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شُرَيْحُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

tabarani:15247ʿAmr b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Zibrīq al-Ḥimṣī > Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh from my father > Ḍamḍam b. Zurʿah > Shurayḥ b. ʿUbayd > ʿAwf b. Mālik

[Machine] "To the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , my companion, who I saw with me buying a bow and gifting it to me. Should I take it from him?" The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "No." Then he waited until the next year, and when the time came again, he asked: "O Messenger of Allah, should I take it?" He said: "No." Then he waited until the next year, and when the time came again, he asked: "O Messenger of Allah, should I take that bow?" He said: "No." He asked: "Should I take it, O Messenger of Allah, so he can have it?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do you want to meet Allah, O Awf, on the Day of Resurrection and have a burning coal between your shoulders?"  

الطبراني:١٥٢٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ زِبْرِيقٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ ضَمْضَمِ بْنِ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ يُعَلِّمُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ

لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ صَاحِبِي الَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ مَعِيَ اشْتَرَى قَوْسًا وَأَهْدَاهَا إِلَيَّ أَفَآخُذُهَا مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا» ثُمَّ مَكَثَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ رَأْسُ الْحَوْلِ عَادَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ آخُذُهَا؟ قَالَ «لَا» ثُمَّ مَكَثَ حَتَّى كَانَ رَأْسُ الْحَوْلِ قَالَ آخُذُ تِلْكَ الْقَوْسَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ أَفَلَا آخُذُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَيَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَلْقَى اللهَ يَا عَوْفٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَبَيْنَ كَتِفَيْكَ جَمْرَةٌ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ؟»