[Machine] "The Hajj of Al-Aswad (the Black Stone) is equivalent to eighty Hajj and Umrah."  

«حَجَّ الْأَسْوَدُ ثَمَانِينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ حَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ»  

[Machine] "Amr ibn Maymun performed Hajj and Umrah sixty times."  

«وَحَجَّ عَمْرُو بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ سِتِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ حَجَّةٍ وَعُمْرَةٍ»  

[Machine] "Do you not fear Allah, O Abu Umar, regarding this body? Why do you torture this body?" So Aswad said, "O Abu Shibl, this is serious, very serious."  

أَلَا تَتَّقِي اللَّهَ يَا أَبَا عُمَرَ فِي هَذَا الْجَسَدِ عَلَامَ تُعَذِّبُ هَذَا الْجَسَدَ؟ فَقَالَ الْأَسْوَدُ يَا أَبَا شِبْلٍ الْجِدَّ الْجِدَّ  

[Machine] "I want comfort for him."  

«الرَّاحَةَ أُرِيدُ لَهُ»  

[Machine] And Alqamah used to say, "Woe unto you, why is this body being tortured?" And he would say, "Indeed, the matter is serious, indeed, the matter is serious."  

وَكَانَ عَلْقَمَةُ يَقُولُ وَيْحَكَ لِمَ تُعَذِّبُ هَذَا الْجَسَدَ؟ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ جِدٌّ إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ جِدٌّ  

[Machine] Aisha, what is in Iraq, a man more honorable than Al Aswad, meaning Ibn Zaid.  

عَائِشَةُ ؓ مَا بِالْعِرَاقِ رَجُلٌ أَكْرَمُ مِنَ الْأَسْوَدِ تَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ  

[Machine] Once he was asked, "How much is left of your prayers?" And he had aged, so he said, "Half of fifty and two hundred units."  

سُئِلَ مَرَّةً مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ؟ وَكَانَ قَدْ كَبِرَ قَالَ «الشَّطْرُ خَمْسُونَ وَمِائَتَا رَكْعَةٍ»  

[Machine] We used to visit Murrah Al-Hamdani and we would see the trace of prostration on his forehead, hands, knees, and feet. He would then sit with us for a while and then he would stand up, as it was only a bow and prostration.  

كُنَّا نَأْتِي مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيَّ فَيَخْرُجُ فَنَرَى أَثَرَ السُّجُودِ فِي جَبْهَتِهِ وَكَفَّيْهِ وَرُكْبَتَيْهِ وَقَدَمَيْهِ قَالَ فَيَجْلِسُ مَعَنَا هُنَيَّةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ رُكُوعٌ وَسُجُودٌ  

يَسْمَعُ لِأَهْلِهِ دَوِيًّا كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ مَا بَالُ هَؤُلَاءِ يَأْمَنُونَ مَا كَانَ أُولَئِكَ يَخَافُونَ؟»  

[Machine] "He has a boy who said, 'If this is your habit, your eyesight will be lost, and you should seek a guide for yourself.'"  

لَهُ غُلَامٌ لَهُ «لَئِنْ كَانَ هَذَا دَأَبَكَ لَيَذْهَبَنَّ بَصَرُكَ ولْتَلْتَمِسْ لَكَ قَائِدًا»  

[Machine] As long as a man's heart remembers Allah, he is in prayer even if he is in the marketplace.  

«مَا دَامَ قَلْبُ الرَّجُلِ يَذْكَرُ اللَّهَ ﷻ فَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي السُّوقِ»  

[Machine] "Hajj is a stolen reward, so he did not sleep except prostrating on his face."  

«حَجَّ مَسْرُوقٌ فَمَا نَامَ إِلَّا سَاجِدًا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ»  

[Machine] Stolen: "There is nothing in this world that brings sadness except prostration to Allah."  

مَسْرُوقٌ «مَا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَيْءٌ آسَى عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا السُّجُودَ لِلَّهِ ﷻ»  

[Machine] O Abu Sa'id, there is nothing desired except that our faces be humbled in this dust.  

يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ «مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ يُرْغَبُ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ نُعَفِّرَ وُجُوهَنَا فِي هَذَا التُّرَابِ»  

[Machine] "To be impressed with his knowledge."  

أَنْ يُعْجَبَ بِعِلْمِهِ»  

[Machine] "A man does not take a step except that a good or bad deed is written for him."  

«مَا خَطَا رَجُلٌ خُطْوَةً إِلَّا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ أَوْ سَيِّئَةٌ»  

[Machine] "To find poetry in my journal."  

أَنْ أَجِدَ فِي صَحِيفَتِي شِعْرًا»  

[Machine] I will not be secure in my sustenance until the servant says, "We have no coins or silver."  

مَا أَكُونُ أَوْثَقَ مِنِّي بِالرِّزْقِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْخَادِمُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا قَفِيزٌ وَلَا دِرْهَمٌ  

[Machine] About the statement of Masruq, "And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out" [Surah At-Talaq 2]. He said, "His way out is that he knows that Allah prevents him and He gives to him." And, "And whoever relies upon Allah - then He is sufficient for him" [Surah At-Talaq 3]. He said, "Isn't it that whoever relies upon Allah, it is sufficient for him? Except for the one upon whom he relies and he overlooks his sins and magnifies his reward." He said, "Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose" [Surah At-Talaq 3]. And He said, "So whoever relies upon Allah - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose" [Surah At-Talaq 3]. Indeed, Allah has decreed for everything its destiny.  

عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا} [الطلاق 2] قَالَ مَخْرَجُهُ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ هُوَ يَمْنَعُهُ وَهُوَ يُعْطِيهِ {وَمَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ} [الطلاق 3] قَالَ أَلَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَفَاهُ؟ إِلَّا مَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِ يُكَفِّرُ عَنْهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِ وَيُعْظِمُ لَهُ أَجْرًا قَالَ {إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ} [الطلاق 3] وَقَالَ فَيمَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَفِيمَنْ لَمْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ {قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًا} [الطلاق 3] أَجَلًا  

[Machine] That he has gatherings in which he can be alone, where he mentions his sins and seeks forgiveness from them.  

أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مَجَالِسُ يَخْلُو فِيهَا فَيَذْكُرَ فِيهَا ذُنُوبَهُ فَيَسْتَغْفِرَ مِنْهَا»  

[Machine] Masrooq used to ride his mule every Friday and he would carry me behind him. Then he would come to an old market in Giza and place his mule on it and say "The world is beneath us."  

كَانَ مَسْرُوقٌ يَرْكَبُ كُلَّ جُمُعَةٍ بَغْلَةً لَهُ وَيَحْمِلُنِي خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي كُنَاسَةً بِالْجِيزَةِ قَدِيمَةٍ فَيَجْعَلُ عَلَيْهَا بَغْلَتَهُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «الدُّنْيَا تَحْتَنَا»  

[Machine] I do not envy anything more than a believer who reaches his grave and is safe from punishment and has found rest from the world.  

«مَا أُغْبِطُ شَيْئًا بِشَيْءٍ كَمُؤْمِنٍ فِي لَحْدِهِ قَدْ أَمِنَ الْعَذَابَ واسْتَرَاحَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا»  

[Machine] That a thief used to pray until his feet were swollen, and his wife would sit and cry over what he did to himself.  

أَنَّ مَسْرُوقًا كَانَ يُصَلِّي حَتَّى توْرَمَ قَدَمَاهُ وَتَجْلِسُ امْرَأَتُهُ فَتَبْكِي مِمَّا يَصْنَعُ بِنَفْسِهِ  

[Machine] "If any of you reaches the age of forty, let him take caution and be mindful of Allah, glorified be He."  

«إِذَا بَلَغَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَلْيَأْخُذْ حِذْرَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَه»  

[Machine] "Indeed, you love Allah, so you love those who love Allah."  

«إِنَّكَ أَحْبَبْتَ اللَّهَ فَأَحْبَبْتَ مَنْ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ ﷻ»  

[Machine] I was with Masrooq when he was in chains as a prisoner. I have never seen anyone free Masrooq except for the water from the river.  

«كُنْتُ مَعَ مَسْرُوقٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى السِّلْسِلَةِ أَمِيرًا فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَعَفَّ مِنْ مَسْرُوقٍ مَا كَانَ يُصِيبُ إِلَّا الْمَاءَ مِنْ دِجْلَةَ»  

[Machine] Ziyad sent Masruq as a worker in the chain, and when Masruq left, some of the people of Kufa accompanied him to bid him farewell. Among them was a young man riding a horse. When they returned and only a few of Masruq's companions remained, the young man approached him and said, "Surely, you are the leader of the people of Kufa and their top reciter. If it is asked who among them is the best, it will be said Masruq. And if it is asked who among them is the most knowledgeable, it will be said Masruq. And if it is asked who among them is the most understanding, it will be said Masruq. Indeed, your beauty is their beauty, and your ugliness is their ugliness. I implore you by Allah, do not make yourself suffer from poverty or long expectation." Masruq replied to him, "Will you not assist me in my situation?" He said, "By Allah, I am not satisfied with what you are in, so how can I assist you with it? Depart!" When the young man left, Masruq said, "He did not benefit me with any advice. His advice did not reach me." Sufyan said, "When Masruq returned from his work, Abu Wa'il came to him and Masruq said to him, 'I have not done any work that I fear will drag me into the fire. I did not wrong any Muslim or covenant holder. But I do not know what this burden is that neither the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , nor Abu Bakr, nor Umar have commanded me with.' Abu Wa'il asked him, 'What led you to do it?' Masruq replied, 'Shuraih and Ibn Ziyad pressured me, and the devil tempted me.'"  

بَعَثَ زِيَادٌ مَسْرُوقًا عَامِلًا عَلَى السِّلْسِلَةِ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ مَسْرُوقٌ خَرَجَ مَعَهُ قُرَّاءُ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ يُشَيِّعُونَهُ فَكَانَ فِيهِمْ شَابٌّ عَلَى فَرَسٍ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ وَبَقِيَ مَسْرُوقٌ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ دَنَا مِنْهُ الْفَتَى فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ سَيِّدُ قُرَّاءِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَقَرِيعُهُمْ إِنْ قِيلَ مَنْ أَفْضَلُهُمْ؟ قِيلَ مَسْرُوقٌ وَإِنْ قِيلَ مَنْ أَعْلَمُهُمْ؟ قِيلَ مَسْرُوقٌ وَإِنْ قِيلَ مَنْ أَفْقَهُهُمْ؟ قِيلَ مَسْرُوقٌ وَإِنَّ زَيْنَكَ لَهُمْ زَيْنٌ وَإِنَّ شَيْنَكَ لَهُمْ شَيْنٌ وَإِنِّي أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ أَوْ قَالَ أُعِيذُكَ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَ نَفْسَكَ بِفَقْرٍ أَوْ بِطُولِ أَمَلٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَسْرُوقٌ أَلَا تُعِينُنِي عَلَى مَا أَنَا فِيهِ؟ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرْضَى لَكَ مَا أَنْتَ فِيهِ فَكَيْفَ أُعِينُكَ عَلَيْهِ؟ انْصَرِفْ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الْفَتَى قَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ مَا بَلَغَتْ مِنِّي مَوْعِظَةٌ مَا بَلَغَتْ مَوْعِظَةُ هَذَا الْفَتَى قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مَسْرُوقٌ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ ذَلِكَ أَتَاهُ أَبُو وَائِلٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَسْرُوقٌ مَا عَمِلْتُ عَمَلًا أَنَا مِنْهُ أَخْوَفُ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي النَّارَ مِنْ عَمَلِي هَذَا وَمَا ظَلَمْتُ فِيهِ مُسْلِمًا وَلَا مُعَاهَدًا وَلَكِنِّي مَا أَدْرِي مَا هَذَا الْحِمْلُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَسُنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَا عُمَرُ؟ قَالَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ اكْتَنَفَنِي شُرَيْحٌ وَابْنُ زِيَادٍ وَالشَّيْطَانُ  

[Machine] "That their skins were torn by the claws."  

أَنَّ جُلُودَهُمْ قُرِضَتْ بِالْمَقَارِيضِ»  

[Machine] Masrooq said, "The people who face hardships in this world wish that their suffering is rewarded on the Day of Judgment. To the extent that one of them wishes that their skin was cut in this world with razorblades."  

قَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ «يَوَدُّ أَهْلُ الْبَلَاءِ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِذَا أُثِيبُوا عَلَى بَلَائِهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ يَتَمَنَّى لَوْ أَنَّ جِلْدَهُ كَانَ قُرِضَ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِالْمَقَارِيضِ»  

[Machine] "To honor his guest"  

أَنْ يُكْرِمَ زَائِرَهُ»  

[Machine] And he said, "Do not be deceived or let a Muslim deceive you."  

وَقَالَ «لَا تَغُرَّ أَوْ لَا يُغُرُّ بِكَ مُسْلِمٌ»  

[Machine] Then I said, "Where should I go to pray behind him?" So I said, once I will go and once I will not go. He said, "Then I gathered my opinion on going." He said, "Then a caller called me from the direction of the house: 'O you who have believed, when the call is made for prayer on the day of Jumu'ah, then proceed to the remembrance of Allah." (Surah Al-Jumu'ah, 9) He said, "So I went." He said, "And I sat once to write a book." He said, "Then something was presented to me. If I wrote it, my writing would be adorned, and I would have lied. And if I left it, it would be in my book some ugliness and I would have told the truth." He said, "So I said, once I will write it and once I will not write it." He said, "Then I gathered my opinion on leaving it. So I left it." He said, "Then a caller called me from the direction of the house: 'Allah keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter." (Surah Ibrahim, 27)  

ثُمَّ قُلْتُ أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ أُصَلِّي خَلْفَ هَذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ مَرَّةً أَذْهَبُ وَقُلْتُ مَرَّةً لَا أَذْهَبُ قَالَ فَأُجْمِعَ رَأْيِي عَلَى الذِّهَابِ قَالَ فَنَادَانِي مُنَادٍ مِنْ جَانِبِ الْبَيْتِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ} [الجمعة 9] قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ قَالَ وَجَلَسْتُ مَرَّةً أَكْتُبُ كِتَابًا قَالَ فَعَرَضَ لِي شَيْءٌ إِنْ أَنَا كَتَبْتُهُ زُيِّنَ كِتَابِي كُنْتُ قَدْ كَذَبْتُ وَإِنْ أَنَا تَرَكْتُهُ كَانَ فِي كِتَابِي بَعْضُ الْقُبْحِ وَكُنْتُ قَدْ صَدَقْتُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَرَّةً أَكْتُبُهُ وَمَرَّةً لَا أَكْتُبُهُ قَالَ [285] فَأُجْمِعَ رَأْيِي عَلَى تَرْكِهِ فَتَرَكْتُهُ قَالَ فَنَادَانِي مِنْ جَانِبِ الْبَيْتِ {يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ} [إبراهيم 27]  

[Machine] "By Allah, if blood were to drip on this garment, it would be a good omen. So, I threw it and saw the blood dripping onto the place where he had placed his hand, and he died. We woke up on a cold morning, and I gave a blanket to someone and he wrapped himself in it. Ibn al-Dawraqi said, "Wrap yourself in it." So, he wrapped himself in it, and he said, "By Allah, it is small, and Allah surely blesses the small things." Then, he died from it, and his remains continued to wear that blanket, and he would say, "Surely it increases my love for him to see blood on this blanket."  

وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ تَحَدُّرَ الدَّمِ عَلَى هَذِهِ لَحَسَنٌ فَرُمِيَ فَرَأَيْتُ الدَّمَ يَتَحَادَرُ عَلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَمَاتَ وَغَدَوْنَا فِي غَدَاةٍ بَارِدَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُ مِعْضَدًا بُرْدِي فَاعْتَجَرَ بِهِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ الدَّوْرَقِيِّ فَاعْتَمَّ بِهِ فَرُمِيَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهَا لَصَغِيرَةٌ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُبَارِكُ فِي الصَّغِيرَةِ فَمَاتَ مِنْهَا فَكَانَ عَلْقَمَةُ يَلْبَسُ ذَلِكَ الْبُرْدَ وَيُقُولُ «إِنَّهُ لَيَزِيدُهُ إِلَيَّ حُبًّا أَنْ أَرَى فِيهِ دَمَ مِعْضَدٍ»  

[Machine] I have a bag in which I raise and put each dirham.  

أَنَّ لِي بِكُلِّ حَافِرٍ يَرْفَعُهُ وَيَضَعُهُ دِرْهَمًا دِرْهَمًا»  

[Machine] "Abdullah, O 'Amr, obey your father." So, he looked at a shoulder while he was sitting with them. Then he said to him, "Do not obey them, and perform sujud and approach. Why did A'mash not perform sujud?" 'Amr said, "O father, I am a slave working to free myself." He [Abdullah] said, "Then 'Utbah wept and said, 'O my son, I love you with two loves - the love of Allah and the love of a parent for his child.'" 'Amr said, "O father, if you had come to me with wealth that reached seventy thousand, and if you were asking me about it, it is here - take it. Otherwise, leave me to spend it." So he spent it until not even a single dirham remained."  

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَا عَمْرُو أَطِعْ أَبَاكَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى مِعْضَدٍ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ مَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ لَا تُطِعْهُمْ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ وَلِمَ لَمْ يَسْجُدِ الْأَعْمَشُ؟ قَالَ عَمْرٌو يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ أَعْمَلُ فِي فِكَاكِ رَقَبَتِي قَالَ فَبَكَى عُتْبَةُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ حُبَّيْنِ حُبًّا لِلَّهِ ﷻ وَحُبَّ الْوَالِدِ وَلَدَهُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّكَ قَدْ كُنْتَ أَتَيْتَنِي بِمَالٍ قَدْ بَلَغَ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ سَائِلِي عَنْهُ فَهُوَ ذَا فَخُذْهُ وَإِلَّا فَدَعْنِي فَأُمْضِيَهُ قَالَ فَأَمْضَاهَا حَتَّى مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا دِرْهَمٌ  

[Machine] "Uthman, what is preventing you from getting married? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar have all gotten married, and we have women for you to marry. " Umar then said to him, "O Amir al-Mu'minin, who has a similar level of deeds as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar, and a similar level of deeds as you?" When he heard this, Uthman said, "Go if you wish, and if you want, get married, and if you want, do not get married."  

عُثْمَانُ مَا يَمْنَعُكُ مِنَ التَّزْوِيجِ وَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعِنْدَنَا مِنْهُنَّ مَا عِنْدَنَا؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَنْ لَهُ مِثْلُ عَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمِثْلُ عَمَلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَمِثْلُ عَمَلِكَ؟ فَلَمَّا قَالَهَا قَالَ انْطَلِقْ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَتَزَوَّجْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَلَا تَتَزَوَّجْ  

[Machine] Amr ibn Utbah ibn Farqad used to go out on his horse at night and stand by the graves, saying, "O people of the graves, the records have been folded, the deeds have been raised." Then he would cry and describe what would happen until the morning. Then he would return and witness the dawn prayer.  

كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ يَخْرُجُ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ لَيْلًا فَيَقِفُ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ فَيَقُولُ «يَا أَهْلَ الْقُبُورِ لَقَدْ طُوِيَتِ الصُّحُفُ لَقَدْ رُفِعَتِ الْأَعْمَالُ ثُمَّ يَبْكِي ثُمَّ يَصُفُّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَيَرْجِعَ فَيَشْهَدَ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ»  

[Machine] Amr ibn Utbah used to take care of the camels of his companions, and there was a cloud that shaded him.  

كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ يَرْعَى رِكَابَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَغَمَامَةٌ تُظِلُّهُ  

[Machine] "Amr ibn Utbah used to pray while the lion protected him."  

«كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ يُصَلِّي وَالسَّبُعُ يَحْمِيهِ»  

[Machine] So we heard the roar of the lion, so we ran away while he was standing praying, he did not leave. So we said to him, "Aren't you afraid of the lion?" He said, "I am shy of my Lord, blessed and exalted, to fear anyone other than Him."  

فَسَمِعْنَا زَئِيرَ الْأَسَدِ فَهَرَبْنَا وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي لَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ أَمَا خِفْتَ الْأَسَدَ؟ قَالَ «إِنِّي لَأَسْتَحِي مِنْ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ أَخَافَ أَحَدًا سِوَاهُ»  

[Machine] "To make me despise the world, so I do not care about what it presents to me or what it takes away from me. I asked Him to give me strength in prayer, so He provided it for me. And I asked Him for martyrdom, as I hope for it."  

أَنْ يُزَّهِدَنِي فِي الدُّنْيَا فَمَا أُبَالِي مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْهَا وَمَا أَدْبَرَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يُقَوِّيَنِي عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَرَزَقَنِي مِنْهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ الشَّهَادَةَ فَأَنَا أَرْجُوهَا»  

[Machine] About Fustat, when a lion came until it passed in front of Amr's direction, and he did not leave, then he came to Fustat and came until he folded on Amr's leg. When he wanted to prostrate, he came and folded in the place of his prostration, so he prostrated on him or erased him, then a man who doubted prostrated. When the companion of Amr became morning, he entered upon him and informed him about the lion's passing in front of him and that he did not leave, and he saw that he had done something, so Amr showed him his trace on his legs and informed him about what he had done.  

عَنِ الْفُسْطَاطِ إِذْ جَاءَ أَسَدٌ حَتَّى مَرَّ فِي قِبْلَةِ صَاحِبِ عَمْرٍو فَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْفُسْطَاطَ فَجَاءَ حَتَّى انْطَوَى عَلَى رِجْلِ عَمْرٍو فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْجُدَ جَاءَ حَتَّى انْطَوَى فِي مَوْضِعِ سُجُودِهِ فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ قَالَ فَنَحَّاهُ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ بِشْرٌ يَشُكُّ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ صَاحِبُ عَمْرٍو دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَرِّ الْأَسَدِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَنَعَ شَيْئًا فَأَرَاهُ عَمْرٌو أَثَرَهُ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ وَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ  

[Machine] He went out to graze on a hot day, and some of his companions came to him, and he found himself in the shade of a cloud while standing. Amr said, "Good news, O Amr!" So Amr swore not to tell anyone about it.  

فَخَرَجَ فِي الرَّعْيِ فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ فَأَتَاهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالْغَمَامَةِ تُظِلُّهُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ قَالَ بِشْرٌ يَا عَمْرُو فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِ عَمْرٌو أَنْ لَا يُخْبِرَ بِهِ  

[Machine] About Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Utbah ibn Farqad that his parents wanted to marry him, but he refused. They sought the help of Uthman ibn Affan, who said to him, "Why don't you get married? The Prophet ﷺ got married, Abu Bakr got married, Umar got married, and I got married." He replied, "Who is like you in your deeds?" Uthman said, "Glory be to Allah, glory be to Allah." He turned his face away and covered it with his hand, describing the virtues of Uthman. When they insisted on him, he said, "Fine, I will get married." He proposed to the daughter of Jarir, and she said, "I have no need for women, and my parents only want to marry me off to you. You will have food and clothing with them, so go ahead." He said, "When they brought her to me, I went to pray at night and she stood behind me and prayed with me until morning. And we woke up fasting. Amr said, "If I were to delay, she would prevent me." So his parents said, "We only married you to have children, and we don't see her having children. Divorce her." So he divorced her, and then he proposed to another woman. He said, "I will not get married to a woman until I speak to her." When they brought her to him, he said the same words he said to the daughter of Jarir. Then they separated, and one day he was lying down, pretending to be asleep, and a woman from her family said to her, "Why don't you have children? Are you incapable?" She replied, "Can a woman have children without a husband?" When he heard this, he divorced her and his parents abandoned him.  

عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ أَنَّهُ أرادَهُ أبَواهُ عَلى أنْ يُزَوِّجاهُ، فَأبى فاسْتَعانا عَلَيْهِ بِعُثْمانَ بْنِ عَفّانَ ﵁، فَقالَ لَهُ عُثْمانُ: «ما لَكَ لا تَتَزَوَّجُ فَقَدْ تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وتَزَوَّجَ أبُو بَكْرٍ وتَزَوَّجَ عُمَرُ وتَزَوَّجْتُ أنا، فَقالَ: ومَن لِي بِمِثْلِ أعْمالِكُمْ؟ فَقالَ عُثْمانُ: سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ وأعْرَضَ بِوَجْهِهِ وسَتَرَهُ بِيَدِهِ صُنْعَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي إذا رَأى شَيْئًا كَرِهَهُ - وصَفَ صُنْعَ عُثْمانَ ﵁ - فَلَمّا أكْثَرُوا عَلَيْهِ قالَ: فَإنِّي أتَزَوَّجُ فَخَطَبَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنَةَ جَرِيرٍ فَقالَ: إنِّي لا أتَزَوَّجُ امْرَأةً حَتّى أُكَلِّمَها قالُوا: نَعَمْ، قالَ أبُو الحَسَنِ: يَعْنِي مُثَنًّى، فَحَدَّثَنِي فَهْدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ المُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي هَذا الحَدِيثِ قالَ: فَجاءُوا بِابْنَةِ جَرِيرٍ فَقالَ لَها: إنَّهُ لا حاجَةَ لِي فِي النِّساءِ وإنَّ أبَوايَ قَدْ أبَيا عَلَيَّ إلّا أنْ يُزَوِّجانِي ولَكِ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الطَّعامِ والكُسْوَةِ ما تُرِيدِينَ قالَتْ: قَدْ رَضِيتُ قالَ: فَلَمّا أتَوْهُ بِها قامَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وقامَتْ تُصَلِّي خَلْفَهُ حَتّى أصْبَحا وأصْبَحَ صائِمًا وأصْبَحَتْ صائِمَةً قالَ: قالَ عَمْرٌو: فَإنْ كُنْتُ لَأفْتُرُ فَيَمْنَعُنِي مَكانُها، فَقالَ لَهُ أبَواهُ: إنّا إنَّما زَوَّجْناكَ نُرِيدُ ولَدَكَ ولا نَرى هَذِهِ تَلِدُ فَطَلِّقْها فَطَلَّقَها ثُمَّ خَطَبَ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأةً أُخْرى فَقالَ: لا أتَزَوَّجُ امْرَأةً حَتّى أُكَلِّمَها فَأتَياهُ بِها فَقالَ لَها مِثْلَ ما قالَ لابْنَةِ جَرِيرٍ ثُمَّ فَتَرَتْ فَكانَ يَوْمًا مُضْطَجِعًا يُرى أنَّهُ نائِمٌ فَقالَتْ لَها امْرَأةٌ مِن أهْلِها: يا فُلانَةُ، ما لَكِ لا تَلِدِينَ؟ أعَجِزْتِ؟ قالَتْ: أوَ تَلِدُ المَرْأةُ مِن غَيْرِ بَعْلٍ؟ فَلَمّا سَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ طَلَّقَها وتَرَكَهُ أبَواهُ»  

[Machine] A caller called out, "O horses of Allah, ride!" and he rode out. He was the first to be met and he was injured. So he was brought and buried in this place. He said, "There was no one quicker than a caller calling out, 'O horses of Allah, ride!' like a village to a city. They treated it and 'Amr rode out quickly among the people, he was the first to ride out. He came to 'Utba who had news of that. 'Ali said, "O 'Amr, O 'Amr!" and he sent for him in his pursuit. But he was not reached until he was injured. He said, "I did not see him buried except in the center of his spear and the threshold of that day on the people" and he said, "And Ghayru as-Suddi said, he received a wound." And he said, "By Allah, you are young and indeed Allah blesses the young. Leave me in my place until I walk. If I live, then raise me up." He said, "So he died in his place, may Allah have mercy on him."  

أَنَّ مُنَادِيًا نَادَى يَا خَيْلَ اللَّهِ ارْكَبِي فَخَرَجَ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ لُقِيَ فَأُصِيبَ فَجِيءَ بِهِ فَدُفِنَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ قَالَ فَمَا كَانَ بِأَسْرَعَ أَنْ نَادَى مُنَادٍ يَا خَيْلَ اللَّهِ ارْكَبِي كَقَرْيَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِمَدِينَةٍ كَانُوا عَالَجُوهَا وَخَرَجَ عَمْرٌو فِي سُرْعَانِ النَّاسِ فِي أَوَّلِ مَنْ خَرَجَ فَأَتَى عُتْبَةَ خَبَرٌ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عَلَيَّ عَمْرًا عَلَيَّ عَمْرًا فَأَرْسَلَ فِي طَلَبِهِ فَمَا أُدْرِكَ حَتَّى أُصِيبَ قَالَ فَمَا أَرَاهُ دُفِنَ إِلَّا فِي مَرْكَزِ رُمْحِهِ وَعُتْبَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ قَالَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُ السُّدِّيِّ أَصَابَهُ جُرْحٌ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَصَغِيرٌ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُبَارِكُ فِي الصَّغِيرِ دَعُونِي فِي مَكَانِي هَذَا حَتَّى أَمْشِيَ فَإِنْ أَنَا عِشْتُ فَارْفَعُونِي قَالَ فَمَاتَ فِي مَكَانِهِ ذَلِكَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ  

[Machine] When the delegation of Bakr ibn Wail came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he asked them, "What happened to Quss ibn Sa'idah al-Iyadi?" They replied, "He has passed away, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "It is as if I see him in the market of 'Ukaz, riding a red camel and saying, 'O people, gather and listen to what I say. Anyone who is alive, will eventually die, and anyone who has died, has passed everything that was supposed to come to him. A cradle will be put in its place, a raised roof, stars that do not shake, and seas that do not dry up. As for the future, there are news in the heavens and lessons in the earth. I swear that Allah has a religion, and it pleases Him more than any other religion you are currently on.'" He then recited a poem and a man from the people said, "Shall I narrate it, O Messenger of Allah?" So he recited:

"In the first centuries of those who have gone, we have insights,

When I saw resources for the destinations, that have no sources,

The past does not return to me and the remaining do not diminish,

I have come to know for sure that inevitably I will be among those who become."  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ وَفْدُ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُمْ «مَا فَعَلَ قُسُّ بْنُ سَاعِدَةَ الْإِيَادِيُّ؟» قَالُوا مَاتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فِي سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ عَلَى جَمَلٍ أَحْمَرَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اجْتَمِعُوا فَاسْمَعُوا مَا أَقُولُ وَعُوا مَنْ عَاشَ مَاتَ وَمَنْ مَاتَ فَاتَ كُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ آتٍ مِهَادٌ مَوْضُوعٌ وَسَقْفٌ مَرْفُوعُ وَنُجُومٌ مَا تَمُورُ وَبِحَارٌ مَا تَغُورُ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ خَبَرًا وَفِي الْأَرْضِ عِبَرًا أُقْسِمُ أَنَّ لِلَّهِ دِينًا هُوَ أَرْضَى لَهُ مِنْ دِينٍ أَصْبَحْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ يُنْشِدُ شِعْرًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

أرْوِيهِ فَأنْشَدَناهُ فَقالَ:

[البحر الكامل]

فِي الذّاهِبِينَ الأوَّلِينَ … مِنَ القُرُونِ لَنا بَصائِرُ

لَمّا رَأيْتُ مَوارِدًا لِلْمَوْ … تِ لَيْسَ لَها مَصادِرُ

لا يَرْجِعُ الماضِي إلَيَّ … ولا مِنَ الباقِينَ غابِرُ

أيْقَنْتُ أنِّي لا مَحالَةَ … حَيْثُ صارَ القَوْمُ صائِرُ  

«بَيَاضُ وُجُوهِهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لِكَثْرَةِ سُجُودِهِمْ كَانَ فِي الدُّنْيَا»  

[Machine] "Regarding your sorrow, what did you say? And what was said to you? I have given for a seed what you have neglected of my right, so give me what you have shortened in my right."

And Sufyan said: Umar ibn Dharr recited "Master of the Day of Judgment," and he said, "Oh what a day, what possessions for the hearts of the truthful!"  

عَنِ الْحُزْنِ عَلَيْكَ فَلَيْتَ شِعْرِي مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ وَمَاذَا قِيلَ لَكَ؟ إِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبْتُ لِذَرٍّ مَا فَرَّطَ فِيهِ مِنْ حَقِّي فَهَبْ لِي مَا قَصَّرَ فِيهِ مِنْ حَقِّكَ»

وقالَ سُفْيانُ: قَرَأ عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ: ﴿مالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ﴾ فَقالَ: «يا لَكَ مِن يَوْمٍ ما أمْلاكَ لِقُلُوبِ الصّادِقِينَ»  

[Machine] "And he said, 'I will now join the people, and I do not know what I have earned for myself.'

And Uthman ibn Abi Dahrash said, 'I have never prayed a prayer without seeking forgiveness from Allah for my shortcomings in it.'"  

وَقَالَ أَصِيرُ الْآنَ مَعَ النَّاسِ فَلَا أَدْرِي مَا أَجْنِي عَلَى نَفْسِي

وقالَ عُثْمانُ بْنُ أبِي دَهْرَشٍ: «ما صَلَّيْتُ صَلاةً قَطُّ إلّا اسْتَغْفَرْتُ اللَّهَ مِن تَقْصِيرِي فِيها»  

[Machine] "Regarding the world, let death be your nature, and be like the physician who patiently takes the medicine to cure his wounds, fearing a long illness and expecting relief by enduring it."  

عَنِ الدُّنْيَا وَلْيَكُنْ فِطْرُكَ الْمَوْتَ وَكُنْ كَالْمُدَاوِي جِرَاحَهُ صَبْرًا عَلَى الدَّوَاءِ خَشْيَةَ طُولِ الْبَلَاءِ احْتِمَالًا لِلْبَلَاءِ يَلْتَمِسُ بِذَلِكَ طُولَ الرَّاحَةِ»