6. Meccans
٦۔ مسند المكيين
[Machine] "To a man from the people, O Fulan, how did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ describe Islam?" He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Verily, Islam started as a shoot, then it became a sapling, then it grew into a young tree, then it became a fully grown tree, then it started to decline.'" Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "So what comes after decline, except loss?"
لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا فُلَانُ كَيْفَ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْعَتُ الْإِسْلَامَ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بَدَأَ جَذَعًا ثُمَّ ثَنِيًّا ثُمَّ رَبَاعِيًا ثُمَّ سَدِيسًا ثُمَّ بَازِلًا قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَمَا بَعْدَ الْبُزُولِ إِلَّا النُّقْصَانُ