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[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."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢٠٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَيَّاشُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْقَحْدَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي خَلَفُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ

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  

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tabarani:12561 – Muḥammad b. al-Sarī b. Mihrān al-Nāqid al-Baghdādī > Muḥammad b. Ḥassān al-Samtī > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Lakhmī > Mujālid > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A delegation from the tribe of Abd al-Qays came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Who of you knows al-Quss bin Sa'idah al-Iyadi?" They all said, "O Messenger of Allah, we all know him." He asked, "What happened to him?" They replied, "He passed away." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I remember him at 'Ukaz during the sacred month, riding a red camel, delivering a sermon to the people. He used to say, 'O people, gather and listen. Whoever is alive, let him live, and whoever is dead, let him stay dead. Everything that is destined to come will come. Indeed, in the sky, there is news, and on the earth, there are lessons. A cradle is placed and a ceiling raised, and the stars move while the seas do not cease. Quss swore an oath, saying, 'If there is contentment on the earth, there will surely be wrath afterwards.' Indeed, Allah has a religion that He loves more than your religion. As for me, I see people going away and never returning. Have they become pleased and established? Or have they been left to sleep?' Then he ﷺ said, 'Is there anyone among you who can recite poetry?' Some of them started reciting their poetry."  

الطبراني:١٢٥٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ النَّاقِدُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ السَّمْتِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ اللَّخْمِيُّ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ وَفْدُ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَيُّكُمْ يَعْرِفُ الْقُسَّ بْنَ سَاعِدَةَ الْإِيَادِيَّ؟» قَالُوا كُلُّنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَعْرِفُهُ قَالَ «فَمَا فَعَلَ؟» قَالُوا هَلَكَ قَالَ مَا أَنْسَاهُ بِعُكَاظٍ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ وَهُوَ عَلَى جَمَلٍ أَحْمَرَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اجْتَمِعُوا وَاسْتَمَعُوا وَعُوا مَنْ عَاشَ مَاتَ وَمَنْ مَاتَ فَاتَ وَكُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ آتٍ إِنَّ فِي السَّمَاءِ لَخَبَرًا وَإِنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَعِبَرًا مِهَادٌ مَوْضُوعٌ وَسَقْفٌ مَرْفُوعٌ وَنُجُومٌ تَمُورُ وَبِحَارٌ لَا تَغُورُ أَقْسَمَ قُسٌّ قَسَمًا حَقًّا لَئِنْ كَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ رِضًا لَيَكُونَنَّ بَعْدَهُ سَخَطٌ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ لَدِينًا هُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ دِينِكُمُ الَّذِي أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالِي أَرَى النَّاسَ يَذْهَبُونَ وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ؟ أَرَضُوا فَأَقَامُوا أَمْ تُرِكُوا فَنَامُوا؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ «أَفِيكُمْ مَنْ يَرْوِي شِعْرَهُ؟» فَأَنْشَدَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ