from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "Whoever relieves a Muslim of one of the distresses of this world, Allah will relieve him of one of the distresses of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever makes things easy for one in difficulty, Allah will make things easy for him in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever conceals the fault of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter. Allah is in aid of the servant so long as the servant is in aid of his brother."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا، نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسِرٍ، يَسَّرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَ عَلَى مُسْلِمٍ، سَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ، وَاللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ».

I met Abu Mas'ud near the House (Ka'ba) and said to him: A hadith has been conveyed to me on your authority about the two (concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ (in fact) said: Anyone who recites the two verses at the end of Surah al-Baqara at night, they would suffice for him.

لَقِيتُ أَبَا مَسْعُودٍ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ فَقُلْتُ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ فِي الآيَتَيْنِ فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الآيَتَانِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ مَنْ قَرَأَهُمَا فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ

This is a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, he said: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had never come down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given to any prophet before you: Fatihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. You will never recite a letter from them for which you will not be given (a reward).

بَيْنَمَا جِبْرِيلُ قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا مِنْ فَوْقِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فُتِحَ الْيَوْمَ لَمْ يُفْتَحْ قَطُّ إِلاَّ الْيَوْمَ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَلَكٌ نَزَلَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ قَطُّ إِلاَّ الْيَوْمَ فَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِحَرْفٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلاَّ أُعْطِيتَهُ

"There were kings after 'Isa bin Mariam who altered the Tawrah and the Injil, but there were among them believers who read the Tawrah. It was said to their kings: 'We have never heard of any slander worse than that of those (believers) who slander us and recite: "And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the disbelievers." In these Verses, they are criticizing us for our deeds when they recite them.' So he called them together and gave them the choice between being put to death, or giving up reading the Tawrah and Injil, except for what had been altered. They said: 'Why do you want us to change? Leave us alone.' Some of them said: 'Build us a tower and let us go up there, and give us something to lift up our food and drink so we do not have to mix with you.' Others said: 'Let us go and wander throughout the land, and we will drink as the wild animals drink, and if you capture us in your land, you may kill us.' Others said: 'Build houses for us in the wilderness, and we will dig wells and grow vegetables, and we will not mix with you or pass by you, for there is no one of the tribes among whom we do not have close relatives.' So they did that, and Allah revealed the words: 'But the monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them, but (they sought it) only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance.' Then others said: 'We will worship as so-and-so worshipped, and we will wander as so-and-so wandered, and we will adopt houses (in the wilderness) as so-and-so did.' But they were still following their Shirk with no knowledge of the faith of those whom they claimed to be following. When Allah sent the Prophet [SAW], and they were only a few of them left, a man came down from his cell, and a wanderer came from his travels, and a monk came from his monastery, and they believed in him. And Allah said: 'O you who believe! Fear Allah, and believe in His Messenger (Muhammad), He will give you a double portion of His mercy - meaning, two rewards, because of their having believed in 'Isa and in the Tawrah and Injil, and for having believing in Muhammad [SAW]; and He will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight), - meaning, the Qur'an, and their following the Prophet [SAW]; and He said: 'So that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may know that they have no power whatsoever over the Grace of Allah.'"

طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمُ ابْنُوا لَنَا أُسْطُوَانَةً ثُمَّ ارْفَعُونَا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ اعْطُونَا شَيْئًا نَرْفَعُ بِهِ طَعَامَنَا وَشَرَابَنَا فَلاَ نَرِدُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ دَعُونَا نَسِيحُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَنَهِيمُ وَنَشْرَبُ كَمَا يَشْرَبُ الْوَحْشُ فَإِنْ قَدَرْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَرْضِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُونَا وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمُ ابْنُوا لَنَا دُورًا فِي الْفَيَافِي وَنَحْتَفِرُ الآبَارَ وَنَحْتَرِثُ الْبُقُولَ فَلاَ نَرِدُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلاَ نَمُرُّ بِكُمْ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَبَائِلِ إِلاَّ وَلَهُ حَمِيمٌ فِيهِمْ قَالَ فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلاَّ ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا} وَالآخَرُونَ قَالُوا نَتَعَبَّدُ كَمَا تَعَبَّدَ فُلاَنٌ وَنَسِيحُ كَمَا سَاحَ فُلاَنٌ وَنَتَّخِذُ دُورًا كَمَا اتَّخَذَ فُلاَنٌ وَهُمْ عَلَى شِرْكِهِمْ لاَ عِلْمَ لَهُمْ بِإِيمَانِ الَّذِينَ اقْتَدَوْا بِهِ فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ انْحَطَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ صَوْمَعَتِهِ وَجَاءَ سَائِحٌ مِنْ سِيَاحَتِهِ وَصَاحِبُ الدَّيْرِ مِنْ دَيْرِهِ فَآمَنُوا بِهِ وَصَدَّقُوهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ} أَجْرَيْنِ بِإِيمَانِهِمْ بِعِيسَى وَبِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ وَبِإِيمَانِهِمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَتَصْدِيقِهِمْ قَالَ {يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ} الْقُرْآنَ وَاتِّبَاعَهُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ {لِئَلاَّ يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ} يَتَشَبَّهُونَ بِكُمْ {أَنْ لاَ يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ} الآيَةَ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When Allah ﷻ loves a servant, He calls Jibril: 'Allah has loved so-and-so, so love him.' So Jibril loves him. Then Jibril calls out in the heaven: 'Allah has loved so-and-so, so love him.' So the inhabitants of the heaven love him, and acceptance is placed for him among the people of the earth."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِذَا أَحَبَّ عَبْدًا نَادَى جِبْرِيلَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّ فُلاَنًا فَأَحِبَّهُ، فَيُحِبُّهُ جِبْرِيلُ، ثُمَّ يُنَادِي جِبْرِيلُ فِي السَّمَاءِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَبَّ فُلاَنًا فَأَحِبُّوهُ، فَيُحِبُّهُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ، وَيُوضَعُ لَهُ الْقَبُولُ فِي أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ»

[AI] I was a Persian man from the people of Isfahan, from one of its villages called Jayy. My father was the chief landowner of his village, and I was the most beloved of Allah’s creation to him. His love for me continued until he kept me confined in his house as a young girl is confined. I strove in Magianism until I became the keeper of the fire, the one who lit it and did not let it go out for even an hour.

My father had a large estate. One day he became occupied with some construction, so he sent me to inspect his estate. I went out intending to go there, but I passed by a church of the Christians and heard their voices while they were praying. Since my father had kept me confined, I did not know much about people’s affairs. I entered to see what they were doing, and their prayer impressed me. I said, “By Allah, this is better than the religion we are upon.” I remained with them until sunset and did not go to my father’s estate. I asked them where the origin of this religion was, and they said, “In al-Sham.” When I returned, my father had already sent people looking for me. He asked where I had been, and I told him about the Christians and how their religion impressed me. He said, “My son, there is no good in that religion. Your religion and the religion of your forefathers is better than it.” I said, “No, by Allah, it is better than our religion.” He feared for me, so he shackled my leg and confined me in his house.

I sent word to the Christians asking them to inform me when merchants from al-Sham arrived. When such a caravan came and later prepared to return, they notified me. I removed the iron from my leg and left with them until I reached al-Sham.

When I reached al-Sham, I asked who was the best person of that religion. They directed me to the bishop in the church. I came to him and said, “I have become interested in this religion and would like to stay with you, serve you, learn from you, and pray with you.” He said, “Enter,” so I entered. But he turned out to be an evil man. He urged people to give charity, yet when they gathered it for him, he stored it away for himself and did not give it to the poor, until he had collected seven jars of gold and silver. When he died, the Christians gathered to bury him. I said to them, “This was an evil man. He used to command you to give charity and encourage you to do so, but when you brought it to him, he stored it away for himself and did not give any of it to the poor.” They said, “How do you know that?” I said, “I will show you his treasure.” They said, “Show us.” So I showed them its place, and they extracted from it seven jars filled with gold and silver. When they saw them, they said, “By Allah, we will never bury him.” So they crucified him and then stoned him.

Then they brought another man and put him in his place. I never saw a man who did not pray the five prayers whom I thought was better than him, nor more detached from this world, more desirous of the Hereafter, or more diligent by night and day than him. I loved him with a love unlike any I had loved before him, and I stayed with him for a time. When death came to him, I said to him, “So-and-so, I was with you and loved you with a love unlike any I had loved before you. What you see of Allah’s decree has come to you, so to whom do you advise me to go, and what do you command me?” He said, “My son, by Allah, I do not know anyone today upon what I was upon. People have perished, changed, and abandoned most of what they were upon, except for a man in Mosul, and he is so-and-so. He is upon what I was upon, so join him.”

When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of Mosul. I said to him, “So-and-so advised me at his death to join you, and he told me that you are upon his way.” He said to me, “Stay with me.” So I stayed with him and found him to be a good man upon the way of his companion. It was not long before he died. When death came to him, I said to him, “So-and-so advised me to come to you and commanded me to join you, and what you see from Allah ﷻ has come to you, so to whom do you advise me to go, and what do you command me?” He said, “My son, by Allah, I do not know any man upon the like of what we were upon except in Nisibin, and he is so-and-so, so join him.”

When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of Nisibin. I came to him and informed him of my story and what my companion had commanded me. He said, “Stay with me.” So I stayed with him and found him upon the way of his two companions. I stayed with a good man, but it was not long before death came upon him. When it came, I said to him, “So-and-so had advised me to go to so-and-so, then so-and-so advised me to come to you. To whom do you advise me to go, and what do you command me?” He said, “My son, by Allah, we do not know of anyone remaining upon our way whom I could command you to go to, except for a man in Ammuriyah, for he is upon the like of what we are upon. If you wish, go to him.”

When he died and was buried, I joined the companion of Ammuriyah and told him my story. He said, “Stay with me.” So I stayed with a man who was upon the guidance and way of his companions. I earned until I had some cows and a small flock of sheep. When Allah’s decree came upon him, I said to him, “So-and-so advised me to go to so-and-so, and so-and-so advised me to go to so-and-so, then so-and-so advised me to come to you. To whom do you advise me to go, and what do you command me?” He said, “My son, by Allah, I do not know that anyone among people has come to be upon what we were upon to whom I could command you to go. However, the time of a Prophet has come upon you. He will be sent with the religion of Ibrahim. He will emerge in the land of the Arabs, migrating to a land between two volcanic tracts, with palm trees between them. He has signs that are not hidden: he eats gifts and does not eat charity, and between his shoulders is the Seal of Prophethood. If you are able to reach that land, then do so.”

After he died and was buried, I remained in Ammuriyah as long as Allah willed. Then a group of merchants from Kalb passed by me, so I said to them, “Will you carry me to the land of the Arabs, and I will give you these cows of mine and this small flock of mine?” They said, “Yes.” So I gave them to them and they carried me, until when they brought me to Wadi al-Qura, they wronged me and sold me as a slave to a Jewish man.

I stayed with him, saw the palm trees, and hoped that it might be the land my companion had described to me, but I was not certain. While I was with him, a cousin of his from Madinah, from Banu Qurayzah, came to him. He bought me from him and took me to Madinah. By Allah, as soon as I saw it, I recognized it by the description of my companion. I stayed there. Allah sent His Messenger ﷺ. He remained in Makkah as long as he remained, but I heard no mention of him because of what occupied me of slavery. Then he migrated to Madinah.

By Allah, I was at the top of a palm cluster belonging to my master, doing some work on it while my master was sitting, when a cousin of his came and stood by him. He said, “So-and-so, may Allah fight Banu Qaylah! By Allah, they are now gathered at Quba around a man who came to them today from Makkah, claiming that he is a Prophet.” When I heard that, a trembling seized me until I thought I would fall upon my master. I came down from the palm tree and began saying, “What are you saying? What are you saying?” My master became angry and struck me with a hard blow. Then he said, “What do you have to do with this? Turn back to your work.” I said, “Nothing; I only wanted to make sure of what he said.”

I had something that I had collected. When evening came, I took it and went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was at Quba. I said to him, “It has reached me that you are a righteous man, and that with you are companions who are strangers and in need. This is something I had for charity, and I considered you more entitled to it than others.” I brought it near to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions: “Eat.” He held back his hand and did not eat. I said to myself, “This is one.”

Then I left him, collected something, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ moved to Madinah. Then I came to him with it and said, “I saw that you do not eat charity, and this is a gift with which I honor you.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate from it, and he commanded his companions, so they ate with him. I said to myself, “These are two.”

Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in Baqi al-Gharqad. He had followed the funeral of one of his companions. He was wearing two rough garments and was sitting among his companions. I greeted him, then turned around to look at his back: would I see the seal that my companion had described to me? When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me going behind him, he knew that I was trying to verify something that had been described to me. He cast his cloak off his back, so I looked at the seal and recognized it. I fell upon it, kissing it and crying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Move around.” So I moved around, and I narrated my story to him just as I have narrated it to you, Ibn Abbas. It pleased the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that his companions should hear that.

Then slavery occupied Salman, so he missed Badr and Uhud with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Make a contract for your freedom, Salman.” So I made a contract with my master for three hundred palm trees that I would plant for him in prepared holes, and for forty uqiyyah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions: “Help your brother.” So they helped me with palm saplings, each man according to what he had, until three hundred saplings had been gathered for me.

Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Go, Salman, and dig the holes for them. When you have finished, come to me, and I will be the one to place them with my own hands.” So I dug the holes for them, and my companions helped me. When I had finished, I came to him and informed him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out with me to them. We began bringing the saplings near to him, and he placed them with his hand. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Salman, not a single one of those saplings died. I paid off the palm trees, but the money remained due upon me.

Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a piece of gold like a chicken’s egg from one of the campaigns. He said: “What happened to the Persian who had made a contract for his freedom?” I was summoned to him, and he said: “Take this and pay with it what you owe, Salman.” I said, “How can this cover what I owe, Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Take it, for Allah will pay it off for you with it.” So I took it and weighed out from it for them, by the One in Whose hand is the soul of Salman, forty uqiyyah. I fulfilled their due and was freed.

Then I witnessed al-Khandaq with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and after that no expedition with him passed me by.

كُنْتُ رَجُلًا فَارِسِيًّا مِنْ أَهْلِ أَصْبَهَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ قَرْيَةٍ مِنْهَا يُقَالُ لَهَا جَيٌّ، وَكَانَ أَبِي دِهْقَانَ قَرْيَتِهِ، وَكُنْتُ أَحَبَّ خَلْقِ اللهِ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حُبُّهُ إِيَّايَ حَتَّى حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ كَمَا تُحْبَسُ الْجَارِيَةُ، واَجْتهَدْتُ فِي الْمَجُوسِيَّةِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ قَطَنَ النَّارِ الَّذِي يُوقِدُهَا لَا يَتْرُكُهَا تَخْبُو سَاعَةً،

قَالَ: وَكَانَتْ لِأَبِي ضَيْعَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ، قَالَ: فَشُغِلَ فِي بُنْيَانٍ لَهُ يَوْمًا، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، إِنِّي قَدْ شُغِلْتُ فِي بُنْيَانٍ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ عَنْ ضَيْعَتِي، فَاذْهَبْ فَاطَّلِعْهَا، وَأَمَرَنِي فِيهَا بِبَعْضِ مَا يُرِيدُ، فَخَرَجْتُ أُرِيدُ ضَيْعَتَهُ، فَمَرَرْتُ بِكَنِيسَةٍ مِنْ كَنَائِسِ النَّصَارَى، فَسَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، وَكُنْتُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا أَمْرُ النَّاسِ لِحَبْسِ أَبِي إِيَّايَ فِي بَيْتِهِ، فَلَمَّا مَرَرْتُ بِهِمْ وَسَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْظُرُ مَا يَصْنَعُونَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ أَعْجَبَنِي صَلَاتُهُمْ، وَرَغِبْتُ فِي أَمْرِهِمْ، وَقُلْتُ: هَذَا وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدِّينِ الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ، فَوَاللهِ مَا تَرَكْتُهُمْ حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَتَرَكْتُ ضَيْعَةَ أَبِي وَلَمْ آتِهَا، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: أَيْنَ أَصْلُ هَذَا الدِّينِ؟ قَالُوا: بِالشَّامِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي وَقَدْ بَعَثَ فِي طَلَبِي وَشَغَلْتُهُ عَنْ عَمَلِهِ كُلِّهِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا جِئْتُهُ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، أَيْنَ كُنْتَ؟ أَلَمْ أَكُنْ عَهِدْتُ إِلَيْكَ مَا عَهِدْتُ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِ، مَرَرْتُ بِنَاسٍ يُصَلُّونَ فِي كَنِيسَةٍ لَهُمْ، فَأَعْجَبَنِي مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ دِينِهِمْ، فَوَاللهِ مَازِلْتُ عِنْدَهُمْ حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، لَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ الدِّينِ خَيْرٌ، دِينُكَ وَدِينُ آبَائِكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَلَّا وَاللهِ، إِنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ مِنْ دِينِنَا، قَالَ: فَخَافَنِي فَجَعَلَ فِي رِجْلَيَّ قَيْدًا ثُمَّ حَبَسَنِي فِي بَيْتِهِ،

قَالَ: وَبَعَثَتُ إِلَى النَّصَارَى فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: إِذَا قَدِمَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَكْبٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ تُجَّارٌ مِنَ النَّصَارَى فَأَخْبِرُونِي بِهِمْ، قَالَ: فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَكْبٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ تُجَّارٌ مِنَ النَّصَارَى، قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرُونِي بِهِمْ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: إِذَا قَضَوْا حَوَائِجَهُمْ وَأَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ فَآذِنُونِي بِهِمْ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا الرَّجْعَةَ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ أَخْبَرُونِي بِهِمْ، فَأَلْقَيْتُ الْحَدِيدَ مِنْ رِجْلَيَّ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الشَّامَ،

فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُهَا قُلْتُ: مَنْ أَفْضَلُ أَهْلِ هَذَا الدِّينِ؟ قَالُوا: الْأَسْقُفُّ فِي الْكَنِيسَةِ، قَالَ: فَجِئْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي قَدْ رَغِبْتُ فِي هَذَا الدِّينِ، وَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مَعَكَ أَخْدُمُكَ فِي كَنِيسَتِكَ، وَأَتَعَلَّمُ مِنْكَ، وَأُصَلِّي مَعَكَ، قَالَ: فَادْخُلْ، فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ رَجُلَ سَوْءٍ، يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيُرَغِّبُهُمْ فِيهَا، فَإِذَا جَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ مِنْهَا أَشْيَاءَ اكْتَنَزَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ الْمَسَاكِينَ، حَتَّى جَمَعَ سَبْعَقِلَالٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَوَرِقٍ، قَالَ: وَأَبْغَضْتُهُ بُغْضًا شَدِيدًا لِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَصْنَعُ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ النَّصَارَى لِيَدْفِنُوهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ هَذَا كَانَ رَجُلَ سَوْءٍ، يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيُرَغِّبُكُمْ فِيهَا، فَإِذَا جِئْتُمُوهُ بِهَا اكْتَنَزَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ وَلَمْ يُعْطِ الْمَسَاكِينَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، قَالُوا: وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَنَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى كَنْزِهِ، قَالُوا: فَدُلَّنَا عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَأَرَيْتُهُمْ مَوْضِعَهُ، قَالَ: فَاسْتَخْرَجُوا مِنْهُ سَبْعَ قِلَالٍ مَمْلُوءَةٍ ذَهَبًا وَوَرِقًا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا: وَاللهِ لَا نَدْفِنُهُ أَبَدًا، فَصَلَبُوهُ ثُمَّ رَجَمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ،

ثُمَّ جَاءُوا بِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَجَعَلُوهُ بِمَكَانِهِ، قَالَ: يَقُولُ سَلْمَانُ: فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا لَا يُصَلِّي الْخَمْسَ أَرَى أَنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ، أَزْهَدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا أَرْغَبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَلَا أَدْأَبُ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا مِنْهُ، قَالَ: فَأَحْبَبْتُهُ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ مَنْ قَبْلَهُ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَهُ زَمَانًا، ثُمَّ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَكَ وَأَحْبَبْتُكَ حُبًّا لَمْ أُحِبَّهُ مَنْ قَبْلَكَ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَمْرِ اللهِ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، وَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا الْيَوْمَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ، لَقَدْ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَبَدَّلُوا وَتَرَكُوا أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ، إِلَّا رَجُلًا بِالْمَوْصِلِ وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ، فَهُوَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَالْحَقْ بِهِ،

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغَيَّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ الْمَوْصِلِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَانِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِكَ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّكَ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: أَقِمْ عِنْدِي، فَأَقَمْتُعِنْدَهُ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ خَيْرَ رَجُلٍ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ مَاتَ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا أَوْصَى بِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَمَرَنِي بِاللُّحُوقِ بِكَ، وَقَدْ حَضَرَكَ مِنَ اللهِ ﷻ مَا تَرَى، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، وَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا بِنَصِيبِينَ وَهُوَ فُلَانٌ، فَالْحَقْ بِهِ،

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغَيَّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ نَصِيبِينَ، فَجِئْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي وَمَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ صَاحِبِي، قَالَ: فَأَقِمْ عِنْدِي، فَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ عَلَى أَمْرِ صَاحِبَيْهِ، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ خَيْرِ رَجُلٍ، فَوَاللهِ مَا لَبِثَ أَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا كَانَ أَوْصَى بِي إِلَى فُلَانٍ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، وَاللهِ مَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا بَقِيَ عَلَى أَمْرِنَا آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ، إِلَّا رَجُلًا بِعَمُّورِيَّةَ، فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَأْتِهِ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ عَلَى أَمْرِنَا،

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا مَاتَ وَغَيَّبَ لَحِقْتُ بِصَاحِبِ عَمُّورِيَّةَ، وَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرِي، فَقَالَ: أَقِمْ عِنْدِي، فَأَقَمْتُ مَعَ رَجُلٍ عَلَى هَدْيِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَأَمْرِهِمْ، قَالَ: وَاكْتَسَبْتُ حَتَّى كَانَ لِي بَقَرَاتٌ وَغُنَيْمَةٌ، قَالَثُمَّ نَزَلَ بِهِ أَمْرُ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا فُلَانُ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ فُلَانٍ، فَأَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ، وَأَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى بِي فُلَانٌ إِلَيْكَ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي وَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، وَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُهُ أَصْبَحَ عَلَى مَا كُنَّا عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدْ أَظَلَّكَ زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ هُوَ مَبْعُوثٌ بِدِينِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، يَخْرُجُ بِأَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى أَرْضٍ بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْنِ بَيْنَهُمَا نَخْلٌ، بِهِ عَلَامَاتٌ لَا تَخْفَى: يَأْكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ، فَإِنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِتِلْكَ الْبِلَادِ فَافْعَلْ،

قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَغَيَّبَ، فَمَكَثْتُ بِعَمُّورِيَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ أَمْكُثَ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي نَفَرٌ مِنْ كَلْبٍ تُجَّارًا، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: تَحْمِلُونِي إِلَى أَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ وَأُعْطِيكُمْ بَقَرَاتِي هَذِهِ وَغُنَيْمَتِي هَذِهِ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَأَعْطَيْتُهُمُوهَا وَحَمَلُونِي، حَتَّى إِذَا قَدِمُوا بِي وَادِي الْقُرَى ظَلَمُونِي، فَبَاعُونِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ يَهُودَ عَبْدًا،

فَكُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ، وَرَأَيْتُ النَّخْلَ، وَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْبَلَدَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي، وَلَمْ يَحِقْ لِي فِي نَفْسِي، فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، فَابْتَاعَنِي مِنْهُ، فَاحْتَمَلَنِي إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُهَا فَعَرَفْتُهَا بِصِفَةِ صَاحِبِي، فَأَقَمْتُ بِهَا، وَبَعَثَ اللهُ رَسُولَهُ، فَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ مَا أَقَامَ، لَا أَسْمَعُ لَهُ بِذِكْرٍ مَعَ مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ شُغْلِ الرِّقِّ، ثُمَّ هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ،

فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَفِي رَأْسِ عَذْقٍ لِسَيِّدِي أَعْمَلُ فِيهِ بَعْضَ الْعَمَلِ وَسَيِّدِي جَالِسٌ، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ عَمٍّ لَهُ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: فُلَانُ، قَاتَلَ اللهُ بَنِي قَيْلَةَ، وَاللهِ إِنَّهُمُ الْآنَ لَمُجْتَمِعُونَ بِقُبَاءَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ مَكَّةَ الْيَوْمَ، يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُهَا أَخَذَتْنِي الْعُرَوَاءُ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ سَأَسْقُطُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي، قَالَ: وَنَزَلْتُ عَنِ النَّخْلَةِ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ لِابْنِ عَمِّهِ ذَلِكَ: مَاذَا تَقُولُ؟ مَاذَا تَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ سَيِّدِي فَلَكَمَنِي لَكْمَةً شَدِيدَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا لَكَ وَلِهَذَا؟ أَقْبِلْ عَلَى عَمَلِكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا شَيْءَ، إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَثْبِتَهُ عَمَّا قَالَ،

وَقَدْ كَانَ عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ قَدْ جَمَعْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا أَمْسَيْتُ أَخَذْتُهُ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِقُبَاءَ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ، وَمَعَكَ أَصْحَابٌ لَكَ غُرَبَاءُ ذَوُو حَاجَةٍ، وَهَذَا شَيْءٌ كَانَ عِنْدِي لِلصَّدَقَةِ، فَرَأَيْتُكُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ، قَالَ: فَقَرَّبْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: «كُلُوا»، وَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ،

ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ، فَجَمَعْتُ شَيْئًا، وَتَحَوَّلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ بِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَهَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ أَكْرَمْتُكَ بِهَا، قَالَ: فَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوامَعَهُ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَاتَانِ اثْنَتَانِ،

قَالَ: ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ، قَالَ: وَقَدْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، عَلَيْهِ شَمْلَتَانِ لَهُ، وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَدَرْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى ظَهْرِهِ: هَلْ أَرَى الْخَاتَمَ الَّذِي وَصَفَ لِي صَاحِبِي؟ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَدَبَرْتُهُ، عَرَفَ أَنِّي أَسْتَثْبِتُ فِي شَيْءٍ وُصِفَ لِي، قَالَ: فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ، فَعَرَفْتُهُ، فَانْكَبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُقَبِّلُهُ وَأَبْكِي، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «تَحَوَّلْ»، فَتَحَوَّلْتُ، فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثِي كَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: فَأَعْجَبَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْمَعَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابُهُ،

ثُمَّ شَغَلَ سَلْمَانَ الرِّقُّ حَتَّى فَاتَهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَدْرٌ وَأُحُدٌ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «كَاتِبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ»، فَكَاتَبْتُ صَاحِبِي عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ أُحْيِيهَا لَهُ بِالْفَقِيرِ وَبِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: «أَعِينُوا أَخَاكُمْ»، فَأَعَانُونِي بِالنَّخْلِ: الرَّجُلُ بِثَلَاثِينَ وَدِيَّةً، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعِشْرِينَ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ، وَالرَّجُلُ بِعَشْرٍ، يَعْنِي الرَّجُلُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عِنْدَهُ، حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَتْ لِي ثَلَاثُ مِائَةِ وَدِيَّةٍ،

فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «اذْهَبْ يَا سَلْمَانُ، فَفَقِّرْ لَهَا، فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَأْتِنِي، أَكُونُ أَنَاأَضَعُهَا بِيَدَيَّ»، قَالَ: فَفَقَّرْتُ لَهَا، وَأَعَانَنِي أَصْحَابِي، حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا جِئْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَعِي إِلَيْهَا، فَجَعَلْنَا نُقَرِّبُ لَهُ الْوَدِيَّ، وَيَضَعُهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ، مَا مَاتَتْ مِنْهَا وَدِيَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، فَأَدَّيْتُ النَّخْلَ، وَبَقِيَ عَلَيَّ الْمَالُ،

فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ بَيْضَةِ الدَّجَاجَةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْمَغَازِي، فَقَالَ: «مَا فَعَلَ الْفَارِسِيُّ الْمُكَاتَبُ؟»، قَالَ: فَدُعِيتُ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: «خُذْ هَذِهِ، فَأَدِّ بِهَا مَا عَلَيْكَ يَا سَلْمَانُ»، فَقُلْتُ: وَأَيْنَ تَقَعُ هَذِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مِمَّا عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ: «خُذْهَا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ سَيُؤَدِّي بِهَا عَنْكَ»، قَالَ: فَأَخَذْتُهَا، فَوَزَنْتُ لَهُمْ مِنْهَا، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ سَلْمَانَ بِيَدِهِ، أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً، فَأَوْفَيْتُهُمْ حَقَّهُمْ، وَعَتَقْتُ،

فَشَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْخَنْدَقَ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَفُتْنِي مَعَهُ مَشْهَدٌ.

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] cursed the one who consumes Riba, the one who pays it, the one who writes it down, and the one who withholds Sadaqah (Zakah). And he used to forbid wailing (in mourning for the dead).

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ آكِلَ الرِّبَا وَمُوكِلَهُ وَكَاتِبَهُ وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ وَكَانَ يَنْهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ أَرْسَلَهُ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ وَعَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ

[AI] that this verse which is in the Quran, "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner," he said, is in the Torah: "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, and a safeguard for the unlettered. You are My servant and My Messenger. I have named you al-Mutawakkil. He is not harsh, nor coarse, nor loud in the marketplaces; he does not repay evil with evil, but pardons and overlooks. Allah will not take him until He straightens through him the crooked community, by their saying: "There is no god but Allah." Through it, He will open blind eyes, deaf ears, and covered hearts."

أَنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي الْقُرْآنِ: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا﴾، قَالَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ، إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَحِرْزًا لِلأُمِّيِّينَ، أَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَرَسُولِي، سَمَّيْتُكَ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ، لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَلاَ غَلِيظٍ وَلاَ سَخَّابٍ بِالأَسْوَاقِ، وَلاَ يَدْفَعُ السَّيِّئَةَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ، وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَصْفَحُ، وَلَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ اللَّهُ حَتَّى يُقِيمَ بِهِ الْمِلَّةَ الْعَوْجَاءَ، بِأَنْ يَقُولُوا: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، فَيَفْتَحَ بِهَا أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا، وَآذَانًا صُمًّا، وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا.

[AI] I met Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As and said, “Tell me about the description of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the Torah.” He said, “Yes, by Allah, he is indeed described in the Torah with his description in the Quran: “O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bringer of good tidings, and a warner” [al-Ahzab 45], and as a protection for the unlettered. You are My servant and My messenger; I have named you al-Mutawakkil. You are not harsh, nor coarse, nor loud in the marketplaces.” Yunus said: “Nor clamorous in the marketplaces. He does not repel evil with evil, but rather pardons and forgives. He will not be taken until, through him, He sets upright the crooked religion, by their saying: There is no god except Allah, and through it He opens blind eyes, deaf ears, and covered hearts.”

Ata said: I met Kab and asked him, and they did not differ in a single letter, except that Kab would say in his dialect: “eyes that are umuma, ears that are sumuma, and hearts that are ghulufa.” Yunus said: “ghulfa.”

لَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِي، فَقُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ صِفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ، فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ وَاللهِ، إِنَّهُ لَمَوْصُوفٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ بِصِفَتِهِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا﴾ [الأحزاب 45]، وَحِرْزًا لِلْأُمِّيِّينَ، وَأَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَرَسُولِي، سَمَّيْتُكَ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ، لَسْتَ بِفَظٍّ وَلَا غَلِيظٍ وَلَا سَخَّابٍ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ. قَالَ يُونُسُ: وَلَا صَخَّابٍ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ، وَلَا يَدْفَعُ السَّيِّئَةَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ، وَلَكِنْ يَعْفُو وَيَغْفِرُ، وَلَنْ يَقْبِضَهُ حَتَّى يُقِيمَ بِهِ الْمِلَّةَ الْعَوْجَاءَ، بِأَنْ يَقُولُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَيَفْتَحَ بِهَا أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا، وَآذَانًا صُمًّا، وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا.

قَالَ عَطَاءٌ: لَقِيتُ كَعْبًا فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَمَا اخْتَلَفَا فِي حَرْفٍ، إِلَّا أَنَّ كَعْبًا يَقُولُ بِلُغَتِهِ: أَعْيُنًا عُمُومَى، وَآذَانًا صُمُومَى، وَقُلُوبًا غُلُوفَى. قَالَ يُونُسُ: غُلْفَى.

[Machine] "When Mecca was conquered by the Messenger of Allah, he said, 'Put down your weapons, except for the people of Khuzayah from the tribe of Banu Bakr.' He gave them permission to worship until the time of Asr prayer. Then he said, 'Put down your weapons.' A man from Khuzayah encountered a man from Banu Bakr the next day in Muzdalifah and killed him. The Messenger of Allah was informed of this, so he stood up to address the people and said, 'I saw him with his back leaning against the Kaaba when he was killed. The greatest enemy of Allah is the one who kills someone within the sacred precinct, or kills someone who is not a combatant, or kills according to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance customs.' A man stood up and said, 'So and so is my son.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'There is no relationship based on Jahiliyyah customs in Islam. Lineage belongs to the bed, and the stone goes to a prostitute.' They asked, 'What is a prostitute?' He said, 'A stone.' He also said, 'In palms, every ten fingers are a palm width, and in forearms, every five fingers are an arm's length.' He also said, 'There is no prayer after Fajr until the sun rises, and no prayer after Asr until the sun sets.' He also said, 'A woman cannot be married to her paternal aunt or maternal aunt, and it is not permissible for a woman to marry without the permission of her husband.'"

لَمَّا فُتِحَتْ مَكَّةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُفُّوا السِّلَاحَ إِلَّا خُزَاعَةَ عَنْ بَنِي بَكْرٍ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ كُفُّوا السِّلَاحَ فَلَقِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرٍ مِنْ غَدٍ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺفَقَامَ خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ وَرَأَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ قَالَ إِنَّ أَعْدَى النَّاسِ عَلَى اللهِ مَنْ قَتَلَ فِي الْحَرَمِ أَوْ قَتَلَ غَيْرَ قَاتِلِهِ أَوْ قَتَلَ بِذُحُولِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ فُلَانًا ابْنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا دَعْوَةَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ذَهَبَ أَمْرُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْأَثْلَبُ قَالُوا وَمَا الْأَثْلَبُ؟ قَالَ الْحَجَرُ قَالَ وَفِي الْأَصَابِعِ عَشْرٌ عَشْرٌ وَفِي الْمَوَاضِحِ خَمْسٌ خَمْسٌ قَالَ وَقَالَ لَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَ الْغَدَاةِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَلَا صَلَاةَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ وَلَا تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا وَلَا عَلَى خَالَتِهَا وَلَا يَجُوزُ لِامْرَأَةٍ عَطِيَّةٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ زَوْجِهَا

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught her ˹the following˺ dua:

allāhumma innī asʾaluka mina al-khayri kullihi, ʿājilihī wa-ājilihī, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam. wa-aʿūdhu bika min al-sharri kullihi, ʿājilihī wa-ājilihī, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam.

allāhumma innī asʾaluka min khayri mā saʾalaka minhu ʿabduka wa-nabiyyuk, wa-aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿādha bihi ʿabduka wa-nabiyyuk.

allāhumma innī asʾaluka al-jannah, wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa-aʿūdhu bika mina al-nār, wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa-asʾaluka an tajʿala kulla qaḍāʾin qaḍaytahu lī khayrā

(O Allah, I ask You for all that is good in the here and now and in the Hereafter, of what I know and of what I do not know. And I seek refuge in You from all that is evil, in the here and now and in the Hereafter, of what I know and of what I do not know.

O Allah, I ask You for any good that Your slave and Prophet has asked You for. And I seek refuge in You from any evil from which Your slave and Prophet sought refuge for."

O Allah, I ask You for Jannah (Heaven) and for that which brings one closer to it, both in word and deed. And I seek refuge in You from Hellfire and from that which brings one closer to it, in both word and deed. And I ask You to make every decree that You decree for me ˹one that is˺ good.)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَّمَهَا هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ:

«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ»

«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَاذَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ»

«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِي خَيْرًا».

The Prophet ﷺ used to say at times of distress:

lā ilāha illā allāhu al-ʿaẓīmu al-ḥalīm, lā ilāha illā allāhu rabbu al-ʿarshi al-ʿaẓīm, lā ilāha illā allāhu rabbu al-samāwāti, wa-rabbu al-arḍi, wa-rabbu al-ʿarshi al-karīm

(There is no god but Allah, the All-Knowing, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the Noble Throne.)"

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ:

«لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الأَرْضِ، رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ».

Whoever says, when morning comes and when evening comes, seven times,

ḥasbiya allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-huwa rabbu al-ʿarshi al-ʿaẓīm

(Allah is sufficient for me; there is no god but Him. In Him I place my trust, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne)

Allah will suffice him regarding whatever worries him, whether he says it truthfully or falsely.

مَنْ قَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى:

﴿حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ﴾

سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مَا أَهَمَّهُ، صَادِقًا كَانَ بِهَا أَوْ كَاذِبًا.

that the Prophet ﷺ left ˹Juwayriyah, our mother and his wife˺ early in the morning after praying Subh (Fajr) and she was in her place of worship. He then came back at duha time (midmorning) and she was ˹still˺ sitting ˹doing dhikr˺. He asked, "Have you been in the same place since I left you?" She said: "Yes." Thereupon, the Prophet ﷺ said: "I recited four words three times after I left you and if these are to be weighed against what you have recited since morning these would outweigh them:

subḥān Allāhi wa-bi-ḥamdihī, adada khalqihī, wa-riḍā nafsihī, wa-zinata ʿarshihī, wa-midāda kalimātihī

(Exalted is Allah and praise is due to Him according to: the number of His creation, and ˹according to˺ the pleasure of His Self, and ˹according to˺ the weight of His Throne, and ˹according to˺ the ink of words ˹of His constant decrees or of praise that is due to Him.)"

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا بُكْرَةً حِينَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ وَهِيَ فِي مَسْجِدِهَا۔ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَضْحَى وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ۔ فَقَالَ: «مَا زِلْتِ عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّتِي فَارَقْتُكِ عَلَيْهَا؟» قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِمَا قُلْتِ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ».

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He who recites in the morning and in the evening: subḥān Allāhi wa-bi-ḥamdihī (Exalted is Allah and all praise is due to Him) one hundred times, he would not bring on the Day of Resurrection anything excellent than this except one who utters these words." he said similar to what he said or more than this."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ وَحِينَ يُمْسِي: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، لَمْ يَأْتِ أَحَدٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَفْضَلَ مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ إِلاَّ أَحَدٌ»، قَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ أَوْ زَادَ عَلَيْهِ.

We went out on a rainy night and in intense darkness, looking for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to lead us in prayer. We found him, and he said, "Have you prayed?" But I said nothing. Then he said, "Say." But I said nothing. Then he said, "Say." But I said nothing. Then he said, "Say." So I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what should I say?" He said, "Recite: "Say, He is Allah, One," and the Muawwidhatayn when you enter the evening and when you enter the morning three times; it will suffice you against everything."

خَرَجْنَا فِي لَيْلَةِ مَطَرٍ وَظُلْمَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ نَطْلُبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِيُصَلِّيَ لَنَا، فَأَدْرَكْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَصَلَّيْتُمْ؟» فَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ: «قُلْ»، فَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «قُلْ»، فَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «قُلْ». فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: «﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ﴾ وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ، حِينَ تُمْسِي وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، تَكْفِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ».

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put me in charge of guarding the zakah of Ramadan. Then someone came to me and began scooping up the food, so I seized him and said, "By Allah, I will surely take you to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "I am needy, I have dependents, and I am in severe need." So I let him go. In the morning, the Prophet ﷺ said, "O Abu Hurayrah, what did your captive do last night?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he complained of severe need and dependents, so I had mercy on him and let him go." He said, "Indeed, he lied to you, and he will return." So I knew that he would return because of the statement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "He will return."

So I lay in wait for him, and he came and began scooping up the food. I seized him and said, "I will surely take you to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Leave me, for I am needy and I have dependents; I will not return." So I had mercy on him and let him go. In the morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "O Abu Hurayrah, what did your captive do?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he complained of severe need and dependents, so I had mercy on him and let him go." He said, "Indeed, he lied to you, and he will return."

So I lay in wait for him a third time, and he came and began scooping up the food. I seized him and said, "I will surely take you to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and this is the last of three times that you claim you will not return, then you return." He said, "Leave me, and I will teach you words by which Allah will benefit you." I said, "What is it?" He said, "When you go to your bed, recite Ayat al-Kursi: "Allah, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer," until you finish the verse, for there will continue to be a guardian over you from Allah, and no devil will come near you until morning." So I let him go.

In the morning, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "What did your captive do last night?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he claimed that he would teach me words by which Allah will benefit me, so I let him go." He said, "What are they?" I said, "He said to me, 'When you go to your bed, recite Ayat al-Kursi from its beginning until you finish: "Allah, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer," and he said to me, 'There will continue to be a guardian over you from Allah, and no devil will come near you until morning.'" And they were most eager for good. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, he told you the truth, though he is a liar. Do you know whom you have been speaking to for three nights, O Abu Hurayrah?" I said, "No." He said, "That was Satan."

وَكَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحِفْظِ زَكَاةِ رَمَضَانَ، فَأَتَانِي آتٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ، وَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ لأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ إِنِّي مُحْتَاجٌ، وَعَلَىَّ عِيَالٌ، وَلِي حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ. قَالَ فَخَلَّيْتُ عَنْهُ. فَأَصْبَحْتُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، شَكَا حَاجَةً شَدِيدَةً وَعِيَالاً، فَرَحِمْتُهُ، فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهُ. قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَذَبَكَ، وَسَيَعُودُ». فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيَعُودُ، لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهُ سَيَعُودُ».

فَرَصَدْتُهُ، فَجَاءَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: لأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. قَالَ دَعْنِي، فَإِنِّي مُحْتَاجٌ، وَعَلَىَّ عِيَالٌ، لاَ أَعُودُ. فَرَحِمْتُهُ، فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهُ. فَأَصْبَحْتُ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ؟» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، شَكَا حَاجَةً شَدِيدَةً وَعِيَالاً، فَرَحِمْتُهُ، فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهُ. قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَذَبَكَ، وَسَيَعُودُ».

فَرَصَدْتُهُ الثَّالِثَةَ، فَجَاءَ يَحْثُو مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: لأَرْفَعَنَّكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَهَذَا آخِرُ ثَلاَثِ مَرَّاتٍ، أَنَّكَ تَزْعُمُ لاَ تَعُودُ، ثُمَّ تَعُودُ. قَالَ دَعْنِي أُعَلِّمْكَ كَلِمَاتٍ يَنْفَعُكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا. قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ، فَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ: ﴿اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ﴾، حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ الآيَةَ، فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ يَزَالَ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَافِظٌ، وَلاَ يَقْرَبَنَّكَ شَيْطَانٌ حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ. فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهُ.

فَأَصْبَحْتُ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ؟» قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ يُعَلِّمُنِي كَلِمَاتٍ يَنْفَعُنِي اللَّهُ بِهَا، فَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهُ. قَالَ «مَا هِيَ؟» قُلْتُ: قَالَ لِي إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ، فَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ: ﴿اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ﴾، وَقَالَ لِي لَنْ يَزَالَ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَافِظٌ، وَلاَ يَقْرَبَكَ شَيْطَانٌ حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ. وَكَانُوا أَحْرَصَ شَىْءٍ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَكَ وَهُوَ كَذُوبٌ، تَعْلَمُ مَنْ تُخَاطِبُ مُنْذُ ثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ، يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟» قَالَ لاَ. قَالَ «ذَاكَ شَيْطَانٌ».

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ᴿᴬ said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, instruct me with words that I should say when I enter the morning and when I enter the evening. He said: "Say:

allāhumma ʿālima al-ghaybi wal-shahādah, fāṭira al-samāwāti wal-arḍ, rabba kulli shayʾin wa-malīkah, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta, aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa-sharri al-shayṭāni wa-shirkih

(O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord of everything and its Sovereign, I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of myself and from the evil of Satan and his shirk.)"

He said: "Say it when you enter the morning, when you enter the evening, and when you go to your bed."

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مُرْنِي بِكَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ. قَالَ: «قُلِ:

اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ».

قَالَ: «قُلْهَا إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ، وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ، وَإِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ».

from the Prophet ﷺ, that he said, "I will surely know people from my Ummah who will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like the white mountains of Tihamah, but Allah ﷻ will make them scattered dust."

Thawban said, "O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us, make them clear to us, lest we be among them while we do not know." He said, "Indeed, they are your brothers and from your own people, and they spend part of the night as you do, but they are people who, when they are alone with the sacred limits of Allah, violate them."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لأَعْلَمَنَّ أَقْوَامًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَأْتُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِحَسَنَاتٍ أَمْثَالِ جِبَالِ تِهَامَةَ بِيضًا، فَيَجْعَلُهَا اللَّهُ ﷻ هَبَاءً مَنْثُورًا».

قَالَ ثَوْبَانُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، صِفْهُمْ لَنَا، جَلِّهِمْ لَنَا، أَنْ لاَ نَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لاَ نَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: «أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ وَمِنْ جِلْدَتِكُمْ، وَيَأْخُذُونَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَمَا تَأْخُذُونَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَقْوَامٌ إِذَا خَلَوْا بِمَحَارِمِ اللَّهِ انْتَهَكُوهَا».

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ conquered Khaybar, Al-Hajjaj bin 'Ilat said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have wealth and family in Makkah, and I want to go to them. I am in a state of Ihram, so if I receive something from you or say something, will I still be considered in a state of Ihram?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him permission to say whatever he wished, so he went to his wife when he arrived and said, "Gather for me whatever you have, for I want to buy from the spoils of Muhammad ﷺ and his companions, for they have been made permissible. Their wealth has been taken." This news spread in Makkah, and the Muslims were saddened while the polytheists rejoiced. The news reached Al-'Abbas, who was disturbed and could not stand up. Ma'mar mentioned that 'Uthman Al-Jazari told me about Miqussam, who said that his son, named Qutham, was taken by his father and placed on his chest while he said, "My dear Qutham, you resemble the one with the flattened nose, the Asammaynabi, the one with blessings despite people's rejection." Thabit reported from Anas that the boy was then sent to Al-Hajjaj bin 'Ilat, who said to him, "Woe to you! What have you brought and what do you say?" The boy replied, "The promise of Allah is better than what I brought. Al-Hajjaj bin 'Ilat said to his boy, "Read the greeting to my father and tell him that he should let me into some of his houses so that I may come to him. Tell him that the news is according to his liking." When Al-Hajjaj bin 'Ilat's boy arrived at the door of his home, he said, "Be happy, O Abu Al-Fadl!" Al-'Abbas joyfully stepped forward and kissed him between his eyes, and he informed him of what Al-Hajjaj had said. Al-Hajjaj then came and informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had conquered Khaybar, seized their wealth, and the arrows of Allah (referring to the blessings) had been shot in their wealth. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had chosen Safiyyah bint Huyayy for himself and offered her the choice to either be set free and become his wife, or to return to her people. She chose to be set free and became his wife. However, I have come for the wealth that I had here and I wanted to collect it. So, I sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he gave me permission to say whatever I wished. So, keep three things secret from me and mention what you may have heard." Al-Hajjaj's wife gathered whatever jewelry and belongings she had and handed them over to him. Then he put them on and, after three days, Al-'Abbas came to Al-Hajjaj's wife and asked her, "What did your husband do?" She informed him that he had left on such and such date and said, "Do not be saddened by what you have heard. May Allah bless you, O Abu Al-Fadl." Al-'Abbas replied, "By Allah, I believe that you are telling the truth." He then left until he came to the gatherings of the Quraysh, where they were saying that when he passed by them, nothing but good would come to him. They said to him, "Nothing but good has come to you, O Abu Al-Fadl." He replied, "By the grace of Allah, nothing but good has come to me. Al-Hajjaj bin 'Ilat has informed me that Khaybar has been conquered by the Prophet ﷺ , the arrows of Allah (referring to the blessings) have been shot in their wealth, and the Prophet ﷺ has chosen Safiyyah for himself. He asked me to keep three things secret from him and said that he only came to collect his wealth that he had here. Then he will leave." Allah removed the sadness that was upon the Muslims and the joy that was upon the polytheists. The Muslims came out, and whoever had entered his home feeling sad returned. They came to Al-'Abbas, and he informed them of the news. The Muslims became joyful, and any feelings of sorrow, anger, or sadness towards the polytheists were reversed.

لَمَّا افْتَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْبَرَ قَالَ الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ عِلَاطٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي بِمَكَّةَ مَالًا وَإِنَّ لِي بِهَا أَهْلًا وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ آتِيَهُمْ فَأَنَا فِي حِلٍّ إِنْ أَنَا نِلْتُ مِنْكَ أَوْ قُلْتُ شَيْئًا؟ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا شَاءَ فَأَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ حِينَ قَدِمَ فَقَالَ اجْمَعِي لِي مَا كَانَ عِنْدَكِ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ مِنْ غَنَائِمِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَدِ اسْتُبِيحُوا وَأُصِيبَتْ أَمْوَالُهُمْ قَالَ فَفَشَا ذَلِكَ بِمَكَّةَ فانْقَمَعَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَأَظْهَرَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَرَحًا وَسُرُورًا قَالَ وَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ الْعَبَّاسَ فَعَقِرَ وَجَعَلَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَقُومَ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ فَأَخْبَرَنِي عُثْمَانُ الْجَزَرِيُّ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ ابْنًا لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ قُثَمُ فَاسْتَلْقَى فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ[البحر الرجز]حِبِّي قُثَمْ شَبِيهُ ذِي الْأَنْفِ الْأَشَمّنَبِيِّ ذِي النَّعَمْ بِرَغْمِ مَنْ رَغِمْقَالَ ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ غُلَامًا إِلَى الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِعِلَاطٍ وَيْلَكَ مَا جِئْتَ بِهِ وَمَاذَا تَقُولُ؟ فَمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا جِئْتَ بِهِ قَالَ الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ عِلَاطٍ لِغُلَامِهِ اقْرَأْ عَلَى أَبِي الْفَضْلِ السَّلَامَ وَقُلْ لَهُ فَلْيَخْلُ لِي فِي بَعْضِ بُيُوتِهِ لِآتِيَهُ فَإِنَّ الْخَبَرَ عَلَى مَا يَسُرُّهُ فَجَاءَ غُلَامُهُ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ بَابَ الدَّارِ قَالَ أَبْشِرْ يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ قَالَ فَوَثَبَ الْعَبَّاسُ فَرَحًا حَتَّى قَبَّلَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ مَا قَالَ الْحَجَّاجُ فَأَعْتَقَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ الْحَجَّاجُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدِ افْتَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ وَغَنِمَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَجَرَتْ سِهَامُ اللهِ ﷻ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاصْطَفَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ فَاتَّخَذَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ وَخَيَّرَهَا أَنْ يُعْتِقَهَا وَتَكُونَ زَوْجَتَهُ أَوْ تَلْحَقَ بِأَهْلِهَا فَاخْتَارَتْ أَنْ يُعْتِقَهَا وَتَكُونَ زَوْجَتَهُ وَلَكِنِّي جِئْتُ لِمَالٍ كَانَ لِي هَاهُنَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَجْمَعَهُ فَأَذْهَبَ بِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَذِنَ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا شِئْتُ فَأَخْفِ عَنِّي ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ اذْكُرْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ قَالَ فَجَمَعَتْ امْرَأَتُهُ مَا كَانَ عِنْدَهَا مِنْ حُلِيٍّ وَمَتَاعٍ فَجَمَعَتْهُ فَدَفَعَتْهُ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْشَمَرَ بِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ أَتَى الْعَبَّاسُ امْرَأَةَ الْحَجَّاجِ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ زَوْجُكِ؟ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَقَالَتْ لَا يَحْزُنُكَ اللهُ يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ لَقَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيْنَا الَّذِي بَلَغَكَ قَالَأَجَلْ لَا يَحْزُنِّي اللهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِحَمْدِ اللهِ إِلَّا مَا أَحْبَبْنَا فَتَحَ اللهُ خَيْبَرَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ وَجَرَتْ فِيهَا سِهَامُ اللهِ وَاصْطَفَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ لِنَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَكِ حَاجَةٌ فِي زَوْجِكِ فَالْحَقِي بِهِ قَالَتْ أَظُنُّكَ وَاللهِ صَادِقًا قَالَ فَإِنِّي صَادِقٌ الْأَمْرُ عَلَى مَا أَخْبَرْتُكِ فَذَهَبَ حَتَّى أَتَى مَجَالِسَ قُرَيْشٍ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِذَا مَرَّ بِهِمْ لَا يُصِيبُكَ إِلَّا خَيْرٌ يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ قَالَ لَهُمْ لَمْ يُصِبْنِي إِلَّا خَيْرٌ بِحَمْدِ اللهِ قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ عِلَاطٍ أَنَّ خَيْبَرَ قَدْ فَتَحَهَا اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَجَرَتْ فِيهَا سِهَامُ اللهِ وَاصْطَفَى صَفِيَّةَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي أَنْ أُخْفِيَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا وَإِنَّمَا جَاءَ لِيَأْخُذَ مَالَهُ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ هَاهُنَا ثُمَّ يَذْهَبَ قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللهُ الْكَآبَةَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَخَرَجَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمَنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ مُكْتَئِبًا حَتَّى أَتَوُا الْعَبَّاسَ فَأَخْبَرَهُمُ الْخَبَرَ فَسُرَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَرَدَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ كَآبَةٍ أَوْ غَيْظٍ أَوْ حُزْنٍ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: *"O so-and-so, when you go to your bed, say:

allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk, wa-wajjahtu wajhī ilayk, wa-fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa-aljaʾtu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa-rahbatan ilayk, lā maljaʾa wa-lā manjā minka illā ilayk, āmantu bi-kitābika alladhī anzalta, wa-bi-nabiyyika alladhī arsalta

(O Allah, I have surrendered myself to You, turned my face to You, entrusted my affair to You, and leaned my back on You, in hope and fear of You. There is no refuge and no escape from You except to You. I believe in Your Book which You have sent down, and in Your Prophet whom You have sent.)

If you die during your night, you will die upon the fitrah, and if you reach the morning, you will attain a reward."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «يَا فُلاَنُ، إِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ فَقُلِ:

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لاَ مَلْجَأَ وَلاَ مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ، وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ مُتَّ فِي لَيْلَتِكَ مُتَّ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، وَإِنْ أَصْبَحْتَ أَصَبْتَ أَجْرًا»

[AI] I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Whoever sees me in a dream will see me while awake, and Satan does not take my form." Abu Abdullah said: Ibn Sirin said: "If he sees him in his form."

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَسَيَرَانِي فِي الْيَقَظَةِ، وَلاَ يَتَمَثَّلُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِي». قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: قَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ: إِذَا رَآهُ فِي صُورَتِهِ.

[AI] Messengers from the disbelievers of Quraysh came to us, offering a blood-money reward for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and for Abu Bakr—each of them—whoever killed or captured them. While I was sitting in a gathering of my people, Banu Mudlij, one of them came up and stood over us as we sat and said, “O Suraqah, I have just seen some figures on the coast; I think they are Muhammad and his companions.” Suraqah said: I knew they were them, so I said to him, “They are not them; rather you saw so-and-so and so-and-so—they set out under our watch.” Then I stayed in the gathering for an hour, then I got up and went inside and ordered my slave-girl to bring out my horse from behind a hillock and hold it for me. I took my spear and went out with it from the back of the house, lowering its upper end and striking the ground with its tip, until I came to my horse and mounted it. 

I urged it on at a swift pace until I drew near them, and my horse stumbled and I fell from it. I got up and reached for my quiver and brought out the divining arrows, and cast lots with them: would I harm them or not? The result I disliked came out, yet I mounted my horse and disobeyed the arrows, urging it on until, when I could hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reciting—while he did not turn around, whereas Abu Bakr kept turning around—my horse’s forelegs sank into the earth up to the knees, and I fell from it. Then I rebuked it and it rose, but it could hardly pull its forelegs out. When it finally stood upright, there rose from the traces of its forelegs a shining dust in the sky, like smoke. I cast lots with the arrows again and the result I disliked came out, so I called to them offering safety. 

They stopped, and I mounted my horse and came to them. And it occurred to me, when I experienced what I experienced of being held back from them, that the affair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would surely prevail. I said to him, “Your people have set a reward for you,” and I informed them of the news of what people intended for them. I offered them provisions and goods, but they did not take anything from me and did not ask me for anything, except that he said: “Keep us concealed.” Then I asked him to write me a guarantee of safety. He ordered Amir b. Fuhayrah, who wrote it on a piece of leather, and then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on.

Ibn Shihab said: ‘Urwah b. al-Zubayr told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ met al-Zubayr among a group of Muslims who were merchants returning from Syria, and al-Zubayr clothed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr in white garments. The Muslims in Madinah heard of the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ departure from Makkah, and they would go out every morning to the Harrah and wait for him until the heat of midday drove them back. 

One day they returned after waiting a long time. When they had gone back to their houses, a man from the Jews climbed up on one of their fortresses for something he was looking at, and he caught sight of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions, whitened (in their garments), with the mirage wavering around them. The Jew could not help but cry out at the top of his voice: “O company of Arabs, this is your grandfather whom you are waiting for!” The Muslims sprang to their weapons and went out to meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the edge of the Harrah. He turned with them to the right until he lodged among Banu ‘Amr b. ‘Awf, and that was on Monday in the month of Rabi‘ al-Awwal. 

Abu Bakr stood among the people, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat silent. Those of the Ansar who came—who had not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—began greeting Abu Bakr, until the sun fell upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then Abu Bakr came forward and shaded him with his cloak, and at that point the people recognized the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed among Banu ‘Amr b. ‘Awf for some ten-odd nights, and the mosque that was founded upon piety was established, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in it. 

Then he mounted his she-camel, and the people walked with him until it knelt at the site of the Messenger’s Mosque ﷺ in Madinah—where at that time some Muslim men used to pray—and it had been a date-drying yard belonging to Suhayl and Sahl, two orphan boys under the guardianship of As‘ad b. Zurārah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said when his mount knelt: “This, Allah willing, is the dwelling.” Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called the two boys and bargained with them for the yard so that he could make it a mosque. They said, “No; rather we give it to you as a gift, O Messenger of Allah.” 

Then he built it as a mosque, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began carrying bricks with them in its construction, saying as he carried the bricks: “This load is not the load of Khaybar; this is more dutiful to our Lord and purer.” And he would say: “O Allah, the reward is only the reward of the Hereafter, so have mercy on the Ansar and the Muhajirun.” In doing so he quoted verses of a Muslim man’s poetry whose name was not given to me. Ibn Shihab said: We have not learned in the reports that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ever quoted a complete line of poetry other than these words.

جَاءَنَا رُسُلُ كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ، يَجْعَلُونَ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ دِيَةَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مَنْ قَتَلَهُ أَوْ أَسَرَهُ. فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ مِنْ مَجَالِسِ قَوْمِي بَنِي مُدْلِجٍ، أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا سُرَاقَةُ، إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ آنِفًا أَسْوِدَةً بِالسَّاحِلِ، أُرَاهَا مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ. قَالَ سُرَاقَةُ: فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُمْ هُمْ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِهِمْ، وَلَكِنَّكَ رَأَيْتَ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا، انْطَلَقُوا بِأَعْيُنِنَا. ثُمَّ لَبِثْتُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ، فَدَخَلْتُ، فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي أَنْ تَخْرُجَ بِفَرَسِي، وَهْيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أَكَمَةٍ، فَتَحْبِسَهَا عَلَيَّ، وَأَخَذْتُ رُمْحِي، فَخَرَجْتُ بِهِ مِنْ ظَهْرِ الْبَيْتِ، فَحَطَطْتُ بِزُجِّهِ الْأَرْضَ، وَخَفَضْتُ عَالِيَهُ، حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ فَرَسِي، فَرَكِبْتُهَا. 

فَرَفَعْتُهَا تُقَرِّبُ بِي، حَتَّى دَنَوْتُ مِنْهُمْ، فَعَثَرَتْ بِي فَرَسِي، فَخَرَرْتُ عَنْهَا. فَقُمْتُ، فَأَهْوَيْتُ يَدِي إِلَى كِنَانَتِي، فَاسْتَخْرَجْتُ مِنْهَا الْأَزْلَامَ، فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا، أَضُرُّهُمْ أَمْ لَا؟ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ، فَرَكِبْتُ فَرَسِي وَعَصَيْتُ الْأَزْلَامَ، تُقَرِّبُ بِي، حَتَّى إِذَا سَمِعْتُ قِرَاءَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَهْوَ لَا يَلْتَفِتُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُكْثِرُ الِالْتِفَاتَ، سَاخَتْ يَدَا فَرَسِي فِي الْأَرْضِ، حَتَّى بَلَغَتَا الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ، فَخَرَرْتُ عَنْهَا، ثُمَّ زَجَرْتُهَا، فَنَهَضَتْ، فَلَمْ تَكَدْ تُخْرِجُ يَدَيْهَا. فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَتْ قَائِمَةً، إِذَا لِأَثَرِ يَدَيْهَا عُثَانٌ سَاطِعٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ، مِثْلُ الدُّخَانِ. فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِالْأَزْلَامِ، فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ، فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ بِالْأَمَانِ، 

فَوَقَفُوا، فَرَكِبْتُ فَرَسِي حَتَّى جِئْتُهُمْ، وَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي، حِينَ لَقِيتُ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنَ الْحَبْسِ عَنْهُمْ، أَنْ سَيَظْهَرُ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ جَعَلُوا فِيكَ الدِّيَةَ، وَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ أَخْبَارَ مَا يُرِيدُ النَّاسُ بِهِمْ، وَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِمِ الزَّادَ وَالْمَتَاعَ، فَلَمْ يَرْزَآنِي، وَلَمْ يَسْأَلَانِي، إِلَّا أَنْ قَالَ: «أَخْفِ عَنَّا». فَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لِي كِتَابَ أَمْنٍ، فَأَمَرَ عَامِرَ بْنَ فُهَيْرَةَ، فَكَتَبَ فِي رُقْعَةٍ مِنْ أَدِيمٍ، ثُمَّ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ.

قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: فَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَقِيَ الزُّبَيْرَ فِي رَكْبٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، كَانُوا تُجَّارًا قَافِلِينَ مِنَ الشَّأْمِ، فَكَسَا الزُّبَيْرُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ ثِيَابَ بَيَاضٍ. وَسَمِعَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَخْرَجَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ، فَكَانُوا يَغْدُونَ كُلَّ غَدَاةٍ إِلَى الْحَرَّةِ، فَيَنْتَظِرُونَهُ، حَتَّى يَرُدَّهُمْ حَرُّ الظَّهِيرَةِ. 

فَانْقَلَبُوا يَوْمًا، بَعْدَ مَا أَطَالُوا انْتِظَارَهُمْ. فَلَمَّا أَوَوْا إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ، أَوْفَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ يَهُودَ عَلَى أُطُمٍ مِنْ آطَامِهِمْ، لِأَمْرٍ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَبَصُرَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ مُبَيَّضِينَ، يَزُولُ بِهِمُ السَّرَابُ، فَلَمْ يَمْلِكِ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَنْ قَالَ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: يَا مَعَاشِرَ الْعَرَبِ، هَذَا جَدُّكُمُ الَّذِي تَنْتَظِرُونَ. فَثَارَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِلَى السِّلَاحِ، فَتَلَقَّوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِظَهْرِ الْحَرَّةِ، فَعَدَلَ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ، حَتَّى نَزَلَ بِهِمْ فِي بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَذَلِكَ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ. 

فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِلنَّاسِ، وَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَامِتًا، فَطَفِقَ مَنْ جَاءَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، يُحَيِّي أَبَا بَكْرٍ، حَتَّى أَصَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَتَّى ظَلَّلَ عَلَيْهِ بِرِدَائِهِ، فَعَرَفَ النَّاسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ. فَلَبِثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ بِضْعَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً، وَأُسِّسَ الْمَسْجِدُ الَّذِي أُسِّسَ عَلَى التَّقْوَى، وَصَلَّى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ. 

ثُمَّ رَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ، فَسَارَ يَمْشِي مَعَهُ النَّاسُ، حَتَّى بَرَكَتْ عِنْدَ مَسْجِدِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَهْوَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَكَانَ مِرْبَدًا لِلتَّمْرِ، لِسُهَيْلٍ وَسَهْلٍ غُلَامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي حِجْرِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حِينَ بَرَكَتْ بِهِ رَاحِلَتُهُ: «هَذَا، إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، الْمَنْزِلُ». ثُمَّ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْغُلَامَيْنِ، فَسَاوَمَهُمَا بِالْمِرْبَدِ، لِيَتَّخِذَهُ مَسْجِدًا، فَقَالَا: لَا، بَلْ نَهَبُهُ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. 

ثُمَّ بَنَاهُ مَسْجِدًا، وَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْقُلُ مَعَهُمُ اللَّبِنَ فِي بُنْيَانِهِ، وَيَقُولُ وَهُوَ يَنْقُلُ اللَّبِنَ: «هَذَا الْحِمَالُ لَا حِمَالَ خَيْبَرْ، هَذَا أَبَرُّ رَبَّنَا وَأَطْهَرْ». وَيَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ الْأَجْرَ أَجْرُ الْآخِرَهْ، فَارْحَمِ الْأَنْصَارَ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ». فَتَمَثَّلَ بِشِعْرِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَمْ يُسَمَّ لِي. قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: وَلَمْ يَبْلُغْنَا فِي الْأَحَادِيثِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَمَثَّلَ بِبَيْتِ شِعْرٍ تَامٍّ غَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ.

[AI] I sailed the sea on a ship, and it broke apart, so I rode upon a plank from it, and it cast me onto a thicket in which there was a lion. Nothing frightened me except it, so I said, “O Abu al-Harith, I am a client of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” Then it lowered its head and nudged my side with its shoulder, and it kept nudging me and guiding me to the road until it set me upon the road. When it set me down, it murmured, and I thought that it was bidding me farewell.

رَكِبْتُ الْبَحْرَ فِي سَفِينَةٍ فَانْكَسَرَتْ فَرَكِبْتُ لَوْحًا مِنْهَا فطَرَحَنِي فِي أَجَمَةٍ فِيهَا أَسَدٌ فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلَّا بِهِ فَقُلْتُ «يَا أَبَا الْحَارِثِ أَنَا مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ وَغَمَزَ بِمَنْكِبِهِ شَقِّي فَمَا زَالَ يَغْمِزُنِي وَيَهْدِينِي إِلَى الطَّرِيقِ حَتَّى وَضَعَنِي عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَنِي هَمْهَمَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوَدِّعُنِي»

I heard your Prophet ﷺ say: ”Whoever makes his concerns a single concern the concern for the Hereafter, Allah will suffice him regarding the concerns of his worldly life. But whoever is pulled apart by concerns in the conditions of this world, Allah will not care in which of its valleys he perishes.”

سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّكُمْ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ جَعَلَ الْهُمُومَ هَمًّا وَاحِدًا هَمَّ الْمَعَادِ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ هَمَّ دُنْيَاهُ، وَمَنْ تَشَعَّبَتْ بِهِ الْهُمُومُ فِي أَحْوَالِ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يُبَالِ اللَّهُ فِي أَىِّ أَوْدِيَتِهِ هَلَكَ».

[AI] That he came to Syria and saw the Christians prostrating to their bishops, priests, and patriarchs, and he saw the Jews prostrating to their rabbis, monks, devotees, scholars, and jurists. He said, “Why do you do this?” They said, “This is the greeting of the prophets—peace and blessings be upon them.” I said, “Then we have more right to do this for our Prophet.” So the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: “They have lied about their prophets, just as they distorted their Book. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone, I would command a woman to prostrate to her husband because of the his great right over her. And no woman will find the sweetness of faith until she fulfills the right of her husband, even if he asks her for herself while she is on the back of a saddle.”

أَنَّهُ أَتَى الشَّامَ فَرَأَى النَّصَارَى يَسْجُدُونَ لِأَسَاقِفَتِهِمْ وَقِسِّيسِيهِمْ وَبَطَارِقَتِهِمْ وَرَأَى الْيَهُودَ يَسْجُدُونَ لِأَحْبَارِهِمْ وَرُهْبَانِهِمْ وَرُبَّانِيهِمْ وَعُلَمَائِهِمْ وَفُقَهَائِهِمْ فَقَالَ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ تَفْعَلُونَ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا هَذِهِ تَحِيَّةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ قُلْتُ فَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ نَصْنَعَ بِنَبِيِّنَا فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهُ ﷺ «إِنَّهُمْ كَذَبُوا عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ كَمَا حَرَّفُوا كِتَابَهُمْ لَوْ أَمَرْتُ أَحَدًا أَنْ يَسْجُدَ لِأَحَدٍ لَأَمَرْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِزَوْجِهَا مِنْ عَظِيمِ حَقِّهِ عَلَيْهَا وَلَا تَجِدُ امْرَأَةٌ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ حَتَّى تُؤَدِّيَ حَقَّ زَوْجِهَا وَلَوْ سَأَلَهَا نَفْسَهَا وَهِيَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ قَتَبٍ»

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ever raising his hands, making dua upon his pulpit or elsewhere; rather, I saw him say: ‘Like this,’ and he gestured with the forefinger, and joined the middle finger with the thumb.

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَاهِرًا يَدَيْهِ قَطُّ، يَدْعُو عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ وَلَا عَلَى غَيْرِهِ، وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ: هَكَذَا، وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ، وَعَقَدَ الْوُسْطَى بِالْإِبْهَامِ.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Is any one of you unable” —he said, narrating from Abd al-Warith— “to move forward or move back, or to his right, or to his left," In Hammad's narration there is an addition: “in the prayer?” meaning in voluntary prayer.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ» –قَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ– «أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ، أَوْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ»، زَادَ فِي حَدِيثِ حَمَّادٍ: «فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟»، –يَعْنِي فِي السُّبْحَةِ.

Nafi b. Jubayr sent him to al-Saib, the son of the sister of Numayr, to ask him about something Muawiyah had seen him do during the prayer. He said: Yes, I prayed the Friday prayer with him in the enclosed area. When the imam said the taslim (ended the prayer), I stood in my place and prayed. When he entered, he sent for me and said: Do not repeat what you did. When you pray the Friday prayer, do not join it to another prayer until you speak or go out, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to do that: that no prayer is to be joined to another until we speak or go out.

أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى السَّائِبِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ نَمِرٍ، يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ رَآهُ مِنْهُ مُعَاوِيَةُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ الْجُمُعَةَ فِي الْمَقْصُورَةِ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ الْإِمَامُ، قُمْتُ فِي مَقَامِي فَصَلَّيْتُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: لَا تَعُدْ لِمَا فَعَلْتَ: إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْجُمُعَةَ فَلَا تَصِلْهَا بِصَلَاةٍ حَتَّى تَتَكَلَّمَ أَوْ تَخْرُجَ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا بِذَلِكَ، أَنْ لَا تُوصَلَ صَلَاةٌ حَتَّى نَتَكَلَّمَ أَوْ نَخْرُجَ.

While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he was distributing some allotment, Dhu al-Khuwaysirah, a man from Banu Tamim, came to him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, be just!” He said: “Woe to you! Who would be just if I were not just? You would have failed and lost if I were not just.” Umar said, “O Messenger of Allah, permit me concerning him so that I may strike his neck.”

He said: “Leave him, for he has ˹such˺ companions that one of you will consider his prayer insignificant compared to their prayer, and his fasting insignificant compared to their fasting. They recite the Quran but it does not go beyond their throats. They will pass out of the religion as an arrow passes through the game: one looks at its arrowhead and finds nothing on it, then looks at its shaft and finds nothing on it, then looks at its nadiyy —its wooden part— and finds nothing on it, then looks at its feathers and finds nothing on it; it has outstripped the dung and blood. Their sign is a black man, one of whose upper arms is like a woman’s breast, or like a piece of flesh hanging down and quivering. They will emerge at a time of division among the people.”

Abu Saʿid said: I bear witness that I heard this hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I bear witness that Ali b. Abu Talib fought them and I was with him. He ordered that man to be sought, and he was brought until I looked at him matching the description the Prophet ﷺ had given of him.

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقْسِمُ قَسْمًا، أَتَاهُ ذُو الْخُوَيْصِرَةِ، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، اعْدِلْ. فَقَالَ: «وَيْلَكَ، وَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلْ؟ قَدْ خِبْتَ وَخَسِرْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْدِلُ». فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ائْذَنْ لِي فِيهِ فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ.

فَقَالَ: «دَعْهُ، فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَصْحَابًا، يَحْقِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ صَلَاتَهُ مَعَ صَلَاتِهِمْ، وَصِيَامَهُ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ، يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَمَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ، وَهُوَ قِدْحُهُ، فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَالدَّمَ، آيَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ، إِحْدَى عَضُدَيْهِ مِثْلُ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، أَوْ مِثْلُ الْبَضْعَةِ تَدَرْدَرُ، وَيَخْرُجُونَ عَلَى حِينِ فُرْقَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ».

قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ: فَأَشْهَدُ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَاتَلَهُمْ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، فَأَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ فَالْتُمِسَ، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى نَعْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الَّذِي نَعَتَهُ.

That he came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was being cupped, and when he had finished he said, “O Abdullah, take this blood and pour it out where no one can see you.” When I had gone away from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I took the blood and drank it. 

Then when I returned to the Prophet ﷺ, he said, “What did you do, O Abdullah?” He said, “I put it in a place I thought was hidden from the people.” He said, “Perhaps you drank it?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Who commanded you to drink blood? Woe to you from the people, and woe to the people from you.”

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَحْتَجِمُ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ: «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا الدَّمِ فَأَهْرِقْهُ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَاكَ أَحَدٌ». فَلَمَّا بَرَزْتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، عَمَدْتُ إِلَى الدَّمِ فَحَسَوْتُهُ،

فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَا صَنَعْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ؟». قَالَ: جَعَلْتُهُ فِي مَكَانٍ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ خَافٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ. قَالَ: «فَلَعَلَّكَ شَرِبْتَهُ؟». قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «وَمَنْ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَشْرَبَ الدَّمَ؟ وَيْلٌ لَكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَوَيْلٌ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْكَ».

That he heard the Prophet ﷺ saying: "Seek your weak for me. For indeed you sustenance and aid is only by your weak."

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ ابْغُونِي ضُعَفَاءَكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Seek for me weak persons, for you are provided means of subsistence and helped through your weaklings. Abu Dawud said: Zaid b. Artat is the brother of 'Adi b. Artat.

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ ابْغُونِي الضُّعَفَاءَ فَإِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ missed him on Friday. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished praying, he came to Mu‘adh and said to him, “O Mu‘adh, why did I not see you?” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, a Jew has against me an uqiyyah of gold, so I set out to come to you, but he detained me from you.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “O Mu‘adh, shall I not teach you a supplication with which you may supplicate? Even if you had a debt like Mount Ṣabir, Allah would discharge it for you—and Ṣabir is a mountain in Yemen. So supplicate with it, O Mu‘adh. Say:

allāhumma mālika al-mulk, tuʾtī al-mulka man tashāʾu wa-tanziʿu al-mulka mimman tashāʾ, wa-tuʿizzu man tashāʾu wa-tudhillu man tashāʾ, bi-yadika al-khayr, innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. tūliju al-layla fī al-nahār wa-tūliju al-nahāra fī al-layl, wa-tukhriju al-ḥayya mina al-mayyit wa-tukhriju al-mayyita mina al-ḥayy, wa-tarzuqu man tashāʾu bi-ghayri ḥisāb. raḥmāna al-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah wa-raḥīmahuma, tuʿṭī man tashāʾu minhumā wa-tamnaʿu man tashāʾu, irḥamnī raḥmatan tughniynī bihā ʿan raḥmati man siwāk

(O Allah, Owner of sovereignty: You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty from whom You will; You honor whom You will and You abase whom You will. In Your hand is all good; indeed You are over all things competent. You cause the night to enter into the day and You cause the day to enter into the night; You bring forth the living from the dead and You bring forth the dead from the living; and You provide for whom You will without account [Al Imran 3:26-27]. O Most Merciful of this world and the Hereafter, and their Most Compassionate: You give to whom You will of them and You withhold from whom You will. Have mercy on me with a mercy by which You will make me independent of the mercy of anyone besides You.”)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ افْتَقَدَهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَى مُعَاذًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا لِي لَمْ أَرَكَ؟». قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، لِيَهُودِيٍّ عَلَيَّ أُوقِيَّةٌ مِنْ تِبْرٍ، فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْكَ، فَحَبَسَنِي عَنْكَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «يَا مُعَاذُ، أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ دُعَاءً تَدْعُو بِهِ؟ فَلَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ مِثْلُ جَبَلِ صَبِرٍ أَدَّاهُ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ، وَصَبِرٌ جَبَلٌ بِالْيَمَنِ، فَادْعُ بِهِ، يَا مُعَاذُ، قُلْ:

﴿ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ، تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ، وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاءُ، وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ، وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ، بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ، إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، تُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ، وَتُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ، وَتُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ، وَتُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ، وَتَرْزُقُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ﴾، رَحْمَانَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَرَحِيمَهُمَا، تُعْطِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُمَا، وَتَمْنَعُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ، ارْحَمْنِي رَحْمَةً تُغْنِينِي بِهَا عَنْ رَحْمَةِ مَنْ سِوَاكَ».

that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “He who supplicates for his brother behind his back (in his absence), the representative Angel [assigned] to him says: Amen, and it is for you also.”

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ دَعَا لأَخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ، قَالَ الْمَلَكُ الْمُوَكَّلُ بِهِ: آمِينَ وَلَكَ بِمِثْلٍ»

Malik said: He had heard that the people of knowledge do not dislike the use of the siwak (tooth-stick) for one who is fasting in Ramadan at any hour of the day, neither at its beginning nor at its end. He said: I have not heard anyone among the people of knowledge dislike that, nor forbid it.

Yahya said that I heard Mālik say, regarding fasting six days after breaking the fast at the end of Ramadan: He had not seen anyone among the people of knowledge and understanding fast them, nor had it reached him from any of the early generations. The people of knowledge, he said, dislike that and fear that it is a bidah (innovation), and that the ignorant and harsh people might attach to Ramadan what is not part of it, if they were to see in that a concession from the people of knowledge and see them doing it.

Yahya said that I heard Malik say: I have not heard anyone among the people of knowledge and understanding, and those whose example is followed, forbid fasting on Friday; fasting it is good. I have seen some of the people of knowledge fast it, and I think he used to seek it out.

مَالِكٌ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ لَا يَكْرَهُونَ السِّوَاكَ لِلصَّائِمِ فِي رَمَضَانَ، فِي سَاعَةٍ مِنْ سَاعَاتِ النَّهَارِ، لَا فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَلَا فِي آخِرِهِ، وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ، وَلَا يَنْهَى عَنْهُ.

وَقَالَ يَحْيَى: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ، فِي صِيَامِ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ بَعْدَ الْفِطْرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْفِقْهِ يَصُومُهَا، وَلَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ السَّلَفِ، وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ يَكْرَهُونَ ذَلِكَ، وَيَخَافُونَ بِدْعَتَهُ، وَأَنْ يُلْحِقَ بِرَمَضَانَ مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ أَهْلُ الْجَهَالَةِ وَالْجَفَاءِ، لَوْ رَأَوْا فِي ذَلِكَ رُخْصَةً عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، وَرَأَوْهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ ذَلِكَ.

وَقَالَ يَحْيَى: وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ: لَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْفِقْهِ، وَمَنْ يُقْتَدَى بِهِ، يَنْهَى عَنْ صِيَامِ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَصِيَامُهُ حَسَنٌ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بَعْضَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَصُومُهُ، وَأُرَاهُ كَانَ يَتَحَرَّاهُ.

that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:* “Allah has made a good deed worth tenfold, so a month counts as ten months, and six days after breaking the fast complete the year.”*

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «جَعَلَ اللهُ الْحَسَنَةَ بِعَشْرٍ فَشَهْرٌ بِعَشَرَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَسِتَّةُ أَيَّامٍ بَعْدَ الْفِطْرِ تَمَامُ السَّنَةِ».

[AI] A man is brought in his grave, and his legs are approached, and his legs say, “You have no way over what is on my side; he used to stand and recite Surah al-Mulk with me.” Then he is approached from the side of his chest—or he said, his belly—and it says, “You have no way over what is on my side; he used to recite Surah al-Mulk with me.” Then his head is approached, and it says, “You have no way over what is on my side; he used to recite Surah al-Mulk with me.” He said: “So it is the protector; it prevents the punishment of the grave. And in the Torah it is Surah al-Mulk. And whoever recites it in a night has done much and been extensive.”

يُؤْتَى الرَّجُلُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَتُؤْتَى رِجْلَاهُ فَتَقُولُ رِجْلَاهُ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ عَلَى مَا قِبَلِي سَبِيلٌ كَانَ يَقُومُ يَقْرَأُ بِي سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى مِنْ قِبَلِ صَدْرِهِ أَوْ قَالَ بَطْنِهِ فَيَقُولُ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ عَلَى مَا قِبَلِي سَبِيلٌ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِي سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى رَأْسُهُ فَيَقُولُ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ عَلَى مَا قِبَلِي سَبِيلٌ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِي سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ قَالَ فَهِيَ الْمَانِعَةُ تَمْنَعُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَهِيَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ سُورَةُ الْمُلْكِ وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَقَدْ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْنَبَ

When it was the day of Khaybar, a group of the Prophet’s Companions came forward and said: “So-and-so is a martyr, so-and-so is a martyr,” until they passed by a man and said: “So-and-so is a martyr.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No indeed. I saw him in the Fire, in a cloak that he had taken unlawfully ˹from the spoils˺, or a mantle.”

Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O son of al-Khattab, go and announce among the people: None will enter Paradise except the believers.” He said: So I went out and proclaimed: “Behold, none will enter Paradise except the believers.”

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَيْبَرَ، أَقْبَلَ نَفَرٌ مِنْ صَحَابَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: فُلَانٌ شَهِيدٌ، فُلَانٌ شَهِيدٌ، حَتَّى مَرُّوا عَلَى رَجُلٍ، فَقَالُوا: فُلَانٌ شَهِيدٌ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «كَلَّا، إِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ فِي النَّارِ، فِي بُرْدَةٍ غَلَّهَا، أَوْ عَبَاءَةٍ».

ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، اذْهَبْ فَنَادِ فِي النَّاسِ: إِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ». قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ فَنَادَيْتُ: أَلَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ.

[AI] Umar said to me, “O enemy of God and enemy of Islam, you have betrayed God’s wealth.” He said: I said, “I am not an enemy of God nor an enemy of Islam; rather, I am an enemy of whoever is their enemy. I have not betrayed God’s wealth; rather, these are the prices of my camels and shares that have accumulated.” He said: So he repeated it to me, and I repeated these words to him. He said: So he fined me twelve thousand. He said: Then I stood in the dawn prayer and said, “O God, forgive the Commander of the Faithful.”

Then after that he wanted to appoint me to a post, but I refused him. He said, “And why, when Joseph asked for office and he was better than you?” I said, “Joseph is a prophet, the son of a prophet, the son of a prophet, the son of a prophet; and I am the son of Umaymah, and I fear three and two.” He said, “Will you not say five?” I said, “No.” He said, “Then what are they?” I said, “I fear that I will speak without knowledge, and that I will give legal opinions without knowledge, and that my back will be beaten, and that my honor will be insulted, and that my wealth will be taken by beating.”

قَالَ لِي عُمَرُ: يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ، وَعَدُوَّ الْإِسْلَامِ، خُنْتَ مَالَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَسْتُ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَلَا عَدُوَّ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَلَكِنِّي عَدُوُّ مَنْ عَادَاهُمَا، وَلَمْ أَخُنْ مَالَ اللَّهِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا أَثْمَانُ إِبِلِي وَسِهَامٌ اجْتَمَعَتْ. قَالَ: فَأَعَادَهَا عَلَيَّ، وَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ. قَالَ: فَغَرَّمَنِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا. قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ، فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرَادَنِي عَلَى الْعَمَلِ فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: وَلِمَ، وَقَدْ سَأَلَ يُوسُفُ الْعَمَلَ وَكَانَ خَيْرًا مِنْكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ يُوسُفَ نَبِيٌّ ابْنُ نَبِيٍّ ابْنِ نَبِيٍّ ابْنِ نَبِيٍّ، وَأَنَا ابْنُ أُمَيْمَةَ، وَأَنَا أَخَافُ ثَلَاثًا وَاثْنَتَيْنِ. قَالَ: أَوَلَا تَقُولُ خَمْسًا؟ قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: فَمَا هُنَّ؟ قُلْتُ: «أَخَافُ أَنْ أَقُولَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، وَأَنْ أُفْتِيَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، وَأَنْ يُضْرَبَ ظَهْرِي، وَأَنْ يُشْتَمَ عِرْضِي، وَأَنْ يُؤْخَذَ مَالِي بِالضَّرْبِ».

Rarely would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stand from a sitting until he supplicated with these words for his Companions:

allāhumma iqsim lanā min khashyatika mā yaḥūlu, baynanā wa bayna maʿāṣīka, wa min ṭāʿatika mā tuballighuna bihī jannataka, wa min al-yaqīni mā tuhawwinu bihī ʿalaynā muṣībat al-dunyā, wa mattiʿna bi-asmāʿinā wa abṣārina wa quwwatina mā aḥyaytanā, wa ijʿalhu al-wāritha minnā, wa ijʿal tha’ranā ʿalā man ẓalamanā, wa unṣurna ʿalā man ʿādānā, wa lā tajʿal muṣībatanā fī dīninā, wa lā tajʿal al-dunyā akbara hamminā wa lā mablagha ʿilminā, wa lā tusalliṭ ʿalainā man lā yarḥamunā

(O Allah, apportion for us, fear of You, that shall come between us and disobedience of You, and of obedience to You, which shall cause us to obtain Your Paradise, and of certainty, which shall make the afflictions of the world easy for us, and enjoyment of our hearing, and our seeing, and our strength as long as You keep us alive, and make it the inheritor of us. And let our vengeance be upon those who have wronged us, and aid us against those who show enmity towards us, and do not make our affliction in our religion, and do not make this world our greatest concern, nor the limit of our knowledge, and do not give power over us to those who will not have mercy on us.).

قَلَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُومُ مِنْ مَجْلِسٍ حَتَّى يَدْعُوَ بِهَؤُلاَءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ لأَصْحَابِهِ:

(اللَّهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَنَا مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا يَحُولُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مَعَاصِيكَ، وَمِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنَا بِهِ جَنَّتَكَ، وَمِنَ الْيَقِينِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا مُصِيبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا، وَمَتِّعْنَا بِأَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُوَّتِنَا مَا أَحْيَيْتَنَا، وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنَّا، وَاجْعَلْ ثَأْرَنَا عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا، وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى مَنْ عَادَانَا، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مُصِيبَتَنَا فِي دِينِنَا، وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا، وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا، وَلَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْنَا مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُنَا)

I heard Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying that the inmates of Paradise would eat and drink but would neither spit, nor pass water, nor void excrement, nor suffer catarrah. It was said: Then, what would happen with food? Thereupon he said: They would belch and sweat (and it would be over with their food), and their sweat would be that of musk and they would glorify and praise Allah as easily as you breathe.

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ يَأْكُلُونَ فِيهَا وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَلاَ يَتْفُلُونَ وَلاَ يَبُولُونَ وَلاَ يَتَغَوَّطُونَ وَلاَ يَمْتَخِطُونَ قَالُوا فَمَا بَالُ الطَّعَامِ قَالَ جُشَاءٌ وَرَشْحٌ كَرَشْحِ الْمِسْكِ يُلْهَمُونَ التَّسْبِيحَ وَالتَّحْمِيدَ كَمَا يُلْهَمُونَ النَّفَسَ

These are some of the ahidith which Abu Huraira reported from Messenger of Allah ﷺ and one is this that he is reported to have said: The (members of the) first group that would be admitted to Paradise would have their faces as bright as full moon during the night. They would neither spit nor suffer catarrh, nor void excrement. They would have their utensils and their combs made of gold and silver and the fuel of their braziers would be aloes and their sweat would be musk and every one of them would have two spouses (so beautiful) that the marrow of their shanks would be visible through the flesh. There would be no dissension amongst them and no enmity in their hearts. Their hearts would be like one heart, glorifying Allah morning and evening.

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوَّلُ زُمْرَةٍ تَلِجُ الْجَنَّةَ صُوَرُهُمْ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ لاَ يَبْصُقُونَ فِيهَا وَلاَ يَمْتَخِطُونَ وَلاَ يَتَغَوَّطُونَ فِيهَا آنِيَتُهُمْ وَأَمْشَاطُهُمْ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَمَجَامِرُهُمْ مِنَ الأَلُوَّةِ وَرَشْحُهُمُ الْمِسْكُ وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ زَوْجَتَانِ يُرَى مُخُّ سَاقِهِمَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ اللَّحْمِ مِنَ الْحُسْنِ لاَ اخْتِلاَفَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَلاَ تَبَاغُضَ قُلُوبُهُمْ قَلْبٌ وَاحِدٌ يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّهَ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا

The (members of the) first group which would get into Paradise will have their faces as bright as stars in the sky. They would neither pass water, nor void excrement, nor will they suffer from catarrh, nor will they spit, and their combs would be made of gold, and their sweat will be musk, the fuel of their brazier will be aloes, and their wives will be large-eyed maidens and their form would be alike as one single person after the form of their father (Adam) sixty cubits tall.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِقُتَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ زُمْرَةٍ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ وَالَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ عَلَى أَشَدِّ كَوْكَبٍ دُرِّيٍّ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِضَاءَةً لاَ يَبُولُونَ وَلاَ يَتَغَوَّطُونَ وَلاَ يَمْتَخِطُونَ وَلاَ يَتْفُلُونَ أَمْشَاطُهُمُ الذَّهَبُ وَرَشْحُهُمُ الْمِسْكُ وَمَجَامِرُهُمُ الأَلُوَّةُ وَأَزْوَاجُهُمُ الْحُورُ الْعِينُ أَخْلاَقُهُمْ عَلَى خُلُقِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى صُورَةِ أَبِيهِمْ آدَمَ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا فِي السَّمَاءِ

The (members) of the first group to get into Paradise would have their faces as bright as full moon during the night, and the next to this group would have their faces as bright as the shining stars in the sky, and every person would have two wives and the marrow of their shanks would glimmer beneath the flesh and there would be none without a wife in Paradise.

إِمَّا تَفَاخَرُوا وَإِمَّا تَذَاكَرُوا الرِّجَالُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَكْثَرُ أَمِ النِّسَاءُ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَوَلَمْ يَقُلْ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ زُمْرَةٍ تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ وَالَّتِي تَلِيهَا عَلَى أَضْوَإِ كَوْكَبٍ دُرِّيٍّ فِي السَّمَاءِ لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ زَوْجَتَانِ اثْنَتَانِ يُرَى مُخُّ سُوقِهِمَا مِنْ وَرَاءِ اللَّحْمِ وَمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَعْزَبُ

In Paradise there is a street to which they would come every Friday. The north wind will blow and would scatter fragrance on their faces and on their clothes and would add to their beauty and loveliness, and then they would go back to their family after having an added lustre to their beauty and loveliness, and their family would say to them: By Allah, you have been increased in beauty and loveliness after leaving us, and they would say: By Allah, you have also increased in beauty and loveliness after us.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَسُوقًا يَأْتُونَهَا كُلَّ جُمُعَةٍ فَتَهُبُّ رِيحُ الشَّمَالِ فَتَحْثُو فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ وَثِيَابِهِمْ فَيَزْدَادُونَ حُسْنًا وَجَمَالاً فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى أَهْلِيهِمْ وَقَدِ ازْدَادُوا حُسْنًا وَجَمَالاً فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ أَهْلُوهُمْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ ازْدَدْتُمْ بَعْدَنَا حُسْنًا وَجَمَالاً فَيَقُولُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ ازْدَدْتُمْ بَعْدَنَا حُسْنًا وَجَمَالاً

The people most loved by me from amongst my Ummah would be those who would come after me but everyone amongst them would have the keenest desire to catch a glimpse of me even at the cost of his family and wealth.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ أُمَّتِي لِي حُبًّا نَاسٌ يَكُونُونَ بَعْدِي يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ رَآنِي بِأَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ

The inmates of Paradise would see the inmates of the apartment over them just as you see the shining planets which remain in the eastern and the western horizon because of the superiority some have over others. They said: Messenger of Allah, would in these abodes of Apostles others besides them not be able to reach? He said: Yes, they will, by Him, in Whose hand is my life, those who believe in God and acknowledge the Truth, will reach them.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ أَهْلَ الْغُرَفِ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ كَمَا تَتَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ الْغَابِرَ مِنَ الأُفُقِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ أَوِ الْمَغْرِبِ لِتَفَاضُلِ مَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تِلْكَ مَنَازِلُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ لاَ يَبْلُغُهَا غَيْرُهُمْ قَالَ بَلَى وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ رِجَالٌ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَصَدَّقُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ

The inmates of Paradise will look to the upper apartment of Paradise as you see the planets in the sky. I narrated this hadith to Nu'man b. Abi 'Ayyash and he said: I heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri as saying: As you see the shining planets in the eastern and western (sides of) horizon.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ لَيَتَرَاءَوْنَ الْغُرْفَةَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَمَا تَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ فِي السَّمَاءِ قَالَ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِذَلِكَ النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولُ كَمَا تَرَاءَوْنَ الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ فِي الأُفُقِ الشَّرْقِيِّ أَوِ الْغَرْبِيِّ

O, Dwellers of Paradise, and they would say in response: At thy service and pleasure, our Lord, the good is in Thy Hand. He (the Lord) would say: Are you well pleased now? They would say: Why should we not be pleased, O Lord, when Thou hast given us what Thou hast not given to any of Thy creatures? He would, however, say: May I not give you (something) even more excellent than that? And they would say: O Lord, what thing can be more excellent than this? And He would say: I shall cause My pleasure to alight upon you and I shall never be afterwards annoyed with you.

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ لأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُونَ لَبَّيْكَ رَبَّنَا وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ فِي يَدَيْكَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَضِيتُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ وَمَا لَنَا لاَ نَرْضَى يَا رَبِّ وَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتَنَا مَا لَمْ تُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ فَيَقُولُ أَلاَ أُعْطِيكُمْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُونَ يَا رَبِّ وَأَىُّ شَىْءٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُ أُحِلُّ عَلَيْكُمْ رِضْوَانِي فَلاَ أَسْخَطُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا