (*)