"No one asked
the
Prophet (ﷺ) about Dajjal more than I did." (One of the
narrators)
Ibn Numair said (in his version): "(No one asked)
more difficult
questions than I did." - "He said to me:
'What are you asking about
him?' I said: 'They say he will have food
and drink with him.' He
said: 'He is too insignificant before Allah
for that.'"
"The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) prayed one day, and ascended the pulpit, and he never
used to
ascend it, before that, except on Fridays. The people were
alarmed by
that, and some were standing and some were sitting. He
gestured to
them with his hand, telling them to sit. (Then he said:)
'By Allah, I
am not standing here for something that will benefit
you, an
exhortation or warning. Rather Tamim Dari has come to me and
told me
something that prevented me from taking a rest because of the
joy and
delight (I felt), and I wanted to spread that joy among you.
A cousin
of Tamim Dari told me that the wind drove them to an island
that they
did not know, so they sat in the rowing boats of the ship
and set out.
There they saw something black, with long eyelashes.
They said to it:
"What are you?" It said: "I am
Jassasah," They said: "Tell us." It
said: "I will
not tell you anything or ask you anything. Rather there
is this
monastery that you have looked at. Go to it, for there is a
man there
who is longing to hear your news and tell you news." So they
went there and entered upon him, and they saw an old man firmly
shackled, with a sorrowful appearance and complaining a great deal.
He
said to them: "Where have you come from?" They said:
"From Sham." He
said: "How are the Arabs faring?"
They said: "We are from among the
Arabs. What do you want to ask
about?" He said: "What has this man
done who has appeared
among you?" They said: "(He has done) well. He
made enemies
of some people, but Allah supported him against them and
now they
have become one, with one God and one religion." He said:
"What
happened to the spring of Zughar?" They said: "It is good;
we
irrigate out crops from it and drink from it." He said: "What
happened
to the date-palms between 'Amman and Baisan?" They
said: "They bear
fruit every year." He said: "What
happened to the Lake of Tiberias?"
They said: "It overflows
because of the abundance of water." He gave
three deep sighs,
then he said: "If I were to free myself from these
chains, I
would not leave any land without entering it on these two
feet of
mine, except for Taibah, for I have no way to enter it." The
Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'My joy is so great. This (Al-Madinah) is Taibah,
and by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, there is no narrow or broad
road in it, or any plain or mountain, but there is an angel
(standing)
over it with his sword unsheathed, until the Day of
Resurrection.'"
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
mentioned Dajjal, one morning, as something despised but also
alarming, until we thought that he was in the stand of date-palm
trees. When we came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the evening,
he
saw that (fear) in us, and said: 'What is the matter with you?' We
said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you mentioned Dajjal this morning, and
you spoke of him as something despised but also alarming, until we
thought that he was in the stand of date-palm trees.' He said:
'There
are things that I fear more for you than the Dajjal. If he
appears
while I am among you, I will contend with him on your behalf,
and if
he appears when I am not among you, then each man must fend for
himself, and Allah will take care of every Muslim on my behalf. He
(Dajjal) will be a young man with curly hair and a protuberant eye; I
liken him to 'Abdul-'Uzza bin Qatan. Whoever among you sees him, let
him recite the first Verses of Surat Al-Kahf over him. He will emerge
from Khallah, between Sham and Iraq, and will wreak havoc right and
left. O slaves of Allah, remain steadfast.' We said: 'O Messenger of
Allah, how long will he stay on earth?' He said: 'Forty days, one
day
like a year, one day like a month, one day like a week, and the
rest
of his days like your days.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, on
that
day which is like a year, will the prayers of one day suffice
us?' He
said: 'Make an estimate of time (and then observe prayer).'
We said:
'How fast will he move through the earth?' He said: 'Like
a rain
cloud driving by the wind.' He said: 'He will come to some
people and
call them, and they will respond and believe in him. Then
he will
command the sky to rain and it will rain, and he will command
the
earth to produce vegetation and it will do so, and their flocks
will
come back in the evening with their humps taller, their udders
fuller
and their flanks fatter than they have ever been. Then he will
come
to some (other) people and call them, and they will reject him,
so he
will turn away from them and they will suffer drought and be
left
with nothing. Then he will pass through the wasteland and will
say:
"Bring forth your treasures," then go away, and its
treasures
will follow him like a swarm of bees. Then he will call a
man brimming
with youth and will strike him with a sword and cut him
in two. He
will put the two pieces as far apart as the distance
between an archer
and his target. Then he will call him and he will
come with his face
shining, laughing. While they are like that, Allah
will send 'Eisa
bin Maryam, who will come down at the white minaret
in the east of
Damascus, wearing two Mahrud[garment dyed with Wars
and then Saffron],
resting his hands on the wings of two angels. When
he lowers his head,
beads of perspiration will fall from it. Every
disbeliever who smells
the fragrance of his breath will die, and his
breath will reach as far
as his eye can see. Then he will set out and
catch up with him (the
Dajjal) at the gate of Ludd, and will kill
him. Then the Prophet of
Allah 'Eisa will come to some people whom
Allah has protected, and he
will wipe their faces and tell them of
their status in Paradise. While
they are like that, Allah will reveal
to him: "O 'Eisa, I have
brought forth some of My slaves whom no
one will be able to kill, so
take My slaves to Tur in safety."
Then Gog and Magog will emerge and
they will, as Allah describes,
"swoop down from every mound."[21:96]
The first of them
will pass by lake Tiberias and drink from it, then
the last of them
will pass by it and will say: "There was water here
once."
The Prophet of Allah, 'Eisa and his companions will be
besieged there
until the head of an ox would be dearer to any one of
them than one
hundred Dinar are to any one of you today. Then, the
Prophet of
Allah, 'Eisa and his companions will supplicate Allah.
Then Allah
will send a worm in their necks and the next morning they
will all
die as one. The Prophet of Allah 'Eisa and his companions
will come
down and they will not find even the space of a hand span
that is
free of their stink, stench and blood. They will pray to
Allah, and
He will send birds with necks like the necks of Bactrian
camels,
which will pick them up and throw them wherever Allah wills.
Then
Allah will send rain which will not leave any house of clay or
hair,
and it will wash the earth until it leaves it like a mirror (or
a
smooth rock). Then it will be said to the earth: "Bring forth
your
fruits and bring back your blessing." On that day a group
of people
will eat from a (single) pomegranate and it will suffice
them, and
they will seek shelter beneath its skin. Allah will bless a
milch-
camel so that it will be sufficient for a large number of
people, and
a milch-cow will be sufficient for a whole tribe and a
milch-ewe will
be sufficient for a whole clan. While they are like
that, Allah will
send a pleasant wind which will seize them beneath
their armpits and
will take the soul of every Muslim, leaving the
rest of the people
fornicating like donkeys, and upon them will come
the Hour.'"
"The Messenger
of Allah (ﷺ) addressed us, and most of his speech had to do with
telling us about Dajjal. He warned about him, and among the things he
said was: 'There will not be any tribulation on earth, since the time
Allah created the offspring of Adam, that will be greater than the
tribulation of Dajjal. Allah has not sent any Prophet but he warned
his nation about Dajjal. I am the last of the Prophets, and you are
the last of the nations. He will undoubtedly appear among you. If he
appears while I am among you, I will contend with him on behalf of
every Muslim, and if he appears while I am not among you, then each
man must fend for himself and Allah will take care of every Muslim on
my behalf. He will emerge from Al-Khallah, between Sham and Iraq, and
will wreak havoc right and left. O slaves of Allah, remain steadfast.
I will describe him to you in a manner in which none of the Prophets
has described him before me. He will start by saying "I am a
Prophet," and there is no Prophet after me. Then a second time
he will say: "I am your Lord." But you will not see your
Lord until you die. He is one-eyed, and your Lord is not one-eyed,
and written between his eyes is Kafir. Every believer will read it,
whether he is literate or illiterate. Part of his Fitnah will be that
he will have with him Paradise and Hell, but his Hell will be a
Paradise and his Paradise a Hell. Whoever is tested with his fire
(hell), let him seek the help of Allah and recite the first Verses of
Al-Kahf, then it will be cool and safe for him, as the fire was for
Ibrahim. Part of his Fitnah will be that he will say to a Bedouin:
"What do you think, if I resurrect your father and mother for
you, will you bear witness that I am your Lord?" He will say:
"Yes." Then two devils will appear to him in the form of
his father and mother and will say: "O my son, follow him, for
he is your Lord." And part of his Fitnah will be that he will
overpower a single soul and kill him, then he will cut him with a saw
until he falls in two pieces. Then he will say: "Look at this
slave of mine; I will resurrect him now, then he will claim that he
has a Lord other than me." Then Allah will resurrect him and the
evil one will say to him: "Who is your Lord?" and he will
say: "Allah is my Lord, and you are the enemy of Allah, you are
Dajjal. By Allah, I have never had more insight about you than I have
today."
(An addition) Abul-Hasan Tanafisi said: "Muharibi told us: 'Ubaidullah bin al-Walid Al-Wassafi told us, from 'Atiyyah, that Abu Sa'eed said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'That man will be the highest in status in my nation in Paradise'" -
He said: "Abu Sa'eed said: 'By Allah, we did not think that man would be anyone other than 'Umar bin Khattab, until he passed away. -
Muharibi said: "Then we went back to the narration of Abu Rafi'." He said: - 'Part of his Fitnah will be that he will command the sky to rain, and it will rain, and he will command the earth to bring forth vegetation and it will do so. And part of his Fitnah will be that he will pass by a clan and they will disbelieve in him, so all their flocks will perish and none will be left. And part of his Fitnah will be that he will pass by a clan who will believe in him, so he will command the sky to rain, and it will rain, and he will command the earth to bring forth vegetation and it will do so, until their flocks will come back in the evening of that day, bigger and fatter than they have ever been, with their flanks stretched and their udders full of milk. There will be no part of the earth left that he does not enter and prevail over, except for Makkah and Al-Madinah, for he will not approach them on any of their mountain paths but he will be met by angels with unsheathed swords, until he will stop at the red hill at the end of the marsh. Then Al-Madinah will be shaken with its people three times, and no hypocrite, male or female, will be left, all will come out to him. Thus it will be cleansed of impurity just as the bellows cleanses the iron of dross. And that day will be called the Day of Deliverance.'
"Umm Sharik bint Abi 'akar said: 'O Messenger of Allah, where will the Arabs be that day?' He said: 'On that day they will be few, and most of them will be in Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and their leader will be a righteous man. When their leader has stepped forward to lead them in subh prayer, 'Eisa bin Maryam will come down to them. Their leader will step backwards so that 'Eisa can come forward and lead the people in prayer, but 'Eisa will place his hand between his shoulders and say to him: "Go forward and pray, for the Iqamah was given for you." Then their leader will lead them in prayer. When he has finished, 'Eisa (as), will say: "Open the gate." So they will open it and behind it will be Dajjal with seventy thousand Jews, each of them carrying an adorned sword and wearing a greenish cloak. When Dajjal looks at him, he will start to melt as salt melts in water. He will run away, and 'Eisa (as), will say: "I have only one blow for you, which you will not be able to escape!" He will catch up with him at the eastern gate of Ludd, and will kill him. Then Allah will defeat the Jews, and there will be nothing left that Allah has created which the Jews will be able to hide behind, except that Allah will cause it to speak - no stone, no tree, no wall, no animal - except for Al-Gharqad (the box-thorn), for it is one of their trees, and will not speak - except that it will say: "O Muslim slave of Allah, here is a Jews, come and kill him!"
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'His (Dajjal's) days will number forty years: a year like half a year, a year like a month, a month like a week, and the rest of his days will be like sparks from a fire (i.e., they will pass quickly). One of you will enter the gate of Al-Madinah in the morning and not reach its other gate until evening comes.' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how should we pray on those short days?' He said: 'Estimate (the times of) the prayer, as you do on these long days, then pray.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Eisa bin Maryam (as), will be a just judge and a just ruler among my nation. He will break the cross, slaughter the pigs, abolish the Jizyah and charity will be left. No one will be appointed to (collect the Zakah of) sheep and camels. Grudges and mutual hatred will disappear and the venom of every venomous creature will be removed, so that a baby boy will but his hand in a snake and it will not harm him, and a baby girl will make a lion run away, and it will not harm her; and the wolf will be among the sheep like their sheepdog. The earth will be filled with peace just as a vessel is filled with water. The people will be united and none will be worshipped except Allah. War will cease and Quraish will no longer be in power. The earth will be like a silver platter, with its vegetation growing as it did at the time of Adam, until a group of people will gather around one bunch of grapes and it will suffice them, and a group will gather around a single pomegranate and it will suffice them. An ox will be sold for such and such amount of money, and a horse will be sold for a few Dirham.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, why will horses be so cheap?' He said: 'They will never be ridden in war again.' It was said to him: 'Why will oxen be so expensive?' He said: 'Because all the land will be tilled. Before Dajjal appears there will be three difficult years in which the people will suffer severe famine. In the first year, Allah will command the sky to withhold one third of its rain and the earth to withhold one third of its produce. In the second year, He will command the sky to withhold two thirds of its rain and the earth to withhold two-thirds of its produce. In the third year, he will command the sky to withhold all of its rain, and not a single drop will fall, and the earth to withhold all of its produce, and nothing will grow. All cloven-hoofed animals will die, except those that Allah wills.' It was said: 'What will the people live on at that time?' He said: 'Tahlil, Takbir, Tasbih and Tahmid. That will take the place of food for them.'"
Abu 'Abdullah (Ibn Majah) said: "I heard Abul-Hasan Tanafisi say: 'I heard 'Abdur-Rahman Al-Muharibi say: "This Hadith should be sent to every teacher so that they can teach it to the children in the schools."
Chapter 33: The tribulation of Dajjal, the emergence of 'Esa bin Maryam and the emergence of Gog and Magog - كتاب الفتن
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ حَكَمًا مُقْسِطًا وَإِمَامًا عَدْلاً فَيَكْسِرُ الصَّلِيبَ وَيَقْتُلُ الْخِنْزِيرَ وَيَضَعُ الْجِزْيَةَ وَيَفِيضُ الْمَالُ حَتَّى لاَ يَقْبَلَهُ أَحَدٌ " .
"The
Hour will not begin until 'Eisa bin Maryam comes down as a just judge
and a just ruler. He will break the cross, kill the pigs and abolish
the Jizyah, and wealth will become so abundant that no one will
accept
it."
"Gog and Magog people will be set free and they will
emerge as Allah says: "swoop(ing) down from every mound."[21:96]
They
will spread throughout the earth, and the Muslims will flee from
them
until the remainder of the Muslims are in their cities and
fortresses,
taking their flocks with them. They will pass by a river
and drink
from it, until they leave nothing behind, and the last of
them will
follow in their footsteps and one of them will say: 'There
was once
water in this place.' They will prevail over the earth, then
their
leader will say: 'These are the people of the earth, and we
have
finished them off. Now let us fight the people of heaven!' Then
one
of them will throw his spear towards the sky, and it will come
back
down smeared with blood. And they will say: 'We have killed the
people of heaven.' While they are like that, Allah will send a worm
like the worm that is found in the noses of sheep, which will
penetrate their necks and they will die like locusts, one on top of
another. In the morning the Muslims will not hear any sound from
them,
and they will say: 'Who will sell his soul for the sake of
Allah and
see what they are doing?' A man will go down, having
prepared himself
to be killed by them, and he will find them dead, so
he will call out
to them: 'Be of good cheer, for your enemy is dead!'
Then the people
will come out and let their flocks loose, but they
will not have
anything to graze on except their flesh, and they will
become very fat
as if they were grazing on the best vegetation they
ever found.'"
"Gog and Magog people dig every day until, when they can
almost
see the rays of the sun, the one in charge of them says: "Go
back and
we will dig it tomorrow." Then Allah puts it back,
stronger than it
was before. (This will continue) until, when their
time has come, and
Allah wants to send them against the people, they
will dig until they
can almost see the rays of the sun, then the one
who is in charge of
them will say: "Go back, and we will dig it
tomorrow if Allah wills.'
So they will say: "If Allah wills."
Then they will come back to it and
it will be as they left it. So
they will dig and will come out to the
people, and they will drink
all the water. The people will fortify
themselves against them in
their fortresses. They will shoot their
arrows towards the sky and
they will come back with blood on them, and
they will say: "We
have defeated the people of earth and dominated the
people of
heaven." Then Allah will send a worm in the napes of their
necks
and will kill them thereby.'" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
"By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, the beasts of the earth
will grow fat on their flesh."
"On the night on
which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was taken on the Night Journey
(Isra'), he met Ibrahim, Musa and 'Eisa, and they discussed the Hour.
They started with Ibrahim, and asked him about it, but he did not
have any knowledge of it. Then they asked Musa, and he did not have
any knowledge of it. Then they asked 'Eisa bin Maryam, and he said:
'I have been assigned to some tasks before it happens.' As for as
when it will take place, no one knows that except Allah. Then he
mentioned Dajjal and said: 'I will descend and kill him, then the
people will return to their own lands and will be confronted with Gog
and Magog people, who will: "swoop down from every
mound."[21:96] They will not pass by any water but they will
drink it, (and they will not pass) by anything but they will spoil
it. They (the people) will beseech Allah, and I will pray to Allah to
kill them. The earth will be filled with their stench and (the
people) will beseech Allah and I will pray to Allah, then the sky
will send down rain that will carry them and throw them in the sea.
Then the mountains will turn to dust and the earth will be stretched
out like a hide. I have been promised that when that happens, the
Hour will come upon the people, like a pregnant woman whose family
does not know when she will suddenly give birth.'"
(One of the narrators) 'Awwam said: "Confirmation of that is found in the Book of Allah, where Allah says: "Until, when Gog and Magog people are let loose (from their barrier), and they swoop down from every mound (21:96)."
"While we were with the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), some youngsters from Banu Hashim came
along.
When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw them, his eyes filled with tears
and his
color changed. I said: 'We still see something in your face
that we
do not like (to see).' He said: 'We are members of a
Household for
whom Allah has chosen the Hereafter over this world.
The people of my
Household will face calamity, expulsion and exile
after I am gone,
until some people will come from the east carrying
black banners. They
will ask for something good but will not be given
it. Then they will
fight and will be victorious, then they will be
given what they
wanted, but they will not accept it and will give
leadership to a man
from my family. Then they will fill it with
justice just as it was
filled with injustice. Whoever among you lives
to see that, let him go
to them even if he has to crawl over snow.'"
"The Mahdi will be among my nation. If he lives for a
short
period, it will be seven, and if he lives for a long period, it
will
be nine, during which my nation will enjoy a time of ease such
as it
has never enjoyed. The land will bring forth its yield and will
not
hold back anything, and wealth at that time will be piled up. A
man
will stand up and say: 'O Mahdi, give me!' He will say: 'Take.'"
"Three will fight one another for your treasure, each one of
them the
son of a caliph, but none of them will gain it. Then the
black banners
will come from the east, and they will kill you in an
unprecedented
manner." Then he mentioned something that I do not
remember, then he
said: "When you see them, then pledge your
allegiance to them even if
you have to crawl over the snow, for that
is the caliph of Allah,
Mahdi."
Chapter 34: The appearance of the Mahdi - كتاب الفتن
It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Musayyab said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمَلِيحِ الرَّقِّيُّ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ بَيَانٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا الْمَهْدِيَّ فَقَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ
" الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنْ وَلَدِ فَاطِمَةَ " .
"We were with Umm Salamah and we were discussing Mahdi. She said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Mahdi will be one of the descendents of Fatimah."
"I heard the Messenger
of
Allah (ﷺ) say: 'We, the sons of 'Abdul-Muttalib, will be leaders
of the people of Paradise: Myself, Hamzah. 'Ali, Ja'far, Hasan,
Husain and Mahdi."
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ حَسَّانَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَ مَالَ مَكْحُولٌ وَابْنُ أَبِي زَكَرِيَّا إِلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ وَمِلْتُ مَعَهُمَا فَحَدَّثَنَا عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي جُبَيْرٌ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى ذِي مِخْمَرٍ - وَكَانَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ - فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُمَا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْهُدْنَةِ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ
" سَتُصَالِحُكُمُ الرُّومُ صُلْحًا آمِنًا ثُمَّ تَغْزُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَهُمْ عَدُوًّا فَتُنْصَرُونَ وَتَغْنَمُونَ وَتَسْلَمُونَ ثُمَّ تَنْصَرِفُونَ حَتَّى تَنْزِلُوا بِمَرْجٍ ذِي تُلُولٍ فَيَرْفَعُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصَّلِيبِ الصَّلِيبَ فَيَقُولُ غَلَبَ الصَّلِيبُ . فَيَغْضَبُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَدُقُّهُ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ تَغْدِرُ الرُّومُ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ لِلْمَلْحَمَةِ " .
“Jubair said to me:
‘Let’s go to Dhu Mikhmar, who was a man from among the Companions
of
the Prophet (ﷺ).’ So I went with them and he asked him about
the
peace treaty (with the Romans). He said: ‘I heard the Prophet
(ﷺ)
say: “The Romans will enter into a peace treaty with you,
then you and
they will fight one another as enemies, and you will be
victorious;
you will collect the spoils of war and be safe. Then you
will come
back until you stop in a meadow with many hillocks. A man
from among
the people of the Cross will raise the Cross and will say:
‘The Cross
has prevailed.’ Then a man among the Muslims will
become angry and
will go and break the Cross. Then the Romans will
prove treacherous
(breaking the treaty) (and will gather) for the
fierce battle.”
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاتِكَةِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْمَلاَحِمُ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ بَعْثًا مِنَ الْمَوَالِي هُمْ أَكْرَمُ الْعَرَبِ فَرَسًا وَأَجْوَدُهُ سِلاَحًا يُؤَيِّدُ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الدِّينَ " .
“When the fierce battles take place, Allah will send a troop
of
freed slaves who will be the best Arab horsemen and the best
armed,
with whom Allah will support His religion.”
"You will fight the
Arabian Peninsula and victory will be granted by Allah. Then you will
fight the Romans and victory will be granted (by Allah). Then you
will fight Dajjal and victory will be granted (by Allah)."
Jabir said: "Dajjal will not appear until you have fought the Romans."
It was narrated from Kathir bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin ‘Awf,
from his
father, that his grandfather said:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَعْقُوبَ الْحُنَيْنِيُّ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَدْنَى مَسَالِحِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِبَوْلاَءَ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ " . قَالَ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي . قَالَ " إِنَّكُمْ سَتُقَاتِلُونَ بَنِي الأَصْفَرِ وَيُقَاتِلُهُمُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ رُوقَةُ الإِسْلاَمِ أَهْلُ الْحِجَازِ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَخَافُونَ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةَ لاَئِمٍ فَيَفْتَتِحُونَ الْقُسْطُنْطِينِيَّةَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ فَيُصِيبُونَ غَنَائِمَ لَمْ يُصِيبُوا مِثْلَهَا حَتَّى يَقْتَسِمُوا بِالأَتْرِسَةِ وَيَأْتِي آتٍ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ خَرَجَ فِي بِلاَدِكُمْ أَلاَ وَهِيَ كِذْبَةٌ فَالآخِذُ نَادِمٌ وَالتَّارِكُ نَادِمٌ " .
“The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) said:
‘The Hour will not begin until the closest Muslim
outpost will be at
Baula’.’ Then he said: ‘O ‘Ali, O ‘Ali,
O ‘Ali.’ He (‘Ali) said: ‘May
my father and mother be
ransomed for you.’ He said: ‘You will fight
Banu Asfar (the
Romans) and those who come after you will fight them,
until the best
of the Muslims go out to fight them, the people of
Hijaz who do not
fear the blame of anyone for the sake of Allah. They
will conquer
Constantinople with Tasbih and Takbir and will acquire
such spoils of
war as has never been seen before, which they will
distribute by the
shieldful. Someone will come and say: “Masih has
appeared in your
land!” But he will be lying, so the one who takes
(some of the
spoils) will regret it, and the one who leaves it behind
will regret
it too.’”
“There will be a treaty between you and Banu
Asfar
(The Romans), but they will betray you and will march against
you with
eighty banners, under each of which there will be twelve
thousand
troops.”
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمًا صِغَارَ الأَعْيُنِ ذُلْفَ الأُنُوفِ كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ وَلاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمًا نِعَالُهُمُ الشَّعَرُ " .
‘The Hour will not begin until you fight people with small
eyes
and small, even noses, as if their faces were hammered shields.
And
the Hour will not begin until you fight people whose shoes are
made of
hair.”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ تَغْلِبَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ
" إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ تُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمًا عِرَاضَ الْوُجُوهِ كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ تُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمًا يَنْتَعِلُونَ الشَّعَرَ " .
“I heard the Prophet
(ﷺ) say: ‘One of the portents of the Hour is that you fight
people
with broad faces, as if their faces are hammered shields. And
one of
hte portents of the Hour is that you will fight people who
wear shoes
of hair.’”
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمًا صِغَارَ الأَعْيُنِ عِرَاضَ الْوُجُوهِ كَأَنَّ أَعْيُنَهُمْ حَدَقُ الْجَرَادِ كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ يَنْتَعِلُونَ الشَّعَرَ وَيَتَّخِذُونَ الدَّرَقَ يَرْبِطُونَ خَيْلَهُمْ بِالنَّخْلِ " .
“The Hour will not begin until you fight people
with small
eyes and wide faces, as if their eyes are the pupils of
locusts and as
if their faces are hammered shields. They will be
wearing shoes of
hair, using leather shields and tying their horses
to date-palm
trees.”
“Indifference towards this world does not mean forbidding
what is permitted, or squandering wealth, rather indifference towards
this world means not thinking that what you have in your hand is more
reliable than what is in Allah’s Hand, and it means feeling that
the
reward for a calamity that befalls you is greater than that which
the
calamity makes you miss out on.’”
Chapter 1: Indifference towards this world - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Abu Khallad, who was one of the Companions of
the
Prophet (ﷺ), said:
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي خَلاَّدٍ، - وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ - قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الرَّجُلَ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ زُهْدًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَقِلَّةَ مَنْطِقٍ فَاقْتَرِبُوا مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُلَقَّى الْحِكْمَةَ " .
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If you
see a man who has been given indifference with regard to this world
and who speaks little, then draw close to him for he will indeed
offer
wisdom.’”
Chapter 1: Indifference towards this world - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ، حَدَّثَنَا شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقُرَشِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ إِذَا أَنَا عَمِلْتُهُ أَحَبَّنِيَ اللَّهُ وَأَحَبَّنِيَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" ازْهَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُحِبَّكَ اللَّهُ وَازْهَدْ فِيمَا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ يُحِبُّوكَ " .
“A man came to the
Prophet (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, show me a deed
which,
if I do it, Allah will love me and people will love me. The
Messenger
of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Be indifferent towards this world,
and Allah
will love you. Be indifferent to what is in people’s
hands, and they
will love you.”
“We stopped with Abu Hashim bin ‘Utbah, who had
been
stabbed, and Mu’awiyah came to visit him. Abu Hashim wept and
Mu’awiyah said to him: ‘Why are you weeping, O maternal uncle? Is
there some pain bothering you, or is it because of this world, the
best of which has already passed?’ He said: ‘It is not for any of
these reasons. But the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave me some advice
and I wish that I had followed it. He (ﷺ) said: “There may come a
time when you will see wealth divided among the people, and all you
will need of that is a servant and a mount to ride in the cause of
Allah.” That time came, but I accumulated wealth.’”
“Salman felt sick and
Sa’d
came to visit him, and when he saw him he wept. Sa’d said to him:
‘Why are you weeping, my brother? Are you not a Companion of the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? Are you not? Are you not?’ Salman said:
‘I
am only weeping for one reason: I am not weeping because of
longing
for this world or for dislike of the Hereafter. But the
Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) gave me some advice and I think that I have
transgressed.’
He said: ‘What was his advice to you?’ He said:
‘He advised me that
something like the provision of a rider is
sufficient for anyone of
you, and I think that I have transgressed
that. As for you, O Sa’d,
fear Allah when you pass a verdict, and
when you distribute (spoils of
war), and when you decide to do
anything.’”
Chapter 2: Being concerned with this world - كتاب الزهد
‘Abdur-Rahman bin Aban bin ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan narrated that his
father said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ خَرَجَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَرْوَانَ بِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْتُ مَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ إِلاَّ لِشَىْءٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ . فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ سَأَلَنَا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ سَمِعْنَاهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ
" مَنْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا هَمَّهُ فَرَّقَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَتِ الآخِرَةُ نِيَّتَهُ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِيَ رَاغِمَةٌ " .
“Zaid bin Thabit departed from Marwan at mid-day. I
said:
‘He has not sent him out at this time of the day except for
something
he asked.’ So I asked him, and he said: ‘He asked me
about some things
we heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:
“Whoever is focused
only on this world, Allah will confound his
affairs and make him fear
poverty constantly, and he will not get
anything of this world except
that which has been decreed for him.
Whoever is focused on the
Hereafter, Allah will settle his affairs
for him and make him feel
content with his lot, and his provision
and worldly gains will
undoubtedly come to him.”
“I heard your Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever
focuses all
his concerns on one thing, the Hereafter, Allah will
relieve him of
worldly concerns, but whoever has disparate concerns
scattered among a
number of worldly issues, Allah will not care in
which of its valleys
he died.’”
“I do not know except that he attributed it to the
Prophet (ﷺ)” – “Allah says: ‘O son of Adam, devote yourself
to My
worship, and I will fill your heart with contentment and take
care of
your poverty; but if you do not do that, then I will fill
your heart
with worldly concerns and will not take care of your
poverty.’”
Chapter 3: The likeness of this world - كتاب الزهد
Mustawrid, a brother of Banu Fihr, said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُسْتَوْرِدَ، أَخَا بَنِي فِهْرٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ
" مَا مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا فِي الآخِرَةِ إِلاَّ مَثَلُ مَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيَنْظُرْ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ " .
“I heard the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The likeness of this world in comparison to the
Hereafter is that of anyone of you dipping his finger into the sea:
let him see what he brings forth.’”
Chapter 3: The likeness of this world - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that ‘Abdullah said:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ اضْطَجَعَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ فَأَثَّرَ فِي جِلْدِهِ فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كُنْتَ آذَنْتَنَا فَفَرَشْنَا لَكَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا يَقِيكَ مِنْهُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" مَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا كَرَاكِبٍ اسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا " .
“The Prophet (ﷺ) lay down on a
reed mat, and it left marks on his skin. I said: ‘May my father and
mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah! If you had told us
we would have provided you with something that would save you this
trouble.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘What is there
between
myself and the world? This world and I are just like a rider
who stops
to rest beneath the shade of a tree then goes and leaves
it.’”
“We were with the Messenger
of
Allah (ﷺ) in Dhul-Hulaifah, when we saw a dead sheep lifting its
leg (because of bloating). He said: ‘Don’t you think this is
worthless
to its owner? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this
world is more
worthless to Allah than this (dead sheep) is to its
owner. If this
world was worth the wing of a mosquito to Allah, the
disbeliever would
not have a drop to drink from it.’”
“I was riding with the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) when he came across a dead lamb that had been thrown
out.’ He
said: ‘Don’t you think that this is worthless to its
owners?’ It was
said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, it is because it is
worthless that they
have thrown it out, - or words to that effect. He
said: ‘By the One in
Whose Hand is my soul, this world is more
worthless to Allah than this
is to its owners.’”
Chapter 3: The likeness of this world - كتاب الزهد
Abu
Hurairah said:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خُلَيْدٍ، عُتْبَةُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ قُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ السَّلُولِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ
" الدُّنْيَا مَلْعُونَةٌ مَلْعُونٌ مَا فِيهَا إِلاَّ ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ وَمَا وَالاَهُ أَوْ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا " .
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying:
‘This
world is cursed and what is in it is cursed, except the
remembrance
of Allah (dhikr) and what is conducive to that, or one who
has
knowledge or who acquires knowledge.’”
Chapter 3: The likeness of this world - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِبَعْضِ جَسَدِي فَقَالَ
" يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ كَأَنَّكَ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ وَعُدَّ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ " .
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
took
hold of some part of my body and said: ‘O ‘Abdullah, be in this
world like a stranger, or one who is passing through, and consider
yourself as one of the people of the graves.’”
“Shall I not tell you about the kings of Paradise?’ I
said:
‘Yes.’ He said: ‘A weak and oppressed man who wears tattered
clothes and is not paid any heed. If he swears (an oath) by Allah,
Allah fulfills it.’”
Chapter 4: One who is not paid any heed - كتاب الزهد
Harithah
bin Wahb narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَهْلِ النَّارِ كُلُّ عُتُلٍّ جَوَّاظٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ " .
“Shall I
not tell you about the people of Paradise? Every weak and
oppressed
one. Shall I not tell you about the people of Hell? Every
harsh,
haughty and arrogant one.”
“The
one who most deserved to be envied, un my view, is the one
who has
the least burden, who prays a great deal and finds joy in
prayer, and
who is unknown among people and is not paid any heed. His
provision
will be sufficient, he will be content with it, his death
will come
quickly, his estate will be small and his mourners will be
few.”
Chapter 4: One who is not paid any heed - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated from Asma’ bint Yazid that she heard the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) say:
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ " . قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ " خِيَارُكُمُ الَّذِينَ إِذَا رُءُوا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " .
“Shall I not tell you of the best of you?” They
said:
“Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “The best of you
are those who,
when they are seen, Allah the Mighty, the Majestic, is
remembered.”
It was
narrated that Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ قَالُوا رَأْيَكَ فِي . هَذَا نَقُولُ هَذَا مِنْ أَشْرَافِ النَّاسِ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ أَنْ يُخَطَّبَ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ أَنْ يُشَفَّعَ وَإِنْ قَالَ أَنْ يُسْمَعَ لِقَوْلِهِ . فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا " . قَالُوا نَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا مِنْ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ هَذَا حَرِيٌّ إِنْ خَطَبَ لَمْ يُنْكَحْ وَإِنْ شَفَعَ لاَ يُشَفَّعْ وَإِنْ قَالَ لاَ يُسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لَهَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِلْءِ الأَرْضِ مِثْلَ هَذَا " .
“A man passed by
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘What do
you
say about this man?’ They said: ‘We agree with your opinion
concerning
him. We say: He is one of the noblest of people. If he
proposes
marriage, his proposal deserves to be accepted; and if he
intercedes,
his intercession deserves to be accepted; and if he
speaks, he
deserves to be listened to.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) remained
silent, and
another man passed by. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘What do
you think
about this man?’ We said: ‘By Allah, O Messenger of
Allah, this is one
of the poor Muslims. If he proposes marriage, he
does not deserve to
get married; and if he intercedes, his
intercession does not deserve
to be accepted; and if he speaks, he
does not deserve to be listened
to.’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘This
one is better than an earthful of
(men like) the other man.’”
“The poor Muhajirun
complained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about that with which
Allah
had favored the rich over them. He said: ‘O poor people,
shall I not
give you the glad tidings that the poor believers will
enter Paradise
half a day, five hundred years, before the rich?’”
Chapter 7: Keeping company with the poor - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيُّ أَبُو يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ، عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يُحِبُّ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَجْلِسُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيُحَدِّثُهُمْ وَيُحَدِّثُونَهُ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَكْنِيهِ أَبَا الْمَسَاكِينِ .
“Ja’far bin Abu Talib used to
like the poor; he would sit with them and talk to them, and they
would
talk to him. And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him the
Kunyah of
Abul-Masakin (Father of the Poor).”
Chapter 7: Keeping company with the poor - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَحِبُّوا الْمَسَاكِينَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ
" اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مِسْكِينًا وَأَمِتْنِي مِسْكِينًا وَاحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَةِ الْمَسَاكِينِ " .
“Love the poor, for I
heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say in his supplication: ‘O
Allah,
cause me to live poor and cause me to die poor, and gather me
among
the poor (on the Day of Resurrection).’”
“And turn not
away
those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon...” up to His
saying: “...and thus become of the unjust.” [6:52] He said:
“Aqra’ bin
Habis At-Tamimi and ‘Uyainah bin Hisn Al-Fazri came
and found the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with Suhaib, Bilal, ‘Ammar
and Khabbab,
sitting with some of the believers who were weak (i.e.,
socially).
When they saw them around the Prophet (ﷺ) they looked
down on them.
They took him aside and said: ‘We want you to sit
with us along, so
that the ‘Arabs will recognize our superiority.
If the delegations of
the Arabs come to you we will feel ashamed if
the Arabs see us with
these slaves. So, when we come to you, make
them get up from your
presence, then when we have finished, sit with
them if you wish.’ He
said: ‘Yes.’ They said: ‘Write a
document for us (binding you to
that).’ So he called for a piece of
paper and he called ‘Ali to write,
and we were sitting in a corner.
Then Jibra’il (as), came down and
said: “And turn not away those
who invoke their Lord, morning and
afternoon seeking His Face. You
are accountable for them in nothing,
and they are accountable for you
in nothing, that you may turn them
away, and thus become of the
unjust.” [6:52] Then he mentioned Aqra’
bin Habis and ‘Uyaynah
bin Hisn, then he said: “Thus We have tried
some of them with
others, that they might say: ‘Is it these (poor
believers) whom
Allah has favored from amongst us?’ Does not Allah
know best those
who are grateful.” [6:53] Then he said: “When those
who believe
in Our Ayat come to you, say: Salamun ‘Alaykum (peace be
on you);
your Lord has written (prescribed) mercy for Himself”.”
[6:54] He
said: “Then we got so close to him that our knees were
touching
his, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting with us.
When he
wanted to get up, he stood up and left us. Then Allah
revealed: “And
keep yourself patiently with those who call on their
Lord morning and
afternoon, seeking His Face; and let not your eyes
overlook them,”
– and do not sit with the nobles – “desiring the pomp
and
glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We
have made heedless of Our remembrance,” – meaning ‘Uyainah and
Aqra’ –
“and who follows his own lusts, and those affair
(deeds) has been
lost” [18:28] He said: ‘May they be doomed.’
He said: ‘May ‘Uyainah
and Aqra’ be doomed.’ Then he made the
parable for them of two men and
the parable of this world. Khabbab
said: “We used to sit with the
Prophet (ﷺ) and if the time came
for him to leave, we would get up
and leave him, then he would
leave.”
Chapter 7: Keeping company with the poor - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Sa’d said:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فِينَا سِتَّةٍ فِيَّ وَفِي ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَصُهَيْبٍ وَعَمَّارٍ وَالْمِقْدَادِ وَبِلاَلٍ . قَالَ قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِنَّا لاَ نَرْضَى أَنْ نَكُونَ أَتْبَاعًا لَهُمْ فَاطْرُدْهُمْ عَنْكَ . قَالَ فَدَخَلَ قَلْبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {وَلاَ تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ} الآيَةَ .
“This Verse was revealed concerning
us
six: Myself, Ibn Mas’ud, Suhaib, ‘Ammar, Miqdad and Bilal. The
Quraish said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘We do not want to
join
them, send them away.’ Thoughts of that entered the heart of
the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as much as Allah willed, then Allah
revealed:
“And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning
and afternoon
seeking His Face. You are accountable for them in
nothing, and they
are accountable for you in nothing, that you may
turn them away, and
thus become of the unjust.” [6:52]
“Woe to the most wealthy except those who do such and
such
with the money, and such and such” – four things, (pointing)
to his
right, to his left, in front of him and behind him.
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سُهَيْلِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ أُحُدًا عِنْدِي ذَهَبًا فَتَأْتِي عَلَىَّ ثَالِثَةٌ وَعِنْدِي مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ إِلاَّ شَىْءٌ أُرْصِدُهُ فِي قَضَاءِ دَيْنٍ " .
“I
would
not like to have (the equivalent of) Uhud in gold, then a third
night
comes to me and I have anything of it left, except something
that I
set aside to pay off a debt.”
“O Allah, whoever believes in my and knows that
what I have brought is the truth from You, decrease his wealth and
his
children, and make the meeting with You dear to him, and hasten
his
death. Whoever does not believe in me and does not know that what
I
have brought is the truth from You, increase his wealth and his
children and make his life long.’”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ بُرْزِينَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْجُمَحِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ بُرْزِينَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارُ بْنُ سَلاَمَةَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ السَّلِيطِيِّ، عَنْ نُقَادَةَ الأَسَدِيِّ، قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَسْتَمْنِحُهُ نَاقَةً فَرَدَّهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ بِنَاقَةٍ فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِيهَا وَفِيمَنْ بَعَثَ بِهَا " . قَالَ نُقَادَةُ فَقُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَفِيمَنْ جَاءَ بِهَا قَالَ " وَفِيمَنْ جَاءَ بِهَا " . ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَحُلِبَتْ فَدَرَّتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَ فُلاَنٍ " . لِلْمَانِعِ الأَوَّلِ " وَاجْعَلْ رِزْقَ فُلاَنٍ يَوْمًا بِيَوْمٍ " . لِلَّذِي بَعَثَ بِالنَّاقَةِ .
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
sent me to a man whom he was talking to lend him a she-camel (for
milking) and to be returned, but he refused. Then he sent me to
another man, who sent a she-camel to him. When the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) saw it, he said: ‘O Allah, bless it and bless the one who
sent it.’”
Nuqadah said: "I said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): 'And for the one who brought it.' He said: 'And (bless) the one who brought it.' Then he ordered that it should be milked and it yielded plenty of milk. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'O Allah, increase the wealth of so-and-so,' meaning the first one who did not give a camel; 'and give so-and-so provision day by day,' meaning the one who had sent the she-camel."
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" تَعِسَ عَبْدُ الدِّينَارِ وَعَبْدُ الدِّرْهَمِ وَعَبْدُ الْقَطِيفَةِ وَعَبْدُ الْخَمِيصَةِ إِنْ أُعْطِيَ رَضِيَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُعْطَ لَمْ يَفِ " .
“Wretched is the slave of the Dinar and the slave of the Dirham,
and the slave of velvet and the slave of the Khamisah.* If he is
given, he is pleased and if he is not given, he does not fulfill (his
oath of allegiance).”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" تَعِسَ عَبْدُ الدِّينَارِ وَعَبْدُ الدِّرْهَمِ وَعَبْدُ الْخَمِيصَةِ تَعِسَ وَانْتَكَسَ وَإِذَا شِيكَ فَلاَ انْتَقَشَ " .
“Wretched
is the slave of the Dinar, the slave of the Dirham and the
slave of
the Khamisah. He is wretched and will be thrown (into Hell)
on his
face, and if he is pricked with a thorn may find no relief.”
It was
narrated from Salamah bin ‘Ubaidullah bin Mihsan Al-Ansari
that his
father said:
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَمُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي شُمَيْلَةَ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِحْصَنٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مِنْكُمْ مُعَافًى فِي جَسَدِهِ آمِنًا فِي سِرْبِهِ عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمِهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا حِيزَتْ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا " .
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever
among
you wakes up physically healthy, feeling safe and secure within
himself, with food for the day, it is as if he acquired the whole
world.’”
Abu
Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " انْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَلاَ تَنْظُرُوا إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ لاَ تَزْدَرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ " عَلَيْكُمْ " .
“Look
at
those who are beneath you and do not look at those who are above
you,
for it is more suitable that you should not consider as less the
blessing of Allah.”
“There would come a
month when no smoke was seen in any of the households of the family
of Muhammad (ﷺ).
I said: "What did you eat?" She said: "The two black ones - dates and water." But we had neighbors among the Ansar, sincere neighbors, who had domestic sheep, and they used to send some of their milk to us. (One of the narrators) Muhammad said: "And they were nine households."
Chapter 10: The livelihood of the family of Muhammad (saws) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Nu’man bin Bashir said:
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَلْتَوِي فِي الْيَوْمِ مِنَ الْجُوعِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنَ الدَّقَلِ مَا يَمْلأُ بِهِ بَطْنَهُ .
“I heard ‘Umar bin
Khattab say: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) writhing with
hunger
during the day, and he could not even find the worst of dates
with
which to fill his stomach.’”
Chapter 10: The livelihood of the family of Muhammad (saws) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Anas bin Malik said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَنْبَأَنَا شَيْبَانُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ مِرَارًا
" وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا أَصْبَحَ عِنْدَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَاعُ حَبٍّ وَلاَ صَاعُ تَمْرٍ " . وَإِنَّ لَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ تِسْعَ نِسْوَةٍ .
“I heard the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) say several times: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is the soul
of
Muhammad, the family of Muhammad does not have a Sa’ of food grains
or a Sa’ of dates.’ And at that time he had nine wives.”
Chapter 10: The livelihood of the family of Muhammad (saws) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَوْمًا بِطَعَامٍ سُخْنٍ فَأَكَلَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ
" الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا دَخَلَ بَطْنِي طَعَامٌ سُخْنٌ مُنْذُ كَذَا وَكَذَا " .
“One day some hot food was
brought
to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he ate. Then when he had
finished he said: ‘Praise is to Allah, no hot food has entered my
stomach since such and such a time.’”
Chapter 11: The beds of the family of Muhammad (saws) - كتاب الزهد
حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَتَى عَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَةَ وَهُمَا فِي خَمِيلٍ لَهُمَا - وَالْخَمِيلُ الْقَطِيفَةُ الْبَيْضَاءُ مِنَ الصُّوفِ - قَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ جَهَّزَهُمَا بِهَا وَوِسَادَةٍ مَحْشُوَّةٍ إِذْخِرًا وَقِرْبَةٍ .
It was
narrated from ‘Ata’ bin Sa’ib from his father, from ‘Ali that
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to ‘Ali and Fatimah, when they
were
covered with a Khamil belonging to them. And a Khamil is a white
velvet made of wool. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had given this to
them as a wedding gift, along with a pillow stuffed with Idhkhir* and
a water skin.
“I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
when
he was (sitting) on a reed mat. I sat down and (saw that) he was
wearing a waist wrap, and there was no other barrier between him and
the mat but his waist wrap, and the reed mat had made marks on his
side. And I saw a handful of barley, nearly a Sa’, and some acacia
leaves, in a corner of the room, and a skin hanging up. My eyes
flowed
with tears, and he said: ‘Why are you weeping, O son of
Khattab?’ I
said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, why should I not weep?
This mat has made
marks on your side, and this is all you have
accumulated, I cannot see
anything other than what I see (here),
while Chosroes and Caesar live
among fruits and rivers. You are the
Prophet of Allah and His Chosen
One, and this is what you have
accumulated.’ He said: ‘O son of
Khattab, does it not please you
(to know) that (these things) are for
us in the Hereafter and for
them in this world?’ He said: ‘Yes.’”
Chapter 11: The beds of the family of Muhammad (saws) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that ‘Ali said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَرِيفٍ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ أُهْدِيَتِ ابْنَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِلَىَّ فَمَا كَانَ فِرَاشُنَا لَيْلَةَ أُهْدِيَتْ إِلاَّ مَسْكَ كَبْشٍ .
“The daughter of the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) was permitted to me as a bride, and our bed on the night
when
she was presented to me, was no more than the hide of a ram.”
Chapter 12: The livelihood of the companions of the Prophet (saws) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Abu Mas’ud said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَأْمُرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَيَنْطَلِقُ أَحَدُنَا يَتَحَامَلُ حَتَّى يَجِيءَ بِالْمُدِّ وَإِنَّ لأَحَدِهِمُ الْيَوْمَ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ . قَالَ شَقِيقٌ كَأَنَّهُ يُعَرِّضُ بِنَفْسِهِ .
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used
to enjoin charity, then one of us would go out and carry goods for
others until he earned a Mudd, but one of them nowadays has one
hundred thousand (Dinar or Dirham).”
Shaqiq said: "It was as if he was hinting that this was he himself."
Chapter 12: The livelihood of the companions of the Prophet (saws) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَبِي نَعَامَةَ، سَمِعَهُ مِنْ، خَالِدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ نَأْكُلُهُ إِلاَّ وَرَقُ الشَّجَرِ حَتَّى قَرِحَتْ أَشْدَاقُنَا .
“Utbah bin Ghazwan delivered a
sermon on the pulpit and said: ‘I saw myself the seventh of seven
with
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we did not have any food to
eat
except the leaves of trees, until our gums hurt.’”
“When the following was reveled: “Then on that Day you
shall be
asked about the delights (you indulged in, in this world)!
[102:8]
Zubair said: ‘What delights shall we be asked about? It is
only the
two black ones, dates and water.’ He said: ‘It is going
to happen.’”
“The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) sent us, (we were) three hundred men, carrying our provisions on our
necks. Our provisions ran out until there would be for (every) man
among us one date (a day).” Then it was said: “O Abu ‘Abdullah,
how
can one date satisfy a man?” He said: “When we no longer had
it, we
realized how much it was worth. Then we came to the sea and
found a
whale that had been thrown up by the sea, and we ate from it
for
eighteen days.”
Chapter 13: Construction and Demolition - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ مَرَّ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَنَحْنُ نُعَالِجُ خُصًّا لَنَا فَقَالَ " مَا هَذَا " . فَقُلْتُ خُصٌّ لَنَا وَهَى نَحْنُ نُصْلِحُهُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَا أُرَى الأَمْرَ إِلاَّ أَعْجَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ " .
“The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) passed by us when we were fixing a hut of ours, and said: ‘What
is this?’ I said: ‘It is a hut of ours that has fallen into
disrepair.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The matter (of
death)
may come sooner than that.’”
Chapter 13: Construction and Demolition - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Anas said:
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِقُبَّةٍ عَلَى بَابِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ " مَا هَذِهِ " . قَالُوا قُبَّةٌ بَنَاهَا فُلاَنٌ . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " كُلُّ مَالٍ يَكُونُ هَكَذَا فَهُوَ وَبَالٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " . فَبَلَغَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ ذَلِكَ فَوَضَعَهَا فَمَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بَعْدُ فَلَمْ يَرَهَا فَسَأَلَ عَنْهَا فَأُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُ وَضَعَهَا لِمَا بَلَغَهُ عَنْكَ فَقَالَ " يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ " .
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed
by a
dome-shaped structure at the door of a man among the Ansar and
said:
‘What is this? ‘They said: ‘A dome that was built by
so-and-so.’
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘All wealth that
is like this
(extravagant) will bring evil consequences to its owner
on the Day of
Resurrection.’ News of that reached the Ansari, so he
demolished it.
Then the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by (that place) later on
and did not see
it. He asked about it and was told that its owner had
demolished it
because of what he had heard from him. He said: ‘May
Allah have mercy
on him, may Allah have mercy on him.’”
Chapter 13: Construction and Demolition - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بَنَيْتُ بَيْتًا يُكِنُّنِي مِنَ الْمَطَرِ وَيُكِنُّنِي مِنَ الشَّمْسِ مَا أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ خَلْقُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى .
“I had built a house to shelter
me
from the rain and the sun, during the time of Allah’s Messenger
(ﷺ), and no creature of Allah helped me in building it.”
Chapter 13: Construction and Demolition - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Harithah bin Mudarrib said:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْنَا خَبَّابًا نَعُودُهُ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ طَالَ سُقْمِي وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " لاَ تَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ " . لَتَمَنَّيْتُهُ وَقَالَ " إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي نَفَقَتِهِ كُلِّهَا إِلاَّ فِي التُّرَابِ " . أَوْ قَالَ " فِي الْبِنَاءِ " .
“We came to Khabbab
to
visit him (when he was sick), and he said: ‘I have been sick for a
long time, and were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
say: “Do not wish for death,” I would have wished for it.’ And
he
said: “A person will be rewarded for all his spending, except
for
(what he spends) on dust,” or he said, “on building.”
Chapter 14: Reliance and certain faith - كتاب الزهد
‘Umar
said:
حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ
" لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَوَكَّلْتُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ لَرَزَقَكُمْ كَمَا يَرْزُقُ الطَّيْرَ تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوحُ بِطَانًا " .
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If you were
to
rely upon Allah with the reliance He is due, you would be given
provision like the birds: They go out hungry in the morning and come
back with full bellies in the evening.”
“We entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was doing something,
so
we helped him with it. Then he said: ‘Do not despair of provision
so long as your heads are still moving, for a person’s mother bears
him red with raw skin, then Allah provides for him.’”
“The heart of the son of Adam has an inclination towards
every
desirable thing, so whoever follows all of those inclinations,
Allah
will not care which one will cause his doom. And whoever relies
upon
Allah, Allah will protect him from the pain of scattered
inclinations.”
“The stronger believer is better and more beloved to Allah than
the
weak believer, although both are good. Strive to seek that which
will
benefit you and do not feel helpless. If something overwhelms
you,
then say: Qaddarallah, wa ma sha'a fa’al (It is the decree of
Allah and what He wills He does). And beware of (saying) ‘If only,’
for ‘If only’ opens the door to Satan.”
“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ)
and
said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, teach me but make it concise.’ He
said: ‘When you stand to pray, pray like a man bidding farewell. Do
not say anything for which you will have to apologize. And give up
hope for what other people have.’”
“The likeness of the one who sits and listen to wisdom then only
speaks of the bad things that he had heard, is that of a man who
comes
to a shepherd and says: “O shepherd, give me one of your
sheep to
slaughter,” and (the shepherd) says: “Go and grab the
ear of the best
of them.” Then he goes and grabs the ear of the
sheepdog.’”
Another chain reports a similar hadith.
“No
one will enter Paradise who has pride in his heart equal to
the
weight of a grain of mustard seed, and no one will enter Hell who
has
faith in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed.”
Chapter 16: Freedom from arrogance, and having humility - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنِ الأَغَرِّ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" يَقُولُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي وَالْعَظَمَةُ إِزَارِي مَنْ نَازَعَنِي وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمَا أَلْقَيْتُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ " .
“Allah, the Glorified, says: ‘Pride is My cloak and greatness My
robe, and whoever competes with Me with regard to either of them, I
shall throw him into Hell.’”
Chapter 16: Freedom from arrogance, and having humility - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَهَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" يَقُولُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي وَالْعَظَمَةُ إِزَارِي فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمَا أَلْقَيْتُهُ فِي النَّارِ " .
“Allah the Glorified, says: ‘Pride is My cloak and greatness My
robe, and whoever competes with Me with regard to either of them, I
shall throw him into Hell.”
Chapter 16: Freedom from arrogance, and having humility - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ دَرَّاجًا، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" مَنْ يَتَوَاضَعْ لِلَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ دَرَجَةً يَرْفَعْهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً وَمَنْ يَتَكَبَّرْ عَلَى اللَّهِ دَرَجَةً يَضَعْهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ دَرَجَةً حَتَّى يَجْعَلَهُ فِي أَسْفَلِ السَّافِلِينَ " .
“Whoever humbles himself one degree for the sake of Allah, Allah
will raise him in status one degree, and whoever behaves arrogantly
towards Allah one degree, Allah will lower him in status one degree,
until He makes him among the lowest of the low.”
Chapter 16: Freedom from arrogance, and having humility - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Anas bin Malik said:
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، وَسَلْمُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الأَمَةُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَتَأْخُذُ بِيَدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَمَا يَنْزِعُ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهَا حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ بِهِ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي حَاجَتِهَا .
“If a female slave among
the
people of Al-Madinah were to take the hand of the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ), he would not take his hand away from hers until she had
taken
him wherever she wanted in Al-Madinah so that her needs may be
met.”
Chapter 16: Freedom from arrogance, and having humility - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Anas bin Malik said:
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الأَعْوَرِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَعُودُ الْمَرِيضَ وَيُشَيِّعُ الْجِنَازَةَ وَيُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَيَرْكَبُ الْحِمَارَ وَكَانَ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ وَالنَّضِيرِ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَيَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَلَى حِمَارٍ مَخْطُومٍ بِرَسَنٍ مِنْ لِيفٍ وَتَحْتَهُ إِكَافٌ مِنْ لِيفٍ " .
“The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)
used to visit the sick, attend funerals, accept the invitations
of
slaves and ride donkeys. On the day (of the battle) of Quraizah and
Nadir, he was riding a donkey. On the day of Khaibar he was riding a
donkey that was bridled with palmfibers and beneath him was a
packsaddle made of palmfibers.”
It was
narrated from Sahl bin Mu’adh bin Anas, from his father, that
the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَرْحُومٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" مَنْ كَظَمَ غَيْظًا وَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُنْفِذَهُ دَعَاهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْخَلاَئِقِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُخَيِّرَهُ فِي أَىِّ الْحُورِ شَاءَ " .
“Whoever restrains his anger when
he
is able to implement it, Allah will call him before all of creation
on the Day of Resurrection, and will give him his choice of any houri
that he wants.”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ، قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ " أَتَتْكُمْ وُفُودُ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ " . وَمَا يَرَى أَحَدٌ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءُوا فَنَزَلُوا فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَبَقِيَ الأَشَجُّ الْعَصَرِيُّ فَجَاءَ بَعْدُ فَنَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً فَأَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ وَوَضَعَ ثِيَابَهُ جَانِبًا ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " يَا أَشَجُّ إِنَّ فِيكَ لَخَصْلَتَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللَّهُ الْحِلْمَ وَالتُّؤَدَةَ " . قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَشَىْءٌ جُبِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ شَىْءٌ حَدَثَ لِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " بَلَ شَىْءٌ جُبِلْتَ عَلَيْهِ " .
“We were sitting with the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) and he said: ‘The delegations of ‘Abdul-Qais have
come to
you,’ and no one had seen anyone. While we were like that,
they came
and alighted. They came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and
Ashajj
‘Ansari was left behind. He came afterwards, and halted at
the
halting-place, made his she-camel kneel down, and changed of his
traveling clothes, then he came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: ‘O Ashajj, you have two
characteristics that Allah likes: Forbearance and deliberation.’ He
said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, was I born with them or are they
acquired?’ He said: ‘No, rather it is something that you were
born
with.’”
“I
see what you do not see, and I hear what you do not hear. The
heaven
is creaking and it should creak, for there is no space in it
the
width of four fingers but there is an angel there, prostrating to
Allah. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and
weep much, and you would never enjoy women in your beds, and you
would
go out in the streets, beseeching Allah.’”
‘Amir
bin ‘Abdullah bin Zubair narrated that his father told him that
there was no more than four years between their becoming Muslim and
the revelation of this Verse, by which Allah reprimanded them:
“Lest
they become as those who received the Scripture before, and the term
was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened? And many of
them were rebellious.” [57:16]
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ " . فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِسُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا} فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَدْمَعَانِ .
“The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me:
‘Recite Qur’an to me,’ so I recited Surat An-Nisa’ to him,
and when I
reached (the Verse): “How (will it be) then, when We
bring forth from
each nation a witness and We bring you as a witness
against these
people?” [4:41] I looked at him, and his eyes were
filled with tears.”
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَجَلَسَ عَلَى شَفِيرِ الْقَبْرِ فَبَكَى حَتَّى بَلَّ الثَّرَى ثُمَّ قَالَ
" يَا إِخْوَانِي لِمِثْلِ هَذَا فَأَعِدُّوا " .
“We were with the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) at a funeral, and he sat at the edge of the grave weeping,
until
the ground became wet. Then he said: ‘O my brothers, prepare
yourselves for something like this.’”
“There is no believing slave who sheds tears, even if
they
are like the head of a fly, out of fear of Allah, and they roll
down
his cheeks, but Allah will forbid him to the Fire.”
“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,
‘And those who give that (their charity) which they give (and also
do
other good deeds) with their hearts full of fear.” [23:60] Is
this the
one who commits adultery, steals and drinks alcohol?’ He
said: ‘No, O
daughter of Abu Bakr’ – O daughter of Siddiq –
rather it is a man who
fasts and gives charity and prays, but he
fears that those will not be
accepted from him.’”
Chapter 20: Protecting (one's) deeds (by fearing their non-acceptance) - كتاب الزهد
Mu’awiyah bin Abu Sufyan said:
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ رَبٍّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ
" إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ كَالْوِعَاءِ إِذَا طَابَ أَسْفَلُهُ طَابَ أَعْلاَهُ وَإِذَا فَسَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ فَسَدَ أَعْلاَهُ " .
“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ)
say: ‘Deeds are like vessels. If the lower part is good then
the upper
part will be good, and if the lower part is bad then the
upper part
will be bad.’”
“Be moderate and adhere to moderation, for there is no one among
you who will be saved by his deeds.” They said: “Not even you, O
Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Not even me. Unless Allah
encompasses
me with mercy and grace from Him.”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا أَغْنَى الشُّرَكَاءِ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ فَمَنْ عَمِلَ لِي عَمَلاً أَشْرَكَ فِيهِ غَيْرِي فَأَنَا مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ وَهُوَ لِلَّذِي أَشْرَكَ " .
“Allah says: ‘I am the Most Self-Sufficient and I have no need
for an associate. Thus he who does an action for someone else’s
sake
as well as Mine will have that action renounced by Me to him
whom he
associated with Me.’”
“When Allah
assembles the first and the last on the Day of Resurrection, a day
concerning which there is no doubt, a caller will cry out: ‘Whoever
used to associate anyone else in an action that he did for Allah, let
him seek his reward from someone other than Allah, for Allah is so
self-sufficient that He has no need of any associate.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
came
out to us when we were discussing Dajjal (False Christ) and said:
‘Shall I not tell you of that which I fear more for you than
Dajjal?’
We said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Hidden polytheism, when a
man stands to pray
and makes it look good because he sees a man
looking at him.’”
“The thing that I fear most for my nation is associating
others
with Allah. I do not say that they will worship the sun or the
moon
or idols, but deeds done for the sake of anyone other than Allah,
and
hidden desires.”
It was
narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" مَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُرَاءِ يُرَاءِ اللَّهُ بِهِ " .
“Whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of, and
whoever wants to be seen, Allah will show him (i.e., make known to
the
people his true motives and intentions).”
“There is no (permissible) envy except in two cases: A
man
whom Allah has given wealth and caused him to dispose of it in a
proper manner, and a man to whom Allah has given wisdom, and he acts
in accordance with it and teaches it (to others).”
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" لاَ حَسَدَ إِلاَّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ " .
“The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said: ‘There is no envy except in two cases. A man to whom
Allah has given (knowledge of) the Qur’an, so he recites it night
and
day, and a man to whom Allah has given wealth, so he spends it
night
and day.’”
It was
narrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَمَّالُ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ الأَزْهَرِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي عِيسَى الْحَنَّاطِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" الْحَسَدُ يَأْكُلُ الْحَسَنَاتِ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ النَّارُ الْحَطَبَ وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ الْخَطِيئَةَ كَمَا يُطْفِئُ الْمَاءُ النَّارَ وَالصَّلاَةُ نُورُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَالصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ " .
“Envy
consumes good deeds just as fire consumes wood, and charity
extinguishes bad deeds just as water extinguishes fire. Prayer is the
light of the believer and fasting is a shield against the Fire.”
It was
narrated from Abu Bakrah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَابْنُ، عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عُيَيْنَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" مَا مِنْ ذَنْبٍ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ يُعَجِّلَ اللَّهُ لِصَاحِبِهِ الْعُقُوبَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعَ مَا يَدَّخِرُ لَهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ - مِنَ الْبَغْىِ وَقَطِيعَةِ الرَّحِمِ " .
“There is no sin more deserving that Allah hasten the punishment
in
this world, in addition to what is stored up for him in the
Hereafter
– than injustice and severing the ties of kinship.”
It was
narrated from ‘Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, that the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" أَسْرَعُ الْخَيْرِ ثَوَابًا الْبِرُّ وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ وَأَسْرَعُ الشَّرِّ عُقُوبَةً الْبَغْىُ وَقَطِيعَةُ الرَّحِمِ " .
“The most quickly rewarded of good
deeds are kindness and upholding the ties of kinship, and the most
quickly punished evil deeds are injustice and severing the ties of
kinship.”
It was
narrated from ‘Atiyyah As-Sa’di, who was one of the Companions
of
the Prophet (ﷺ), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، وَعَطِيَّةُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ السَّعْدِيِّ، - وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ - قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" لاَ يَبْلُغُ الْعَبْدُ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ حَتَّى يَدَعَ مَا لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ حَذَرًا لِمَا بِهِ الْبَأْسُ " .
“A
person will not reach the status of being one of those who have piety
until he refrains from doing something in which there is no sin, for
fear of falling into something in which there is sin.”
“It was said to the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘Which of the people is best?’ He said:
‘Everyone who is pure of heart and sincere in speech.’ They said:
‘Sincere in speech, we know what this is, but what is pure of
heart?’
He said: ‘It is (the heart) that is pious and pure, with
no sin,
injustice, rancor or envy in it.’”
“O
Abu Hurairah, be cautious, and you will be the most devoted
of people
to Allah. Be content, and you will be the most grateful of
people to
Allah. Love for people what you love for yourself, and you
will be a
(true) believer. Be a good neighbor to your neighbors, and
you will
be a (true) Muslim. And laugh little, for laughing a lot
deadens the
heart.”
“I
know a word – (one of the narrators) ‘Uthman said: “a Verse”
– which if all the people followed it, it would suffice them.”
They
said: “O Messenger of Allah, which Verse?” He said: “And
whosoever
fears Allah, He will make a way out for him.” [65:2]
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) addressed us in Nabawah” or
Banawah – he (one of the narrators) said: “Nabawah is near Ta’if”
–
“And said: ‘Soon you will be able to tell the people of
Paradise from
the people of Hell.’ They said: ‘How O Messenger of
Allah?’ He said:
‘By praise and condemnation. You are Allah’s
witnesses over one
another.’”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ، عَنْ كُلْثُومٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ لِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ وَإِذَا أَسَأْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ أَسَأْتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" إِذَا قَالَ جِيرَانُكَ إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ وَإِذَا قَالُوا إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَسَأْتَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ " .
“A man came to the
Prophet
(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, how can I know, when I
have
done something good, that I have done well, and if I have done
something bad, that I have done a bad deed?’ The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) said: ‘If your neighbors say that you have done something
good,
then you have done well, and if they say that you have done
something
bad, then you have done something bad.’”
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : كَيْفَ لِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتُ وَإِذَا أَسَأْتُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :
" إِذَا سَمِعْتَ جِيرَانَكَ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ وَإِذَا سَمِعْتَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ : قَدْ أَسَأْتَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ " .
“A man said to the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ): ‘How can I know when I have done well and when I have
done something bad?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘If you hear your
neighbors saying that you have done well, then you have done well,
and
if you hear them saying that you have done something bad, then
you
have done something bad.’”
“The people of Paradise are those whose ears Allah fills with
the
praise of people when they are listening, and the people of Hell-
fire
are those whom He fills their ears with condemnation when they
are
listening.”
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ : الرَّجُلُ يَعْمَلُ الْعَمَلَ لِلَّهِ فَيُحِبُّهُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ :
" ذَلِكَ عَاجِلُ بُشْرَى الْمُؤْمِنِ " .
“I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘(What
do
you say about when) a man does a deed for the sake of Allah, and
people love him for it?’ He said: ‘That is the immediate glad
tidings
of the believer.’”
“A man said: ‘O Messenger of
Allah, I do a good deed, then others find out about it and that
pleases me.’ He said: ‘You will have two rewards, the reward for
doing
it in secret and the reward for doing it openly (so that others
may
follow your example).’”
“I heard the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) say: ‘Actions are but by the intention and every man will
have
but that which he intended. So he whose emigration was for Allah
and
His Messenger, his emigration was for Allah and His Messenger.
But he
whose emigration was for some worldly benefit or to take some
woman in
marriage, his emigration was for that which he migrated.”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ الأَنْمَارِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " مَثَلُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ كَمَثَلِ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ : رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً وَعِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَعْمَلُ بِعِلْمِهِ فِي مَالِهِ يُنْفِقُهُ فِي حَقِّهِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ عِلْمًا وَلَمْ يُؤْتِهِ مَالاً فَهُوَ يَقُولُ : لَوْ كَانَ لِي مِثْلُ هَذَا عَمِلْتُ فِيهِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ " . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " فَهُمَا فِي الأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً وَلَمْ يُؤْتِهِ عِلْمًا فَهُوَ يَخْبِطُ فِي مَالِهِ يُنْفِقُهُ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ وَرَجُلٌ لَمْ يُؤْتِهِ اللَّهُ عِلْمًا وَلاَ مَالاً فَهُوَ يَقُولُ : لَوْ كَانَ لِي مِثْلُ مَالِ هَذَا عَمِلْتُ فِيهِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ " . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " فَهُمَا فِي الْوِزْرِ سَوَاءٌ " .
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ مُفَضَّلٍ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ نَحْوَهُ .
“The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said: ‘The likeness of this nation is that of four people:
A
man to whom Allah gives wealth and knowledge, so he acts according
to
his knowledge with regard to his wealth, spending it as it should
be
spent; a man to whom Allah gives knowledge, but he does not give
him
wealth, so he says: “If I had been given (wealth) like this one, I
would have done what (the first man) did.” The Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) said: ‘They will be equal in reward. And a man to whom Allah
gives wealth but does not give knowledge, so he squanders his wealth
and spends it in inappropriate ways; and a man to whom Allah gives
neither knowledge nor wealth, and he says: “If I had (wealth) like
this one, I would do what (the third man) did.” The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said: ‘They are equal in their burden (of sin).’”
A
similar report (as above) was narrated from Ibn Abu Kabshah, from
his
father, from the Prophet (ﷺ).
It was
narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud that the Prophet (ﷺ) drew
a
square, and a line in the middle of the square, and lines to the
side
of the line in the middle of the square, and a line outside the
square, and he said:
“Do you know what this is?” They said:
“Allah and
His Messenger know best.” He said: “Man is the line
in the middle, and
these lines to his side are the sicknesses and
problems that assail
him from all places. If one misses him, another
will befall him. The
square is his life span, at his neck; and the
line outside it is (his)
hope.”
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَرْوَانَ الْعُثْمَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ :
" لَوْ أَنَّ لاِبْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيَيْنِ مِنْ مَالٍ لأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُمَا ثَالِثٌ وَلاَ يَمْلأُ نَفْسَهُ إِلاَّ التُّرَابُ وَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ " .
“If the son of Adam had two valleys of wealth, he would love to
have a third along with them. Nothing could satisfy him except dust.
And Allah accepts the repentance of the one who repents.”
Chapter 28: Persisting in a good deed - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Umm Salamah said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ : وَالَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلاَتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ، الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا .
“By the One Who took his (ﷺ)
soul, he did not die until most of his prayers were offered sitting
down. And the most beloved of deeds to him was a righteous deed which
a person persists in doing, even if it is something small.”
Chapter 28: Persisting in a good deed - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that ‘Aishah said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ : كَانَتْ عِنْدِي امْرَأَةٌ فَدَخَلَ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ : " مَنْ هَذِهِ " . قُلْتُ : فُلاَنَةُ . لاَ تَنَامُ - تَذْكُرُ مِنْ صَلاَحِهَا - فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " مَهْ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا تُطِيقُونَ فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ يَمَلُّ اللَّهُ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا " . قَالَتْ : وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الدِّينِ إِلَيْهِ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ .
“There was a woman with me, and
the
Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon me and said: ‘Who is that?’ I said:
‘So-and-so; she does not sleep,’” – she mentioned her
excessive
praying. “The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Keep quiet. You
should do what you
are able to, for by Allah, Allah does not get
tired (of giving reward)
but you get tired.’” She said: “The
most beloved of religious deed to
him was that in which a person
persists.”
Chapter 28: Persisting in a good deed - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Hanzalah Tamimi Al-Usaiyidi, the scribe, said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الْكَاتِبِ التَّمِيمِيِّ الأُسَيِّدِيِّ، قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَذَكَرْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّا رَأْىَ الْعَيْنِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي وَوَلَدِي فَضَحِكْتُ وَلَعِبْتُ . قَالَ : فَذَكَرْتُ الَّذِي كُنَّا فِيهِ فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ : نَافَقْتُ، نَافَقْتُ . فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : إِنَّا لَنَفْعَلُهُ . فَذَهَبَ حَنْظَلَةُ فَذَكَرَهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ :
" يَا حَنْظَلَةُ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ كَمَا تَكُونُونَ عِنْدِي لَصَافَحَتْكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى فُرُشِكُمْ - أَوْ عَلَى طُرُقِكُمْ - يَا حَنْظَلَةُ سَاعَةٌ وَسَاعَةٌ " .
“We
were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we spoke of Paradise
and
Hell until it was as if we could see them. Then I got up and went
to
my family and children, and I laughed and played (with them). Then
I
remembered how we had been, and I went out and met Abu Bakr, and
said: ‘I have become a hypocrite!’ Abu Bakr said: ‘We all do
that.’”
So Hanzalah went and mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ),
who said: “O
Hanzalah, if you were (always) as you are with me, the
angels would
shake hands with you in your beds and in your streets. O
Hanzalah,
there is a time for this and a time for that.”
“The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) passed by a man who was praying on a rock, and he went
towards
Makkah and stayed a while, then he left and found the man
still
praying as he had been. He stood up and clasped his hands, then
said:
“O people, you should observe moderation,” three times, “for
Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) but you get tired.”
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَأَبِي، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :
" مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا كَانَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ أُخِذَ بِالأَوَّلِ وَالآخِرِ " .
“We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,
will we be taken to task for what we did in the Ignorance period?’
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever does good in Islam
(i.e.,
after becoming a Muslim) he will not be taken to task for what
he did
in the Ignorance period, but whoever does evil (i.e., after
entering
Islam) he will be taken to task for both the former and the
latter.’”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ بَانَكَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَامِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، يَقُولُ : حَدَّثَنِي عَوْفُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :
" يَا عَائِشَةُ إِيَّاكِ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الأَعْمَالِ فَإِنَّ لَهَا مِنَ اللَّهِ طَالِبًا " .
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said
to
me: ‘O ‘Aishah, beware of (evil) deeds that are regarded as
insignificant, for they have a pursuer from Allah. (i.e.
accountability).”
“When the believer commits sin, a black spot appears on his
heart.
If he repents and gives up that sin and seeks forgiveness, his
heart
will be polished. But if (the sin) increases, (the black spot)
increases. That is the Ran that Allah mentions in His Book: “Nay!
But
on their hearts is the Ran (covering of sins and evil deeds)
which
they used to earn.” [83:14]
“I
certainly
know people of my nation who will come on the Day of
Resurrection
with good deeds like the mountains of Tihamah, but Allah
will make
them like scattered dust.” Thawban said: “O Messenger of
Allah,
describe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not
become of
them unknowingly.” He said: “They are your brothers and from
your
race, worshipping at night as you do, but they will be people
who,
when they are alone, transgress the sacred limits of Allah.”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked:
‘What most admits people to Paradise?’ He said: ‘Piety and good
manners.’ And he was asked: ‘What most leads people to Hell?’
He said:
‘The two hollow ones: The mouth and the private part.’”
“Allah rejoices more over the repentance of His slave, than a
man
who loses his mount in a barren land, and he searches for it until
he
gets tired and covers his face with his garment, and while he is
like
that, he heard the footsteps of his mount where he lost it, so he
lifts the garment from his face and there is his mount.”
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَعْقِلٍ، قَالَ : دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ " . فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي : أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ : " النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ " . قَالَ : نَعَمْ .
“I entered with my father upon
‘Abdullah, and I heard him say: ‘The messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“Regret is repentance.” My father said: ‘Did you hear the
Prophet
(ﷺ) say: “Regret is repentance?” He said: ‘Yes.’”
It was
narrated from Ibn Mas’ud that a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ)
and
said that he had kissed a woman, and he started to ask about
expiation, but he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) did not say anything to him.
Then Allah revealed the Verse:
“And perform prayers at the two ends
of
the day and in some hours of the night. Verily, the good deeds
remove
the evil deeds. That is a reminder for the mindful.”
[11:114] The man
said: “O Messenger of Allah, is this (the Verse)
just for me?” He
said: “It is for whoever acts upon it among my
nation.”
“A
man went to extremes in committing sins. When death came to
him, he
left instructions to his sons, saying: ‘When I die, burn me,
then
grind me into powder, then scatter me in the wind and in the sea,
for
by Allah, if my Lord has power over me, He will subject me to a
punishment that He has never subjected anyone to.’ So they did that
to
him, then (Allah) said to the earth: ‘Return what you have
taken,’ and
there he was, standing. He said to him: ‘What made
you do what you
have done?’ He said: ‘Fear of You, O Lord.’ So
He forgave him because
of that (fear).”
“Allah the Blessed and Exalted says: ‘O My slaves, all of you
are
sinners except those whom I have saved. So ask Me for forgiveness,
I
will forgive you. Whoever among you knows that I have the power to
forgive and asks Me to forgive by My power, I will forgive him. All
of
you are astray except those whom I guide. Ask Me for guidance and
I
will guide you. All of you are poor except those whom I enrich
(make
independent of means). Ask of Me and I will grant you
provision. Even
if your living and your dead, your first and your
last, your fresh and
your dry, were all as pious as the most pious
among My slaves, that
would not increase my dominion as much as a
gnat’s wing, and if they
were to be as evil as the most evil among
My slaves, that would not
detract from My dominion as much as a
gnat’s wing. Even if your living
and your dead, your first and your
last, your fresh and your dry, were
to join together and each of them
were to ask for all that he wishes
for, that would only detract from
My dominion as much as if one of you
were to pass by the edge of the
sea and dip a needle in it and
withdraw it. That is because I am the
Most Generous, Majestic. I give
with a word; when I will something,
all I do is say to it “Be!” – and
it is.’”
Chapter 31: Death and preparing for it - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:
حَدَّثَنَا الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ثُمَّ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ : " أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا " . قَالَ فَأَىُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْيَسُ قَالَ : " أَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ ذِكْرًا وَأَحْسَنُهُمْ لِمَا بَعْدَهُ اسْتِعْدَادًا أُولَئِكَ الأَكْيَاسُ " .
“I was with the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) and a man from among the Ansar came to him and greeted the
Prophet (ﷺ) with Salam. Then he said: ‘O Messenger of Allah,
which
of the believers is best?’ He said: ‘He who has the best
manners among
them.’ He said: ‘Which of them is wisest?’ He
said: ‘The one who
remembers death the most and is best in
preparing for it. Those are
the wisest.’”
Chapter 31: Death and preparing for it - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated from Abu Ya’la Shaddad bin Aws that the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي يَعْلَى، شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :
" الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ دَانَ نَفْسَهُ وَعَمِلَ لِمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالْعَاجِزُ مَنْ أَتْبَعَ نَفْسَهُ هَوَاهَا ثُمَّ تَمَنَّى عَلَى اللَّهِ " .
“The wise man is the one who takes account of
himself
and strives for that which is after death. And the helpless
man is
the one who follows his own whims then indulges in wishful
thinking
about Allah.”
Chapter 31: Death and preparing for it - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated from Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon a young
man
who was dying and said:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ دَخَلَ عَلَى شَابٍّ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ : " كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ " . قَالَ : أَرْجُو اللَّهَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَخَافُ ذُنُوبِي . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " لاَ يَجْتَمِعَانِ فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَوْطِنِ إِلاَّ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ مَا يَرْجُو وَآمَنَهُ مِمَّا يَخَافُ " .
“How do you feel?” He said: “I have
hope
in Allah, O Messenger of Allah, but I fear my sins.” The
Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) said: “These two things (hope and fear) do
not coexist in
the heart of a person in a situation like this, but
Allah will give
him that which he hopes for and keep him safe from
that which he
fears.”
“Angels
come to the dying person, and if the man was righteous, they
say:
‘Come out, O good soul that was in a good body, come out
praiseworthy and receive glad tidings of mercy and fragrance and a
Lord Who is not angry.’ And this is repeated until it comes out,
then
it is taken up to heaven, and it is opened for it, and it is
asked:
‘Who is this?’ They say: ‘So-and-so.’ It is said:
‘Welcome to the good
soul that was in a good body. Enter
praiseworthy and receive the glad
tidings of mercy and fragrance and
a Lord Who is not angry.’ And this
is repeated until it is brought
to the heaven above which is Allah.
But if the man was evil, they
say: ‘Come out O evil soul that was in
an evil body. Come out
blameworthy, and receive the tidings of boiling
water and the
discharge of dirty wounds,’ and other torments of
similar kind, all
together. And this is repeated until it comes out,
then it is taken
up to heaven and it is not opened for it. And it is
asked: ‘Who is
this?’ It is said: ‘So-and-so.’ And it is said: ‘No
welcome
to the evil soul that was in an evil body. Go back
blameworthy, for
the gates of heaven will not be opened to you.’ So it
is sent back
down from heaven, then it goes to the grave.”
“If the appointed time of death of anyone of you is in a certain
land, some need will cause him to go there, then when he reaches the
furthest point that it is decreed he will reach, Allah takes (his
soul). And on the Day of Resurrection the earth will say: ‘My Lord,
this is what You entrusted to me.’”
“Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and whoever
hates to meet Allah, Allah hates to meet him.” It was said to him:
“O
Messenger of Allah, does hating to meet Allah mean hating to
meet
death? For all of us hate death.” He said: “No. Rather that
is only at
the moment of death. But if he is given the glad tidings
of the mercy
and forgiveness of Allah, he loves to meet Allah and
Allah loves to
meet him; and if he is given the tidings of the
punishment of Allah,
he hates to meet Allah and Allah hates to meet
him.”
Chapter 31: Death and preparing for it - كتاب الزهد
4265 It was
narrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى اللَّيْثِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :
" لاَ يَتَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ مُتَمَنِّيًا الْمَوْتَ فَلْيَقُلِ : اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي " .
“None of
you should wish for death because of some harm that befalls
him. If
he must wish for death, let him say: ‘O Allah, keep me alive
so
long as living is good for me and cause me to die when death is
good
for me.’”
Chapter 32: The grave and disintegration (of the body) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ :
" لَيْسَ شَىْءٌ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ إِلاَّ يَبْلَى إِلاَّ عَظْمًا وَاحِدًا وَهُوَ عَجْبُ الذَّنَبِ وَمِنْهُ يُرَكَّبُ الْخَلْقُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " .
“There is no part of man that will not disintegrate, apart from
a
single bone at the base of the coccyx, from which he will be
recreated on the Day of Resurrection.”
Chapter 32: The grave and disintegration (of the body) - كتاب الزهد
It was
narrated that Hani’ the freed slave of ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan,
said:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَحِيرٍ، عَنْ هَانِئٍ، - مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ - قَالَ : كَانَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ إِذَا وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرٍ يَبْكِي حَتَّى يَبُلَّ لِحْيَتَهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ : تَذْكُرُ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ وَلاَ تَبْكِي وَتَبْكِي مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ : " إِنَّ الْقَبْرَ أَوَّلُ مَنَازِلِ الآخِرَةِ فَإِنْ نَجَا مِنْهُ فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَيْسَرُ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ، فَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ " . قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ : " مَا رَأَيْتُ مَنْظَرًا قَطُّ إِلاَّ وَالْقَبْرُ أَفْظَعُ مِنْهُ " .
“When ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan stood beside a grave, he would
weep
until his beard became wet. It was said to him: ‘You remember
Paradise
and Hell, and you do not weep, but you weep for this?’ He
said: ‘The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The grave is the first
stage of the
Hereafter. Whoever is delivered from it, what comes
after it is
easier. If he is not delivered from it, then what comes
after it is
harder.’” He said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said: “I have
never seen any horrible scene but the grave is more
horrible.”
“The
dead
person ends up in his grave, then the righteous man is made to
sit up
in his grave with no fear or panic. Then it is said to him:
‘What
religion did you follow?’ He said: ‘I was in Islam.’ It is said
to him: ‘Who is this man?’ He says: ‘Muhammad the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ). He brought us clear signs from Allah and we believed
him.’ It
is said to him: ‘Have you seen Allah?’ He says: ‘No
one is able to see
Allah.’ Then a window to Hell is opened for him,
and he sees it, parts
of it destroying others. Then it is said to
him: ‘Look at what Allah
has saved you from.’ Then a window to
Paradise is opened to him, and
he looks at its beauty and what is in
it. It is said to him: ‘This is
your place.’ And it is said to
him: ‘You had certain faith and you
died in that state, and in that
state you will be resurrected if Allah
wills.’ And the evil man is
made to sit up in his grave with fear and
panic. It is said to him:
‘What religion did you follow?’ He says: ‘I
do not know.’ It
is said to him: ‘Who is this man?’ He says: ‘I heard
the people
saying something and I said it too.’ Then a window to
Paradise is
opened to him, and he looks at its beauty and what is in
it. It is
said to him: ‘Look at what Allah has diverted away from
you.’
Then a window to Hell is opened for him, and he sees it, parts
of it
destroying others, and it is said to him: ‘This is your place.
You
were doubtful; in this state you died and in this state you will
be
resurrected, if Allah wills.’”
“Allah
will keep firm those who believe, with the word that stands
firm.”
[14:27] This has been revealed concerning the torment of the
grave.
It will be said to him: ‘Who is your Lord?’ He will say: ‘My
Lord is Allah, and my Prophet is Muhammad.’ This is what Allah
says:
Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word that
stands firm
in this world (i.e. they will keep on worshipping Allah
Alone and none
else), and in the Hereafter (i.e., at the time of
questioning in the
grave).’” [14:27]
“When
anyone
of you dies, he is shown his place morning and evening. If he
is one
of the people of Paradise, then he will be shown his seat in
Paradise, and if he is one of the people of Hell, then he will be
shown his seat in Hell. And it is said: ‘This is your place until
you
are raised on the Day of Resurrection.’”