حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ سَمْعَانَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ هَاهُنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَاهُنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَاهُنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا مَنَعَکَ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي فِي الْمَرَّتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أُنَوِّهْ بِکُمْ إِلَّا خَيْرًا إِنَّ صَاحِبَکُمْ مَأْسُورٌ بِدَيْنِهِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَدَّی عَنْهُ حَتَّی مَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ يَطْلُبُهُ بِشَيْئٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد سَمْعَانُ بْنُ مُشَنِّجٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3341
Narrated Samurah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: Is here any one of such and such tribe present? But no one replied. He again asked: Is here any one of such and such tribe present? But no one replied. He again asked: Is here any one of such and such tribe? Then a man stood and said: I am (here), Messenger of Allah. He said: What prevented you from replying the first two times? I wish to tell you something good. Your companion has been detained (from entering Paradise) on account of his debt. Then I saw him that he paid off all his debt on his behalf and there remained no one to demand from him anything. Abu Dawud said: The name of the narrator Sam'an is Sam'an bin Mushannaj.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020