46. Gatherings
فَكَأَنَّهُ تَخَلَّفَ حَتَّى أَخَذَ الْقَوْمُ مَجَالِسَهُمْ ثُمَّ جَاءَ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ الْقَوْمُ تَسَرَّعُوا عَنْهُ وَقَامَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْهُ لِيَجْلِسَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ فَقَالَ لاَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ خَيْرُ الْمَجَالِسِ أَوْسَعُهَا ثُمَّ تَنَحَّى فَجَلَسَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ وَاسِعٍ
✧ It was as if he stayed behind until the people took their seats, then he came with him. When the people saw him, they hastened to move away from him, and some of them stood up from their places so he could sit in his seat. He said, “No, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘The best gathering is the most expansive one.’” Then he withdrew and sat in a spacious place.
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عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ جُلُوسِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ الْقِبْلَةَ فَقَرَأَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ سَجْدَةً بَعْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدُوا إِلاَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَلَمَّا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ حَلَّ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَبْوَتَهُ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ وَقَالَ أَلَمْ تَرَ سَجْدَةَ أَصْحَابِكَ؟ إِنَّهُمْ سَجَدُوا فِي غَيْرِ حِينِ صَلاةٍ
✧ From his father: Most of the time ʿAbdullah b. ʿUmar sat facing the qibla. Yazīd b. ʿAbdullah b. Qusayṭ recited a verse of prostration after sunrise, so he prostrated and they prostrated, except ʿAbdullah b. ʿUmar. When the sun rose, ʿAbdullah loosened his sitting posture, then prostrated and said, “Did you not see the prostration of your companions? They prostrated at a time that was not a time of prayer.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “When one of you gets up from his seat and then returns to it, he has more right to it.”
عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ صِبْيَانُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا وَأَرْسَلَنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ وَجَلَسَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ يَنْتَظِرُنِي حَتَّى رَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَى أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَقَالَتْ مَا حَبَسَكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي حَاجَةٍ قَالَتْ مَا هِيَ؟ قُلْتُ إِنَّهَا سِرٌّ قَالَتْ فَاحْفَظْ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ From Anas: The Messenger of God ﷺ came to us while we were children, greeted us, sent me on an errand, and sat in the road waiting for me until I returned to him. He said: I was delayed, so Umm Sulaym said, “What kept you?” I said, “The Prophet ﷺ sent me on an errand.” She said, “What is it?” I said, “It is a secret.” She said, “Then keep the secret of the Messenger of God ﷺ.”
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يُقِيمَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فِيهِ وَلَكِنْ تَفَسَّحُوا وَتَوَسَّعُوا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “None of you should make a man get up from his seat and then sit in it. Rather, make room and spread out.”
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا إِذَا أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَلَسَ أَحَدُنَا حَيْثُ انْتَهَى
✧ From Jābir b. Samura: “When we came to the Prophet ﷺ, one of us would sit wherever he ended up.”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَحِلُّ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ إِلا بِإِذْنِهِمَا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “It is not lawful for a man to separate two people except with their permission.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1143No grade recorded
ؓ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ حَمَلَهُ حَتَّى أَدْخَلْنَاهُ الدَّارَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا ابْنَ أَخِي اذْهَبْ فَانْظُرْ مَنْ أَصَابَنِي وَمَنْ أَصَابَ مَعِي فَذَهَبْتُ فَجِئْتُ لِأُخْبِرُهُ فَإِذَا الْبَيْتُ مَلْآنُ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَهُمْ وَكُنْتُ حَدِيثَ السِّنِّ فَجَلَسْتُ وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ إِذَا أَرْسَلَ أَحَدًا بِالْحَاجَةِ أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ بِهَا وَإِذَا هُوَ مُسَجًّى وَجَاءَ كَعْبٌ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ دَعَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَيُبْقِيَنَّهُ اللَّهُ وَلَيَرْفَعَنَّهُ لِهَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ حَتَّى يَفْعَلَ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَسَمَّى وَكَنَّى قُلْتُ أُبَلِّغُهُ مَا تَقُولُ؟ قَالَ مَا قُلْتُ إِلاَّ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ تُبَلِّغَهُ فَتَشَجَّعْتُ فَقُمْتُ فَتَخَطَّيْتُ رِقَابَهُمْ حَتَّى جَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ قُلْتُ إِنَّكَ أَرْسَلَتْنِي بِكَذَا وَأَصَابَ مَعَكَ كَذَا ثَلاَثَةَ عَشَرَ وَأَصَابَ كُلَيْبًا الْجَزَّارَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ عِنْدَ الْمِهْرَاسِ وَإنّ َ كَعْبًا يَحْلِفُ بِاللَّهِ بِكَذَا فَقَالَ ادْعُوا كَعْبًا فَدُعِيَ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُ؟ قَالَ أَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَدْعُو وَلَكِنْ شَقِيٌّ عُمَرُ إِنْ لَمْ يَغْفِرِ اللَّهُ لَهُ
Ibn 'Abbas said, "When 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was attacked, I was one of those who carried him into his house. He said to me, 'Nephew, go see who wounded me and who was wounded with me.' I went and returned to tell him, but the room was full at that time. I did not want to step over people's necks because I was young, and so I sat down. 'Umar's rule when he sent someone for a need was that he commanded him not to tell about it. 'Umar had a cover over him. Ka'b came and said, 'By Allah, if the Amir al-Mu'minin makes supplication, Allah will let him remain alive and restore him to this community until he does such-and-such and such-and-such for them' until Ka'b mentioned the hypocrites. He actually named them and used their kunyas. I said, 'Shall I convey to him what you have said?' Ka'b said, 'I only said it because I intended that it be done.' I plucked up courage and stood up, I stepped over people's necks until I sat by 'Umar's head. I said, 'You sent me to find out such-and-such. Thirteen people were wounded with you. Kulayb ibn al-Jazzar was wounded while he was doing wudu' from the cistern. Ka'b swore such-and-such by Allah.' He said, 'Summon Ka'b.' He was summoned and 'Umar asked, 'What did you say?' He replied, 'I said such-and-such.' He said, 'No, by Prophet, I will not make supplication. 'Umar will be wretched if Allah does not forgive him.'"
أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْمُسْلِمُ مِنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
✧ “Tell me something you heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ.” He said, “I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, ‘The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the emigrant is the one who abandons what God has forbidden.’”
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَكْرَمُ النَّاسِ عَلَيَّ جَلِيسِي
✧ Ibn ʿAbbās said: “The noblest of people to me is my companion.”
أَنْ يَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ إِلَيَّ
✧ That he should step over people’s necks until he sits next to me.
قَالَ لِي تَدْرِي لأَيِّ شَيْءٍ مَدَدْتُ رِجْلَيَّ؟ لَيَجِيءَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ فَيَجْلِسَ
✧ He said to me, “Do you know why I stretched out my legs? So that a righteous man would come and sit.”
حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِمِنًى أَوْ بِعَرَفَاتٍ وَقَدْ أَطَافَ بِهِ النَّاسُ وَيَجِيءُ الأَعْرَابُ فَإِذَا رَأَوْا وَجْهَهُ قَالُوا هَذَا وَجْهٌ مُبَارَكٌ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا فَدُرْتُ فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا فَدُرْتُ فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا فَذَهَبَ يَبْزُقُ فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِهَا بُزَاقَهُ وَمَسَحَ بِهِ نَعْلَهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُصِيبَ أَحَدًا مِنْ حَوْلِهِ
✧ He said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was at Minā or at ʿArafāt, and the people had gathered around him, and the Bedouins kept coming. When they saw his face, they said, “This is a blessed face.” I said, “Messenger of God, ask forgiveness for me.” He said, “O God, forgive us.” I turned away and said, “Ask forgiveness for me.” He said, “O God, forgive us.” I turned away and said, “Ask forgiveness for me.” He said, “O God, forgive us.” Then he went to spit, so he gestured with his hand, caught his spittle, and wiped it on his sandal, disliking that it should hit anyone around him.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْمَجَالِسِ بِالصُّعُدَاتِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَيَشُقُّ عَلَيْنَا الْجُلُوسُ فِي بُيُوتِنَا؟ قَالَ فَإِنْ جَلَسْتُمْ فَأَعْطُوا الْمَجَالِسَ حَقَّهَا قَالُوا وَمَا حَقُّهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ إِدْلاَلُ السَّائِلِ وَرَدُّ السَّلاَمِ وَغَضُّ الأَبْصَارِ وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ forbade gatherings on the roads. They said, “Messenger of God, it would be hard for us to sit in our houses.” He said, “Then if you sit, give the gatherings their due.” They said, “What is their due, Messenger of God?” He said, “Guiding the one who asks, returning the greeting, lowering the gaze, commanding the good, and forbidding the evil.”
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْجُلُوسَ فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا لَنَا بُدٌّ مِنْ مَجَالِسِنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَّا إِذْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَأَعْطُوا الطَّرِيقَ حَقَّهُ قَالُوا وَمَا حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ غَضُّ الْبَصَرِ وَكَفُّ الأَذَى وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Beware of sitting in the road." They said, "Messenger of Allah, we must meet where we can sit to talk." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If you must do it, then give the road its due. "What is the due of the road, Messenger of Allah," they asked. He replied, "Lowering the eye, avoiding doing anything harmful, commanding the correct and forbidding the bad."
عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمًا إِلَى حَائِطٍ مِنْ حَوَائِطِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِحَاجَتِهِ وَخَرَجْتُ فِي أَثَرِهِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْحَائِطَ جَلَسْتُ عَلَى بَابِهِ وَقُلْتُ لَأَكُونَنَّ الْيَوْمَ بَوَّابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنِي فَذَهَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى قُفِّ الْبِئْرِ وَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ وَدَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ لِيَسْتَأْذِنَ عَلَيْهِ لِيَدْخُلَ فَقُلْتُ كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ لَكَ فَوَقَفَ وَجِئْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيْكَ؟ فَقَالَ ائْذَنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ فَدَخَلَ فَجَاءَ عَنْ يَمِينِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ وَدَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَقُلْتُ كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ لَكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ائْذَنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ وَدَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ فَامْتَلَأَ الْقُفُّ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ مَجْلِسٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُثْمَانُ فَقُلْتُ كَمَا أَنْتَ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ لَكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ائْذَنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ مَعَهَا بَلاَءٌ يُصِيبُهُ فَدَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَعَهُمْ مَجْلِسًا فَتَحَوَّلَ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُقَابِلَهُمْ عَلَى شَفَةِ الْبِئْرِ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَلاَّهُمَا فِي الْبِئْرِ فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَمَنَّى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَخٌ لِي وَأَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يَأْتِ حَتَّى قَامُوا
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day to one of the walled gardens of Madina, and I went out after him. When he entered the garden, I sat at the gate and said, I will be the doorkeeper of the Messenger of Allah today even if he has not commanded me to do it.' The Prophet went and answered a call of nature and then sat on the edge of the well. He uncovered his legs and dangled them in the well. Abu Bakr came and asked for permission to enter.' I said, 'Stay where you are until I ask permission for you.' He waited and I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'Messenger of Allah, it is Abu Bakr asking permission to come in.' He said, 'Let him in and give him the good news of the Garden.' He entered and sat at the right side of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. uncovered his legs and dangled them in the water. Then 'Umar came. I said, 'Stay where you are until I ask permission for you.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Let him in and give him the good news of the Garden.' 'Umar went in and sat at the left side of the Prophet ﷺ uncovered his legs and dangled his feet in the well. The rim of the well was then full and there was no place left to sit. Then 'Uthman came. I said, 'Stay where you are until I ask permission for you.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Let him in and give him the good news of the Garden as well as an affliction which will befall him.' 'Uthman came in and could not find a place with them. He moved around until he was facing them on the other side of the well, uncovered his legs and dangled them in the well. I began to wish that a brother of mine would come and I asked Allah to make him come, but he did not come before they had got up."
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي طَائِفَةِ النَّهَارِ لاَ يُكَلِّمُنِي وَلاَ أُكَلِّمُهُ حَتَّى أَتَى سُوقَ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعٍ فَجَلَسَ بِفِنَاءِ بَيْتِ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ أَثَمَّ لُكَعٌ؟ أَثَمَّ لُكَعٌ؟ فَحَبَستْهُ شَيْئًا فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهَا تُلْبِسُهُ سِخَابًا أَوْ تُغَسِّلُهُ فَجَاءَ يَشْتَدُّ حَتَّى عَانَقَهُ وَقَبَّلَهُ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْبِبْهُ وَأَحْبِبْ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ
✧ From Abū Hurayrah: The Prophet ﷺ went out during a part of the day, neither speaking to me nor I speaking to him, until he came to the market of Banū Qaynuqāʿ. He sat in the courtyard of Fāṭimah's house and said, 'Is the little one there? Is the little one there?' She kept him back for a while, and I thought she was putting a necklace on him or washing him. Then he came running until he embraced him and kissed him, and said, 'O Allah, love him and love those who love him.'