ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ شَنَّعَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الْمُعَطِّلَةِ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الْحَدِيثِ حَيْثُ حُرِمُوا التَّوْفِيقَ لِإِدْرَاكِ مَعْنَاهُ
[Machine] A man used to write for the Prophet ﷺ . He had read Al-Baqarah and Al 'Imran until he had become distinguished among us, and the Prophet ﷺ would dictate to him, "Forgiving and Merciful." So he would write, "Pardoning and Merciful." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Write, for by the One in whose hand is my soul, whatever he (Gabriel) dictates to you." Then he dictated to him, "Knowledgeable and Wise." So he wrote, "All-Hearing and All-Seeing." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Write, whichever of the two you wish." He (the scribe) narrated that he reverted from Islam and joined the pagans. He said, "I know more about Muhammad than you all. If I wanted, I would write whatever I pleased." So he died in disbelief, and it reached the Prophet ﷺ . He said, "Truly, the earth will not accept him." Then Abu Talhah said, "So I went to the land where he died, and I found him rejected." I said, "What happened to him?" They said, "We buried him, but the earth did not accept him."
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَكْتُبُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عُدَّ فِينَا ذُو شَأْنٍ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُمْلِ عَلَيْهِ {غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا} فَيَكْتُبُ «عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا» فَيَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اكْتُبْ» وَيُمْلِي عَلَيْهِ {عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا} فَيَكْتُبُ «سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا» فَيَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اكْتُبْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ» قَالَ فَارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَلَحِقَ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُكُمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَكْتُبُ مَا شِئْتُ فَمَاتَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَنْ تَقْبَلَهُ» قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ تِلْكَ الْأَرْضَ الَّتِي مَاتَ فِيهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا قَالَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ مَنْبُوذًا فَقُلْتُ مَا شَأْنُ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا دَفَنَّاهُ فَلَمْ تَقْبَلْهُ الْأَرْضُ