63. Faith
٦٣۔ كِتَابُ الْأَيْمَانِ
[Machine] He informed him that some of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the Ansar had informed him that a man among them complained until he became worn out, and his skin was so thin that it adhered to his bones. A slave girl belonging to one of them entered upon him, so he struck her above the collarbone. Then he mentioned his story, saying: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered them to take one hundred cane sticks for him and strike him with them once.
أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَّهُ اشْتَكَى رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى أُضْنِيَ فَعَادَ جِلْدُهُ عَلَى عَظْمٍ فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ جَارِيَةٌ لِبَعْضِهِمْ فَهَشَّ لَهَا فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ قِصَّتَهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا لَهُ مِائَةَ شِمْرَاخٍ فَيَضْرِبُوهُ بِهَا ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً
[Machine] That I will not dress my family until I stand in Arafat, and that is not during the days of Hajj. So Ata' said, "Go and stand, and dress your family." Then it was said to Ata', "He only intends to perform Hajj." So Ata' said, "Did you not see what happened to Job, ﷺ , when he swore to strike his family, he meant to strike them with a bundle of stalks? Indeed, the Quran contains examples and lessons."
أَنْ لَا أَكْسُوَ أَهْلِي حَتَّى أَقِفَ بِعَرَفَةَ وَذَاكَ فِي غَيْرِ أَيَّامِ الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ اذْهَبْ فَقِفْ وَاكْسُ أَهْلَكَ فَقِيلَ لِعَطَاءٍ إِنَّمَا نَوَى الْحَجَّ فَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ أَرَأَيْتَ أَيُّوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ حِينَ حَلَفَ لَيَضْرِبَنَّ أَهْلَهُ حَلَفَ لَيَضْرِبَنَّهَا بِضِغْثٍ؟ إِنَّمَا الْقُرْآنُ أَمْثَالٌ وَعِبَرٌ