7. Book of Heart Softeners
٧۔ كِتَابُ الرَّقَائِقِ
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ لِلْمَرْءِ اسْتِعْمَالَ التَّوَرُّعِ فِي أَسْبَابِهِ دُونَ التَّعَلُّقِ بِالتَّأَوِيلِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man bought a property from another man, and he found a jar of gold in the property he bought. The buyer said to the seller, 'Take your gold from me, for I have only bought land from you and have not purchased gold from you.' The one who sold the land said, 'I have sold you the land and everything in it.' They both went to a man to arbitrate their dispute. The man asked them, 'Do you both have children?' One of them said, 'Yes, a boy.' The other one said, 'Yes, a girl.' The arbitrator said, 'Marry the boy to the girl and spend on both of them and be charitable.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اشْتَرَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ رَجُلٍ عَقَارًا فَوَجَدَ الَّذِي اشْتَرَى الْعَقَارَ فِي عَقَارِهِ جَرَّةَ ذَهَبٍ فقَالَ لَهُ الَّذِي اشْتَرَى الْعَقَارَ خُذْ ذَهَبَكَ عَنِّي إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْكَ أَرْضًا وَلَمْ أَبْتَعْ مِنْكَ ذَهَبًا وَقَالَ الَّذِي بَاعَ الْأَرْضَ إِنَّمَا بِعْتُكَ الْأَرْضَ وَمَا فِيهَا قَالَ فَتَحَاكَمَا إِلَى رَجُلٍ فقَالَ الَّذِي تَحَاكَمَا إِلَيْهِ أَلَكُمَا وَلَدٌ؟ فقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا غُلَامٌ وقَالَ الْآخَرُ جَارِيَةٌ فقَالَ أَنْكِحُوا الْغُلَامَ الْجَارِيَةَ وَأَنْفِقُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا وَتَصَدَّقَا»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ وَصْفِ حَالَةِ مَنْ يَتَوَرَّعُ عَنِ الشُّبُهَاتِ فِي الدُّنْيَا
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: What is lawful is clear and what is unlawful is clear, but between them are certain doubtful things. I give you an example for this. Allah has a preserve, and Allah's preserve is the things He has declared unlawful. He who pastures (his animals) round the preserve will soon fall into it. He who falls into doubtful things will soon be courageous. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3329)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْحَلَالُ بَيِّنٌ وَالْحَرَامُ بَيَّنٌ وَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ أُمُورٌ مُشْتَبِهَةٌ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مُتَشَابِهَةٌ وَسَأَضْرِبُ لَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مَثَلًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَمَى حِمًى وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللَّهِ مَحَارِمَهُ وَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَرْتَعْ حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكْ أَنْ يُخَالِطَ الْحِمَى وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مَنْ يَرْتَعْ حَوْلَ الْحِمَى يُوشِكْ أَنْ يَرْتَعَ وَإِنَّ مَنْ خَالَطَ الرِّيبَةَ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَجْسُرَ»
ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَمَّا يُرِيبُ الْمَرْءَ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةِ الزَّائِلَةِ
[Machine] Tell me something you have memorized from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that no one has told you about. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Leave what gives you doubt for what does not give you doubt.' He said, 'Goodness brings tranquility, while evil brings doubt.' The Prophet ﷺ was once given a piece of date as charity, so I took a date and threw it in my mouth, then he took it back from my saliva and put it back with the dates. It was said to him, 'O Messenger of Allah, why did you take back this date from this child?' He said, 'Indeed, we, the family of Muhammad, are not allowed to take charity.' I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicating with this prayer, 'O Allah, guide us among those whom You have guided, and grant us well-being among those whom You have granted well-being, and take us as Your guardians among those whom You have taken as Your guardians, and bless us in what You have given us, and protect us from the evil that You have decreed, for You do decree and none can decree upon You. Indeed, he whom You have taken as a guardian will never be disgraced. Blessed and exalted are You.'"
حَدِّثْنِي بِشَيْءٍ حَفِظْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُحَدِّثْكَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ قَالَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «دَعْ مَا يُرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لَا يُرِيبُكَ» قَالَ «الْخَيْرُ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ وَالشَّرُّ رِيبَةٌ» وَأُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ تَمْرِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَأَخَذْتُ تَمْرَةً فَأَلْقَيْتُهَا فِي فِي فَأَخَذَهَا بِلُعَابِهَا حَتَّى أَعَادَهَا فِي التَّمْرِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ هَذِهِ التَّمْرَةِ مِنْ هَذَا الصَّبِيِّ؟ فقَالَ «إِنَّا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ لَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ» وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنَا فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَعَافِنَا فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ وَتَوَلَّنَا فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَقِنَا شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ إِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ»
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ أَنْ لَا يَعْتَاضَ عَنْ أَسْبَابِ الْآخِرَةِ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ حُطَامِ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةِ الزَّائِلَةِ عِنْدَ حُدُوثِ حَالَةٍ بِهِ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ encountered a Bedouin and honored him. He said to the Bedouin, "Come to us." So he went to him and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Ask for what you need." The Bedouin said, "I want a camel to ride and a she-camel to milk for my family." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "Couldn't you be like an old woman from the Children of Israel?" They asked, "Who is the old woman from the Children of Israel?" He said, "When Moses ﷺ was leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt, they lost their way. Moses asked, 'What is this?' Their scholars said, 'When the death of Joseph ﷺ approached, he made us swear an oath by Allah that we would not leave Egypt without taking his bones with us.' Moses then asked, 'Who knows the location of his grave?' They said, 'An old woman from the Children of Israel knows.' So he sent for her and she came to him. He asked her to show him the grave of Joseph. She replied, 'I will only do so if you promise that I will be with you in Paradise.' Moses disliked giving her that promise, so Allah revealed to him to fulfill her request. They then set out with her until they reached a lake of stagnant water. She said, 'Dry up this water.' So they dried it up. She then said, 'Dig a hole.' So they dug a hole and extracted the bones of Joseph. When they placed the bones on the ground, suddenly the road became bright as daylight."
أَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيًّا فَأَكْرَمَهُ فقَالَ لَهُ «ائْتِنَا» فَأَتَاهُ فقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «سَلْ حَاجَتَكَ» قَالَ نَاقَةٌ نَرْكَبُهَا وَأَعْنُزٌ يَحْلِبُهَا أَهْلِي فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَعَجَزْتُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِثْلَ عَجُوزِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ»؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا عَجُوزُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَالَ «إِنَّ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا سَارَ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ ضَلُّوا الطَّرِيقَ فقَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ فقَالَ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ إِنَّ يُوسُفَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ أَخَذَ عَلَيْنَا مَوْثِقًا مِنَ اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا نَخْرُجَ مِنْ مِصْرَ حَتَّى نَنْقُلَ عِظَامَهُ مَعَنَا قَالَ فَمَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَوْضِعَ قَبْرِهِ؟ قَالَ عَجُوزٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَتَتْهُ فقَالَ دُلِّينِي عَلَى قَبْرِ يُوسُفَ قَالَتْ حَتَّى تُعْطِيَنِي حُكْمِي قَالَ وَمَا حُكْمُكِ؟ قَالَتْ أَكُونُ مَعَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَكَرِهَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا ذَلِكَ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ أَعْطِهَا حُكْمَهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهِمْ إِلَى بُحَيْرَةٍ مَوْضِعِ مُسْتَنْقَعِ مَاءٍ فَقَالَتْ أَنْضِبُوا هَذَا الْمَاءَ فَأَنْضَبُوهُ فَقَالَتْ احْتَفِرُوا فَاحْتَفَرُوا فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا عِظَامَ يُوسُفَ فَلَمَّا أَقَلُّوهَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا الطَّرِيقُ مِثْلُ ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ عِنْدَ الْعُدْمِ النَّظَرَ إِلَى مَا ادُّخِرَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ دُونَ التَّلَهُّفِ، عَلَى مَا فَاتَهُ مِنْ بُغْيَتِهِ
[Machine] Abu Ali Al-Janbi told him that he heard Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd narrating that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When the Prophet ﷺ used to pray with the people, some men would bend themselves in prayer due to their need, even though they were the leaders of their tribes. The Bedouins would say: These people are insane. But when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he would say, "If you knew what you have with Allah, you would have loved to increase your poverty and need."
أَنَّ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْجَنْبِيَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ يَخِرُّ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قَامَتِهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الْحَاجَةِ وَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْأَعْرَابُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَمَجَانِينَ فَإِذَا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ «لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَأَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنْ تَزْدَادُوا فَاقَةً وَحَاجَةً»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنَ الِاتِّكَالِ عَلَى تَفَضُّلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِي أَسْبَابِ دُنْيَاهُ دُونَ التَّأَسُّفِ عَلَى مَا فَاتَهُ مِنْهَا
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Ar-Rahman's Hand is full, He spends without any decrease, night and day.' He said: 'Do you not see how much He has spent since He created the heavens and the earth, yet it has not decreased what is in His Hand, and His Throne is over the water, and in His Other Hand is the Mizan (Scale) which He raises and lowers.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3045)
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَمِينُ اللَّهِ مَلْأَى لَا يَغِيضُهَا نَفَقَةٌ سَحَّاءُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا أَنْفَقَ مُنْذُ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَغِضْ مَا فِي يَمِينِهِ وَالْيَدُ الْأُخْرَى الْقَبْضُ يَرْفَعُ وَيَخْفِضُ وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ»
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى إِيجَابِ الْجَنَّةِ لِمَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فِي جَمِيعِ أَسْبَابِهِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A nation entered Paradise by its Qada' (sustenance and resources) and Qideed (measuring utensils). They did not hoard or steal, and they relied on their Lord."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ الْجَنَّةَ بِقَضِّها وَقَضِيضِهَا كَانُوا لَا يَكْتَوُونَ وَلَا يَسْتَرْقُونَ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَسْلِيمِ الْأَشْيَاءِ إِلَى بَارِئِهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا
I went to Ubayy b. Ka’b and said him : I am confused about Divine decree, so tell me something by means of which Allah may remove the confusion from my mind. He replied : were Allah to punish everyone in the heavens and in the earth. He would do so without being unjust to them, and were he to show mercy to them his mercy would be much better than their actions merited. Were you to spend in support of Allah’s cause an amount of gold equivalent to Uhud, Allah would not accept it from you till you believed in divine decree and knew that what has come to you could not miss you and that what has missed you could not come to you. Were you to die believing anything else you would enter Hell. He said : I then went to ‘Abd Allah b. MAs’ud and he said something to the same effect. I next went to Hudhaifah b. al-Yaman and he said something to the same effect. I next went to Zaid b. Thabit who told me something from the Prophet (May peace be upon him) to the same effect. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4699)
فقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَوْ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ عَذَّبَهُمْ غَيْرَ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا قَبِلَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ وَلَوْ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا لَدَخَلْتَ النَّارَ»
Believers submit to the Divine Decree and are not distressed when faced undesired outcomes
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنَ السُّكُونِ تَحْتَ الْحُكْمِ، وَقِلَّةِ الِاضْطِرَابِ عِنْدَ وُرُودِ ضِدِّ الْمُرَادِ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "I am amazed by the believer, for Allah does not decree anything for them except that it is good for them."
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «عَجِبْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ لَا يَقْضِي اللَّهُ لَهُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُجِدًّا فِي الطَّاعَاتِ إِذَا وَرَدَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَالَةُ الضِّيقِ وَالْمَنْعِ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَسْتَوِي قَلْبُهُ عِنْدَهَا مَعَ حَالَةِ الْوُسْعِ وَالْإِعْطَاءِ
[Machine] The family of Muhammad (pbuh) used to live for three months without kindling a fire in which they would have nothing to burn except water and dates. Around us were families from the Ansar (helpers) who had chickens in their courtyards. So the people of each house would send to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) the surplus of their soup, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) would have some of that milk.
«لَقَدْ كَانَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يَرَوْنَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ مَا يَسْتَوْقِدُونَ فِيهِ بِنَارٍ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا الْمَاءُ وَالتَّمْرُ وَكَانَ حَوْلَنَا أَهْلُ دُورٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَهُمْ دَوَاجِنُ فِي حَوَائِطِهِمْ فَكَانَ أَهْلُ كُلِّ دَارٍ يَبْعَثُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِغَزِيرِ شَاتِهِمْ فَكَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ ذَلِكَ اللَّبَنِ»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ قَطْعِ الْقَلْبِ عَنِ الْخَلَائِقِ بِجَمِيعِ الْعَلَائِقِ فِي أَحْوَالِهِ وَأَسْبَابِهِ
Umar bin al Khattab heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿIf you were to put your trust in Allah as you should, you would be given provision like the birds: they go out hungry in the morning and come back with full bellies in the evening.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 205)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَوْ تَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ لَرَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ كَمَا يَرْزُقُ الطَّيْرَ تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَعُودُ بِطَانًا»
ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ مَعَ تَوَكُّلِ الْقَلْبِ الِاحْتِرَازِ بِالْأَعْضَاءِ ضِدَّ قَوْلِ مَنْ كَرِهَهُ
[Machine] "A man sent my camel to the Prophet Muhammad and I am relying on him?" He replied, "Tie it up and put your trust in God."
رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أُرْسِلُ نَاقَتِي وَأَتَوَكَّلُ؟ قَالَ «اعْقِلْهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ»