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Sunan an-Nasai 3432 — Lifted Accountability
The Husband Whose Divorce Is Not Valid
Hadith About the Pen Lifted From Three
Sunan an-Nasai : 3432
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3432
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلاَثٍ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ وَعَنِ الصَّغِيرِ حَتَّى يَكْبُرَ وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ أَوْ يَفِيقَ " .
A'isha Narrated from:
The Prophet said: "The pen has been lifted from three: From the sleeper until he wakes up, from the minor until he grows up, and from the insane until he comes back to his senses or recovers."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3432In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 44English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3462
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3432
This Hadith is a major search topic under the phrase pen lifted from three hadith. The Prophet said that the pen has been lifted from three: the sleeper until waking, the minor until growing up, and the insane until returning to sense or recovering. The wording is clear and easy to understand. It names three states where full accountability is lifted until the state changes. The sleeper wakes, the minor grows up, and the insane person comes back to sense or recovers. The Hadith is often used in discussions about accountability in Islam, but this explanation stays with what is directly stated in the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- The sleeper is mentioned until he wakes up.
- The minor is mentioned until he grows up.
- The insane person is mentioned until he regains sense or recovers.
- Accountability is linked to the stated change in each condition.
