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ذِكْرُ تَفْرِيقِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ بِالرِّسَالَةِ

ibnhibban:6552al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr from his father > Jalasnā > al-Miqdād b. al-Aswad Yawm Famar Bih a man

[Machine] "Blessed are these eyes that have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . By Allah, we wish we had seen what you saw and witnessed what you witnessed. May anger befall whosoever claims anything extraordinary other than good, then he approached the Messenger ﷺ and said, 'What motivates a person to resemble someone he has never seen, not knowing how he would have been in his presence? By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appeared to people, but they turned away from him and disbelieved him. Should you not praise Allah when He brought you out, recognizing your Lord and confirming what your Prophet ﷺ brought? Indeed, you were spared from affliction through means other than yourselves. By Allah, the Prophet ﷺ was sent in the most difficult circumstances that no prophet before him had ever experienced during a period of ignorance. They did not perceive any religion better than idol worship until he brought a clear distinction between truth and falsehood, and between a parent and his child. To the extent that a person might see his child, parent, or brother as a disbeliever, while Allah has opened the lock of his heart to faith, knowing that if he perishes, he would enter Hell, yet his eyes do not shed a tear, and he is aware that his beloved is in Hell, and that is the one to whom Allah has said: "Those who say, 'Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes' –" (Quran 25:74).  

ابن حبّان:٦٥٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ صَفْوَانِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ جَلَسْنَا إِلَى الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ يَوْمًا فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ

«طُوبَى لِهَاتَيْنِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ رَأَتَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْنَا أَنَّا رَأَيْنَا مَا رَأَيْتَ وَشَهِدْنَا مَا شَهِدْتَ فَاسْتُغْضِبَ فَجَعَلَتْ أَعْجَبُ مَا قَالَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا يَحْمِلُ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى مُحْضَرًا غَيَّبَهُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَا يَدْرِي لَوْ شَهِدَهُ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ حَضَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَقْوَامٌ أَكَبَّهُمُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ لَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ وَلَمْ يُصَدِّقُوهُ أَوَلَا تَحْمَدُونَ اللَّهَ إِذْ أَخْرَجَكُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ رَبَّكُمْ مُصَدِّقِينَ لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ نَبِيُّكُمْ ﷺ قَدْ كُفِيتُمُ الْبَلَاءَ بِغَيْرِكُمْ؟ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ بُعِثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى أَشَدِّ حَالٍ بُعِثَ عَلَيْهَا نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَفَتْرَةٍ وَجَاهِلِيَّةٍ مَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ دَيْنًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ فَجَاءَ بِفُرْقَانٍ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْوَالِدِ وَوَلَدِهِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَرَى وَلَدَهُ أَوْ وَالِدَهُ أَوْ أَخَاهُ كَافِرًا وَقَدْ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ قُفْلَ قَلْبِهِ لِلْإِيمَانِ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ إِنْ هَلَكَ دَخَلَ النَّارَ فَلَا تَقَرُّ عَيْنُهُ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ حَبِيبَهُ فِي النَّارِ وَأَنَّهَا الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ {الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ} الْآيَةَ»  


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ahmad:23810Yaʿmar b. Bishr > ʿAbdullāh / Ibn al-Mubārak > Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr from his father > Jalasnā > al-Miqdād b. al-Aswad Yawm Famar Bih a man

[Machine] Blessed are the eyes that saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . By Allah, if only we had seen what you saw and witnessed what you witnessed! I became angry and said, "The best thing he ever said was... Then he turned to him and said, "What makes a man long for a presence that Allah has kept hidden from him? He does not know what it would be like if he witnessed it!" By Allah, there were people present in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whom Allah had favored, but they neither responded to him nor believed in him. Do you not praise Allah when He led you out of ignorance, and you had no knowledge of anyone except your Lord, affirming what your Prophet brought to you? You have been spared afflictions by the efforts of others. By Allah, Allah sent the Prophet ﷺ at the most difficult time, in which no prophet had been sent before, in an era of ignorance, when people did not consider any religion better than idol worship. He brought a criterion by which he distinguished between truth and falsehood, and separated a person from his parent or child, to the extent that a man might see his parent or child or brother as a disbeliever, even though Allah had opened his heart to accept faith and he knew that if he died, he would enter Hellfire. His eyes would not cry, knowing that his loved one would be in the Fire, which Allah has described as, "Those who say, 'Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes..." (Quran 25:74).  

أحمد:٢٣٨١٠حَدَّثَنَا يَعْمَرُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ جَلَسْنَا إِلَى الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ يَوْمًا فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ

طُوبَى لِهَاتَيْنِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ رَأَتَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَوَدِدْنَا أَنَّا رَأَيْنَا مَا رَأَيْتَ وَشَهِدْنَا مَا شَهِدْتَ فَاسْتُغْضِبَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَعْجَبُ مَا قَالَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا يَحْمِلُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى مَحْضَرًا غَيَّبَهُ اللهُ عَنْهُ لَا يَدْرِي لَوْ شَهِدَهُ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ حَضَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْوَامٌ كَبَّهُمُ اللهُ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ لَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ وَلَمْ يُصَدِّقُوهُ أَوَلَا تَحْمَدُونَ اللهَ إِذْ أَخْرَجَكُمْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ إِلَّا رَبَّكُمْ مُصَدِّقِينَ لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ نَبِيُّكُمْ قَدْ كُفِيتُمُ الْبَلَاءَ بِغَيْرِكُمْ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ بَعَثَ اللهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى أَشَدِّ حَالٍ بُعِثَ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فِي فَتْرَةٍ وَجَاهِلِيَّةٍ مَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ دِينًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ فَجَاءَ بِفُرْقَانٍ فَرَقَ بِهِ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْوَالِدِ وَوَلَدِهِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَرَى وَالِدَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ أَوْ أَخَاهُكَافِرًا وَقَدْ فَتَحَ اللهُ قُفْلَ قَلْبِهِ لِلْإِيمَانِ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ إِنْ هَلَكَ دَخَلَ النَّارَ فَلَا تَقَرُّ عَيْنُهُ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ حَبِيبَهُ فِي النَّارِ وَأَنَّهَا لَلَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ} [الفرقان 74]  

tabarani:17798[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ > Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Ibn al-Mubārak > Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr from his father > Jalasnā > al-Miqdād b. al-Aswad Yawm Famar Bih a man Wāstamaʿt

[Machine] "Fortunate are these two eyes that have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . By Allah, I wish we had seen what you have seen and witnessed what you have witnessed, so that we could approach him. He said, 'What does a man gain by wishing for a presence that Allah has concealed from him? He does not know how he would be if he witnessed it.' By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the company of people who were pushed into the depths of Hell, but they did not respond to him and did not believe in him. Doesn't Allah forbid any one of you? Don't you recognize the blessings of your Lord, affirming what your Prophet ﷺ came with? You have been saved from calamity without anyone else. By Allah, the Prophet ﷺ was sent in the most severe circumstances. No Prophet was sent during a period of ignorance where they did not see any religion better than idol worship. He brought forth a criterion that distinguished between truth and falsehood, and between a person and his child, to the extent that a man may see his father, son, or brother as a disbeliever, while Allah has opened the lock of his heart with faith, so that he knows that whoever enters the Hellfire is doomed. His eyes do not become content, even though he knows that his loved one is in the Fire. And indeed, it is what Allah has said, 'Our Lord! Grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes.'"  

الطبراني:١٧٧٩٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالَا ثنا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ جَلَسْنَا إِلَى الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ يَوْمًا فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ وَاسْتَمَعْتُ فَقَالَ

طُوبَى لِهَاتَيْنِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ رَأَتَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّا رَأَيْنَا مَا رَأَيْتَ وَشَهِدْنَا مَا شَهِدْتَ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا يَحْمِلُ الرَّجُلَ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى مَحْضَرًا غَيَّبَهُ اللهُ عَنْهُ لَا يَدْرِي لَوْ شَهِدَهُ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ؟ وَاللهِ «لَقَدْ حَضَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْوَامٌ كَبَّهُمُ اللهُ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ لَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ وَلَمْ يُصَدِّقُوهُ أَلَا يَحْرِمُ اللهُ أَحَدَكُمْ؟ أَلَا تَعْرِفُونَ آلَاءَ رَبِّكُمْ مُصَدِّقِينَ لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ قَدْ كُفِيتُمُ الْبَلَاءَ بِغَيْرِكُمْ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ» بُعِثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى أَشَدِّ حَالٍ بُعِثَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فِي فَتْرَةٍ وَجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ دِينًا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ فَجَاءَ بِفُرْقَانٍ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْوَالِدِ وَوَلَدِهِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَرَى وَالِدَهُ أَوْ وَلَدَهُ وَأَخَاهُ كَافِرًا قَدْ فَتْحَ اللهُ لَهُ قُفْلَ قَلْبِهِ بِالْإِيمَانِ لَيَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ هَلَكَ مَنْ دَخَلَ فِي النَّارِ فَلَا تُسَرُّ عَيْنُهُ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ حَمِيمَهُ فِي النَّارِ وَإِنَّهَا الَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيَنٍ}