55. Asceticism and Softening of Hearts
٥٥۔ كتاب الزهد والرقائق
Allah denied the request of the Prophet ﷺ to not have mutual violence in his Ummah
Do not enter but weepingly (the habitations) of these people who had been punished by (Allah), and in case you do not feel inclined to weep, then do not enter (these habitations) that you may not meet the same calamity as had fallen to their lot.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَصْحَابِ الْحِجْرِ لاَ تَدْخُلُوا عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ فَلاَ تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ
Salim b. 'Abdullah reported that 'Abdullah b. Umar said: We were passing along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ through the habitations of Hijr, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not enter but weepingly the habitations of these persons who committed tyranny among themselves, lest the same calamity should fall upon you as it fell upon them. He then urged his mount to proceed quickly and pass through that valley hurriedly.
مَرَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْحِجْرِ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ حَذَرًا أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ ثُمَّ زَجَرَ فَأَسْرَعَ حَتَّى خَلَّفَهَا
that the people camped along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in ˹the valley˺ of al-Ḥijr, the land of Thamūd, and they quenched their thirst from the wells and kneaded dough with it. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that they spill out what they had ˹collected for drinking˺ and the dough be fed to the camels. ˹Instead,˺ he ordered that they ˹collect drinking water˺ from that well where the she-camel (of Ṣāliḥ) used to visit.
أَنَّ النَّاسَ نَزَلُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْحِجْرِ أَرْضِ ثَمُودَ، فَاسْتَقَوْا مِنْ آبَارِهَا وَعَجَنُوا بِهِ الْعَجِينَ۔ فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُهَرِيقُوا مَا اسْتَقَوْا وَيَعْلِفُوا الإِبِلَ الْعَجِينَ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقُوا مِنَ الْبِئْرِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَرِدُهَا النَّاقَةُ۔
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَاسْتَقَوْا مِنْ بِئَارِهَا وَاعْتَجَنُوا بِهِ