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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»  


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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  

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