Sahih al-Bukhari 2808
Practising good deeds before taking part in a battle
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ ؓ يَقُولُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مُقَنَّعٌ بِالْحَدِيدِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُقَاتِلُ وَأُسْلِمُ قَالَ أَسْلِمْ ثُمَّ قَاتِلْ فَأَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ فَقُتِلَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَمِلَ قَلِيلاً وَأُجِرَ كَثِيرًا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm
- Shabābah b. Sawwār al-Fazārī
- Isrāʾīl
- Abū Isḥāq
A man whose face was covered with an iron mask (i.e. clad in armor) came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Shall I fight or embrace Islam first? "The Prophet ﷺ said, "Embrace Islam first and then fight." So he embraced Islam, and was martyred. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, A Little work, but a great reward. "(He did very little (after embracing Islam), but he will be rewarded in abundance).
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Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 18565Musnad Ahmad 18592Sahih Ibn Hibban 4601al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 18612al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 18613al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 8617
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 72 AH, also said 71 AHالْبَرَاء بْن عَازِب الْأَوْسِيّصحابيسمعت
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir), devout (ʿābid); his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his lifed. Ibn ʿUyaynah said 126 AH, Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd said 127 AH, Abū Nuʿaym said 128 AH, ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said 129 AH, Ibn Maʿīn said 132 AHأَبِي إِسْحَاقَثقة مكثر عابد , اختلط بآخرهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah); he was criticized without any valid proofd. Abū Nuʿaym said, and Qaʿnab b. al-Muḥarrar: 160 AH. Hārūn b. Ḥātim said, from Dubays: 161 AH. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said, and Muḥammad b. Saʿd: 162 AH, Mughulṭāy said: 164 AHإِسْرَائِيلُثقة ، تُكلم فيه بلا حجةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), ḥāfiẓ, accused of Irjāʾd. Ibn Ḥibbān said in al-Thiqāt: 204 AH, al-Ṭarsūsī said: 206 AHشَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْفَزَارِيُّثقة حافظ , رمي بالإرجاءحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 255 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِثقة حافظحدثنا
- 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 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Sharḥ Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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