Musnad Ahmad 21724
✧ My father, Darda
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَهْرَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ غَنْمٍ
أَنَّهُ زَارَ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ بِحِمْصَ، فَمَكَثَ عِنْدَهُ لَيَالِيَ، فَأَمَرَ بِحِمَارِهِ فَأُوكِفَ فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: مَا أَرَانِي إِلَّا مُتَّبِعَكَ. فَأَمَرَ بِحِمَارِهِ فَأُسْرِجَ، فَسَارَا جَمِيعًا عَلَى حِمَارَيْهِمَا، فَلَقِيَا رَجُلًا شَهِدَ الْجُمُعَةَ بِالْأَمْسِ عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بِالْجَابِيَةِ، فَعَرَفَهُمَا الرَّجُلُ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفَاهُ، فَأَخْبَرَهُمَا خَبَرَ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ قَالَ: وَخَبَرٌ آخَرُ كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكُمَا أُرَاكُمَا تَكْرَهَانِهِ. فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: فَلَعَلَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ نُفِيَ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ وَاللهِ. فَاسْتَرْجَعَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ وَصَاحِبُهُ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ عَشْرِ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: ارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ كَمَا قِيلَ لِأَصْحَابِ النَّاقَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَذَّبُوا أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَإِنِّي لَا أُكَذِّبُهُ، اللَّهُمَّ وَإِنِ اتَّهَمُوهُ فَإِنِّي لَا أَتَّهِمُهُ، اللَّهُمَّ وَإِنِ اسْتَغَشُّوهُ فَإِنِّي لَا أَسْتَغِشُّهُ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْتَمِنُهُ حِينَ لَا يَأْتَمِنُ أَحَدًا، وَيُسِرُّ إِلَيْهِ حِينَ لَا يُسِرُّ إِلَى أَحَدٍ، أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَطَعَ يَمِينِي، مَا أَبْغَضْتُهُ بَعْدَ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ، وَلَا أَقَلَّتِ الْغَبْرَاءُ مِنْ ذِي لَهْجَةٍ أَصْدَقَ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ.
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Chain of narrators
- Abū al-Naḍr
- ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Bahrām
- Shahr b. Ḥawshab
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ghanm
✧ He visited Abu al-Darda in Homs and stayed with him for nights. He ordered his donkey to be saddled, and Abu al-Darda said: I think I should follow you. He ordered his donkey to be saddled, and they rode together on their two donkeys. They met a man who had attended the Friday prayer yesterday with Mu'awiya at al-Jabiya. The man recognized them but they did not recognize him, and he told them the news of the people. Then the man said: And another piece of news I disliked to tell you; I see you would dislike it. Abu al-Darda said: Perhaps Abu Dharr has been exiled. He said: Yes, by God. Abu al-Darda and his companion said 'Indeed we belong to God and to Him we return' nearly ten times. Then Abu al-Darda said: Watch them and be patient, as was said to the companions of the she-camel. O God, if they have belied Abu Dharr, I do not belie him. O God, if they have accused him, I do not accuse him. O God, if they have deemed him treacherous, I do not deem him treacherous, for the Messenger of God ﷺ used to trust him when he trusted no one, and confide in him when he confided in no one. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Abu al-Darda, if Abu Dharr cut off my right hand, I would not hate him after what I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: The green canopy has not shaded nor the dust-colored earth carried one of more truthful speech than Abu Dharr.
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- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
رجال أحمد وثقوا وفي بعضهم خلاف
in مسند أحمد, p. 22079
Narrators
- Eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī jalīl)d. 32 AH, also said: after Ṣiffīn, the correct view is that he died in ʿUthmān's caliphateأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِصحابي جليلفقال
- His status as a Companion is disputed (mukhtalaf fī ṣuḥbatihi)d. 78 AHعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ غَنْمٍمختلف في صحبتهحدثنا
- Truthful (ṣadūq), frequently narrated mursal reports (kathīr al-irsāl) and made many errors (awhām)d. 98 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH, or 111 AH, or 112 AHشَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍصدوق , كثير الإرسال والأوهامحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 160-odd AHعَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَهْرَامَصدوقحدثنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 205 AH, or: 207 AHأَبُو النَّضْرِثقة ثبتحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his viewأحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
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