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bayhaqi:18945Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Sulamī > Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Kārizī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū ʿUbayd > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh

[Machine] I arrived in the city and went out on a holiday. Suddenly, I saw a man wearing a mantle, looking like he was riding even though he was walking with the people. He was saying, "Emigrate and do not abandon emigration, and be cautious of the rabbit that one of you may hit with a stick, but remember the spear, the arrows, and the nobility." Abu 'Ubaid said, "When he says 'emigrate and do not abandon emigration,' he means to have sincerity in emigration and not to resemble the emigrants without intention from you, for this is al-tahajjur." He said, "And the words of the Arabs 'asr' and 'aysar' mean working with both hands equally."  

البيهقي:١٨٩٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ السُّلَمِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْكَارِزِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَخَرَجْتُ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُتَلَبِّبٌ أَعْسَرُ أَيْسَرُ يَمْشِي مَعَ النَّاسِ كَأَنَّهُ رَاكِبٌ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ هَاجِرُوا وَلَا تَهَجَّرُوا وَاتَّقُوا الْأَرْنَبَ أَنْ يَخْذِفَهَا أَحَدُكُمْ بِالْعَصَا وَلَكِنْ لِيُذَكِّ لَكُمُ الْأَسَلُ وَالرِّمَاحُ وَالنَّبْلُ قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ قَوْلُهُ هَاجِرُوا وَلَا تَهَجَّرُوا يَقُولُ أَخْلِصُوا النِّيَّةَ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِالْمُهَاجِرِينَ عَلَى غَيْرِ نِيَّةٍ مِنْكُمْ فَهَذَا هُوَ التَّهَجُّرُ قَالَ وَكَلَامُ الْعَرَبِ أَعْسَرُ أَيْسَرُ وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ بِيَدَيْهِ جَمِيعًا سَوَاءً