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ahmad-zuhd:1290ʿAbdullāh from my father > Rawḥ > Hishām > al-Ḥasan

[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."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ خَرَجَ هَرِمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرٍ يُرِيدَانِ أَرْضَ الْحِجَازِ قَالَ

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