Question

Is this narration correct?

Spending one’s youth in the path of Allah

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “A person will be blessed with perfect light on the Day of Qiyamah when he spends his youth in the path of Allah.”

Sunan Nasai from Sayyiduna ‘Amr ibn ‘Abasah, Hadith: 3142

 

Answer

The Hadith you are referring to has been mistranslated. It appears in Sunan Nasai with the following words:

من شاب شيبة في سبيل الله تعالى كانت له نورا يوم القيامة

The translation is as follows:

Whoever grows even a single strand of white hair in the path of Allah, it will be a source of light for him on the day of Qiyamah.

(Sunan Nasai; Al Mujtaba, Hadith: 3142)

This narration is also recorded in Sunan Tirmidhi. We have explained the mistranslation. See here

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

سنن النسائي:
(٣١٤٢) أخبرنا عمرو بن عثمان بن سعيد بن كثير، قال: حدثنا بقية، عن صفوان، قال: حدثني سليم بن عامر، عن شرحبيل بن السمط، أنه قال لعمرو بن عبسة: – يا عمرو، حدثنا حديثا سمعته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم – قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «من شاب شيبة في سبيل الله تعالى، كانت له نورا يوم القيامة، ومن رمى بسهم في سبيل الله تعالى بلغ العدو، أو لم يبلغ، كان له كعتق رقبة، ومن أعتق رقبة مؤمنة، كانت له فداءه من النار عضوا بعضو».


Moulana Suhail Motala


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