[Machine] I heard Malik saying, "O people! Your sinners are many, both young and old. May Allah have mercy on a man who adheres to good speech, righteous deeds, and constancy."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «يَا هَؤُلَاءِ فُجَّارُكُمْ كَثِيرٌ صِغَارٌ وَكِبَارٌ فَرَحِمَ اللَّهُ رَجُلًا لَزِمَ الْقَوْلَ الطَّيِّبَ وَالْعَمَلَ الصَّالِحَ وَالْمُدَاوَمَةَ»  

[Machine] I have not created any creation more beloved to me than you, for your sake I withhold, and to you I give.  

مَا خَلَقْتُ خَلْقًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْكَ بِكَ آخُذُ وَبِكَ أُعْطِي  

[Machine] "Join your companion, fold your garment, stitch the shoe, and eat less than you are satisfied with."  

أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِصَاحِبِكَ فَانْكُسِ الْإِزَارَ واخْصِفِ النَّعْلَ وَكُلْ دُونَ الشِّبَعِ»  

[Machine] I heard Malik saying, "If the heart is not sad, it will be destroyed just like a house that is not inhabited will be destroyed."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «الْقَلْبُ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ حُزْنٌ خَرِبَ كَمَا أَنَّ الْبَيْتَ إِذَا لَمْ يُسْكَنْ خَرِبَ»  

[Machine] I heard Malik saying, "No slave has been punished with a greater punishment than hardness of heart." And he also said, "If I knew that my heart could be rectified through loneliness, I would go and sit in seclusion." He also said, "Verily, Allah, blessed and exalted, has punishments for the hearts and bodies, constriction in livelihood, displeasure in sustenance, and weakness in worship."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «مَا ضُرِبَ عَبْدٌ بِعُقُوبَةٍ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ قَسْوَةِ الْقَلْبِ»

وقالَ: سَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «لَوْ أعْلَمُ أنَّ قَلْبِي يَصْلُحُ عَلى كُناسَةٍ لَذَهَبْتُ حَتّى أجْلِسَ عَلَيْها»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «إنَّ لِلَّهِ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى عُقُوباتٍ فِي القُلُوبِ والأبْدانِ، وضَنْكًا فِي المَعِيشَةِ، وسَخَطًا فِي الرِّزْقِ، ووَهْنًا فِي العِبادَةِ»  

[Machine] "And to visit him but he stops him from that task or matter, it is possible that Allah may unite them in a abode where there is no separation, and then he says, 'Malik, and I ask Allah to unite us and you in the shade of happiness and the resting place of the worshippers.'"  

وَأَنْ يَزُورَهُ فَيَمْنَعَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الشُّغْلُ أَوِ الْأَمْرُ يَعْرِضُ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا فِي دَارٍ لَا فُرْقَةَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَالِكٌ وَأَنَا أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ فِي ظِلِّ طُوبَى وَمُسْتَرَاحِ الْعَابِدِينَ  

[Machine] Luqman said to his son, "O my son, how can you be so eager for what people promise, when they swiftly rush towards what is not promised?"  

قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ «يَا بُنَيَّ كَيْفَ تَطَاوَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ مَا يُوعَدُونَ وَهُمْ إِلَى مَا لَا يُوعَدُونَ سِرَاعًا يَذْهَبُونَ؟»  

[Machine] "So Allah sent down the verse: 'And recite to them the story of him to whom we gave our signs, but he detached himself from them' [Surah Al-A'raf 7:175].  

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا} [الأعراف 175] الْآيَةَ  

[Machine] I heard Malik saying, "The indulgence of people in the remembrance of Allah is not one that can be compared to anything else." He said, "I also heard Malik saying, 'One of them goes and marries a woman from the noble ranks of the Haram (Kaaba).' It was said during Malik's time that the women from the noble ranks of the Haram were the most beautiful of people. Or, he goes and marries a woman whom her parents have adorned and decorated to the extent that she seems like a cream, then he marries her and falls in love with her. He asks her, 'What do you desire?' She says, 'The scarf of my beauty.' He asks her, 'What else do you desire?' She says, 'Such and such.' Malik said, 'By Allah, the religion of the reader of this is ruined, and he stops himself from marrying an orphan girl who is weak, and clothes her, so he can earn reward."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «مَا تَنَعَّمَ الْمُتَنَعِّمُونَ بِمِثْلِ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «يَنْطَلِقُ أحَدُهُمْ فَيَتَزَوَّجُ دِيباجَةَ الحَرَمِ قالَ: وكانَ يُقالُ فِي زَمانِ مالِكٍ: دِيباجَةُ الحَرَمِ أجْمَلُ النّاسِ، وخاتُونُ امْرَأةُ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ أوْ يَنْطَلِقُ إلى جارِيَةٍ قَدْ سَمَّنَها أبَواها وتَرَّفُوها حَتّى كَأنَّها زُبْدَةٌ فَيَتَزَوَّجُها فَتَأْخُذُ بِقَلْبِهِ فَيَقُولُ لَها: أيُّ شَيْءٍ تُرِيدِينَ؟ فَتَقُولُ: خِمارَ حُسْنى، وأيُّ شَيْءٍ تُرِيدِينَ؟ فَتَقُولُ: كَذا وكَذا، قالَ مالِكٌ: فَتَمَرَّطَ واللَّهِ دِينُ ذَلِكَ القارِئِ، ويَدَعُ أنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ يَتِيمَةً ضَعِيفَةً فَيَكْسُوَها فَيُؤْجَرَ»  

[Machine] I heard Malik, meaning Ibn Dinar, and he had a sorrowful voice. He would put his head in his place of worship and then say, "O God of Malik, you know the inhabitants of Hellfire from the inhabitants of Paradise, so which of the two men is Malik?" Then he would cry. He said, "And I heard Malik saying, 'Indeed, Allah says: "Indeed, I desire to punish My servants. So when I look at the companions of the Quran and the builders of mosques and the children of Islam, My anger subsides, and I say: I have averted My punishment."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ وَكَانَ مَحْزُونَ الصَّوْتِ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي مِحْرَابِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «إِلَهَ مَالِكٍ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ سَاكِنَ النَّارِ مِنْ سَاكِنِ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَيُّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ مَالِكٌ؟ ثُمَّ يَبْكِي»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: إنَّ اللَّهَ ﷿ يَقُولُ: «إنِّي أُرِيدُ أنْ أُعَذِّبَ عِبادِي، فَإذا نَظَرْتُ إلى جُلَساءِ القُرْآنِ وعُمّارِ المَساجِدِ ووِلْدانِ الإسْلامِ سَكَنَ غَضَبِي، يَقُولُ: صَرَفْتُ عَذابِي»  

[Machine] "And I heard Malik say, 'Verily, when the Quran is recited to the truthful ones, their hearts are filled with longing for the Hereafter.' Abdullah narrated to us, Ali bin Muslim narrated to us, Sayaar narrated to us, Ja'far said: 'I heard Malik bin Dinar say to Mughira bin Habib, 'O Mughira, observe every companion and friend, if you do not benefit in your religion from them, then distance yourself from their company.'"  

وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الصِّدِّيقِينَ إِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ طَرِبَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَى الْآخِرَةِ»

حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنا سَيّارٌ، حَدَّثَنا جَعْفَرٌ قالَ: سَمِعْتُ مالِكَ بْنَ دِينارٍ، يَقُولُ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ: «يا مُغِيرَةُ انْظُرْ كُلَّ جَلِيسٍ وصاحِبٍ، لا تَسْتَفِيدُ فِي دِينِكَ مِنهُ خَيْرًا فانْبِذْ عَنْكَ صُحْبَتَهُ»  

[Machine] One day, Malik said, "Do not come to us in your clothes like this." He said, "May Allah rectify the matter, I do not know what has changed you towards me? I used to come to you in these clothes." He said, "O Malik, do you know what discourages us from you? You do not want what is in our hands, and that alienates us from you." He said, "Malik said, 'If I were to write something from the words in my Mus'haf, I would write the words of Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad Al-Thaqafi."  

قَالَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ يَا مَالِكُ لَا تَدْخُلْ عَلَيْنَا فِي ثِيَابِكَ هَذِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الْأَمِيرَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا غَيَّرَكَ عَلَيَّ؟ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا مَالِكُ أَتَدْرِي مَا يُجَرِّئُكَ عَلَيْنَا؟ إِنَّكَ لَا تُرِيدُ مَا فِي أَيْدِينَا ويَحْجُبُنَا عَنْكَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قَالَ مَالِكٌ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ كَاتِبًا شَيْئًا مِنَ الْكَلَامِ فِي دَفَّتَيْ الْمُصْحَفِ لَكَتَبْتُ كَلَامَ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ  

[Machine] I have desired you for forty years, and I have conquered you until today. Now you want to conquer me and take me away from you. He said, but he refused to eat.  

أَشْتَهِيكَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَغَلَبْتُكَ حَتَّى كَانَ الْيَوْمُ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَغْلِبَنِي إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي قَالَ وَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ  

[Machine] I said, "O Abu Sa'id, indeed I intended that if I were to die from this illness, my shoulders be tied with a rope and my feet be tied as well, then I be carried to my Lord as a slave is carried to his master." He said, "Al-Hasan said, 'Your companion is delusional, meaning he is speaking nonsense.'" I said, "By Allah, O Abu Sa'id, I am not delusional." He said, "Then I was comforted and he said to me, 'O owner of the rope, you were in a dark place on earth, and now you have been comforted.'" Al-Hasan then came to me advising and teaching me.  

قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ إِنْ مِتُّ مِنْ مَرَضِي هَذَا أَنْ يُشَدَّ كِتَافِي بِشَرِيطٍ ويُشَدَّ قَدَمِي ثُمَّ يُنْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى رَبِّي ﷻ كَمَا يُنْطَلَقُ بِالْعَبْدِ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ قَالَ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ يَهْجُرُ يَعْنِي يَهْذِي قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَهْجُرُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ عُوفِيتُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا صَاحِبَ الشَّرِيطِ كُنْتَ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحْتَ قَدْ عُوفِيتَ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ الْحَسَنُ يَعِظُنِي وَكَانَ مُعَلِّمًا وَمُؤَدِّبًا  

[Machine] I heard Malik ibn Dinar say, "The intention of the believer is more important than his action."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ «نِيَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَبْلَغُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ»  

[Machine] That Allah has granted me permission on the Day of Resurrection, when I stand before Him, to prostrate. And I know that he is pleased with me. Then He says, "O Malik bin Dinar, be dust!" He said, "And I heard Malik say, 'If anyone could wish for something, I would wish to have on the Day of Resurrection a handspan of land that I would be saved from the Fire and be given water to drink.'"  

أَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ أَذِنَ لِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِذَا وَقَفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ أَنْ أَسْجُدَ سَجْدَةً فَأَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَضِيَ عَنِّي ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا مَالِكُ بْنَ دِينَارٍ كُنْ تُرَابًا

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «لَوْ كانَ لِأحَدٍ أنْ يَتَمَنّى لَتَمَنَّيْتُ أنْ يَكُونَ لِي يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ خُصٌّ مِن قَصَبٍ وأنْجُوَ مِنَ النّارِ وأُرْوى مِنَ الماءِ»  

[Machine] I heard Malik saying, "By Allah, I have struggled to find a private place until I became embarrassed and wish that my provision would be placed in a pebble, so I can suck on it until I die." He also said, "It is enough betrayal for a person to be loyal to traitors." Additionally, I heard Malik saying, "Indeed, when a servant completes his transgressions, his eyes become blind."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ اخْتَلَفْتُ إِلَى الْخَلَاءِ حَتَّى لَقَدِ اسْتَحَيْتُ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ رِزْقِي جُعِلَ فِي حَصَاةٍ فَأَمُصَّهَا حَتَّى أَمُوتَ»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «كَفى بِالمَرْءِ خِيانَةً أنْ يَكُونَ أمِينًا لِلْخَوَنَةِ»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «إنَّ العَبْدَ إذا اسْتَكْمَلَ الفُجُورَ مَلَكَ عَيْنَيْهِ»  

[Machine] I heard Malik say, "Indeed, a scholar, if they do not act upon their knowledge, their preaching will slip from the hearts as the drop slips from the window." He said, "And I heard Malik say, 'If you seek knowledge in order to act upon it, your secret will be the knowledge. But if you seek it for other than action, it will only increase you in arrogance.'"  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ «إِنَّ الْعَالِمَ إِذَا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِعِلْمِهِ زَلَّتْ مَوْعِظَتُهُ عَنِ الْقُلُوبِ كَمَا يَزَلُّ الْقَطْرُ عَنِ الصَّفَا»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «إنَّكَ إذا طَلَبْتَ العِلْمَ لِتَعْمَلَ بِهِ سَرَّكَ العِلْمُ، وإذا طَلَبْتَهُ لِغَيْرِ العَمَلِ لَمْ يَزِدْكَ إلّا فَخْرًا»  

[Machine] Malik ibn Dinar said, "Whoever seeks knowledge for himself, then a little of it is sufficient. And whoever seeks knowledge for the needs of people, then the needs of people are many."  

قَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ «مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِنَفْسِهِ فَالْقَلِيلُ مِنْهُ يَكْفِي وَمَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِحَوَائِجِ النَّاسِ فَحَوَائِجُ النَّاسِ كَثِيرَةٌ»  

[Machine] I heard Malik ibn Dinar saying, "Indeed, the hearts of the believers boil with righteous deeds, and the hearts of the wicked boil with evil deeds. And Allah, the Almighty, sees your concerns, may Allah have mercy on you."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ صُدُورَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ تَغْلِي بِأَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ صُدُورَ الْفُجَّارِ تَغْلِي بِأَعْمَالِ الْفُجُورِ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَرَى هُمُومَكُمْ رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ»  

[Machine] I heard Malik ibn Dinar saying, "When the righteous are mentioned, then take turns, and take turns."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ «إِذَا ذُكِرَ الصَّالِحُونَ فَتَفَالَى ثُمَّ تَفَالَى»  

[Machine] That people say that Malik is crazy because I wear makeup and put ashes on my head, I call out to people who see me to not disobey Allah.  

أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ جُنَّ مَالِكٌ لَلَبِسْتُ الْمُسُوحَ وَوَضَعْتُ الرَّمَادَ عَلَى رَأْسِي أُنَادِي فِي النَّاسِ مَنْ رَآنِي فَلَا يَعْصِيَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no servant who delivers a sermon except that Allah ﷻ will question him about it on the Day of Resurrection, asking him what he intended by it." Ja'far said, "Whenever Malik narrated this hadith, he would cry until tears fell, and then he would say, 'They think that my eyes find pleasure in my words, but I know that Allah will question me on the Day of Resurrection about what I intended.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَخْطُبُ خُطْبَةً إِلَّا اللَّهُ ﷻ سَائِلُهُ عَنْهَا مَا أَرَادَ بِهَا؟ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ كَانَ مَالِكٌ إِذَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَكَى حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّ عَيْنِي تَقَرُّ بِكَلَامِي وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَائِلِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا أَرَدْتَ بِهِ؟  

[Machine] That in some heavens there are angels. Whenever one of them glorifies, a angel falls from his glorification, and a standing angel glorifies. In some heavens there is an angel with a number of eyes equal to the number of grains of sand and clay on earth and the number of stars in the sky. There is not an eye in it that does not have an eye beneath it, and lips that glorify Allah with a language that its owner does not understand. He said: And indeed, the bearers of the Throne are creatures with generations spaned between the wings of their generations, about five hundred years, and the Throne is above the generations.  

أَنَّ فِي بَعْضِ السَّمَاوَاتِ مَلَائِكَةً كُلَّمَا سَبَّحَ مِنْهُمْ مَلَكٌ وَقَعَ مِنْ تَسْبِيحِهِ مَلَكٌ قَائِمٌ يُسَبِّحُ قَالَ فِي بَعْضِ السَّمَاوَاتِ مَلَكٌ لَهُ مِنَ الْعُيُونِ عَدَدُ الْحَصَى وَالثَّرَى وَعَدَدُ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ مَا فِيهَا عَيْنٌ إِلَّا تَحْتَهَا عَيْنٌ وَشَفَتَانِ يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ ﷻ بِلُغَةٍ لَا يَفْقَهُهَا صَاحِبُهَا قَالَ وَإِنَّ حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ لَهُمْ قُرُونٌ بَيْنَ أَطْرَافِ قُرُونِهِمْ مِقْدَارُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَالْعَرْشُ فَوْقَ الْقُرُونِ  

[Machine] "Do you think I want butter?" He said, "I heard Malik say: 'O people, I do not fear famine or disgrace. My bread is in the market and my water is in the river.' He said, 'I heard Malik say: 'I swear to you, if it weren't for urinating, I wouldn't leave the mosque.' He said, 'I heard Malik say: 'It pleases me to have the best people of Basra as the seed, then what can I do with the seed of Basra?'"  

أَتَحْسَبُونَ أُرِيدُ السَّمْنَ؟

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «يا هَؤُلاءِ أنا لا أخْشى لَوًى ولا تُخْمَةً، خُبْزِي فِي الفِعالِ ومائِي فِي النَّهَرِ»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: «بِحَقٍّ أقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَوْلا البَوْلُ ما خَرَجْتُ مِنَ المَسْجِدِ»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: "ما يَسُرُّنِي أنَّ لِي أحْسَنَ أهْلِ البَصْرَةِ بِنَواةٍ، ثُمَّ نَواةٌ بِبَصْرَةٍ ما أصْنَعُ بِها؟  

[Machine] "If I could, I would divorce myself."  

«لَوِ اسْتَطَعْتُ طَلَّقْتُ نَفْسِي»  

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in my dream, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, where are the substitutes for your Ummah?" He motioned with his hand towards Sham (Syria), so I said, "What about Iraq, are there any of them there?" He said, "Yes, Muhammad ibn Wasi' and Hassaan ibn Abi Sinan, and Malik ibn Dinar, who walks among the people with the same asceticism as Abu Dhar in his time." Ja'far said, "Even if Malik was among the children of Israel, it would be appropriate for him to be spoken of with his narration."  

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَنَامِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ بُدَلَاءُ أُمَّتِكَ؟ فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الشَّامِ فَقُلْتُ أَوَ مَا بِالْعِرَاقِ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ؟ قَالَ «بَلَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَاسِعٍ وَحَسَّانُ بْنُ أَبِي سِنَانٍ وَمَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ الَّذِي يَمْشِي فِي النَّاسِ بِمِثْلِ زُهْدِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ فِي زَمَانِهِ» قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ مَالِكٌ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُتَحَدَّثَ بِحَدِيثِهِ  

[Machine] He says, "Do you think I imply that the best of the world is the dinar and dirham? I only mean the righteous deeds until I meet you on the Day I meet you, and you are pleased with me, longing and fearful towards you, O God of the heavens and God of the earth." Then he cries silently, and we cry with him. May Allah have mercy on him.  

عَنْ كَلَامِهِ فَيَقُولُ أَتَحْسَبُونَ أَنِّي أَعْنِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا الدِّينَارَ وَالدِّرْهَمَ؟ إِنَّمَا أَعْنِي الْعَمَلَ الصَّالِحَ حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ وَأَنْتَ عَنِّي رَاضٍ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ يَا إِلَهَ السَّمَاءِ وَإِلَهَ الْأَرْضِ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَبْكِي بُكَاءً خَفِيفًا فَنَبْكِي مَعَهُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ  

[Machine] Malik said to Abu Yahya, "Come with us to him." So we went to him and sought permission. As soon as we entered, he greeted us and said, "Welcome, welcome Abu Yahya! What do you need?" Then he arranged the gathering and asked, "Have you come as visitors or do you have a need?" Malik replied, "No, we have a need." Abu Yahya asked, "What is it, Abu Yahya?" He said, "O Salamah, what do you have for the kings? What do you have for the Sultan?" Abu Yahya said, "O Abu Yahya, we are known among them." He said, "May they take advantage of it!" Abu Yahya replied, "That does not benefit me." He said, "Woe to you, O Salamah! I am afraid they will put you in a dangerous situation and then not let you out of it."  

لِي مَالِكٌ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَيْهِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَّا فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ أَنْ دَخَلْنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ سَلَمَةُ مَرْحَبًا مَرْحَبًا بِكَ يَا أَبَا يَحْيَى حَاجَتَكَ وَقَرَّبَ مَجْلِسَهُ قَالَ أَزَائِرَيْنِ جِئْتُمَا أَمْ لَكُمَا حَاجَةٌ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَالِكٌ بَلْ لَنَا حَاجَةٌ قَالَ مَا هِيَ أَبَا يَحْيَى؟ قَالَ يَا سَلَمَةُ مَا لَكَ وَلِلْمُلُوكِ؟ مَا لَكَ وَلِلسُّلْطَانِ؟ قَالَ يَا أَبَا يَحْيَى قَدْ عُرِفْنَا عِنْدَهُمْ قَالَ تَجَّانَّ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ لَا يَنْفَعُنِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ يَا سَلَمَةُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُلْقُوكَ فِي وَرْطَةٍ ثُمَّ لَا يُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا  

[Machine] "I passed by a worshipper in his mosque, so I called out to him and he approached me and spoke to me. He said to me, 'If you can, build a wall of iron between yourself and your desires, then do so. And be wary of sitting with any companion from whom you do not benefit, whether he is near or far.' In the year 1897, Abdullah narrated to us, he said: I was informed by a narrator from Ja'far, he said: I heard Malik ibn Dinar and Al-Mu'alla ibn Ziyad say: We heard Al-Hasan say..."  

مَرَرْتُ بِرَاهِبٍ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ فَنَادَيْتُهُ فَأَشْرَفَ عَلَيَّ فَكَلَّمَنِي وَكَلَّمْتُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي فِيمَا يَقُولُ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّهَوَاتِ حَائِطًا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَافْعَلْ وَإِيَّاكَ وَكُلَّ جَلِيسٍ لَا تَسْتَفِيدُ مِنْهُ خَيْرًا فَلَا تُجَالِسْهُ قَرِيبًا كَانَ أَوْ بَعِيدًا 1897 حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أُخْبِرْتُ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ وَالْمُعَلَّى بْنَ زِيَادٍ قَالَا سَمِعْنَا الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ  

[Machine] The clouds would come and go without raining, so Malik would say, "You are delaying the rain, and I am delaying the stones. If it doesn't rain stones, then we are fine."  

كَانَتِ الْغُيُومُ تَجِيءُ وَتَذْهَبُ وَلَا تُمْطِرُ فَيَقُولُ مَالِكٌ «أَنْتُمْ تَسْتَبْطِئُونَ الْمَطَرَ وَأَنَا أَسْتَبْطِئُ الْحِجَارَةَ إِنْ لَمْ تُمْطِرْ حِجَارَةً فَنَحْنُ بِخَيْرٍ»  

[Machine] I made an agreement with Malik one night, and I came dressed in winter clothes. He said, "I helped myself to the door of the house." He said, "Malik entered and faced the Qibla, took hold of his beard, and began to say, 'O Lord, when you gather the first and the last, make Malik's gray hairs forbidden from the fire.'"  

تَعَاهَدْتُ مَالِكًا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ لَبِسْتُ وَطِيفَةً فِي لَيَالِي الشِّتَاءِ قَالَ فَطَرَحْتُ [264] نَفْسِي عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ مَالِكٌ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَتِهِ وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِذَا جَمَعْتَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ فَحَرِّمْ شَيْبَةَ مَالِكٍ عَلَى النَّارِ  

[Machine] I heard Malik ibn Dinar say, "No nation has fallen out of the sight of Allah except that He has emancipated their hearts through hunger."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ «مَا سَقَطَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ عَيْنِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا حَرَّرَ أَكْبَادَهَا بِالْجُوعِ»  

[Machine] Malik: "I testify that you are one of Allah's readers."  

مَالِكٌ «أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ مِنْ قُرَّاءِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»  

[Machine] "So they came to him and interceded for him and said to him, 'O Abu Yahya, if you would only make a supplication!' He said, 'But they have a sealed container with leather on it, in which they keep their funds.' He said, 'Then lift up your hands.' He said, 'Then Malik took the container from under his armpit and said, 'No, by Allah, He will not answer our prayers as long as this container is with us."  

فَأَتَاهُمْ فَشَفَّعُوهُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ يَا أَبَا يَحْيَى لَوْ دَعَوْتَ بِدَعْوَةٍ قَالَ وَلَهُمْ كُوزٌ عَلَيْهِ جِلْدٌ مَخْتُومٌ يَجْعَلُونَ فِيهِ نَفَقَتَهُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ ارْفَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مَالِكٌ الْكُوزَ تَحْتَ إِبِطِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَنَا مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْكُوزُ مَعَنَا»  

[Machine] So he is told, "O shepherd of evil, you have eaten meat, worn wool, and drunk milk, yet you have not mended the broken, nor sought the lost, nor pastured them in their pastures. Today, they seek revenge against you."

And he said, my father told me, he said, Sufyan said: "It was said when mentioning the righteous, mercy descends." It was asked, "Who mentioned them?" He said, "Some of the scholars."

Sufyan said, "The one who learns and then acts is called great, great in the kingdom of heavens."

Sufyan said, "Your concern for tomorrow's provision is a sin."

Sufyan said, "No man has increased in knowledge except that Allah has increased him in closeness."  

فَيُقَالُ لَهُ يَا رَاعِيَ السُّوءِ أَكَلْتَ اللَّحْمَ وَلَبِسْتَ الصُّوفَ وَشَرِبْتَ اللَّبَنَ لَمْ تَجْبُرِ الْكَسِيرَةَ وَلَمْ تَلْتَمِسِ الضَّالَّةَ وَلَمْ تَرْعَهَا فِي مَرَاعِيهَا الْيَوْمَ أَنْتَقِمُ لَهُمْ مِنْكَ

وقالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قالَ قالَ سُفْيانُ: «كانَ يُقالُ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ الصّالِحِينَ تَنْزِلُ الرَّحْمَةُ» قِيلَ: مَن ذَكَرَهُ؟ قالَ: بَعْضُ العُلَماءِ "

قالَ سُفْيانُ: «الَّذِي عَلِمَ ثُمَّ عَمِلَ يُدْعى عَظِيمًا يُدْعى عَظِيمًا فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّماواتِ»

قالَ سُفْيانُ: «اهْتِمامُكَ بِرِزْقِ غَدٍ خَطِيئَةٌ»

قالَ سُفْيانُ: «ما زادَ رَجُلٌ عِلْمًا إلّا زادَهُ اللَّهُ قُرْبًا»  

[Machine] "So he repeated his statement just as it was, which startled me, and I said, 'To whom?' So he pointed to his chest, meaning himself."  

فَأَعَادَ قَوْلَهُ مِثْلَ مَا كَانَ فَأَفْزَعَنِي فَقُلْتُ عَلَى مَنْ؟ فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ أَيْ عَلَيْهِ  

[Machine] He had two gloves, one was extra and the other was missing.  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ قَفِّيزَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا زَائِدٌ وَالْآخَرُ نَاقِصٌ  

[Machine] Ata Al-Sulami used to wake up in the middle of the night and strike his body with his hand out of fear that his nature might have changed.  

كَانَ عَطَاءٌ السُّلَمِيُّ إِذَا انْتَبَهَ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ فَزَعًا إِلَى أَعْضَائِهِ يَجُسُّهَا مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ غُيِّرَ خَلْقُهُ  

[Machine] And they strike along with the leaders with a spear, so that you become the readers of the Merciful. May Allah bless you.  

وَأَنْ يَضْرِبُوا مَعَ الْأُمَرَاءِ بِسَهْمٍ فَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ قُرَّاءَ الرَّحْمَنِ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ  

[Machine] So Malik cried until he fell or almost fell.  

سَمِعْتُ مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ الرَّحِيلَ الرَّحِيلَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا قَامَ غَيْرَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ قَالَ فَبَكَى مَالِكٌ حَتَّى سَقَطَ أَوْ كَادَ يَسْقُطُ  

[Machine] I heard Farqad As-Sinji say, "I read in the Torah, 'Whoever wakes up sad about the world, wakes up angry with his Lord. And whoever sits with the wealthy, his gold will diminish two-thirds. And whoever experiences a calamity and complains about it to the people, he is only complaining to his Lord.'"  

سَمِعْتُ فَرْقَدَ السِّنْجِيَّ يَقُولُ قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ «مَنْ أَصْبَحَ حَزِينًا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا أَصْبَحَ سَاخِطًا عَلَى رَبِّهِ ﷻ وَمَنْ جَالَسَ غَنِيًّا فَتَضَعْضَعَ لَهُ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا دِينِهِ وَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَشَكَاهَا لِلنَّاسِ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُو رَبَّهُ ﷻ»  

[Machine] Is this only similar to this?  

هَلْ هَذَا إِلَّا مِثْلُ هَذِهِ؟  

[Machine] No, by Allah, I neither love it nor do I love anyone who loves it." Hassan said, "Is he insane? Is he insane?"  

لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا مَا أُحِبُّهُ وَلَا أُحِبُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ أَمَجْنُونٌ هُوَ أَمَجْنُونٌ هُوَ؟  

[Machine] I heard Farqadan al-Sinji say, "The companions of the Prophet, who left this world, were not surpassed by any other companions in their courage, nor did anyone have more reverence for meeting them all. Peace be upon them."  

سَمِعْتُ فَرْقَدًا السِّنْجِيَّ يَقُولُ «لَمْ يَكُنْ أَصْحَابُ نَبِيٍّ فِيمَا خَلَا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَشْجَعَ لِقَاءً وَلَا أَسْمَحَ كَفًّا عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ السَّلَامُ»  

[Machine] A group of worshipers from Kufa gathered and said, "Come with us to Basra so that we can observe their worship." Some of them said to others, "Come with us to the grave of As-Sinjari." So they went to him and he spoke to them for a while. They said to him, "Oh Abu Ya'qub, it is lunchtime." He said, "Yes, I only prolonged my speech so that you would get hungry and eat what I have. Take out that basket and bring me some pieces of black bread." They said, "Salt, oh Abu Ya'qub, salt." He said, "We already put salt in the dough once. Did you not know that I should ask for salt for you?"  

اجْتَمَعَ عِبَادٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقَالُوا انْحَدِرُوا بِنَا إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ فَنَنْظُرَ إِلَى عِبَادَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْحَدِرُوا بِنَا إِلَى فَرْقَدٍ السِّنْجِيِّ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَحَدَّثَهُمْ سَاعَةً فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ الْغَدَاءُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّمَا طَوَّلْتُ حَدِيثِي لِتَجُوعُوا فَتَأْكُلُوا مَا عِنْدِي أَنْزِلُوا تِلْكَ الْقُفَّةَ فَأَخْرَجُوا مِنْهَا كِسَرَ خُبْزِ شَعِيرٍ أَسْوَدَ فَقَالُوا مِلْحٌ يَا أَبَا يَعْقُوبَ مِلْحٌ فَقَالَ قَدْ طَرَحْنَا فِي الْعَجِينِ مِلْحًا مَرَّةً لَمْ تَعْنُونِي أَنْ أَطْلُبَ لَكُمْ  

[Machine] I heard Farqadan saying, "Indeed, you wore the clothes of leisure before work. Haven't you seen the worker, when he works, how he wears his least clothes? But when he finishes, he washes and puts on clean clothes. And you, you wore the clothes of leisure before work."  

سَمِعْتُ فَرْقَدًا يَقُولُ «إِنَّكُمْ لَبِسْتُمْ ثِيَابَ الْفَرَاغِ قَبْلَ الْعَمَلِ أَلَمْ تَرَوْا إِلَى الْعَامِلِ إِذَا عَمِلَ كَيْفَ يَلْبَسُ أَدْنَى ثِيَابِهِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ اغْتَسَلَ وَلَبِسَ ثَوْبَيْنِ نَقِيَّيْنِ وَأَنْتُمْ لَبِسْتُمْ ثِيَابَ الْفَرَاغِ قَبْلَ الْعَمَلِ»  

[Machine] We heard, so let us go and let us work.  

سَمِعْنَا فَانْطَلِقْ بِنَا فَلْنَعْمَلْ»  

[Machine] "That you will not find a guide."  

أَنْ لَا تَلْقَى مُرْشِدًا»  

[Machine] "Remembering Allah (God) among those who are heedless is like fighting alongside those who retreat."  

«ذاكِرُ اللَّهِ فِي الْغَافِلِينَ كَالْمُقَاتِلِ مَعَ الْمُدْبِرِينَ»