19. ✧ Jihad

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2282No grade recorded

   كُنَّا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يَوْمًا فِي مَرْضَةٍ مَرِضَهَا، وَهُوَ مُغْمًى عَلَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ آنِفًا ؟ قَالَ: تَذَاكَرْنَا الشُّهَدَاءَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، مَا نَرَاهُ إِلَّا مَنْ خَرَجَ بِمَالِهِ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ. قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ شُهَدَاءَ أُمَّتِي إِذًا لَقَلِيلٌ، يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ بِالْقَتْلِ وَالطَّاعُونِ وَالْغَرَقِ وَالْبَطْنِ، وَمَوْتِ الْمَرْأَةِ جَمْعًا، وَمَوْتِهَا فِي نِفَاسِهَا

   ✧ We were with one of the companions of Muhammad ﷺ one day during an illness he had, and he was unconscious. The Prophet ﷺ came to him and said: 'What were you discussing just now?' He said: 'We were mentioning the martyrs of this Ummah; we only consider one who goes out with his wealth until he is killed.' He ﷺ said: 'The martyrs of my Ummah would then be few. They are martyred by killing, plague, drowning, abdominal disease, a woman dying in childbirth, and her dying in her postpartum period.'

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2283No grade recorded

   خَاصَمَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ؓ فِي مَالٍ لَهُ، فَجَاءَهُ طَلْحَةُ ؓ يَوْمًا وَسَعْدٌ ؓ قَاعِدٌ مُخْتَرِطًا سَيْفَهُ، وَاضِعَهُ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ طَلْحَةُ ؓ: لِمَنْ أَعْدَدْتَ هَذَا يَا سَعْدُ ؟ قَالَ: لَكَ. قَالَ: أَوَكُنْتَ فَاعِلًا ؟ قَالَ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْحَقِّ، لَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ قَاتَلَ عَلَى مَالِهِ أَوْ مَالٍ لَهُ فَقُتِلَ كَانَ شَهِيدًا

   ✧ Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas ؓ disputed with Talhah b. 'Ubaydillah ؓ over some property of his. Talhah ؓ came to him one day while Sa'd ؓ was sitting with his sword drawn, placing it on his thighs. Talhah ؓ said to him: 'For whom have you prepared this, O Sa'd?' He said: 'For you.' He said: 'Would you really do it?' He said: 'By the One who sent Muhammad with the truth, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever fights over his wealth or wealth of his and is killed, he is a martyr."'

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2284No grade recorded

   وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ، ثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، بِهِ.::

   ✧ Ahmad b. Mani' said: Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri narrated to us, Aban b. 'Abdillah narrated to us, with it.

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2285No grade recorded

   أُصِيبَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ ؓ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فِي ثَنْدُوَتِهِ بِسَهْمٍ، فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: انْزِعِ السَّهْمَ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ نَزَعْتُ السَّهْمَ وَالْقُطْنَةَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ نَزَعْتُ السَّهْمَ وَتَرَكْتُ الْقُطْنَةَ، وَشَهِدْتُ لَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنَّكَ شَهِيدٌ ؟. فَقُلْتُ: انْزِعِ السَّهْمَ وَاتْرُكِ الْقُطْنَةَ، وَاشْهَدْ لِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنِّي شَهِيدٌ، فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَنَزَعَ السَّهْمَ وَتَرَكَ الْقُطْنَةَ، فَعَاشَ حَيَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ زَمَنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ مَاتَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يُخْرِجُوهُ، قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: إِنَّ مِثْلَ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ لَا يُخْرَجُ بِهِ حَتَّى يُؤْذَنَ مَنْ حَوْلَنَا مِنَ الْقُرَى، فَجَلَسَ مِنَ الْغَدِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ أُخْرِجَ، فَبَكَتْ مَوْلَاةٌ لَهُ عَلَى شَفِيرِ الْقَبْرِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: إِنَّ الشَّيْخَ لَا طَاقَةَ لَهُ بِعَذَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّفِيهَةِ، أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا.

   ✧ Rafi' b. Khadij ؓ was struck on the day of Uhud in his chest with an arrow. He came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'Remove the arrow.' He said: 'If you wish, I will remove the arrow and the cotton, and if you wish, I will remove the arrow and leave the cotton, and I will testify for you on the Day of Resurrection that you are a martyr.' I said: 'Remove the arrow and leave the cotton, and testify for me on the Day of Resurrection that I am a martyr.' He said: 'Yes.' So he removed the arrow and left the cotton, and he lived through the life of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr and 'Umar and 'Uthman ؓ. When it was the time of Mu'awiyah ؓ or after him, he died after 'Asr. They wanted to take him out [for burial], but Ibn 'Umar ؓ said: 'A man like Rafi' b. Khadij should not be taken out until the people of the surrounding villages are informed.' So he sat [unburied] until the next day. When the next day came, he was taken out. A female client of his wept at the edge of the grave, so Ibn 'Umar ؓ said: 'The old man cannot bear the punishment of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, from this foolish woman,' or words to that effect.

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2286No grade recorded

   وَقَالَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، فَذَكَرَ بَعْضَهُ.:

   ✧ Al-Tayalisi said: 'Amr b. Marzuq narrated to us, and he mentioned part of it.

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2287No grade recorded

   الْقَتِيلُ دُونَ أَهْلِهِ شَهِيدٌ، وَالْقَتِيلُ دُونَ جَارِهِ شَهِيدٌ، وَكُلُّ قَتِيلٍ فِي جَنْبِ اللهِ تَعَالَى شَهِيدٌ

   ✧ The one killed defending his family is a martyr, and the one killed defending his neighbor is a martyr, and every person killed in the cause of Allah Almighty is a martyr.

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2288No grade recorded

   مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ مَظْلُومًا فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ، وَمَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ نَفْسِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ، وَمَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ أَهْلِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ، وَمَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ جَارِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ، وَمَنْ قُتِلَ فِي جَنْبِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ

   ✧ Whoever is killed defending his property wrongfully is a martyr, and whoever is killed defending his own life is a martyr, and whoever is killed defending his family is a martyr, and whoever is killed defending his neighbor is a martyr, and whoever is killed in the cause of Allah Almighty is a martyr.

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2289No grade recorded

   مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ.

   ✧ Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr.

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2290No grade recorded

   مَنْ صُرِعَ عَنْ دَابَّتِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَمَاتَ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ

   ✧ Whoever is thrown from his riding animal in the path of Allah Almighty and dies is a martyr.

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2291No grade recorded

    فَنَاءُ أُمَّتِي بِالطَّعْنِ وَالطَّاعُونِ. قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا الطَّعْنُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ، فَمَا الطَّاعُونُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: وَخْزُ أَعْدَائِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَكُلٌّ فِيهِ شُهَدَاءُ

    ✧ The destruction of my nation is by stabbing and plague. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this stabbing we have known, but what is the plague?' He ﷺ said: 'A poke from your enemies among the jinn, and in each of them are martyrs.'

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2292No grade recorded

    الطَّعِينُ وَالْمَجْبُوبُ وَالنُّفَسَاءُ وَالْبَطْنُ شَهَادَةٌ.

    ✧ The one stabbed, the one with a stomach ailment, the woman in childbirth, and the one who dies of a stomach disease are martyrdom.

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2293No grade recorded

    يُسْتَشْهَدُونَ بِالْقَتْلِ وَالطَّعْنِ وَالْغَرَقِ وَالْبَطْنِ وَمَوْتِ الْمَرْأَةِ جَمْعًا، وَمَوْتِهَا فِي نِفَاسِهَا

    ✧ They will be martyred by killing, stabbing, drowning, stomach disease, the death of a woman while pregnant, and her death in childbirth.

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2294No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْغَارِ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ طَعْنًا وَطَاعُونًا. فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ سَأَلْتَ مَنَايَا أُمَّتِكَ، فَهَذَا الطَّعْنُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ، فَمَا الطَّاعُونُ ؟ قَالَ: دَرَنٌ كَالدُّمَّلِ إِنْ طَالَتْ بِكَ حَيَاةٌ فَسَتَرَاهُ

    ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ in the cave, and he said: 'O Allah, stabbing and plague.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I know that you have asked for the deaths of your nation, so this stabbing we have known, but what is the plague?' He said: 'A sore like boils; if you live long, you will see it.'

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2295No grade recorded

    ذُكِرَ الطَّاعُونُ، فَذَكَرْتُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: وَخْزٌ يُصِيبُ أُمَّتِي مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ، غُدَّةٌ كَغُدَّةِ الْبَطْنِ، مَنْ أَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا كَانَ مُرَابِطًا، وَمَنْ أُصِيبَ بِهِ كَانَ شَهِيدًا، وَمَنْ فَرَّ مِنْهُ كَانَ كَالْفَارِّ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ

    ✧ The plague was mentioned, so I recalled that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'A poke that afflicts my nation from their enemies among the jinn, a gland like the gland of the stomach. Whoever remains in it is like a stationed soldier, and whoever is afflicted by it is a martyr, and whoever flees from it is like one who flees from battle.'

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2296No grade recorded

    ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الشُّهَدَاءُ، فَقَالَ: الَّذِينَ إِذَا لَقُوا الْعَدُوَّ لَمْ يَلْفِتُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ حَتَّى يُقْتَلُوا، أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَتَلَبَّطُونَ فِي الْغُرُفَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، وَيَضْحَكُ رَبُّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَإِذَا ضَحِكَ رَبُّكَ إِلَى عَبْدٍ فِي مَوْطِنٍ فَلَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْهِ

    ✧ The martyrs were mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: 'They are those who, when they meet the enemy, do not turn their faces until they are killed. Those are the ones who will recline in the lofty chambers of Paradise, and their Lord will smile at them. And when your Lord smiles at a servant in a situation, there is no reckoning upon him.'

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2297No grade recorded

    إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقْبِضُ أَرْوَاحَ شُهَدَاءِ الْبَحْرِ بِيَدِهِ، وَلَا يَكِلُهُمْ إِلَى مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ، وَمَثَلُ رُوحِهِ حِينَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ صَدْرِهِ كَمَثَلِ اللَّبَنِ حِينَ يَدْخُلُ صَدْرَهُ

    ✧ Indeed, Allah Almighty takes the souls of the martyrs of the sea with His own hand and does not entrust them to the Angel of Death. The parable of his soul when it departs from his chest is like milk when it enters his chest.

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2298No grade recorded

    الشُّهَدَاءُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا لَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ وَلَا يُقْتَلَ، فَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ غُفِرَتْ لَهُ ذُنُوبُهُ كُلُّهَا، وَنَجَا مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَأَمِنَ مِنَ الْفَزَعِ الْأَكْبَرِ، وَزُوِّجَ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ، وَيُحَلُّ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةُ الْكَرَامَةِ، وَيُوضَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تَاجُ الْخُلْدِ. وَالثَّانِي: خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ مُحْتَسِبًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ وَلَا يُقْتَلَ، فَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ كَانَتْ رُكْبَتُهُ بِرُكْبَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ الرَّحْمَنِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللهِ، فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ. وَالثَّالِثُ: رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ مُحْتَسِبًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ وَيُقْتَلَ، فَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَاهِرًا سَيْفَهُ، وَاضِعَهُ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ، وَالنَّاسُ جَاثُونَ عَلَى الرُّكَبِ، يَقُولُ: افْرِجُوا لَنَا، فَإِنَّا قَدْ بَذَلْنَا دِمَاءَنَا لِلهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَوْ لِنَبِيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَنَحَّى لَهُ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ لِمَا يَرَى مِنْ حَقِّهِ فَلَا يَسْأَلُ اللهَ تَعَالَى شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ وَلَا يَشْفَعُ فِي أَحَدٍ إِلَّا شُفِّعَ فِيهِ، وَيُعْطَى فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَا أَحَبَّ وَلَا يَفْضُلُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلُ نَبِيٍّ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ، وَلَهُ فِي جَنَّةِ الْفِرْدَوْسِ أَلْفُ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، وَأَلْفُ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَأَلْفُ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةِ لُؤْلُؤٍ، وَأَلْفُ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ، وَأَلْفُ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ دُرٍّ، وَأَلْفُ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ زَبَرْجَدٍ، وَأَلْفُ أَلْفِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ نُورٍ، فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ مِنَ الْمَدَائِنِ، أَلْفُ أَلْفِ قَصْرٍ، فِي كُلِّ قَصْرٍ أَلْفُ أَلْفِ بَيْتٍ، فِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ أَلْفُ أَلْفِ سَرِيرٍ، كُلُّ سَرِيرٍ طُولُهُ مَسِيرَةُ أَلْفِ عَامٍ، وَعَرْضُهُ مَسِيرَةُ أَلْفِ عَامٍ، وَطُولُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ، عَلَيْهِ زَوْجَةٌ قَدْ بَرَزَ كُمُّهَا مِنْ جَانِبَيِ السَّرِيرِ عِشْرِينَ مِيلًا مِنْ كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ، هِيَ أَرْبَعُ زَوَايَا وَأَشْفَارُ عَيْنِهَا كَجَنَاحِ النُّسُورِ أَوْ كَقَوَادِمِ النُّسُورِ، وَحَاجِبَاهَا كَالْهِلَالِ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابٌ تَنْبُتُ فِي جِنَانِ عَدْنٍ، سُقْيَاهَا مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ، وَزَهْرُهَا يَخْطَفُ الْأَبْصَارَ دُونَهَا، لَوْ بَرَزَتْ لِأَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَرَهَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ، وَلَا مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ إِلَّا فُتِنَ بِحُسْنِهَا، بَيْنَ يَدَيْ كُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ جَارِيَةٍ بِكْرٍ خَدَمٍ سِوَى خَدَمِ زَوْجِهَا، وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْ كُلِّ سَرِيرٍ كَرَاسِيُّ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَوْهَرِ السَّرِيرِ، كُلُّ سَرِيرٍ طُولُهُ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ ذِرَاعٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ سَرِيرٍ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ فِرَاشٍ، غِلَظُ كُلِّ فِرَاشٍ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ، وَمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ، يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِخَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ، يَفْتَضُّونَ الْعَذَارَى وَإِذَا دَنَا مِنَ السَّرِيرِ تَطَامَنَتْ لَهُ الْفُرُشُ حَتَّى يَرْكَبَهَا مُتَفَرَّجًا حَيْثُ شَاءَ، فَيَتَّكِئُ تَكْأَةً مَعَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً، فَتُنَادِيهِ أَبْهَى مِنْهَا وَأَجْمَلُ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، أَمَا لَنَا مِنْكَ دَوْلَةٌ ؟ فَيَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ أَنْتِ ؟ فَتَقُولُ: أَنَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ، ثُمَّ تُنَادِيهِ أَبْهَى وَأَجْمَلُ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، مَا لَكَ فِينَا مِنْ حَاجَةٍ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: مَا عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَكِ، فَتَقُولُ: أَوَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ: فَلا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ، فَيَقُولُ: بَلَى وَرَبِّي، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَلَعَلَّهُ يَشْتَغِلُ عَنْهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَامًا، لَا يَشْغَلُهُ إِلَّا مَا هُوَ فِيهِ مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ وَاللَّذَّةِ، فَإِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ رَكِبَ شُهَدَاءُ الْبَحْرِ قَرَاقِرَ مِنْ دُرٍّ فِي نَهَرٍ مِنْ نُورٍ، مَجَادِيفُهُمْ قُضْبَانُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ وَالْمَرْجَانِ وَالْيَاقُوتِ، مَعَهُمْ رِيحٌ تُسَمَّى الزَّهْرَاءَ فِي أَمْوَاجٍ كَالْجِبَالِ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ نُورٌ يَتَلَأْلَأُ، تِلْكَ الْأَمْوَاجُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ أَهْوَنُ وَأَحْلَى عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ الْبَارِدِ فِي الزُّجَاجَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْيَوْمِ الصَّائِفِ. وَأَيَّامُهُمُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي نَحْرِ أَصْحَابِهِمُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا، تُقَدَّمُ قَرَاقِرُهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَصْحَابِهِمْ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ، وَخَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ، وَمَيْمَنَتُهُمْ خَلْفَهُمْ عَلَى النِّصْفِ مِنْ قُرْبِ أُولَئِكَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِمْ، وَمَيْسَرَتُهُمْ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ، وَسَاقَتُهُمُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا خَلْفَهُمْ فِي تِلْكَ الْقَرَاقِرِ مِنْ دُرٍّ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ يَسِيرُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ إِذْ رَفَعَتْهُمْ تِلْكَ الْأَمْوَاجُ إِلَى كُرْسِيٍّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَرْشِ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، يُضَعَّفُونَ عَلَى خَدَمِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حُسْنًا وَبَهَاءً وَجَمَالًا وَنُورًا، كَمَا يُضَعَّفُونَ هُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ بِمَنَازِلِهِمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ، فَيَهِمُّ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَخِرَّ لِبَعْضِ خُدَّامِهِمْ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ سَاجِدًا، فَيَقُولُ: يَا وَلِيَّ اللهِ، أَنَا خَادِمٌ لَكَ وَنَحْنُ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَهْرَمَانَ فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ، وَمِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَهْرَمَانَ فِي جَنَّاتِ الْفِرْدَوْسِ، وَمِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَهْرَمَانَ فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ، وَمِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَهْرَمَانَ فِي فِي جَنَّاتِ الْمَأْوَى، وَمِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَهْرَمَانَ فِي جَنَّاتِ الْخُلْدِ، وَمِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَهْرَمَانَ فِي جِنَانِ الْحَلَالِ، وَمِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَهْرَمَانَ فِي جِنَانِ السَّلَامِ، كُلُّ قَهْرَمَانَ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى بَابِ مَدِينَةٍ، فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ قَصْرٍ، فِي كُلِّ قَصْرٍ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ بَيْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ وَدُرٍّ وَيَاقُوتٍ وَزَبَرْجَدٍ وَلُؤْلُؤٍ وَنُورٍ، فِيهَا أَزْوَاجُهُ وَسُرُرُهُ وَخُدَّامُهُ، لَوْ أَنَّ أَدْنَاهُمْ نَزَلَ بِهِ الْجِنُّ وَالْإِنْسُ، وَمِثْلُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ مَرَّةٍ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ أَدْنَى قَصْرٍ مِنْ قُصُورِهِ، مَا شَاءُوا مِنَ النُّزُلِ وَالْخَدَمِ وَالْفَاكِهَةِ وَالثِّمَارِ وَالطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ، كُلُّ قَصْرٍ مُسْتَغْنٍ بِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءِ عَلَى قَدْرِ سَعَتِهِمْ جَمِيعًا، لَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى الْقَصْرِ الْآخَرِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنَّ أَدْنَاهُمْ مَنْزِلَةً الَّذِي يَدْخُلُ عَلَى اللهِ بُكْرَةً وَعَشِيًّا، فَيَأْمُرُ بِالْكَرَامَةِ كُلِّهَا، لَمْ يَشْتَغِلْ حَتَّى يَنْظُرَ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ الْجَمِيلِ، تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى

    ✧ The martyrs are three: A man who goes out with his own self and his wealth, patient and seeking reward, not wanting to kill or be killed. If he dies or is killed, all his sins will be forgiven, and he will be saved from the punishment of the grave, and he will be secure from the greatest terror, and he will be married to the houris with wide lovely eyes, and the garment of honor will be placed upon him, and the crown of eternity will be placed upon his head. The second: He goes out with his own self and his wealth, seeking reward, wanting to kill but not be killed. If he dies or is killed, his knee will be with the knee of Abraham, the close friend of the Most Merciful, before Allah, in a seat of truth. The third: A man who goes out with his own self and his wealth, seeking reward, wanting to kill and be killed. If he dies or is killed, he will come on the Day of Resurrection brandishing his sword, placing it on his shoulder, while the people are kneeling on their knees, saying: 'Make way for us, for we have offered our blood for Allah, Mighty and Majestic.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, if he said that to Abraham or to any prophet among the prophets, he would move aside for him from the path because of the right he sees. He will not ask Allah Almighty for anything except that He gives it to him, and he will not intercede for anyone except that his intercession is accepted, and he will be given in Paradise whatever he loves, and no prophet or anyone else will surpass him in station in Paradise. He will have in the Garden of Firdaws a thousand thousand cities of silver, a thousand thousand cities of gold, a thousand thousand cities of pearl, a thousand thousand cities of ruby, a thousand thousand cities of large pearls, a thousand thousand cities of chrysolite, and a thousand thousand cities of light. In each city among the cities are a thousand thousand palaces, in each palace a thousand thousand houses, in each house a thousand thousand couches. Each couch is a thousand years' journey in length and a thousand years' journey in width, and its height in the sky is five hundred years' journey. Upon it is a wife whose sleeve protrudes from the sides of the couch twenty miles from each corner; it has four corners. The lashes of her eyes are like the wings of eagles or like the primary feathers of eagles, and her eyebrows are like the crescent moon. Upon her are garments that grow in the gardens of Eden, watered from Tasnim, and their blossoms dazzle the eyes besides her. If she appeared to the people of this world, no sent prophet and no angel brought near would see her without being tempted by her beauty. Before each woman among them are a hundred thousand virgin female servants, besides the servants of her husband. Before each couch are chairs made of a substance other than the substance of the couch, each couch a hundred thousand cubits long. On each couch are a hundred thousand mattresses, the thickness of each mattress is as between heaven and earth, and between them is a distance of five hundred years' journey. They will enter Paradise five hundred years before the truthful and the believers. They will deflower the virgins. When he draws near to the couch, the mattresses will lower themselves for him until he mounts it, reclining wherever he wishes. He will recline with the houris with wide lovely eyes for seventy years, and one more splendid and more beautiful than her will call to him: 'O servant of Allah, is there not for us a turn with you?' He will turn to her and say: 'Who are you?' She will say: 'I am of those about whom Allah Almighty said: "And with Us is more." Then one even more splendid and more beautiful will call to him: 'O servant of Allah, do you have no need of us?' He will say: 'I did not know your place.' She will say: 'Did you not know that Allah Almighty said: "No soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes"?' He will say: 'Yes, by my Lord.'" He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Perhaps he will be occupied with her after that for a year, occupied only with the bliss and pleasure he is in. When the people of Paradise enter, the martyrs of the sea will ride boats of pearls on a river of light. Their oars are rods of pearl, coral, and ruby. With them is a wind called al-Zahra' on waves like mountains. It is only shimmering light. Those waves are lighter in their eyes and sweeter to them than cold drink in a white glass to the people of this world on a summer day. Their days, which they had in the vanguard of their companions who were in this world, their boats will be advanced before their companions by a thousand thousand years and fifty thousand years. Their right flank behind them is at half the proximity of those to their companions, and their left flank is likewise. Their rearguard are those who were behind them in those boats of pearl. While they are thus traveling in that river, those waves will raise them to a throne before the Throne of the Lord of Might. While they are thus, the angels will appear to them, being multiplied in beauty, splendor, comeliness, and light over the servants of the people of Paradise, just as they are multiplied over the people of Paradise by their stations with Allah. One of them will be about to fall prostrate to some of their servants among the angels, but he will say: 'O friend of Allah, I am a servant to you. We are a hundred thousand stewards in the gardens of Eden, a hundred thousand stewards in the gardens of Firdaws, a hundred thousand stewards in the gardens of Bliss, a hundred thousand stewards in the gardens of Refuge, a hundred thousand stewards in the gardens of Eternity, a hundred thousand stewards in the gardens of the Permitted, and a hundred thousand stewards in the gardens of Peace. Each steward among them is at the gate of a city. In each city are a hundred thousand palaces, in each palace a hundred thousand houses of gold, silver, large pearls, rubies, chrysolite, pearls, and light. In them are his wives, his couches, and his servants. If the lowest of them were to host the jinn and mankind, and their like with them a thousand thousand times, the lowest palace among his palaces would be spacious enough for them, all they wish of hospitality, servants, fruits, produce, food, and drink. Each palace is sufficient with what it contains of these things for all their capacity, not needing the other palace in any of that. The lowest of them in station is the one who enters upon Allah morning and evening, and He commands all honor. He will not be occupied until he looks upon His beautiful face, Blessed and Exalted is He."

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2299No grade recorded

    أَوَّلُ مَا يُهَرَاقُ مِنْ دَمِ الشَّهِيدِ يُغْفَرُ لَهُ ذَنْبُهُ كُلُّهُ، إِلَّا الدَّيْنَ

    ✧ The first blood shed from a martyr, all his sins are forgiven for him, except debt.

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2300No grade recorded

    إِنَّ نَاسًا، كَانُوا بِالْكُوفَةِ مَعَ ابْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ - يَعْنِي وَالِدَ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، حَيْثُ قُتِلَ بِجِسْرِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ - قَالَ: فَقُتِلُوا إِلَّا رَجُلَيْنِ حُمِلَا عَلَى الْعَدْوِ بِأَسْيَافِهِمَا، فَأَفْرَجُوا لَهُمَا فَنَجَيَا، أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً فَأَتَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَهُمْ قُعُودٌ يَذْكُرُونَهُمْ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: عَمَّ قُلْتُمْ لَهُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: اسْتَغْفَرْنَا لَهُمْ وَدَعَوْنَا لَهُمْ. قَالَ ؓ: لَتُحَدِّثُنِّي بِمَا قُلْتُمْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَتَلْقَوْنَ مِنِّي فُتُوحًا. قَالُوا: إِنَّا قُلْنَا: إِنَّهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ. قَالَ: وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْحَقِّ، وَالَّذِي لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ، مَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ حَيَّةٌ مَاذَا عِنْدَ اللهِ لِنَفْسِ مَيِّتَةٍ، إِلَّا نَبِيُّ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى غَفَرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ، وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا بِالْحَقِّ، وَالَّذِي لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ، إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُقَاتِلُ رِيَاءً وَيُقَاتِلُ حَمِيَّةً، وَيُقَاتِلُ يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَيُقَاتِلُ يُرِيدُ الْمَالَ، وَمَا لِلَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ عِنْدَ اللهِ إِلَّا مَا فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ

    ✧ Some people were in Kufa with Ibn al-Mukhtar (meaning the father of al-Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd) when he was killed at the bridge of Abu 'Ubayd. He said: They were all killed except two men who charged the enemy with their swords, and they made way for them, so they escaped, or three. They came to Madinah, and 'Umar ؓ came out while they were sitting and mentioning them. 'Umar ؓ said: What did you say about them? They said: We sought forgiveness for them and prayed for them. He ؓ said: You must tell me what you said about them, or you will face severe consequences from me. They said: We said that they are martyrs. He said: By the One besides whom there is no god, and by the One who sent Muhammad with the truth, and by the One without whose permission the Hour will not come, no living soul knows what God has for a dead soul, except the Prophet of God, for God Almighty has forgiven him his past and future sins. By the One besides whom there is no god, and by the One who sent Muhammad with the truth, and by the One without whose permission the Hour will not come, a man fights for show, fights out of zeal, fights seeking this world, and fights seeking wealth. And those who fight will have nothing with God except that which is in their hearts.

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2301No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي: يَا حَنَانُ، ابْدَأْ بِنَفْسِكَ فَجَاهِدْهَا، يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ ابْدَأْ بِنَفْسِكَ فَاغْزُهَا ; فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ قُتِلْتَ فَارًّا بَعَثَكَ اللهُ فَارًّا، وَإِنْ قُتِلْتَ مُرَائِيًا بَعَثَكَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُرَائِيًا، وَإِنْ قُتِلْتَ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا بَعَثَكَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا

    ✧ He said to me: O Hanan, begin with yourself and strive against it. O servant of God, begin with yourself and raid it; for if you are killed while fleeing, God will resurrect you as a fleer; if you are killed while showing off, God, Mighty and Majestic, will resurrect you as a show-off; and if you are killed patiently seeking reward, God, Blessed and Exalted, will resurrect you as patient and seeking reward.

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2302No grade recorded

    إِنَّمَا يُبْعَثُ الْمُقْتَتِلُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى النِّيَّاتِ

    ✧ The combatants on the Day of Resurrection will only be resurrected according to their intentions.

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2303No grade recorded

    أَخْرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَقَّةَ خَمِيصَةٍ سَوْدَاءَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَعَقَدَهَا عَلَى رُمْحٍ ثُمَّ هَزَّهَا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَأْخُذُهَا بِحَقِّهَا ؟ فَهَابَهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الشَّرْطِ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا آخُذُهَا بِحَقِّهَا. قَالَ ﷺ: لَا تُقَاتِلْ بِهَا مُسْلِمًا، وَلَا تَفِرَّ بِهَا مِنْ كَافِرٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ one day brought out a piece of a black khamisah, tied it to a spear, then shook it and said: Who will take it with its due right? The Muslims were afraid of it because of the condition. A man stood up to him and said: O Messenger of God, I will take it with its due right. He ﷺ said: Do not fight a Muslim with it, and do not flee with it from an unbeliever.

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2304No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُتِلَا عِنْدَ بَابِ بَنِي سَالِمٍ، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُدْفَنَا حَيْثُ قُتِلَا، فَاحْتُمِلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ أُصِيبَا، فَوَافَقَهُمْ ذَلِكَ مَقْبَرَةً عِنْدَ بَنِي هِلَالٍ، فَدُفِنَا هُنَالِكَ

    ✧ Two men from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ were killed at the gate of Banu Salim. That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he ordered that they be buried where they were killed. So they were carried from where they were struck, and it happened to be a graveyard near Banu Hilal, so they were buried there.

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2305No grade recorded

    مَنْ قَاتَلَ وَصَبَرَ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ أَوْ يَغْلِبَ وُقِيَ فِتْنَةَ الْقَبْرِ

    ✧ Whoever fights and remains patient until he is killed or prevails will be protected from the trial of the grave.

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2306No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ حِينَ انْتَهَى إِلَى الصَّفِّ: اللَّهُمَّ آتِنِي أَفْضَلَ مَا تُؤْتِي عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ. فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا ؟ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ ﷺ: إِذًا يُعْقَرُ جَوَادُكَ وَتُسْتَشْهَدُ

    ✧ A man came to the prayer while the Messenger of God ﷺ was praying. When he reached the row, he said: O God, give me the best of what You give Your righteous servants. When the Messenger of God ﷺ finished, he said: Who spoke just now? The man said: I, O Messenger of God. He ﷺ said: Then your horse will be hamstrung and you will be martyred.

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2307No grade recorded

    أَذَّنَ بِلَالٌ ؓ حَيَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ حَيَاتَهُ، وَلَمْ يُؤَذِّنْ فِي زَمَنِ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تُؤَذِّنَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أَذَّنْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قُبِضَ، وَأَذَّنْتُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ حَتَّى قُبِضَ ; لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ وَلِيَّ نِعْمَتِي، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يَا بِلَالُ، لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عَمَلِكَ إِلَّا الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَجَاهَدَ

    ✧ Bilal ؓ gave the call to prayer during the life of the Messenger of God ﷺ, then gave the call for Abu Bakr ؓ during his life, and he did not give the call during the time of 'Umar ؓ. 'Umar ؓ said to him: What prevents you from giving the call? He said: I gave the call for the Messenger of God ﷺ until he passed away, and I gave the call for Abu Bakr ؓ until he passed away, because he was my patron. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: O Bilal, there is nothing better than your deed except jihad in the path of God. So he went out to Syria and fought.

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2308No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ وَأَبُو يَعْلَى جَمِيعًا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ بِهِ. ( 83 ) وَحَدِيثُ الْقَتْلِ يُكَفِّرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا الْأَمَانَةَ، يَأْتِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي تَفْسِيرِ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ.::

    ✧ 'Abd and Abu Ya'la both said: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated to us with it. (83) And the hadith that killing expiates sins except trustworthiness will come, God willing, in the commentary on Surat al-Nisa'.::

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2309No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ جَيْشًا وَفِيهِمْ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ، فَلَمَّا سَارَ رَأَى مُعَاذًا ؓ فَقَالَ: مَا حَبَسَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ الْجُمُعَةَ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَغَدْوَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

    ✧ 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ sent out an army, among them Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ. When it departed, he saw Mu'adh ؓ and said: What held you back? He said: I wanted to pray the Friday prayer and then leave. 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: A morning or evening spent in the path of God Almighty is better than the world and all it contains.

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2310No grade recorded

    مَوْقِفُ سَاعَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَفْضَلُ مِنْ شُهُودِ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ عِنْدَ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ

    ✧ Standing for an hour in the path of God Almighty is better than witnessing the Night of Decree at the Black Stone.

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2311No grade recorded

    مَنْ صُدِعَ رَأْسُهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

    ✧ Whoever's head is cracked in the path of Allah, the Exalted, Allah forgives him his past sins.

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2312No grade recorded

    فَاحْتَسَبَ

    ✧ And he sought reward.

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2313No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ: حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّانُ بْنُ تَمَّامٍ، وَمَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَرَّقَهُمَا.:

    ✧ Ahmad b. Mani' said: Qurran b. Tammam and Marwan b. Muawiya narrated to us, separately.

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2314No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ،:

    ✧ Abd said: Ja'far b. Awn narrated to us.

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2315No grade recorded

    خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْجِهَادَ، فَلَمْ يُفَضِّلْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a sermon and mentioned jihad, and he did not prefer anything over it except the prescribed prayers.

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2316No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ بَعَثَ يَزِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَمَشَى مَعَهُمْ نَحْوًا مِنْ مِيلَيْنِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، لَوِ انْصَرَفْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنِ اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى حَرَّمَهُمَا اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ sent Yazid b. Abi Sufyan to Sham, and he walked with them about two miles. It was said to him: 'O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, would you turn back?' Abu Bakr ؓ said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever's feet become dusty in the path of Allah, the Exalted, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, forbids them to the Fire.'

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2317No grade recorded

    لَمَوْقِفُ سَاعَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الرَّجُلِ سِتِّينَ سَاعَةً

    ✧ Standing for an hour in the path of Allah is better than a man's worship of sixty hours.

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2318No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ فَيْضٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ مَنْزِلَةً عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بَعْدَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ وَأَصْفِيَائِهِ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: الْمُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُ دَعْوَةُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ عَلَى مَتْنِ فَرَسِهِ آخِذًا بِعِنَانِهِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ مَنْ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: امْرُؤٌ بِنَاحِيَةٍ أَحْسَنَ عِبَادَةَ رَبِّهِ، وَتَرَكَ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ

    ✧ I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he had a crowd of people with him. A man came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which of the people is best in station with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, on the Day of Resurrection after His prophets and His chosen ones?' He ﷺ said: 'The one who strives in the path of Allah, the Exalted, with his soul and his wealth until the call of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, comes to him while he is on the back of his horse, holding its reins.' He said: 'Then who?' He ﷺ said: 'A man in a remote area who worships his Lord well and leaves the people safe from his evil.'

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2319No grade recorded

    خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَمَنْ رَابَطَ أَوْ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ سَبْعُمِائَةِ أَلْفِ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ، وَمَحْوُ سَبْعِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ أَلْفِ سَيِّئَةٍ، وَرَفْعُ سَبْعِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ أَلْفِ دَرَجَةٍ، وَكَانَ فِي ضَمَانِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَإِنْ تَوَفَّاهُ بِأَيِّ حَتْفٍ كَانَ، أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَإِنْ رَجَعَهُ رَجَعَهُ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ مُسْتَجَابًا لَهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon. He mentioned the hadith: 'Whoever keeps watch or strives in the path of Allah, the Exalted, for every step until he returns, he will have seven hundred thousand thousand good deeds, the erasure of seven hundred thousand thousand bad deeds, and the raising of seven hundred thousand thousand degrees, and he will be under the protection of Allah, the Exalted. If He causes him to die by any death, he will be admitted to Paradise. If He returns him, He returns him forgiven and with his supplication answered.'

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2320No grade recorded

    حَثَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْجِهَادِ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ مُجَاهِدِي أُمَّتِي كَمَثَلِ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ، وَهُمَا رَسَائِلُ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ تَعَالَى وَخُزَّانُهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ urged us to jihad and said: 'The example of the mujahidun of my nation is like the example of Jibril and Mikail, and they are the messengers of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, and His treasurers.'

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2321No grade recorded

    مَنْ كَبَّرَ تَكْبِيرَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى كَانَ لَهُ بِهَا صَخْرَةٌ فِي مِيزَانِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَثْقَلُ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَالْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ وَمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَمَا تَحْتَهُنَّ، وَمَنْ قَالَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَرَفَعَ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ، كَتَبَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ رِضْوَانَهُ الْأَكْبَرَ، وَمَنْ كَتَبَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ رِضْوَانَهُ الْأَكْبَرَ جَمَعَ بَيْنِهِ وَبَيْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمَا الصَّلَوَاتُ وَالسَّلَامُ فِي دَارِ الْجَلَالِ. فَقِيلَ: وَمَا دَارُ الْجَلَالِ ؟ قَالَ: دَارُ اللهِ تَعَالَى الَّتِي سَمَّى بِهَا نَفْسَهُ، فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ بُكْرَةً وَمَسَاءً، وَقَدْ حُرِّمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى قَاتِلِ النَّفْسِ الْمُؤْمِنَةِ، وَعَاقِّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، وَهُمْ مِنِّي بُرَآءُ، وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ بَرِيءٌ

    ✧ Whoever says 'Allahu Akbar' once in the path of Allah, the Exalted, will have for it a rock in his scale on the Day of Resurrection heavier than the seven heavens and the seven earths and what is in them, what is between them, and what is beneath them. Whoever says in the path of Allah: 'There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest' and raises his voice with it, Allah, the Exalted, writes for him His greatest pleasure. Whoever Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, writes for him His greatest pleasure, He will gather him with Ibrahim and Muhammad, may prayers and peace be upon them, in the Abode of Majesty. It was said: 'And what is the Abode of Majesty?' He said: 'The abode of Allah, the Exalted, by which He named Himself, where He will look at the Possessor of Majesty and Honor morning and evening. That has been forbidden to the killer of a believing soul, the one who disobeys his parents, and they are innocent of me and I am innocent of them.'

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2322No grade recorded

    قَامَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ شَجَرَةَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا أَصْبَحَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَمْسَتْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَحْمَرَ وَأَخْضَرَ وَأَصْفَرَ، وَفِي الْقُبُورِ مَا فِيهَا، فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا، فَقُدُمًا قُدُمًا، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا تَقَدَّمَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُطْوَةٍ إِلَّا تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ الْحُورُ الْعِينُ، فَإِنْ تَأَخَّرَ اسْتَأْخَرْنَ، وَإِنِ اسْتُشْهِدَ كَانَتْ أَوَّلُ نَضْحَةٍ كَفَّارَةَ خَطَايَاهُ، وَيَنْزِلُ إِلَيْهِ اثْنَتَانِ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ فَيَنْفُضَانِ عَنْهُ التُّرَابَ، وَتَقُولَانِ: مَرْحَبًا قَدْ آنَ لَكَ، وَيَقُولُ: مَرْحَبًا قَدْ آنَ لَكُمَا

    ✧ Yazid b. Shajara stood among his companions and said: 'It has come upon you morning and evening from among red, green, and yellow, and in the graves is what is in them. When you meet the enemy tomorrow, advance, advance! For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: A man does not advance a step but the houris of Paradise advance toward him. If he retreats, they retreat. If he is martyred, the first splash of blood is an expiation for his sins, and two houris descend to him, shake off the dust from him, and say: Welcome, your time has come. And he says: Welcome, your time has come.'

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2323No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، بِهَذَا.::

    ✧ And 'Abd said: Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, with this.::

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2324No grade recorded

    اشْتَرُوا عَلَى اللهِ وَاسْتَقْرِضُوا عَلَى اللهِ. قِيلَ: مَنْ يَسْتَقْرِضُ عَلَى اللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: قَوْلُكُمْ: أَقْرِضْنَا إِلَى مَعَاشِنَا، وَبِعْنَا إِلَى أَنْ يَفْتَحَ اللهُ لَنَا، لَا تَزَالُونَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا دَامَ جِهَادُكُمْ، وَسَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ يَشُكُّونَ فِي الْجِهَادِ، فَجَاهِدُوا فِي زَمَانِهِمْ وَاغْزُوا، فَإِنَّ الْغَزْوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ

    ✧ Make purchases on Allah's account and take loans on Allah's account. It was said: Who would take a loan on Allah's account, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: Your saying: 'Lend us until we get our livelihood, and sell to us until Allah opens for us.' You will continue to be in good as long as your jihad continues. And there will be in the last of time a people who doubt jihad, so wage jihad in their time and raid, for raiding on that day is better.

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2325No grade recorded

    مَنْ خَرَجَ حَاجًّا فَمَاتَ كُتِبَ لَهُ أَجْرُ الْحَاجِّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ خَرَجَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَمَاتَ، كُتِبَ لَهُ أَجْرُ الْغَازِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ خَرَجَ مُعْتَمِرًا فَمَاتَ كُتِبَ لَهُ أَجْرُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ Whoever goes out as a pilgrim and dies, the reward of a pilgrim will be written for him until the Day of Resurrection. And whoever goes out as a warrior in the path of Allah, Exalted is He, and dies, the reward of a warrior will be written for him until the Day of Resurrection. And whoever goes out for 'umrah and dies, the reward of one performing 'umrah will be written for him until the Day of Resurrection.

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2326No grade recorded

    سَاعَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَمْسِينَ حَجَّةً

    ✧ An hour in the path of Allah, Exalted is He, is better than fifty Hajjs.

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2327No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ: مَا فِي النَّاسِ مِثْلُ رَجُلٍ أَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ فَرَسِهِ فَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَيَجْتَنِبُ شُرُورَ النَّاسِ، وَمِثْلُ رَجُلٍ نَاءٍ فِي نِعْمَةٍ يَقْرِي ضَيْفَهُ وَيُعْطِي حَقَّهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day he addressed the people: There is none among the people like a man who takes hold of the head of his horse and wages jihad in the path of Allah, and avoids the evils of people, and like a man who is remote with his livestock, hosting his guest and giving its due right.

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2328No grade recorded

    مَنْ قُتِلَ كَانَ كَفَّارَةً لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ دُونَ الشِّرْكِ

    ✧ Whoever is killed, it is an expiation for every sin except shirk (associating partners with Allah).

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2329No grade recorded

    غَدْوَةٌ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

    ✧ A morning or an evening spent in the path of Allah is better than the world and what it contains.

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2330No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَفَقَدَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَخْلُوَ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّي، فَأَعْتَزِلَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَلَا تَفْعَلْ، وَلَا يَفْعَلْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ - قَالَهَا ﷺ ثَلَاثًا - فَلَصَبْرُ سَاعَةٍ فِي بَعْضِ مَوَاطِنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was on a journey, and he missed a man from his companions. Then the man was brought to him, and he said: 'I wanted to be alone with the worship of my Lord, and to withdraw from people.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do not do that, and let none of you do it' - he ﷺ said it three times - 'for enduring an hour in some of the places of the Muslims is better than worship for forty years.'

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2331No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرِهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on his journey.

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2332No grade recorded

    رِبَاطُ يَوْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ يَعْدِلُ عِبَادَةَ شَهْرٍ أَوْ سَنَةٍ، صِيَامَهَا وَقِيَامَهَا، وَمَنْ مَاتَ مُرَابِطًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَعَاذَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَأَجْرَى لَهُ أَجْرَ رِبَاطِهِ مَا قَامَتِ الدُّنْيَا

    ✧ Ribat (guarding the frontier) for a day in the path of Allah equals the worship of a month or a year, its fasting and its standing (in prayer). And whoever dies as a murabit (one stationed at the frontier) in the path of Allah, Exalted is He, Allah, Exalted is He, will protect him from the punishment of the grave, and will continue to record for him the reward of his ribat as long as the world lasts.

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2333No grade recorded

    عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ بِخَيْبَرَ: أَلَّا نَقْتُلَ صَبِيًّا وَلَا امْرَأَةً

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us while we were at Khaybar: that we should not kill a child or a woman.

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2334No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا بَعَثَهُمْ إِلَى ابْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ نَهَاهُمْ عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent them to Ibn Abi al-Huqayq, he forbade them from killing women and children.

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2335No grade recorded

    أَتَى رَجُلٌ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَجَعَلَ الْحَمْدَ مَعَهُ ثَلَاثً، فَقَالَ ﷺ: قَاتَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، أَيُّ كَلِمَةٍ صَبَّهَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَيْهِ ؟ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ قَاتِلًا وَافِدًا مِنَ الْعَرَبِ قَتَلْتُهُ

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and knelt on his knees, then praised Allah Almighty and repeated the praise three times. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'May Allah Almighty fight him! What a word Satan cast upon him! If I were to kill a delegate from among the Arabs, I would kill him.'

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2336No grade recorded

    كُنَّا لَا نَقْتُلُ تُجَّارَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ We did not kill the traders of the polytheists during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2337No grade recorded

    رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، بِهِ

    ✧ Abu Ya'la narrated it from Abu Bakr, from him.

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2338No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ، وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، لَا تَغُلُّوا وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا الْوِلْدَانَ

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched a military expedition, he would say: In the name of Allah, in the path of Allah, and upon the creed of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Do not pilfer, do not act treacherously, do not mutilate, and do not kill children.

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2339No grade recorded

    مَنْ جَهَّزَ غَازِيًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَقَدْ غَزَا، وَمَنْ خَلَفَ غَازِيًا فِي أَهْلِهِ بِخَيْرٍ فَقَدْ غَزَا

    ✧ Whoever equips a warrior in the path of Allah Almighty has indeed fought, and whoever looks after a warrior's family in his absence with goodness has indeed fought.

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2340No grade recorded

    مَنْ شَيَّعَ غُزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى حَتَّى يَنْزِلُوا أَوَّلَ مَنْزِلٍ فَيَبِيتُ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَرْتَحِلُوا مُوَجَّهِينَ فِي الْجِهَادِ، وَيُقْبِلُ هُوَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ، كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ سَبْعِينَ حَجَّةً مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، سِوَى مَا يُشْرِكُهُمْ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ مِنْ خَيْرٍ.

    ✧ Whoever sees off warriors in the path of Allah Almighty until they alight at their first stop, and spends the night with them until they depart heading for jihad, and then returns to his family, he will have the reward of seventy pilgrimages with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, besides sharing with them in the good they were engaged in.

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2341No grade recorded

    كَأَنَّمَا حَجَّ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ حَجَّةً

    ✧ It is as if he performed twenty-five pilgrimages.

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2342No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ بَعَثَ يَزِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَمَشَى مَعَهُمْ نَحْوًا مِنْ مِيلَيْنِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، لَوِ انْصَرَفْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: لَا ; إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنِ اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى حَرَّمَهُمَا اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ dispatched Yazid b. Abi Sufyan to Syria, and he walked with them for about two miles. It was said to him, 'O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah, would you not turn back?' Abu Bakr ؓ said, 'No, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever's feet become dusty in the path of Allah Almighty, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will forbid them to the Fire.'

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2343No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَايَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ سَوْدَاءَ، وَلِوَاؤُهُ أَبْيَضُ

    ✧ The banner of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was black, and his standard was white.

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2344No grade recorded

    إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَكْرَمَ أُمَّتِي بِالْأَلْوِيَةِ

    ✧ Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has honored my community with the banners.

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2345No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَدَّعَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ: زَوَّدَكَ اللهُ التَّقْوَى، وَغَفَرَ لَكَ ذَنْبَكَ، وَيَسَّرَ لَكَ الْخَيْرَ مِنْ حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ bade farewell to a man and said: May Allah provide you with piety, forgive your sin, and facilitate good for you wherever you are.

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2346No grade recorded

    كَانَ يَسْتَحِبُّ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَنْ يَخْرُجَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ

    ✧ He used to prefer, when he intended to travel, to set out on Thursday.

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2347No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا لَمْ يَرْتَحِلْ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُوَدِّعَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ, when he stopped at a place, would not depart from it until he bade it farewell with two rak'ahs.

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2348No grade recorded

    إِذَا سَافَرَ

    ✧ When he traveled.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2349No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَرْفُقُ بَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ، وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي رُفْقَةٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ الرِّفَاقِ رَجُلٌ يَهْتِفُ بِهِ أَصْحَابُهُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلْنَا صَلَّى، وَإِذَا سِرْنَا قَرَأَ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَمَنْ كَانَ يَكْفِيهِ عَلَفَ بَعِيرِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: نَحْنُ: فَقَالَ ﷺ: كُلُّكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to be considerate among the people, and in one of those traveling groups there was a man whom his companions were praising. They said: "O Messenger of God, when we stop he prays, and when we travel he recites." He ﷺ said: "Then who takes care of feeding his camel?" They said: "We do." He ﷺ said: "All of you are better than him."

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2350No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَصْحَبَهُ رَجُلٌ فِي سَفَرِهِ اشْتَرَطَ أَنْ لَا يَصْحَبَنَا عَلَى بَعِيرٍ غَيْرِ حَلَالٍ، وَلَا يُنَازِعَنَا الْأَذَانَ، وَلَا يَصُومَنَّ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِنَا. قَالَ نَافِعٌ: وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ يَصْحَبُهُ فِي السَّفَرِ، فَيَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نُوقِظَهُ وَنُهَيِّئَ لَهُ سَحُورَهُ

    ✧ When a man wanted to accompany him on his journey, he would stipulate that he should not accompany us on an unlawful camel, nor dispute with us over the call to prayer, nor fast except with our permission. Nafi' said: There was a man who accompanied him on a journey, and he would order us to wake him and prepare his pre-dawn meal.

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2351No grade recorded

    مَنْ خَدَمَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ، وَمَنْ سَقَى رَجُلًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَرَدَ حَوْضَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا سَافَرُوا اشْتَرَطَ عَلَى أَفْضَلِهِمُ الْخِدْمَةَ، وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ ذَلِكَ اشْتَرَطَ الْأَذَانَ، قَالَ: وَوَفَدَ قَوْمٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ فَرَأَى فِيهِمْ قَوْمًا قَدْ أَجْهَدَتْهُمُ الْعِبَادَةُ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ يَخْدُمُهُمْ ؟ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ ﷺ: أَنْتُمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُمْ

    ✧ Whoever serves twelve men in the path of God Most High, his sins depart from him as on the day his mother gave birth to him. And whoever gives water to a man in the path of God, Mighty and Majestic, he will come to the Prophet's ﷺ basin on the Day of Resurrection. He said: And when the Prophet ﷺ traveled, he would stipulate service upon the best of them; and whoever missed that, he would stipulate the call to prayer. He said: A group came to the Prophet ﷺ from an expedition, and he saw among them people whom worship had exhausted. He said: "Who serves them?" Some of them said: "We do, O Messenger of God." He ﷺ said: "You are better than them."

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2352No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَكْثَمُ بْنَ الْجَوْنِ، اغْزُ مَعَ غَيْرِ قَوْمِكَ يَحْسُنْ خُلُقُكَ، وَتَكْرُمْ عَلَى رُفَقَائِكَ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: "O Aktham b. al-Jawn, go on campaign with people other than your own tribe; your character will improve and you will be honored among your companions."

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2353No grade recorded

    خَيْرُ الرُّفَقَاءِ أَرْبَعَةٌ،

    ✧ The best of traveling companions are four.

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2354No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ أَوْ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ: إِذَا بَعَثْتَ سَرِيَّةً فَلَا تُفْسِدْهُمْ وَأَهْبِطْهُمْ ; فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَنْصُرُ الْقَوْمَ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Zayd b. Harithah, or to 'Amr b. al-'As ؓ: "When you dispatch a raiding party, do not corrupt them, and keep them in low ground; for God Most High grants victory to the people through their weakest."

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2355No grade recorded

    غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَأَى مَنْزِلًا فِيهِ ضِيقٌ، فَضَيَّقَ النَّاسُ وَقَطَعُوا الطَّرِيقَ، فَنَادَى مُنَادِيهِ: مَنْ حَبَسَ مَنْزِلًا أَوْ قَطَعَ طَرِيقًا فَلَا جِهَادَ لَهُ

    ✧ We went on a campaign with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he saw a place where there was congestion, and the people crowded and cut off the road. His caller announced: "Whoever blocks a place or cuts off a road, there is no jihad for him."

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2356No grade recorded

    مِنْ سَعَادَةِ الْمَرْءِ ثَلَاثَةٌ: الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ، وَالْمَرْكَبُ الصَّالِحُ، وَالْمَنْزِلُ الْوَاسِعُ. وَمِنْ شَقَاوَةِ الْمَرْءِ: الْمَرْأَةُ السُّوءُ، وَالْمَرْكَبُ السُّوءُ، وَالْمَسْكَنُ الضَّيِّقُ

    ✧ Three things are part of a person's happiness: a righteous wife, a good mount, and a spacious dwelling. And part of a person's misery is: a bad wife, a bad mount, and a cramped home.

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2357No grade recorded

    ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ نَعِيمِ الدُّنْيَا، وَإِنْ كَانَ لَا نَعِيمَ لَهَا: مَرْكَبٌ وَطِيءٌ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ، وَالْمَنْزِلُ الْوَاسِعُ

    ✧ Three things are among the comforts of this world, even if it has no comfort: a smooth mount, a righteous wife, and a spacious dwelling.

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2358No grade recorded

    لَا تُسَافِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ إِلَّا مَعَ زَوْجٍ أَوْ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ

    ✧ A woman should not travel more than three [days] except with a husband or a mahram.

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2359No grade recorded

    أَكْرِمُوا الْمِعْزَى، وَامْسَحُوا الرُّغَامَ عَنْهَا، وَصَلُّوا فِي مُرَاحِهَا ; فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ دَوَابِّ الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ Honor the goats, wipe the mucus from them, and pray in their resting places, for they are among the animals of Paradise.

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2360No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ: مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ قَدْ أَنَاخُوا بَعِيرًا فَحَمَّلُوهُ غِرَارَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ عَلَوْهُ بِأُخْرَى فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْبَعِيرُ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ، فَأَلْقَاهَا عَنْهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ ثُمَّ أَنْهَضَهُ، فَقَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ: إِنْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ مَا تَأْتُونَ إِلَى الْبَهَائِمِ لَيَغْفِرَنَّ عَظِيمًا، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُوصِيكُمْ بِهَذِهِ الْعُجْمِ خَيْرًا، أَنْ تُنْزِلُوا بِهَا مَنَازِلَهَا، فَإِذَا أَصَابَتْكُمْ سَنَةٌ أَنْ تُنَحُّوا عَنْهَا نِقْيَهَا

    ✧ Abu al-Darda' ؓ passed by a people who had made a camel kneel and loaded two sacks on it, then placed another on top of that, and the camel was unable to rise, so Abu al-Darda' ؓ removed that sack and helped it rise. Then Abu al-Darda' ؓ said: "If Allah forgives you for what you do to the beasts, He will surely forgive a great deal. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Allah, Blessed and Exalted, enjoins you to treat these mute animals well: to let them alight at their resting places, and if a drought afflicts you, to leave their marrow.'"

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2361No grade recorded

    عَلَى ظَهْرِ كُلِّ بَعِيرٍ شَيْطَانٌ، فَإِذَا رَكِبْتُمُوهَا فَاذْكُرُوا اللهَ، وَامْتَهِنُوهُنَّ ; فَإِنَّمَا يَحْمِلُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

    ✧ Upon the back of every camel is a devil, so when you ride them, mention Allah, and let them be of service; for indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is the One who carries.

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2362No grade recorded

    لَا تُرْسِلُوا الْإِبِلَ بَهْلًا وَصُرُّوهَا صَرًّا ; فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَرْضَعُهَا

    ✧ Do not leave camels untethered; tie their udders, for the devil suckles them.

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2363No grade recorded

    إِذَا أَخْصَبَتِ الْأَرْضُ فَانْزِلُوا عَنْ ظَهْرِكُمْ، فَأَعْطُوهُ حَقَّهُ مِنَ الْكَلَأِ، وَإِذَا أَجْدَبَتِ الْأَرْضُ فَامْطُوا عَلَيْهَا بِنِقْيِهَا

    ✧ When the land is fertile, dismount from your mounts and give them their due of pasture; and when the land is barren, travel quickly on them with their marrow.

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2364No grade recorded

    خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَأَخْرَجَ مَعَهُ نِسَاءَهُ، قَالَتْ: وَكَانَ مَتَاعِي فِيهِ خِفٌّ، وَكَانَ عَلَى جَمَلٍ نَاجٍ، وَكَانَ مَتَاعُ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ فِيهِ ثِقَلٌ الْحَدِيثَ

    ✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the Farewell Hajj, and he took his wives with him. She said: "My baggage was light, and it was on a swift camel, while the baggage of Safiyyah bt. Huyayy was heavy..." (the rest of the hadith).

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2365No grade recorded

    رُئِيَ يَمْسَحُ خَدَّ فَرَسِهِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَاتَبَنِي فِي الْفَرَسِ.

    ✧ He was seen wiping the cheek of his horse, and he was asked about that, and he said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Jibril ﷺ reproached me concerning the horse.'"

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2366No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الرَّاوِي عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ، ثَنَا أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْفُرَاتِ، ثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْخِرِّيتِ، عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ الْبَارِقِيِّ

    ✧ And Yunus b. Habib, the narrator from Abu Dawud, said: Abu Mas'ud Ahmad b. al-Furat narrated to us, Muslim b. Ibrahim narrated to us, from Sa'id b. Zayd, from al-Zubayr b. al-Khirrit, from Nu'aym b. Abi Hind, from 'Urwah al-Bariqi.

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2367No grade recorded

    أَصْبَحَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَمْسَحُ عَرَقَ فَرَسِهِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي عُوتِبْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي الْخَيْلِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ woke up while he was wiping the sweat of his horse, and he was asked about it, and he said: "I was reproached tonight concerning horses."

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2368No grade recorded

    مَنْ حَبَسَ فَرَسًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى كَانَ سِتْرَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ

    ✧ Whoever keeps a horse in the cause of Allah, Exalted be He, it will be his shield from the Fire.

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2369No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ وَجْهَ فَرَسِهِ بِكُمِّهِ

    ✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ wiping the face of his horse with his sleeve.

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2370No grade recorded

    جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْخَيْلِ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعْتُهُ ﷺ يَقُولُ: الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ A man came to him and said: "Have you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say anything about horses?" He said: "Yes, I heard him ﷺ say: 'Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection.'"

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2371No grade recorded

    الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَأَهْلُهَا مُعَانُونَ عَلَيْهَا

    ✧ The horses have goodness tied to their forelocks until the Day of Resurrection, and their owners are assisted because of them.

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2372No grade recorded

    أَسْهَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْفَرَسِ سَهْمَيْنِ، وَلِصَاحِبِهِ سَهْمًا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted for the horse two shares and for its rider one share.

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2373No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ النَّضْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ مِثْلَهُ.:

    ✧ Muhammad b. Umar narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr b. Yahya b. al-Nadr narrated to us, from his father, that he heard Abu Hurayrah ؓ say the like of it.

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2374No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ بِسَهْمَيْنِ لِفَرَسِهِ وَلَهُ بِسَهْمٍ

    ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ assigned for him on the Day of Badr two shares for his horse and one share for himself.

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2375No grade recorded

    إِنَّهُ شَهِدَ حُنَيْنًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَسْهَمَ لِفَرَسِهِ سَهْمَيْنِ وَلَهُ سَهْمًا

    ✧ That he was present at Hunayn with the Prophet ﷺ, and he allotted for his horse two shares and for him one share.

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2376No grade recorded

    لِلْفَرَسِ سَهْمٌ لِلْعَرَبِيِّ وَالْعَجَمِيِّ سَوَاءٌ

    ✧ For the horse there is one share; the Arabian and the non-Arabian are equal.

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2377No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ ؓ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: هُمَا سَوَاءٌ

    ✧ I asked Ikrimah ؓ about that, and he said: They are equal.

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2378No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ إِلْيَاسَ، عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، مِثْلَهُ.:

    ✧ Muhammad b. Umar narrated to us, saying: Khalid b. Ilyas narrated to us, from Aban b. Salih, from Ata b. Yasar, the like of it.

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2379No grade recorded

    هُمَا فِي السَّهْمَيْنِ سَوَاءٌ

    ✧ They are equal in the two shares.

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2380No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا فَارِسَيْنِ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ، فَأُعْطِيَا سِتَّةَ أَسْهُمٍ. أَرْبَعَةً لِفَرَسَيْهِمَا، وَسَهْمَيْنِ لَهُمَا، فَبَاعَا السَّهْمَيْنِ بِبَكْرَيْنِ

    ✧ That they were two horsemen on the Day of Hunayn, and they were given six shares: four for their two horses and two for themselves; then they sold the two shares for two young camels.

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2381No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْطَى يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ الْفَرَسَ سَهْمَيْنِ وَالرَّجُلَ سَهْمًا

     ✧ Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave on the Day of Badr the horse two shares and the man one share.

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2382No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ أَجْلَبَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ يَوْمَ الرِّهَانِ، وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ خَبَّبَ عَبْدًا عَلَى سَيِّدِهِ، وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ أَفْسَدَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى زَوْجِهَا

     ✧ He is not from us who shouts to urge horses on the day of racing, and he is not from us who incites a slave against his master, and he is not from us who corrupts a woman against her husband.

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2383No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَصَفَّحَ النَّاسَ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا وَبِيَدِهِ قَوْسٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ، فَقَالَ: عَلَيْكَ بِهَذِهِ وَأَمْثَالِهَا، وَرِمَاحِ الْقَنَا ; فَإِنَّ بِهَذَا يُمَكِّنُ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَكُمْ فِي الْبِلَادِ وَيُؤَيِّدُ لَكُمْ فِي النَّصْرِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ scanned the people and saw a man with an Arabic bow in his hand, so he said: 'Keep to this and its like, and the lances of qana (a type of spear); for by means of this, Allah Most High will enable you to gain control in the lands and will support you in victory.'

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2384No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، هُوَ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ السَّمَّانُ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ Al-Tayalisi said: Ash'ath b. Sa'id, who is Abu al-Rabi' al-Samman, narrated to us with this.:

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2385No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَابَقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ وَالْإِبِلِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ held a race between horses and camels.

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2386No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى أُنَاسٍ يَرْمُونَ، فَقَالَ: خُذُوا وَأَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ الْأَدْرَعِ. فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَأْخُذُ وَأَنْتَ مَعَ بَعْضِنَا دُونَ بَعْضٍ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: خُذُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ يَا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people who were shooting arrows. He said: 'Take (i.e., shoot), and I am with Ibn al-Adra'.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, should we take (shoot) while you are with some of us and not others?' He ﷺ said: 'Take (shoot), and I am with all of you, O Banu Isma'il.'

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2387No grade recorded

     مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ وَهُمْ يَتَنَاضَلُونَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: ارْمُوا بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ ; فَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ كَانَ رَامِيًا، وَأَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ. فَأَمْسَكَ الْقَوْمُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْمُونَ ؟ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَرْمِي وَقَدْ قُلْتَ: وَأَنَا مَعَ ابْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ حِزْبَكَ لَا يُغْلَبُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: ارْمُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلِّكُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people of Aslam who were competing in archery. He ﷺ said: 'Shoot, Banu Isma'il, for your father was an archer, and I am with Ibn al-Akwa'.' The people held back their hands, so he ﷺ said: 'What is the matter with you that you do not shoot?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, should we shoot when you have said: "I am with Ibn al-Akwa'"? We know that your side cannot be defeated.' He ﷺ said: 'Shoot, and I am with all of you.'

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2388No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ: قَاتِلُوا أَهْلَ الْكُفْرِ فَمَنْ بَلَغَ بِسَهْمٍ فَلَهُ دَرَجَةٌ. فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، مَا الدَّرَجَةُ ؟ قَالَ: مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Badr: 'Fight the people of disbelief, for whoever reaches (the enemy) with an arrow will have a degree.' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what is the degree?' He said: 'What is between the heaven and the earth.'

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2389No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ ثَلَاثٌ: مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَرْمِي بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي الْعَدُوِّ أَصَابَ أَوْ أَخْطَأَ، إِلَّا كَانَ أَجْرُ ذَلِكَ السَّهْمِ لَهُ كَعَدْلِ نَسَمَةٍ، وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ابْيَضَّتْ مِنْهُ شَعَرَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى إِلَّا كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا تَسْعَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَعْتَقَ صَغِيرًا أَوْ كَبِيرًا إِلَّا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَجْزِيَهُ بِكُلِّ عُضْوٍ مِنْهُ أَضْعَافًا مُضَاعَفَةً

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: 'Every Muslim has three (blessings): There is no man among the Muslims who shoots an arrow in the path of Allah Most High at the enemy, whether he hits or misses, but the reward of that arrow will be for him like the equivalent of a living soul (i.e., freeing a slave). And there is no man among the Muslims from whom a hair turns white in the path of Allah Most High but it will be for him a light that runs before him on the Day of Resurrection. And there is no man among the Muslims who frees a slave, young or old, but it becomes a right upon Allah Most High to reward him for every limb of that (slave) with multiple, multiplied (rewards).'

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2390No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَرْمِيَ الرَّجُلُ بِمِرْمَاةٍ إِلَّا مِرْمَاةً يَرَاهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a man from shooting with a small pebble (mirmah) except a pebble that he can see.

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2391No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَرَى بَأْسًا بِالرَّجُلَيْنِ يَتَرَاهَنَانِ بِالسَّبْقِ، وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَتَفَرَّقَا بِذَلِكَ

     ✧ He (the Prophet's companion) used to see no harm in two men betting on a race, but he disliked that they should separate (disagree) over that.

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2392No grade recorded

     لَا بَأْسَ بِرِهَانِ الْخَيْلِ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهَا فَرَسٌ لَيْسَ دُونَهَا، إِنْ سَبَقَ كَانَ لَهُ السَّبَقُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْبِقْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ

     ✧ There is no harm in betting on horses when there is among them a horse that is not below the others; if it wins, it gets the prize, and if it does not win, nothing is due from it.

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2393No grade recorded

     جِئْتُ مَحْضَرًا فِي مِثْلِ الرِّيحِ، فَمَرَرْتُ بِشِرْذِمَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا بَعْدَهُمْ مِثْلَهُمْ، مُتَقَلِّدِينَ السُّيُوفَ، قَرِيبًا مِنَ الثَّلَاثِينَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ ذُعْرًا

     ✧ I came to a gathering like the wind, and I passed by a small group of the Ansar with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the like of whom I had never seen before or after, wearing swords on their shoulders, nearly thirty in number. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I have indeed seen fear (i.e., something startling).'

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2394No grade recorded

     إِنَّ قَوْمًا شَكَوْا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ الْمَشْيَ فَدَعَاهُمْ فَقَالَ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِالنَّسَلَانِ، فَنَسَلْنَا فَوَجَدْنَاهُ أَخَفَّ عَلَيْنَا

     ✧ Some people complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about walking (fatigue). He called them and said: 'You should adopt the nasalan (a swift, light gait).' So we walked with nasalan and found it lighter for us.

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2395No grade recorded

     مَا اغْبَرَّتْ قَدَمَا عَبْدٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ النَّارَ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ مَاشِيًا مِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ وَنَحْنُ وَرَاءَ الدَّرْبِ

     ✧ The feet of a servant never become dusty in the path of Allah, the Exalted, except that Allah forbids the Fire upon him. I never saw more people walking than on that day, while we were behind the mountain pass.

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2396No grade recorded

     وَفِّرُوا أَظْفَارَكُمْ فِي أَرْضِ الْعَدُوِّ، فَإِنَّهَا سِلَاحٌ

     ✧ Leave your nails long in the land of the enemy, for they are a weapon.

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2397No grade recorded

     كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ: أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدِّيوَانِ أَنْزَى حِمَارًا عَلَى عَرَبِيَّةٍ فَانْتَقِصْهُ مِنْ عَطَائِهِ عَشَرَةَ دَنَانِيرَ

     ✧ Umar b. Abd al-Aziz wrote: 'Any man from the people of the army register who makes a donkey mount an Arabian mare, deduct ten dinars from his stipend.'

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2398No grade recorded

     كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِمَارٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: عُفَيْرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a donkey called Ufayr.

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2399No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَضُدِي وَنَاصِرِي، بِكَ أَحُولُ، وَبِكَ أَصُولُ، وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ met the enemy, he would say: 'O Allah, You are my support and my helper; by You I move, and by You I assail, and by You I fight.'

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2400No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الصَّمْتَ عِنْدَ ثَلَاثٍ: عِنْدَ تِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَعِنْدَ الزَّحْفِ، وَعِنْدَ الْجِنَازَةِ

     ✧ Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, loves silence in three situations: during the recitation of the Qur'an, during the advance against the enemy, and during the funeral.

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2401No grade recorded

     كَانَ شِعَارُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: يَا كُلَّ خَيْرٍ

     ✧ The battle cry of the Prophet ﷺ was: 'O All Good!'

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2402No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ وَجْهًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ: الْحَقْهُ وَلَا تُذْعِرْهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ، فَقُلْ لَهُ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَنْتَظِرَهُ، وَقُلْ لَهُ: لَا تُقَاتِلْ قَوْمًا حَتَّى تَدْعُوَهُمْ

     ✧ Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ sent him on an expedition, then said to a man: 'Catch up with him and do not startle him from behind, and say to him: The Prophet ﷺ commands you to wait for him, and say to him: Do not fight a people until you have invited them.'

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2403No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ بَعْثًا قَالَ: تَأَلَّفُوا النَّاسَ، وَتَأَنَّوْا بِهِمْ، وَلَا تُغِيرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى تَدْعُوهُمْ، فَمَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ مَدَرٍ وَلَا وَبَرٍ، إِلَّا وَأَنْ تَأْتُونِي بِهِمْ مُسْلِمِينَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَقْتُلُوا رِجَالَهُمْ، وَتَأْتُونِي بِنِسَائِهِمْ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ sent out a military expedition, he would say: 'Win the hearts of the people, and be patient with them, and do not raid them until you have invited them. There is no household on earth, whether of settled folk or of Bedouins, except that your bringing them to me as Muslims is more beloved to me than that you kill their men and bring me their women.'

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2404No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، ثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ

     ✧ Al-Harith said: Mu'awiyah b. Amr narrated to us: Abu Ishaq al-Fazari narrated to us, from Abu Salih, from Shurayh b. Ubayd, and he mentioned something similar, but he did not mention Abd al-Rahman in his chain of transmission.

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2405No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْثًا إِلَى اللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى، فَأَغَارُوا عَلَى حَيٍّ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ، فَسَبَوْا مُقَاتِلِيهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَغَارُوا عَلَيْنَا بِغَيْرِ دُعَاءٍ فَسَأَلَ أَهْلَ السَّرِيَّةِ فَصَدَّقُوهُمْ، فَقَالَ: رُدُّوهُمْ إِلَى مَأْمَنِهِمْ، ثُمَّ ادْعُوهُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out an expedition to al-Lat and al-Uzza, and they raided a tribe of the Arabs, capturing their fighters and their children. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, they raided us without inviting us.' So he asked the members of the raiding party, and they confirmed that. He said: 'Return them to their place of safety, then invite them.'

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2406No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ: مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، أَسْلِمُوا تَسْلَمُوا. قَالُوا: فَمَا وَجَدْنَا مَنْ يَقْرَؤُهُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي ضُبَيْعَةَ فَهُمْ يُسَمَّوْنَ بَنِي الْكَاتِبِ

     ✧ Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ wrote to Bakr b. Wa'il: 'From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, to Bakr b. Wa'il: Submit and you will be safe.' They said: 'We found no one to read it except a man from Banu Dubay'ah, so they were called Banu al-Katib.'

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2407No grade recorded

     إِنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُوصِي بَعْضَ أَهْلِهِ، قَالَ: وَلَا تَفِرَّ يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ

     ✧ She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ advising some of his family, saying: 'And do not flee on the day of battle.'

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2408No grade recorded

     مَا أَجِدُ لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ مِنْ غَزْوَتِهِ غَيْرَ هَذِهِ الدَّنَانِيرِ الَّتِي جُعِلَتْ لَهُ

     ✧ I find for him in this world and the Hereafter nothing from his military expedition except these dinars that were given to him.

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2409No grade recorded

     الْهِجْرَةُ بَاقِيَةٌ مَا قُوتِلَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ

     ✧ Emigration remains as long as the polytheists are fought.

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2410No grade recorded

     لَا تَعَرُّبَ بَعْدَ الْهِجْرَةِ، وَلَا هِجْرَةَ بَعْدَ الْفَتْحِ

     ✧ There is no Bedouinization after emigration, and no emigration after the conquest.

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2411No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ فَمَرَّ بِأُنَاسٍ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ، فَاتَّبَعَهُ عَبْدٌ لِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ: فُلَانٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ قَالَ: أُجَاهِدُ مَعَكَ. قَالَ: أَذِنَتْ لَكَ سَيِّدَتُكَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ ﷺ: ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا وَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامَ. فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهَا وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامَ، وَأَخْبَرَهَا فَقَالَتْ: آللهِ أَهُوَ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَتِ: ارْجِعْ فَجَاهِدْ مَعَهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was on one of his military expeditions and passed by some people of Muzaynah. A slave belonging to a woman among them followed him. When he was on part of the road, he greeted him, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'So-and-so?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'What is your matter?' He said: 'I want to fight alongside you.' He said: 'Did your mistress permit you?' He said: 'No.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Return to her and convey my greeting of peace to her.' So he returned to her and conveyed the greeting, and told her. She said: 'By Allah, did he command you to convey greeting to me?' He said: 'Yes.' She said: 'Return and fight alongside him.'

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2412No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أُمَّ كَبْشَةَ، امْرَأَةً مِنْ عُرَنَةَ - عُرَنَةَ قُضَاعَةَ - قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ فِي جَيْشِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا. قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي لَيْسَ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ، إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُدَاوِيَ الْجَرْحَى وَالْمَرِيضَ - أَوْ: أَسْقِيَ الْمَرِيضَ - قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَوْلَا أَنْ تَكُونَ سُنَّةً، وَأَنَّ فُلَانَةَ خَرَجَتْ لَأَذِنْتُ لَكِ وَلَكِنِ اجْلِسِي

     ✧ Umm Kabshah, a woman from 'Uraynah — 'Uraynah of Quda'ah — said: 'O Messenger of Allah, permit me to go out with such-and-such army?' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'No.' She said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I do not intend to fight; I only intend to treat the wounded and the sick — or: to give water to the sick.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Were it not that it would become a sunnah, and that so-and-so went out, I would have permitted you, but sit down.'

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2413No grade recorded

     قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated to us with this.:

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2414No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ جَاءَتْهُ جُهَيْنَةُ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: إِنَّكَ قَدْ نَزَلْتَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا فَأَوْثِقْ لَنَا حَتَّى نَأْمَنَكَ وَتَأْمَنَّا. قَالَ: فَأَوْثَقَ لَهُمْ وَلَمْ يُسْلِمُوا

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ came to Madinah, Juhaynah came to him and said: 'You have settled among us, so make a pact with us so that we feel secure from you and you feel secure from us.' He made a pact with them, and they did not embrace Islam.

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2415No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَالَحَ بَنِي تَغْلِبَ عَلَى أَنْ يَثْبُتُوا عَلَى دِينِهِمْ، وَلَا يُنَصِّرُوا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ، وَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ نَقَضُوا، وَإِنَّهُ إِنْ يَتِمَّ لِيَ الْأَمْرُ قَتَلْتُ الْمُقَاتِلَةَ وَسَبَيْتُ الذُّرِّيَّةَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ made a treaty with Banu Taghlib on the condition that they remain on their religion, and not make their children Christians. They have broken the treaty, and if the matter is completed for me, I will kill their fighters and take their offspring captive.

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2416No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَالَحَ نَصَارَى بَنِي تَغْلِبَ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يُنَصِّرُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ، فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُمُ الذِّمَّةُ. قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: فَقَدْ وَاللهِ فَعَلُوا، فَوَاللهِ لَأَنْ يَتِمَّ لِيَ الْأَمْرُ لَأَقْتُلَنَّ مُقَاتِلَهُمْ وَلَأَسْبِيَنَّ ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ

     ✧ I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ make a treaty with the Christians of Banu Taghlib on the condition that they not make their children Christians, and if they did, then the protection would be withdrawn from them. 'Ali ؓ said: 'By Allah, they have done it. By Allah, if the matter is completed for me, I will kill their fighters and take their offspring captive.'

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2417No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ذَاهِبُ الْبَصَرِ يَأْوِي إِلَى يَهُودِيَّةٍ، وَكَانَتْ حَسَنَةَ الصَّنِيعِ إِلَيْهِ، وَكَانَتْ تَسُبُّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا ذَكَرَتْهُ. فَنَهَاهَا فَأَبَتْ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ، فَقَتَلَهَا فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَمَا إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ صَنِيعًا، وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَسُبُّكَ إِذَا ذَكَرَتْكَ فَنَهَيْتُهَا، فَأَبَتْ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ فَقَتَلْتُهَا، فَأَطَلَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دَمَهَا

     ✧ A blind Muslim man used to take refuge with a Jewish woman who treated him well, but she used to insult the Prophet ﷺ whenever she mentioned him. He forbade her, but she refused. So he killed her. The matter was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he questioned him. The man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, she was among the best people to me in treatment, but she used to insult you whenever she mentioned you. I forbade her, but she refused, so I killed her.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared her blood to be of no consequence.

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2418No grade recorded

     أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ أُتِيَ بِرَاهِبٍ فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ هَذَا يَسُبُّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: لَوْ سَمِعْتُهُ لَقَتَلْتُهُ، إِنَّا لَمْ نُعْطِهِمُ الذِّمَّةَ لِيَسُبُّوا نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ

     ✧ A monk was brought to Ibn 'Umar ؓ and it was said to him: 'This one insults the Prophet ﷺ.' He said: 'If I had heard him, I would have killed him. We did not grant them protection so that they could insult our Prophet ﷺ.'

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2419No grade recorded

     إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ مَرَّ بِرَاهِبٍ نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ Ibn Umar ؓ passed by a monk like it.

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2420No grade recorded

     مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَكَانَ يَلْبَسُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ثَوْبًا، أَوْ قَالَ: حُلَّةً لَا تُشْبِهُ الْأُخْرَى، يَلْبَسُ فِي السَّنَةِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ ثَوْبًا، وَكَانَ لَهُ عَهْدٌ فَدَعَاهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَغَضِبَ فَسَبَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَتَلَهُ غَرَفَةُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ: إِنَّهُمْ إِنَّمَا يَطْمَئِنُّونَ إِلَيْنَا لِلْعَهْدِ. قَالَ: مَا عَاهَدْنَاهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ يُؤْذُونَا فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولِهِ

     ✧ He passed by a man who used to wear a different garment every day—or he said: a robe unlike the other—he would wear three hundred and sixty garments a year, and he had a treaty. He invited him to Islam, but he became angry and insulted the Prophet ﷺ, so Gharafa killed him. Amr b. al-As said to him: They only feel secure with us because of the treaty. He said: We did not make a treaty with them on condition that they harm us regarding Allah Almighty and His Messenger.

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2421No grade recorded

     مَا نَقَضَ قَوْمٌ الْعَهْدَ إِلَّا كَانَ الْقَتْلُ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَلَا ظَهَرَتِ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا سُلِّطَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوْتُ

     ✧ No people ever break a covenant except that killing occurs among them, and immorality never appears among a people except that death is imposed upon them.

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2422No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الرُّويَانِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى بِهِ. هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ حَسَنٌ.:

     ✧ Al-Ruyani said: Muhammad b. Ishaq narrated to us: Ubayd Allah b. Musa narrated to us with it. This is a fair chain.

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2423No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ نَخَسَ بِامْرَأَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حِمَارَهَا، ثُمَّ جَابَذَهَا فَحَالَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ، وَضَرَبَهُ، فَأَتَى عُمَرَ ؓ، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَدَعَا بِالْمَرْأَةِ فَسَأَلَهَا فَصَدَّقَتْ عَوْفًا ؓ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَصُلِبَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، اتَّقُوا اللهَ فِي ذِمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَلَا تَظْلِمُوهُمْ، مَنْ فَعَلَ مِنْهُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا فَلَا ذِمَّةَ لَهُ

     ✧ A man from the people of the dhimma goaded the donkey of a Muslim woman, then seized her, but Awf b. Malik ؓ intervened between him and her, and struck him. He came to Umar ؓ and mentioned that to him. He summoned the woman and asked her, and she confirmed Awf ؓ. So he ordered that he be crucified. Then Umar ؓ said: O people, fear Allah regarding the protection of Muhammad ﷺ, so do not wrong them. Whoever among them does something like this, then there is no protection for him.

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2424No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ عَلَى مُقَدِّمَتِهِ، فَرَأَى امْرَأَةً مَقْتُولَةً قَالَ: مَنْ قَتَلَ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: قَتَلَهَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ: الْحَقْ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ فَقُلْ لَهُ: لَا تَقْتُلَنَّ امْرَأَةً وَلَا صَبِيًّا وَلَا عَسِيفًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on a military expedition and appointed Khalid b. al-Walid over the vanguard. He saw a slain woman and said: Who killed this one? They said: Khalid b. al-Walid killed her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man: Catch up with Khalid b. al-Walid and say to him: Do not kill a woman, or a child, or a hired servant.

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2425No grade recorded

     نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ وَالْكَبِيرِ. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا عَلَيْنَا مِنْ قَتْلِ أَوْلَادِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا تَدْرُونَ مَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ

     ✧ I forbade you from killing children and the elderly. A man said: May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah, what is upon us from killing the children of the polytheists? He said: And what do you know of what they used to do?

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2426No grade recorded

     مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَقْتُولَةٍ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ: مَنْ قَتَلَ هَذِهِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْدَفْتُهَا خَلْفِي فَأَرَادَتْ قَتْلِي فَدَفَيْتُهَا، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِدَفْنِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a slain woman on the day of Khaybar and said: Who killed this one? A man said: I did, O Messenger of Allah; I had her ride behind me, and she wanted to kill me, so I pushed her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that she be buried.

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2427No grade recorded

     الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ. قَالُوا: لِمَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَلِنَبِيِّهِ وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ Religion is sincere advice. They said: To whom, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: To Allah's Book, His Prophet, and the leaders of the Muslims.

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2428No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا. هَذَا الْإِسْنَادُ حَسَنٌ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ مَعْلُولٌ، وَالْمَحْفُوظُ مَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ ؓ، وَحَدِيثُ تَمِيمٍ ؓ فِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated to us with this. This chain is fair, except that it is defective; the preserved version is what Ibn Uyayna narrated from Amr b. Dinar from al-Qa'qa' b. Hakim from Abu Salih from Ata' b. Yazid from Tamim al-Dari ؓ. And the hadith of Tamim ؓ is in Sahih Muslim.

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2429No grade recorded

     يُجِيرُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ

     ✧ A man from among them may give protection on behalf of the Muslims.

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2430No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ فَجَعَلْتُ لَا أَمُرُّ عَلَى مِقْنَبٍ مِنْ مَقَانِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَّا قَالُوا: إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ - يَعْنِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ - رَفَعْتُ الْكِتَابَ، وَقُلْتُ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ: وَقَدْ كَانَ ﷺ كَتَبَ لِي أَمَانًا فِي رُقْعَةٍ - يَعْنِي لَمَّا هَاجَرَ - قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، الْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ وَصِدْقٍ

     ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was at al-Ji'rana, and I kept not passing by any group of the Ansar's cavalry except that they said: Away with you, away with you. When I reached him—meaning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—I raised the letter and said: It is I, O Messenger of Allah. He said: He ﷺ had written for me a guarantee of safety on a piece of paper—meaning when he migrated. He said: The Prophet ﷺ said: Yes, today is a day of loyalty, kindness, and truthfulness.

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2431No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ، فَجَعَلْتُ لَا أَمُرُّ عَلَى مِقْنَبٍ مِنْ مَقَانِبِ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَّا قَرَعَ رَأْسِي، وَقَالُوا: إِلَيْكَ إِلَيْكَ، حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ قُلْتُ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، الْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ وَفَاءٍ وَبِرٍّ وَصِدْقٍ

     ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ at al-Ji'ranah. I would not pass by any squadron of the Ansar but they struck my head and said: 'Away with you! Away with you!' until I reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When I saw him, I said: 'It is I, O Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said: 'Yes. Today is a day of loyalty, righteousness, and truth.'

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2432No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُثْلَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade mutilation.

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2433No grade recorded

     نَهَى جُيُوشَهُ أَنْ يُمَثِّلُوا بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ

     ✧ He forbade his armies from mutilating any of the disbelievers.

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2434No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنِي شَيْخٌ كَانَ مُرَابِطًا بِالسَّاحِلِ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ لَيْلَةَ مَحْرَسِي لَمْ يَخْرُجْ أَحَدٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَرَسُ غَيْرِي، فَأَتَيْتُ الْبِنَاءَ فَصَعِدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، وَالْبِنَاءُ مَوْضِعُ الْحَرَسِ، فَجَعَلَ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ الْبَحْرَ مُشْرِفٌ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِرُؤُوسِ الْجِبَالِ، فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا وَأَنَا مُسْتَيْقِظٌ، ثُمَّ نِمْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ فِي النَّوْمِ كَأَنَّ مَعِي رَايَةً، وَكَانَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمْشُونَ خَلْفِي وَأَنَا أَمَامَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَقِيتُ أَمِيرَ الْجَيْشِ وَأَبَا صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَكَانَا أَوَّلَ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَا لِي: أَيْنَ النَّاسُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: رَجَعُوا قَبْلِي. فَقَالَا: لِمَ لَا تَصْدُقْنَا، نَحْنُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي. قَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ: فَمَا رَأَيْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ خُيِّلَ إِلَيَّ فِيمَا رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ الْبَحْرَ يُشْرِفُ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِرُؤُوسِ الْجِبَالِ. قَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ: صَدَقْتَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَّا وَالْبَحْرُ يُشْرِفُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، يَسْتَأْذِنُ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ - يَعْنِي يَتَدَفَّقُ - فَيَكُفُّهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قُلْتُ: وَرَأَيْتُ أَيْضًا فِي النَّوْمِ كَأَنَّ مَعِي الرَّايَةَ، وَأَنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمْشُونَ مَعِي وَأَنَا أَمَامَهُمْ. فَقَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ: لَأَنْ صَدَقَتْ رُؤْيَاكَ لَتَفُوزَنَّ بِأَجْرِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ اللَّيْلَةَ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ يُبَاعِدُ إِلَيَّ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَكَأَنَّهُ اطْمَأَنَّ إِلَيَّ فَجَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُنِي وَقَالَ: أَوْصَانَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَنْ نَشْتَرِكَ ثَلَاثَةٌ: فَرَجُلٌ يَبِيعُ عَلَيْنَا، وَرَجُلٌ يَغْزُو، وَرَجُلٌ يَجْلِبُ عَلَيْنَا، فَهَذِهِ نَوْبَتِي، فَأَنَا الْآنَ قَافِلٌ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ

     ✧ A shaykh who was stationed at the coast told me: I went out on the night of my guard duty; no one else among those assigned to guard went out except me. I came to the structure and climbed upon it—the structure was the guard post. It appeared to me that the sea was rising until it was level with the mountaintops. This happened several times while I was awake. Then I slept and saw in a dream as though I had a banner, and the people of the city were walking behind me while I was in front of them. When morning came, I returned to the city and met the commander of the army and Abu Salih, the freedman of Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ. They were the first to leave the city. They said to me: 'Where are the people?' I said: 'They returned before me.' They said: 'Why don't you tell us the truth? We are the first to leave the city.' He said: So I informed them that no one had gone out except me. Abu Salih said: 'What did you see?' I said: 'By Allah, it appeared to me in what I saw that the sea was rising until it was level with the mountaintops.' Abu Salih said: 'You have spoken the truth. Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ narrated to us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: "There is no night except that the sea rises three times over the people of the earth, seeking permission from Allah Almighty to overwhelm them—meaning to flood—and Allah Almighty restrains it."' I said: 'I also saw in the dream as though I had the banner, and that the people of the city were walking with me while I was in front of them.' Abu Salih said: 'If your dream is true, you will surely attain the reward of this city tonight.' He said: Abu Salih had been keeping his distance from me before that, but then he seemed to trust me and began to talk to me. He said: 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ advised us that we should form a partnership of three: a man who sells on our behalf, a man who goes on military expeditions, and a man who brings us provisions. This is my turn, so I am now returning to the city.'

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2435No grade recorded

     عَيْنَانِ لَا تَمَسُّهُمَا النَّارُ: عَيْنٌ فَاضَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ، وَعَيْنٌ بَاتَتْ تَحْرُسُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ

     ✧ Two eyes the Fire will not touch: an eye that overflowed from fear of Allah, and an eye that spent the night guarding in the path of Allah.

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2436No grade recorded

     عَيْنَانِ لَا تَمَسُّهُمَا النَّارُ أَبَدًا: عَيْنٌ بَاتَتْ تَكْلَأُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَعَيْنٌ بَكَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

     ✧ Two eyes the Fire will never touch: an eye that spent the night keeping watch over the Muslims in the path of Allah Almighty, and an eye that wept from fear of Allah Almighty.

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2437No grade recorded

     حُرِّمَ عَلَى عَيْنَيْنِ أَنْ تَنَالَهُمَا النَّارُ: عَيْنٌ بَكَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ، وَعَيْنٌ بَاتَتْ تَحْرُسُ الْإِسْلَامَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُفْرِ

     ✧ The Fire is forbidden to touch two eyes: an eye that wept from fear of Allah, and an eye that spent the night guarding Islam from the people of disbelief.

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2438No grade recorded

     سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ مَنْزِلَةً عِنْدَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: رَجُلٌ عَلَى مَتْنِ فَرَسِهِ يُخِيفُ الْعَدُوَّ وَيُخِيفُونَهُ

     ✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Which people have the best standing with Allah?' He said: 'A man on the back of his horse, frightening the enemy and being frightened by them.'

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2439No grade recorded

     مَنْ مَنَحَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ أَرْضًا فَلَا أَرْضَ لَهُ

     ✧ Whoever the polytheists grant land to, he has no land.

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2440No grade recorded

     2440 2048 / 2 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، ثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الطَّالْقَانِيُّ، ثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Zuhayr narrated to us, Abu Ishaq al-Talqani narrated to us, Baqiyya b. al-Walid narrated to us, with this chain.

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2441No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ: كُلُوا وَاعْلِفُوا وَلَا تَحْمِلُوا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Khaybar: 'Eat and feed your animals, but do not carry away.'

161. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2442No grade recorded

     إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْغُلُولَ: الرَّجُلُ يَنْكِحُ الْمَرْأَةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْسِمَ ثُمَّ يَرُدُّهَا إِلَى الْقَسْمِ، أَوْ يَلْبَسُ الثَّوْبَ حَتَّى يَخْلَقَ ثُمَّ يَرُدُّهُ إِلَى الْقَسْمِ

     ✧ Beware of misappropriating spoils of war: a man who has intercourse with a woman before the distribution, then returns her to the division; or who wears a garment until it becomes worn out, then returns it to the division.

162. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2443No grade recorded

     كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاةً جَلَسَ لِلنَّاسِ لِمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ حَاجَةٌ قَامَ فَدَخَلَ. قَالَ: فَصَلَّى صَلَوَاتٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ لِلنَّاسِ فِيهِنَّ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: فَحَضَرْتُ الْبَابَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا يَرْفَأُ، أَبِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شَكَاةٌ ؟ قَالَ: مَا بِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ شَكْوَى، فَجَلَسْتُ فَجَاءَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَجَلَسَ فَخَرَجَ يَرْفَأُ، فَقَالَ: قُمْ يَا ابْنَ عَفَّانَ، قُمْ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ. فَدَخَلَا عَلَى عُمَرَ ؓ، فَإِذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ صُبَرٌ مِنْ مَالٍ، عَلَى كُلِّ صُبْرَةٍ مِنْهَا كَتِفٌ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِنِّي نَظَرْتُ فِي أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَوَجَدْتُكُمَا مِنْ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِهَا عَشِيرَةً، فَخُذَا هَذَا الْمَالَ، فَاقْسِمَاهُ، فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَرُدَّا. قَالَ: فَأَمَّا عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَحَثَا، وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَجَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ فَقُلْتُ: وَإِنْ كَانَ نُقْصَانًا رَدَدْتَ عَلَيْنَا ؟ فَقَالَ: شَنْشَنَةٌ مِنْ أَخْشَنَ، يَعْنِي حَجَرًا مِنْ جَبَلٍ، أَمَا كَانَ هَذَا عِنْدَ اللهِ إِذْ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ يَأْكُلُونَ الْقَدَّ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى وَاللهِ لَقَدْ كَانَ هَذَا عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَيٌّ، وَلَوْ عَلَيْهِ فُتِحَ لَصَنَعَ فِيهِ غَيْرَ الَّذِي تَصْنَعُ. فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَقَالَ

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ, when he prayed a prayer, would sit for the people for whoever had a need. If no one had a need, he would rise and enter. He (the narrator) said: He prayed prayers in which he did not sit for the people. Ibn Abbas ؓ said: I came to the door and said: O Yarfa, is there a complaint from the Commander of the Believers? He said: There is no complaint from the Commander of the Believers. So I sat, and Uthman b. Affan ؓ came and sat. Yarfa came out and said: Rise, O Ibn Affan; rise, O Ibn Abbas. They entered upon Umar ؓ, and behold, before him were heaps of wealth, upon each heap a shoulder (of meat). Umar ؓ said: I looked into the people of Madinah and found you two among the most numerous of its people in kinsfolk. Take this wealth and divide it; whatever is surplus, return it. He said: As for Uthman ؓ, he scooped, but as for me, I knelt on my knees and said: And if there is a deficit, will you return to us? He said: A chip from a rough stone, meaning a stone from a mountain. Was this not with Allah when Muhammad ﷺ and his companions used to eat the leather? I said: Yes, by Allah, this was with Allah, Mighty and Majestic, while Muhammad ﷺ was alive; and if it had been opened to him, he would have done with it other than what you are doing. So Umar ؓ became angry and said...

163. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2444No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بِهَذَا. ( 90 ) وَسَيَأْتِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي فَضْلِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَشْيَاءُ مِنْ هَذَا. <متن_مخفي ربط="26024781" نص="كَانَ عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابِ ؓ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَاة جَلَسَ لِلنَّاسِ لِمَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ حَاجَة فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَد حَاجَةً قَامَ فَدَخَلَ قَالَ فَصَلَّى صَلَوَاتٍ لَا يَجْلِسُ لِلنَّاسِ فِيهِنَّ قَالَ ابْن عَبَّاس ؓ فَحَضَّرَتِ الْبَابَ فَقُلْت يَا يَرْفَأُ أَبِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شَكَاة قَالَ مَا بِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ شَكْوَى فَجَلَسَتْ فَجَاءَ عُثْمَان بْن عَفَّان ؓ فَجَلَسَ فَخَرَجَ يَرْفَأُ فَقَالَ قُمْ يَا ابْن عَفَّان قُمْ يَا ابْن عَبَّاس فَدَخَلَا عَلَى عُمَر ؓ فَإِذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ صَبْر مِنْ مَال عَلَى كُلِّ صَبْرَةٍ مِنْهَا كَتِف فَقَالَ عُمَر ؓ إِنِّي نَظَرْت فِي أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَوَجَدَتْكُمَا مَنْ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلهَا عَشِيرَة فَخِذًا هَذَا الْمَال فَاقْسِمَاهُ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَرَدَّا قَالَ فَأَمَّا عُثْمَان ؓ فَحَثًّا وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَجَثَوْت عَلَى رُكْبَتِي فَقُلْت وَإِنْ كَانَ نُقْصَانًا رَدَدْت عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ شَنْشَنَة مَنْ أَخْشَنَ يَعْنِي حَجْرًا مِنْ جَبَل أَمَّا كَانَ هَذَا عِنْدَ اللهِ إِذْ مُحَمَّد ﷺ وَأَصْحَابه يَأْكُلُونَ الْقَدّ فَقُلْت بَلَى وَاللهُ لَقَدْ كَانَ هَذَا عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمُحَمَّد ﷺ حَيّ وَلَوْ عَلَيْهِ فَتْح لِصُنْعِ فِيهِ غَيْر الَّذِي تَصْنَعُ فَغَضِبَ عُمَر ؓ وَقَالَ

     ✧ And Ibn Abi Umar said: Sufyan narrated to us with this. (90) And there will come, if Allah Almighty wills, in the virtue of Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ some things of this. <hidden matn link="26024781" text="Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ, when he prayed a prayer, would sit for the people for whoever had a need. If no one had a need, he would rise and enter. He (the narrator) said: He prayed prayers in which he did not sit for the people. Ibn Abbas ؓ said: I came to the door and said: O Yarfa, is there a complaint from the Commander of the Believers? He said: There is no complaint from the Commander of the Believers. So I sat, and Uthman b. Affan ؓ came and sat. Yarfa came out and said: Rise, O Ibn Affan; rise, O Ibn Abbas. They entered upon Umar ؓ, and behold, before him were heaps of wealth, upon each heap a shoulder (of meat). Umar ؓ said: I looked into the people of Madinah and found you two among the most numerous of its people in kinsfolk. Take this wealth and divide it; whatever is surplus, return it. He said: As for Uthman ؓ, he scooped, but as for me, I knelt on my knees and said: And if there is a deficit, will you return to us? He said: A chip from a rough stone, meaning a stone from a mountain. Was this not with Allah when Muhammad ﷺ and his companions used to eat the leather? I said: Yes, by Allah, this was with Allah, Mighty and Majestic, while Muhammad ﷺ was alive; and if it had been opened to him, he would have done with it other than what you are doing. So Umar ؓ became angry and said">

164. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2445No grade recorded

     جَاءَ الْعَبَّاسُ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْطَعَنِي الْبَحْرَيْنَ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ شَهِدَ لَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ

     ✧ Al-Abbas came to Umar ؓ and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted me al-Bahrayn as a fief. He said: Who testifies for you? He said: Al-Mughirah b. Shubah.

165. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2446No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَرْحَبِيِّ: بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ إِلَى قَيْسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ وَمَغْفِرَتُهُ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ، إِنِّي اسْتَعْمَلْتُكَ عَلَى قَوْمِكَ عَرَبِيِّهِمْ وَعَجَمِيِّهِمْ، وَمَوَالِيهِمْ، وَجُمْهُورِهِمْ، وَحَوَاشِيهِمْ، وَأُقْطِعُكَ مِنْ ذُرَةِ يَسَارٍ مِائَتَيْ صَاعٍ، وَمِنْ زَبِيبِ خَيْوَانَ مِائَتَيْ صَاعٍ، جَازَ لَكَ وَلِعَقِبِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ أَبَدًا أَبَدًا أَبَدًا. قَالَ قَيْسٌ: قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: أَبَدًا أَبَدًا أَبَدًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ، إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَبْقَى عَقِبِي أَبَدًا.

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to Qays b. Malik al-Arhabi: In Your name, O Allah. From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Qays b. Malik: Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah, His blessings, and His forgiveness. To proceed: I have appointed you over your people, their Arabs and non-Arabs, their clients, their common folk, and their outskirts. And I grant you as a fief from the grain of Yasar two hundred sa's, and from the raisins of Khaywan two hundred sa's, permitted for you and your descendants after you forever, forever, forever. Qays said: The saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ "forever, forever, forever" is dearer to me; indeed I hope that my descendants will remain forever.

166. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2447No grade recorded

     لَمَّا ظَهَرَ الْإِسْلَامُ كَانَتْ لَنَا بِئْرٌ فَخِفْتُ أَنْ يَغْلِبَنَا عَلَيْهَا مَنْ حَوْلَنَا فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ لِي كِتَابًا: مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ لَهُمْ بِئْرَهُمْ إِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا، وَلَهُمْ دَارَهُمْ إِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا. قَالَ: فَمَا قَاضَيْنَا بِهِ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ قُضَاةِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَّا قَضَى لَنَا بِهِ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ فِي الْكِتَابِ هِجَاءٌ. كَانَ: كَوُنَ

     ✧ When Islam appeared, we had a well, and I feared that those around us would overpower us over it. So I came to the Prophet ﷺ and he wrote for me a document: From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah. To proceed: They shall have their well if he is truthful, and they shall have their home if he is truthful. He said: We never brought it to any of the judges of Madinah except that he ruled in our favor by it. He said: And in the document there was a misspelling: "kana" was written "kawuna."

167. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2448No grade recorded

     جَاءَ عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنٍ وَالْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَالَا: يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا أَرْضًا سَبِخَةً لَيْسَ فِيهَا كَلَأٌ وَلَا مَنْفَعَةٌ، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُقْطِعَنَاهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَأَقْطَعَهَا إِيَّاهُمَا، وَكَتَبَ لَهُمَا عَلَيْهِ كِتَابًا

     ✧ Uyaynah b. Hisn and al-Aqra' b. Habis came to Abu Bakr ؓ and said: O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we have a salt marsh land in which there is no pasture nor benefit. If you see fit to grant it to us as a fief? He said: So he granted it to the two of them and wrote for them a document for it.

168. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2449No grade recorded

     اسْتَقْضَى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَى حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ ؓ بِعَشْرِ خِصَالٍ، فَحَفِظْتُ سِتًّا وَنَسِيتُ أَرْبَعًا: لَا تُقْطِعَنَّ إِلَّا مَالَ كِسْرَى أَوْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، أَوْ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ، أَوْ دُورَ الْبُرُدِ، أَوْ مَوْضِعَ السُّجُونِ، وَمَغِيضَ الْمَاءِ وَالْآجَامِ

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ appointed Hudhayfah ؓ as a judge. He wrote to Hudhayfah b. al-Yaman ؓ ten characteristics; I remembered six and forgot four: Do not grant as a fief except the wealth of Kisra or the people of his household, or one who was killed in battle, or the houses of the postal stations, or the place of prisons, and the drainage of water and the thickets.

169. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2450No grade recorded

     مَنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ لَهُ

     ✧ Whoever embraces Islam upon something, it is his.

170. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2451No grade recorded

     قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْعَبْدِ إِذَا أَسْلَمَ فَجَاءَ مَوْلَاهُ فَأَسْلَمَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled concerning a slave: if he embraces Islam and then his master comes and embraces Islam, he (the master) is more entitled to him.

171. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2452No grade recorded

     يُقَاتَلُ أَهْلُ الْأَوْثَانِ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، وَيُقَاتَلُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ عَلَى الْجِزْيَةِ

     ✧ The people of idols are fought for prayer, and the People of the Book are fought for the jizya.

172. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2453No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ وَكِيعٌ: حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، مِثْلَهُ.::

     ✧ And Waki' said: Fudayl b. Iyad narrated to us something similar.::

173. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2454No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ: اشْتَرَطَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ ضِيَافَةَ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ، وَأَنْ لَا يُضَيِّعُوا الْقَنَاطِرَ، فَإِنْ قُتِلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ فَعَلَيْهِمْ دِيَتُهُ

     ✧ Umar ؓ stipulated upon the people of the dhimmah the hospitality of a day and a night, and that they should not neglect the bridges. If a man from the Muslims is killed in their land, then upon them is his blood money.

174. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2455No grade recorded

     كَتَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِلَى أُمَرَاءِ الْجِزْيَةِ أَنْ لَا يَضَعُوا الْجِزْيَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَخْتِمُ أَهْلَ الْجِزْيَةِ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ

     ✧ Umar ؓ wrote to the amirs of the jizya not to impose the jizya upon women and children, and Umar ؓ used to seal the necks of the people of the jizya.

175. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2456No grade recorded

     كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى مَجُوسِ هَجَرَ يَعْرِضُ الْإِسْلَامَ، فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ قَبِلَ مِنْهُ، وَمَنْ أَبَى ضَرَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْجِزْيَةَ، عَلَى أَنْ لَا يُنْكَحَ لَهُمُ امْرَأَةٌ، وَلَا تُؤْكَلَ لَهُمْ ذَبِيحَةٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ wrote to the Magians of Hajar, offering them Islam: whoever accepted Islam, it would be accepted from him, and whoever refused, the jizya would be imposed upon him, on condition that no woman of theirs be married and no animal slaughtered by them be eaten.

176. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2457No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبَانَ، نَا سُفْيَانُ، نَحْوَهُ.:

     ✧ And al-Harith said: Abdul Aziz b. Aban narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us something similar.

177. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2458No grade recorded

     عَلَامَ تُؤْخَذُ الْجِزْيَةُ مِنَ الْمَجُوسِ وَلَيْسُوا أَهْلَ كِتَابٍ ؟ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ ؓ، فَأَخَذَ بِتَلْبِيبَتِهِ فَقَالَ: يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ، أَتَطْعَنُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ ؟ وَذَهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى الْقَصْرِ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ، فَقَالَ: الْبَدَاءَ - قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: يَقُولُ: اجْلِسَا - فَجَلَسَا فِي ظِلِّ الْقَصْرِ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِقَوْلِهِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ بِالْمَجُوسِ، كَانَ لَهُمْ عِلْمٌ يُعَلِّمُونَهُ وَكِتَابٌ يَدْرُسُونَهُ، وَإِنَّ مَلِكَهُمْ سَكِرَ يَوْمًا فَوَقَعَ عَلَى بِنْتِهِ أَوْ أُخْتِهِ، فَاطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا صَحَا جَاؤُوا يُقِيمُونَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ فَامْتَنَعَ مِنْهُمْ وَدَعَا أَهْلَ مَمْلَكَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَتَعْلَمُونَ دِينًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دِينِ آدَمَ ؟ وَقَدْ كَانَ يُنْكِحُ بَنِيهِ بَنَاتِهِ، وَأَنَا عَلَى دِينِ آدَمَ فَمَا يَرْغَبُ بِكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ ؟ فَبَايَعُوهُ وَقَاتَلُوا الَّذِينَ خَالَفُوهُمْ حَتَّى قُتِلُوا، فَأَصْبَحُوا وَقَدْ أُسْرِيَ عَلَى كِتَابِهِمْ، فَرُفِعَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْهُرِهِمْ، وَذَهَبَ الْعِلْمُ الَّذِي فِي صُدُورِهِمْ، فَهُمْ أَهْلُ كِتَابٍ وَقَدْ أَخَذَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ مِنْهُمُ الْجِزْيَةَ

     ✧ On what basis is the jizya taken from the Magians when they are not People of the Book? Al-Mustawrid ؓ stood up to him, seized him by the collar, and said: O enemy of God, do you criticize Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ? He took him to the palace, and Ali ؓ came out to them and said: Al-bada' — Sufyan said: he means, 'Sit down.' So they sat in the shade of the palace. He told him what he had said, and Ali ؓ said: I am the most knowledgeable of people about the Magians. They had knowledge which they taught and a book which they studied. Their king became drunk one day and fell upon his daughter or his sister. Some of the people of his kingdom observed him, and when he sobered up they came to impose the prescribed punishment on him, but he refused them and summoned the people of his kingdom and said: Do you know of a religion better than the religion of Adam? He used to marry his sons to his daughters, and I am upon the religion of Adam, so what would make you averse to his religion? So they pledged allegiance to him and fought those who opposed them until they were killed. When morning came, their book had been taken up by night and removed from among them, and the knowledge that was in their breasts was gone. Thus they are People of the Book, and the Messenger of God ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and Umar ؓ took the jizya from them.

178. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2459No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، نَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعْدٍ، فَذَكَرَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا.::

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abdullah narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu Sa'd, and he mentioned it in abbreviated form.

179. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2460No grade recorded

     وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ لَقَدْ قَسَّمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَذَا الْفَيْءَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفْتَحَ فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ

     ✧ By the One besides whom there is no god, God Almighty divided this fay' through the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ before Persia and Rome were conquered.

180. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2461No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ، وَهُوَ مُتَجَاوِزٌ وَادِيَ الْقُرَى فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِلَى مَا تَدْعُونَا ؟ قَالَ: إِلَى اللهِ وَحْدَهُ. قَالَ: فَهَذَا الْمَالُ هَلْ أَحَدٌ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ ؟ قَالَ: خُمُسٌ لِلهِ تَعَالَى، وَأَرْبَعَةُ أَخْمِسَةٍ لِهَؤُلَاءِ، وَإِنِ انْتَزَعْتَ مِنْ جَيْبِكِ سَهْمًا فَلَسْتَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ أَخِيكَ. قَالَ: فَمَا هَؤُلَاءِ يَعْنِي الْمَغْضُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ؟ قَالَ: الْيَهُودُ. قَالَ: وَمَا هَؤُلَاءِ يَعْنِي الضَّالِّينَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: النَّصَارَى

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was passing through Wadi al-Qura and said: O Muhammad, to what do you call us? He said: To God alone. He said: Then this wealth, is anyone more entitled to it than another? He said: One fifth is for God Almighty, and four fifths are for these, and even if you take an arrow from your pocket, you are no more entitled to it than your brother. He said: Then who are these—meaning those upon whom is wrath? He said: The Jews. He said: And who are these—meaning those who are astray? He said ﷺ: The Christians.

181. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2462No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ بِوَادِي الْقُرَى، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أُمِرْتَ بِهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أُمِرْتُ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَأَنْ تُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ، وَتُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ. فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ، يَعْنِي الْمَغْضُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْيَهُودُ. قُلْتُ: وَمَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ، يَعْنِي الضَّالِّينَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: النَّصَارَى. قُلْتُ: فَلِمَنِ الْمَغْنَمُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَذَكَرَهُ.

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was at Wadi al-Qura, and I said: O Messenger of God, what have you been commanded? He said ﷺ: I have been commanded that you worship God and not associate anything with Him, that you establish prayer and give zakat. I said: O Messenger of God, who are these—meaning those upon whom is wrath? He said ﷺ: The Jews. I said: And who are these—meaning those who are astray? He said ﷺ: The Christians. I said: Then for whom is the spoils of war, O Messenger of God ﷺ? And he mentioned it.

182. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2463No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ أَتَتْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ لِتَسْأَلَهُ سَهْمَ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى، فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: سَهْمُ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى لَهُمْ فِي حَيَاتِي، وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي

     ✧ Fatimah ؓ came to Abu Bakr ؓ to ask him for the share of the near of kin, and Abu Bakr ؓ said to her: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: The share of the near of kin is for them during my lifetime, but they have none after my death.

183. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2464No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أُنَاسًا يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَسْتَنْزِلُونِي عَنْ دِينِي، وَإِنِّي وَاللهِ لَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا أَزَالَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى أَمُوتَ، مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ بِيعَ بِذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ فَفِيهِ خُمُسُ اللهِ وَسِهَامُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ Some people want to make me renounce my religion, and by God, I hope never to cease upon it until I die. There is nothing sold for gold or silver but that in it is the fifth of God and the shares of the Muslims.

184. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2465No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ بَعَثَنَا وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُغِيرَ عَلَى حَيٍّ مِنْ كِنَانَةَ، وَكَانَ الْفَيْءُ إِذْ ذَاكَ: مَنْ أَخَذَ شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ came to Madinah, he sent us out and commanded us to raid a tribe of Kinanah. The fay' at that time was: whoever took something, it was his.

185. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2466No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ بِالْجَابِيَةِ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْفَيْءَ أَفَاءَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمُ، الرَّفِيعُ فِيهِ وَالْوَضِيعُ بِمَنْزِلَةٍ، لَيْسَ بِأَحَدٍ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ، إِلَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ الْحَيَّيْنِ: لَخْمٍ وَجُذَامَ، فَإِنِّي غَيْرُ قَاسِمٍ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ لَخْمٍ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ فِي الْعَدْلِ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ الْعَدْلَ وَالسَّوِيَّةَ، وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ لَوْ كَانْتِ الْهِجْرَةُ بِصَنْعَاءَ مَا خَرَجَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ لَخْمٍ وَجُذَامَ إِلَّا الْقَلِيلُ، فَلَا أَجْعَلُ مَنْ تَكَلَّفَ السَّفَرَ وَابْتَاعَ الظَّهْرَ قَوْمٌ، إِنَّمَا قَاتَلُوا فِي دِيَارِهِمْ. فَقَامَ أَبُو حُدَيْرِجٍ فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنْ كَانَ اللهُ تَعَالَى سَاقَ إِلَيْنَا الْهِجْرَةَ فِي دِيَارِنَا فَنَصَرْنَاهَا وَصَدَّقْنَاهَا، فَذَاكَ الَّذِي يُذْهِبُ حَقَّنَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: وَاللهِ لَأَقْسِمَنَّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَسَمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَأَصَابَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ نِصْفَ دِينَارٍ، وَإِذَا كَانَتْ مَعَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ أَعْطَاهُ دِينَارًا، وَإِذَا كَانَ جَدَّهُ أَعْطَاهُ نِصْفَ دِينَارٍ

     ✧ I witnessed Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ at al-Jabiyah. He praised God and extolled Him as He deserves, then said: To proceed: God has granted you this fay', in which the high and the low are equal; no one is more entitled to it than another, except for these two tribes: Lakhm and Judham, for I am not distributing anything to them. A man from Lakhm stood up and said: O son of al-Khattab, I adjure you by God regarding justice. He said: The son of al-Khattab only wants justice and equality. By God, I know that if the migration had been to San'a', only a few from Lakhm and Judham would have gone out to it. I will not make those who endured the journey and purchased mounts equal to a people who only fought in their own lands. Abu Hudayrij stood up and said: O Commander of the Faithful, if God Almighty brought the migration to us in our own lands, and we supported it and believed in it, does that remove our right in Islam? Umar ؓ said: By God, I will distribute it three times. Then he distributed among the people, and each man received half a dinar. If his wife was with him, he gave him a dinar, and if his grandfather was with him, he gave him half a dinar.

186. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2467No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ فِي إِبِلٍ لِي أَرْعَاهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَغَارَتْ عَلَيْهَا خَيْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ خَيْلُ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَجَمَعْتُ إِبِلِي وَرَكِبْتُ الْفَحْلَ فَتَفَاجَّ يَبُوبُ، فَنَزَلْتُ عَنْهُ وَرَكِبْتُ نَاقَةً مِنْهَا، فَنَجَوْتُ عَلَيْهَا وَسَاقُوا الْإِبِلَ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيَّ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَسَمَهَا بَعْدُ

     ✧ I was with some camels of mine that I was tending in the pre-Islamic era, and the cavalry of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, or the cavalry of his companions, raided them. I gathered my camels and mounted the stallion, and it spread its forelegs and sped away. I dismounted from it and mounted a she-camel of theirs, and I escaped on it while they drove the camels away. I then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he returned them to me, as he had not yet divided them.

187. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2468No grade recorded

     أَبَقَتْ أَمَةٌ فَلَحِقَتْ بِالْعَدُوِّ، فَاغْتَنَمَهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ، فَعَرَفَهَا الْمُرَادِيُّونَ، فَأَتَوْا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ ؓ، فَقَالُوا: أَمَتُنَا أَبَقَتْ مِنَّا. فَقَالَ: مَا عِنْدِي فِي هَذَا عِلْمٌ، وَلَكِنِّي كَاتِبٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَانْتَظَرُوا كِتَابَهُ، فَسَكَتَ الْمُرَادِيُّونَ حِينًا، فَقَالَ: قَدْ جَاءَنِي كِتَابُ عُمَرَ ؓ فِي أَمَتِكُمْ: إِنْ خُمِّسَتْ وَقُسِمَتْ فَسَبِيلُ ذَلِكَ، وَإِلَّا فَارْدُدْهَا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا، فَقَالُوا: آللهِ لَعُمَرُ كَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: آللهِ وَمَا يَحِلُّ لِي أَنْ أَكْذِبَ

     ✧ A slave woman fled and joined the enemy, and the Muslims took her as booty. The Muradis recognized her, so they came to Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah ؓ and said: 'Our slave woman fled from us.' He said: 'I have no knowledge about this matter, but I will write to the Commander of the Faithful, so wait for his letter.' The Muradis remained silent for a while, then he said: 'Umar's ؓ letter has come to me regarding your slave woman: if she has been divided into fifths and distributed, then that is the proper course; otherwise, return her to her owners.' They asked: 'By Allah, did Umar really write that?' He replied: 'By Allah, it is not lawful for me to lie.'

188. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2469No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ كَانَا يُخَمِّسَانِ السَّلَبَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ used to take one-fifth of the salab.

189. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2470No grade recorded

     النَّفَلُ حَقٌّ، نَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Extra spoils granted as reward are a right; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted extra spoils.

190. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2471No grade recorded

     2471 2073 / 3 - وَقَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ فِي الْمَعْرِفَةِ: ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ - ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ يَعِيشَ، نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْلَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، نَا مَكْحُولٌ، ثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بِهِ

     ✧ 2471 2073 / 3 - And Abu Nu'aym said in al-Ma'rifah: Muhammad b. Ahmad narrated to us, Muhammad b. Uthman – meaning Ibn Abi Shaybah – narrated to us, Ubayd b. Ya'ish narrated to us, Muhammad b. Ya'la narrated to us, from Abd al-Rahman b. Yazid b. Jabir, Mak-hul narrated to us, al-Hajjaj narrated to us with it.

191. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2472No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ: نَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ And al-Hasan b. Sufyan said in his Musnad: Abu Bakr narrated to us, with it.:

192. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2473No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَاوَرْدِيُّ وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا مُطَيَّنٌ، نَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِهِ. وَالْحَدِيثُ مَعْلُولٌ.:

     ✧ And al-Bawardi and al-Tabarani said: Mutayyan narrated to us, Abu Bakr narrated to us, with it. The hadith is defective.:

193. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2474No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ قَاتَلَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَثَبَتَتْ طَائِفَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَاءَتِ الطَّائِفَةُ الَّتِي قَاتَلَتْ بِالْأَسْلَابِ، وَأَشْيَاءَ أَصَابُوهَا، فَقُسِمَتِ الْغَنِيمَةُ بَيْنَهُمْ

     ✧ On the day of Badr, a group of the Muslims fought, while another group remained steadfast with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The group that fought came with the spoils of war and other things they had seized, and the booty was divided among them.

194. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2475No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَسْلَمَ عَلَى أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ صَلَاتَيْنِ، فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ

     ✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ and accepted Islam on the condition that he would pray two prayers, and he accepted that from him.

195. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2476No grade recorded

     إِنَّ دُرْجًا أَتَى بِهِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُهُ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوا قِيمَتَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَتَأْذَنُونَ أَنْ أَبْعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ لِحُبِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِيَّاهَا ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ، فَفَتَحَتْهُ فَقِيلَ: هَذَا أَرْسَلَ بِهِ إِلَيْكِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَقَالَتْ ؓ: مَاذَا فَتَحَ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا تُبْقِنِي لِعَطِيَّةِ قَابِلٍ

     ✧ A casket was brought to Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ, and his companions looked at it but did not recognize its value. He said: 'Do you permit me to send it to A'ishah ؓ because of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ love for her?' They said: 'Yes.' So it was brought to A'ishah ؓ, and she opened it. It was said: 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ sent this to you.' She ؓ said: 'What has Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ opened for me after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? O Allah, do not keep me alive for a future gift.'

196. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2477No grade recorded

     أَصَابَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ قُبَّةً مِنْ أَدَمٍ بَعْدَ حُنَيْنٍ أَوْ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ، فَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، قَدْ طِبْنَا بِهَا لَكَ نَفْسًا، فَخُذْهَا تَسْتَظِلُّ بِهَا، وَيَسْتَظِلُّ بَعْضُنَا مَعَكَ. قَالَ ﷺ: أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَكُونَ نَبِيُّكُمْ فِي قُبَّةٍ مِنْ نَارٍ. ؟

     ✧ The Muhajirun obtained a leather tent after Hunayn, or on the day of Hunayn. The Muhajirun said: 'O Prophet of Allah, we are happy to give it to you, so take it to shade yourself, and some of us will shade ourselves with you.' He ﷺ said: 'Would you like your Prophet to be in a tent of fire?'

197. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2478No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدِمَ مِنْ بَعْضِ غَزَوَاتِهِ وَقَدْ أَصَابَ رَقِيقًا، فَذَهَبَتْ هِيَ وَأُخْتُهَا حَتَّى دَخَلَتَا عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ ؓ، فَذَهَبُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَتْهُ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَهُنَّ وَيَشْكِينَ إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سَبَقَكُنَّ يَتَامَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from one of his expeditions having captured some slaves. She and her sister went until they entered upon Fatimah ؓ, so they went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and she asked him to speak to them, and they complained to him of their need. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The orphans of the people of Badr have preceded you.'

198. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2479No grade recorded

     إِنْ لَمْ تَغُلَّ أُمَّتِي لَمْ يَقْرَبْهُمْ عَدُوٌّ أَبَدًا، فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ لِحَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ: هَلْ ثَبَتَ لَكُمُ الْعَدُوُّ حَلْبَةَ شَاةٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ وَثَلَاثِ شِيَاهٍ عُزُزٍ، فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ: غَلَلْتُمْ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

     ✧ If my Ummah does not misappropriate spoils, no enemy will ever approach them. Abu Dharr said to Habib b. Maslamah: "Did the enemy ever stand firm against you for even the milking of a sheep?" He said: "Yes, and for three tough sheep." Abu Dharr ؓ said: "You have misappropriated, by the Lord of the Ka'bah."

199. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2480No grade recorded

     لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ شَيْءٌ مِنْ غَنَائِمِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَلِيلٌ وَلَا كَثِيرٌ، خَيْطٌ وَلَا مِخْيَطٌ لِآخِذٍ، وَلَا مُعْطِي إِلَّا بِحَقٍّ.

     ✧ Nothing from the spoils of the Muslims is lawful for anyone, whether little or much—not a thread or a needle—for a taker or a giver, except by right.

200. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2481No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا يَحِلُّ لِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الْغَنَائِمِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا يَحِلُّ مِنْهُ خَيْطٌ وَلَا مِخْيَطٌ لِآخِذٍ وَلَا مُعْطِي

     ✧ A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is lawful for me from these spoils?" He said: "Not a thread or a needle is lawful from it for a taker or a giver."

201. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2482No grade recorded

     إِنِّي مُمْسِكٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ عَنِ النَّارِ، هَلُمَّ عَنِ النَّارِ، وَتَغْلِبُونَنِي، تَقَاحَمُونَ فِيهَا تَقَاحُمَ الْفَرَاشِ وَالْجَنَادِبِ، فَأُوشِكُ أَنْ أُرْسِلَ بِحُجَزِكُمْ وَأَنَاقِرِكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ فَتَرِدُونَ عَلَيَّ مَعًا وَأَشْتَاتًا، فَأَعْرِفُكُمْ بِسِيمَاكُمْ وَأَسْمَائِكُمْ كَمَا يَعْرِفُ الرَّجُلُ الْغَرِيبَةَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فِي إِبِلِهِ، وَيُذْهَبُ بِكُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ، وَأُنَاشِدُ فِيكُمْ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ، فَأَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ، قَوْمِي، أَيْ رَبِّ، أُمَّتِي. فَيَقُولُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ ; إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَمْشُونَ بَعْدَكَ الْقَهْقَرِيَّ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ، فَلَا أَعْرِفَنَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَحَدَكُمْ يَحْمِلُ شَاةً لَهُ ثُغَاءٌ، فَيُنَادِي: يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَأَقُولُ: لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ شَيْئًا قَدْ بَلَّغْتُكَ، فَلَا أَعْرِفَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَحْمِلُ فَرَسًا لَهَا حَمْحَمَةٌ فَيُنَادِي: يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَأَقُولُ لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ شَيْئًا قَدْ بَلَّغَتْكَ، وَلَا أَعْرِفَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَحْمِلُ سِقَاءً مَنْ أَدَمٍ فَيُنَادِي: يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَأَقُولُ: لَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ شَيْئًا قَدْ بَلَّغْتُكَ

     ✧ I am holding you by your belts away from the Fire. Come away from the Fire! But you overcome me and plunge into it like moths and locusts. I am about to let go of your belts, and I will meet you at the Cistern. You will come to me together and in scattered groups, and I will recognize you by your marks and your names, just as a man recognizes a stray camel among his camels. But you will be taken away to the left. I appeal to the Lord of the Worlds concerning you, saying: 'O Lord, my people! O Lord, my Ummah!' He will say: 'O Muhammad, you do not know what they innovated after you; they kept walking backwards on their heels after you left.' Let me not find any of you on the Day of Resurrection carrying a bleating sheep and calling, 'O Muhammad, O Muhammad!' for I will say, 'I cannot avail you anything; I conveyed to you.' Let me not find any of you on the Day of Resurrection carrying a neighing horse and calling, 'O Muhammad, O Muhammad!' for I will say, 'I cannot avail you anything; I conveyed to you.' And let me not find any of you on the Day of Resurrection carrying a leather water-skin and calling, 'O Muhammad, O Muhammad!' for I will say, 'I cannot avail you anything; I conveyed to you.'

202. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2483No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنْ أَنْ تُبَاعَ السِّهَامُ حَتَّى تُقْسَمَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade on the day of Khaybar that shares be sold until they are divided.

203. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2484No grade recorded

     أَتَيْنَا عُمَرَ ؓ، وَهُوَ فِي فُسْطَاطِهِ فَنَادَيْتُ: أَنَا فُلَانُ ابْنُ فُلَانٍ الْجَرْمِيُّ، وَإِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتٍ لَنَا عَانٍ فِي سَبْيِ فُلَانٍ، وَقَدْ عَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَضِيَّةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَكُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ الْقَضِيَّةَ أَرْبَعٌ

     ✧ We came to Umar ؓ while he was in his tent, and I called out: "I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so, al-Jarmi. A nephew of ours is a captive among the captives of so-and-so, and I presented to them the ruling of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We used to say that the ruling is four."

204. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2485No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَضَى فِيمَا تَسَابَّتْ فِيهِ الْعَرَبُ مِنَ الْفِدَاءِ أَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ ruled regarding captives taken among the Arabs that the ransom is four hundred.

205. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2486No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ عَلَى عَرَبِيٍّ مِلْكٌ، وَلَسْنَا بِنَازِعِينَ مِنْ يَدِ رَجُلٍ سَبْيًا أَسْلَمَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَكِنَّا نُقَوِّمُهُ خَمْسًا مِنَ الْإِبِلِ

     ✧ There is no ownership over an Arab, and we will not take from a man's hand a captive who has embraced Islam under him; but we will value him at five camels.

206. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2487No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي عُمَرُ ؓ حِينَ طُعِنَ: اعْلَمْ أَنَّ كُلَّ أَسِيرٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي أَيْدِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَفِكَاكُهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ Umar ؓ said to me when he was stabbed: "Know that every captive among the believers in the hands of the polytheists—his ransom is from the treasury of the Muslims."

207. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2488No grade recorded

     غَزَوْنَا مَعَ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ إِلَى بَلَنْجَرَ فَحَاصَرْنَا أَهْلَهَا، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ رُمِيَ سَلْمَانُ بِحَجَرٍ، فَأَصَابَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ مُتُّ فَادْفِنُونِي فِي أَصْلِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَمَاتَ فَدَفَنَّاهُ حَيْثُ قَالَ، فَحَاصَرْنَا أَهْلَهَا فَفَتَحْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَصَبْنَا سَبْيًا وَأَمْوَالًا كَثِيرَةً، وَأَصَابَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ وَأَكْثَرَ، فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلْنَا رَاجِعِينَ انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: السَّدُّ، فَلَمْ نُطِقْ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ فِيهِ حَتَّى اسْتَبْطَنَّا الْبَحْرَ، فَخَرَجْنَا عَلَى مُوقَانَ وَجِيلَانَ وَالدَّيْلَمِ، فَجَعَلْنَا لَا نَمُرُّ بِقَوْمٍ إِلَّا سَأَلُونَا الصُّلْحَ، وَأَعْطَوْنَا الرَّهْنَ، حَتَّى أَيِسَ النَّاسُ مِنَّا هَاهُنَا يَعْنِي بِالْكُوفَةِ، وَبَكَوْا عَلَيْنَا وَقَالَ فِينَا الشُّعَرَاءُ. قَالَ: فَاشْتَرَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ يَهُودِيَّةً بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ، فَلَمَّا مَرَّ بِرَأْسِ الْجَالُوتِ نَزَلَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: يَا رَأْسَ الْجَالُوتِ، هَلْ لَكَ فِي عَجُوزٍ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ تَشْتَرِيهَا مِنِّي ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ: أَخَذْتُهَا بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ. فَقَالَ: وَلَكَ رِبْحُ سَبْعِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: فَلَا حَاجَةَ لِي بِهَا. قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَتَأْخُذَنَّهَا بِمَا قَامَتْ أَوْ لَتَكْفُرَنَّ بِدِينِكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أَشْتَرِيهَا مِنْكَ بِشَيْءٍ أَبَدًا. قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ: ادْنُ، فَدَنَا مِنْهُ، فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ مَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ: إِنَّكَ لَا تَجِدُ مَمْلُوكًا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَّا اشْتَرَيْتَهُ بِمَا قَامَ فَأَعْتَقَهُ. قَالَ: وَإِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَارَى تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ... الْآيَةَ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَأَشْتَرِيَنَّهَا مِنْكَ بِمَا قَامَتْ. قَالَ: فَإِنِّي حَلَفْتُ أَنْ لَا أَنْقُصَهَا مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ. قَالَ: فَجَاءَهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ، فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ أَلْفَيْ دِرْهَمٍ وَأَخَذَ أَلْفَيْنِ

     ✧ We raided with Salman b. Rabi'ah to Balanjar and besieged its people. While we were doing so, Salman was struck by a stone that hit his head. He said: "If I die, bury me at the base of this city wall." He died, so we buried him where he said. We besieged its people and conquered the city, taking many captives and much wealth. One of our men got a thousand dirhams or more. When we set out to return, we reached a place called al-Sadd, and we could not pass through it until we went inland via the sea. We came out at Muqan, Jilan, and al-Daylam. We did not pass by any people except that they asked us for peace and gave us hostages, until the people despaired of us here—meaning in Kufah—and wept for us, and poets composed verses about us. Abdullah b. Salam ؓ bought a Jewish woman for seven hundred dirhams. When he passed by the Exilarch, he stopped at his place. Abdullah said: "O Exilarch, would you like an old woman from your people? Buy her from me." He said: "Yes." Abdullah said: "I took her for seven hundred dirhams." He said: "You may have a profit of seven hundred dirhams." He (Abdullah) said: "I said: No." The Exilarch said: "Then I have no need of her." I said: "By Allah, you will take her for what she cost, or you will disbelieve in the religion you follow." He said: "By Allah, I will never buy her from you for anything." Abdullah b. Salam ؓ said to him: "Come close." He came close, and Abdullah recited to him what is in the Torah: "You will not find a slave from the Children of Israel except that you buy him for what he cost and set him free." And: "If they come to you as captives, you ransom them, though expelling them is forbidden to you. Do you believe in part of the Book and disbelieve in part?"—the verse. He said: "By Allah, I will buy her from you for what she cost." Abdullah said: "I swear not to reduce her below four thousand dirhams." He brought him four thousand dirhams, and Abdullah returned two thousand dirhams to him and took two thousand.

208. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2489No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ أُتِيَ بِنَاسٍ مِنَ الزُّطِّ قَالَ: أَحْسَبُهُمْ قَتَلَهُمْ. ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، احْفِرُوا هَذَا الْمَكَانَ لَا بَلْ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ. ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، احْفِرُوا هَذَا الْمَكَانَ. قَالَ: فَحَفَرُوا فَأَلْقَاهُمْ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: أَرَأَيْتَ مَا كُنْتَ تَصْنَعُ آنِفًا، عَهِدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهِمْ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: لَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ، إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُكَائِدٌ، أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ قُلْتُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، احْفِرُوا هَذَا الْمَكَانَ، مَا كَانَ ؟

     ✧ Ali ؓ was brought people from the Zutt. He said: "I think he killed them." Then he looked at the sky, then at the earth, and said: "Allahu Akbar, Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. Dig this spot—no, this spot." Then he looked at the sky, then at the earth, and said: "Allahu Akbar, Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth. Dig this spot." They dug, and he threw them into it. Then he entered, and I entered upon him and said: "What do you think about what you were doing just now? Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ give any instruction concerning them?" He said: "To fall from the sky to the earth would be dearer to me than to say about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what he did not say. I am only employing a stratagem. Do you think that if I said 'Allahu Akbar, Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth, dig this spot,' what would it be?"

209. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2490No grade recorded

     دَخَلْنَا عَلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ

     ✧ We entered upon al-Hasan b. Ali ؓ, and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "War is deception."

210. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2491No grade recorded

     الْحَرْبُ خِدَاعٌ

     ✧ War is deception.