ذِكْرُ أَشَجِّ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ ؓ
[Machine] We were informed by Al-Muthanna Al-Abdi, the father of Munazil, one of Bani Ghanm, from Al-Ashajj Al-Asari that he came with a group from Abd Al-Qays to visit the Prophet ﷺ . They arrived and the Prophet ﷺ welcomed them and allowed them to stay with him. When they arrived, the Prophet ﷺ raised his voice for them, so they dismounted. The people rushed and only wore their travel clothes. Al-Asari then led the prayer and straightened the rows for his companions and his camel. He then took off his clothes from his cloak and that was seen by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Then he approached the Prophet ﷺ and greeted him. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Indeed, you possess two qualities that Allah and His Messenger love." Al-Asari asked, "What are they?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Humility and patience." Al-Asari asked, "Is that something I was created with, or something I can learn?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "No, rather it is something you were created with." Al-Asari said, "All praise is due to Allah." Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "O people of Abd Al-Qays, why do I see that your faces have changed?" They said, "O Prophet of Allah, we are in a land of famine, where we used to take from these leaves what would cut into our stomachs. But when we were prohibited from eating them, this is what you see in our faces." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, leaves are neither halal (permissible) nor haram (forbidden), but every intoxicant is haram. And it is not that you should withhold from drinking until your veins are filled, then you get into a dispute and one man strikes his cousin with a sword, leaving him crippled." He added, "And on that day, he (Al-Asari) was the crippled one among the people who experienced this."
حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى الْعَبْدِيُّ أَبُو مُنَازِلٍ أَحَدُ بَنِي غَنْمٍ عَنِ الْأَشَجِّ الْعَصَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي رُفْقَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ لِيَزُورَهُ فَأَقْبَلُوا فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا رَفَعَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَنَاخُوا رِكَابَهُمْ فَابْتَدَرَ الْقَوْمُ وَلَمْ يَلْبَسُوا إِلَّا ثِيَابَ سَفَرِهِمْ وَأَقَامَ الْعَصَرِيُّ فَعَقَلَ رَكَائِبَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَبَعِيرَهُ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ ثِيَابَهُ مِنْ عَيْبَتِهِ وَذَلِكَ بِعَيْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ فِيكَ لَخَصْلَتَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» قَالَ مَا هُمَا؟ قَالَ «الْأَنَاةُ وَالْحِلْمُ» قَالَ شَيْءٌ جُبِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ شَيْءٌ أَتَخَلَّقُهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ جُبِلْتَ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ «مَعْشَرَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ مَالِي أَرَى وجُوهَكُمْ قَدْ تَغَيَّرَتْ» قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ نَحْنُ بِأَرْضٍ وَخِمَةٍ كُنَّا نَتَّخِذُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَنْبِذَةِ مَا يَقْطَعُ اللُّحْمَانَ فِي بُطُونِنَا فَلَمَّا نُهِينَا عَنِ الظُّرُوفِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي تَرَى فِي وُجُوهِنَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الظُّرُوفَ لَا تَحِلُّ وَلَا تُحَرِّمُ وَلَكِنْ كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ وَلَيْسَ أَنْ تَحْبِسُوا فَتَشْرَبُوا حَتَّى إِذَا امْتَلَأَتِ الْعُرُوقُ تَنَاحَرْتُمْ فَوَثَبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى ابْنِ عَمِّهِ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَتَرَكَهُ أَعْرَجَ» قَالَ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي الْقَوْمِ الْأَعْرَجُ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُ ذَلِكَ