21. ✧ al-Miqdad b. Amr b. al-Aswad, ᴿᴬ , who is known by the kunya Abu Ma'bad
Musnad al-Bazzar 2114No grade recorded
نَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Yazid b. Abi Ziyad narrated to us, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, from al-Miqdad, from the Prophet.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2115No grade recorded
" إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ
✧ "When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2116No grade recorded
" إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ
✧ "When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2117No grade recorded
كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ، فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ، فَجَعَلَ الْمِقْدَادُ يَحْثُو فِي وَجْهِهِ - يَعْنِي التُّرَابَ - وَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ
✧ We were with Uthman b. Affan ؓ, and a man began to praise him, so al-Miqdad began to throw dust in his face – meaning dirt – and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2118No grade recorded
" إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ
✧ "When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2119No grade recorded
اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي وَاسْقِ مَنْ سَقَانِي، فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ شَدَدْتُ عَلَيَّ الشَّمْلَةَ وَأَخَذْتُ الشَّفْرَةَ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى الْأَعْنُزِ أَنْظُرُ وَأَخْتَارُ أَيَّتَهُنَّ أَسْمَنُ كَيْمَا أَذْبَحَهَا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَسَسْتُهُنَّ فَإِذَا هُنَّ حُفَّلٌ كُلُّهُنَّ، فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى إِنَاءٍ لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ مَا كَانُوا يَطْمَعُونَ أَنْ يَحْلِبُوا فِيهِ، فَحَلَبْتُ فِيهِ حَتَّى عَلَتْهُ الرَّغْوَةُ، فَجِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَمَا شَرِبْتُمْ شَرَابَكُمْ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اشْرَبْ، فَشَرِبَ، ثُمَّ نَاوَلَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: اشْرَبْ، فَشَرِبَ، ثُمَّ نَاوَلَنِي، فَأَخَذْتُ مَا بَقِيَ، فَلَمَّا عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ شَرِبَ، وَأَمِنْتُ دَعْوَتَهُ، ضَحِكْتُ حَتَّى أُلْقِيتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: إِحْدَى سَوْآتِكَ يَا مِقْدَادُ ؟، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِي كَذَا وَكَذَا فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: مَا كَانَ هَذَا إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنَ اللهِ، أَلَا كُنْتَ آذَنْتَنِي فَنُوقِظَ صَاحِبَيْنَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا أُبَالِي إِذَا أَصَبْتَ مِنْهَا، وَأَصَبْتُ مِنْهَا مَنْ أَصَابَ مِنَ النَّاسِ. وَهَذَا الْكَلَامُ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ إِلَّا عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ وَحْدَهُ، وَلَا نَعْلَمُ لَهُ إِسْنَادًا عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ إِلَّا هَذَا الْإِسْنَادَ.
✧ "O Allah, feed the one who feeds me, and give drink to the one who gives me drink." When I heard that, I tightened my cloak, took the knife, and went to the goats, looking and choosing which of them was fattest so that I could slaughter it for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I felt them and found that all of them were full of milk, so I went to a vessel belonging to the family of Muhammad which they had no hope of milking into, and I milked into it until the froth rose above it. Then I brought it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: "Have you not drunk your drink?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, drink." So he drank, then handed it to me, and I said: "Drink." So he drank, then handed it to me, and I took what remained. When I knew that the Prophet ﷺ had drunk and I was safe from his supplication, I laughed until I fell to the ground. He said: "One of your misdeeds, O Miqdad?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, my affair was such and such," and I told him what I had done. The Prophet ﷺ said: "This was nothing but a mercy from Allah. Why did you not inform me so that we could wake our two companions?" I said: "By the One who sent you with the truth, I do not care if you and I get some of it, who among the people gets some of it." This wording we do not know to be narrated except from al-Miqdad alone, and we do not know any chain for it from al-Miqdad except this chain.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2120No grade recorded
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا لَقِيتُهُ فَقَاتَلَنِي، فَقَطَعَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ، ثُمَّ لَاذَ مِنِّي بِشَجَرَةٍ فَقَالَ: أَسْلَمْتُ لِلهِ أَفَأَقْتُلُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَتِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُقَاتِلَهُ، وَأَنْتَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ كَلِمَتَهُ الَّتِي قَالَ
✧ O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of a man I met who fought me and cut off one of my hands, then took refuge from me behind a tree and said: "I have submitted to Allah." Should I kill him, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "If you kill him, he is in the same position as you were before you fought him, and you are in the same position as he was before he said the word he said."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2121No grade recorded
جَاءَ الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ فِي حَاجَةٍ، فَقُلْنَا: اجْلِسْ حَتَّى نَطْلُبَ لَكَ حَاجَتَكَ فَجَلَسَ، فَقَالَ: عَجِبْتُ لِقَوْمٍ مَرَرْتُ بِهِمْ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ الْفِتَنَ يَزْعُمُونَ لَيُبْلِيَنَّهُمُ اللهُ فِيهَا مَا أَبْلَى رَسُولَهُ ﷺ، وَأَصْحَابَهُ ؓ، وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ السَّعِيدَ لَمَنْ جُنِّبَ الْفِتَنَ، إِنَّ السَّعِيدَ لَمَنْ جُنِّبَ الْفِتَنَ - يُرَدِّدُهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ - إِلَّا مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ فَصَبَرَ " وَايْمُ اللهِ لَا أَشْهَدُ لِأَحَدٍ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى أَعْلَمَ مَا يَمُوتُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: " لَقَلْبُ ابْنِ آدَمَ أَشَدُّ انْقِلَابًا مِنَ الْقِدْرِ إِذَا غَلِيَتْ
✧ Al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad came for a need, so we said: "Sit down until we seek your need for you." So he sat down and said: "I am amazed at a people I passed by who wish for trials, claiming that Allah will test them in them as He tested His Messenger ﷺ and his companions ؓ. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The happy one is the one who is kept away from trials, the happy one is the one who is kept away from trials' – he repeated it three times – 'except the one who is tested and is patient.'" And by Allah, I will not testify for anyone that he is among the people of Paradise until I know what he dies upon, after a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "The heart of the son of Adam changes more violently than a pot when it boils."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2122No grade recorded
" إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ
✧ "When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2123No grade recorded
نَا قَيْسٌ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ
✧ Qays narrated to us, from Habib b. Abi Thabit, from Mujahid, from Abu Ma'mar, from al-Miqdad, from the Prophet.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2124No grade recorded
" مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي الزِّنَا ؟، قَالُوا: حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ: " لَأَنْ يَزْنِيَ الرَّجُلُ بِعَشَرَةِ نِسْوَةٍ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَزْنِيَ بِامْرَأَةِ جَارِهِ، مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي السَّرِقَةِ ؟ " قَالُوا: حَرَامٌ حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ: " لَأَنْ يَسْرِقَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ عَشَرَةِ أَبْيَاتٍ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْرِقَ مِنْ بَيْتِ جَارِهِ
✧ "What do you say about adultery?" They said: "It is forbidden; Allah and His Messenger have forbidden it, so it is forbidden until the Day of Resurrection." He said: "For a man to commit adultery with ten women is easier for him than to commit adultery with his neighbor's wife. What do you say about theft?" They said: "It is forbidden; Allah and His Messenger have forbidden it, so it is forbidden until the Day of Resurrection." He said: "For a man to steal from ten houses is easier for him than to steal from his neighbor's house."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2125No grade recorded
كَانَ النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا يَذْهَبُونَ فِي الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةِ فَيَبْعَرُونَ كَمَا تَبْعَرُ الْإِبِلُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ خَرَجَ الْمِقْدَادُ لِحَاجَتِهِ حَتَّى أَتَى الْبَقِيعَ - وَهُوَ بَقِيعُ الْغَرْقَدِ - فَدَخَلَ خَرِبَةً لِحَاجَتِهِ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ إِذْ خَرَجَ جُرَذٌ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فَأَخْرَجَ دِينَارًا فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُخْرِجُ دِينَارًا دِينَارًا حَتَّى أَخْرَجَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَارًا، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ طَرَفَ خِرْقَةٍ، قَالَ الْمِقْدَادُ: فَقُمْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَوَجَدْتُ فِيهَا دِينَارًا فَتَمَّتْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَارًا، فَخَرَجْتُ بِهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ خَبَرَهَا، فَقَالَ: هَلْ أَتْبَعْتَ يَدَكَ الْجُحْرَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَا، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ، قَالَ: " لَا صَدَقَةَ فِيهَا بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ فِيهَا "، فَمَا فَرَغَ آخِرُهَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ غَرَائِرَ الْوَرِقِ فِي بَيْتِ الْمِقْدَادِ
✧ People used to go out for two or three days and defecate like camels defecate. One day, al-Miqdad went out for his need until he came to al-Baqi' – and it is Baqi' al-Gharqad – and entered an old ruin for his need. While he was sitting, a rat came out of a hole and brought out a dinar, and it kept bringing out dinar after dinar until it brought out seventeen dinars. Then it brought out the edge of a rag. Al-Miqdad said: I got up and took it, and I found in it a dinar, so they became eighteen dinars. I went out with them until I brought them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him their story. He said: "Did you put your hand into the hole?" I said: "No, by the One who sent you with the truth." He said: "There is no charity due on them; may Allah bless them for you." No sooner did the last of it end than I saw sacks of silver in the house of al-Miqdad.
Musnad al-Bazzar 2126No grade recorded
إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو لَهُمْ - يَعْنِي لِأَزْوَاجِهِ - الصِّدِّيقِينَ، قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنِ الصِّدِّيقُونَ، أَهُمْ أَوْلَادُ الَّذِينَ يَهْلِكُونَ، وَهُمْ صِغَارٌ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " الصِّدِّيقُونَ هُمُ الْمُتَصَدِّقُونَ
✧ I do hope for them—meaning his wives—the siddiqun. We said: O Messenger of God, who are the siddiqun? Are they the children of those who die while they are young? The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "The siddiqun are those who give charity."
Musnad al-Bazzar 2127No grade recorded
" أَعْطَى لِلْفَرَسِ سَهْمَيْنِ وَلِصَاحِبِهِ سَهْمًا
✧ "He gave the horse two shares and its owner one share."