[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The people are followers of the Quraysh in this matter. Their best in the pre-Islamic era were their best in Islam if they acquire knowledge. By Allah! If it weren't for the arrogance of the Quraysh, I would have informed them of their status in the sight of Allah, the Exalted.'"  

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِذَا فَقِهُوا وَاللهِ لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرَ قُرَيْشٌ لَأَخْبَرْتُهَا مَا لِخِيَارِهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ  

[Machine] "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: O Allah, there is no preventer for what You have given, and there is no giver for what You have prevented, and this effort of mine cannot benefit anyone besides You. Whomsoever You desire good for, You make him understand the religion. And the best women who rode the camels are the righteous women of the Quraysh. They protected them with their own hands and supported them with their children from a young age."  

وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَخَيْرُ نِسْوَةٍ رَكِبْنَ الْإِبِلَ صَالِحُ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ أَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ وَأَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ  

[Machine] He told him that he heard Muawiya on the pulpit in Mecca saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing gold and silk.  

أخْبَرَهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ بِمَكَّةَ يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُبْسِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْحَرِيرِ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever Allah wishes to bring good to, He gives him understanding of the religion, and this Ummah will continue to be established on the command of Allah. Those who oppose them will not harm them until the command of Allah comes while they are still apparent among people."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُّ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَنْ تَزَالَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ أُمَّةًقَائِمَةً عَلَى أَمْرِ اللهِ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَهُمْ ظَاهِرُونَ عَلَى النَّاسِ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There will always be a group from my Ummah standing firm upon the command of Allah, unaffected by those who abandon or oppose them, until the command of Allah comes to pass. They will be apparent to the people." Then Malik ibn Yakhamir As-SakSakī stood up and said, "O Amir al-Mu'minin, I heard Mu'adh ibn Jabal saying this about the people of ash-Sham." Mu'awiyah replied in a raised voice, "This is Malik, claiming that he heard Mu'adh saying this about the people of ash-Sham."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تَزَالُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي قَائِمَةً بِأَمْرِ اللهِ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ أَوْ خَالَفَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللهِ ﷻ وَهُمْظَاهِرُونَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَامَ مَالِكُ بْنُ يَخَامِرٍ السَّكْسَكِيُّ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ يَقُولُ وَهُمْ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ هَذَا مَالِكٌ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاذًا يَقُولُ وَهُمْ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ  

[Machine] "Muaawiya took the position of governorship after Abu Huraira and followed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in it. Abu Huraira complained and while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was performing wudu, he raised his head towards him once or twice and said, 'O Muawiya, if you are entrusted with authority, fear Allah ﷻ and be just.' He said, 'I continued to think that I was being tested with a work until I was tested.'"  

أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَخَذَ الْإِدَاوَةَ بَعْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَتْبَعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِهَا وَاشْتَكَى أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يُوَضِّئُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأ فَقَالَ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ إِنْ وُلِّيتَ أَمْرًا فَاتَّقِ اللهَ ﷻ وَاعْدِلْ قَالَ فَمَازِلْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنِّي مُبْتَلًى بِعَمَلٍلِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى ابْتُلِيتُ  

[Machine] "That someone other than Jews makes this, and indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called it "zoor," as if he means intimacy."  

أَنَّ أَحَدًا يَصْنَعُ هَذَا غَيْرَ الْيَهُودِ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَمَّاهُ الزُّورَ قَالَ كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي الْوِصَالَ  

[Machine] The people gathered and Muawiyah delivered a speech in Hims. In his speech, he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited seven things. I will now inform you of these seven things and prohibit you from indulging in them. These things are: wailing, poetry, images/statues, excessive adornment/display, the skins of predatory animals, gold, and silk.  

خَطَبَ النَّاسَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بِحِمْصَ فَذَكَرَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَرَّمَ سَبْعَةَ أَشْيَاءَ وَإِنِّي أُبْلِغُكُمْ ذَلِكَ وَأَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ مِنْهُنَّ النَّوْحُ وَالشِّعْرُ وَالتَّصَاوِيرُ وَالتَّبَرُّجُ وَجُلُودُ السِّبَاعِ وَالذَّهَبُ وَالْحَرِيرُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I am only a messenger, and Allah guides and divides. And Allah gives, so whoever receives anything from me with good inclination and good guidance, it is a blessed thing for him. And whoever receives anything from me with bad inclination and bad guidance, it is he who eats but does not get full."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُبَلِّغٌ وَاللهُ يَهْدِي وَقَاسِمٌ وَاللهُ يُعْطِي فَمَنْ بَلَغَهُ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ بِحُسْنِ رَغْبَةٍ وَحُسْنِ هُدًى فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي يُبَارَكُ لَهُ فِيهِ وَمَنْ بَلَغَهُ منِّي شَيْءٌ بِسُوءِ رَغْبَةٍ وَسُوءِ هُدًى فَذَاكَ الَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ  

[Machine] "Abu Al-Mughira, in another place, narrated that Al-Harazi reported from Abu Amer Abdullah ibn Luhay saying: We performed Hajj with Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan. When we arrived in Mecca, he stood up after performing the Dhuhr prayer and said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The people of the two scriptures (Jews and Christians) split into seventy-two sects, and this Ummah (Muslim nation) will split into seventy-three sects, all of them in Hellfire except one, and that is the Jama'ah (main group). And indeed, there will emerge among my Ummah people who will follow other desires (sects) like stray dogs follow their owners. Any vein or joint they enter, and O people of the Arabs, I swear by Allah, if you don't adhere to what your Prophet ﷺ brought, then others among the people will be more worthy of following it."  

أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ الْحَرَازِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ لُحَيٍّ قَالَ حَجَجْنَا مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ قَامَ حِينَ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابَيْنِ افْتَرَقُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ عَلَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً وَإِنَّ هَذِهِالْأُمَّةَ سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً يَعْنِي الْأَهْوَاءَ كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا وَاحِدَةً وَهِيَ الْجَمَاعَةُ وَإِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ فِي أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ تَجَارَى بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الْأَهْوَاءُ كَمَا يَتَجَارَى الْكَلْبُ بِصَاحِبِهِ لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ عِرْقٌ وَلَا مَفْصِلٌ إِلَّا دَخَلَهُ وَاللهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعَرَبِ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَقُومُوا بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ نَبِيُّكُمْ ﷺ لَغَيْرُكُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحْرَى أَنْ لَا يَقُومَ بِهِ  

[Machine] He informed him that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ trim his hair with a scissors. So I said to Ibn Abbas, "We only learned of this matter from Muawiyah. " He said, "Muawiyah was not accused of anything regarding the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

أخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَصَّرَ مِنْ شَعَرِهِ بِمِشْقَصٍ فَقُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَا بَلَغَنَا هَذَا الْأَمْرُ إِلَّا عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ؟ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مُتَّهَمًا  

[Machine] It means "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ shortened his hair with a pair of scissors."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَصَّرَ بِمِشْقَصٍ