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Three men, a leper, a bald man, and a blind man are tested by Allah by curing their handicaps and giving them wealth

bukhari:3464Aḥmad b. Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “There were three among the Children of Israel: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. Allah willed to test them, so He sent to them an angel.”

“He came to the leper and said, ‘What thing do you love most?’ He said, ‘A good color and good skin; people have been disgusted by me.’ He said, ‘Then he touched him, and it went away from him, and he was given a good color and good skin.’ He said, ‘And which wealth do you love most?’” He said, “‘Camels,’” or he said, “‘Cattle.’” — He said: he was uncertain about that, ˹as to˺ the leper and the bald man — one of them said, “‘Camels,’” and the other said, “‘Cattle.’” So he was given a pregnant she-camel, and he said, ‘May it be blessed for you.’”

“And he came to the bald man and said, ‘What thing do you love most?’ He said, ‘Good hair, and that this go away from me; people have been disgusted by me.’ He said, ‘So he touched him, and it went away, and he was given good hair.’ He said, ‘And which wealth do you love most?’ He said, ‘Cattle.’ He said, ‘So he gave him a pregnant cow, and he said, ‘May it be blessed for you.’”

“And he came to the blind man and said, ‘What thing do you love most?’ He said, ‘That Allah restore my sight to me so that I may see people with it.’ He said, ‘So he touched him, and Allah restored his sight to him.’ He said, ‘And which wealth do you love most?’ He said, ‘Sheep.’ So he gave him a ewe that was giving birth.”

“Then these two had offspring, and this one had offspring, until this one had a valley of camels, this one had a valley of cattle, and this one had a valley of sheep.”

“Then he came to the leper in his ˹former˺ appearance and form and said, ‘A poor man, whose means have been cut off in my journey; there is no way to reach ˹my destination˺ today except by Allah, then by you. I ask you by the One who gave you the good color, the good skin, and wealth, for a camel by which I can reach ˹my destination˺ on my journey.’ He said to him, ‘˹I have˺ many rights (responsibilities) ˹upon me˺.’ He said, ‘It is as though I know you. Were you not a leper whom people found disgusting, poor, and then Allah gave you?’ He said, ‘I inherited this wealth, generation after generation.’ He said, ‘If you are lying, then may Allah return you to what you were.’”

“And he came to the bald man in his ˹former˺ appearance and form and said to him the like of what he had said to this one, and he replied to him the like of what this one had replied. He said, ‘If you are lying, then may Allah return you to what you were.’”

“And he came to the blind man in his ˹former˺ appearance and said, ‘A poor man and a wayfarer, whose means have been cut off in my journey; there is no way to reach ˹my destination˺ today except by Allah, then by you. I ask you by the One who restored your sight, for a sheep by which I can reach ˹my destination˺ on my journey.’ He said, ‘I was blind and Allah restored my sight, and I was poor and He made me rich, so take whatever you wish. By Allah, I will not make things difficult for you today regarding anything you take for Allah’s sake.’ He said, ‘Keep your wealth; you were only tested. Allah is pleased with you and displeased with your two companions.’”

البخاري:٣٤٦٤حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَبْرَصَ، وَأَقْرَعَ، وَأَعْمَى. بَدَا لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكًا».

«فَأَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: لَوْنٌ حَسَنٌ، وَجِلْدٌ حَسَنٌ، قَدْ قَذِرَنِي النَّاسُ. قَالَ: فَمَسَحَهُ، فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ، فَأُعْطِيَ لَوْنًا حَسَنًا وَجِلْدًا حَسَنًا. فَقَالَ: أَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الْإِبِلُ،» أَوْ قَالَ: «الْبَقَرُ». – قَالَ: هُوَ شَكَّ فِي ذَلِكَ إِنَّ الْأَبْرَصَ وَالْأَقْرَعَ – قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: «الْإِبِلُ،» وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: «الْبَقَرُ. فَأُعْطِيَ نَاقَةً عُشَرَاءَ، فَقَالَ: يُبَارَكُ لَكَ فِيهَا».

«وَأَتَى الْأَقْرَعَ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: شَعَرٌ حَسَنٌ، وَيَذْهَبُ عَنِّي هَذَا، قَدْ قَذِرَنِي النَّاسُ. قَالَ: فَمَسَحَهُ، فَذَهَبَ، وَأُعْطِيَ شَعَرًا حَسَنًا. قَالَ: فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الْبَقَرُ. قَالَ: فَأَعْطَاهُ بَقَرَةً حَامِلًا، وَقَالَ: يُبَارَكُ لَكَ فِيهَا».

«وَأَتَى الْأَعْمَى، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ يَرُدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيَّ بَصَرِي، فَأُبْصِرَ بِهِ النَّاسَ. قَالَ: فَمَسَحَهُ، فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ بَصَرَهُ. قَالَ: فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الْغَنَمُ. فَأَعْطَاهُ شَاةً وَالِدًا».

«فَأُنْتِجَ هَذَانِ، وَوَلَّدَ هَذَا، فَكَانَ لِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنْ إِبِلٍ، وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنْ بَقَرٍ، وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ».

«ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ، تَقَطَّعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي، فَلَا بَلَاغَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، ثُمَّ بِكَ. أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ اللَّوْنَ الْحَسَنَ، وَالْجِلْدَ الْحَسَنَ، وَالْمَالَ، بَعِيرًا أَتَبَلَّغُ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَفَرِي. فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّ الْحُقُوقَ كَثِيرَةٌ. فَقَالَ: كَأَنِّي أَعْرِفُكَ، أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَبْرَصَ يَقْذَرُكَ النَّاسُ، فَقِيرًا، فَأَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ؟ فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ وَرِثْتُ هَذَا الْمَالَ كَابِرًا عَنْ كَابِرٍ. فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا، فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ».

«وَأَتَى الْأَقْرَعَ فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِهَذَا، فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا رَدَّ عَلَيْهِ هَذَا. فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا، فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ».

«وَأَتَى الْأَعْمَى فِي صُورَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ، وَابْنُ سَبِيلٍ، تَقَطَّعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي، فَلَا بَلَاغَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، ثُمَّ بِكَ. أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ بَصَرَكَ شَاةً أَتَبَلَّغُ بِهَا فِي سَفَرِي. فَقَالَ: قَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْمَى، فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ بَصَرِي، وَفَقِيرًا فَقَدْ أَغْنَانِي، فَخُذْ مَا شِئْتَ. فَوَاللَّهِ، لَا أَجْهَدُكَ الْيَوْمَ بِشَيْءٍ أَخَذْتَهُ لِلَّهِ. فَقَالَ: أَمْسِكْ مَالَكَ، فَإِنَّمَا ابْتُلِيتُمْ، فَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ، وَسَخِطَ عَلَى صَاحِبَيْكَ».

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Story of the three Israelites who were tested by Allah by having their deficiencies removed

muslim:2964Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Hammām > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "There were three persons in Bani Isra'il, one suffering from leprosy, the other bald-headed and the third one blind. Allah decided to test them. So He sent an angel."

"He came to the one who was suffering from leprosy and said: Which thing do you like most? He said: Beautiful color and fine skin and removal of that which makes me detestable in the eye of people. He wiped him and his illness was no more and he was conferred upon beautiful colour and beautiful skin. He (the angel) again said: Which property do you like most? He said: Camels, or he said: The cow. – The narrator is, however, doubtful about it, but (out of the persons) suffering from leprosy or baldness one of them definitely said: The camel. And the other one said: Cow. – And he (one who demanded camel) was bestowed upon a she-camel, in an advanced stage of pregnancy, and while giving he said: May Allah bless you in this."

"Then he came to the bald-headed person and said: Which thing do you like most? He said: Beautiful hair and that (this baldness) may be removed from me because of which people hate me. He wiped his body and his illness was removed and he was bestowed upon beautiful hair, and the angel said: Which wealth do you like most? He said: The cow. And he was given a pregnant cow and while handing it over to him he (the angel) said: May Allah bless you in this."

"Then he came to the blind man and he said: Which thing do you like most? He said: Allah should restore my eyesight so that I should be able to see people with the help of that. He wiped his body and Allah restored to him his eyesight, and he (the angel) also said: Which wealth do you like most? He said: The flock of sheep. And he was given a pregnant goat and that gave birth to young ones."

"And it so happened that one valley abounded in camels and the other one in cows and the third one in sheep."

"He then came to the one who had suffered from leprosy in an (old) form and shape and he said: I am a poor person and my provision has run short in my journey and there is none to take me to my destination except with the help of Allah and your favor. I beg of you in His name Who gave you fine color and fine skin, and the camel in the shape of wealth (to confer upon me) a camel which should carry me in my journey. He said: I have many responsibilities to discharge. Thereupon he said: I perceive as if I recognize you. Were you not suffering from leprosy whom people hated and you were destitute and Allah conferred upon you (wealth)? He said: I have inherited this property from my forefathers. Thereupon he said: If you are a liar may Allah change you to that very position in which you had been."

"He then came to the one who was bald-headed in his (old) form and said to him the same what he had said to him (one suffering from leprosy) and he gave him the same reply as he had given him and he said: If you are a liar, may Allah turn you to your previous position in which you had been."

"And then he came to the blind man in his (old) form and shape and he said: I am a destitute person and a wayfarer. My provisions have run short and today there is no way to reach the destination but with the help of Allah and then with your help and I beg of you in the (name) of One Who restored your eyesight and gave you the flock of sheep to give me a sheep by which I should be able to make my provisions for the journey. He said: I was blind and Allah restored to me my eyesight; you take whatever you like and leave whatever you like. By Allah, I shall not stand in your way today for what you take in the name of God. Thereupon, he said: You keep with you what you have (in your possession). The fact is that you three were put to the test and Allah is well pleased with you and He is angered with your companions."

مسلم:٢٩٦٤حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ ثَلاَثَةً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْرَصَ، وَأَقْرَعَ، وَأَعْمَى۔ فَأَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكًا۔»

«فَأَتَى الأَبْرَصَ فَقَالَ: أَىُّ شَىْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: لَوْنٌ حَسَنٌ، وَجِلْدٌ حَسَنٌ، وَيَذْهَبُ عَنِّي الَّذِي قَدْ قَذِرَنِي النَّاسُ۔ قَالَ: فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ قَذَرُهُ، وَأُعْطِيَ لَوْنًا حَسَنًا، وَجِلْدًا حَسَنًا۔ قَالَ: فَأَىُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الإِبِلُ» أَوْ قَالَ «الْبَقَرُ۔» - شَكَّ إِسْحَاقُ إِلاَّ أَنَّ الأَبْرَصَ أَوِ الأَقْرَعَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا الإِبِلُ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ الْبَقَرُ - قَالَ «فَأُعْطِيَ نَاقَةً عُشَرَاءَ، فَقَالَ: بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهَا۔»

قَالَ «فَأَتَى الأَقْرَعَ، فَقَالَ أَىُّ شَىْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: شَعَرٌ حَسَنٌ، وَيَذْهَبُ عَنِّي هَذَا الَّذِي قَذِرَنِي النَّاسُ۔ قَالَ فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ وَأُعْطِيَ شَعَرًا حَسَنًا۔ قَالَ: فَأَىُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الْبَقَرُ۔ فَأُعْطِيَ بَقَرَةً حَامِلاً۔ فَقَالَ: بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهَا۔»

قَالَ «فَأَتَى الأَعْمَى، فَقَالَ: أَىُّ شَىْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يَرُدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَىَّ بَصَرِي فَأُبْصِرَ بِهِ النَّاسَ۔ قَالَ فَمَسَحَهُ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ بَصَرَهُ۔ قَالَ فَأَىُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الْغَنَمُ۔ فَأُعْطِيَ شَاةً وَالِدًا۔»

«فَأُنْتِجَ هَذَانِ وَوَلَّدَ هَذَا قَالَ فَكَانَ لِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الإِبِلِ، وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ، وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ۔»

قَالَ «ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَتَى الأَبْرَصَ فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ قَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي فَلاَ بَلاَغَ لِيَ الْيَوْمَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ، ثُمَّ بِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ اللَّوْنَ الْحَسَنَ وَالْجِلْدَ الْحَسَنَ وَالْمَالَ بَعِيرًا أَتَبَلَّغُ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَفَرِي؟ فَقَالَ: الْحُقُوقُ كَثِيرَةٌ۔ فَقَالَ لَهُ: كَأَنِّي أَعْرِفُكَ، أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَبْرَصَ يَقْذَرُكَ النَّاسُ فَقِيرًا فَأَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا وَرِثْتُ هَذَا الْمَالَ كَابِرًا عَنْ كَابِرٍ۔ فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ۔»

قَالَ «وَأَتَى الأَقْرَعَ فِي صُورَتِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِهَذَا، وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا رَدَّ عَلَى هَذَا۔ فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ۔»

قَالَ «وَأَتَى الأَعْمَى فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ وَابْنُ سَبِيلٍ انْقَطَعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي فَلاَ بَلاَغَ لِيَ الْيَوْمَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ بِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ بَصَرَكَ شَاةً، أَتَبَلَّغُ بِهَا فِي سَفَرِي؟ فَقَالَ: قَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْمَى فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَىَّ بَصَرِي، فَخُذْ مَا شِئْتَ وَدَعْ مَا شِئْتَ، فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ أَجْهَدُكَ الْيَوْمَ شَيْئًا أَخَذْتَهُ لِلَّهِ۔ فَقَالَ: أَمْسِكْ مَالَكَ فَإِنَّمَا ابْتُلِيتُمْ فَقَدْ رُضِيَ عَنْكَ وَسُخِطَ عَلَى صَاحِبَيْكَ۔»

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الشُّكْرِ لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا بِأَعْضَائِهِ عَلَى نِعَمِهِ، وَلَا سِيَّمَا إِذَا كَانَتِ النِّعْمَةُ تَعْقِبُ بَلْوَى تَعْتَرِيهِ

ibnhibban:314Abū Yaʿlá > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > Hammām b. Yaḥyá > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAmrah > Abū Hurayrah

There were three persons in Bani Isra'il, one suffering from leprosy, the other bald-headed and the third one blind. Allah decided to test them. So He sent an angel who came to the one who was suffering from leprosy and said: Which thing do you like most? He said: Beautiful colour and fine skin and removal of that which makes me detestable in the eye of people. He wiped him and his illness was no more and he was conferred upon beautiful colour and beautiful skin. He (the angel) again said: Which property do you like most? He said: Camels, or he said: The cow the narrator is, however, doubtful about it, but (out of the persons) suffering from leprosy or baldness one of them definitely said: The camel. And the other one said: Cow. And he (one who demanded camel) was bestowed upon a she-camel, in an advanced stage of pregnancy, and while giving he said: May Allah bless you in this. Then he came to the bald-headed person and said: Which thing do you like most? He said: Beautiful hair and that (this baldness) may be removed from me because of which people hate me. He wiped his body and his illness was removed and he was bestowed upon beautiful hair, and the angel said: Which wealth do you like most? He said: The cow. And he was given a pregnant cow and while handing it over to him he (the angel) said: May Allah bless you in this. Then he came to the blind man and he said: Which thing do you like most? He said: Allah should restore my eyesight so that I should be able to see people with the help of that. He wiped his body and Allah restored to him his eyesight, and he (the angel) also said: Which wealth do you like most? He said: The flock of sheep. And he was given a pregnant goat and that gave birth to young ones and it so happened that one valley abounded in camels and the other one in cows and the third one in sheep. He then came to the one who had suffered from leprosy in his (old) form and shape and he said: I am a poor person and my provision has run short in my journey and there is none to take me to my destination except with the help of Allah and your favour. I beg of you in His name Who gave you fine colour and fine skin, and the camel in the shape of wealth (to confer upon me) a camel which should carry me in my journey. He said: I have many responsibilities to discharge. Thereupon he said: I perceive as if I recognise you. Were you not suffering from leprosy whom people hated and you were a destitute and Allah conferred upon you (wealth)? He said: I have inherited this property from my forefathers. Thereupon he said: If you are a liar may Allah change you to that very position in which you had been. He then came to the one who was bald-headed in his (old) form and said to him the same what he had said to him (one suffering from leprosy) and he gave him the same reply as he had given him and he said: If you are a liar, may Allah turn you to your previous position in which you had been. And then he came to the blind man in his (old) form and shape and he said: I am a destitute person and a wayfarer. My provision have ran short and today there is no way to reach the destination but with the help of Allah and then with your help and I beg of you in the (name) of One Who restored your eyesight and gave you the flock of sheep to give me a sheep by which I should be able to make my provisions for the journey. He said: I was blind and Allah restored to me my eyesight; you take whatever you like and leave whatever you like. By Allah, I shall not stand in your way today for what you take in the name of God. Thereupon, he said: You keep with you what you have (in your possession). The fact is that you three were put to test and Allah is well pleased with you and He is annoyed with your companions. (Using translation from Muslim 2964)

ابن حبّان:٣١٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةً فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَبْرَصَ وَأَقْرَعَ وَأَعْمَى فَأَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكًا فَأَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ فقَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ لَوْنٌ حَسَنٌ وَجِلْدٌ حَسَنٌ قَالَ فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ الْإِبِلُ فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَأُعْطِيَ نَاقَةً عُشَرَاءَ فقَالَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهَا قَالَ وَأَتَى الْأَقْرَعَ فقَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ شَعْرٌ حَسَنٌ وَيَذْهَبُ عَنِّي هَذَا الَّذِي قَدْ قَذِرَنِي النَّاسُ قَالَ فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ وَأُعْطِيَ شَعْرًا حَسَنًا قَالَ فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ الْبَقَرُ قَالَ فَأُعْطِيَ بَقَرَةً حَافِلَةً قَالَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِيهَا قَالَ وَأَتَى الْأَعْمَى فقَالَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يَرُدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيَّ بَصَرِي فَأُبْصِرَ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَمَسَحَهُ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ بَصَرَهُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ الْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ الْغَنَمُ قَالَ فَأُعْطِيَ شَاةً وَالِدًا وَأُنْتِجَ هَذَانِ وَوَلَّدَ هَذَا فَكَانَ لِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَلِهَذَا وَادٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْأَبْرَصَ فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ وَابْنُ سَبِيلٍ انْقَطَعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي فَلَا بَلَاغَ بِيَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ بِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ اللَّوْنَ الْحَسَنَ وَالْجِلْدَ الْحَسَنَ وَالْمَالَ بَعِيرًا أَتَبَلَّغُ بِهِ فِي سَفَرِي فقَالَ الْحُقُوقُ كَثِيرَةٌ فقَالَ كَأَنِّي أَعْرِفُكَ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَبْرَصَ يَقْذَرُكَ النَّاسُ فَقِيرًا فَأَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ الْمَالَ؟ فقَالَ إِنَّمَا وَرِثْتُ هَذَا الْمَالَ كَابِرًا عَنْ كَابِرٍ فقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْأَقْرَعَ فِي صُورَتِهِ فقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِهَذَا فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا رَدَّ هَذَا فقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصَيَّرَكَ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا كُنْتَ وَأَتَى الْأَعْمَى فِي صُورَتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ فقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ وَابْنُ سَبِيلٍ انْقَطَعَتْ بِيَ الْحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي ‍ فقَالَ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْمَى فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ بَصَرِي فَخُذْ مَا شِئْتَ وَدَعْ مَا شِئْتَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَا أَجْهَدُكَ الْيَوْمَ شَيْئًا أَخَذْتَهُ لِلَّهِ فقَالَ أَمْسِكْ مَالَكَ فَإِنَّمَا ابْتُلِيتُمْ فَقَدْ رُضِيَ عَنْكَ وَسُخِطَ عَلَى صَاحِبَيْكَ»

suyuti:651-344bAbū Hurayrah

[Machine] Once upon a time, there were three men from the Children of Israel: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. It was God's will to test them, so He sent an angel to them. The angel came to the leper and asked, "What is the thing you desire most?" The leper replied, "A good complexion and good skin, for people find me repulsive." The angel touched him, and his ailment was cured, granting him a good complexion and beautiful skin. Then the angel asked, "What kind of wealth do you prefer?" He responded, "Camels," so he was given a pregnant she-camel and was blessed with it.

The angel then approached the bald man and asked, "What is the thing you desire most?" The bald man said, "Beautiful hair, and for this to go away, as people find me repulsive." The angel touched him, his ailment was cured, and he was given beautiful hair. The angel then asked, "What kind of wealth do you prefer?" He replied, "Cattle," and so he was given a pregnant cow and was blessed with it.

Then the angel visited the blind man and asked, "What is the thing you desire most?" The blind man said, "That God restores my sight so I can see people." The angel touched him, and God restored his sight. The angel asked, "What kind of wealth do you prefer?" The man replied, "Sheep," and was given a pregnant sheep.

Both the camel and cow multiplied, and the sheep increased, so the leper now had a valley full of camels, the bald man had a valley full of cattle, and the blind man had a valley full of sheep.

Later, the angel came to the leper, appearing as he once was, and said, "I am a poor man who has lost all means of help in his travels. My only recourse today is to God and then you. I ask you by the One who gave you your good complexion, beautiful skin, and wealth for a camel that I may use for my travels." The leper replied, "I have many obligations." The angel said, "I seem to recognize you. Weren't you once a leper, whom people found repulsive and poor, and then God enriched you?" The man said, "I inherited all this from my forefathers." The angel responded, "If you are lying, may God return you to what you were."

The angel then visited the bald man in his original appearance and said the same thing as before, to which the bald man replied similarly. The angel said, "If you are lying, may God return you to what you were."

Lastly, the angel visited the blind man in his original appearance and said, "I am a poor man and a traveler who has lost all means. My only recourse is to God and then you. I ask you by the One who restored your sight for a sheep that I may use in my travels." The blind man said, "I was once blind, and God restored my sight; I was poor, and He enriched me. Take whatever you wish, for by God, I will not begrudge you for anything you take for the sake of God." The angel said, "Keep your wealth; you have all been tested. God is pleased with you but is displeased with your companions."

السيوطي:٦٥١-٣٤٤bعن أبي هريرة

"أَنَّ ثَلاثَة نَفَرٍ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرَائِيل: أَبْرَصَ، وَأَقْرعَ، وَأَعْمَى، بَدا للهِ ﷻ- أَنْ يَبْتَلِيَهُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهم مَلَكًا، فَأَتَى الأَبْرَصَ فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: لَوْنٌ حَسَنٌ، وجِلْدٌ حَسَنٌ، قَدْ (قَذِرَنِي) الناسُ، فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ وَأُعْطِيَ لَوْنًا حَسَنًا، وَجِلْدًا حَسَنًا، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ المَالِ أَحَبُّ إلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الإبِلُ، فَأُعْطِيَ نَاقَةً عُشْرَاءَ، فَقَالَ: يُبَارَك لَكَ فِيهَا، وَأَتَى الأَقْرَعَ فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ فَقالَ: شَعْرٌ حَسَنٌ، وَيَذْهَبُ هَذَا عني قَدْ قذرني النَّاسُ، فَمَسَحَهُ فَذَهَبَ وأُعْطِيَ شَعْرًا حَسَنًا فَقَالَ: أَيُّ المَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكِ؟ قَالَ: البَقرُ، فأَعْطَاهُ بَقَرَةً حَامِلًا وَقَالَ: يُبَارَكُ لَكَ فِيهَا، وَأَتَى الأَعْمَى فَقَالَ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: يَرُدُّ اللهُ بَصَري فَأُبْصِرُ بِهِ النَّاسَ، فَمَسَحَهُ فَرَدَّ الله - تَعَالَى- إلَيْهِ بَصَرَهُ فَقَالَ: أَيُّ المَالِ أَحَبُّ إلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: الغَنَمُ، فأَعْطَاهُ شَاةً والِدًا فَأَنْتَجَ هَذَانِ وَوَلَّد هَذَا فَكَانَ لِهذَا وَادٍ مِن الإِبِلِ، وَلِهذَا وَادٍ مِن البَقَرِ، ولِهذَا وَادٍ مِن الغَنَمِ، ثُمَّ إنَّهُ أَتَى الأَبْرَصَ فِي صُورَتِهِ وَحُسْنِهِ فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِسْكينٌ تَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِ الحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِهِ فَلَا بَلاغَ اليَوْم إلَّا بِاللهِ ثُمَّ بِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ اللَّوْنَ الحَسَنَ وَالجِلْدَ الحَسَنَ وَالمَالَ بَعِيرًا أَتَبَلَّغُ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَفَرِي، فَقَالَ: إنَّ الحُقُوقَ كثِيرَةٌ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أعرفك، أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَبْرصَ يَتَقَذَّرُكَ النَّاسُ، فَقِيرًا فَأَعْطَاكَ اللهُ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ وَرِثْتُ لِكَابِرٍ عَنْ كَابِرٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصيَّرَك اللهُ إِلى مَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتَى الأَقْرَعَ فِي صُورتِهِ وَهَيْئَتِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ لِهذَا، وَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا رَدَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَصَيَّرَكَ الله إِلى مَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتَى الأَعْمَى فِي صُورَتِهِ فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ مِسْكِينٌ وَابْن سَبِيلٍ، وَتَقَطَّعَتْ الحِبَالُ فِي سَفَرِي، فَلَا بَلاغَ لِي اليَوْمَ إِلا بِاللهِ ثُمَّ بِكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِالَّذي رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ بَصَرَكَ شَاةً أَتَبَلَّغُ بِهَا فِي سَفَرِي، فَقَالَ لا قَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْمَى فَرَدَّ اللهُ - تَعَالَى- بَصَري وَفَقِيرًا فَخُذْ مَا شِئْتَ، فَواللهِ مَا أحمدك (*) لِشَيْءٍ أَخَذْتَهُ للهِ - تَعَالَى- فَقَالَ: أَمْسِكْ مَالَكَ، فَإنَّمَا ابْتُلِيتُمْ، فَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللهُ - تَعَالَى- عَنْكَ وَسَخِطَ عَلَى صَاحِبَيْكَ".

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن أبي هريرة