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nasai:4684ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Kathīr a freed slave of Muḥammad b. Jaḥsh > Muḥammad b. Jaḥsh

"We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah when he raised his head toward the sky, and put his palm on his forehead, then he said: 'Subhan Allah, what a stern warning has been revealed! We fell silent and were scared. The following day I asked him: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is this stern warning that has been revealed? He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if a man were to be killed in the cause of Allah then brought back to life, then killed, but he owed a debt, he would not enter paradise until his debt was paid off,"  

النسائي:٤٦٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلاَءُ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ مَوْلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ رَاحَتَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَاذَا نُزِّلَ مِنَ التَّشْدِيدِ فَسَكَتْنَا وَفَزِعْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ سَأَلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا هَذَا التَّشْدِيدُ الَّذِي نُزِّلَ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ مَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يُقْضَى عَنْهُ دَيْنُهُ  


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ahmad:22493ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Zuhayr > al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Kathīr a freed slave of Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Jaḥsh > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Jaḥsh

[Machine] We were sitting in the courtyard of the mosque where the bodies are placed for the funeral prayer, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting among us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his gaze towards the sky and looked, then lowered his gaze and placed his hand on his forehead. Then he said, "Glorified be Allah, glorified be Allah. What kind of severity has been revealed?" We remained silent for the entire day and night, and we did not see anything good until the morning. Then Muhammad said, "So I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , 'What is the severity that has been revealed?' He said, 'It is for a person who is killed in the cause of Allah, then lives, then is killed in the cause of Allah, then lives, then is killed in the cause of Allah, then lives, and he still has a debt. He will not enter Paradise until he settles his debt.'"  

أحمد:٢٢٤٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ مَوْلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا بِفِنَاءِ الْمَسْجِدِ حَيْثُ تُوضَعُ الْجَنَائِزُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْنَا فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَصَرَهُ قِبَلَ السَّمَاءِ فَنَظَرَ ثُمَّ طَأْطَأَ بَصَرَهُ وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَاذَا نَزَلَ مِنَ التَّشْدِيدِ؟ قَالَ فَسَكَتْنَا يَوْمَنَا وَلَيْلَتَنَا فَلَمْ نَرَهَا خَيْرًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحْنَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا التَّشْدِيدُ الَّذِي نَزَلَ؟ قَالَ فِي الدَّيْنِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ عَاشَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ عَاشَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ عَاشَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ مَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ دَيْنَهُ  

tabarani:16671Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Ḍirār b. Ṣurad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Kathīr a freed slave of Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Jaḥsh > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Jaḥsh

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the courtyard of the mosque when he raised his head to the sky and said, "Glory be to Allah! What severe torment has been sent down!" We remained in the rest of our day and night. When morning came, I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what severe torment has been sent down?" He said, "If a man is killed in the cause of Allah, then brought back to life, then killed again and brought back to life, he would not enter Paradise, while carrying a debt."  

الطبراني:١٦٦٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا ضِرَارُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ثنا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ مَوْلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِفِنَاءِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ التَّشْدِيدِ؟» فَظَلَلْنَا بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِنَا وَلَيْلَتِنَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ التَّشْدِيدِ؟ قَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ ثم أُحْيِىَ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ»  

nasai-kubra:6237ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > al-ʿAlāʾ / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Kathīr a freed slave of Muḥammad b. Jaḥsh > Muḥammad b. Jaḥsh

"We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah when he raised his head toward the sky, and put his palm on his forehead, then he said: 'Subhan Allah, what a stern warning has been revealed! We fell silent and were scared. The following day I asked him: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is this stern warning that has been revealed? He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if a man were to be killed in the cause of Allah then brought back to life, then killed, but he owed a debt, he would not enter paradise until his debt was paid off," (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4684)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٢٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ مَوْلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ رَاحَتَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَاذَا نُزِّلَ مِنَ التَّشْدِيدِ؟» فَسَكَتْنَا وَفَرِقْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ سَأَلْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا هَذَا التَّشْدِيدُ الَّذِي نُزِّلَ؟ فَقَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ وَعَلَيْهِ دِينٌ مَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يُقْضَى عَنْهُ دَيْنُهُ»  

bayhaqi:10963Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Kathīr a freed slave of Muḥammad b. Jaḥsh > Muḥammad b. Jaḥsh

"We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah when he raised his head toward the sky, and put his palm on his forehead, then he said: 'Subhan Allah, what a stern warning has been revealed! We fell silent and were scared. The following day I asked him: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is this stern warning that has been revealed? He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if a man were to be killed in the cause of Allah then brought back to life, then killed, but he owed a debt, he would not enter paradise until his debt was paid off," (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4684)   

البيهقي:١٠٩٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ مَوْلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا يَوْمًا جُلُوسًا فِي مَوْضِعِ الْجَنَائِزِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ رَاحَتَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ التَّشْدِيدِ فَسَكَتْنَا وَفَرِقْنَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا هَذَا التَّشْدِيدُ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ؟ قَالَ فِي الدَّيْنِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيِيَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ مَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يُقْضَى عَنْهُ دَيْنُهُ  

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السيوطي:١٤٦٩٨a

"سُبْحَانَ اللهِ؟ مَاذَا نَزَلَ من التَّشْدِيدِ فِى الدَّينِ، والذى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قُتِلَ فِى سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أُحْيِىَ، ثُمَّ قُتِلَ ثُمَّ أُحْيِىَ، ثم قُتِلَ، وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ؛ مَا دَخَلَ الجنَّةَ حتَّى يُقْضَى عَنْهُ دَيْنُهُ".  

[حم] أحمد [ن] النسائي [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن محمد بن جحش
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السيوطي:٥٥٣-١b

" كُنَّا جُلُوسًا فِى مَوْضِع الْجَنَائِزِ مَعَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَرَفَعَ رَأسَهُ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ رَاحَتَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ الله مَا هَذَا التَّشْدِيدُ الَّذِي نَزَلَ فِى الدِّيْنِ، وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قُتِلَ فِى سَبِيلِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أُحْيِىَ، ثُمَّ قُتِلَ، ثُمَّ أُحْيِىَ، ثُمَّ قُتِلَ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ مَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يُقْضَى عَنْهُ دَيْنُهُ".  

[حم] أحمد [ز] البزّار في سننه [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك وأبو نعيم في المعرفة، [ق] البيهقى في السنن