Sahih al-Bukhari 4341

Translation

✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Musa and Muadh b. Jabal to Yemen. He said that he appointed each of them over a district, and that Yemen consisted of two districts. Then he said, “Make things easy and do not make them difficult; give glad tidings and do not drive people away.” Each of them then departed for his assignment. Whenever either of them traveled through his territory and came near his companion, he would renew contact with him and greet him. Muadh traveled through his territory near his companion Abu Musa and came riding his mule until he reached him. Abu Musa was seated with the people gathered around him, and there was a man beside him whose hands had been bound to his neck. Muadh said to him, “O Abdullah b. Qays, what is the matter with this man?” He replied, “This is a man who disbelieved after accepting Islam.” Muadh said, “I will not dismount until he is killed.” He replied, “He was brought here precisely for that, so dismount.” Muadh said, “I will not dismount until he is killed.” Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and then Muadh dismounted. Muadh said, “O Abdullah, how do you recite the Quran?” He replied, “I recite it at intervals.” He asked, “And how do you recite, O Muadh?” Muadh replied, “I sleep during the first part of the night, then rise after receiving my allotted share of sleep and recite whatever Allah has prescribed for me. I seek reward for my sleep just as I seek reward for my standing in prayer.”

Notes

• فَانْطَلَقَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى عَمَلِهِ، وَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِذَا سَارَ فِي أَرْضِهِ كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ أَحْدَثَ بِهِ عَهْدًا، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَسَارَ مُعَاذٌ فِي أَرْضِهِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ أَبِي مُوسَى، فَجَاءَ يَسِيرُ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ، وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ قَدْ جُمِعَتْ يَدَاهُ إِلَى عُنُقِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُعَاذٌ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، أَيَّمَ هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا رَجُلٌ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلاَمِهِ. قَالَ لاَ أَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ. قَالَ إِنَّمَا جِيءَ بِهِ لِذَلِكَ فَانْزِلْ. قَالَ مَا أَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَقُتِلَ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَ أَتَفَوَّقُهُ تَفَوُّقًا. قَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ قَالَ أَنَامُ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ فَأَقُومُ وَقَدْ قَضَيْتُ جُزْئِي مِنَ النَّوْمِ، فَأَقْرَأُ مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لِي، فَأَحْتَسِبُ نَوْمَتِي كَمَا أَحْتَسِبُ قَوْمَتِي

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Shahih al-Bukhari 4342يَسِّرَا وَلاَ تُعَسِّرَا، وَبَشِّرَا وَلاَ تُنَفِّرَا ". فَانْطَلَقَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى عَمَلِهِ، وَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِذَا سَارَ فِي أَرْضِهِ كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ أَحْدَثَ بِهِ عَهْدًا، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ،

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Abi Dawud 4502Sunan an-Nasa'i 4019al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 15943Musnad al-Tayalisi 72

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Burdah b. Abī Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 103 AH, or: 104 AH, or: 107 AH
   أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّثقة
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr al-Qibṭī

   trustworthy (thiqah), eloquent, a scholar; his memory changed and he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 133 AH or 136 AH
   عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِثقة , فصيح عالم ، تغير حفظه وربما دلس
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Abū ʿAwānah

   trustworthy and meticulous (thiqah thabt), from the seventh generation (ṭabaqah)d. 175, or 176 AH
   أَبُو عَوَانَةَثقة ثبت ، من السابعة
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Mūsā b. Ismāʿīl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 223 AH, or 226 AH
   مُوسَىثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
5. 5
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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