[Machine] There is no reward in praising him, nor sin in leaving him. Even though I have two characteristics: I do not backbite my companion when he leaves me, and I do not involve myself in the affairs of people who do not involve me with them.  

مَا فِي مَسِّهِ أَجْرٌ وَلَا فِي تَرْكِهِ وِزْرٌ مَعَ أَنِّي فِيَّ خَلَّتَانِ لَا أَغْتَابُ جَلِيسِي إِذَا قَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِي وَلَا أَدْخُلُ فِي أَمْرِ قَوْمٍ لَمْ يُدْخِلُونِي مَعَهُمْ  

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf hardly ever did anything except invite people to the Quran.  

«كَانَ الْأَحْنَفُ قَلَّمَا خَلَا إِلَّا دَعَا بِالْمُصْحَفِ»  

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf bin Qais said, "I am not patient, but I pretend to be."  

قَالَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ «إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِحَلِيمٍ وَلَكِنِّي أَتَحَلَّمُ»  

[Machine] The ants multiplied and harmed the crops, so the Prophet ordered for a chair to be placed over their hole. Then he praised and thanked Allah and said, "Since you have harmed us, stop doing so, otherwise we will harm you." The ants stopped harming and they went away.  

كَثُرَ النَّمْلُ فَآذَيْنَ الْأَحْنَفَ فَأَمَرَ بِكُرْسِيٍّ فَوُضِعَ عَلَى جُحْرِهِنَّ ثُمَّ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ إِنَّكُنَّ آذَيْتُمُونَا فَاكْفِفْنَ وَإِلَّا آذَيْنَاكُنَّ قَالَ فَكَفَفْنَ وَذَهَبْنَ  

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf ibn Qais said, "Indeed, fear of the response often prevents me from speaking too much."  

قَالَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ «إِنَّهُ لَيَمْنَعُنِي كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْكَلَامِ مَخَافَةُ الْجَوَابِ»  

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ supplicated for him, so he prostrated.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَعَا لَهُ فَسَجَدَ  

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf ibn Qais used to say, "O Allah, if You punish me, then I am deserving of it, and if You forgive me, then You are capable of that."  

كَانَ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَأَنَا أَهْلُ ذَاكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لِي فَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ ذَاكَ»  

[Machine] "The destruction of this nation is at the hands of every knowledgeable hypocrite. I have been in your presence and have only seen good from you. So go back to your people, for they are in need of your opinion."  

«إِنَّ هَلَكَةَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَى يَدَيْ كُلِّ مُنَافِقٍ عَلِيمٍ وَقَدْ رَمَقْتُكَ فَلَمْ أَرَ مِنْكَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا فَارْجِعْ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَغْنُونَ عَنْ رَأْيِكَ»  

[Machine] My father bought a slave and he was owned by al-Ahnaf, so he freed him. I later met him when he was old and he used to say that most of the night prayers of al-Ahnaf were supplications. He used to place the lantern near him and put his finger on it and say, "Tell me, O al-Ahnaf, what led you to do what you did on such and such day?" meaning this and that.  

اشْتَرَى أَبِي غُلَامًا وَكَانَ لِلْأَحْنَفِ فَأَعْتَقَهُ فَأَدْرَكْتُهُ شَيْخًا وَكَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ عَامَّةَ صَلَاةِ الْأَحْنَفِ بِاللَّيْلِ الدُّعَاءُ وَكَانَ يَضَعُ الْمِصْبَاحَ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ فَيَضَعُ إِصْبَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ حُسَّ يَا أَحْنَفُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ [191] يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا يَعْنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا  

[Machine] I have never heard of a suradiq except in Hellfire, and I swear by Allah, a suradiq will never be struck upon me. He (the narrator) said, "So his house was nothing but a small hut made of reeds until he met Allah."  

سَمِعْتُ بِالسُّرَادِقِ إِلَّا فِي النَّارِ وَاللَّهِ لَا يُضْرَبُ عَلَيَّ سُرَادِقٌ أَبَدًا قَالَ فَمَا كَانَ بَيْتُهُ إِلَّا خُصًّا مِنْ قَصَبٍ حَتَّى لَقِيَ اللَّهَ ﷻ  

[Machine] "I count it as a long-lasting evil."  

«أَعُدُّهُ لِشَرٍّ طَوِيلٍ»  

[Machine] To be praised for something they did not do, O son of my brother, when the truth is presented to you, seek and stay away from anything other than that.  

أَنْ يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِذَا عَرَضَ لَكَ الْحَقُّ فَاقْصِدْ وَالْهُ عَمَّا سِوَى ذَلِكَ»  

[Machine] A hastiness was known from me in three matters. They said, "What are they?" He said, "Prayer when it is time to be performed until I fulfill it, the engagement of a woman until I have married her, and a funeral when it is deceased until I have buried it in its grave."  

قَدْ عُرِفَتْ مِنِّي عَجَلَةٌ فِي أُمُورٍ ثَلَاثَةٍ قَالُوا مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ إِذَا حَضَرَتْ حَتَّى أُؤَدِّيَهَا وَالْأَيِّمُ إِذَا خَطَبَهَا كُفْؤُهَا حَتَّى أُزَوِّجَهَا وَجِنَازَةٌ إِذَا تُوُفِّيَتْ حَتَّى أُلْحِقَهَا بِحُفْرَتِهَا  

[Machine] Lahu al-Ahnaf bin Qays: "It has been forty years since I mentioned her to anyone."  

لَهُ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ «لَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ عَنِّي مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً مَا ذَكَرْتُهَا لِأَحَدٍ»  

[Machine] "And that He may turn in mercy unto them" [At-Tawbah 102]  

أَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ} [التوبة 102]  

[Machine] "I fear Allah if I lie, and I fear you if I tell the truth."  

«أَخَافُ اللَّهَ إِنْ كَذَبْتُ وَأَخَافُكُمْ إِنْ صَدَقْتُ»  

[Machine] I apologize to you if I did not see it, I will not enter it until you change it.  

«مَعْذِرَةً إِلَيْكُمْ إِنِّي لَمْ أَرَهُ لَا أَدْخُلُهُ حَتَّى تُغَيِّرُوهُ»  

[Machine] Al-Ahnaf said, "There is no credibility for a liar, no tranquility for an envious person, no companionship for a miser, no support for someone with bad manners, and no brotherhood for a lazy person."  

الْأَحْنَفُ «لَا مُرُوءَةَ لِكَذَّابٍ وَلَا رَاحَةَ لِحَسُودٍ وَلَا خُلَّةَ لَبَخِيلٍ وَلَا سُؤْدُدَ لِسَيِّئِ الْخُلُقِ وَلَا إِخَاءَ لِمَلُولٍ»  

[Machine] "I have my share of humiliation, the burden of blessings."  

أَنَّ لِي بِنَصِيبِي مِنَ الذُّلِّ حُمُرَ النَّعَمِ»