أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حُيَيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ مَاتَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ وُلِدَ بِهَا فَصَلَّی عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَهُ مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ قَالُوا وَلِمَ ذَاکَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا مَاتَ بِغَيْرِ مَوْلِدِهِ قِيسَ لَهُ مِنْ مَوْلِدِهِ إِلَی مُنْقَطَعِ أَثَرِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1837
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr said: “A man who had been born in Al-Madinah died there, and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم prayed for him, then he said: ‘Would that he had died somewhere other than the place where he was born.’ They said: ‘Why is that, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم?’ He said: ‘If a man dies somewhere other than the place where he was born, a space in Paradise will be measured out for him equal to the distance between the place where he was born and the place where he died.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020