The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three persons were walking, rain began to fall and they had to enter a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled over and blocked the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, 'Invoke Allah with the best deed you have performed (so Allah might remove the rock)'. One of them said, 'O Allah! My parents were old and I used to go out for grazing (my animals). On my return I would milk (the animals) and take the milk in a vessel to my parents to drink. After they had drunk from it, I would give it to my children, family and wife. One day I was delayed and on my return I found my parents sleeping, and I disliked to wake them up. The children were crying at my feet (because of hunger). That state of affairs continued till it was dawn. O Allah! If You regard that I did it for Your sake, then please remove this rock so that we may see the sky.' So, the rock was moved a bit. The second said, 'O Allah! You know that I was in love with a cousin of mine, like the deepest love a man may have for a woman, and she told me that I would not get my desire fulfilled unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (gold pieces). So, I struggled for it till I gathered the desired amount, and when I sat in between her legs, she told me to be afraid of Allah, and asked me not to deflower her except rightfully (by marriage). So, I got up and left her. O Allah! If You regard that I did if for Your sake, kindly remove this rock.' So, two-thirds of the rock was removed. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! No doubt You know that once I employed a worker for one Faraq (three Sa's) of millet, and when I wanted to pay him, he refused to take it, so I sowed it and from its yield I bought cows and a shepherd. After a time that man came and demanded his money. I said to him: Go to those cows and the shepherd and take them for they are for you. He asked me whether I was joking with him. I told him that I was not joking with him, and all that belonged to him. O Allah! If You regard that I did it sincerely for Your sake, then please remove the rock.' So, the rock was removed completely from the mouth of the cave."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَرَجَ ثَلاَثَةٌ يَمْشُونَ فَأَصَابَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَدَخَلُوا فِي غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِأَفْضَلِ عَمَلٍ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ فَأَرْعَى ثُمَّ أَجِيءُ فَأَحْلُبُ فَأَجِيءُ بِالْحِلاَبِ فَآتِي بِهِ أَبَوَىَّ فَيَشْرَبَانِ ثُمَّ أَسْقِي الصِّبْيَةَ وَأَهْلِي وَامْرَأَتِي فَاحْتَبَسْتُ لَيْلَةً فَجِئْتُ فَإِذَا هُمَا نَائِمَانِ قَالَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَالصِّبِيْةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَىَّ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمَا حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ قَالَ فَفُرِجَ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّي كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرَّجُلُ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَتْ لاَ تَنَالُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى تُعْطِيَهَا مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ فِيهَا حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً قَالَ فَفَرَجَ عَنْهُمُ الثُّلُثَيْنِ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقٍ مِنْ ذُرَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ وَأَبَى ذَاكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَزَرَعْتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَكَ فَقَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَكُشِفَ عَنْهُمْ

I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Three men from among those who were before you, set out together till they reached a cave at night and entered it. A big rock rolled down the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said (to each other), Nothing could save you from this rock but to invoke Allah by giving reference to the righteous deed which you have done (for Allah's sake only).'"

"So, one of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and I never provided my family (wife, children, etc.) with milk before them. One day, by chance I was delayed, and I came late (at night) while they had slept. I milked the sheep for them and took the milk to them, but I found them sleeping. I disliked providing my family with the milk before them. I waited for them and the bowl of milk was in my hand and I kept on waiting for them to get up till the day dawned. Then they got up and drank the milk. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from our critical situation caused by this rock.' So, the rock shifted a little but they could not get out."

The Prophet ﷺ added, "The second man said, 'O Allah! I had a cousin who was the dearest of all people to me and I wanted to have sexual relations with her but she refused. Later she had a hard time in a famine year and she came to me and I gave her one-hundred-and-twenty Dinars on the condition that she would not resist my desire, and she agreed. When I was about to fulfill my desire, she said: It is illegal for you to outrage my chastity except by legitimate marriage. So, I thought it a sin to have sexual intercourse with her and left her though she was the dearest of all the people to me, and also I left the gold I had given her. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the present calamity.' So, the rock shifted a little more but still they could not get out from there."

The Prophet ﷺ added, "Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed few laborers and I paid them their wages with the exception of one man who did not take his wages and went away. I invested his wages and I got much property thereby. (Then after some time) he came and said to me: O Allah's slave! Pay me my wages. I said to him: All the camels, cows, sheep, and slaves you see, are yours. He said: O Allah's slave! Don't mock me. I said: I am not mocking you. So, he took all the herd and drove them away and left nothing. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the present suffering.' So, that rock shifted completely and they got out walking."

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «انْطَلَقَ ثَلاَثَةُ رَهْطٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَتَّى أَوَوُا الْمَبِيتَ إِلَى غَارٍ فَدَخَلُوهُ فَانْحَدَرَتْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَسَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَارَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ لاَ يُنْجِيكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَدْعُوا اللَّهَ بِصَالِحِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ»،

«فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمُ: اللَّهُمَّ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَكُنْتُ لاَ أَغْبِقُ قَبْلَهُمَا أَهْلاً وَلاَ مَالاً فَنَأَى بِي فِي طَلَبِ شَىْءٍ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ أُرِحْ عَلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ لَهُمَا غَبُوقَهُمَا فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَائِمَيْنِ وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَغْبِقَ قَبْلَهُمَا أَهْلاً أَوْ مَالاً فَلَبِثْتُ وَالْقَدَحُ عَلَى يَدَىَّ أَنْتَظِرُ اسْتِيقَاظَهُمَا حَتَّى بَرَقَ الْفَجْرُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَا فَشَرِبَا غَبُوقَهُمَا۔ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ۔ فَانْفَرَجَتْ شَيْئًا لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْخُرُوجَ»،

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ كَانَتْ لِي بِنْتُ عَمٍّ كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ فَأَرَدْتُهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهَا فَامْتَنَعَتْ مِنِّي حَتَّى أَلَمَّتْ بِهَا سَنَةٌ مِنَ السِّنِينَ فَجَاءَتْنِي فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى أَنْ تُخَلِّيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهَا فَفَعَلَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَتْ لاَ أُحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَتَحَرَّجْتُ مِنَ الْوُقُوعِ عَلَيْهَا فَانْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهَا وَهْىَ أَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ وَتَرَكْتُ الذَّهَبَ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُهَا۔ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ۔ فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْخُرُوجَ مِنْهَا»،

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أُجَرَاءَ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ غَيْرَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ تَرَكَ الَّذِي لَهُ وَذَهَبَ فَثَمَّرْتُ أَجْرَهُ حَتَّى كَثُرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَمْوَالُ فَجَاءَنِي بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَدِّ إِلَىَّ أَجْرِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ كُلُّ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أَجْرِكَ مِنَ الإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالرَّقِيقِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ لاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ فَأَخَذَهُ كُلَّهُ فَاسْتَاقَهُ فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ».

The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three men were walking, It started raining and they took shelter (refuge) in a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled down from the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, "Think of good deeds which you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that He may remove this rock from you." One of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and small children and I used to graze the sheep for them. On my return to them in the evening, I used to milk (the sheep) and start providing my parents first of all before my children. One day I was delayed and came late at night and found my parents sleeping. I milked (the sheep) as usual and stood by their heads. I hated to wake them up and disliked to give milk to my children before them, although my children were weeping (because of hunger) at my feet till the day dawned. O Allah! If I did this for Your sake only, kindly remove the rock so that we could see the sky through it.' So, Allah removed the rock a little and they saw the sky. The second man said, 'O Allah! I was in love with a cousin of mine like the deepest love a man may have for a woman. I wanted to outrage her chastity but she refused unless I gave her one hundred Dinars. So, I struggled to collect that amount. And when I sat between her legs, she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah and do not deflower me except rightfully (by marriage).' So, I got up. O Allah! If I did it for Your sake only, please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a little more. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed a laborer for a Faraq of rice and when he finished his job and demanded his right, I presented it to him, but he refused to take it. So, I sowed the rice many time till I gathered cows and their shepherd (from the yield). (Then after some time) He came and said to me, 'Fear Allah (and give me my right)." I said, 'Go and take those cows and the shepherd.' He said, 'Be afraid of Allah! Don't mock at me.' I said, 'I am not mocking at you. Take (all that).' So, he took all that. O Allah! If I did that for Your sake only, please remove the rest of the rock.' So, Allah removed the rock."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَمْشُونَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَى فَمِ غَارِهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَانْطَبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَعْمَالاً عَمِلْتُمُوهَا صَالِحَةً لِلَّهِ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِهَا لَعَلَّهُ يُفَرِّجُهَا عَنْكُمْ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَلِي صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ كُنْتُ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رُحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَلَبْتُ فَبَدَأْتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ أَسْقِيهِمَا قَبْلَ بَنِيَّ وَإِنِّي اسْتَأْخَرْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى أَمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْقِيَ الصِّبْيَةَ وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهُ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا فَرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ فَرَأَوُا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لِي بِنْتُ عَمٍّ أَحْبَبْتُهَا كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلَبْتُ مِنْهَا فَأَبَتْ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَبَغَيْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا فَلَمَّا وَقَعْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهُ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَرْجَةً فَفَرَجَ وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ فَقُلْتُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرُعَاتِهَا فَخُذْ فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ فَخُذْ فَأَخَذَهُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ مَا بَقِيَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ فَسَعَيْتُ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Once three persons (from the previous nations) were traveling, and suddenly it started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got closed while they were inside. They said to each other, 'O you! Nothing can save you except the truth, so each of you should ask Allah's Help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e. just for gaining Allah's Pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a laborer who worked for me for one Faraq (i.e. three Sas) of rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice and with its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking for his wages, I said (to him), 'Go to those cows and drive them away.' He said to me, 'But you have to pay me only a Faraq of rice,' I said to him, 'Go to those cows and take them, for they are the product of that Faraq (of rice).' So he drove them. O Allah! If you consider that I did that for fear of You, then please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from the mouth of the cave. The second one said, 'O Allah, You know that I had old parents whom I used to provide with the milk of my sheep every night. One night I was delayed and when I came, they had slept, while my wife and children were crying with hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless my parents had drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also disliked that they should sleep without drinking it, I kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned. O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you, then please remove the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it. The (third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was most beloved to me and I sought to seduce her, but she refused, unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (i.e. gold pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and she allowed me to sleep with her. But when I sat between her legs, she said, 'Be afraid of Allah, and do not deflower me but legally. 'I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for her). O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you than please remove the rock. So Allah saved them and they came out (of the cave)."

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ يَمْشُونَ إِذْ أَصَابَهُمْ مَطَرٌ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فَانْطَبَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ يَا هَؤُلاَءِ لاَ يُنْجِيكُمْ إِلاَّ الصِّدْقُ فَلْيَدْعُ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَدَقَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ عَمِلَ لِي عَلَى فَرَقٍ مِنْ أَرُزٍّ فَذَهَبَ وَتَرَكَهُ وَأَنِّي عَمَدْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَزَرَعْتُهُ فَصَارَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَأَنَّهُ أَتَانِي يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ فَقُلْتُ اعْمِدْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ فَسُقْهَا فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّمَا لِي عِنْدَكَ فَرَقٌ مِنْ أَرُزٍّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ اعْمِدْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَسَاقَهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَانْسَاحَتْ عَنْهُمُ الصَّخْرَةُ فَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ آتِيهِمَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ بِلَبَنِ غَنَمٍ لِي فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا لَيْلَةً فَجِئْتُ وَقَدْ رَقَدَا وَأَهْلِي وَعِيَالِي يَتَضَاغَوْنَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَكُنْتُ لاَ أَسْقِيهِمْ حَتَّى يَشْرَبَ أَبَوَاىَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَهُمَا فَيَسْتَكِنَّا لِشَرْبَتِهِمَا فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَنْتَظِرُ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَانْسَاحَتْ عَنْهُمُ الصَّخْرَةُ حَتَّى نَظَرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ وَأَنِّي رَاوَدْتُهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهَا فَأَبَتْ إِلاَّ أَنْ آتِيَهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَطَلَبْتُهَا حَتَّى قَدَرْتُ فَأَتَيْتُهَا بِهَا فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهَا فَأَمْكَنَتْنِي مِنْ نَفْسِهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا فَقَالَتِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُ الْمِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَفَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا

[AI] Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ came to my father at his home and bought a saddle from him. He said to Azib, "Send your son to carry it with me." Al-Bara said: I carried it with him, and my father went out to count its price. My father said to him, "Abu Bakr, tell me how the two of you acted when you traveled by night with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

He said: Yes. We traveled through our night and into the following day until the heat of noon rose high, and the road became empty with no one passing along it. A tall rock with shade came into view for us, untouched by the sun, so we dismounted by it. I prepared a place with my own hand for the Prophet ﷺ to sleep on, spread a fur mat there, and said, "Sleep, Messenger of Allah, while I clear what is around you." He slept, and I went out clearing what was around him. Then I saw a shepherd coming with his sheep toward the rock, wanting from it the same thing we had wanted. I said, "Whom do you belong to, boy?" He said, "To a man from the people of Madinah or Makkah." I said, "Is there milk in your sheep?" He said, "Yes." I said, "Will you milk?" He said, "Yes." He took a ewe, and I said, "Clean the udder of dust, hair, and dirt." He said: I saw al-Bara striking one of his hands against the other, shaking it off. He milked a small amount of milk into a wooden bowl, and I had with me a small waterskin that I had carried for the Prophet ﷺ so he could drink his fill from it and perform wudu. I came to the Prophet ﷺ, but I disliked waking him, so I met him just as he woke up. I poured some water over the milk until its lower part became cool, then I said, "Drink, Messenger of Allah." He said: He drank until I was satisfied, then he said: "Has the time not come to depart?" I said, "Yes."

He said: We then set out after the sun had declined, and Suraqah ibn Malik followed us. I said, "We have been overtaken, Messenger of Allah." He said: "Do not grieve; indeed, Allah is with us." The Prophet ﷺ then supplicated against him, and his horse sank with him up to its belly, I think, in hard ground—Zuhayr was uncertain. He said, "I think you two have supplicated against me, so supplicate for me. By Allah, I pledge to you both that I will turn the pursuers away from you." The Prophet ﷺ supplicated for him, and he was saved. Then he would not meet anyone except that he said, "I have taken care of what is here for you," and he would not meet anyone except that he turned him back. He said: And he fulfilled his promise to us.

جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِلَى أَبِي فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَاشْتَرَى مِنْهُ رَحْلاً، فَقَالَ لِعَازِبٍ: ابْعَثِ ابْنَكَ يَحْمِلْهُ مَعِي. قَالَ: فَحَمَلْتُهُ مَعَهُ، وَخَرَجَ أَبِي يَنْتَقِدُ ثَمَنَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، حَدِّثْنِي كَيْفَ صَنَعْتُمَا حِينَ سَرَيْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟

قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَسْرَيْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا وَمِنَ الْغَدِ حَتَّى قَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ، وَخَلاَ الطَّرِيقُ لاَ يَمُرُّ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ، فَرُفِعَتْ لَنَا صَخْرَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ لَهَا ظِلٌّ لَمْ تَأْتِ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ، فَنَزَلْنَا عِنْدَهُ، وَسَوَّيْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَكَانًا بِيَدِي يَنَامُ عَلَيْهِ، وَبَسَطْتُ فِيهِ فَرْوَةً، وَقُلْتُ: نَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَنَا أَنْفُضُ لَكَ مَا حَوْلَكَ. فَنَامَ، وَخَرَجْتُ أَنْفُضُ مَا حَوْلَهُ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعٍ مُقْبِلٍ بِغَنَمِهِ إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ يُرِيدُ مِنْهَا مِثْلَ الَّذِي أَرَدْنَا، فَقُلْتُ: لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلاَمُ؟ فَقَالَ: لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَوْ مَكَّةَ. قُلْتُ: أَفِي غَنَمِكَ لَبَنٌ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمُ. قُلْتُ: أَفَتَحْلُبُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَأَخَذَ شَاةً، فَقُلْتُ: انْفُضِ الضَّرْعَ مِنَ التُّرَابِ وَالشَّعَرِ وَالْقَذَى. قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَضْرِبُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى يَنْفُضُ، فَحَلَبَ فِي قَعْبٍ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ، وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ حَمَلْتُهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَرْتَوِي مِنْهَا يَشْرَبُ وَيَتَوَضَّأُ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُ، فَوَافَقْتُهُ حِينَ اسْتَيْقَظَ، فَصَبَبْتُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ عَلَى اللَّبَنِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: اشْرَبْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ: فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلرَّحِيلِ؟» قُلْتُ: بَلَى.

قَالَ: فَارْتَحَلْنَا بَعْدَ مَا مَالَتِ الشَّمْشُ، وَاتَّبَعَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، فَقُلْتُ: أُتِينَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ: «﴿لاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا﴾» فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَارْتَطَمَتْ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا، أُرَى، فِي جَلَدٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، شَكَّ زُهَيْرٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أُرَاكُمَا قَدْ دَعَوْتُمَا عَلَىَّ، فَادْعُوَا لِي، فَاللَّهُ لَكُمَا أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَنْكُمَا الطَّلَبَ. فَدَعَا لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَنَجَا، فَجَعَلَ لاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ قَالَ: كَفَيْتُكُمْ مَا هُنَا، فَلاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ رَدَّهُ. قَالَ: وَوَفَى لَنَا.

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "While three persons were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said to each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which, you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from your difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and didn't return home till late at night and found that my parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked to give the milk to my children before my parents though my children were crying (from hunger) at my feet. So this state of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!) If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O Allah! I had a she-cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate man love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I paid her one-hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat in between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O Allah! If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a (wider) opening.' So Allah shifted that rock to make the opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said 'O Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a certain measure: of rice, and when he had finished his job he demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the laborer came to me an said. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid o Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my due.' I said (to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them (from their difficulty).

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَتَمَاشَوْنَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَمَالُوا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي الْجَبَلِ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَى فَمِ غَارِهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَعْمَالاً عَمِلْتُمُوهَا لِلَّهِ صَالِحَةً فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِهَا لَعَلَّهُ يَفْرُجُهَا فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَلِي صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ كُنْتُ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رُحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَحَلَبْتُ بَدَأْتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ أَسْقِيهِمَا قَبْلَ وَلَدِي وَإِنَّهُ نَاءَ بِيَ الشَّجَرُ فَمَا أَتَيْتُ حَتَّى أَمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا قَدْ نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ فَجِئْتُ بِالْحِلاَبِ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَبْدَأَ بِالصِّبْيَةِ قَبْلَهُمَا وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ فُرْجَةً حَتَّى يَرَوْنَ مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الثَّانِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ أُحِبُّهَا كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلَبْتُ إِلَيْهَا نَفْسَهَا فَأَبَتْ حَتَّى آتِيَهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَلَقِيتُهَا بِهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ فُرْجَةً وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ فَتَرَكَهُ وَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَظْلِمْنِي وَأَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَهْزَأْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَهْزَأُ بِكَ فَخُذْ ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرَ وَرَاعِيَهَا فَأَخَذَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ مَا بَقِيَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ

the first man who discussed Qadar (Divine Decree) in Baṣrah was Maʿbad al-Juhanī. I along with Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ḥimyarī set out for pilgrimage or for ʿUmrah and said: Should it so happen that we come into contact with one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we shall ask him about what is talked about Qadar. Accidentally we came across ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, while he was entering the mosque. My companion and I surrounded him. One of us ˹stood˺ on his right and the other stood on his left. I expected that my companion would authorize me to speak. I, therefore, said: Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, there have appeared some people in our land who recite the Quran and pursue knowledge. And then after talking about their affairs, added: They claim that there is no such thing as Qadar and events are not predestined. He said: When you happen to meet such people tell them that I have nothing to do with them and they have nothing to do with me. And verily they are in no way responsible for my ˹belief˺. ʿAbdullāh b ʿUmar swore by Allah: If any one of them had with him gold equal to the bulk of ˹the mountain˺ Uḥud and spent it ˹for the sake of Allah˺, Allah would not accept it unless he affirmed his faith in the Qadar.

He further said: My father, ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, told me: One day we were sitting in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when there appeared before us a man dressed in pure white clothes. His hair was extraordinarily black. There were no signs of travel on him. None amongst us recognized him. At last, he sat with the Prophet ﷺ. He knelt before him placed his palms on his thighs,

then said: Muhammad, inform me about Islam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Islam implies that: (1) you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and (2) you establish prayer, (3) pay Zakat, (4) observe the fast of Ramadan, and (5) perform pilgrimage to the (House) if you are solvent enough ˹to bear the expense of˺ the journey.” ˹The inquirer˺ said: You have told the truth. ˹ʿUmar˺ said: It amazed us that he would put the question and then he would himself verify the truth.

˹The inquirer˺ said: Inform me about Iman (faith). He replied: “That (1) you affirm your faith in Allah, (2) in His angels, (3) in His Books, (4) in His Apostles, (5) in the Day of Judgment, and (6) you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil.” ˹The inquirer˺ said: You have told the truth.

˹The inquirer˺ again said: Inform me about Iḥsān (excellence in deeds). He said: ”That (1) you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, (2) for though you don't see Him, He, verily, sees you.”

˹The inquirer˺ again said: Inform me about the Hour (of the Last Day). He remarked: ”One who is asked knows no more than the one who is inquiring.” ˹The inquirer˺ said: Tell me some of its indications. He said: ”That (1) the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and master, that (2) you will find barefooted, destitute goat herders vying with one another in the construction of magnificent buildings.”

˹ʿUmar˺ said: Then ˹the inquirer˺ went on his way but I stayed with (the Prophet) for a long while. He then, said to me: "ʿUmar, do you know who this inquirer was?" I replied: Allah and His Messenger know best. He remarked: "He was Jibrīl (Angel Gabriel). He came to you in order to teach you in your religion."

كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقَدَرِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ مَعْبَدٌ الْجُهَنِيُّ۔ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ حَاجَّيْنِ أَوْ مُعْتَمِرَيْنِ، فَقُلْنَا لَوْ لَقِينَا أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَمَّا يَقُولُ هَؤُلاَءِ فِي الْقَدَرِ۔ فَوُفِّقَ لَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ دَاخِلاً الْمَسْجِدَ فَاكْتَنَفْتُهُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي أَحَدُنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالآخَرُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ۔ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبِي سَيَكِلُ الْكَلاَمَ إِلَىَّ۔ فَقُلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ قِبَلَنَا نَاسٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَيَتَقَفَّرُونَ الْعِلْمَ وَذَكَرَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنْ لاَ قَدَرَ، وَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ أُنُفٌ۔ قَالَ: فَإِذَا لَقِيتَ أُولَئِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْهُمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ بُرَآءُ مِنِّي، وَالَّذِي يَحْلِفُ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَوْ أَنَّ لأَحَدِهِمْ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا فَأَنْفَقَهُ، مَا قَبِلَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ۔

ثُمَّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ، شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعَرِ۔ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ۔ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ۔

وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ۔ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «الإِسْلاَمُ (١) أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، (٢) وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةَ، (٣) وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ، (٤) وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ، (٥) وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً۔» قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ۔ قَالَ: فَعَجِبْنَا لَهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ!

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِيمَانِ۔ قَالَ: «أَنْ (١) تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ، (٢) وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ، (٣) وَكُتُبِهِ، (٤) وَرُسُلِهِ، (٥) وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ، (٦) وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ۔» قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ۔

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ۔ قَالَ: «أَنْ (١) تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، (٢) فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ۔»

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ۔ قَالَ: «مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ۔» قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَمَارَتِهَا۔ قَالَ: «أَنْ تَلِدَ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ۔»

قَالَ: ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ فَلَبِثْتُ مَلِيًّا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا عُمَرُ أَتَدْرِي مَنِ السَّائِلُ؟» قُلْتُ: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ۔ قَالَ: «فَإِنَّهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ دِينَكُمْ۔»

Three persons set out on a journey. They were overtaken by rain and they had to find protection in a mountain cave where at its mouth there fell a rock of that mountain and thus blocked them altogether. One of them said to the others: Look to your good deeds that you performed for the sake of Allah and then supplicate Allah, the Exalted, that He might rescue you (from this trouble). One of them said: 0 Allah, I had my parents who were old and my wife and my small children also. I tended the flock and when I came back to them in the evening, I milked them (the sheep, goats, cows, etc.) and first served that milk to my parents. One day I was obliged to go out to a distant place in search of fodder and I could not come back before evening and found them (the parents) asleep. I milked the animals as I used to milk and brought milk to them and stood by their heads avoiding to disturb them from sleep and I did not deem it advisable to serve milk to my children before serving them. My children wept near my feet. I remained there in that very state and my parents too until it was morning. And (0 Allah) if Thou art aware that I did this in order to seek Thine pleasure, grant us riddance from this trouble. (The rock slipped a bit) that they could see the sky. The second one said: 0 Allah, I had a female cousin whom I loved more than the men love the women. I wanted to have sexual intercourse with her; she refused but on the condition of getting one hundred dinirs. It was with very great difficulty that I could collect one hundred dinirs and then paid them to her and when I was going to have a sexual intercourse with her, that she said: Servant of Allah, fear Allah and do not break the seal (of chastity) but by lawful means. I got up. 0 Allah, if Thou art aware that I did this in order to seek Thine pleasure, rid us from this trouble. The situation was somewhat eased for them. The third one said: Allah, I employed a workman for a measure of rice. After he had finished his work I gave him his dues (in the form of) a measure of rice, but he did not accept them. I used these rice as seeds, and that gave a bumper crop and I became rich enough to have cows and flocks (in my possession). He came to me and said: Fear Allah, and commit no crueltv upon me in regard to my dues. I said to him: Takeaway this flock of cows and sheep. He said: Fear Allah and do not make a fun of me. I said: I am not making a fun of you. You take the cows and the flocks. So he took them. 0 Allah, if Thou art aware that I did it for Thine pleasure, case the situation for us. And Allah relieved them from the rest of the trouble.

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَتَمَشَّوْنَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَى فَمِ غَارِهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَانْطَبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَعْمَالاً عَمِلْتُمُوهَا صَالِحَةً لِلَّهِ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بِهَا لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يَفْرُجُهَا عَنْكُمْ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَامْرَأَتِي وَلِيَ صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا أَرَحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَلَبْتُ فَبَدَأْتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ فَسَقَيْتُهُمَا قَبْلَ بَنِيَّ وَأَنَّهُ نَأَى بِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ الشَّجَرُ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى أَمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا قَدْ نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ فَجِئْتُ بِالْحِلاَبِ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْقِيَ الصِّبْيَةَ قَبْلَهُمَا وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمْ حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً فَرَأَوْا مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ أَحْبَبْتُهَا كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرِّجَالُ النِّسَاءَ وَطَلَبْتُ إِلَيْهَا نَفْسَهَا فَأَبَتْ حَتَّى آتِيَهَا بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَتَعِبْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَجِئْتُهَا بِهَا فَلَمَّا وَقَعْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَقَهُ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرِعَاءَهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَظْلِمْنِي حَقِّي قُلْتُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ خُذْ ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرَ وَرِعَاءَهَا فَأَخَذَهُ فَذَهَبَ بِهِ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مَا بَقِيَ فَفَرَجَ اللَّهُ مَا بَقِيَ

Send your son to my residence (to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it (for him). So I carried it and there went along with him (with Abu Bakr) my father in order to fetch its price and he ('Azib) said to Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr, narrate to me what you both did on the night when you set out on a journey along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: We set out during the night and went on walking until it was noon, and the path was vacant and so none passed by that (until) there appeared prominently before us a large rock. It had its shade and the rays of the sun did not reach that place. So we got down at that place. I then went to the rock and levelled the ground with my hands at the place where the Prophet ﷺ would take rest under its shade. I then set the bedding and said: Messenger of Allah, go to sleep and I shall keep a watch around you. I went out and watched around him. There we saw a shepherd moving towards that rock with his flock and he intended what we intended (i. e. taking rest). I met him and said to him: Young boy, to which place do you belong? He said: I am a person from Medina. I said, is there any milk in the udders of your sheep and goats? He said: Yes. He took hold of a goat, and I said to him: Clean the udder well so that it should be free from hair, dust and impurity. I saw al-Bara' striking his hand upon the other (to give an indication) how he did that. He milked the goat for me in a wooden cup which he had with him and I had with me a bucket in which I kept water for drinking and for performing ablution. I came to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and did not like to awaken him from sleep but he was accidentally startled from the sleep. I poured water upon the milk (till It was cold) and I said: Messenger of Allah, take this milk. He then took It and I was delighted and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Is now not the time to march on? I said: Of course. So he marched on after the sun had passed the meridian and Suraqa b. Malik pursued us and we had been walking on soft, level ground. I said: Messenger of Allah, we are about to be overtaken by them. Thereupon he said: Be not grieved. Verily, Allah is with us. Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed him and his horse sank into the earth. I think he also said: I know you have hurled curse upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I take an oath that I shall turn everyone away who would come in search of you. So he (Messenger of Allah) supplicated Allah and he was rescued and he came back and to everyone he met, he said: I have combed all this side. In short, he diverted everyone whom he met and he in fact fulfilled his promise.

لِعَازِبٍ ابْعَثْ مَعِيَ ابْنَكَ يَحْمِلْهُ مَعِي إِلَى مَنْزِلِي فَقَالَ لِي أَبِي احْمِلْهُ فَحَمَلْتُهُ وَخَرَجَ أَبِي مَعَهُ يَنْتَقِدُ ثَمَنَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ حَدِّثْنِي كَيْفَ صَنَعْتُمَا لَيْلَةَ سَرَيْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَسْرَيْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا كُلَّهَا حَتَّى قَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ وَخَلاَ الطَّرِيقُ فَلاَ يَمُرُّ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ حَتَّى رُفِعَتْ لَنَا صَخْرَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ لَهَا ظِلٌّ لَمْ تَأْتِ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ بَعْدُ فَنَزَلْنَا عِنْدَهَا فَأَتَيْتُ الصَّخْرَةَ فَسَوَّيْتُ بِيَدِي مَكَانًا يَنَامُ فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ظِلِّهَا ثُمَّ بَسَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرْوَةً ثُمَّ قُلْتُ نَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَنَا أَنْفُضُ لَكَ مَا حَوْلَكَ فَنَامَ وَخَرَجْتُ أَنْفُضُ مَا حَوْلَهُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ مُقْبِلٍ بِغَنَمِهِ إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ يُرِيدُ مِنْهَا الَّذِي أَرَدْنَا فَلَقِيتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلاَمُ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قُلْتُ أَفِي غَنَمِكَ لَبَنٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ أَفَتَحْلُبُ لِي قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَخَذَ شَاةً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ انْفُضِ الضَّرْعَ مِنَ الشَّعَرِ وَالتُّرَابِ وَالْقَذَى قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَضْرِبُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى يَنْفُضُ فَحَلَبَ لِي فِي قَعْبٍ مَعَهُ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ قَالَ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ أَرْتَوِي فِيهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِيَشْرَبَ مِنْهَا وَيَتَوَضَّأَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ فَوَافَقْتُهُ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَصَبَبْتُ عَلَى اللَّبَنِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اشْرَبْ مِنْ هَذَا اللَّبَنِ قَالَ فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلرَّحِيلِ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَارْتَحَلْنَا بَعْدَ مَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَاتَّبَعَنَا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ وَنَحْنُ فِي جَلَدٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُتِينَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَارْتَطَمَتْ فَرَسُهُ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا أُرَى فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكُمَا قَدْ دَعَوْتُمَا عَلَىَّ فَادْعُوَا لِي فَاللَّهُ لَكُمَا أَنْ أَرُدَّ عَنْكُمَا الطَّلَبَ فَدَعَا اللَّهَ فَنَجَى فَرَجَعَ لاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ قَالَ قَدْ كَفَيْتُكُمْ مَا هَا هُنَا فَلاَ يَلْقَى أَحَدًا إِلاَّ رَدَّهُ قَالَ وَوَفَى لَنَا

I met Bilal, the Mu'adhdhin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Aleppo, and said: Bilal, tell me, what was the financial position of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: He had nothing. It was I who managed it on his behalf since the day Allah made him Prophet of Allah ﷺ until he died. When a Muslim man came to him and he found him naked, he ordered me (to clothe him). I would go, borrow (some money), and purchase a cloak for him. I would then clothe him and feed him. A man from the polytheists met me and said: I am well off, Bilal. Do not borrow money from anyone except me. So I did accordingly. One day when I performed ablution and stood up to make call to prayer, the same polytheist came along with a body of merchants. When he saw me, he said: O Abyssinian. I said: I am at your service. He met me with unpleasant looks and said harsh words to me. He asked me: Do you know how many days remain in the completion of this month? I replied: The time is near. He said: Only four days remain in the completion of this month. I shall then take that which is due from you (i.e. loan), and then shall return you to tend the sheep as you did before. I began to think in my mind what people think in their minds (on such occasions). When I offered the night prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to his family. I sought permission from him and he gave me permission. I said: Messenger of Allah, may my parents be sacrificed for you, the polytheist from whom I used to borrow money said to me such-and-such. Neither you nor I have anything to pay him for me, and he will disgrace me. So give me permission to run away to some of those tribes who have recently embraced Islam until Allah gives His Apostle ﷺ something with which he can pay (the debt) for me. So I came out and reached my house. I placed my sword, waterskin (or sheath), shoes and shield near my head. When dawn broke, I intended to be on my way. All of a sudden I saw a man running towards me and calling: Bilal, return to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I went till I reached him. I found four mounts kneeling on the ground with loads on them. I sought permission. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: Be glad, Allah has made arrangements for the payment (of your debt). He then asked: Have you not seen the four mounts kneeling on the ground? I replied: Yes. He said: You may have these mounts and what they have on them. There are clothes and food on them, presented to me by the ruler of Fadak. Take them away and pay off your debt. I did so. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. I then went to the mosque and found that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting there. I greeted him. He asked: What benefit did you have from your property? I replied: Allah Most High paid everything which was due from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Nothing remains now. He asked: Did anything remain (from that property)? I said: Yes. He said: Look, if you can give me some comfort from it, for I shall not visit any member of my family until you give me some comfort from it. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the night prayer, he called me and said: What is the position of that which you had with you (i.e. property)? I said: I still have it, no one came to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed the night in the mosque. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. Next day when he offered the night prayer, he called me and asked: What is the position of that which you had (i.e. the rest of the property)? I replied: Allah has given you comfort from it, Messenger of Allah. He said: Allah is Most Great, and praised Allah, fearing lest he should die while it was with him. I then followed him until he came to his wives and greeted each one of them and finally he came to his place where he had to pass the night. This is all for which you asked me.

لَقِيتُ بِلاَلاً مُؤَذِّنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَلَبَ فَقُلْتُ يَا بِلاَلُ حَدِّثْنِي كَيْفَ كَانَتْ نَفَقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا كَانَ لَهُ شَىْءٌ كُنْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَلِي ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ تُوُفِّيَ وَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَاهُ الإِنْسَانُ مُسْلِمًا فَرَآهُ عَارِيًا يَأْمُرُنِي فَأَنْطَلِقُ فَأَسْتَقْرِضُ فَأَشْتَرِي لَهُ الْبُرْدَةَ فَأَكْسُوهُ وَأُطْعِمُهُ حَتَّى اعْتَرَضَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ يَا بِلاَلُ إِنَّ عِنْدِي سَعَةً فَلاَ تَسْتَقْرِضْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ مِنِّي فَفَعَلْتُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ تَوَضَّأْتُ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ لأُؤَذِّنَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَإِذَا الْمُشْرِكُ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنَ التُّجَّارِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَآنِي قَالَ يَا حَبَشِيُّ قُلْتُ يَا لَبَّاهُ فَتَجَهَّمَنِي وَقَالَ لِي قَوْلاً غَلِيظًا وَقَالَ لِي أَتَدْرِي كَمْ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الشَّهْرِ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَرِيبٌ قَالَ إِنَّمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ أَرْبَعٌ فَآخُذُكَ بِالَّذِي عَلَيْكَ فَأَرُدُّكَ تَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ كَمَا كُنْتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَخَذَ فِي نَفْسِي مَا يَأْخُذُ فِي أَنْفُسِ النَّاسِ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الْعَتَمَةَ رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَذِنَ لِي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَتَدَيَّنُ مِنْهُ قَالَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ مَا تَقْضِي عَنِّي وَلاَ عِنْدِي وَهُوَ فَاضِحِي فَأْذَنْ لِي أَنْ آبِقَ إِلَى بَعْضِ هَؤُلاَءِ الأَحْيَاءِ الَّذِينَ قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا حَتَّى يَرْزُقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ﷺ مَا يَقْضِي عَنِّي فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيْتُ مَنْزِلِي فَجَعَلْتُ سَيْفِي وَجِرَابِي وَنَعْلِي وَمِجَنِّي عِنْدَ رَأْسِي حَتَّى إِذَا انْشَقَّ عَمُودُ الصُّبْحِ الأَوَّلِ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَنْطَلِقَ فَإِذَا إِنْسَانٌ يَسْعَى يَدْعُو يَا بِلاَلُ أَجِبْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا أَرْبَعُ رَكَائِبَ مُنَاخَاتٍ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَحْمَالُهُنَّ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبْشِرْ فَقَدْ جَاءَكَ اللَّهُ بِقَضَائِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَمْ تَرَ الرَّكَائِبَ الْمُنَاخَاتِ الأَرْبَعَ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى فَقَالَ إِنَّ لَكَ رِقَابَهُنَّ وَمَا عَلَيْهِنَّ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِنَّ كِسْوَةً وَطَعَامًا أَهْدَاهُنَّ إِلَىَّ عَظِيمُ فَدَكَ فَاقْبِضْهُنَّ وَاقْضِ دَيْنَكَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَاعِدٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ مَا قِبَلَكَ قُلْتُ قَدْ قَضَى اللَّهُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ كَانَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ شَىْءٌ قَالَ أَفَضَلَ شَىْءٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ انْظُرْ أَنْ تُرِيحَنِي مِنْهُ فَإِنِّي لَسْتُ بِدَاخِلٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِي حَتَّى تُرِيحَنِي مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَتَمَةَ دَعَانِي فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَ الَّذِي قِبَلَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ هُوَ مَعِي لَمْ يَأْتِنَا أَحَدٌ فَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَقَصَّ الْحَدِيثَ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّى الْعَتَمَةَ يَعْنِي مِنَ الْغَدِ دَعَانِي قَالَ مَا فَعَلَ الَّذِي قِبَلَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ قَدْ أَرَاحَكَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَكَبَّرَ وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ شَفَقًا مِنْ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَعِنْدَهُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ اتَّبَعْتُهُ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ أَزْوَاجَهُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ امْرَأَةٍ حَتَّى أَتَى مَبِيتَهُ فَهَذَا الَّذِي سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْهُ

"The first person to speak about Al-Qadar was Ma'bad Al-Juhani." He said: "Humaid bin Abdur-Rahman Al-Himyari and I went out until we reached Al-Madinah, and we said: 'If we could only meet someone among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ so we could ask him about what those people have innovated." [He said:] "So we met him - meaning Abdullah bin 'Umar - while he was leaving the Masjid." [He said:] "My companion and I were on either side of him." [He said:] I thought my companion was going to leave the speaking to me so I said: "O Abu Abdur-Rahman! There is a group of people who recite the Qur'an and seek knowledge, and they claim there is no Al-Qadar, and that the affair is left to chance.' He said: "Whenever you meet those people, then tell them that I am not of them and they are not of me. By the One Whom Abdullah swears by! If one of them were to spend gold the like of Uhud (mountain) in charity, it would not be accepted from him until he believes in Al-Qadar; the good of it and the bad of it.'" He said: "Then he began to narrate, he said: "'Umar bin Al-Khattab said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah when a man came with extremely white garments, and extremely black hair. He had no appearance of traveling visible on him, yet none of us recognized him. He came until he reached the Prophet ﷺ. He put his knees up against his knees, and then said: "O Muhammad! What is Iman?' He said 'To believe in Allah, His Angels, His, Books, His Messengers, the Day of Judgement, and Al-Qadar, the good of it and the bad of it.' He said: 'Then what is Islam?' He said: 'Testifying to La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, establishing the Salat, giving the Zakat, performing Hajj to the House, and fasting (the month of) Ramadan.' He said: 'Then what is Ihsan?' He said 'That (is) you worship Allah as if you see Him, and although you do not see Him, He certainly sees you.' He said: 'For all of those he replied to him: 'You have told the truth.'" He said: "So we were amazed at him, he would ask, and then tell him that he is telling the truth. He said: 'Then when is the Hour?' He ﷺ said: 'The one being asked knows no more than the questioner.' He said: 'Then what are its signs?' He said: 'That the slave woman gives birth to her master, and that the naked, poor, and bare-footed shepherds rival each other in the height of the buildings.'" 'Umar said: 'Then the Prophet ﷺ met me three days after that and said: 'O 'Umar! Do you know who the questioner was? It was Jibril. He came to teach you about the matters of your religion.'"

أَوَّلُ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِي الْقَدَرِ مَعْبَدٌ الْجُهَنِيُّ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَقُلْنَا لَوْ لَقِينَا رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَمَّا أَحْدَثَ هَؤُلاَءِ الْقَوْمُ قَالَ فَلَقِينَاهُ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ خَارِجٌ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ فَاكْتَنَفْتُهُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي قَالَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبِي سَيَكِلُ الْكَلاَمَ إِلَىَّ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَيَتَقَفَّرُونَ الْعِلْمَ وَيَزْعُمُونَ أَنْ لاَ قَدَرَ وَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ أُنُفٌ قَالَ فَإِذَا لَقِيتَ أُولَئِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنِّي مِنْهُمْ بَرِيءٌ وَأَنَّهُمْ مِنِّي بُرَآءُ وَالَّذِي يَحْلِفُ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ أَنْفَقَ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا مَا قُبِلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُ فَقَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعَرِ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ حَتَّى أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَلْزَقَ رُكْبَتَهُ بِرُكْبَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الإِيمَانُ قَالَ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ قَالَ فَمَا الإِسْلاَمُ قَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَإِقَامُ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَحَجُّ الْبَيْتِ وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ فَمَا الإِحْسَانُ قَالَ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ لَهُ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ فَتَعَجَّبْنَا مِنْهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ قَالَ فَمَتَى السَّاعَةُ قَالَ مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ قَالَ فَمَا أَمَارَتُهَا قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ أَصْحَابَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَقِيَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِثَلاَثٍ فَقَالَ يَا عُمَرُ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنِ السَّائِلُ ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ مَعَالِمَ دِينِكُمْ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا كَهْمَسُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ كَهْمَسٍ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

Abu Bakr bought a saddle from ‘Azib for thirteen dirhams, then Abu Bakr said to 'Azib. Tell al-Bara to carry it to my house. He said: No, not until you tell us what happened when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and you were with him. Abu Bakr said: We started our journey at the beginning of the night and we hastened for one day and one night, until it was midday. I looked into the distance to see whether there was anywhere to seek shade, and I saw a rock, so I went to it and it had a little shade. I smoothed the ground for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and spread a garment of camel hair for him, and said: Lie down and rest, O Messenger of Allah. So he lay down, and I went out to see if I could spot anyone looking for us. Then I saw a shepherd and I said: Who do you belong to, O boy? He said: To a man of Quraish. He mentioned his name and I recognised it. I said: Is there any milk in your sheep? He said: Yes | said: Will you milk some for me? He said: Yes. I told him to do that, so he caught a sheep, then I told him to brush the dust from its teat, then to brush the dust off his hands. I had a small vessel with me on the neck of which was a cloth. He milked a little bit of milk for me and I poured it into the vessel until it cooled down. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When I reached him, he had already woken up. I said: Drink, O Messenger of Allah. He drank until I was pleased, then I said: Is it time to move on? So we moved on and the people were coming after us but none of them caught up with us except Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju'shum, who was riding a horse of his, I said: O Messenger of Allah, someone has caught up with us. He said: ʿDo not be afraid, for Allah is with us.ʿ When he got close to us, and there was no more between us and him then the length of a spear or two or three spears, I said: O Messenger of Allah, this pursuer has caught up with us, and I wept. He said: ʿWhy are you weeping?ʿ I said: I am not weeping for myself; rather I am weeping for you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed against him [the pursuer] and said: “O Allah, protect us from him by whatever means You will.” Then his horse's legs sank into the solid ground up to its belly, and he fell off it. He said: O Muhammad, I know that this is because of you; pray to Allah to save me from my predicament, and by Allah I shall divert away from you any one who is behind me of those who are seeking you. Here is my quiver, take one arrow. You are going to pass by some camels and sheep of mine in such and such a place, take whatever you need from thern. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿI have no need of it.“ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for him and he was released, and he went back to his companions. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I continued on our way until we came to Madinah, where the people met him. They came out on the road and on the roofs, and a lot of servants and children crowded the road saying: Allahu Akbar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has come, Muhammad has come. The people disputed as to who he would stay with. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿTonight I will stay with Banun-Najjar, the maternal uncles of 'Abdul-Muttalib, to honour them thereby.” The next morning, he went where he was instructed. Al-Bara' bin 'Azib said: The first of the Muhajireen to come to us was Mus'ab bin 'Umair, the brother of Banu 'Abdud-Dar. Then Ibn Umm Maktoom, the blind man and brother of Banu Fihr, came to us. Then 'Umar bin al-Khattab, came to us with twenty riders and we said: What happened to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said: He is behind me. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and Abu Bakr was with him. Al-Bara said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not come until I had read some soorahs from al-Mufassal [Al-Mufassal is that portion of the Qur'an which goes from Qaf to an-Nas]. Isra'eel said: al-Bara' was one of the Ansar from Banu Harithah.

اشْتَرَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْ عَازِبٍ سَرْجًا بِثَلاثَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعَازِبٍ مُرِ الْبَرَاءَ فَلْيَحْمِلْهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي فَقَالَ لَا حَتَّى تُحَدِّثَنَا كَيْفَ صَنَعْتَ حِينَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُ؟قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَرَجْنَا فَأَدْلَجْنَا فَأَحْثَثْنَا يَوْمَنَا وَلَيْلَتَنَا حَتَّى أَظْهَرْنَا وَقَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ فَضَرَبْتُ بِبَصَرِي هَلْ أَرَى ظِلًّا نَأْوِي إِلَيْهِ؟ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِصَخْرَةٍ فَأَهْوَيْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا بَقِيَّةُ ظِلِّهَا فَسَوَّيْتُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفَرَشْتُ لَهُ فَرْوَةً وَقُلْتُ اضْطَجِعْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَاضْطَجَعَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ أَنْظُرُ هَلْ أَرَى أَحَدًا مِنَ الطَّلَبِ؟ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلامُ؟ فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَسَمَّاهُ فَعَرَفْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ فِي غَنَمِكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ هَلْ أَنْتَ حَالِبٌ لِي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَمَرْتُهُ فَاعْتَقَلَ شَاةً مِنْهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ ضَرْعَهَا مِنَ الْغُبَارِ ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ كَفَّيْهِ مِنَ الْغُبَارِ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ عَلَى فَمِهَا خِرْقَةٌ فَحَلَبَ لِي كُثْبَةً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ فَصَبَبْتُ عَلَى الْقَدَحِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺفَوَافَيْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَقُلْتُ اشْرَبْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ هَلْ أَنَى الرَّحِيلُ قَالَ فَارْتَحَلْنَا وَالْقَوْمُ يَطْلُبُونَا فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا فَقَالَ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَنَا حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَا مِنَّا فَكَانَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ قَدْرُ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا وَبَكَيْتُ قَالَ لِمَ تَبْكِي؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا عَلَى نَفْسِي أَبْكِي وَلَكِنْ أَبْكِي عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ اكْفِنَاهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ فَسَاخَتْ قَوَائِمُ فَرَسِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا فِي أَرْضٍ صَلْدٍ وَوَثَبَ عَنْهَا وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا عَمَلُكَ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُنْجِّيَنِي مِمَّا أَنَا فِيهِ فَوَاللهِ لَأُعَمِّيَنَّ عَلَى مَنْ وَرَائِي مِنَ الطَّلَبِ وَهَذِهِ كِنَانَتِي فَخُذْ مِنْهَا سَهْمًا فَإِنَّكَ سَتَمُرُّ بِإِبِلِي وَغَنَمِي فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَخُذْ مِنْهَا حَاجَتَكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا قَالَ وَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُطْلِقَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِوَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ فَخَرَجُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الْأَجَاجِيرِ فَاشْتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ يَقُولُونَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ وَتَنَازَعَالْقَوْمُ أَيُّهُمْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْزِلُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى بَنِي النَّجَّارِ أَخْوَالِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لِأُكْرِمَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا حَيْثُ أُمِرَقَالَ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ أَوَّلُ مَنْ كَانَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ أَخُو بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى أَخُو بَنِي فِهْرٍ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي عِشْرِينَ رَاكِبًا فَقُلْنَا مَا فَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ هُوَ عَلَى أَثَرِي ثُمَّ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُقَالَ الْبَرَاءُ وَلَمْ يَقْدَمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قَرَأْتُ سُوَرًا مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَكَانَ الْبَرَاءُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever among you can be like the companion of the Trench, then let him be like him." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, who is the companion of the Trench?" He said, "There were three men who went out during a rainy night and the sky became cloudy, so they sought shelter in a cave. A large rock rolled down from the top of the mountain and blocked the entrance. They tried to move it but were unable. One of them said to the others, 'Indeed, we have been afflicted with a great calamity, so let each of you supplicate to Allah with the best of his deeds, perhaps Allah will relieve us from this.' One of them said, 'O Allah, You know that I had parents who were elderly and I used to milk their animals and bring them the milk before I would consume anything myself. One day, I was delayed and they went to sleep before I could give them the milk. I stayed standing, with the container of milk in my hand, not wanting to burden them by waking them up or starting with anyone else before them. And my children were crying out of hunger around me. O Allah, if I did that seeking Your pleasure, then remove this harm from us.' Then the rock moved a bit. Another one said, 'O Allah, You know that I had a cousin whom I loved more than anything else of Your creation. I wanted her for myself, but she refused unless I paid her a hundred gold coins. So I struggled and worked hard until I earned a hundred gold coins and I gave them to her. When I sat with her, she said, 'Fear Allah and do not disgrace the signet ring.' So I stood up from her, and O Allah, if I did that seeking Your pleasure, then remove this harm from us.' Then the rock moved a bit more. The third one said, 'O Allah, You know that I worked for a man for a share of a of a camel loaded with food grains. When I completed my work and went to him to take my share, he gave me my due but he gave me an extra amount as a bonus. So I said to him, 'Fear Allah and do not be unfair in your dealings.' He replied, 'Take it, for it is a bonus from Allah to you.' O Allah, if I did that seeking Your pleasure, then remove this harm from us.' Then the rock moved completely and they were able to leave the cave."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِثْلَ صَاحِبِ فَرَقِ الْأَرُزِّ فَلْيَكُنْ مِثْلَهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا صَاحِبُ فَرَقِ الْأَرُزِّ؟ قَالَ خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَغَيَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ فَدَخَلُوا غَارًا فَجَاءَتْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنْ أَعْلَى الْجَبَلِ حَتَّى طَبَّقَتِ الْبَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَعَالَجُوهَا فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوهَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ لَقَدْ وَقَعْتُمْ فِي أَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ فَلْيَدْعُ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا عَمِلَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُنْجِيَنَا مِنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَكُنْتُ أَحْلُبُ حِلَابَهُمَا فَأَجِيئُهُمَا وَقَدْ نَامَا فَكُنْتُ أَبِيتُ قَائِمًا وَحِلَابُهُمَا عَلَى يَدِي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَبْدَأَ بِأَحَدٍ قَبْلَهُمَا أَوْ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا وَصِبْيَتِي يَتَضَاغَوْنَ حَوْلِي فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَتَحَرَّكَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ قَالَ وَقَالَ الثَّانِي اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا خَلَقْتَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا فَسُمْتُهَا نَفْسَهَا فَقَالَتْ لَا وَاللهِ دُونَ مِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَجَمَعْتُهَاوَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَنَا جَلَسْتُ مِنْهَا مَجْلِسَ الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَتْ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَلَا تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَا فَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ حَتَّى بَدَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقٍ مِنْ أَرُزٍّ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى عَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَقَّهُ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ وَذَهَبَ وَتَرَكَنِي فَتَحَرَّجْتُ مِنْهُ وَثَمَّرْتُهُ لَهُ وَأَصْلَحْتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا فَلَقِيَنِي بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَأَعْطِنِي أَجْرِي وَلَا تَظْلِمْنِي فَقُلْتُ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَخُذْهَا فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَلَا تَسْخَرْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَسْخَرُ بِكَ فَانْطَلَقَ فَاسْتَاقَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُهُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِكَ خَشْيَةً مِنْكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَتَدَحْرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ

[AI] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , it is narrated that three people from the past generation went to visit their families. However, the sky closed in upon them and they sought refuge in a cave. A rock fell from above and blocked the entrance of the cave, leaving only a small gap. One of them said to the others, "The rock has fallen and no one knows our whereabouts except Allah. So, invoke Allah by your best actions." One of them said, "O Allah, if You know that I had two elderly parents, and I used to provide them with milk before my children and wife, and one day I could not find any milk for them until they had fallen asleep. When I came to them, I found them asleep. I hated to disturb their sleep by removing their mouths from my breasts, so I waited for their awakening. O Allah, if You know that I have done this for the sake of Your mercy and out of fear of Your punishment, then relieve us of our distress." One-third of the rock was removed. Another person said, "O Allah, if You know that I employed a worker and he completed his work except for a small part of it, and then he asked me for his wages, but I became angry and withheld his wages. Then, instead of paying him, I invested his wages, which multiplied until they became a huge amount. Now, he has come to me asking for his wages. O Allah, if You know that I have done this for the sake of Your mercy and out of fear of Your punishment, then relieve us of our distress." Another one-third of the rock was removed. The third person said, "O Allah, if You know that I had strong desire for a woman, and I requested her favors until she agreed, but she said, 'Fear Allah and do not break His covenant.' I abandoned what I desired and let her go. O Allah, if You know that I have done this for the sake of Your mercy and out of fear of Your punishment, then relieve us of our distress." The rock was then completely removed, and they exited the cave walking openly.

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ فِيمَا سَلَفَ مِنَ النَّاسِ انْطَلَقُوا يَرْتَادُونَ لِأَهْلِهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُ فَدَخَلُوا غَارًا فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَجَرٌ مُتَجَافٍ حَتَّى مَا يَرَوْنَ مِنْهُ حُصَاصَةً فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ قَدْ وَقَعَ الْحَجَرُ وَعَفَا الْأَثَرُ وَلَا يَعْلَمُ بِمَكَانِكُمْ إِلَّا اللهُ فَادْعُوا اللهَ بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَحْلِبُ لَهُمَا فِي إِنَائِهِمَا فَآتِيهُمَا فَإِذَا وَجَدْتُهُمَا رَاقِدَيْنِ قُمْتُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمَا كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أَرُدَّ سِنَتَهُمَا فِي رُءُوسِهِمَا حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَا مَتَى اسْتَيْقَظَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الْحَجَرِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا عَلَىعَمَلٍ يَعْمَلُهُ فَأَتَانِي يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ وَأَنَا غَضْبَانُ فَزَبَرْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقَ فَتَرَكَ أَجْرَهُ ذَلِكَ فَجَمَعْتُهُ وَثَمَّرْتُهُ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْهُ كُلُّ الْمَالِ فَأَتَانِي يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ فَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَمْ أُعْطِهِ إِلَّا أَجْرَهُ الْأَوَّلَ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثَا الْحَجَرِ وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ أَعْجَبَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَجَعَلَ لَهَا جُعْلًا فَلَمَّا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهَا وَقَّرَ لَهَا نَفْسَهَا وَسَلَّمَ لَهَا جُعْلَهَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَزَالَ الْحَجَرُ وَخَرَجُوا مَعَانِيقَ يَتَمَاشَوْنَ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Ghālib ibn ‘Abdullah al-Kalbi with Kalb, the Lion, to the tribe of Banī Mulawwah in al-Kudayd. He commanded him to change their position, so we went with him until we reached Qudayd. There, we met al-Harith ibn Mālik, who was from the tribe of Lays, so we captured him. He said, "I have only come to embrace Islam." Ghālib ibn ‘Abdullah said, "If you have come as a Muslim, then no harm will come to you for one day and one night. However, if you have come for something else, we will take precautions with you." He said, "I give you my word and security." So Ghālib ibn ‘Abdullah gave him a bond of safety, and then he left someone dark-skinned with him, who was with us. He said to him, "Stay with him until we pass by you. If he confronts you, grab his head." He said, "Then we continued until we reached the belly of al-Kudayd. We camped there after ‘Asr prayer. My companions sent me to a hilltop to observe the enemy. I lay on top of it until it was Maghrib time. A man among them came out and looked. He saw me lying on the hilltop and said to his wife, 'By Allah, I see someone lying on this hilltop. I did not see him in the morning. Be careful, lest the dogs have eaten some of our provisions.' She looked and said, 'No, by Allah, I have not lost anything.' He said, 'Then give me my bow and two arrows from my quiver.' She gave them to him, and he shot me with an arrow, which I placed by my side. I took it and did not move. Then he shot me with another arrow, which I placed on top of my right shoulder. I took it and did not move. He said to his wife, 'By Allah, these arrows have touched me. If they were enchanted, they would have moved. When it is morning, seek for my arrows and take them. However, do not bite them, for the dogs might be affected by them.' We waited there until their scent had dissipated, and they settled down or went to sleep. In the darkness of the night, we launched a surprise attack on them and killed those we killed from among them, and we took their flocks. We headed off swiftly until we passed by al-Harith ibn al-Barssā’, his friend. We took him with us. The people shouted aloud to their people in a state of shock, and we advanced swiftly. When there was nothing left between us and them except the belly of the valley, a flood came down between us and them, which Allah sent wherever He pleased. We had never seen anything like it before, neither rain nor hail. It came with something that no one can withstand. We saw them standing, looking at us, but none of them could advance, while we crossed it swiftly until it settled. Then we attacked them from a hidden position until we defeated them with what we had in our hands.

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَالِبَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْكَلْبِيَّ كَلْبَ لَيْثٍ إِلَى بَنِي مُلَوَّحٍ بِالْكَدِيدِ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُغِيرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَخَرَجَ فَكُنْتُ فِي سَرِيَّتِهِ فَمَضَيْنَا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِقُدَيْدٍ لَقِينَا بِهِ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْبَرْصَاءِ اللَّيْثِيُّ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا جِئْتُ لِأُسْلِمَ فَقَالَ غَالِبُ بْنُعَبْدِ اللهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا جِئْتَ مُسْلِمًا فَلَنْ يَضُرَّكَ رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ اسْتَوْثَقْنَا مِنْكَ قَالَ فَأَوْثَقَهُ رِبَاطًا ثُمَّ خَلَّفَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلًا أَسْوَدَ كَانَ مَعَنَا فَقَالَ امْكُثْ مَعَهُ حَتَّى نَمُرَّ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنْ نَازَعَكَ فَاحْتَزَّ رَأْسَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ مَضَيْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا بَطْنَ الْكَدِيدِ فَنَزَلْنَا عُشَيْشِيَةً بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَبَعَثَنِي أَصْحَابِي فِي رَئِيَّةٍ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى تَلٍّ يُطْلِعُنِي عَلَى الْحَاضِرِ فَانْبَطَحْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ الْمَغْرِبَ فَخَرَجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَنَظَرَ فَرَآنِي مُنْبَطِحًا عَلَى التَّلِّ فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَى عَلَى هَذَا التَّلِّ سَوَادًا مَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ فَانْظُرِي لَا تَكُونُ الْكِلَابُ اجْتَرَّتْ بَعْضَ أَوْعِيَتِكِ قَالَ فَنَظَرَتْ فَقَالَتْ لَا وَاللهِ مَا أَفْقِدُ شَيْئًا قَالَ فَنَاوِلِينِي قَوْسِي وَسَهْمَيْنِ مِنْ كِنَانَتِي قَالَ فَنَاوَلَتْهُ فَرَمَانِي بِسَهْمٍ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي جَنْبِي قَالَ فَنَزَعْتُهُ فَوَضَعْتُهُ وَلَمْ أَتَحَرَّكْ ثُمَّ رَمَانِي بِآخَرَ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي رَأْسِ مَنْكِبِيفَنَزَعْتُهُ فَوَضَعْتُهُ وَلَمْ أَتَحَرَّكْ فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ خَالَطَهُ سَهْمَايَ وَلَوْ كَانَ زَائِلَةً لَتَحَرَّكَ فَإِذَا أَصْبَحْتِ فَابْتَغِي سَهْمَيَّ فَخُذِيهِمَا لَا تَمْضُغُهُمَا عَلَيَّ الْكِلَابُ قَالَ وَأَمْهَلْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى رَاحَتْ رَائِحَتُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا احْتَلَبُوا وَعَطَنُوا أَوْ سَكَنُوا وَذَهَبَتْ عَتَمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ شَنَنَّا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَارَةَ فَقَتَلْنَا مَنْ قَتَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَاسْتَقْنَا النَّعَمَ فَتَوَجَّهْنَا قَافِلِينَ وَخَرَجَ صَرِيخُ الْقَوْمِ إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ مُغَوِّثًا وَخَرَجْنَا سِرَاعًا حَتَّى نَمُرَّ بِالْحَارِثِ ابْنِ الْبَرْصَاءِ وَصَاحِبِهِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ مَعَنَا وَأَتَانَا صَرِيخُ النَّاسِ فَجَاءَنَا مَا لَا قِبَلَ لَنَا بِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ إِلَّا بَطْنُ الْوَادِي أَقْبَلَ سَيْلٌ حَالَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ بَعَثَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ حَيْثُ شَاءَ مَا رَأَيْنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مَطَرًا وَلَا خَالًا فَجَاءَ بِمَا لَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْنَاهُمْ وُقُوفًا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْنَا مَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نَجُوزُهَا سِرَاعًا حَتَّى أَسْنَدْنَاهَا فِي الْمَشْلَلِ ثُمَّ حَدَرْنَاهَا عَنَّا فَأَعْجَزْنَا الْقَوْمَ بِمَا فِي أَيْدِينَا

[AI] When my affairs were mentioned and I was not aware of it, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and gave a sermon about me. He praised and thanked Allah (glory be to Him) for what He has bestowed upon me, then he said, "As for what comes after, inform the people that they have slandered my family and, by Allah, I have never known anything bad about them. They built my family and, by Allah, I have never known anything bad about them, nor has anyone ever entered my house without my presence. I have never been absent during any journey without them being with me." Then Sa'd bin Mu'adh stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, shall we strike their necks?" A man from the Bani Khazraj stood up, and Umm Hassaan bin Thabit, who was the wife of that man, said, "You lie! By Allah, if they were from the Aws, you would not want to strike their necks until there was fighting between the Aws and the Khazraj within the Masjid, and I do not know anything about them." When it was evening that day, I went out for some need, and Umm Misbah was with me. She stumbled, and she said, "May Misbah be ruined!" I said, "Why do you curse your son?" She remained silent. Then she stumbled again and said, "May Misbah be ruined!" I said, "Why do you curse your son?" Then she stumbled a third time and said, "May Misbah be ruined!" I scolded her and said, "Why do you curse your son?" She said, "By Allah, I only curse him because of you." I asked, "In what matter concerning me?" Then she informed me about the story. I said, "Did my father know about it?" She said, "Yes." I asked, "And the Messenger of Allah?" She said, "And the Messenger of Allah." I became overwhelmed and started crying. Abu Bakr heard my voice while he was on the roof reciting the Qur'an. He came down and said to my mother, "What's wrong with her?" She told him what had happened. He said, "I swear to you, O daughter, that if you had not returned to your house, I would have divorced her." So I went back to my house and my parents were with me. They stayed with me until after Asr prayer. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me. My parents were on my right and left side. The Prophet ﷺ said the Shahada (testimony of faith) and praised and thanked Allah (glory be to Him) for what He has bestowed upon him. Then he said, "O Aisha, if you have committed a mistake or wronged, repent to Allah (glory be to Him). Verily, Allah (glory be to Him) accepts repentance from His servants." Then a woman from the Ansar came and sat at the door. I said to myself, "Doesn't she have any shame?"

لَمَّا ذُكِرَ مِنْ شَأْنِي الَّذِي ذُكِرَ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ بِهِ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِيَّ خَطِيبًا وَمَا عَلِمْتُ بِهِ فَتَشَهَّدَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ ﷻ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُأَشِيرُوا عَلَيَّ فِي نَاسٍ أَبَنُوا أَهْلِي وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي سُوءًا قَطُّ وَأَبَنُوهُمْ بِمَنْ وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سُوءٍ قَطُّ وَلَا دَخَلَ بَيْتِي قَطُّ إِلَّا وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ وَلَا غِبْتُ فِي سَفَرٍ إِلَّا غَابَ مَعِي؟ فَقَامَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ نَرَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ تَضْرِبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ بلْخَزْرَج وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ مِنْ رَهْطِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ كَذَبْتَ أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْ كَانُوا مِنَ الْأَوْسِ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تَضْرِبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ حَتَّى كَادُوا أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ شَرٌّ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ بِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مَسَاءُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ خَرَجْتُ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَتِي وَمَعِي أُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ فَعَثَرَتْ فَقَالَتْ تَعِسَ مِسْطَحٌ فَقُلْتُ عَلَامَ تَسُبِّينَ ابْنَكِ؟ فَسَكَتَتْ ثُمَّ عَثَرَتِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَتْ تَعِسَ مِسْطَحٌ فَقُلْتُ عَلَامَ تَسُبِّينَ ابْنَكِ؟ ثُمَّ عَثَرَتِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَتْ تَعِسَ مِسْطَحٌ فَانْتَهَرْتُهَا فَقُلْتُ عَلَامَ تَسُبِّينَ ابْنَكِ؟ فَقَالَتْ وَاللهِ مَا أَسُبُّهُ إِلَّا فِيكِ فَقُلْتُ فِي أَيِّ شَأْنِي؟ فَذَكَرَتْ لِي الْحَدِيثَفَقُلْتُ وَقَدْ كَانَ هَذَا؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَاللهِ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِي لَكَأَنَّ الَّذِي خَرَجْتُ لَهُ لَمْ أَخْرُجْ لَهُ لَا أَجِدُ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا وَلَا كَثِيرًا وَوَعَكْتُ فَقُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسِلْنِي إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي فَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي الْغُلَامَ فَدَخَلْتُ الدَّارَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأُمِّ رُومَانَ فَقَالَتْ مَا جَاءَ بِكِ يَا بُنَيَّةُ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ خَفِّضِي عَلَيْكِ الشَّأْنَ فَإِنَّهُ وَاللهِ لَقَلَّمَا كَانَتْ امْرَأَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ تَكُونُ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ يُحِبُّهَا وَلَهَا ضَرَائِرُ إِلَّا حَسَدْنَهَا وَقُلْنَ فِيهَا قُلْتُ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ بِهِ أَبِي؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَعْبَرْتُ فَبَكَيْتُ فَسَمِعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ صَوْتِي وَهُوَ فَوْقَ الْبَيْتِ يَقْرَأُ فَنَزَلَ فَقَالَ لِأُمِّي مَا شَأْنُهَا؟ قَالَتْ بَلَغَهَا الَّذِي ذُكِرَ مِنْ أَمْرِهَا فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكِ يَا بُنَيَّةُ إِلَّا رَجَعْتِ إِلَى بَيْتِكِ فَرَجَعْتُ وَأَصْبَحَ أَبَوَايَ عِنْدِي فَلَمْ يَزَالَا عِنْدِي حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَقَدِ اكْتَنَفَنِي أَبَوَايَ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي فَتَشَهَّدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَارَفْتِ سُوءً أَوْ ظَلَمْتِ تُوبِي إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَقَدْ جَاءَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ بِالْبَابِ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَسْتَحِي

[AI] That Ibrahim, when he migrated to the land of Sham and they expelled him from there, he departed and with him was Sarah. She said to him, "Indeed, I have gifted myself to you." Then Allah inspired to him to marry her, and it was the first revelation that was sent to him, and Lot believed in it, as did his people in his lineage. He said, "Indeed, I am migrating to my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise." So they expelled him from Babylonia to the sacred land until he reached Harran, and they expelled him from there until they brought him to the Jordan River, which contained a strong giant among the giants, but Allah destroyed him. Then Ibrahim returned to Sham, and with him was Lot. Allah informed Lot and sent him as a messenger and a caller to Allah in the cities known as the "mou'tafaqat", with Sodom being the greatest among them, followed by Amoud, Aram, Sa'our, and Sabour. The people of these cities numbered four thousand thousand men. Lot stayed in Sodom for twenty-five years, commanding them, forbidding them, and inviting them to Allah and to worship Him, and he left what they were engaged in of immorality and abominations. It was obligatory on Lot to offer hospitality to his guests, just as it was obligatory on Ibrahim and Ismael. But his people did not host anyone, rather, they only approached the men from the worlds and called the women. Allah denounced them for this through the tongue of their Prophet in the Quran, saying, "Do you approach men among the worlds and leave what your Lord has created for you as wives?" Then Wahb and Abdullah bin Abbas mentioned that which led them to have relations with men without women. They had gardens and fruits in their homes, as well as gardens and fruits on the outskirts of the road. Then they were afflicted with severe drought and hunger. So some of them said to others, "If you refrain from giving away your fruits to the travelers, you will have provisions for yourselves." They asked how they could do that, so some of them suggested to abduct any stranger they found in their land and marry him, claiming him as their own. They would take him and grab him. Thus, whenever people came upon them, they did this to them. This became their practice until Iblis went to those mountains in the form of a beautiful and radiant young boy. The people saw him and admired him, so they adored him, married him, took him, and grabbed him. Then he left. People would not come to them except that they would do the same to them. This became their practice until Allah sent Lot to them, forbidding them from doing this and warning them of punishment. They sought his forgiveness, and he said, "O my people, you have committed the obscenity that no one in the worlds has committed before you." Then the rest of the narration continues as narrated by Ibn Abbas, but it was not mentioned by Al-Dhahabi in his summary.

أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَمَّا هَاجَرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الشَّامِ وَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْهَا طَرِيدًا فَانْطَلَقَ وَمَعَهُ سَارَةُ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ إِنِّي قَدْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسِي فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ وَحْيٍ أَنْزَلَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآمَنَ بِهِ لُوطٌ فِي رَهْطٍ مَعَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ وَقَالَ إِنِّي مُهَاجِرٌ إِلَى رَبِّي إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ فَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْ أَرْضِ بَابِلَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ حَتَّى وَرَدَ حَرَّانَ فَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْهَا حَتَّى دَفَعُوا إِلَى الْأُرْدُنِّ وَفِيهَا جَبَّارٌ مِنَ الْجَبَّارِينَ حَتَّى قَصَمَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَجَعَ إِلَى الشَّامِ وَمَعَهُ لُوطٌ فَنَبَأَ اللَّهُ لُوطًا وَبَعْثَهُ إِلَى الْمُؤْتَفِكَاتِ رَسُولًا وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَهِيَ خَمْسَةُ مَدَائِنَ أَعْظَمُهَا سَدُومُ ثُمَّ عَمُودُ ثُمَّ أَرُومُ ثُمَّ صَعُورُ ثُمَّ صَابُورُ وَكَانَ أَهْلُ هَذِهِ الْمَدَائِنِ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافِ أَلْفَ إِنْسَانٍ فَنَزَلَ لُوطٌ سَدُومًا فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً يَأْمُرُهُمْ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ وَيَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى عِبَادَتِهِ وَتَرَكَ مَا هُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْفَوَاحِشِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ وَكَانَتِ الضِّيَافَةُ مُفْتَرَضَةً عَلَى لُوطٍ كَمَا افْتُرِضَتْ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ فَكَانَ قَوْمُهُ لَا يُضِيفُونَ أَحَدًا وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ وَيَدْعُونَ النِّسَاءَ فَعَيَّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِمْ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ {أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ} [الشعراء 166] قَالَ وَهْبٌ وَذَكَرَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ الَّذِي حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى إِتْيَانِ الرِّجَالِ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ أَنَّهُمْ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ بَسَاتِينُ وَثِمَارٌ فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ وَبَسَاتِينَ وَثِمَارٌ خَارِجَةً عَلَى ظَهْرِ الطَّرِيقِ وَأَنَّهُمْ أَصَابَهُمْ قَحْطٌ شَدِيدٌ وَجُوعٌ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ إِنْ مَنَعْتُمْ ثِمَارَكُمْ هَذِهِ الظَّاهِرَةَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ السَّبِيلِ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَاشٌ فَقَالُوا كَيْفَ نَمْنَعُهَا فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالُوا اجْعَلُوا سُنَّتُكُمْ فِيهَا مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ فِي بِلَادِكُمْ غَرِيبًا لَا تَعْرِفُوهُ فَاسْلُبُوهُ وَانْكِحُوهُ وَاسْحَبُوهُ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يَطَئُونَ بِلَادَكُمْ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ فَجَاءَهُمْ إِبْلِيسُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْجِبَالِ فِي هَيْئَةِ صَبِيٍّ وَضِيءٍ أَحْلَى صَبِيٍّ رَآهُ النَّاسُ وَأَوْسَمَهُ فَعَمَدُوهُ فَنَكَحُوهُ وَسَلَبُوهُ وَسَحَبُوهُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَكَانَ لَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا فَعَلُوا بِهِ فَكَانَ تِلْكَ سُنَّتُهُمْ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِمْ لُوطًا فَنَهَاهُمْ لُوطٌ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَحَذَّرَهُمُ الْعَذَابَ وَاعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُمْ بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بَاقِي الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

[AI] "And about some of the companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, it is narrated: When the angels came out from Ibrahim, peace be upon him, towards the city of Lut and reached the river of Sodom, they met the daughter of Lut, who was fetching water for her family. Lut's daughters were two in number. They said to her, 'O girl, is there any house nearby? She replied, 'Yes, your place is not far, but do not enter until I bring you what you need.' Then she went to her father and said, 'O my father, there are young men standing at the gate of the city. I have never seen such beautiful faces before. Your people should not see them, as they may harm them. Your people have been forbidden from hosting anyone until they said, 'Give us your guests so that we can harass them.' Nobody here, except the household of Lut, knows where they are. His wife went out and informed her people, saying, 'Indeed, there are men inside Lut's house whose faces I have never seen before.' So, Lut's people hurried towards him. When they came to him, he said, 'O my people, fear Allah and do not disgrace me concerning my guests. Is there not among you a single reasonable man? These are my daughters, they are purer for you. So, fear Allah and do not humiliate me in front of my guests.' They said, 'You know that we have no right in your daughters, and indeed, you know what we want.' When they failed to persuade him, he said, 'If only I had power against you or could take refuge in a strong support.' Then Jibril extended his wings, covering the sight of their eyes, and they went out stumbling, unable to see one another. They were saying, 'This is their plan. Verily, in the house of Lut, there is magic.' This is the saying of Allah, the Almighty, 'And indeed, they sought to tempt him away from his guests, but We blinded their eyes.' And they said, 'O Lut, indeed, we are messengers of your Lord. They will never reach you, so travel with your family in the cover of the night, and let not any among you look back except your wife. Indeed, she will be struck by what strikes them. So, proceed as you are commanded.' Then Allah led them to safety towards the land of Shaam. Lut said, 'Destroying them will take only a moment.' They replied, 'We have not been commanded to destroy them except at the break of dawn. Is not the morning near?' When morning came, Lut and his family left, except for his wife. This is the saying of Allah, the Almighty, 'Except the family of Lut; We will save them all, except his wife, who will be among those who remain.'

وَعَنْ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَرْفُوعًا قَالَ لَمَّا خَرَجَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ عِنْدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ نَحْوَ قَرْيَةِ لُوطٍ وَأَتَوْهَا نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا نَهَرَ سَدُومٍ لَقَوُا ابْنَةَ لُوطٍ تَسْتَقِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ لِأَهْلِهَا وَكَانَ لَهُ ابْنَتَانِ فَقَالُوا لَهَا يَا جَارِيَةُ هَلْ مِنْ مَنْزِلٍ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ مَكَانَكُمْ لَا تَدْخُلُوا حَتَّى آتِيَكُمْ فَأَتَتْ أَبَاهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَتَاهُ أَدْرِكْ فِتْيَانًا عَلَى بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَا رَأَيْتُ وُجُوهَ قَوْمٍ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهُمْ لَا يَأْخُذُهُمْ قَوْمُكَ فَيَفْضَحُوهُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ قَوْمُهُ نَهَوْهُ أَنْ يُضِيفَ رَجُلًا حَتَّى قَالُوا حَلَّ عَلَيْنَا فَلْيُضَيِّفِ الرِّجَالَ فَجَاءَهُمْ وَلَمْ يُعْلِمْ أَحَدًا إِلَّا بَيْتَ أَهْلِ لُوطٍ فَخَرَجَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فَأَخْبَرَتْ قَوْمَهُ قَالَتْ إِنَّ فِي بَيْتِ لُوطٍ رِجَالًا مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ وُجُوهِهِمْ قَطُّ فَجَاءَهُ قَوْمُهُ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا أَتَوْهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ لُوطٌ «يَا قَوْمِ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِي ضَيْفِي أَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ رُشَيْدٌ هَؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي هُنَّ أَطْهُرُ لَكُمْ مِمَّا تُرِيدُونَ» قَالُوا لَهُ أَوَ لَمْ نَنْهَكَ إِنْ تُضَيِّفَ الرِّجَالَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَقْبَلُوا مِنْهُ مَا عَرَضَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ لِيَ بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ» يَقُولُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ «لَوْ أَنَّ لِي أَنْصَارًا يَنْصُرُونِي عَلَيْكُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَةً تَمْنَعُنِي مِنْكُمْ لَحَالَتْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا جِئْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَهُ مِنْ أَضْيَافِي» وَلَمَّا قَالَ لُوطٌ لَوْ أَنَّ لِيَ بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ بَسَطَ حِينَئِذٍ جِبْرِيلُ جَنَاحَيْهِ فَفَقَأَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَخَرَجُوا يَدُوسُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي آثَارِ بَعْضٍ عُمْيَانًا يَقُولُونَ النَّجَا النَّجَا فَإِنَّ فِي بَيْتِ لُوطٍ أَسْحَرَ قَوْمٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ ﷻ {وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ} [القمر 37] وَقَالُوا يَا لُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطِعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا امْرَأَتُكَ فَاتَّبِعْ آثَارَ أَهْلِكَ يَقُولُ «وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ فَأَخْرَجَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِلَى الشَّامِ» وَقَالَ لُوطٌ أَهْلِكُوهُمُ السَّاعَةَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا لَمْ نُؤْمَرْ إِلَّا بِالصُّبْحِ أَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ السَّحَرُ خَرَجَ لُوطٌ وَأَهْلُهُ عَدَا امْرَأَتِهِ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ ﷻ {إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍ} [القمر 34]

[AI] From Abu Rafi, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: I was a young boy under the guardianship of Al-Abbas bin Abdul-Muttalib, and I had embraced Islam, and so had the mother of Al-Fadl and Al-Abbas. Al-Abbas had concealed his Islam out of fear from his people, and Abu Lahab had withdrawn from the battle of Badr and sent Al-'As bin Hisham in his place. Al-'As had a debt to Al-Abbas, so he said to him, "Settle my debt for me and I will fight in this battle on your behalf." So Al-Abbas agreed and settled his debt. When the news of the battle reached us, Allah disgraced Abu Lahab. I was a weak man who used to carve arrowheads in a room, and by Allah, I was sitting in that room carving arrowheads while Umm Al-Fadl was with me. Suddenly, I saw Abu Lahab dragging his feet near the door of the room, and his back was towards me. The people said, "This is Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith." Abu Lahab said to him, "Come here, O son of my brother." So Abu Sufyan went and sat with him. When the people saw them, they gathered around them. Abu Lahab asked Abu Sufyan, "How did things go with the people?" Abu Sufyan replied, "Nothing, By Allah, if we had met them and they attacked us, they would have killed us as they pleased and captured us as they pleased. By Allah, I have not seen people with white garments on fast horses like them. By Allah, no one could stand against them." Then, I lifted up the door of the room and said, "By Allah, those were angels." Abu Lahab raised his hand and struck me on the face, causing my nose to bleed. He then threw me to the ground, hitting me until I fell down. Umm Al-Fadl stood up and seized him, taking hold of a pillar in the room and struck him with it, causing him to bleed from the head, and she said, "O enemy of Allah, you have weakened him. If you have seen his master absent, he would have stood up humiliated. By Allah, he did not live for more than seven nights until Allah struck him with a swelling, and he died. He left his two sons for two or three nights without burying him until you (Quraysh) did." Then a man from Quraysh said to his two sons, "Are you not ashamed that your father's body is in his house?" They replied, "We fear this wound." Quraysh used to fear this swelling just as they feared the plague. The man said, "I will go with you." They said, "By Allah, they did not wash him except by pouring water on him from a distance. Then they carried him to the highest point in Makkah and threw him over the wall, and then they stoned him." Adh-Dhahabi remained silent about this in his summary.

عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُنْتُ غُلَامًا لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَكُنْتُ قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَأَسْلَمَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ وَأَسْلَمَ الْعَبَّاسُ وَكَانَ يَكْتُمُ إِسْلَامَهُ مَخَافَةً قَوْمِهِ وَكَانَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ قَدْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ بَدْرٍ وَبَعَثَ مَكَانَهُ الْعَاصَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ اكْفِنِي هَذَا الْغَزْوَ وَأَتْرُكُ لَكَ مَا عَلَيْكَ فَفَعَلَ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْخَبَرُ وَكَبَتَ اللَّهُ أَبَا لَهَبٍ وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا ضَعِيفًا أَنْحِتُ هَذِهِ الْأَقْدَاحَ فِي حُجْرَةٍ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَنْحِتُ أَقْدَاحِي وَعِنْدِي أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ إِذِ الْفَاسِقُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ يَجُرُّ رِجْلَيْهِ أُرَاهُ قَالَ عِنْدَ طُنُبِ الْحُجْرَةِ وَكَانَ ظَهْرُهُ إِلَى ظَهْرِي فَقَالَ النَّاسُ هَذَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ هَلُمَّ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي فَجَاءَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عِنْدَهُ فَجَاءَ النَّاسُ فَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي كَيْفَ كَانَ أَمَرُ النَّاسِ؟ فَقَالَ لَا شَيْءَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنْ لَقِينَاهُمْ فَمَنَحْنَاهُمْ أَكْتَافَنَا يَقْتُلُونَنَا كَيْفَ شَاءُوا وَيَأْسِرُونَنَا كَيْفَ شَاءُوا وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا لُمْتُ النَّاسَ قَالَ وَلِمَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا بِيضًا عَلَى خَيْلٍ بُلْقٍ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا تَلِيقُ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَقُومُ لَهَا شَيْءٌ قَالَ فَرَفَعْتُ طُنُبَ الْحُجْرَةِ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ تِلْكَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَرَفَعَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ يَدَهُ فَضَرَبَ وَجْهِي وَثَاوَرْتُهُ فَاحْتَمَلَنِي فَضَرَبَ بِي الْأَرْضَ حَتَّى بَرَكَ عَلَى صَدْرِي فَقَامَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ فَاحْتَجَزَتْ وَرَفَعَتْ عَمُودًا مِنْ عُمَدِ الْحُجْرَةِ فَضَرَبَتْهُ بِهِ فَعَلَّقَتْ فِي رَأْسِهِ شَجَّةً مُنْكَرَةً وَقَالَتْ يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ اسْتَضْعَفْتَهُ إِنْ رَأَيْتَ سَيِّدَهُ غَائِبًا عَنْهُ فَقَامَ ذَلِيلًا فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عَاشَ إِلَّا سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ حَتَّى ضَرَبَهُ اللَّهُ بِالْعَدَسَةِ فَقَتَلَتْهُ فَلَقَدْ تَرَكَهُ ابْنَاهُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً مَا يَدْفِنَانِهِ حَتَّى أَنْتَنَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لِابْنَيْهِ أَلَا تَسْتَحِيَانِ إِنَّ أَبَاكُمَا قَدْ أَنْتَنَ فِي بَيْتِهِ؟ فَقَالَا إِنَّا نَخْشَى هَذِهِ الْقُرْحَةَ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَتَّقِي الْعَدَسَةَ كَمَا تَتَّقِي الطَّاعُونَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ انْطَلِقَا فَأَنَا مَعَكُمَا قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا غَسَّلُوهُ إِلَّا قَذْفًا بِالْمَاءِ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ احْتَمَلُوهُ فَقَذَفُوهُ فِي أَعْلَى مَكَّةَ إِلَى جِدَارٍ وَقَذَفُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحِجَارَةَ سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

[AI] Zainab bint Rasul Allah (pbuh) said, as I was preparing in Mecca to go to my father, Hind bint Utbah ibn Rabiah followed me. She said, "O daughter of Muhammad, did it not reach me that you intend to leave with your father?" I said, "I did not intend that." She said, "O cousin's daughter, do not do that. If you have any needs for supplies for your journey and want me to deliver them to your father, I will do it because I have a need from you." Zainab said, "By Allah, I did not see it except for her to do so." She said, "But I was afraid of her, so I denied that I intended it and I prepared myself. When I finished my preparations, my brother-in-law Kananah ibn al-Rabi'a came and he brought a camel for me. I rode on it, and he took his bow and his spear and led me out in broad daylight while I was in my litter. The men of Quraysh spoke about it and went out in search of her until they caught up with her at Dhu Tuwa. The first one to reach her was Hubbab ibn al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib ibn Asad ibn Abdul-Uzza, and Nafi' ibn Abd Qais al-Fihri, a relative of the Banu Abi 'Ubayd, from Iffriqiyyah. Hubbab intimidated them with his spear while she was in her litter, and the woman was pregnant as they claimed. When she was on the verge of giving birth, I exposed her belly, so her father-in-law blessed it and his spear fell. He said, "No man comes near me except that I will strike him with an arrow." The people hesitated about him, and Abu Sufyan of the Quraysh came to him in a delegation, saying, "O man, cease your actions against us until we converse with you." Then Abu Sufyan approached him until he stood in front of him and said, "Indeed, you did not achieve what you wanted. You left with the woman in public, and our misfortune and calamity are known. Muhammad (pbuh) has not come to us thinking that we have humiliated ourselves for our misfortune. It is weakness and despair for us. By my life, we are not withholding her from her father out of necessity, but return with the woman until the voices settle and people say that we have returned her, then secretly guide her back to her father." He did as he was told, and he returned and stayed for several nights until the voices settled. Then he took her out at night and handed her over to Zaid ibn Harithah and his companion. They brought her to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh).

عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَتَجَهَّزُ بِمَكَّةَ إِلَى أَبِي تَبِعَتْنِي هِنْدُ بِنْتُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَا بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ أَلَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي أَنَّكِ تُرِيدِينَ اللُّحُوقَ بِأَبِيكِ؟ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَرَدْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ أَيِ ابْنَةَ عَمٍّ لَا تَفْعَلِي إِنْ كَانَتْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ فِي مَتَاعٍ مِمَّا يُرْفَقُ بِكِ فِي سَفَرِكِ وَتَبْلُغِينَ بِهِ إِلَى أَبِيكَ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي حَاجَتَكِ قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ «وَاللَّهِ مَا أُرَاهَا قَالَتْ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا لِتَفْعَلَ» قَالَتْ وَلَكِنْ خِفْتُهَا فَأَنْكَرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أُرِيدُ ذَلِكَ فَتَجَهَّزْتُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْ جَهَازِي قَدِمَ حَمْوِي كِنَانَةُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ أَخُو زَوْجِي فَقَدَّمَ لِي بَعِيرًا فَرَكِبْتُهُ وَأَخَذَ قَوْسَهُ وكِنَانَتَهُ فَخَرَجَ بِي نَهَارًا يَقُودُهَا وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجٍ لَهَا فَتَحَدَّثَ بِذَلِكَ رِجَالُ قُرَيْشٍ فَخَرَجُوا فِي طَلَبِهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكُوهَا بِذِي طُوًى فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَبَقَ إِلَيْهَا هَبَّارُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى وَنَافِعُ بْنُ عَبْدِ قَيْسٍ الْفِهْرِيُّ لَقَرَابَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ بِإِفْرِيقِيَّةَ يُرَوِّعُهَا هَبَّارٌ بِالرُّمْحِ وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ حَامِلًا فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ فَلَمَّا رِيعَتْ طَرَحْتُ ذَا بَطْنِهَا فَبَرَكَ حَمْوُهَا وَنَثَلَ كِنَانَتَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا يَدْنُو مِنِّي رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَضَعْتُ فِيهِ سَهْمًا فَتَلَكَّأَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ وَأَتَى أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فِي جِلَّةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ كُفَّ عَنَّا نَبْلَكَ حَتَّى نُكَلِّمَكَ فَكَفَّ فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصِبْ خَرَجْتَ بِالْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى رُءُوسِ النَّاسِ عَلَانِيَةً وَقَدْ عَرَفْتَ مُصِيبَتَنَا وَنَكْبَتَنَا وَمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَيَظُنُّ النَّاسُ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجَ بِابْنَتِهِ إِلَيْهِ عَلَانِيَةً عَلَى رُءُوسِ النَّاسِ مِنْ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ عَنْ ذُلٍّ أَصَابَتْنَا عَنْ مُصِيبَتِنَا الَّتِي كَانَتْ وَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ ضَعْفٌ بِنَا وَوَهَنٌ وَلَعَمْرِي مَا لَنَا بَحَبْسِهَا عَنْ أَبِيهَا حَاجَةٌ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ بِالْمَرْأَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا هَدَأَ الصَّوْتُ وَتَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ أَنَّا قَدْ رَدَدْنَاهَا فَسِرْ بِهَا سِرًّا فَأَلْحِقْهَا بِأَبِيهَا قَالَ فَفَعَلَ فَرَجَعَ فَأَقَامَتْ لَيَالِيًا حَتَّى إِذَا هَدَأَ الصَّوْتُ خَرَجَ بِهَا لَيْلًا حَتَّى سَلَّمَهَا إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ وَصَاحِبِهِ فَقَدِمَا بِهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

[AI] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Verily, My Lord expanded the earth for me until I saw its easts and wests, and He gave me the red and white treasures, and indeed my nation will reach its dominion which is expanded for me from it. I asked my Lord for my nation, not to destroy them with a general year of disaster, so He gave it to me. And I asked Him not to subject them to an enemy from outside of them, so He gave it to me. And I asked Him not to make some of them taste the punishment of others, so He prevented me from it. And He said, 'O Muhammad, if I decree a matter, it is not reversed. Indeed, I have given you for your nation that they will not be destroyed by a general year of disaster, and I will not manifest upon them an enemy other than themselves to make them permissible to each other. Even if people from all corners of the earth gathered until some of them destroy others and capture others, I do not fear for my nation except for the misleading leaders. The Hour will not be established until tribes from my nation join the polytheists and until tribes from my nation worship idols. And when the sword is unsheathed among my nation, it will never be removed from them until the Day of Resurrection.' And he claimed, 'Nothing will be taken from a man from the people of Paradise from its fruits except that Allah will replace it with something similar.' And he said, 'There is no dinar that a man spends, seeking a greater reward, than a dinar he spends on his family, then a dinar he spends on his horse in the way of Allah, then a dinar he spends on his companions in the way of Allah.' And he claimed that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ exalted this matter and when it is the Day of Resurrection, the people of ignorance will come carrying their idols on their backs, and their Lord will ask them, 'What were you worshiping?' They will say, 'Our Lord, you did not send us a messenger, nor did a command come to us. If you had sent a messenger to us, we would have obeyed you.' So their Lord will say to them, 'Did you not promise me to obey if I commanded you?' They will say, 'Yes.' So He will take their covenants concerning that and then He will order them to plunge into Hellfire and they will enter it. They will set out until when they approach it, they will see it boiling and roaring in anger, so they will become afraid and turn back to their Lord and say, 'Our Lord, turn us back from it.' So He will say, 'Did you not give me your covenants to obey me? Plunge into it.' So they will set out until when they see it, they will turn back again and say, 'Our Lord, we cannot enter it.' He will say, 'Enter it with humiliation.' So the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, 'If they had entered it the first time, it would have been cool and peaceful for them.'"

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَبِّي زَوَى لِيَ الْأَرْضَ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ مَشَارِقَهَا وَمَغَارِبَهَا وَأَعْطَانِي الْكَنْزَيْنِ الْأَحْمَرَ وَالْأَبْيَضَ وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي سَيَبْلُغُ مُلْكُهَا مَا زَوَى لِي مِنْهَا وَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي لِأُمَّتِي أَنْ لَا يُهْلِكَهَا بِسَنَةٍ عَامَّةٍ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُسَلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُذِيقَ بَعْضَهُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ فَمَنَعَنِيهَا وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي إِذَا قَضَيْتُ قَضَاءً لَمْ يُرَدَّ إِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُكَ لِأُمَّتِكَ أَنْ لَا أُهْلِكَهَا بِسَنَةٍ عَامَّةٍ وَلَا أُظْهِرُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَيَسْتَبِيحَهُمْ بِعَامَّةٍ وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعَ مَنْ بِأَقْطَارِهَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ هُوَ يُهْلِكُ بَعْضًا هُوَ يَسْبِي بَعْضًا وَإِنِّي لَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي إِلَّا الْأَئِمَّةَ الْمُضِلِّينَ وَلَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَلْحَقَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَحَتَّى تَعْبُدَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي الْأَوْثَانَ وَإِذَا وُضِعَ السَّيْفُ فِي أُمَّتِي لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَنَّهُ قَالَ «كُلَّ مَا يُوجَدُ فِي مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَسَيَخْرُجُ فِي أُمَّتِي كَذَّابُونَ ثَلَاثُونَ كُلُّهُمْ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ وَأَنَا خَاتَمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي وَلَكِنْ لَا تَزَالُ فِي أُمَّتِي طَائِفَةٌ يُقَاتِلُونَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ» قَالَ وَزَعَمَ «أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْزِعُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ مَكَانَهَا مِثْلَهَا»

وَأَنَّهُ قَالَ «لَيْسَ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ رَجُلٌ بِأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا مِنْ دِينَارٍ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ ثُمَّ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى فَرَسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ دِينَارٌ يُنْفِقُهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» قَالَ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَظَّمَ شَأْنَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ وَأَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ جَاءَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَحْمِلُونَ أَوْثَانَهُمْ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ﷻ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا لَمْ تُرْسِلْ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا وَلَمْ يَأْتِنَا أَمْرٌ وَلَوْ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا لَكِنَّا أَطْوَعُ عِبَادِكَ لَكَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ أَتُطِيعُونِي؟ قَالَ فَيَقُولُونَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَيَأْخُذُ مَوَاثِيقَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَيَأْمُرُهُمْ أَنْ يَعْمَدُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ فَيَدْخُلُونَهَا قَالَ فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءُوهَا رَأَوْا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا فَهَابُوا فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا فَرِقْنَا مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُ أَلَمْ تُعْطُونِي مَوَاثِيقَكُمْ لَتُطِيعُونِي اعْمِدُوا لَهَا فَادْخُلُوا فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَوْهَا فَرَقُوا فَرَجَعُوا فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَدْخُلَهَا قَالَ فَيَقُولُ ادْخُلُوهَا دَاخِرِينَ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا»

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I know what the Antichrist (Dajjal) has with him. He has two rivers, one fire that appears as blazing flames to anyone who sees it, and the other is water that appears white. So if any of you can find him, let him close his eyes and drink the water that appears as fire, for it is actually cool water. Beware of the other river, for it is the tribulation. Know that it is written between his eyes that he is a disbeliever, which can be read by those who can read and even those who cannot read. And know that one of his eyes is wiped over which a mark is left, and from that mark he will emerge towards the end of his affair on the outskirts of the Jordan River, near his house. He will awake and everyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day will be in the vicinity of the Jordan River. And know that he will kill one-third of the Muslims, defeat one-third, and leave one-third. The night will befall them, and some of the believers will say to others, 'What are you waiting for to join your brothers for the sake of pleasing your Lord? So whoever has extra food, let him feed his brother. Pray when dawn breaks and hurry in performing the prayer, then face your enemy.' When they stand for prayer, Jesus, the son of Mary, peace be upon him, will descend to lead them in prayer. After he finishes, he will say, 'This is how you should relieve yourselves from the enemy of Allah.' Abu Hazim said, 'He will melt like salt melts in water.' Abdullah ibn Amr said, 'He will vanish like salt dissolves in water.' Allah will give victory to the Muslims, and they will kill their enemies until even the rocks and the trees will call, 'O Abdullah, O slave of the Most Merciful, O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.' So Allah will expose the Muslims, and they will break the cross, kill the swine, and abolish the jizya (tax on non-Muslims). While they are in this state, Allah will bring forth Gog and Magog. They will drink from the lake at the beginning, and the last of them will pass by it and say, 'We have defeated our enemies, here is a trace of water.' Then the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and his companions will follow them until they enter one of the cities in Palestine called Lud. They will say, 'We have defeated those on earth, let us fight those in the sky.' At that moment, Allah will send a disease upon them, opening up boils in their necks, and none of them will remain except that their stench will harm the Muslims. At that point, Jesus, peace be upon him, will call upon Allah, and Allah will send a wind that will throw them into the sea, all of them."

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِمَا مَعَ الدَّجَّالِ مِنْهُ نَهْرَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا نَارٌ تَأَجَّجُ فِي عَيْنِ مَنْ رَآهُ وَالْآخَرُ مَاءٌ أَبْيَضُ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْهُ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ فَلْيُغْمِضْ وَلْيَشْرَبْ مِنَ الَّذِي يَرَاهُ نَارًا فَإِنَّهُ مَاءٌ بَارِدٌ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْآخَرُ فَإِنَّهُ الْفِتْنَةُ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ كَافِرٌ يَقْرَأُهُ مَنْ يَكْتُبُ وَمَنْ لَا يَكْتُبُ وَأَنَّ إِحْدَى عَيْنَيْهِ مَمْسُوحَةٌ عَلَيْهَا ظَفَرَةٌ أَنَّهُ يَطْلُعُ مِنْ آخِرِ أَمْرِهِ عَلَى بَطْنِ الْأُرْدُنِّ عَلَى بَيْتِهِ أَفْيَقُ وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ بِبَطْنِ الْأُرْدُنِّ وَأَنَّهُ يَقْتُلُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُلُثًا وَيَهْزِمُ ثُلُثًا وَيُبْقِي ثُلُثًا وَيَجِنُّ عَلَيْهِمُ اللَّيْلُ فَيَقُولُ بَعْضُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِبَعْضٍ مَا تَنْتَظِرُونَ أَنْ تَلْحَقُوا بِإِخْوَانِكُمْ فِي مَرْضَاةِ رَبِّكُمْ مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ فَضْلُ طَعَامٍ فَلْيَغْدُ بِهِ عَلَى أَخِيهِ وَصَلُّوا حِينَ يَنْفَجِرُ الْفَجْرُ وَعَجِّلُوا الصَّلَاةَ ثُمَّ أَقْبِلُوا عَلَى عَدُوِّكُمْ فَلَمَّا قَامُوا يُصَلُّونَ نَزَلَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِمَامُهُمْ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ هَكَذَا افْرِجُوا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَدُوِّ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَبُو حَازِمٍ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ «فَيَذُوبُ كَمَا تَذُوبُ الِإِهَالَةُ فِي الشَّمْسِ» وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو كَمَا يَذُوبُ الْمِلْحُ فِي الْمَاءِ وَسَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيَقْتُلُونَهُمْ حَتَّى إِنَّ الشَّجَرَ وَالْحَجَرَ لَيُنَادِي يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ يَا مُسْلِمُ هَذَا يَهُودِيٌّ فَاقْتُلْهُ فَيَنْفِيهِمُ اللَّهُ وَيَظْهَرُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَيَكْسِرُونَ الصَّلِيبَ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الْخِنْزِيرَ وَيَضَعُونَ الْجِزْيَةَ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ أَخْرَجَ اللَّهُ أَهْلَ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ فَيَشْرَبُ أَوَّلُهُمُ الْبُحَيْرَةَ وَيَجِئُ آخِرُهُمْ وَقَدِ اسْتَقَوْهُ فَمَا يَدَعُونَ فِيهِ قَطْرَةً فَيَقُولُونَ ظَهَرْنَا عَلَى أَعْدَائِنَا قَدْ كَانَ هَاهُنَا أَثَرُ مَاءٍ فَيَجِئُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ وَرَاءَهُ حَتَّى يَدْخُلُوا مَدِينَةً مِنْ مَدَائِنِ فِلَسْطِينَ يُقَالُ لَهَا لُدٌّ فَيَقُولُونَ ظَهَرْنَا عَلَى مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَعَالَوْا نُقَاتِلُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَيَدْعُو اللَّهَ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَيَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قُرْحَةً فِي حُلُوقِهِمْ فَلَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُمْ بِشْرٌ فَتُؤْذِيَ رِيحُهُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَيَدْعُو عِيسَى صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيُرْسِلُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا فَتَقْذِفُهُمْ فِي الْبَحْرِ أَجْمَعِينَ

أَنْ لَا تَمَسَّ رَأْسَهَا بِمِشْطٍ حَتَّى تَرَاكَ فَرَقَّ لَهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا عَيَّاشُ إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ يُرِيدُكَ الْقَوْمُ إِلَّا عَنْ دِينِكِ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ أَذَى أُمَّكَ الْقَمْلُ لَقَدِ امْتَشَطَتْ وَلَوْ قَدِ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهَا حَرُّ مَكَّةَ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ لَاسْتَظَلَّتْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِي هُنَاكَ مَالًا فَآخُذُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ أَنِّي مِنْ أَكْثَرِ قُرَيْشٍ مَالًا فَلَكَ نِصْفُ مَالِي وَلَا تَذْهَبْ مَعَهَا قَالَ فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مَعَهُمَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَمَّا أَبَى عَلَيَّ أَمَا إِذْ فَعَلْتَ مَا فَعَلْتَ فَخُذْ نَاقَتِي هَذِهِ فَإِنَّهَا نَاقَةٌ ذَلُولٌ فَالْزَمْ ظَهْرَهَا فَإِنْ رَابَكَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ رَيْبٌ فَانْجُ عَلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ مَعَهُمَا عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدِ اسْتَبْطَأَتْ بَعِيرِي هَذَا أَفَلَا تَحْمِلُنِي عَلَى نَاقَتِكَ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ بَلَى فَأَنَاخَ وَأَنَاخَا لِيَتَحَوَّلَ عَلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَوْا بِالْأَرْضِ عَدَيَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَوْثَقَاهُ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَاهُ مَكَّةَ وَفَتَنَاهُ فَافْتُتِنَ قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ مِمَّنِ افْتُتِنَ صَرْفًا وَلَا عَدْلًا وَلَا تُقْبَلُ تَوْبَةُ قَوْمٍ عَرَفُوا اللَّهَ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى الْكُفْرِ لِبَلَاءٍ أَصَابَهُمْ قَالَ وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمْ وَفِي قَوْلِنَا لَهُمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ { قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا } إِلَى قَوْلِهِ { وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ } قَالَ عُمَرُ فَكَتَبْتُهَا فِي صَحِيفَةٍ وَبَعَثْتُ بِهَا إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ الْعَاصِي قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَقْرَؤُهَا بِذِي طُوًى أَصْعَدُ بِهَا فِيهِ حَتَّى فَهِمْتُهَا قَالَ فَأُلْقِيَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا إِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِينَا وَفِيمَا كُنَّا نَقُولُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا وَيُقَالُ فِينَا فَرَجَعْتُ فَجَلَسْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرِي فَلَحِقْتُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا عُمَرُ وَلَا نَعْلَمُ رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ مُتَّصِلًا إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ اجْتَوَيْنَاهَا وَأَصَابَنَا فِيهَا وَعَكٌ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَخَبَّرُ عَنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ نَزَلُوا بَدْرًا وَهِيَ بِئْرٌ فَأَرْسَلَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا الزُّبَيْرُ وَالْآخَرُ يَرَى أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ فَأَصَابُوا رَجُلَيْنِ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَمَوْلًى لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطِ فَانْفَلَتَ الْقُرَشِيُّ وَجَاءُوا بِالْمَوْلَى فَجَعَلُوا يَسْأَلُونَهُ وَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ كَمِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ أَوْ كَمْ هُمْ ؟ فَيَقُولُ هُمْ وَاللَّهِ كَثِيرٌ عَدَدُهُمْ شَدِيدٌ بَأْسُهُمْ حَتَّى أَتَوْا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ كَمْ يَنْحَرُ الْقَوْمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ؟ قَالَ عَشْرَ جَزَايِرَ قَالَ جَزُورٌ لِمِائَةٍ الْقَوْمُ أَلْفٌ قَالَ فَأَصَابَنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ طَشٌّ فَتَفَرَّقْنَا تَحْتَ الشَّجَرِ الْحَجَفِ وَبَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَتِهِ يَدْعُو وَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تَهْلِكْ هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةُ لَا تُعْبَدُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَمَّا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ قَالَ الصَّلَاةَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ فَأَقْبَلْنَا مِنْ تَحْتِ الشَّجَرِ وَالْحَجَفِ فَحَثَّ أَوْ حَضَّ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ وَقَالَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى صَرْعَاهُمْ قَالَ فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْقَوْمُ إِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ يَسِيرُ فِي الْقَوْمِ عَلَى جَمَلٍ أَحْمَرَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلزُّبَيْرِ نَادِ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَسَلْهُ مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ ؟ فَإِنْ يَكُ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ يَأْمُرُكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ يَسْأَلُ الزُّبَيْرُ مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ ؟ قَالُوا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ وَهُوَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْقِتَالِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي أَرَى قَوْمًا مُسْتَمِيتِينَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَظُنُّ أَنْ تَصِلُوا إِلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى تَهْلِكُوا قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ مَا يَقُولُ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مُلِئَتْ رِئَتُكَ رُعْبًا حَتَّى رَأَيْتَ مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُتْبَةُ إِيَّايَ تُعَيِّرُ يَا مُصَفِّرَ اسْتِهِ سَتَعْلَمُ أَيُّنَا أَجْبَنُ فَنَزَلَ عُتْبَةُ عَنْ جَمَلِهِ وَاتَّبَعَهُ أَخُوهُ شَيْبَةُ وَابْنُهُ الْوَلِيدُ فَدَعَوْا لِلْبِرَازِ فَابْتَدَرَتْهُ شَبَابٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ ؟ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِيكُمْ إِنَّمَا أَرَدْنَا بَنِي عَمِّنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُمْ يَا حَمْزَةُ قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ قُمْ يَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ حَمْزَةُ إِلَى عُتْبَةَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى شَيْبَةَ وَأَقْبَلَ عُبَيْدَةُ إِلَى الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ حَمْزَةُ صَاحِبَهُ أَنْ فَرَغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ وَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ صَاحِبِي قَالَ وَاخْتُلِفَ بَيْنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَعُبَيْدَةَ ضَرْبَتَانِ وَانْتَحَرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلْتُ أَنَا وَحَمْزَةُ إِلَيْهِمَا فَفَرَغْنَا مِنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَاحْتَمَلْنَا عُبَيْدَةَ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى حَاجَةٍ لَهُمْ فَآوُوا إِلَى جَبَلٍ فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا هَؤُلَاءِ يَعْنِي بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ تَفَكَّرُوا فِي أَحْسَنِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِهَا لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُفَرِّجَ عَنْكُمْ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ صَدِيقَةٌ أُطِيلُ الِاخْتِلَافَ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكْتُ حَاجَتِي مِنْهَا فَقَالَتْ أُذَكِّرُكَ اللَّهَ أَنْ تَرْكَبَ مِنِّي مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا أَحَقُّ أَنْ أَخَافَ فَتَرَكْتُهَا مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَانْصَدَعَ الْجَبَلُ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى طَمَعُوا فِي الْخُرُوجِ وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا الْخُرُوجَ وَقَالَ الثَّانِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ أُجَرَاءُ يَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُ وَتَرَكَ وَاحِدٌ أَجْرَهُ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ أَجْرَهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أُجُورِ أَصْحَابِهِ فَعَزِلْتُ أَجْرَهُ مِنْ مَالِي حَتَّى كَانَ خَيْرًا وَمَاشِيَةً فَأَتَانِي بَعْدَ مَا افْتَقَرَ وَكَبَرَ فَقَالَ أُذَكِّرُكَ اللَّهَ فِي أُجْرَتِي فَإِنِّي أَحْوَجُ مَا كُنْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَوْقَ بَيْتٍ فَأَرَيْتُهُ مَا أَنْمَى اللَّهُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْمَاشِيَةِ فِي الْغَائِطِ يَعْنِي فِي الصَّحَارِي فَقُلْتُ هَذَا لَكَ فَقَالَ لِمَ تَسْخَرُ بِي أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ ؟ كُنْتُ أُرِيدُ عَلَى أَقَلِّ مِنْ هَذَا فَتَأْبَى عَلَيَّ فَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ تَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَانْصَدَعَ الْجَبَلُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَقِيرَانِ لَيْسَ لَهُمَا خَادِمٌ وَلَا رَاعٍ وَلَا وَالٍ غَيْرِي أَرْعِي لَهُمَا بِالنَّهَارِ وَآوِي إِلَيْهِمَا بِاللَّيْلِ وَإِنَّ الْكَلَّاءَ تَبَاعَدَ فَتَبَاعَدْتُ بِالْمَاشِيَةِ فَأَتَيْتُهُمَا يَعْنِي لَيْلَةً بَعْدَمَا ذَهَبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ نَامَا فَحَلَبْتُ يَعْنِي فِي الْإِنَاءِ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا بِالْإِنَاءِ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَا مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِهِمَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا فَانْصَدَعَ الْجَبَلُ وَخَرَجُوا وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ مَوْقُوفًا وَأَسْنَدَهُ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ وَأَشْعَثُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ انْطَلَقُوا فِي سَفَرٍ فَآوَاهُمُ اللَّيْلُ إِلَى غَارٍ فَوَقَعَتْ صَخْرَةٌ عَلَى بَابِ ذَلِكَ الْغَارِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ لَسْتُمْ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ وَقَدْ بُلِيتُمْ بِأَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ لَا يُمْكِنُكُمْ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَدْعُوا الَّذِي أَبْلَاكُمْ بِهِ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا فَلْيَنْظُرْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ أَفْضَلَ عَمَلٍ عَمِلَهُ فَلْيَذْكُرْهُ ثُمَّ لِيَدْعُو اللَّهَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِي بِنْتُ عَمٍّ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا فَأَرَدْتُهَا عَلَى نَفْسَهَا وَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَلَمَّا جَلَسْتُ مِنْهَا مَجْلِسَ الرَّجُلِ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ اسْتَقْبَلَتْهَا رِعْدَةٌ وَقَالَتْ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا عَمِلْتُ خَطِيئَةً قَطُّ وَمَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا الْجَهْدُ فَقُمْتُ وَقُلْتُ هِيَ لَكِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا قُمْتُ عَنْهَا الْتِمَاسَ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ سَخَطِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا هَذَا الْحَجَرَ فَانْحَطَّ الْحَجَرُ حَتَّى رَأَوُا الضَّوْءَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ وَكَانَتْ لِي غَنَمٌ أَرْعَى قَرِيبًا وَإِنِّي تَبَاعَدْتُ فَجِئْتُ ذَلِكَ لَيْلَةً وَقَدِ احْتَبَسْتُ فَحَلَبْتُ إِنَاءً مِنْ لَبَنٍ وَأَتَيْتُ أَبَوَيَّ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَائِمَيْنِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا فَبَاتَ الْإِنَاءُ عَلَى يَدَيَّ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَظَا مَتَى اسْتَيْقَظَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ الْتِمَاسَ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ سَخَطِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا هَذَا الْحَجَرَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَانْقَضَّ الْحَجَرُ حَتَّى رَأَوُا الضَّوْءَ وَرَجَوْا قَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّيَ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ رِجَالًا بِأَجْرٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَكَانَ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَلَمَّا أَعْطَيْتُهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ قَالَ أَعْطِنِي عَمَلَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا لَكَ عَمَلُ رَجُلٍ فَأَبَى وَتَرَكَهُ عِنْدِي وَذَهَبَ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَعْمَلُ لَهُ فِيهِ حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَ سِتُّونَ مِنْ بَيْنِ ثَوْرٍ وَبَقَرَةٍ وَعَبْدٍ وَأَمَةٍ فَجَاءَ بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَمَا آنَ لَكَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَنِي أَجْرِيَ ؟ قُلْتُ مَنْ أَنْتِ ؟ قَالَ أَنَا الَّذِي عَمِلْتُ مَعَكَ عَمَلَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَلَمْ تُعْطِنِي إِلَّا عَمَلَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ فَتَرَكْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ هَذِهِ سِتُّونَ مِنْ بَيْنِ ثَوْرٍ وَبَقَرَةٍ وَعَبْدٍ وَأَمَةً قَالَ حَبَسْتَنِي مَا حَبَسْتَنِي وَتَسْخَرُ بِي قُلْتُ هُوَ لَكَ فَخُذْهُ فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ الْتِمَاسَ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ سَخَطِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا هَذَا الْحَجَرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَالَ الْحَجَرُ وَانْطَلَقُوا يَمْشُونَ

عَن النَّبِيّ ﷺ أَنَّ ثَلاثَةَ نَفَرٍ فِيمَنْ سَلَفَ مِنَ النَّاسِ انْطَلَقُوا يَوْمًا يَرْتَادُونَ لأَهْلِهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُ فَدَخَلُوا غَارًا فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَجَرٌ متجاف ما يرون منه خصاصة فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ قَدْ وَقَعَ الْحَجَرُ وَعَفَا الأَثَرُ ولاَ يَعْلَمُ مَكَانَكُمْ إلاَّ اللَّهُ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ فَقَالَ أَحَدَهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ وَأَنِّي كُنْتُ أَحْلِبُ لَهُمَا فِي إِنَائِهِمَا فَآتِيهِمَا فَإِذَا وجدتمها راقدين قمت على رؤُوسهما حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الْحَجَرِ فَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ أَعْجَبَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ وَأَنِّي جَعَلْتُ لَهَا جُعْلا فَلَمَّا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا سَلَّمْتُ لَهَا جُعْلَهَا وَفَرَّتْ بِنَفْسِهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثَا الْحَجَرِ وَقال الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا عَلَى عَمَلٍ يَعْمَلُهُ فَأَتَانِي يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ ذَلِكَ وَأنا غَضْبَانُ فَرَدَدْتُهُ فَانْطَلَقَ وَتَرَكَ أَجْرَهُ فَعَمِدْتُ إِلَى أَجْرِهِ ذَلِكَ فَجَمَعْتُهُ وَثَمَّرْتُهُ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْهُ كُلُّ الْمَالِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَخَافَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا أَوْ فَرِّجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ الْحَجَرُ وَخَرَجُوا يَتَمَاشَوْنَ وَهَذِهِ الأَحَادِيثُ الثَّلاثَةُ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا حَدَّثَ بِهَا إلاَّ أَبُو عَوَانة عَن قَتادة عَن أَنَس

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذهب ثلاثة نفر زادة لأهلهم قال فأخذتهم مطر فلجئوا إلى غار قال فوقع عليهم أحسبه قال من فم الغار حجر فسد عليهم فم الغار ووقع متجاف عنهم قال فقال النفر بعضهم لبعض عفا الأثر ووقع الحجر ولا يعلم بمكانكم إلا الله تعالى فتعالوا فليدع كل رجل منكم بأوثق عمل عمله قط لله عز وجل عسى أن يخرجكم من مكانكم قال أحدهم اللهم إن كنت تعلم أني كنت برا بوالدي وأني أرحت غنمي ليلة وكنت أحلب لأبوي فآتيتهما وهما مضطجعان على فراشهما حتى أسقيهما بيدي وأني أتيتهما ليلة من تلك الليالي وجئت بشرابهما فوجدتهما قد ناما وإني جعلت أرغب لهما في نومهما وأكره أن أوقظهما وأكره أن أرجع بالشراب فيستيقظان ولا يجداني عندهما فقمت مكاني قائما على رءوسهما كذلك حتى أصبحت اللهم فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وجهك فافرج عنا قال فزال أو كلمة نحوها ثلث الحجر انفراجا قالوا للآخر أيها الرجل قال فقال الثاني اللهم إن كنت تعلم أني أحببت ابنة عم لي حبا شديدا وإني أحسبه قال خطبتها إلى أهلها فمنعونيها حتى جعلت لها ما رضيت به بيني وبينها ثم دعوت بها فخلوت بها فقعدت منها مقعد الرجل من المرأة فقالت لا يحل لك أن تفتح الخاتم إلا بحقه فانقبضت إلي نفسي ووقرت حقها عليها ونفسها اللهم إن كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فافرج عنا قال فزال أو كلمة نحوها الحجر انفراجا وقالوا للثالث أيها أي قل قال الثالث اللهم إن كنت تعلم أنه عمل لي عامل على صاع من طعام فانطلق العامل ولم يأخذ صاعه فاحتبس علي طويلا من الدهر وإني عمدت إلى صاعه فما زلت أحرثه حتى اجتمع من ذلك الصاع بقر كثير وشاء كثير ومال كثير وإن ذلك العامل أتاني بعد زمان يطلب الصاع من الطعام وإني قلت له إن صاعك ذلك من الطعام قد صار مالا كثيرا وشاءا كثيرا وبقرا كثيرا فخذ هذا كله فإنه من ذلك الصاع فقال لي أتسخر؟ قلت له لا والله ولكنه الحق فانطلق به يسوق المال أجمع اللهم فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وجهك فافرج عنا فانفلق الحجر فوقع وخرجوا يتماشون وهذا الحديثُ لاَ نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عن عوف عن خلاس إلا المعتمر

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قال وَحَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قال خرج ثلاثة نفر ممن كان قبلكم يرتادون لأهليهم فأصابتهم السماء فلجئوا إلى جبل أو كهف فوقع عليهم حجر يعني وقع على فم الكهف فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ قَدْ وَقَعَ الْحَجَرُ وَعَفَا الأثر ولا يعلم بمكانكم إلا الله فادعوا الله بأوثق أعمالكم قال أَحَدَهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لي والدان وكنت أحلب لهما في إنائهما فإذا آتيتهما وهما نائمان قمت قائما حتى يستيقظا وكرهت أن يدور وسنهما في رءوسهما فإذا استيقظا شربا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رجاء رحمتك وخشية عَذَابِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الْحَجَرِ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كانت امرأة تعجبني فأردتها فأبت أن تمكني من نفسها حتى جعلت لها جعلا فلما أخذت جعلها واستقرت نفسها تركتها اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رجاء رحمتك وخشية عَذَابِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا قَالَ فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الْحَجَرِ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي استأجرت أجيرا يعمل لي يوما فعمل ثم جاء يطلب أجره فأعطيته فلم يأخذه وتسخطه فوفرته عليه حتى صار من كل المال ثم جاء يطلب أجره فقلت خذ هذا كله ولو شئت لم أعطه إلا أجره اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رجاء رحمتك وخشية عذابك فافرج عنا قال فزال الحجر وخرجوا يتماشون وهذا الكلام ونحوه وقريب منه قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ من وجوه فرواه قتادة عن سعيد بن أبي الحَسَن بن عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ ولاَ نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ قَتَادةَ إِلَّا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ ورواه أبو عوانة عَنْ قَتَادةَ عن أنس ولاَ نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ قَتَادةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ إلا أبو عوانة ورُوِيَ عن عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَنْ ابن عُمَر ؓ من وجوه رواه نافع وسالم عن ابن عُمَر ؓ وَيُرْوَى عَن النعمان بن بشير وعن عقبة بن عامر الجهني وعن عَائِشَةَ ؓ

[AI] Narrated by Abu Rafi, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ : I was a servant to Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib and I had already embraced Islam, along with Umm al-Fadl. Abbas also embraced Islam but he kept his conversion a secret due to fear of his people. Abu Lahab, on the other hand, had turned away from the Battle of Badr and sent Akhtab ibn Hisham in his place. Akhtab owed a debt to Abbas, so he asked him to cover his debt in return for joining the battle. Abbas agreed, and when news of the battle arrived, Allah inflicted punishment upon Abu Lahab. I was weak at that time and I used to carve these (stone) vessels in a small room. Abu Lahab passed by me and, by Allah, I was sitting in the room carving the vessels while Umm al-Fadl was by me. Abu Lahab saw her and started dragging her by her legs. I said to him, "This is Umm al-Fadl, the sinner, the wife of Abbas, and you see her dragging on the ground?" He replied, "O nephew! Go away and mind your own business." So, Abu Lahab went away and sat next to the pillar in front of the room, with his back towards me. People said, "This is Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith." Then Abu Lahab called me saying, "O nephew! Come here." I went to him and he said, "O nephew! Look at the people. How did they react?" I said, "By Allah, they did not move except when we met them and they attacked us and we defended ourselves. They killed us as they pleased and captured us as they pleased."

By Allah, when I saw the people, I could not bear it. I took the pillar of the room and said, "By Allah, these are the angels." Abu Lahab raised his hand to slap me, but I ducked and his blow struck my face instead. Umm al-Fadl witnessed this and she held him back. I then picked up a piece of the pillar and hit him with it, causing a deep wound on his head. She said, "You enemy of Allah, have you oppressed him when you see his master absent?" Abu Lahab became submissive and, by Allah, he did not live for more than seven nights before Allah struck him with a disease that killed him. His sons left him for two or three nights until they buried him. A man from Quraish said to his sons, "Aren't you ashamed? Your father has died and you have left him in his house." They replied, "We fear this disease." Quraish used to avoid the disease like they would avoid the plague. The man said, "I will go with you." They replied, "By Allah, they only washed him by throwing water at him from distant places and then they carried him and threw him on top of a wall. They stoned him to death."

عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُنْتُ غُلَامًا لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَكُنْتُ قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَأَسْلَمَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ وَأَسْلَمَ الْعَبَّاسُ وَكَانَ يَكْتُمُ إِسْلَامَهُ مَخَافَةَ قَوْمِهِ وَكَانَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ قَدْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ بَدْرٍ وَبَعَثَ مَكَانَهُ الْعَاصَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ اكْفِنِي هَذَا الْغَزْوَ وَأَتْرُكُ لَكَ مَا عَلَيْكَ فَفَعَلَ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْخَبَرُ وَكَبَتَ اللهُ أَبَا لَهَبٍ وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا ضَعِيفًا أَنْحِتُ هَذِهِ الْأَقْدَاحَ فِي حُجْرَةٍ وَمَرَّ بِي فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ أَنْحِتُ أَقْدَاحِي وَعِنْدِي أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ إِذِ الْفَاسِقُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ يَجُرُّ رِجْلَيْهِ أُرَاهُ قَالَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عِنْدَ طُنُبِ الْحُجْرَةِ فَكَانَ ظَهْرُهُ إِلَى ظَهْرِي فَقَالَ النَّاسُ هَذَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ هَلُمَّ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي فَجَاءَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عِنْدَهُ فَجَاءَ النَّاسُ فَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي كَيْفَ كَانَ أَمْرُ النَّاسِ؟ قَالَ لَا شَيْءَ وَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ لَقِينَاهُمْ فَمَنَحْنَاهُمْ أَكْتَافَنَا يَقْتِلُونَنَا كَيْفَ شَاءُوا وَيَأْسِرُونَنَا كَيْفَ شَاءُوا وَايْمُ اللهِ لَمَا لُمْتُ النَّاسَ قَالَ وَلِمَ؟ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا بِيضًا عَلَى خَيْلٍ بُلْقٍ لَا وَاللهِ مَا تَلِيقُ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَقُومُ لَهَا شَيْءٌ قَالَ فَرَفَعْتُ طُنُبَ الْحُجْرَةِ فَقُلْتُ تِلْكَ وَاللهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَرَفَعَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ يَدَهُ فَلَطَمَ وَجْهِي وَثَاوَرْتُهُ فَاحْتَمَلَنِي فَضَرَبَ بِيَ الْأَرْضَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَامَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ فَاحْتَجَزَتْ فَأَخَذْتُ عَمُودًا مِنْ عُمُدِ الْحُجْرَةِ فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِهِ فَفَلَقْتُ فِي رَأْسِهُ شَجَّةً مُنْكَرَةً وَقَالَتْ أَيْ عَدُوَّ اللهِ أسْتَضْعَفْتَهُ إِنْ رَأَيْتَ سَيِّدَهُ غَائِبًا عَنْهُ؟ فَقَامَ ذَلِيلًا فَوَاللهِ مَا عَاشَ إِلَّا سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ حَتَّى ضَرَبَهُ اللهُ بِالْعَدَسَةِ فَقَتَلَتْهُ فَلَقَدْ تَرَكَهُ ابْنَاهُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً مَا يَدْفِنَاهُ حَتَّى أَنْتَنَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لِابْنَيْهِ أَلَا تَسْتَحِيَانِ إِنَّ أَبَاكُمَا قَدْ أَنْتَنَ فِي بَيْتِهِ؟ فَقَالَا إِنَّا نَخْشَى هَذِهِ الْقُرْحَةَ وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ يَتَّقُونَ الْعَدَسَةَ كَمَا يُتَّقى الطَّاعُونُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ انْطَلِقَا فَأَنَا مَعَكُمَا قَالَ فَوَاللهِ مَا غَسَّلُوهُ إِلَّا قَذْفًا بِالْمَاءِ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ احْتَمَلُوهُ فَقَذَفُوهُ فِي أَعْلَى مَكَّةَ إِلَى جِدَارٍ وَقَذَفُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحِجَارَةَ

[AI] He informed him that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Mecca as a migrant to Medina, the Quraysh tribe made a reward of one hundred camels for whoever returned him. He said, "While I was sitting in my tribe's assembly, a man from us came and said, 'By Allah, I saw three individuals pass by hurriedly, and I think one of them is Muhammad.' I gestured to him to be silent and said, 'They are from the Banu Fulan, following some stray camels.' He said, 'Perhaps.' Then he fell silent. I stayed for a while and then got up and ordered my horse to be tied to the bottom of the valley. I removed my weapon from behind my room and put on my armor. Then I took my spear, which I use for oaths, and wore it. I called my people and said, 'The one I dislike has come out, but it will not harm him.' I hoped to capture him and take the one hundred camels. I rode on their trail, but as my horse picked up its pace, it stumbled and I fell off. I took out my spear and made an oath. The arrow that I dislike came out, so I was determined to follow him. I mounted my horse and when the people appeared before me, my horse stumbled again and his hands fell to the ground. I fell and he picked up his hands, which emitted smoke, like ashes. I realized that he had been prevented from me and that he was apparent. I called to them and said, 'Look at me, and by Allah, I do not suspect you or dislike anything in you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Tell me, what do you seek?' I said, 'Write for me a document between me and you, as a sign.' He said, 'Write, O Abu Bakr.' So he wrote it for me and handed it to me. I returned and remained silent, not mentioning anything that happened until Allah granted victory to His Messenger in Mecca and after the conquest of Hunayn. I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the document he wrote for me. While I was going towards him, I passed by a group of Ansar soldiers. They shook their spears and said, 'To you, to you!' When I approached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on his camel, I looked at his legs tied to the saddle, and it seemed as if they were burning. I pushed my hand forward with the document and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this is your document.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'On a day of fulfillment and good deeds, approach.'" So I converted.

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكَبَةً ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مُحَمَّدًا قَالَ فَأَوْمَأَتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اسْكُتْ وَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ فَمَكَثْتُ قَلِيلًا وَقُمْتُ فَأَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي فَقِيدَ إِلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي فَأَخْرَجَتُ سِلَاحِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجْرَتِي ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّتِي أَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا ثُمَّ لَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا وَقَالَ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ فَآخُذَ الْمِائَةَ النَّاقَةَ فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِمْ فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْرَجَتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَّبِعَهُ فَرَكِبْتُهُ فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِيَ الْقَوْمُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي وَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَقَطْتُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ وَأَتْبَعَهَا دُخَانٌ مِثْلُ الْعُثَانِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَنْظِرُونِي فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَا أَرِيبُكُمْ وَلَا يَبْدَؤُكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْ لَهُ مَاذَا يَبْتَغِي؟ فَقُلْتُ اكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ آيَةً قَالَ «اكْتُبْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لِي ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَيَّ فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَكَتُّ فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مَكَّةَ وَفَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعِيَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي كَتَبَ لِي قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عَامِدٌ لَهُ دَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ كَتَائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَطَفِقُوا يَقْرَعُونِي بِالرِّمَاحِ وَيَقُولُونَ إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سَاقَيْهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ فَدَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا كِتَابُكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ ادْنُهْ» فَأَسْلَمْتُ

[AI] He informed him that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Mecca migrating to Medina, Quraysh offered a hundred camels to anyone who brought him back. He said, while I was sitting in my tribe's gathering, a man from us came and said, "By Allah, I saw three riders pass by me and I suspect that it was Muhammad." I motioned to him to be quiet and said, "They are surely the sons of so-and-so following a lost camel of theirs." He said, "Maybe." Then he remained silent for a while and I got up and commanded my horse to be tied to the bottom of the valley. I took my weapons from behind my room, then I wore it for my people. Then I took my weapons out and wore it, and he said, "The arrow that I hate, will never harm him." I did not want to leave him, so I commanded my horse and I followed their tracks. As they appeared to me, my horse stumbled and I fell off it. I got out my weapons and wore it again, and the arrow that I hated came out unharmed. I shouted to them and said, "Look at me, by Allah, I do not doubt you, and there is nothing from me that you despise." The Messenger of Allah said to him, "Tell him what he wants." So I said, "Write me a document between you and me." He said, "Write, O Abu Bakr." So he wrote it for me and threw it to me. Then I returned and remained silent and did not mention anything of what had happened until when Allah opened Mecca for his Messenger and finished with Hunain, I went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I had with me the book that he wrote for me. He said, while I was walking him, I entered between a group of Ansar's groups, and they shook me with their spears and said, "To you, to you." Until when I approached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on his camel, I looked at his legs and saw them tied as if they were shackles, so I pushed my hand with the book and said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is your book." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "On the day of loyalty and righteousness." So I embraced Islam.

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَنْ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي نَادِي قَوْمِي جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَكَبَةً ثَلَاثَةً مَرُّوا عَلَيَّ آنِفًا إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مُحَمَّدًا قَالَ فَأَوْمَأَتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اسْكُتْ وَقُلْتُ إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ضَالَّةً لَهُمْ قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ فَمَكَثْتُ قَلِيلًا وَقُمْتُ فَأَمَرْتُ بِفَرَسِي فَقِيدَ إِلَى بَطْنِ الْوَادِي فَأَخْرَجَتُ سِلَاحِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجْرَتِي ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ قِدَاحِي الَّتِي أَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا ثُمَّ لَبِسْتُ لَأْمَتِي ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ بِهَا وَقَالَ فَخَرَجَ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ فَآخُذَ الْمِائَةَ النَّاقَةَ فَرَكِبْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِمْ فَبَيْنَمَا فَرَسِي يَشْتَدُّ بِي عَثَرَ فَسَقَطْتُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْرَجَتُ قِدَاحِي فَاسْتَقْسَمْتُ فَخَرَجَ السَّهْمُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُ لَا يَضُرُّهُ فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَّبِعَهُ فَرَكِبْتُهُ فَلَمَّا بَدَا لِيَ الْقَوْمُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَثَرَ بِي فَرَسِي وَذَهَبَتْ يَدَاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَقَطْتُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ وَأَتْبَعَهَا دُخَانٌ مِثْلُ الْعُثَانِ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مُنِعَ مِنِّي وَأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ فَنَادَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَنْظِرُونِي فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَا أَرِيبُكُمْ وَلَا يَبْدَؤُكُمْ مِنِّي شَيْءٌ تَكْرَهُونَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْ لَهُ مَاذَا يَبْتَغِي؟ فَقُلْتُ اكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ آيَةً قَالَ «اكْتُبْ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لِي ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَيَّ فَرَجَعْتُ فَسَكَتُّ فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِمَّا كَانَ حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مَكَّةَ وَفَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعِيَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي كَتَبَ لِي قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عَامِدٌ لَهُ دَخَلْتُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَيْ كَتِيبَةٍ مِنْ كَتَائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَطَفِقُوا يَقْرَعُونِي بِالرِّمَاحِ وَيَقُولُونَ إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى سَاقَيْهِ فِي غَرْزِهِ كَأَنَّهَا جُمَّارَةٌ فَدَفَعْتُ يَدِي بِالْكِتَابِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا كِتَابُكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ ادْنُهْ» فَأَسْلَمْتُ

[AI] A group of Jews came to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ one day and said, "O Abu Al-Qasim, tell us about some things that only a Prophet knows." He replied, "Ask me about whatever you want, but guarantee me the protection of Allah. And know that whatever Jacob took from his sons, if I tell you about it and you recognize it, you must follow me." They agreed, and asked him four questions: Which food did the Israelites forbid upon themselves before the Torah was revealed? How does the water of a woman differ from the water of a man? How can a child resemble their mother or father? How can this unlettered Prophet be among his people? And who is his guardian angel? The Prophet replied, "I have Allah's covenant with you. If I tell you, give me whatever guarantee and condition I wish." They agreed, and he said, "I swear by the one who revealed the Torah to Moses, do you know that Israel once fell seriously ill and his condition worsened? He made a vow that if Allah cured him of his illness, he would forever prohibit his most beloved drink and food. His most beloved food was the meat of camels and his most beloved drink was their milk." They said, "O Allah, yes." He said, "O Allah, bear witness." And he continued, "I swear by the one who revealed the Torah to Moses, do you know that the water of a man is thick and the water of a woman is thin and yellow? Whichever prevails determines the sex of the child, with the permission of Allah. If the water of a man prevails, the child will be male with the permission of Allah. And if the water of a woman prevails, the child will be female with the permission of Allah." They said, "O Allah, yes." He said, "O Allah, bear witness." And he said, "I swear by the one who revealed the Torah to Moses, do you know that this unlettered Prophet's eyes sleep while his heart does not?" They said, "O Allah, yes." He said, "O Allah, bear witness." Then they said, "Now tell us who is your guardian angel among the angels, for based on your answer, we will either follow you or abandon you." He replied, "My guardian angel is Gabriel, ﷺ . There has never been a Prophet sent by Allah without Gabriel as his guardian angel." They said, "If your guardian angel is someone other than Gabriel, we will abandon you and call you a liar." He said, "What prevents you from believing in him?" They said, "He is our enemy." At that moment, Allah revealed, "Whosoever is an enemy to Gabriel, then indeed he has brought it (this Quran) down upon your heart by Allah's permission, confirming what came before it as a guidance and glad tidings for the believers. Whoever is an enemy to Allah..." until "...they are blind." At that, they became filled with rage.

حَضَرَتْ عِصَابَةٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ خِلَالٍ نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُنَّ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ قَالَ «سَلُونِي عَمَّا شِئْتُمْ وَلَكِنِ اجْعَلُوا لِي ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَمَا أَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَى بَنِيهِ لَئِنْ أَنَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ شَيْئًا فَعَرَفْتُمُوهُ لَتُتَابِعُنِّي» قَالُوا فَذَلِكَ لَكَ قَالُوا أَرْبَعُ خِلَالٍ نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهَا أَخْبِرْنَا أَيُّ الطَّعَامِ حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تُنَزَّلَ التَّوْرَاةُ وَأَخْبِرْنَا كَيْفَ مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ مِنْ مَاءِ الرَّجُلِ؟ وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ الْأُنْثَى مِنْهُ وَالذَّكَرُ؟ وَأَخْبِرْنَا كَيْفَ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ الْأُمِّيُّ فِي الْقَوْمِ؟ وَمَنْ وَلِيُّهُ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ؟ قَالَ فَعَلَيْكُمْ عَهْدُ اللهِ لَئِنْ أَنَا أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ لَتُتَابِعُنِّي فَأَعْطُوهُ مَا شَاءَ مِنْ عَهْدٍ وَمِيثَاقٍ قَالَ فَأَنْشُدُكُمْ بِالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَرِضَ مَرَضًا شَدِيدًا فَطَالَ سَقَمُهُ فَنَذَرَ نَذْرًا لَئِنْ عَافَاهُ اللهُ مِنْ سَقَمِهِ لَيُحَرِّمَنَّ أَحَبَّ الشَّرَابِ إِلَيْهِ وَأَحَبَّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَيْهِ لُحْمَانَ الْإِبِلِ وَأَحَبُّ الشَّرَابِ إِلَيْهِ أَلْبَانَهَا؟ قَالُوا اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اشْهَدْ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَأَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ مَاءَ الرَّجُلِ غَلِيظٌ وَأَنَّ مَاءَ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ رَقِيقٌ فَأَيُّهُمَا عَلَا كَانَ الْوَلَدُ وَالشَّبَهُ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ إِنْ عَلَا مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ كَانَ ذَكَرًا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَإِنْ عَلَا مَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ كَانَ أُنْثَى بِإِذْنِ اللهِ قَالُوا اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اشْهَدْ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَأَنْشُدُكُمْ بِالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ الْأُمِّيَّ هَذَا تَنَامَ عَيْنَاهُ وَلَا يَنَامُ قَلْبُهُ؟ قَالُوا اللهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ اشْهَدْ عَلَيْهِمْ» قَالُوا أَنْتَ الْآنَ فَحَدِّثْنَا مَنْ وَلِيُّكَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَعِنْدَهَا نُجَامِعُكُ أَوْ نُفَارِقُكَ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ وَلِيِّي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَلَمْ يَبْعَثِ اللهُ ﷻ نَبِيًّا قَطُّ إِلَّا وَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُ» قَالُوا فَعِنْدَهَا نُفَارِقُكَ لَوْ كَانَ وَلِيُّكَ سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَاتَّبَعْنَاكَ وَصَدَّقْنَاكَ قَالَ «فَمَا يَمْنَعُكُمْ أَنْ تُصَدِّقُوهُ؟» قَالُوا هُوَ عَدُوُّنَا فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُ نَزَّلَهُ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ مُصَدِّقًا لَمَّا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهَدًى وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِلَّهِ} إِلَى {وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ} فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ بَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ عَلَى غَضِبٍ

[AI] We were on a journey with the Prophet ﷺ, and we traveled throughout the night until we reached the end of the night before dawn. We had an encounter, and there is no better encounter for a traveler than it. We were only awakened by the heat of the sun, as it was the first time Bilal had awakened, followed by others. Umar ibn al-Khattab was the last to wake up. When the Prophet ﷺ slept, no one would wake him up until he woke up himself, because we did not know what would happen to him in his sleep. When Umar woke up and saw what had happened to the people, he became very upset and raised his voice in takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar). He continued to say takbeer and raise his voice until he woke up the Prophet ﷺ with his voice. The people complained to him about what had happened to them, and he said, "Do not worry, continue the journey." So we continued the journey, and soon after that, we stopped and the Prophet ﷺ called for wudu. He performed wudu and then the call to prayer was made, and he prayed with the people. He prolonged his prayer, and when a man wanted to leave, he did not pray with the people. The Prophet ﷺ asked him why he did not pray with the people, and he said it was because he had janabah (sexual impurity) and no water. The Prophet ﷺ told him to go to the nearby irrigated land (sa'id), as it would be sufficient for him. Then the people complained to him about thirst, so we stopped again and he called a man named Abu Raja' and called Ali. He told them to go and search for water, so they set off and met a woman with two water containers on a camel. They approached her and asked for water, and she said she had made a promise about the water until that time. They told her to go, and she asked where to go, and they said to the Prophet ﷺ. She asked if it was the one they called As-Saabi', and they confirmed. So she went with them to the Prophet ﷺ and told him what had happened. He called for a vessel and placed the water containers in it, then he rinsed his mouth and returned the water to the container, and then he repeated it with the water containers. Then he tied the mouths of the containers and let the water flow, and called out to the people to drink and quench their thirst. He gave the one who had janabah his portion and told him to pour the remaining water on himself. By Allah, she was still standing, watching what he was doing with her water. It seemed to us that they were even more amazed than she was. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Gather for her whatever is between a jar and a sa'iqa and a handful." So they gathered food for her in a garment and placed it in front of her. The Prophet ﷺ told her, "You know, by Allah, we did not take anything from your water, but it was Allah who provided it for us." She went to her people, who were waiting for her, and they asked her why she had been delayed. She said, "By Allah, I have never seen people like them before. Either they are sorcerers, or he is truly the messenger of Allah ﷺ." The Muslims would change places with those around her who were polytheists and would not be struck by the drought that followed. One day, she asked her people if they were interested in Islam, and they obediently went and all embraced Islam.

كُنَّا فِي سَفَرٍ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسِرْنَا لَيْلَةً حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ قُبَيْلَ الصُّبْحِ وَقَعْنَا تِلْكَ الْوَقْعَةَ وَلَا وَقْعَةَ أَحْلَى عِنْدَ الْمُسَافِرِ مِنْهَا فَمَا أَيْقَظَنَا إِلَّا حُرُّ الشَّمْسِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ اسْتَيْقَظَ بِلَالٌ ثُمَّ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ وَسَمَّاهُمْ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَامَ لَا يُوقِظُهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَيْقِظُ لَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِي مَا يَحْدُثُ لَهُ فِي نَوْمِهِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْقَظَ عُمَرُ وَرَأَى مَا أَصَابَ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا جَلِيدًا فَكَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ فَمَا زَالَ يُكَبِّرُ وَيَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِصَوْتِهِ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ الْقَوْمُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ قَالَ «لَا ضَيْرَ ارْتَحِلُوا» فَارْتَحَلَ فَسَارَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ نُودِي بِالصَّلَاةِ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ وَانْفَتَلَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُعْتَزِلٌ لَمْ يُصَلِّ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا مَنَعَكَ يَا فُلَانُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ؟» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَصَابَتْنِي جَنَابَةٌ وَلَا مَاءَ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّعِيدِ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْفِيكَ» ثُمَّ سَارَ فَاشْتَكَى النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ الْعَطَشَ فَنَزَلَ فَدَعَا فُلَانًا قَدْ سَمَّاهُ أَبُو رَجَاءٍ فَدَعَا عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا «اذْهَبَا فَابْغِيَا الْمَاءَ» فَانْطَلَقَا فَيَسْتَقْبِلانِ امْرَأَةً بَيْنَ سَطِيحَتَيْنِ أَوْ مَزَادَتَيْنِ مِنْ مَاءٍ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا فَانْطَلَقَا فَقَالَا لَهَا الْمَاءُ فَقَالَتْ عَهْدِي بِهِ أَمْسُ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ فَقَالَا لَهَا انْطَلِقِي إِذًا قَالَتْ إِلَى أَيْنَ؟ قَالَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ هَذَا الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ الصَّابِئُ؟ قَالَا هُوَ الَّذِي تَعْنِينَ فَانْطَلِقِي فَجَاءَا بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَاهُ الْحَدِيثَ فَاسْتَنْزَلُوهَا مِنْ بَعِيرِهَا وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِنَاءٍ فَجَعَلَ فِيهِ أَفْوَاهَ السَّطِيحَتَيْنِ أَوِ الْمَزَادَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ فَأَعَادَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ فِي أَفْوَاهِ السَّطِيحَتَيْنِ أَوِ الْمَزَادَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَوْثَقَ أَفْوَاهَهُمَا وَأَطْلَقَ الْعَزَالِي وَنُودِيَ فِي النَّاسِ أَنِ اسْقُوا وَاسْتَقُوا فَسَقَى مَنْ شَاءَ وَاسْتَقَى مَنْ شَاءَ فَكَانَ آخِرُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ أَعْطَاهُ الَّذِي أَصَابَتْهُ الْجَنَابَةُ وَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَأَفْرِغْهُ عَلَيْكَ» وَهِيَ قَائِمَةٌ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَا يَفْعَلُ بِمَائِهَا وَايْمُ اللهِ لَقَدْ أَرْكَبَهَا حِينَ أَبْلَغَ وَإِنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّهُمَا أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمَا مَلْأً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اجْمَعُوا لَهَا مَا بَيْنَ عَجْوَةٍ وَسَوِيقَةٍ وَدَقِيقَةٍ» حَتَّى جَمَعُوا لَهَا طَعَامًا فِي ثَوْبٍ وَحَمَلُوهَا عَلَى بَعِيرِهَا وَوَضَعُوهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَعْلَمِينَ وَاللهِ مَا رَزَأْنَاكِ فِي مَائِكِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ سَقَانَا» فَأَتَتْ أَهْلَهَا وَقَدِ احْتَبَسَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا فُلَانَةُ مَا حَبَسَكِ؟ فَقَالَتِ الْعَجَبُ لَقِيَنِي رَجُلَانِ فَذَهَبَا بِي إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ الصَّابِئُ فَفَعَلَ كَذَا وَكَذَا الَّذِي كَانَ فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَأَسْحَرُ مِنْ بَيْنَ هَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ أَوْ إِنَّهُ لِرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَقًّا فَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُغِيْرُونَ عَلَى مَنْ حَوْلَهَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَا يُصِيبُونَ الصِّرْمَةَ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا فَقَالَتْ يَوْمًا لِقَوْمِهَا وَاللهِ مَا أَرَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ يَدْعُونَنَا فَهَلْ لَكُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ؟ فَطَاوَعُوهَا فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ دَخَلُوا جَمِيعًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ

The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three persons were walking, rain began to fall and they had to enter a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled over and blocked the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, 'Invoke Allah with the best deed you have performed (so Allah might remove the rock)'. One of them said, 'O Allah! My parents were old and I used to go out for grazing (my animals). On my return I would milk (the animals) and take the milk in a vessel to my parents to drink. After they had drunk from it, I would give it to my children, family and wife. One day I was delayed and on my return I found my parents sleeping, and I disliked to wake them up. The children were crying at my feet (because of hunger). That state of affairs continued till it was dawn. O Allah! If You regard that I did it for Your sake, then please remove this rock so that we may see the sky.' So, the rock was moved a bit. The second said, 'O Allah! You know that I was in love with a cousin of mine, like the deepest love a man may have for a woman, and she told me that I would not get my desire fulfilled unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (gold pieces). So, I struggled for it till I gathered the desired amount, and when I sat in between her legs, she told me to be afraid of Allah, and asked me not to deflower her except rightfully (by marriage). So, I got up and left her. O Allah! If You regard that I did if for Your sake, kindly remove this rock.' So, two-thirds of the rock was removed. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! No doubt You know that once I employed a worker for one Faraq (three Sa's) of millet, and when I wanted to pay him, he refused to take it, so I sowed it and from its yield I bought cows and a shepherd. After a time that man came and demanded his money. I said to him: Go to those cows and the shepherd and take them for they are for you. He asked me whether I was joking with him. I told him that I was not joking with him, and all that belonged to him. O Allah! If You regard that I did it sincerely for Your sake, then please remove the rock.' So, the rock was removed completely from the mouth of the cave." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2215)

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةٌ يَمْشُونَ فَأَصَابَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَدَخَلُوا فِي غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَانْحَطَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ادْعُوا اللهَ بِأَفْضَلِ عَمِلٍ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ أَخْرَجُ فَأَرْعَى ثُمَّ أَجِيءُ فَأَحْلُبُ فَأَجِيءُ بِالْحِلَابِ فَآتِي بِهِ أَبَوَايَ فَيَشْرَبَانِ ثُمَّ أَسْقِي الصِّبْيَةَ وَأَهْلِي وَامْرَأَتِي فَاحْتَبَسْتُ لَيْلَةً فَجِئْتُ فَإِذَا هُمَا نَائِمَانِ قَالَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَي فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأْبِي وَدَأْبَهُمَا حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ قَالَ فَفَرَّجَ عَنْهُمْ [398] وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَحَبُّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّي كَأَشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُّ الرَّجُلُ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَنَالُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى تُعْطِيهَا مَائَة دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ فِيهَا حَتَّى جَمَعْتُهَا فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَلَا تَفُضَّ الْخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ وَتَرَكْتُهَا فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً قَالَ فَفَرَجْ عَنْهُمْ الثُّلُثَيْنِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقٍ مِنْ ذَرَّةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ وَأَبَى ذَاكَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْفَرَقِ فَزَرَعْتُهُ حَتَّى اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرَاعِيَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ أَعْطِنِي حَقِّي فَقُلْتُ انْطَلَقْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرَاعِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَكَ فَقَالَ أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ وَلَكِنَّهَا لَكَ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فَكَشَفَ عَنْهُمْ

The Prophet ﷺ said, "While three men were walking, It started raining and they took shelter (refuge) in a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled down from the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, "Think of good deeds which you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that He may remove this rock from you." One of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and small children and I used to graze the sheep for them. On my return to them in the evening, I used to milk (the sheep) and start providing my parents first of all before my children. One day I was delayed and came late at night and found my parents sleeping. I milked (the sheep) as usual and stood by their heads. I hated to wake them up and disliked to give milk to my children before them, although my children were weeping (because of hunger) at my feet till the day dawned. O Allah! If I did this for Your sake only, kindly remove the rock so that we could see the sky through it.' So, Allah removed the rock a little and they saw the sky. The second man said, 'O Allah! I was in love with a cousin of mine like the deepest love a man may have for a woman. I wanted to outrage her chastity but she refused unless I gave her one hundred Dinars. So, I struggled to collect that amount. And when I sat between her legs, she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah and do not deflower me except rightfully (by marriage).' So, I got up. O Allah! If I did it for Your sake only, please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a little more. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed a laborer for a Faraq of rice and when he finished his job and demanded his right, I presented it to him, but he refused to take it. So, I sowed the rice many time till I gathered cows and their shepherd (from the yield). (Then after some time) He came and said to me, 'Fear Allah (and give me my right)." I said, 'Go and take those cows and the shepherd.' He said, 'Be afraid of Allah! Don't mock at me.' I said, 'I am not mocking at you. Take (all that).' So, he took all that. O Allah! If I did that for Your sake only, please remove the rest of the rock.' So, Allah removed the rock." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2333)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَمَا ثَلَاثَةُ رَهْطٍ يَتَمَشَّوْنَ أَخَذَهُمُ الْمَطَرُ فَأَوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِي جَبَلٍ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ فِيهِ حُطَّتْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ انْظُرُوا أَفْضَلَ أَعْمَالٍ عَمِلْتُمُوهَا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى فَسَلُوهُ بِهَا؛ لَعَلَّهُ يُفَرِّجُ بِهَا عَنْكُمْ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَكَانَتْ لِيَ امْرَأَةٌ وَوَلَدٌ صِغَارٌ وَكُنْتُ أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رُحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ بَدَأْتُ بِأَبَوِيَّ فَسَقَيْتُهُمَا فَنَأَى بِي يَوْمًا الشَّجَرُ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى نَامَ أَبَوَايَ فَطَيَّبْتُ الْإِنَاءَ ثُمَّ حَلَبْتُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ بِحِلَابِي عِنْدَ رَأْسِ أَبَويَ وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدِ رِجْلِيَّ أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَبْدَأَ بِهِمْ قَبْلَ أَبَوِيَّ وَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمَتِهِمَا فَلَمْ أَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ قَائِمًا حَتَّى أَضَاءَ الْفَجْرُ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ فُرْجَةً رَأَوْا مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ اللهُمَّ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ فَأَحْبَبْتُهَا حَتَّى كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلِيَّ فَسَأَلْتُهَا نَفْسَهَا فَقَالَتْ لَا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَسَعَيْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَأَتَيْتُهَا بِهَا فَلَمَّا كُنْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتِ اتَّقِ اللهَ لَا تَفْتَحِ الْخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنْي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً فَفَرَجَ لَهُمْ مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ ذُرَةٍ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ عَرَضْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَعْتَمِلُ بِهِ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِنْهُ بَقَرًا وَرِعَاءَهَا فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَأَعْطِنِي حَقِّي وَلَا تَظْلِمْنِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا فَقَالَ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَلَا تَهْزَأْ بِي فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَا أَهْزَأُ بِكَ اذْهَبْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْبَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا فَذَهَبَ فَاسْتَاقَهَا اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا فَفَرَجَ اللهُ ﷻ عَنْهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا يَتَمَاشَوْنَ

[AI] I saw Umar ibn Al-Khattab before he was struck by the days in Medina. He stood with Hudhaifah ibn Al-Yaman and Uthman ibn Hunayf and said, "How have you two managed to bear the burden of the earth that it cannot bear?" They said, "We have carried it by a command that it can bear." Hudhaifah said, "If I were to carry it, it would be weakened." Uthman ibn Hunayf said, "I have carried it by a command that it can bear, without any great favor." Umar then said, "See that you have not carried the burden of the earth that it cannot bear." They said, "No." Umar said, "If Allah grants me safety, I will leave the widows of Iraq without needing any man after me." He said, "Only four things came upon him until he was struck." He said, "And between me and him, there is no one except Abdullah ibn Abbas in the morning." He said, "And he used to stand between the rows. If he saw any disorder among them, he would say, 'Stand still until there is no disorder among them.' Then he would proceed and say the takbir." He said, "And perhaps he would recite Surah Yusuf or An-Nahl or something similar in the first raka'a until the people gathered." He said, "And it was only that he would say the takbir." He said, "I heard him say, 'The dog has killed me or the dog has eaten me,' when he was stabbed. Then he flew out of the wound with a double-edged knife that would not pass by anyone to the right or left except that it would stab him, until he stabbed thirteen men and nine of them died. When he saw that, a Muslim man threw a cloak on him. When the assassin thought that he had taken hold of him, he slit his own throat." He said, "And Umar held the hand of Abdullah ibn Awf and brought him forward." He said, "Who will take care of Umar? He has seen what he has seen." He said, "Regarding the surroundings of the mosque, they did not know anything except that they had lost the voice of Umar while they were saying, 'Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah.' Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf led them in a light prayer. When they finished, Umar said, 'O Ibn Abbas, see who killed me.' He went for a while and then came back and said, 'The slave of Al-Mughirah killed him.' He said, 'Really?' After they all spoke with their tongues and prayed towards their qibla and performed the Hajj according to their rites, he was brought to his house. We then left with him." He said, "And it was as if the people had not been affected by any calamity before that day. Some were saying, 'There is no harm,' while others were saying, 'We fear for him.' So they brought some wine and he drank it, and it came out of his wound. Then they brought some milk and he drank it, and it came out of his wound. They recognized that he was dead, and he mentioned this incident in his will and in the command to consult each other."

رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَابَ بِأَيَّامٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَقَفَ عَلَى حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ فَعَلْتُمَا تَخَافَانِ أَنْ تَكُونَا قَدْ حَمَّلْتُمَا الْأَرْضَ مَا لَا تُطِيقُ؟ قَالَا حَمَّلْنَاهَا أَمْرًا هِيَ لَهُ مُطِيقَةٌ وَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ لَوْ حَمَّلْتُ عَلَيْهَا أُضْعِفَتْ وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ حَمَّلْتُهَا أَمْرًا هِيَ لَهُ مُطِيقَةٌ مَا فِيهَا كَبِيرُ فَضْلٍ قَالَ انْظُرْ أَلَّا تَكُونَا حَمَّلْتُمَا الْأَرْضَ مَا لَا تُطِيقُ قَالَا لَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَئِنْ سَلَّمَنِي اللهُ لَأَدَعَنَّ أَرَامِلَ الْعِرَاقِ لَا يَحْتَجْنَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ بَعْدِي قَالَ فَمَا أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ حَتَّى أُصِيبَ قَالَ وَإِنِّي لَقَائِمٌ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ إِلَّا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ غَدَاةَ أُصِيبَ قَالَ وَكَانَ إِذَا مَرَّ بَيْنَ الصَّفَّيْنِ قَامَ فَإِنْ رَأَى خَلَلًا قَالَ اسْتَوُوا حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَرَ فِيهِمْ خَلَلًا تَقَدَّمَ فَكَبَّرَ قَالَ وَرُبَّمَا قَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ يُوسُفَ أَوِ النَّحْلِ أَوْ نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى حَتَّى يَجْتَمِعَ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ كَبَّرَ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَتَلَنِي الْكَلْبُ أَوْ أَكَلَنِي الْكَلْبُ حِينَ طَعَنَهُ فَطَارَ الْعِلْجُ بِالسِّكِّينِ ذَاتِ طَرَفَيْنِ لَا يَمُرُّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ يَمِينًا وَلَا شِمَالًا إِلَّا طَعَنَهُ حَتَّى طَعَنَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ تِسْعَةٌ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ طَرَحَ عَلَيْهِ بُرْنُسًا فَلَمَّا ظَنَّ الْعِلْجُ أَنَّهُ مَأْخُوذٌ نَحَرَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ وَتَنَاوَلَ عُمَرُ يَدَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ ا فَقَدَّمَهُ قَالَ فَمَنْ يلِي عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَدْ رَأَى الَّذِي رَأَى وَأَمَّا نَوَاحِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَدْرُونَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ فَقَدُوا صَوْتَ عُمَرَ ؓ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ قَالَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ صَلَاةً خَفِيفَةً فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفُوا قَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ انْظُرْ مَنْ قَتَلَنِي فَجَالَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ غُلَامُ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَقَالَ الصَّنِعُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ قَاتَلَهُ اللهُ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُ بِهِ مَعْرُوفًا فَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يجْعَلْ مِيتَتِي بِيَدِ رَجُلٍ يَدَّعِي الْإِسْلَامَ وَقَالَ قَدْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَبُوكَ تُحِبَّانِ أَنْ تَكْثُرَ الْعُلُوجُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ وَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ ؓ أَكْثَرَهُمْ رَقِيقًا فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَعَلْنَا أَيْ إِنْ شِئْتَ قَتَلْنَا قَالَ كَذَبْتَ بَعْدَمَا تَكَلَّمُوا بِلِسَانِكُمْ وَصَلَّوْا قِبْلَتَكُمْ وَحَجُّوا حَجَّكُمْ فَاحْتُمِلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ قَالَ وَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ تُصِبْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَبْلَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَائِلٌ يَقُولُ لَا بَأْسَ وَقَائِلٌ يَقُولُ نَخَافُ عَلَيْهِ فَأُتِيَ بِنَبِيذٍ فَشَرِبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ جُرْحِهِ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ فَشَرِبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ جُرْحِهِ فَعَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي وَصَايَاهُ وَأَمْرِ الشُّورَى

[AI] It is reported that the Ansar went against us and gathered with their families in the Saqifah of Bani Sa'ida. Ali and Zubair also went against us and those who were with them. The Muhajireen gathered with Abu Bakr. So I said to Abu Bakr, "O Abu Bakr, come with us to our brothers from the Ansar." So we departed with the intention of meeting them. When we approached them, we met two righteous men from among them. They mentioned what the people had been saying about them. We told them that we wanted our brothers from the Ansar. They said to us, "It is not upon you to come near them. Deal with your own affairs." So I said, "By Allah, we will approach them." So we went until we reached them in the Saqifah of Bani Sa'ida. There, we saw a man wrapped in a garment between them. I asked, "Who is this?" They said, "This is Sa'ad bin Ubadah." I asked, "What is wrong with him?" They said, "He is sick." When we sat for a while, their speaker praised Allah and then mentioned their status. He said, "We are the Ansar of Allah and the battalion of Islam, and you are the Muhajireen. We are a group from us and there is a remnant from your people who have opposed us, trying to diminish our status and take the authority from us." Then when he remained silent, I intended to speak and I had prepared a speech that I found impressive, which I wanted to present to Abu Bakr. I even faked my speech in front of him, but I avoided mentioning the matter. Then Abu Bakr said, "Speak upon your mission." I hated that he said that and I feared becoming angry and that he would speak before me. Abu Bakr was more patient and respectful. By Allah, he did not leave any word that I found impressive in my false speech except that he said something similar or better than it. Until he remained silent. I said, "You have mentioned nothing but good, and you are deserving of it. We would not have known of this matter if it were not for this noble person from the Quraysh, who are the middle of the Arabs in lineage, wealth, and status. I am pleased with one of these two men, so pledge to either of them as you wish." I extended my hand, and Abu Bakr extended his hand, as did Abu Ubaydah bin Jarrah, who was sitting between us. I would not have disliked anything he said except that it was not in favor of me, apart from this, by Allah, even if he had slapped my neck, I would not have been closer to committing a sin than I am now. I prefer it to commanding a people in whom Abu Bakr is not their leader, O Allah, unless you make my soul understand at the time of my death something that I do not understand now." Then a speaker among the Ansar said, "I am their representative, Al-Muhakkak, and their spokesperson, Al-Murajjab. From us is an Amir and from you is an Amir, O people of Quraish." The noise increased and the voices raised until I feared disagreement. So I said, "Extend your hand, O Abu Bakr." So Abu Bakr extended his hand and I pledged allegiance to him. The Muhajireen pledged allegiance to him, and then the Ansar pledged allegiance to him.

أَنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ خَالَفُونَا وَاجْتَمَعُوا بِأَسْرِهِمْ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ وَخَالَفَ عَنَّا عَلِيٌّ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَمَن مَعَهُمَا وَاجْتَمَعَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى إِخْوَانِنَا هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا نُرِيدُهُمْ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنْهُمْ لَقِيَنَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلَانِ صَالِحَانِ فَذَكَرَا مَا تَمَالَأَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَا أَيْنَ تُرِيدُونَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ؟ فَقُلْنَا نُرِيدُ إِخْوَانَنَا هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَا لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَقْرَبُوهُمُ اقْضُوا أَمَرَكُمْ فقُلْتُ وَاللهِ لَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَاهُمْ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ مُزَمَّلٌ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ فَقُلْتُ مَا لَهُ؟ قَالُوا يُوعَكُ فَلَمَّا جَلَسْنَا قَلِيلًا تَشَهَّدَ خَطِيبُهُمْ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَنَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللهِ وَكَتِيبَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَنْتُمْ مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ رَهْطٌ مِنَّا وَقَدْ دَفَّتْ دَافَّةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِكُمْ فَإِذَا هُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَخْتَزِلُونَا مِنْ أَصْلِنَا وَأَن يَحْضُنُونَا مِنَ الْأَمْرِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَكَتَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ وَكُنْتُ زَوَّرْتُ مَقَالَةً أَعْجَبَتْنِي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُقَدِّمَهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ وَكُنْتُ أُدَارِئُ عَنْهُ بَعْضَ الْحَدِّ فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُغْضِبَهُ فَتَكَلَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَكَانَ هُوَ أَحْلَمَ مِنِّي وَأَوْقَرَ وَاللهِ مَا تَرَكَ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَعْجَبَتْنِي فِي تَزْوِيرِي إِلَّا قَالَ فِي بَدِيهَتِهِ مِثْلَهَا أَوْ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى سَكَتَ قَالَ مَا ذَكَرْتُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَأَنْتُمْ لَهُ أَهْلٌ وَلَنْ نَعْرِفَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ إِلَّا لِهَذَا الْحَيِّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ هُمْ أَوْسَطُ الْعَرَبِ نَسَبًا وَدَارًا وَقَدْرًا وَقَدْ رَضِيتُ لَكُمْ أَحَدَ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ فَبَايِعُوا أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتُمْ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَبِيَدِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ بَيْنَنَا فَلَمْ أَكْرَهْ مِمَّا قَالَ غَيْرَهَا كَانَ وَاللهِ أَنْ أُقَدَّمَ فَتُضْرَبَ عُنُقِي لَا يُقَرِّبُنِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ إِثْمٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَتَأَمَّرَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ اللهُمَّ إِلَّا أَنْ تُسَوِّلَ لِي نَفْسِي عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ شَيْئًا لَا أَجِدُهُ الْآنَ فَقَالَ قَائِلُ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنَا جُذَيْلُهَا الْمُحَكَّكُ وَعُذَيْقُهَا الْمُرَجَّبُ مِنَّا أَمِيرٌ وَمِنْكُمْ أَمِيرٌ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ وَكَثُرَ اللَّغَطُ وَارْتَفَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ حَتَّى فَرِقْتُ مِنْ أَنْ يَقَعَ اخْتِلَافٌ فَقُلْتُ ابْسُطْ يَدَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَبَسَطَ يَدَهُ فَبَايَعْتُهُ وَبَايَعَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ ثُمَّ بَايَعَتْهُ الْأَنْصَارُ

"أَنَا أعلم بما مع الدجال منه؛ معه نهران أَحدهما نار تأَجَّجُ في عين من رآه، والآخر ماءٌ أبيض، فإِن أدركه أَحد منكم فليُغْمِضْ وليشرب من الذى يراه نارا فإِنه ماءٌ باردٌ، وإِيّاكم والآخرَ فإِنهُ الفتنة واعلموا أَنه مكتوبٌ بين عينيه كْافرٌ، يقرؤه من يكتب ومن لا يكتب، وإِن إِحدى عينيه ممسوحةٌ عليها طفرةٌ. إنَّه يطلع من آخرِ أَمره على بطن الأردن على ثَنِيَّة أَفيقٍ، وكلُّ أحد يؤْمِنُ باللَّهِ واليومِ الآخرِ ببطن الأردن. وإِنَّهُ يقتلُ من المسلمين ثُلثًا ويهزمُ ثُلُثًا ويبْقى ثلث، وبجِنُّ عليهم اللَّيْلُ فيقول بعضُ المؤْمنين لبعض: ما تنتظرون أن تلحقوا بإِخوانكم في مرضاة ربكم، من كان عنده فَضْلُ طعامٍ فليَعُدْ به على أخيه، وصلَّوا حين ينفجرُ الفجرُ، وعجِّلوا الصلاة ثم أقبلوا على عدوِّكم، فلمَّا قاموا يصلُّون نزلَ عيسى بن مريم أقَامهم فصلَّى بهم، فلَمَّا انصرف قال: هكذا فرجوا بينى وبين عدوِّ اللَّه، فيذوب كما تذوب الإِهالة في الشَّمس، وسلَّط اللَّه تعالى المسلمين فيقتلونهم، حتَّى إِنَّ الشَّجَرَ والحجرَ لينادى يا عبد اللَّه، يا عبد الرحمن، يا مسلم. هذا يهودى فاقْتُله، فيفنيهم اللَّهُ ويظهرُ المسلمون فيكسرون الصَّليبَ ويقتلون الخنزير ويضعون الجزية، فبينما هم كذلك أَخرج اللَّه يأجوج ومأجوج فيشربُ أَولهم البحيرة ويجئُ آخرهم وقد انتشفوه فما يدعون فيه قَطرَة فيقولون ظهرنا على أَعدائنا قد كان هاهنا أثر ما، فيجئُ نبىُّ اللَّه وأَصحابه وراءَه حتى يدخلوا مدينة من مدائن فلسطين يقال لها: لُدُّ فيقولون ظهرنا على من في الأَرض فتعالوا نقاتل من في السَّماءِ فيدعو اللَّه نبيُّهُ عند ذلك فيبعثُ اللَّه عليهم قُرْحَةً في حلوقهم فلا يَبقى منهم بشَرٌ، فيؤذى ريحهم المسلمين فيدعو عيسى فيرسِلُ اللَّه عليهم ريحًا فيقذفهم في البحر أَجمعين" .

"عن البراء بن عازب قال: "اشْتَرَى أبُو بَكْرٍ مِن عَازِبٍ سَرْجًا بِثَلاثَةَ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعَازِبٍ: مُرِ الْبَرَاءَ فَيَحْمِلَهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِى، فَقَالَ: لا؛ حَتَّى تُحَدِّثَنَا كَيْفَ صَنَعْتَ حِينَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتَ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ أبُو بَكْرٍ: خَرَجْنَا فَأدْلَجْنَا فَأَحْثَثْنَا يَوْمَنَا وَلَيْلَتَنَا حَتَّى أَظْهَرْنَا وَقَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ فَضَربْتُ بِبَصَرِى هَلْ أَرَى ظِلا نَأوِى إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِصَخْرَةٍ، فَأَهْوَيْتُ إِلَيْهَا، فَإِذَا بَقِيَّةُ ظِلِّهَا فَسَوَّيْتُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفَرَشْتُ لَهُ فَرْوَةً وَقُلْتُ: اضْطجِعْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَاضْطَجَعَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ (أَنْظُرُ) () هَلْ أَرَى أَحَدًا مِنَ الطَّلَبِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بَرَاعِى غَنَمٍ، فَقُلْتُ: لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلامُ؟ فَقَالَ: لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَسَمَّاهُ فَعَرَفْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: فَهَلْ فِى غَنَمِكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: هَلْ أَنْتَ حَالبٌ لِي؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَأَمَرْتُهُ فَاعْتَقَلَ شَاةً مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفضَ ضِرْعَهَا مِنَ الْغُبَارِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ كَفَّيْهِ مِنَ الْغُبَارِ وَمَعِى إِدَاوَةٌ عَلَى فَمِهَا خِرْقَةٌ فَحَلَبَ لِى كُثْبَةً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، فَصَبَبْتُ - يَعْنِى الْمَاءَ - عَلَى الْقَدَحِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَافَيْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَقُلْتُ: اشْرَبْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ، ثُمَّ قُلتُ: هَلْ أتَى الرَّحِيل؟ فَارْتَحَلْنَا وَالْقَوْمُ يَطْلُبُونَنَا، فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بن جُعْشُمٍ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ، فَقُلتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا فَقَالَ: لا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَنَا، حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَا مِنَّا فَكَانَ بَيْنَنَا (وبينة) () قَدْرُ رُمْحٍ اوْ رُمْحَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا، وَبَكَيْتُ، قَالَ: لِمَ تَبْكِى؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَمَا وَاللهِ عَلَى نَفْسِى مَا أَبْكِى، وَلَكِنِّى أَبْكِى عَلَيْكَ، فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَ اكْفِنَاهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ، فَسَاخَتْ قَوَائِمُ فَرَسِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا فِي أَرْضٍ صَلْدٍ وَوَثَبِ عَنْهَا، وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا عَمَلُكَ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُنَجَّيَنِى مِمَّا أنَا فِيهِ، فَوَاللهِ لأُعَمِّيَنَّ عَلَى مَنْ وَرَائِى مِنَ الطَّلَبِ، وَهَذِهِ كِنَايَتِى فَخُذْ مِنْهَا سَهْمًا، فَإِنَّكَ سَتَمُرُّ بِإِبِلِى وَغَنَمِى فِى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَخُذْ مِنْهَا حَاجَتكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا حَاجَة لِى فِيهَا، وَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فَأُطْلِقَ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، وَمَضى رَسُولُ

اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ لَيْلًا، فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ، فَخَرَجُوا فِى الطَّريقِ وَعَلَى الأَحَاجِيرِ، وَاشتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ فِى الطَّرِيقِ (يَقُولَونَ) (*): اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ، وَتَنَازَعَ الْقَوْمُ أَيُّهُمْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أَنْزِلُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى بَنِى النَّجَّارِ أَخْوَالِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لأُكْرِمَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا أصْبَحَ غَدَا حَيْثُ أُمِرَ".

"عن يحيى بن يعمر قال: كان أول من قَالَ في القدرِ بالبصرة معْبَدٌ الجهني، فانطلقت أنا وحميدُ بن عبد الرحمن الحميري، حاجَّين أو مُعتَمريْن، فقلنا: لو لقينا أحدًا من أصحابِ رسول الله ﷺ فَسأَلنَاه عما يقولُ هذا في القدرِ؟ فوُفِّق لنا عبدُ الله بن عمر بن الخطاب داخلَ المسجد، فاكتنفتُه أنا وصاحِبِي أحدُنا عن يمينهِ، والآخر عن شِماله، فظننت أن صاحبي سَيَكِلُ الكلامَ إليَّ، فقلت: أبا عبد الرحمنِ: إنه قد ظهر قبلنا

ناسٌ يَقْرَأُون القرآن ويَتَفَسَّرون العلم، وذكر من شأنِهم يزعمون أن لَا قَدَرَ وأَنَّ الأَمْرَ أنُفٌ، فقال: إذا لقيتَ أولئك فأخبرهم أني بريء منهم وأنهم برآء مِنِّي، والذي يحلفُ به عبدُ الله بن عمر، لو أن لأحدهِم مثل أحدٍ ذهبا فأنفقه ما قبلَ الله منه حتى يؤمِن بالقدرِ، ثم قال: حدثني أبِي عمرُ بنُ الخطاب قال: بينما نحن عند رسول الله ﷺ ذات يومٍ إذ طلع علينا رجلٌ شديد بياضِ الثياب، شديدُ سواد الشعر، لا يرى عليه أثَرُ السَّفر، ولا يعرفُه أحد، حتى جلَسَ إلى النبي ﷺ فأسندَ ركبتيه إلي ركبتيه، ووضع كفيه على فَخِذيه وقال: يا محمد: أخبرني عن الإسلام؟ فقال رسول الله ﷺ : الإسلام أن تشهد أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمدا رسول الله، وتقيم الصلاة، وتؤتى الزكاة، وتصوم رمضان، وتحج البيت إن استطعت إليه سبيلا، قال: صدقت، فعجبنا له يسأله ويصدقه! قال: فأخبرني عن الإيمان؟ قال: أن تؤمِن بالله، وملائكته، وكتبه، ورسله، واليوم الآخر، وتؤمِنَ بالقدر خيره وشره، قال: صدقت، قال: فأخبرني عن الإِحسانِ؟ قال: أن تعبد الله كأنكَ تَراه، فإن لم تكن تراه فإنه يراكَ، قال: فأخبرني عن الساعة؟ قال: ما المسئولُ عنها بأعلم من السائل، قال: فأخبرني عن أَمَارَتها؟ قال: أن تلد الأمة ربتها، وأن تَرى الحفاة العراة العالة رِعاءَ الشاءِ يتطاولون في البنيان، ثم انطلق، فلبثت مَلِيًا، ثم قال يا عمر: أتدري من السائل؟ قلت: الله ورسوله أعلم، قال: فإنه جبريل أتاكم يعلمكم دينكم".

حم، م، د، ت، ن، هـ وابن خزيمة، وأبو عوانة، حب، ق في الدلائل، وفي رواية ابن خزيمة، حب: وأن تقيم الصلاة، وتؤتي الزكاة، وتحج البيت وتعتمر، وتغتسل عن الجنابة، وأن تتم الوضوء، وتصوم رمضان، وفي رواية حب: ولكن إن شئت نبأتك عن أشراطها إذا رأيت العالة الحفاة العراة يتطاولون في البناء وكانوا ملوكًا، قيل: ما العالة الحفاة العراة؟ قال: الغريب؛ وإذا رأيت الأمة تلدُ ربتها، فذلك من أشراط الساعة، ولفظ ت: فلقيني النبي ﷺ بعد ذلك بثلاث، فقال: يا عمر: تدري من السائل؟ ذاك جبريل أتاكم يعلمكم دينكم، ولفظ ق: وولدت الإماء أربابهن، ثم قال: عَلَيَّ بالرجل

"عن أسامةَ بنِ زيدِ بن أسلمَ عن أبيه عن جده قال: أَخْبرَنا عمرُ بْنُ الخطابِ قال: خرجتُ مع ناسٍ منْ قُرْيشٍ فِى تِجَارةٍ إِلَى الشام فِى الجَاهِلِيةِ، فلما خرجنا إِلى مكة نسيت قضاءَ حاجةٍ، فرجعت، فقلتُ لأَصحابى: أَلْحقكم، فواللَّه إنى لفِى سوقٍ من أسواقِها إِذا أَنَا بِبِطْريقٍ قد جاءَ فأخذَ بِعُنُقِى، فذهبتُ أُنَازِعُه، فأدخلَنى كَنِيسةً، فإذَا تُرَابٌ مُتراكبٌ بعضُه على بعضٍ، فدفع إلىَّ مِخرَفَةً وفَأسًا وَزِنْبِيلًا وقال: انْقُل هَذَا التُّرابَ فجلستُ أتفكرُ في أَمْرِى كيفَ أَصْنَعُ؟ فأتانى في الهاجِرَة فقال: لَمْ أرَكَ أخرجتَ شيئًا، ثم ضمَّ أصابِعه فضربَ بِها وَسَط رَأسِى فقلتُ: ثَكِلتْكَ أُمُّكُ يا عُمَرُ، وَبَلَغَكَ مَا أرَى؟ ! فقمتُ بالمِجْرَفَةِ فضربتُ بها هَامَتَهُ، فإذَا دماغهُ قد انْتَثَرَ، فَأخذتُه ثم وَارَيْتُه تحتَ التُّرَابِ ثم خرجتُ على وَجْهِى مَا أَدْرِى أينَ أَسْلُكُ؟ فَمَشَيْتُ بقيةَ يومى ولَيْلَتى، ومن الغَد، ثم انتهيتُ إِلى دِيرٍ، فاسْتَظلَلْتُ في ظلِّه، فَخَرَجَ إِلىَّ رجلٌ من أَهْلِ الدَّيرِ فقال: يا عبدَ اللَّه! ما يُجْلِسُك ههنا؟ فَقُلت: أُضْلِلتُ عن أَصْحَابِى، قال: ما أنتَ على الطريقِ، وَإِنَّك لتَنْظُرُ بعينِ خائفٍ، ادْخُلْ فَأَصِبْ من الطَّعَامِ واستَرحْ ونَمْ، فدخلتُ فجاء بطَعامٍ وشَرَابٍ ولُطَفٍ فَصَعَّد فِىَّ البصرَ وخَفَّضَه ثم قال: يا هَذَا! قَدْ عَلم أهلُ الكِتَاب: أَنَّه لم يبقَ على وجهِ الأَرْضِ أحدٌ أعلمُ مِنِّى بِالكِتَابِ، وَإِنِّى أَجِد صِفَتك الذى يُخرِجُنا من هَذَا الدَّيْرِ، ويَغْلِبُ على هَذِه البلدَةِ، فَقُلْتُ لَه: أيُّها الرجلُ! قد ذهبتَ في غير مَذْهَبٍ، قال: ما اسْمُك؟ قلتُ: عُمرُ بن الخطاب، قال: أنت واللَّه صاحِبُنَا غَيْرَ شَكٍّ، فَمَا كتب لِى على دِيرى ومَا فِيه؟ قلتُ: أيُّها الرجلُ! قد صنعتَ مَعْرُوفًا فَلَا تُكَدِّرْه، فقالَ: اكتُبْ لى كِتابًا فِى رَقٍّ، لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ فيهِ شَىْءٌ، فَإنْ يَكُ صَاحِبُنَا فَهُو مَا تُريدُ وإن يكُنِ الأُخرى فَلَيْسَ يَضُرُّكَ، قلت: هَاتِ فكتبْتُ له، ثم خَتمْتُ عَلَيْه فَدَعا سعَفَة فَدَفَعَها إِلَىَّ وبأثْوَابٍ وَبِأَتَانٍ قدْ أوكفَتْ فقالَ:

ألا تَسْمعُ؟ قُلتُ: نعم، قال: اخْرُج عليها فَإنَّها لَا تَمر بأهل يقوم ولا هل حَتَّى إذا بَلَغْتَ مَأمَنَكَ فَاضْرِبْ وَجْهَهَا مُدْبِرَةً، فَإِنَّها لا تمرُّ بِقَوْمٍ إِلَّا عَلَفُوها وَسَقَوْهَا حتى تصيرَ إلىَّ، فَركبتُ فَلَمْ أمُرَّ بِقَوْمٍ إِلَّا عَلَفُوها وَسَقَوْها، حَتَّى أَدْرَكْتُ أَصْحَابِى مُتَوجِّهِين إِلَى الحجازِ، ضربتُ وَجْهَهَا مُدْبِرَةً ثم سرتُ معهم، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عمرُ الشَّامَ في خِلَافَتِه أَتَاه ذَلِكَ الراهبُ بِذَلِك الكتابِ، فلما راه عُمَرُ تَعَجَّبَ منه فقالَ: أَوْفْ لِى بِشرْطِى، فقال عمر: لَيْسَ لِعُمَرَ وَلَا لآل عمرَ مِنْه شَىْءٌ وَلِكنْ عندَك لِلمسلمين نَفَقةٌ، فأنشأ عمرُ يُحَدِّثُنَا حديثَه وهو ينحوهم الطريق، ومرضتم المريض، فعلنا ذلك، قال: نعم يا أمير المؤمنينَ! فَوَفَّى لَه بِشَرْطِه".

"عَنِ الأَحَنف بنِ قَيْسٍ قالَ: مَا كذَبتُ قَطُّ إلَّا مَرَّة، قَالُوا: وَكيْف يا أبا بَحْرٍ؟ قَالَ: وَفَدْنَا عَلى عُمَرَ بِفَتْح عَظيمٍ، فَلمَّا دَنوْنَا مِن المَدينةِ قالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: لَوْ أَلْقَيْنَا ثيابَ سَفَرِنَا وَلَبِسْنَا ثيابَ صُوفنَا فَدَخْلنَا عَلى أمير المُؤْمنين والمُسلمين فِى هَيئةٍ حَسنَةٍ وشارَة (* * * ) حَسَنَةٍ كان أَمْثَلَ، فَلَبسْنَا ثِيابَ صُوفنَا وألقَيْنَا ثِيابَ سَفَرِنا حَتَّى إِذَا طَلَعْنَا فِى أوائِلِ المَدينةِ لَقِيَنَا رَجُل فَقَالَ: انْظُروا إلَى هؤُلاء، أَصْحابُ دنيا وربِّ الكَعْبَة قَال: فَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا يَنْفعنى رَأْيِى، فَعلِمْتُ أَنَّ من ذَلِك لَيْس بمُرِافقٍ للقَوم فَعَدلْتُ فَلَبَسْتُها وَأَدْخَلتُ ثيابَ صُوفى العَيْبةَ وأَشرَجْتُهَا ( * * * ) وأَغْلَقْتُ طَرَفَ الرِّدَاءِ ثم رَكِبْتُ رَاحِلَتِى وَلِحقْتُ

أَصْحَابى، فلمَّا دَفَعْنَا إلَى عُمرَ نَبَت () عَيْنَاه عَنهم ووَقَعَتْ عَيْنَاه عَلَىَّ، فأَشَارَ إلىَّ بِيده فَقَالَ: أَيْن نَزَلتُم؟ قُلْتُ: في مَكانِ كَذا وكَذا، فقالَ: أرِنِى يَدَكَ، فَقَامَ مَعَنَا إلَى مَناخِ رِكَابِنَا فَجَعل يتَخللهَا ببَصره ثُمَّ قال: أَلَا اتقيتُم اللَّه فِى ركابكم هَذِه؟ أَمَا عَلِمْتُم أَنَّ لَهَا عَلَيكُم حَقًّا؟ أَلا تَقَصَّدْتم بها في السَّيرِ؟ أَلَا حَلَلْتُم عَنْهَا فأَكَلتْ مِن نَبْت الأَرْضِ؟ فَقُلْنا: يَا أمير المؤَمنين: إنَّا قَدِمنَا بَفَتْح عَظِيم، فَأَحَبَبْنَا أَنْ نُسْرعَ إلَى أَميرِ المؤمنين وإلَى المُسلِمين بالَّذى يَسُرُّهَم، فَحَانتْ منُه إلتفاتَه فَرأى عَيْبَتِى، فقَالَ هَذِهِ العَيبْةُ؟ قُلتُ: لِى يا أَميرَ المؤمنين. قَال: فَما هَذَا الثَّوبُ؟ قُلتُ: رِدَائِى، قال: بِكم ابتَعْتَهُ؟ فَألقَيتُ ثُلُثَى ثَمَنِهِ، فَقَال: إِنَّ ردَاءكَ هَذَا لحَسَنٌ لَوْلا كثْرةُ ثَمنِه، ثُمَّ انصرَفَ رَاجعًا وَنَحن مَعَه، فَلَقِيهُ رَجلٌ فقَالَ: يا أَميرَ المؤمنين انطلِق معى فَاعْدُنِى علَى فَلان؛ فَإنَّه قَد ظَلَمَنِى فَرفَعَ الدِّرَّة فَخَفَق (* ) بِها عَلى رَأسِه وقَالَ: تَدَعُون أَميرَ المؤمنين وَهُو مُعرِضٌ لكم حَتى إذا شُغِلَ فِى أَمرٍ من أمرِ المُسلمين أتيتموه: أعدُنِى اعْدُنِى! ! فَانَصرف الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يَتَذَمَّرُ ( * ) قال: عَلَى الرَّجُل، فألْقى إليه المخْفَقَةَ ( * * *) فَقَال: امْتَثلْ، فَقَال: لَا وَاللَّه وَلَكَن ادَعُها للَّه وَلَك، قَالَ: لَيَس هَكَذا، إِمَّا أَنْ تَدَعَهَا للَّه إرادةَ مَا عِنْدَه أَو تَدَعَها لِى فَأَعْلَم ذَلِك، قال: (أَدعها؟ )، قَال: [فانصرف ثم مضى حتى دخل منزلا ونحن معه فافتتح الصلاة فصلى] ركعتين وَجَلس، فَقَالَ: يَا بْنَ الخطَّابِ كُنْتَ وَضِيعًا فَرفَعَك اللَّه، وَكنْتَ ضَالّا [فهداك اللَّه، وكنت ذليلا

فأعزك اللَّه، ثم حملك على رقاب المسلمين، فجاءك رجل يستعيذبك فضربته ما تقول لربك غدًا إذا أتيته؟ قال] فَجعَلَ يُعَاتِبُ نَفْسَه فِى ذَلِكِ مُعَاتَبَةً ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ مِن خَيرِ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ".

"عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ فِى أَهْلى بَرَامَهُرْمُز، وكُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى مُعَلِّمى الْكِتابِ، وَكَانَ فِى الطَّرِيق رَاهِبٌ، فَكُنْتُ إِذَا مَرَرْتُ جَلَسْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَيُخْبِرُنِى مِنْ خَبرِ السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَنَحْو مِنْ ذَلِكَ، حَتَّى اشْتَغَلْتُ عَنْ كِتَابَتِى وَلَزمْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرَ أَهْلِى الْمُعَلِّمُ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّاهِبَ قَدْ أَفْسَدَ ابْنَكُمْ فَأَخْرِجُوهُ، فَاسْتَخْفَيْتُ مِنْهُمْ، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ، حَتَّى جِئْنَا الْمَوْصِلَ فَوَجَدْنَا فِيها أَرْبَعِينَ رَاهِبًا، فَكَانَ بِهِمْ مِنَ التَّعْظِيم لِلرَّاهِب الَّذى جِئْتُ مَعَهُ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ، فَمَكَثْتُ مَعَهُمْ أَشْهُرًا، فَمَرِضْتُ، فَقَالَ رَاهبٌ مَنْهُمْ: إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ

إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَأُصَلِّى فِيهِ، فَفَرِحْتُ بِذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ، فَخَرَجْنا فَما رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَصْبَرَ عَلى مَشْى مِنْهُ، كَانَ يَمْشِى فَإِذَا رآنِى أَعْيَيْتُ، قَالَ: ارْقُد، وَقَامَ يُصَلِّى، فَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ، لَمْ يَطْعَمْ يَوْمًا، حَتَّى جِئْنا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدسِ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا بِهَا رَقَدَ، وَقَالَ لِى: إذا رَأَيْتَ الظِّلَّ هُنا فَأَيْقظْنِى، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الظِّلُ ذَلِكَ الْمَكانَ، أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُوقِظَهُ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: سَهِرَ وَلَمْ يَرْقُدْ، وَاللهِ لأَدعنَّهُ قَليلًا فَتَرَكْتُهُ سَاعَةً فَاسْتَيْقَظَ ()، فَرَأَى الظِّلَّ قَدْ جَاوَزَ ذَلِكَ الْمَكانَ، فَقالَ: أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ أَنْ تُوقِظَنِى، قُلْتُ: كُنْتَ لَمْ تَنَمْ، فَأَحَبَبْتُ أَنْ أَدَعَكَ تَنَامُ قَليلًا، قالَ: إِنِّى لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَأتِى عَلىَّ سَاعَةٌ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَذْكُرُ اللهَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ دَخَلْنَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَإِذَا سَائِلٌ مُقْعَدٌ يَسْأَلُ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَلَا أَدْرِى مَا قَالَ لَهُ، فَقالَ لَهُ الْمُقْعدُ: دَخَلْتَ وَلَمْ تُعْطِنِى شَيئًا ( ) قَالَ: هَلْ تُحبُّ أَنْ تَقُومَ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَدَعا لَهُ، فَقَامَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَعَجَّبُ وَأتَّبِعُهُ، فَسَهَوْتُ، فَذَهَبَ الرَّاهِبُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ أَتَّبِعُهُ، وَأَسْأَلُ ( * ) عَنْهُ. فَلَقِيتُ رَكْبًا مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَرَأَيْتُمْ رَجُلًا، كذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَقالُوا: هَذَا عَبْدٌ آبقٌ، فَأَخَذُونِى فَأَرْدَفونِى خَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، حَتَّى قَدِمُوا بِى الْمَدِينَةَ، فَجَعَلُونِى فِى حَائطٍ لَهُمْ، فَكُنْتُ أَعْمَلُ هَذَا الْخَوصَ ( * * *)، وَقَدْ كَانَ الرَّاهِبُ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُعْطِ الْعَرَبَ مِنَ الأَنْبِياءِ أَحَدًا، وَإِنَّهُ سَيخْرُجُ مِنْهُمْ نَبِىٌّ، فَإِنْ أَدْرَكتَهُ فَصَدِّقهُ وآمِنْ بهِ، وَإِنَّ آيَتَهُ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَإِنَّ فِى ظَهْرِهِ خَاتَمَ النُّبُوَّةِ، فَمَكَثْتُ مَا مَكَثْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالوا جَاءَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَخَرَجْتُ مَعِى بِتَمْرٍ جِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ، فَقالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: صَدَقَةٌ، قَالَ: لَا نَأكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بِتَمْرٍ، فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: هَدِيَّةٌ، فَأَكَلَه، وَأَكَل مَنْ عِنْدَهُ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ لأَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ، فَفَطِنَ بِى، فَأَلْقَى رِدَاءَهُ عَنْ مَنْكَبِيْهِ، فَأَبْصَرْتُهُ فآمَنْتُ بِهِ وَصدَّقْتُهُ، فَكَاتَبْتُ عَلَى مِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ، فَغَرَسَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ، فَلَمْ يَحُلِ الْحَوْلُ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ وَأَكَلَ مِنْها".

"عَنْ سلمانَ. كُنْتُ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أَسَاوِرَةِ فَارِسَ وَكُتِبَ (* ) لِى كِتابٌ وَمَعِى غُلَامانِ، وَكانَا إِذا رجعا مِنْ عِنْدَ مُعَلِّمِيْهِما أَتيا نَفْسًا ( * ) فَدَخَلا عَلَيْهِ، فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُما، فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ أَنَهَكُما أَنْ تأتِيانِى بِأَحدٍ؟ ! فَجَعَلْتُ أخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَحبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهُما. فَقالَ لِى: إِذَا سَأَلَكَ أَهْلُكَ مَنْ حَبَسَكَ فَقُلْ: مُعَلِّمِى، وإِذَا سَأَلَكَ مُعَلِّمُكَ مَنْ

حَبَسَكَ فَقُلْ: أَهْلى، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَرادَ أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَنَا أَتَحَوَّلُ مَعَكَ، فَتَحَوَّلْتُ مَعَهُ، فَنَزَلْتُ قَرْيَةً، فَكانَت امْرأَةٌ تَأتِيه، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ، قَالَ لى: يَا سَلْمانُ! احْفُرْ عِنْدَ رَأسِى، فَحَفَرْتُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ، فَاسْتَخْرَجْتُ جَرَّةً مِنْ دراهَم، فَقَالَ لِى: صُبَّها عَلَى صَدْرى، فَصَبْبتُهَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ، فَكَانَ يَقُولُ: وَيْلٌ لَاقْتَنَائِى، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ مَاتَ، فَقُلْتُ للرُّهْبَانِ، مَنْ لِى بِرَجُل عَالِمٍ أَتَّبِعُهُ، فَدَلُّونِى عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: ما جَاءنِى إِلا طَلَبُ العِلْمِ، قَالَ: فَإِنِّى واللهِ ما أَعْلَمُ اليَوْمَ رَجُلًا أَعْلَم مِنْ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ بِأَرْضِى يَتِما (تهامة) () وَإِنْ تَنْطَلِقْ الآنَ تُوافِقْه وَفيه ثَلَاثُ آياتٍ، يَأكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا يَأكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَعنْدَ غُضْروفِ كَتِفِهِ اليُمْنَى خَاتَمُ النُّبوَة مِثْل بَيْضَةِ الْحَمَامَة لَوْنُها لَوْنُ جِلْدِهِ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى مَرَرْتُ بِقَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَعرابِ، فاسْتَعْبَدُونِى، فباعُونى حَتَّى اشْتَرَتْنى امْرأَةٌ منَ الْمَدِينَة، فسَمِعْتُهُمْ يَذْكُرون النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَها: هَبى لى يَوْمًا، قالَتْ: نعمَ، فَاحْتَطَبْتُ حَطَبًا، فَبعْتُهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَكَانَ يَسيرًا فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْه، فَقالَ: ما هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: صَدَقَةٌ، فَقالَ لأصْحابه. كُلُوا وَلَمْ يَأكُلْ، قُلْتُ: هَذَا مِنْ عَلَامَتِهِ، ثُمَّ مَكَثْتُ ما شَاءَ الله أَنْ أَمْكُثَ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لِمَوْلَاتِى: هِبِى لى يَوْمًا، قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، فانطلقت واحْتَطَبْتُ حَطبًا فَبِعْتُهُ بِأكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَصَنَعْتُ طَعَامًا، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ جالِسٌ بَيْنَ أَصْحابِهِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقالَ: مَا هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ: هَدِيَّةٌ، فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ فَقالَ لأَصْحَابِهِ: خُذوا بسْمِ اللهِ، وَقُمْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ، فَإِذَا خَاتَمُ النُّبَوَّة، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ. قَالَ: وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ عَن الرَّجُلِ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: أَيَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ ! فَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِى أَنَّكَ نَبِىٌّ، قالَ: لَن يَدْخُلَ الجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسلِمَةٌ".

"يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ أَفَلا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ يَنْفَعُكَ اللهُ بِهِنَّ، وَيَنْفَعُ بِهِنَ مَنْ عَلَّمْتَهُ، وَيُثَبِّتُ مَا تَعَلمْتَ فِى صَدرِكَ؟ (قَالَ: أَجَلْ يَا رَسُول الله! فَعَلِّمنِى. قَالَ: إِذَا كانَ لَيْلَةُ الجُمُعَة، فَإِن اسْتَطعتَ أَنْ تَقُومَ فِى ثُلُت اللَّيْلِ الآخِرِ فَإِنَّها سَاعَةٌ مَشْهُودَةٌ، وَالدُّعَاءُ فِيها مُسْتَجَاب، وَقَد قَالَ أَخِى يَعقُوبُ لِبَنِيهِ: {سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّي} (*) يَقُولُ: حَتَّى تَأتِى لَيْلَةُ الجُمُعَةِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَطِع فَقُم فِى وَسَطها، فَإنْ لَمْ تَستَطِع فَقُم فِى أوَّلِها فَصَلِّى أربَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ: تَقْرَأُ فِى الرَّكْعَةِ الأولَى (بِفَاتِحَةِ الكِتَابَ وسورة يس، وفى الركعة الثانية بفاتحة الكتاب وحم والدخان، وفى الركعة الثالثة بفاتحة الكتاب والم تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةِ، وَفِى الرَّكْعَةِ الرابِعَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكتَابِ، وَتَبَارَكَ الْمُفَصَّل) فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ مِن التَّشَهُّدِ فَاحمَد الله وَأَحسِنْ الثَّنَاءَ عَلَى اللهِ وَصَلِّ عَلَىَّ وَأَحسِنْ وَعَلَى سَائِرِ النَّبيِّينَ، وَاسْتَغْفرْ لِلمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالمُؤْمنَاتِ وَلإِخْوَانِكَ الَّذِينَ سَبَقُوكَ بِالإِيمَانِ، ثُمَّ قُلْ فِى آخِرِ ذَلِكَ: اللَّهُمَّ ارحَمْنِى بِتَركِ الْمَعَاصِى أَبَدًا مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِى وَارحَمَنِى أَنْ أَتَكَلَّفَ مَا لا يَعنِينِى، وَارزُقنِى حُسْنَ النَّظَر فِيمَا يُرضِيكَ عنِّى، اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَواتِ وَالأرْضِ ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإكرَامِ وَالعِزَّةِ الَّتِى لا تُرَامُ، أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللهُ! يَا رَحمَنُ! بجَلالكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أَنْ تُلزِمَ قَلبِىَ حِفْظَ كِتَابِكَ كمَا عَلَّمتَنِى، وَارزُقْنِى أَنْ أَتْلُوهُ عَلَى النَّحوِ الَّذِى يُرضِيكَ عنِّى، اللَّهُمَّ بَدِيعَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأرضِ ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ وَالعِزَّةِ الَّتِى لا تُرَامُ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِجَلالِ اللهِ يَا رَحمنُ بِجَلالِكَ، وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ أن تُنَوِّرَ بِكِتَابِكَ بَصَرِى، وَأَنْ تُطلِقَ بِهِ لِسَانِى، وَأَنْ تُفَرِّجَ بِهِ عَنْ قَلْبِى، وَأَنْ تَشْرحَ بِهِ صَدرِى، وَأنْ (تَغْسِلَ) به بَدَنِى، فَإنَّهُ لا يُعِينُنِى عَلَى الحقِّ غَيْرُكَ، وَلا يُؤْتِيهِ إِلا أَنتَ، وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِاللهِ الْعَلِىِّ العَظِيمَ، يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاثَ جُمَعٍ أَوْ خَمسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا بِإِذْن اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَالَّذِى بَعَثَنِى (بالحق) مَا أَخْطَأَ مُؤْمِنًا قَط، قَالَ ابن عباس: فواللهِ مَا لَبِثَ عَلىٌّ إِلا خَمسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا حَتَّى جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِى ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! إِنِّى كُنْتُ فِيمَا خَلا لا آخُذُ إِلا أَرْبَعَ آيَاتٍ وَنَحْوَهُنَّ، فَإِذَا قَرَأتُهُنَّ عَلَى نَفْسِى تَفَلَّتْنَ وَأَنَا أَتَعَلَّمُ الْيَوْمَ أَرْبِعِينَ آيَةَ وَنَحْوَهَا، فَإِذَا قَرَأتُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِى فَكَأنَّمَا كِتَابُ اللهِ بَيْنَ عَيْنَىَّ، وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ الْحَدِيثَ فَإِذَا رَدَدْتُهُ تَفَلَّتَ، وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَسْمَعُ الأَحَادِيثَ، فَإِذَا تَحَدَّثْتُ بِهَا لَمْ أَخْرِمْ مِنْهَا حَرْفًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: (مُؤْمِنٌ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ) ".

"انْطَلَقَ ثَلاَثَةُ رَهْطٍ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ حَتَّى أَوَوُا المَبِيتَ إِلَى غَارٍ فَدَخَلُوهُ، فَانْحَدَرَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الجَبَلِ فَسَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الغَارَ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّهُ لاَ ينجِيكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَدْعُوا الله بِصَالِحِ أعْمَالِكُمْ، قَالَ رَجُل مِنْهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ كانَ لِى أبَوانِ شَيْخَانِ كبِيرَانِ، وَكنتُ لاَ أَغْبِقُ قَبْلَهُمَا أهْلًا وَلاَ مَالًا، فَنَأى بِى فِى طَلَبِ شَىْءٍ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ أُرِحْ عَلَيْهِمَا حَتَّى نَامَا، فَحَلَبْتُ لَهُمَا غُبُوقَهُمَا، فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَائِمِيْنِ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَغْبِقَ قَبْلَهُمَا أهْلًا أو مَالًا، فَلَبِثْتُ وَالقَدَحُ عَلَى يَدَىَّ أنْتَظِرُ اسْتِيقَاظَهُمَا حَتَّى بَرِقَ الفَجْرُ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَا، فَشِرِبَا غُبُوقَهُمَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كنتُ فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ، فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ، فَانْفَرَجَتْ شَيْئًا لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الخُرُوجَ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ كَانَتْ لِى ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ كانَتْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ، فَأرَدْتُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا فَامْتَنَعَتْ مِنِّى، حَتَّى أَلَمَّتْ بِهَا سَنَةٌ مِنَ السِّنِينَ فَجَاءَتْنِى فَأعْطَيْتُهَا عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى أَنْ تُخَلِّى بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِهَا فَفَعَلَتْ، حَتَّى إِذَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَتْ: لاَ أحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَفُضَّ الخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ، فَتَحَرَّجْتُ مِنَ الوُقُوع عَلَيْهَا، فَانْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهَا وَهِىَ أحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ، وَتَرَكْتُ الَّذِى أعْطَيْتُهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ، فَأفْرِجْ عَنَّا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ، فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ غَيْر أنَّهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الخُرُوجَ مِنْهَا، وَقَالَ الثَّالِثُ: اللَّهُمَّ اسْتَأَجَرْتُ أجَرَاءَ فَأعْطَيْتُهُمْ أجْرَهُمْ غَيْرَ رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ الَّذِى لَهُ وَذَهَبَ، فَثَمَّرْتُ أجْرَهُ حَتَّى كَثُرَتْ مِنْهُ الأمْوَالُ فَجَاءَنِى بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ الله أَدِّ إِلَىَّ أجْرِى، فَقُلتُ لَهُ: كُلُّ مَا تَرَى مِنْ أجْرِكَ مِنَ الإِبِلِ وَالبَقَرِ وَالغَنَم وَالرَّقِيقِ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ الله لاَ تَسْتَهْزِئْ بِى، فَقُلتُ: إِنِّى لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ، فَأخَذَهُ كلَّهُ فَاسْتَاقَهُ فَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا. اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنْ كنتُ فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَأفْرِجْ عَنَا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ، فَانْفَرَجَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ، فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ".

"بَيْنَمَا ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ يَمْشُونَ أخَذَهُمْ المَطَرُ فَأوَوْا إِلَى غَارٍ فِى جَبَل فَانْحَطَّ عَلَى فَمِ الغَارِ صَخْرَةٌ مِنَ الجَبَلِ فَانْطَبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: انْظُرُوا أعْمَالًا عَمِلتُمُوهَا صَالِحَةً لله فَادْعُوا بِهَا لَعَلَّهُ يُفَرِّجُهَا عَنْكُمْ، فَقَالَ أحَدُهُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِى وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَامْرَأتِى وَلِىَ صِبْيَةٌ صِغَارٌ أرْعَى عَلَيْهِمْ، فَإِذَا ارْحلت (*) عَلَيْهِمْ حَلَبْتُ فَبَدَأتُ بِوَالِدَىَّ فَسَقَيْتهُمَا قَبْلَ بَنِىَّ، وَإنِّي نَأَى بِى ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ الشَّجَرُ فَلَمْ آتِ حَتَّى أمْسَيْتُ فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا قَدْ نَامَا، فَحَلَبْتُ كَمَا كُنْتُ أحْلُبُ فَجِئْتُ بِالحِلاَبِ فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رُءُوسِهِمَا أكْرَهُ أَنْ أوقِظَهُمَا مِنْ نَوْمِهِمَا وَأكْرَهُ أَنْ أسْقىَ الصِّبْيَةَ قَبْلَهُمَا، وَالصِّبْيَةُ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ عِنْدَ قَدَمَىَّ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ ذَلِكَ دَأبِى وَدَأبَهُمْ حتَّى طَلَعَ الفَجْرُ، فَإنْ كنتَ تَعْلَمُ أنِّى فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا منْهَا فُرْجَةً نَرَى مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ، فَفَرَّجَ الله مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً، فَرَأَوْا مِنْهَا السَّمَاءَ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِى ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ أحْبَبْتُهَا كَأشَدِّ مَا يُحِبُ الرَّجُلُ النِّسَاءَ، وَطَلَبَتُ إِلَيْهَا نَفْسَهَا فَأبَتْ حتَّى آتِيْهَا بِمِائَةِ دينَارٍ فَتَعِبْتُ حَتَّى جَمَعْتُ مائَةَ دينَارٍ فَجِئْتُهَا بِهَا، فَلَمَّا وَقَعْتُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا قَالَتْ: يَا عَبْدَ الله اتَّقِ الله وَلاَ تَفْتَح الخَاتَم إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ، فَقُمْتُ عَنْهَا، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أنِّى فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ لَنَا مِنْهَا فُرْجَةً، فَفَرَّج لَهُمْ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّى اسْتَأجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا بِفَرَقِ أُرْزٍ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَمَلَهُ قَالَ: أعْطِنِى حَقِّى فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَقَهُ فَرَغِبَ عَنْهُ، فَلَمْ أزَلْ أَزْرَعُهُ حتَّى جَمَعْتُ مِثهُ بَقَرًا وَرِعَاءَهَا، فَجَاءَنِى فَقَالَ: اتَّقِ

الله وَلا تَظلِمْنِى حَقِّى، قُلتُ: اذْهَبْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ البَقَرِ وَرِعَائِهَا فَخُذْهَا، فَقَاَل: اتَّقِ الله وَلاَ تَسْتَهْزِئ بِى، فَقُلتُ: إِنِّى لاَ أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ خُذْ ذَلِكَ البَقَرَ وَرِعَاءَها، فَأخَذَهُ فَذَهَبَ بِهِ، فَإِنْ كنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّى فَعَلتُ ذَلِكَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْرُجْ مَا بَقِىَ، فَفَرَجَ الله مَا بَقِىَ".

"كُنْتُ غُلَامًا لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَكُنْتُ قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَأَسْلَمْت أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ، وَأَسْلَم الْعَبَّاسُ فَكَانَ يَكْتُمُ إِسْلَامَهُ مخَافَةَ قَوْمِهِ، وَكَانَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ قَدْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ عن بَدْرٍ وبَعَثَ مَكَانَهُ الْعَاصِى بْنَ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ: اكْفنِى هَذَا الْغَزْوَ وَأَتْرُكُ لكَ مَا عَلَيْكَ، فَفَعَلَ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْخَبرُ وَكَبتَ الله -تَعَالَى- أَبَا لَهَبٍ وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا ضَعِيفًا أَنْحَتُ هَذِهِ الأَقْدَاح في حُجْرَة "زمزم"، فَوَالله إِنِّى لَجَالِسٌ في الْحُجْرَةِ أَنْحَتُ أقداحى وَعِنْدِى أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ إِذَا الْفَاسِقُ أَبُو لَهَبٍ يَجُرُّ رجْلَيْهِ وَرَاءَهُ "أُراه" قَالَ: حَتَّى جَلَسَ عِنْد طُنْبِ الْحُجْرَةِ، فَكَانَ ظَهْرُهُ إِلَى ظهْرِى، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: هَذَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ: هَلُمَّ إِلَىَّ يَا بْنَ أَخِى، فَجَاءَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عِنْدَهُ، فَجَاءَ النَّاسُ فَقَامُوا عَلَيْهمَا فَقَالَ: يَا بْنَ أَخِى كَيْفَ أَمْرُ النَّاسِ؟ قَالَ: لَا شَىْءَ وَالله مَا هُوَ إِلَا أَنْ لَقِينَاهُمْ

فَمَنحْنَاهُمْ أَكتَافَنَا يقتلوننا كَيَفْ شَاءُوا، وَيَأسِرُونَنَا كَيْفَ شَاءُوا، "وايم" الله لَما "ما" لُمْتُ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: وَلِمَ؟ فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا بِيضًا عَلَى خَيْلٍ بُلْقٍ، لَا وَالله ما يليق شَيْئًا وَلَا يَقُومُ إِلَى "لها" شَىْء، فَرَفَعْتُ طينَةَ "طنب" الْحُجْرَةِ، فَقُلْت: تلك وَالله الْمَلَائِكةُ، فَرَفَعَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ يَدَهُ فَلَطَمَ وَجْهِى، وثاورته فَاحْتَملَنِى فَضَرَبَ بِىَ الأَرْضَ حَتَّى بَرَكَ عَلَىَّ، فَقَامَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ "فاحتجزت" وَأَخَذَتْ عَمُودًا مِنْ عُمُدِ الْحُجْرَةِ فَضَرَبَتْهُ بِه فَفَلَقَتْ في رَأسِهِ شَجَّةً مُنْكَرَةً، وَقَالَتْ: أَىْ عَدُوَّ الله اسْتَضْعَفْتَهُ أَنْ رَأَيْتَ سَيِّدَهُ غَائِبًا عَنْهُ؟ فَقُلْت: ذليل "فقام ذَلَيلًا" فَوَالله مَا عَاشَ إِلَّا سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ حَتَّى ضَرَبَهُ الله -تَعَالَى- بِالَقَرْسَةِ "بالعرسة" فَقَتَلَتْهُ، فَلَقَدْ تَرَكهُ ابْنَاهُ لَيْلَتَيْن "يومين" أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً مَا يَدْفِنَاهُ حَتَّى أَنْتَنَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ "لابنيه: ألا تستحييان أن أباكما قد أنتن في بيته؟ فقالا: إنا نخشى هذه القرحة وكانت قريش يَتَّقُونَ العدسة" كَما يتقى الطَّاعُونُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: انْطَلِقَا فَأنَا مَعَكُمَا فَاغْسِلُوهُ، إِلَّا قد تَأَلَّمَا عليه من بعيد "فوالله ما غسلاه إلا قذفًا بالماء" مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، ثُمَّ احْتَمَلوُهُ فَقَذَفُوهُ في أَعْلَى مَكَّةَ إِلَى جِدَارٍ، وَقَذَفُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحِجَارَةَ".

"عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : خَرَجَ ثَلاثَةٌ فِيمَن كَانَ

قَبلكُم بَرْتَادُونَ لأَهْلِيهِم فَأَصَابَتْهُم السَّمَاءُ فَلَجَأوا إِلَى جَبَلٍ فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهم صَخْرَةٌ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهم لِبْعَضٍ: عَفَا الأثَرُ وَوَقَعَ الْحَجَرُ، وَلَا يَعْلَم مَكانَكُم إِلا الله، ادْعُوا الله - تَعَالَى- بِأَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، فَقَالَ أحَدهُم: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّه كَانَتْ امْرَأَةٌ تُعْجِبُنِي فَطَلَبْتُها فَأَبَتْ عَلَيَّ، فَجَعَلْتُ لَهَا جُعْلًا، فَلَمَّا قرَّبتْ نَفْسَها تَرَكَتُها، فَإن كُنْتَ تَعْلَم أنِّي مَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ إلَّا رَجَاءَ رَحْمتِك وَخَشْيَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَافرِجْ عَنَّا، فَزَالَ ثُلُث الْجَبَلِ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُم إنْ كُنْت تعلم أنه كَانَ لَي وَالدَان وَكُنْتُ أَحْلِبُ لَهُمَا فِي إنَائِهِمَا فَإِذَا أتَيْتُهُمَا وَهُمَا نَائِمَانِ قُمْتُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظا فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَا شَرِبَا، فإن كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَخَشْيَةَ عَذَابِكَ فَافْرِجْ عَنَّا، فَزَالَ ثُلُثُ الحَجَر، فَقَالَ الثَّالثُ: اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي كُنْتُ اسْتَأجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا يَوْمًا فَعَمِلَ لِي نِصْفَ النَّهَار، فَأَعْطيْتُهُ أَجْرَهُ فَتَسَخَّطهُ وَلَمْ يَأخُذْهُ فوفرتُهَا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى صَارَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ المَالِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَطْلُبُ أَجْرَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: خُذْ هَذَا كُلَّهُ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَمْ أعطِهِ إلَّا أجْرَةُ، فإِن كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أنِّي فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ رَحْمَتكِ، وَخَشْيَةَ عَذابكَ فَافرِج عَنَّا فَزَالَ الحَجَرُ، وَخَرجُوا يَتَمَاشَونَ (*) ".

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: خَرَجَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَتْهُمُ السَّمَاءُ فَدَخَلُوا غَارًا فَانْطَبَقَ عَلَيْهِمُ الجَبَلُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: هَذَا بِأعْمَالِكُمْ، فليقم كل رجل منكم فَلْيَدْعُ اللهَ - تَعَالَى- بِخَيْرِ عَمَلٍ عَمِلَهُ، فَقَامَ أَحَدُهُمْ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَكُنْتُ لَا أَغْتَبِقُ حَتَّى أَغْبِقَهُمَا، وَأَنِّي أَتَيْتُهُمَا لَيْلَةً بِغَبُوقِهِمَا فَقُمْتُ عَلَى رُؤُسِهِمَا فَوَجَدْتُهُمَا نَائِمَيْنِ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُنَبِّهَهُمَا من نومهما وكرهت أن أنصرف حتى يغتبقا، فلم أزل قائما على رؤوسهما حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الفَجْرِ، اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَافْرُجْ بِنَا، فَانْصَدعَ الحَجَرُ حَتَّى نَظَرُوا إِلى الضَّوْءِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الآخَرُ: اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّهَا حُبًا شَدِيدًا، وَأَنِّي تَمَنَّيْتُهَا لنَفْسِي فَقَالَتْ: لا إِلَّا بِمِائَة دِينَارٍ فَجَمَعْتُهَا لَهَا، فَلَمَّا أَمْكَنَتْنِي مِنْ نَفْسِهَا قَالَتْ: لَا يَحِلُّ لك أن تفض الخَاتَمَ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهِ، فَقُمْتُ فَتَرَكْتُهَا، اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا، فَانْفَرَجَ الجَبَلُ

حَتَّى كَادُوا يَخْرُجُونَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ الآخَرُ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ [لِي] أُجَرَاءُ كَثِيرٌ وَكَانَ لَا يَبِيتُ لأَحَدٍ منهم عِنْدِي أَجْرٌ، وَإِنَّ أَجِيرًا مِنْهُمْ تَرَكَ أجره عندي، وَإِنِّي زَرَعْتُهُ فَأخْصَبَ، فَاتَّخَدتُ مِنْهُ عَبِيدًا وَمَالًا كَثِيرًا فَأَتَى بَعْدَ حِينٍ فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ! أَعْطِنِي أَجْرِي، قُلْتُ: هَذَا كُلُّهُ أَجْرُكَ، قَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ! لا تتلاعب بِي. فَقُلْتُ: ما أتلاعب بِكَ، فَأَخَذَهُ كُلَّهُ وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا وَلَا كَثِيرًا، اللَّهُمَّ! إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَم أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَلِكَ فَافْرُجْ عَنَّا، فَانْفَرَجَ الجَبَلُ عَنْهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا".