Hadith #221
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَلَا إِنَّمَا بَقَاؤُكُمْ فِيمَا سَلَفَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ الْأُمَمِ كَمَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ أُوتِيَ أَهْلُ التَّوْرَاةِ التَّوْرَاةَ فَعَمِلُوا حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ ثُمَّ عَجَزُوا فَأُعْطُوا قِيرَاطًا قِيرَاطًا ثُمَّ أُوتِيَ أَهْلُ الْإِنْجِيلِ الْإِنْجِيلَ فَعَمِلُوا إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ عَجَزُوا فَأُعْطُوا قِيرَاطًا قِير
َاطًا ثُمَّ أُوتِينَا الْقُرْآنَ فَعَمِلْنَا إِلَى غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ فَأُعْطِينَا قِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابَيْنِ أَيْ رَبَّنَا لِمَ أَعْطَيْتَ هَؤُلَاءِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ قِيرَاطَيْنِ وَأَعْطَيْتَنَا قِيرَاطًا قِيرَاطًا وَنَحْنُ كُنَّا أَكْثَرَ عَمَلًا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى هَلْ ظَلَمْتُكُمْ مِنْ أُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ فَهُوَ فَضْلِي أُوتِيهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ
Isnad Chain
يعقوب
ابن شهاب
سالم بن عبد الله
عبد الله بن عمر
رسول الله
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Ya'qub, from his father, from Ibn Shihab, from Salim ibn 'Abdullah — that he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Lo! Your remaining [time] compared to those nations that came before you is like [the time] between 'Asr prayer and the setting of the sun. The People of the Torah were given the Torah and worked until midday, then they became weary and were given a qirat each. Then the People of the Injil were given the Injil and worked until 'Asr prayer, then they became weary and were given a qirat each. Then we were given the Quran and worked until the sun set, and we were given two qirats each. The People of the Two Books said: Our Lord, why did You give these people two qirats each and give us one qirat each, when we worked more than them? Allah (تعالى) said: Have I wronged you any of your wages? They said: No. He said: That is My grace — I bestow it upon whom I will."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 15, Hadith 221
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5859
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-42249