24. ✧ Aqil b. Abi Talib from the Prophet ﷺ

1. Musnad al-Bazzar 2179No grade recorded

   جَاءَتْ قُرَيْشٌ إِلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ ابْنَ أَخِيكَ يُؤْذِينَا فِي نَادِينَا وَمَسْجِدِنَا فَانْهَهُ عَنْ إِيذَائِنَا قَالَ: يَا عَقِيلُ ائْتِ مُحَمَّدًا فَادْعُهُ، فَذَهَبْتُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهِ، فَجَاءَ فِي نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ يَتَخَلَّلُ الْفَيْءَ، فَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ أُسْكُفَّةِ الْبَابِ وَقُرَيْشٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنَّ بَنِي عَمِّكَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكَ تُؤْذِيهِمْ فِي نَادِيهِمْ وَمَسْجِدِهِمْ فَانْتَهِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ: فَحَلَّقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلْ تَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الشَّمْسَ ؟ " قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: " مَا أَنَا بِأَقْدَرَ أَنْ أَدَعَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى أَنْ تَسْتَشْعِلُوا لِي مِنْهَا شُعْلَةً " قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ: مَا كَذَبَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي فَارْجِعُوا قَالَ: فَرَجَعُوا

   ✧ Quraysh came to Abu Talib and said: “Your nephew harms us in our gathering place and our mosque, so forbid him from harming us.” He said: “O ‘Aqil, go to Muhammad and call him.” So I went and brought him. He came in the middle of the day, walking through the shade, and sat at the threshold of the door while Quraysh were with Abu Talib. He said: “O son of my brother, your cousins claim that you harm them in their gathering place and their mosque, so stop doing that.” He said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his gaze to the sky, then said: ‘Do you see this sun?’ They said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘I am no more able to abandon that than you are able to bring me a flame from it.’” He said: “Abu Talib said: ‘My nephew has not lied to us, so go back.’” He said: “So they went back.”

2. Musnad al-Bazzar 2180No grade recorded

   كَانَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِالْمُدِّ وَيَغْتَسِلُ بِالصَّاعِ

   ✧ He used to perform wudu with one mudd (of water) and perform ghusl with one sa‘.

3. Musnad al-Bazzar 2181No grade recorded

   أَنَّ عَقِيلَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْمُ، فَقَالَ: " أَلَا تُرَفِّئُونَنِي "، فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ: بِالرِّفَاءِ وَالْبَنِينَ. فَقَالَ: لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا، وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا: بَارَكَ اللهُ لَكُمْ، بَارَكَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ بِذَلِكَ.

   ✧ ‘Aqil b. Abi Talib married a woman from Banu Hashim, and some people entered upon him. He said: “Will you not congratulate me?” They began to say: “With harmony and sons.” He said: “Do not say that, but say: ‘May Allah bless you, and may He bless upon you.’ Indeed, we were commanded to do that.”