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muslim:2805cʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Isḥāq > al-Ākharūn > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

It would be said to the non-believers on the Day of Resurrection: If you were to possess gold, filling the whole earth, would you like to secure your freedom by paying that? He would say: Yes. Thereupon it would be said to him: Something easier (than this) was demanded from you (but you paid no heed to it).  

مسلم:٢٨٠٥cحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يُقَالُ لِلْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ قَدْ سُئِلْتَ أَيْسَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:6538ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Anas

Allah's Prophet used to say, "A disbeliever will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and will be asked. "Suppose you had as much gold as to fill the earth, would you offer it to ransom yourself?" He will reply, "Yes." Then it will be said to him, "You were asked for something easier than that (to join none in worship with Allah (i.e. to accept Islam, but you refused).  

البخاري:٦٥٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ يُجَاءُ بِالْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ قَدْ كُنْتَ سُئِلْتَ مَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:14107ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

It would be said to the non-believers on the Day of Resurrection: If you were to possess gold, filling the whole earth, would you like to secure your freedom by paying that? He would say: Yes. Thereupon it would be said to him: Something easier (than this) was demanded from you (but you paid no heed to it). (Using translation from Muslim 2805c)  

أحمد:١٤١٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يُقَالُ لِلْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ قَدْ سُئِلْتَ أَيْسَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:13288Rawḥ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī Allāh ﷺ > Yujāʾ Bi-al-Kāfir Yawm al-Qiyāmah

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The disbeliever will be brought on the Day of Judgment and it will be said to him, 'Imagine if you had the entire earth full of gold, would you give it as ransom?' He will reply, 'Yes, O Lord.' It will then be said to him, 'You have been asked for something easier than that.' This is the meaning of the verse: 'Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the ransom of their souls be accepted [even] if they offered a whole earth filled with gold.' [Surah Al-Imran 3:91]."  

أحمد:١٣٢٨٨حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يُجَاءُ بِالْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ مُفْتَدِيًا بِهِ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ قَالَ فَيُقَالُ لَقَدْ سُئِلْتَ أَيْسَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ ﷻ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمْ مِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوْ افْتَدَى بِهِ} [آل عمران 91]  

ibnhibban:7351al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

It would be said to the non-believers on the Day of Resurrection: If you were to possess gold, filling the whole earth, would you like to secure your freedom by paying that? He would say: Yes. Thereupon it would be said to him: Something easier (than this) was demanded from you (but you paid no heed to it). (Using translation from Muslim 2805c)  

ابن حبّان:٧٣٥١أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يُقَالُ لِلْكَافِرِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ مِلْءُ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا أَكُنْتَ تَفْتَدِي بِهِ؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيُقَالُ قَدْ سُئِلْتَ أَيْسَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»