[Machine] Harim Al-Abdi spent his night crying at the Lechma spring, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He cried all night until the morning, and when morning came, Harim asked him, "Oh Humama, why are you crying?" Humama replied, "I remembered a night whose morning causes graves to shatter, and those inside them to come out." Humama stayed with Harim at night, crying until morning. When morning came, Harim asked him, "What made you cry?" Humama replied, "I remembered a night whose dawn brings scattered stars in the sky, and that made me cry." Sometimes they would go during the day to the market of Ar-Raihan and ask Allah for Paradise. Then they would go to the blacksmiths and seek protection from the fire and then they would go their separate ways to their homes.  

بَاتَ هَرِمٌ الْعَبْدِيُّ عِنْدَ حُمَمَةَ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْكِي لَيْلَتَهُ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ لَهُ هَرِمٌ يَا حُمَمَةُ مَا أَبْكَاكَ؟ قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ لَيْلَةً صَبِيحَتُهَا تُبَعْثَرُ الْقُبُورُ فَيَخْرُجُ مَنْ فِيهَا قَالَ وَبَاتَ حُمَمَةُ عِنْدَ هَرِمٍ فَبَاتَ لَيْلَتَهُ يَبْكِي حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ فَسَأَلَهُ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ مَا الَّذِي أَبْكَاكَ؟ قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ لَيْلَةً صَبِيحَتُهَا تَنَاثَرُ نُجُومُ السَّمَاءِ فَأَبْكَانِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ وَكَانَا يَصْطَحِبَانِ أَحْيَانًا بِالنَّهَارِ فَيَأْتِيَانِ سُوقَ الرَّيْحَانِ فَيَسْأَلَانِ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ وَيَدْعُوَانِ ثُمَّ يَأْتِيَانِ الْحَدَّادِينَ فَيَتَعَوَّذَانِ مِنَ النَّارِ ثُمَّ يَتَفَرَّقَانِ إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمَا  

[Machine] "That a time might come when their elders hope and their youngsters rebel, while their lifespans draw near."  

أَنْ يُدْرِكَنِي زَمَانٌ يَأْمُلُ فِيهِ كَبِيرُهُمْ وَيَتَمَرَّدُ فِيهِ صَغِيرُهُمْ وَتَقْتَرِبُ فِيهِ آجَالُهُمْ»  

[Machine] I witnessed the pyramid of Ibn Hayaan and he was buried on a summer day. Then a cloud came and spread over his grave and its surroundings, then it returned.  

شَهِدْتُ هَرِمَ بْنَ حَيَّانَ وَدُفِنَ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ فَجَاءَتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَرَشَّتْ قَبْرَهُ وَمَا حَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ  

[Machine] I do not know what to advise, but sell my armor and pay off my debt for me. If that is not sufficient, sell my servant and I advise you with my rings, from Surah An-Nahl: "Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction" [16:125] until His saying: "And if you are patient, it is better for those who are patient" [16:126].  

مَا أَدْرِي مَا أُوصِي وَلَكِنْ بِيعُوا دِرْعِي فَاقْضُوا دَيْنِي عَنِّي فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفِ فَبِيعُوا غُلَامِي وَأُوصِيكُمْ بِخَوَاتِيمِ سُورَةِ النَّحْلِ {ادْعُ [188] إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ} [النحل 125] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ} [النحل 126]  

[Machine] Harim ibn Hayyan said, "I have never seen anything like fire, its escapee sleeps, and I have never seen anything like paradise, its seeker sleeps."  

قَالَ هَرِمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ «لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَ النَّارِ نَامَ هَارِبُهَا وَلَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَ الْجَنَّةِ نَامَ طَالِبُهَا»  

[Machine] That he asked for permission for some needs, and then he joined his family and stayed as long as he stayed, then he came and said to him: Where were you? He said: I asked your permission on such and such a day, and you gave me permission. He said: Did you want that for that? He said: Yes. Abu al-Ashhab said: It reached me that he said a harsh word to that man, and no one among his companions spoke to him when they saw him angry while he said to his brother what he said. He said: So he said to them: May evil befall you, do you think that I say to my brother what I say and no one of you forbids me from that? O Allah, replace me with bad people for a bad time.  

أَنَّهُ يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ لِبَعْضِ الْحَوَايِجِ فَلَحِقَ بِأَهْلِهِ فَلَبِثَ مَا لَبِثَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ قَالَ كُنْتُ اسْتَأْذَنْتُكَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَذِنْتَ لِي قَالَ فَأَرَدْتَ ذَاكَ لِذَاكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ قَوْلًا شَدِيدًا فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ جُلَسَائِهِ حَيْثُ رَآهُ غَضِبَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يَقُولُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ جَزَاكُمْ مِنْ جُلَسَاءٍ شَرًّا أَتُرَوْنِي أَنِّي أَقُولُ لِأَخِي مَا أَقُولُ وَلَمْ يَنْهَنِي مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ عَنْ ذَلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ خَلِّفْ رِجَالَ السَّوْءِ لِزَمَانِ السُّوءِ  

[Machine] "Haram ibn Hayyan used to say, 'No servant approaches Allah except that Allah also approaches the hearts of the believers towards him, until He blesses them with their love and mercy.'"  

أَنَّ هَرِمَ بْنَ حَيَّانَ كَانَ يَقُولُ «مَا أَقْبَلَ عَبْدٌ بِقَلْبِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ إِلَّا أَقْبَلَ اللَّهُ بِقُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرْزُقَهُ مَوَدَّتَهُمْ وَرَحْمَتَهُمْ»  

[Machine] So the whip was raised and it lashed me on the back, leaving a welt. And he said to me, "Do you think that at this hour, when the Most Merciful descends and prayers are answered, it is appropriate to express oneself through poetry?" And Abdus-Samad said, "The hour in which prayers are answered and mercy descends is.."  

فَرَفَعَ هَرِمٌ عَلَيَّ السَّوْطَ فَجَلَدَنِي جَلْدَةً عَلَى الظَّهْرِ الْتَوَيْتُ مِنْهَا قَالَ لِي أَفِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي يَنْزِلُ فِيهَا الرَّحْمَنُ وَيُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا الدُّعَاءُ تَتَمَثَّلُ بِالشِّعْرِ؟ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي يُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا الدُّعَاءُ وَتَنْزِلُ فِيهَا الرَّحْمَةُ  

[Machine] Beware of the corrupt scholar. When Umar ibn Al-Khattab heard about him, he wrote to him and felt sorry for him. What is a corrupt scholar? He wrote to him, "By Allah, O Amir al-Mu'minin, I did not intend anything except for good, that he becomes an imam who speaks with knowledge and acts with wickedness, confusing people and leading them astray."  

إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْعَالِمَ الْفَاسِقَ فَبَلَغَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَشْفَقَ مِنْهَا مَا الْعَالِمُ الْفَاسِقُ؟ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ هَرِمٌ وَاللَّهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا أَرَدْتُ بِهِ إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ يَكُونُ إِمَامًا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْعِلْمِ وَيَعْمَلُ بِالْفِسْقِ فَيَشْتَبِهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَيَضِلُّوا  

[Machine] That his people would come to him, so he commanded for a fire to be lit between him and the people who would come to him. Then his people came and greeted him from a distance. He said, "Welcome, my people, come closer." They said, "By Allah, we cannot come closer to you. The fire has come between us and you." He said, "So you want to throw me into a fire greater than that, the Fire of Hell?" They said, "Then they turned back."  

أَنَّ قَوْمَهُ سَيَأْتُونَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِنَارٍ فَأُوقِدَتْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مَنْ يَأْتِيهِ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَجَاءَ قَوْمُهُ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِقَوْمِي ادْنُوَا فَقَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَدْنُوَ مِنْكَ لَقَدْ حَالَتِ النَّارُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ قَالَ فَأَنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تُلْقُونِي فِي نَارٍ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهَا فِي نَارِ [189] جَهَنَّمَ؟ قَالَ فَرَجَعُوا  

[Machine] I recommend to you the end of Surah An-Nahl, "Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction" [16:125].  

أُوصِيكُمْ بِالْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ سُورَةِ النَّحْلِ {ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ} [النحل 125] الْآيَةَ  

[Machine] That "the tent is a hollow pearl, with seventy doors, all of which are made of pearls."  

أَنَّ «الْخَيْمَةَ لُؤْلُؤَةٌ مُجَوَّفَةٌ لَهَا سَبْعُونَ مِصْرَاعًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الدُّرِّ»  

[Machine] Pyramid for Ibn 'Amir, would you be happy to know that this prayer ate you this beast and you disappeared? He said, "No, by Allah, I hope for the mercy of Allah and I hope and hope." The pyramid said, "But I swear by Allah that I wish I was eaten by this prayer, this beast and I disappeared, and I would not be anything."  

هَرِمٌ لِابْنِ عَامِرٍ أَيَسُرُّكَ أَنَّكَ هَذِهِ الصِّلِّيَانَةُ أَكَلَتْكَ هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ فَذَهَبْتَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ أَرْجُو رَحْمَةَ اللَّهِ وَأَرْجُو وَأَرْجُو فَقَالَ هَرِمٌ لَكِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي هَذِهِ الصِّلِّيَانَةُ أَكَلَتْنِي هَذِهِ الدَّابَّةُ فَذَهَبْتُ فَلَمْ أَكُنْ شَيْئًا  

[Machine] While they were riding on their camels, they passed by a place with grass, ornaments, and hay. So their camels began to graze on the grass. Ibn Hayyan said to Ibn 'Aamir, "Does it make you happy that you are a tree from these trees, and that this camel ate you and then threw you out as dung, and you became a bunch (of hay)?" He replied, "No, by Allah! What I hope for from the mercy of Allah is dearer to me than that." Haram bin Hayyan said, "But by Allah! I wish that I was a tree from this tree, and that this camel ate me and then threw me out as dung, and I became a bunch (of hay), and I would not be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection; either to Paradise or to Hell. Woe to you, Ibn 'Aamir! I fear the great accountability." Al-Hasan said, "By Allah! He (Haram) understood them both better and had more knowledge of Allah."  

فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا يَسِيرَانِ عَلَى رَاحِلَتَيْهِمَا إِذْ مَرَّا عَلَى مَكَانٍ فِيهِ كَلَأٌ وَحُلِيٌّ وَنِصِيٌّ قَالَ فَجَعَلَتْ رَاحِلَتَاهُمَا يُخَالِجَانِ ذَلِكَ الشَّجَرَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ حَيَّانَ يَا ابْنَ عَامِرٍ أَيَسُرُّكَ أَنَّكَ شَجَرَةٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرِ أَكَلَتْكَ هَذِهِ الرَّاحِلَةُ فَقَذَفَتْكَ بَعْرًا فَاتُّخِذْتَ جُلَّةً؟ قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَمَا أَرْجُو مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هَرِمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ وَلَكِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي شَجَرَةٌ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّجَرِ أَكَلَتْنِي هَذِهِ النَّاقَةُ فَقَذَفَتْنِي بَعْرًا فَاتُّخِذْتُ جُلَّةً وَلَمْ أُكَابِدِ الْحِسَابَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؛ إِمَّا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ وَإِمَّا إِلَى نَارٍ وَيْحَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَامِرٍ إِنِّي أَخَافُ الدَّاهِيَةَ الْكُبْرَى قَالَ الْحَسَنُ كَانَ وَاللَّهِ أَفْقَهَهُمَا وَأَعْلَمَهُمَا بِاللَّهِ ﷻ  

[Machine] Haram ibn Hayyan said, "If someone were to tell me that I am from the people of the Hellfire, I would not abandon doing good deeds so that my soul would not blame me. It would say to me, 'Didn't you do this? Didn't you do that?'"  

قَالَ هَرِمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ لَوْ قِيلَ لِي إِنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ لَمْ أَدَعِ الْعَمَلَ لِئَلَّا تَلُومَنِي نَفْسِي فَتَقُولَ لِي أَلَا صَنَعْتَ أَلَا فَعَلْتَ  

[Machine] That a tomb died in a battle on a summer day. When he finished burying, a cloud came until it was around the grave. The cloud spread over the grave until it got wet, and not a single drop reached the grave, then it returned to its beginning.  

أَنَّ هَرِمًا مَاتَ فِي غَزَاةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ فَلَمَّا فُرِغَ مِنْ دَفْنِهِ جَاءَتْ سَحَابَةٌ حَتَّى كَانَتْ حِيَالَ الْقَبْرِ فَرَشَّتِ الْقَبْرَ حَتَّى تَرَوَّى وَلَمْ يُجَاوِزِ الْقَبْرَ مِنْهَا قَطْرَةٌ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ عَوْدَهَا عَلَى بَدْئِهَا