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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مَا وَصَفْنَا مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْحَوَادِثِ هُوَ مِنْ أَمَارَةِ إِرَادَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْخَيْرَ بِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

ibnhibban:6647 – Muḥammad b. al-Musayyib b. Isḥāq > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī > Abū Usāmah > Burayd > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

When Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to come; and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma, He punishes it while its Apostle is alive and He destroys it as he (the Apostle) witnesses it and he cools his eyes by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command. (Using translation from Muslim 2288)   

ابن حبّان:٦٦٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بُرَيْدٌ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَرَادَ رَحْمَةَ أُمَّةٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهَا قَبْلَهَا فَجَعَلَهُ لَهَا فَرَطًا وَسَلَفًا وَإِذَا أَرَادَ هَلَكَةَ أُمَّةٍ عَذَّبَهَا وَنَبِيُّهَا حَيٌّ فَأَقَرَّ عَيْنَهُ بِهَلَكَتِهَا حِينَ كَذَّبُوهُ وَعَصَوْا أَمْرَهُ»  

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Collected by Muslim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
muslim:2288 – Muslim And Ḥudditht > Abū Usāmah Wamimman Rawá Dhalik > h Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī > Abū Usāmah > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

When Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to come; and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma, He punishes it while its Apostle is alive and He destroys it as he (the Apostle) witnesses it and he cools his eyes by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command.  

مسلم:٢٢٨٨ – قَالَ مُسْلِمٌ وَحُدِّثْتُ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ وَمِمَّنْ رَوَى ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ إِذَا أَرَادَ رَحْمَةَ أُمَّةٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهَا قَبْلَهَا فَجَعَلَهُ لَهَا فَرَطًا وَسَلَفًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَإِذَا أَرَادَ هَلَكَةَ أُمَّةٍ عَذَّبَهَا وَنَبِيُّهَا حَىٌّ فَأَهْلَكَهَا وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ فَأَقَرَّ عَيْنَهُ بِهَلَكَتِهَا حِينَ كَذَّبُوهُ وَعَصَوْا أَمْرَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ مَنْ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْخَيْرَ قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهُ قَبْلَهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ فَرَطًا لَهُ

ibnhibban:7215 – ʿUmar b. ʿAbdullāh al-Hajarī Bi-al-Ubullah And ʾAḥmad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf Bidimashq Waʿumar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī > Abū Usāmah > Yazīd > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

When Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to come; and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma, He punishes it while its Apostle is alive and He destroys it as he (the Apostle) witnesses it and he cools his eyes by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command. (Using translation from Muslim 2288)   

ابن حبّان:٧٢١٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَجَرِيُّ بِالْأُبُلَّةِ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بِدِمَشْقَ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَرَادَ رَحْمَةَ أُمَّةٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ قَبَضَ نَبِيَّهَا قَبْلَهَا فَجَعَلَهُ لَهَا فَرَطًا وَسَلَفًا وَإِذَا أَرَادَ هَلَكَةَ أُمَّةٍ عَذَّبَهَا وَنَبِيُّهَا حَيٌّ فَأَقَرَّ عَيْنَهُ بِهَلْكِهَا حِينَ كَذَّبُوهُ وَعَصَوْا أَمَرَهُ»  

suyuti:4675a –

When Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls back His Apostle to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world to come; and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma, He punishes it while its Apostle is alive and He destroys it as he (the Apostle) witnesses it and he cools his eyes by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command. (Using translation from Muslim 2288)   

السيوطي:٤٦٧٥a –

"إِن الله إِذا أَراد رحمة أَمة من عبادهِ قبض نبيَّها قبْلها، فجعله لها فرَطًا وَسَلفًا بين يديها، وإذَا أراد هلاكها عذبها ونبيُّها حَى فأهلكها وهو ينظر فأَقر عَينه بهلكتِها حين كذبوه وعصَوْا أمْره".  

[م] مسلم عن بريد بن عبد الله عن أبي برْدة عن أبي موسى