Hadith #8
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ مِنَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ وَكَا
نَ يَكْتُبُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَانْطَلَقَ هَارِبًا حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِأَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَرَفَعُوهُ وَقَالُوا هَذَا كَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأُعْجِبُوا بِهِ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قَصَمَ اللَّهُ عُنُقَهُ فِيهِمْ فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتْ الْأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا ثُمَّ عَادُوا فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتْ الْأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا ثُمَّ عَادُوا فَحَفَرُوا لَهُ فَوَارَوْهُ فَأَصْبَحَتْ الْأَرْضُ قَدْ نَبَذَتْهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَتَرَكُوهُ مَنْبُوذًا
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English Translation
Hashim narrated to us, Sulayman narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) who said: There was a man among us from Banu an-Najjar who had memorized Surah al-Baqarah and Al Imran, and he used to write for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He fled and joined the People of the Book. They were impressed with him, saying, 'This man used to write for Muhammad.' But then Allah caused him to die, and they dug a grave for him and buried him. The next morning, the earth had expelled him, throwing him out on the surface. So they dug his grave deeper and buried him again, but the earth expelled him again. They dug even deeper and buried him, and again the earth expelled him. They realized this was not the work of humans, so they left him cast out.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 27, Hadith 8
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 12846
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-49236