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Sahih Muslim 2956

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، (يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ) عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.

আবূ বাকর ইবনু আবূ শায়বাহ ও আমর আন নাকিদ (রহঃ) ..... জুবায়র ইবনু মুতাইম (রাযিঃ) বলেন, আমার একটি উট হারিয়ে গেল। আরাফাহ দিবসে আমি তার খোঁজে বের হলাম। আমি রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম কে লোকদের সাথে আরাফায় অবস্থানরত দেখলাম। আমি বললাম, আল্লাহর শপথ! ইনি তো হুমস্-এর অন্তর্ভুক্ত, কী ব্যাপার ইনি এখানে কেন? অথচ কুরায়শদেরকে হুমস্-এর মধ্যে গণ্য করা হতো।

حمد بن جبیر بن معطم نے اپنے والد حضرت جبیر بن معطم رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے حدیث بیان کی ، انھوں نے کہا : میں نے اپنا ایک اونٹ کھو دیا ، میں عرفہ کے دن اسے تلاش کرنے کے لیے نکلا تو میں نے رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو لوگوں کے ساتھ عرفات میں کھڑے دیکھا ، میں نے کہا : اللہ کی قسم!یہ ( محمد رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) تو اہل حمس میں سے ہیں ، آپ کا یہاں ( عرفات میں ) کیا کام؟ ( کیونکہ ) قریش حمس میں شمار ہوتے تھے ( اورآپ قریشی ہی تھے ۔)

Dan Telah meceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] dan [Amru An Naqid] semuanya dari [Ibnu Uyainah] - [Amru] berkata- Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sufyan bin Uyainah] dari [Amru] ia mendengar [Muhammad bin Jubair bin Muth'im] menceritakan dari [bapaknya] Jubair bin Muth'im, ia berkata; Unta milikku hilang, maka aku pun pergi untuk mencarinya pada hari Arafah.

Kemudian aku melihat Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam sedang wukuf di Arafah bersama orang-orang, maka saya pun berkata, "Demi Allah, mereka ini benar-benar dari kalangan Al Hums. Kenapa mereka ada di sini, padahal orang-orang Quraisy termasuk golongan Al Hums

Bize Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe ile Amru'n-Nâkıd hep birden ibni Uyeyne'den rivayet ettiler. Amr (Dediki): Bize Süfyân b. Uyeyne, Amr'dan rivayet etti. O da Muhammed b. Cübeyir b. Mut'im'i babası Cübeyir b. Mut'im'den naklen rivayet ederken dinlemiş. Cübeyir şöyle demiş: Bir devemi kaybettim de Arafe günü onu aramağa gittim ve Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'i halkla birlikte Arafat'ta vakfe hâlinde gördüm.

Bunun üzerine; — «Vallahi bu, Hums'tandır; onun burada ne işi var?» dedim. Kureyş, Hums'tan sayılırdı

Sahih Muslim 2956, Book 55, The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts, Hadith 1. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that this worldly life is like a prison for the believer, due to his commitment to religious duties—doing what is commanded and avoiding what is prohibited. When he dies, he finds relief from this and transitions to the everlasting bliss that Allah Almighty has prepared for him.

As for the disbeliever, this life is like a paradise for him, as he indulges in whatever his soul desires and his whims dictate. But when he dies, he transitions to the everlasting punishment that Allah Almighty has prepared for him on the Day of Judgment.

What it teaches

  • An-Nawawi said: Every believer is imprisoned and restrained in this world from forbidden and disliked desires and is obligated to perform difficult acts of obedience. When he dies, he is relieved of all that and transitions to what Allah Almighty has prepared for him—everlasting bliss and complete comfort, free from any deficiency. As for the disbeliever, whatever pleasure he had in this world was limited and tainted with disturbances. When he dies, he transitions to eternal punishment and everlasting misery.
  • As-Sindi said: His statement "a prison for the believer" means that even if the believer is living in comfort, Paradise is better for him than this world. And "a paradise for the disbeliever" means that even if he is in hardship, Hellfire is worse for him than this world.
  • The insignificance of worldly life in the sight of Allah Almighty.
  • The worldly life is a place of trial and test for the people of faith.
  • The disbeliever hastened his paradise in this worldly life, and was punished by being deprived of the Paradise and the bliss of the Hereafter.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Abd al-Aziz ad-DarawardiTold us, Third generation, died 182 AH
  4. 4Al-Ala ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Successor, died 130 AH
  5. 5Abd ar-Rahman ibn YaqubFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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