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ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَسْلِيمِ الْأَشْيَاءِ إِلَى بَارِئِهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:727al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Sufyān > Abū Sinān > Wahbb. Khālid > Ibn al-Daylamī

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)   

ابن حبّان:٧٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْقَدَرِ فَحَدِّثْنِي بِشَيْءٍ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ مِنْ قَلْبِي

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»  


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abudawud:4699Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Abū Sinān > Wahbb. Khālid al-Ḥimṣī > Ibn al-Daylamī

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.  

أبو داود:٤٦٩٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحِمْصِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أُبَىَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي شَىْءٌ مِنَ الْقَدَرِ فَحَدِّثْنِي بِشَىْءٍ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَهُ مِنْ قَلْبِي فَقَالَ لَوْ

أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ عَذَّبَهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا 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 قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:21589Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Abū Sinān Saʿīd b. Sinān > Wahbb. Khālid > Ibn al-Daylamī

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)   

أحمد:٢١٥٨٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سِنَانٍ سَعِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ لَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْقَدَرِ فَحَدِّثْنِي بِشَيْءٍ لَعَلَّهُ يَذْهَبُ مِنْ قَلْبِي قَالَ لَوْ

أَنَّ اللهَ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ لَعَذَّبَهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ لَهُمْ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ جَبَلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَا قَبِلَهُ اللهُ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ وَمَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ وَلَوْ مِتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لَدَخَلْتَ النَّارَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ حُذَيْفَةَ فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَأَتَيْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَأَتَيْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

ahmad:21611Isḥāq b. Sulaymān > Abū Sinān > Wahbb. Khālid al-Ḥimṣī > Ibn al-Daylamī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of His heavens and the inhabitants of His earth, He would have done so without being unjust to them. And if He were to have mercy upon them, His mercy would be better for them than their own actions. And if you were to spend gold equal to the size of Mount Uhud (in charity), it would not be accepted by Allah until you believe in destiny, and know that whatever has befallen you was not going to miss you, and whatever has missed you was not going to befall you. And if you die believing in something other than this, you will enter the Fire."  

أحمد:٢١٦١١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سِنَانٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحِمْصِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْقَدَرِ فَأَتَيْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ لَعَذَّبَهُمْ غَيْرَ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ لَهُمْ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ لَكَ جَبَلُ أُحُدٍ أَوْ مِثْلُ جَبَلِ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا أَنْفَقْتَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَا قَبِلَهُ اللهُ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ وَأَنَّكَ إِنْ مِتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ  

ahmad:21653Qurrān b. Tammām > Abū Sinān al-Shaybānī > Wahbal-Ḥimṣī > Ibn al-Daylamī

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)   

أحمد:٢١٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّانُ بْنُ تَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ وَهْبٍ الْحِمْصِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنَ الْقَدَرِ شَيْءٌ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنِي بِحَدِيثٍ لَعَلَّ اللهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَ عَنِّي مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ لَوْ

أَنَّ اللهَ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَأَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ عَذَّبَهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ لَهُمْ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ أُحُدٌ لَكَ ذَهَبًا فَأَنْفَقْتَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ بِالْقَدَرِ وَتَعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنْكَ وَلَوْ مِتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ وَلَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخِي عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَتَسْأَلَهُ فَلَقِيَ عَبْدَ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ لَقِيَ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنَّهُحَدَّثَهُ عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ  

tabarani:4940ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Isḥāq b. Sulaymān al-Rāzī > Abū Sinān > Wahbb. Khālid al-Ḥimyarī > Ibn al-Daylamī > Laqīt Zayd b. Thābit Fasaʾaltuh

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "If Allah were to punish the inhabitants of His heavens and earth, He would have punished them without being unjust to them. And if He were to have mercy on them, His mercy would be better for them than their own actions. And if the equivalent of Mount Uhud of gold were to be spent in the cause of Allah, it would not be accepted from you until you believe in destiny, all of it and that whatever has afflicted you was not going to miss you, and whatever has missed you was not going to afflict you. And if you were to die in any other state than this, you would enter the Hellfire."  

الطبراني:٤٩٤٠حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرَّازِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ لَقِيتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَماَوَاتِهِ وَأَرْضَهِ لَعَذَّبَهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ جَبَلُ أُحُدٍ وَمِثْلُ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا تُنْفِقُهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَا تَقَبَّلَ اللهُ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ كُلَّهِ وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ وأَنَّكَ إِنْ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ»  

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السيوطي:١٧٧٣٩a

"لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأهْلَ أَرْضه لَعَذبهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ، وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ لَكَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ لَهُمْ خَيرًا مِنْ أَعْمَالهم، وَلَوْ أنَفَقْتَ مِثْلَ أُحُد ذَهبًا فِي سَبِيلِ الله ما قَبِلَهُ الله مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِن بِالقَدَرِ فَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطئَكَ وَمَا أَخْطَأكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَيُصِيبَكَ، وَلَوْ مُتَّ عَلَى غَير هَذَا لَدَخَلتَ النَّارَ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد عن زيد بن ثابت، [حم] أحمد وعبد بن حميد، [د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [ع] أبو يعلى [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن أُبَيِّ بن كعب، وزيد بن ثابت، وحذيفة، وابن مسعود
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السيوطي:١٧٧٨٠a

"لَوْ أَنَّ اللهَ -تَعَالى- عَذَّبَ أَهْل السَّمَاءِ والأرْضِ، عَذبهُمْ غَيرَ ظَالِم، وَلَوْ أَدْخَلَهُم فِي رَحْمَتِه كانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ أَوْسَع مِن ذُنُوبهم، وَلَكِنَّهُ كمَا قَضَى يُعَذِّبُ من يَشَاءُ، وَيرْحَمُ مَن يَشَاءُ، فَمَنْ عَذَّبَ فَهُوَ الحَقُّ، وَمَنْ رَحِمَ فَهُوَ الحَقُّ، وَلَوْ كانَ ذَلِكَ مِثْلَ أحُدٍ ذَهَبًا تُنْفِقُهُ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَا قُبِلَ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ، خَيرِهِ وَشَرِّه".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عمران بن حصين
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السيوطي:٣٣٩-٤٥b

"عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِىِّ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ أُبىَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ: وَقَعَ فِى قَلْبِى شَىْءٌ مِنَ القَدَرِ، فَحَدِّثْنِى بِشَىْءٍ يَذْهَبُ بِهِ عَنِّى. قَالَ: إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعالَى لَوْ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ عَذَّبَهُم وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ، وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ، وَلَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مِثْلَ جَبَلِ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا فِى سَبيلِ الله مَا تَقَبَّلَهُ الله مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ، وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ، وَمَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ، وَلَوْ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لَدَخَلْتَ النَّارَ، فَأَتَيْتُ حُذَيْفَةَ، فَقَالَ لِى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَأَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ الله بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ لِى مِثْلَ ذَلِك، فَأَتَيْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَحَدَّثَنِى عَنِ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ مِثْل ذَلِكَ".  

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