49 - Chapter: On Finding Rest from the Disbelievers

1931 - Muhammad ibn Wahb ibn Abi Karimah al-Harrani informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn Salamah — who is al-Harrani — narrated to us, from Abu 'Abd al-Rahim, who said: Zayd narrated to me, from Wahb ibn Kaysan, from Ma'bad ibn Ka'b, from Abu Qatadah, who said:

We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when a funeral procession appeared. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "One who finds rest, and one from whom rest is found. The believer dies and finds rest from the afflictions of this world, its toil, and its harm. The wicked person dies, and the servants, the lands, the trees, and the animals find rest from him."

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It is found in Malik's "Al-Muwatta" 1/241, and from his transmission it was recorded by al-Bukhari (6512), Muslim (950): (61), and Ibn Hibban (3012).

It was also recorded by Ahmad (22536), (22576), and (22592), al-Bukhari (6513), and Muslim (950) through multiple chains from Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Halhalah, from him (Abu Qatadah).

It was also recorded by Ahmad (22576) through the chain of Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Ma'bad ibn Ka'b ibn Malik, from him.

It will also appear in the following narration.

Regarding his statement: "And the wicked servant" — al-Suyuti said: Ibn al-Tin said: It is possible that he meant the disbeliever by it, and it is possible that the disobedient person is included in it. He said: Likewise, his statement "the believer" could mean the pious one specifically, and it could mean every believer.

(1) In (M) and a copy in the margins of (K) and (H): "with" (ma'a) instead of "at" ('inda).

(2) In a copy in the margin of (H): "calamities" (masa'ib) instead of "afflictions" (awsab).

(3) A sound hadith, and this chain is good because of Muhammad ibn Wahb ibn Abi Karimah — the teacher of the compiler — for he is truthful, and Abu 'Abd al-Rahim — who is Khalid ibn Abi Yazid al-Harrani — was followed (by other narrators), and Zayd is Ibn Abi Unaysah. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2069).

It was also recorded by Ibn Hibban (3007) through the chain of Ahmad ibn Bakkar, from Muhammad ibn Salamah, with this chain.

It has preceded in the hadith before it.

Al-Sindi said: His statement: "The afflictions of this world" (awsab al-dunya) — "awsab" is the plural of "wasab," which is the persistence of pain, and it is also used to mean weakness of the body.