[Machine] His saying, Almighty and Exalted is He, "The heavens almost break apart from above them," He said, "from the weight."  

قَوْلُهُ ﷻ {تَكَادُ السَّمَوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِنَّ} قَالَ «مِنَ الثِّقَلِ»  

[Machine] "Between Adam and Noah were ten centuries, all of them on the same divine law. But when they differed, Allah sent prophets and messengers and revealed His book, so they became one nation."  

«كَانَ بَيْنَ آدَمَ وَنُوحٍ عَشَرَةُ قُرُونٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَلَى شَرِيعَةٍ مِنَ الْحَقِّ فَلَمَّا اخْتَلَفُوا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ وَأَنْزَلَ كِتَابَهُ فَكَانُوا أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً»  

[Machine] "People, after Adam, fell into polytheism, they took these idols and worshipped other than Allah. So the angels made supplication against them and said, 'Our Lord, You created Your servants and You perfected their creation and You provided for them and You provided them with good provisions. They disobeyed You and worshipped other than You, O Allah. O Allah, they make supplication against them.' So the Lord, the Exalted and Majestic, said to them, 'Indeed, they are in error, so they shall not be excused.' He said, 'Choose two from among you who will descend to the earth and I will order them and they will be forbidden. So they chose Harut and Marut. He said, and the narration mentions their trial and it says, 'So when they drank alcohol and became intoxicated and they fell into unlawful sexual intercourse and they killed a soul, the commotion increased between them and the angels. So they looked at what they were doing and in response to that, (the verse) was revealed, 'And the angels exalt ( Allah) with praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth' (Surah Ash-Shura, 42:5). He said, 'So afterward the angels made excuses for the people of the earth and supplicated for them.'  

فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ} [البقرة 102] الْآيَةُ قَالَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ بَعْدَ آدَمَ وَقَعُوا فِي الشِّرْكِ اتَّخَذُوا هَذِهِ الْأَصْنَامَ وَعَبَدُوا غَيْرَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَجَعَلَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَدْعُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا خَلَقْتَ عِبَادَكَ فَأَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقَهُمْ وَرَزَقْتَهُمْ فَأَحْسَنْتَ رِزْقَهُمْ فَعَصَوْكَ وَعَبَدُوا غَيْرَكَ اللَّهُمَّ اللَّهُمَّ يَدْعُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ الرَّبُّ ﷻ إِنَّهُمْ فِي غَيْبٍ فَجَعَلُوا لَا يَعْذُرُونَهُمْ فَقَالَ اخْتَارُوا مِنْكُمُ اثْنَيْنِ أُهْبِطُهُمَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَآمُرُهُمَا وَأَنْهَاهُمَا فَاخْتَارُوا هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ قَالَ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ فِيهِمَا وَقَالَ فِيهِ فَلَمَّا شَرِبَا الْخَمْرَ وَانْتَشَيَا وَقَعَا بِالْمَرْأَةِ وَقَتَلَا النَّفْسَ فَكَثُرَ اللَّغَطُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَبَيْنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِمَا وَمَا يَعْمَلَانِ فَفِي ذَلِكَ أُنْزِلَتْ {وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ} [الشورى 5] الْآيَةُ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَعْذُرُونَ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ وَيَدْعُونَ لَهُمْ  

[Machine] "He stood in Arafat and looked at the sun as it was dropping like a shield at sunset. He cried and his weeping intensified. He recited the verse of Allah, the Almighty, from 'Allah is the One who revealed the Book with truth and the Balance. And what will make you perceive that perhaps the Hour is close' (Surah Ash-Shura, 42:17) to 'the Mighty, the Exalted' (Surah Hud, 11:66). His servant said to him, 'O Abu Abdullah, I have stood with you many times, but I have never seen you do this.' He replied, 'I remembered the Messenger of Allah ﷺ standing at this exact place and he said: 'O people, nothing from your worldly matters remains in this world except what remains from this day of yours.'"  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ وَاقِفًا بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّمْسِ حِينَ تَدَلَّتْ مِثْلَ التُّرْسِ لِلْغُرُوبِ فَبَكَى وَاشْتَدَّ بُكَاؤُهُ وَتَلَا قَوْلَ اللَّهِ ﷻ {اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْمِيزَانِ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٌ} [الشورى 17] إِلَى {الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ} [هود 66] فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَدْ وَقَفْتُ مَعَكَ مِرَارًا لَمْ تَصْنَعْ هَذَا فَقَالَ ذَكَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بِمَكَانِي هَذَا فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ دُنْيَاكُمْ هَذِهِ فِيمَا مَضَى إِلَّا كَمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِيمَا مَضَى مِنْهُ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited: "Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest. And whoever desires the harvest of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share." [Surah Ash-Shura, verse 20]. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah Almighty says, "O son of Adam, devote yourself to my worship, I will fill your heart with contentment and remove your poverty. But if not, I will fill your heart with distraction and not remove your poverty."  

تَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ {مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ نَصِيبٍ} [الشورى 20] ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ ﷻ ابْنَ آدَمَ تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي امْلَأْ صَدْرَكَ غِنًى وَأَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ وَإِلَّا تَفْعَلْ مَلَأْتُ صَدْرَكَ شُغْلًا وَلَمْ أَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ  

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whosoever makes all ˹his˺ concerns into one concern (meaning, the concern of the Hereafter), Allah will relieve him of ˹all˺ concerns of his world. And whosoever is indulged ˹only˺ in concerns ˹of this world˺, Allah will not care in which of the valleys of this world he dies."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ جَعَلَ الْهُمُومَ هَمًّا وَاحِدًا، كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ هَمَّ دُنْيَاهُ۔ وَمَنْ تَشَعَّبَتْ بِهِ الْهُمُومُ لَمْ يُبَالِ اللَّهُ فِي أَيِّ أَوْدِيَةِ الدُّنْيَا هَلَكَ۔»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I do not ask you for any reward for the proofs and guidance that I have come to you with, except that you love Allah and draw near to Him by obeying Him."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَى مَا أَتَيْتُكُمْ مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدَى أَجْرًا إِلَّا أَنْ تُوَادُّوا اللَّهَ وَأَنْ تَقَرَّبُوا إِلَيْهِ بِطَاعَتِهِ»  

[Machine] Concerning that, Ibn Abbas wrote that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most noble among the Quraysh is the one who has the most offspring in his lineage," Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, then said in the Quran, "Say, 'I ask of you for it no payment' (Al-An'am 90) regarding what I am calling you to except that you should love and support my relatives." Hushaim narrated to me and Husein informed me from Ikrimah who narrated it in a similar manner.  

عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَانَ أَوْسَطَ بَيْتٍ فِي قُرَيْشٍ لَيْسَ بَطْنٌ مِنْ بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا قَدْ وَلَدَهُ» فَقَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا} [الأنعام 90] إِلَى مَا أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَوَدُّونِي بِقَرَابَتِي مِنْكُمْ وَتَحْفَظُونِي بِهَا قَالَ هُشَيْمٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي حُصَيْنٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِنَحْوٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] "You are the believers and you are the people of Paradise, and by Allah, I truly hope that the majority of those you encounter in Fares and Rome will be in Paradise. For when one of them does good, they will say, "You have done well, may Allah bless you." They will say, "You have done well, may Allah have mercy upon you." And Allah says, "And He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds, and increases them from His bounty." [Surah Ash-Shura 26]"  

أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَامَّةُ مَنْ تُصِيبُونَ بِفَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ يَعْمَلُ الْخَيْرَ فَيَقُولُ أَحْسَنْتَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكَ أَحْسَنْتَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ يَقُولُ {وَيَسْتَجِيبُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ} [الشورى 26]  

[Machine] Qatadah praised and recited the words of Allah, the Almighty: "And if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills." [Surah Ash-Shura, 27]. Khalid ibn Abdallah Al-Asari reported from Abu Ad-Darda' who narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that no sun rises except with two angels being sent on either side. They make sure that what they announce can be heard by all the inhabitants of the earth, except the two heavy creatures. O people, come to your Lord, for what He has said and provided in restricted amounts is better than abundance that distracts and misleads. Also, no sun sets except that two angels are sent on either side, calling: "O Allah, bestow quick provision to one who spends generously, and hasten the perishing of one who hoards excessively."  

ثنا قَتَادَةُ وَتَلَا قَوْلَ اللَّهِ ﷻ {وَلَوْ بَسَطَ اللَّهُ الرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِ لَبَغَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَا يَشَاءَ} [الشورى 27] فَقَالَ ثنا خُلَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَصَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا بُعِثَ بِجَنْبَتَيْهَا مَلَكَانِ إِنَّهُمَا لَيُسْمِعَانِ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا الثَّقَلَيْنِ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ هَلُمُّوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ فَإِنَّ مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى وَمَا غَرَبَتْ شَمْسٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَبِجَنْبَتَيْهَا مَلَكَانِ يُنَادِيَانِ اللَّهُمَّ عَجِّلْ لِمُنْفِقٍ خَلَفًا وَعَجِّلْ لِمُمْسِكٍ تَلَفًا  

[Machine] No one in Kufa woke up except for the one who is comfortable. Indeed, the lowest among them drinks from the water of the Euphrates and sits in the shade and eats from the land. This verse was revealed specifically about the companions of the Prophet ﷺ , "And if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills." [Surah Ash-Shura, 27]. And that is because they said, "If only we had what they have, we would desire the worldly life."  

مَا أَصْبَحَ بِالْكُوفَةِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا نَاعِمٌ إِنَّ أَدْنَاهُمْ مَنْزِلَةً يَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَيَجْلِسُ فِي الظِّلِّ وَيَأْكُلُ مِنَ الْبُرِّ وَإِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ {وَلَوْ بَسَطَ اللَّهُ الرِّزْقَ لِعِبَادِهِ لَبَغَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَا يَشَاءُ} [الشورى 27] وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا فَتَمَنَّوُا الدُّنْيَا  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿWhoever commits a sin in this world and is punished therein. Allah is too generous to repeat His punishment of His slave [in the Hereafter], whoever commits a sin in this world and Allah conceals it and pardons him, Allah is too generous to retract His pardon when He has granted it.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 775)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَصَابَ ذَنْبًا فِي الدُّنْيَا فَعُوقِبَ بِهِ فَاللَّهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثَنِّيَ عُقُوبَتَهُ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ وَمَنْ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فَسَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَفَا عَنْهُ فَاللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي شَيْءٍ عَفَا عَنْهُ»  

[Machine] Some of his companions entered upon him, and he had been afflicted in his body. So, some of them said to him, "We feel sorry for what has befallen you." He said to them, "Do not feel sorry for what you see, for it has befallen me due to a sin, and Allah forgives much." Then he recited the verse from Surah Ash-Shura (Chapter 42) from the verse "And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned, but He pardons much" until the end of the verse.  

دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ وَقَدِ ابْتُلِيَ فِي جَسَدِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّا لَنَبْتَئِسُ لَكَ لِمَا نَزَلَ فِيكَ قَالَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ لِمَا تَرَى فَإِنَّمَا نَزَلَ بِذَنْبٍ وَمَا يَعْفُو اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَكْثَرُ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَلَا عِمْرَانُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ} [الشورى 30] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ  

[Machine] We used to display the Qur'an at Alqama's place, and he recited this verse, "Indeed, in that are signs for those who are certain". Abdullah said, "Certainty is the whole of faith". And he recited this verse, "Indeed, in that are signs for every patient and grateful person". Then Abdullah said, "Patience is half of faith". [Ibrahim 5]  

كُنَّا نَعْرِضُ الْمَصَاحِفَ عِنْدَ عَلْقَمَةَ فَقَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ «إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْمُوقِنِينَ» فَقَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الْيَقِينُ الْإِيمَانُ كُلُّهُ وَقَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ} [إبراهيم 5] قَالَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «الصَّبْرُ نِصْفُ الْإِيمَانِ»  

"On the Day of Uhud, sixty-four of the Ansar were killed, and six from the Muhajirin, one of whom was Hamzah, and they mutilated them, so the Ansar said: 'If, (in the future) we are able to kill them on a day like this, we would mutilate from among them as twice as they (mutilate from among us).'" He said: "So on the day of the Conquest of Makkah, Allah revealed: And if you punish them, then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted. But if you have patience, then it is better for those who are patient (16:126). So a man said: 'There shall be no Quraish after today.' But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Leave the people, except for four.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3129)   

كَانَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ وَمِنْهُمْ سِتَّةٌ فِيهِمْ حَمْزَةُ فَمَثَّلُوا بِهِمْ فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ لَئِنْ أَصَبْنَا مِنْهُمْ يَوْمًا مِثْلَ هَذَا لَنُرْبِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ} [النحل 126]  

[Machine] "The straight path is Islam and it is the widest range between the heavens and the earth."  

«الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ هُوَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَهُوَ أَوْسَعُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ»  

[Machine] About Abdullah's statement, may Allah be exalted, "And indeed, you [O Muhammad] guide to a straight path" [Surah Ash-Shura, verse 52], he said, "The Book of Allah" on the condition of Bukhari and Muslim.  

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ} [الشورى 52] قَالَ «كِتَابُ اللَّهِ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم