29. ✧ Manners

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3090No grade recorded

   « وَمَنِ اطَّلَعَ إِلَى بَيْتِ جَارِهِ فَرَأَى عَوْرَةَ رَجُلٍ، أَوْ شَعَرَ امْرَأَةٍ، أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ جَسَدِهَا، كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ النَّارَ مَعَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَتَحَيَّنُونَ عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ، وَلَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَفْضَحَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، وَيُبْدِيَ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ عَوْرَتَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ آذَى جَارَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَقٍّ، حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ، وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ، أَلَا وَأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَسْأَلُ الرَّجُلَ عَنْ جَارِهِ، كَمَا يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ حَقِّ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، فَمَنْ يُضَيِّعُ حَقَّ جَارِهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا، وَمَنْ بَاتَ وَفِي قَلْبِهِ غِشٌّ لِأَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ بَاتَ وَأَصْبَحَ فِي سُخْطِ اللهِ تَعَالَى حَتَّى يَتُوبَ وَيُرَاجِعَ، فَإِنْ مَاتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مَاتَ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْإِسْلَامِ »، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « أَلَا مَنْ غَشَّنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا، حَتَّى قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَنِ اغْتَابَ مُسْلِمًا بَطَلَ صَوْمُهُ، وَنَقَضَ وُضُوءَهُ، فَإِنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ مَاتَ كَالْمُسْتَحِلِّ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، وَمَنْ مَشَى بِنَمِيمَةٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ سَلَّطَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ فِي قَبْرِهِ نَارًا تَحْرِقُهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، ثُمَّ يُدْخِلُهُ النَّارَ، وَمَنْ عَفَى عَنْ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ، وَكَظَمَ غَيْظَهُ، أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَجْرَ شَهِيدٍ، وَمَنْ بَغَى عَلَى أَخِيهِ، وَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِ، وَاسْتَحْقَرَهُ، حَشَرَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي صُورَةِ الذَّرِّ يَطَؤُهُ الْعِبَادُ بِأَقْدَامِهِمْ، ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ، وَلَمْ يَزَلْ فِي سُخْطِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ، وَمَنْ رَدَّ عَنْ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَيْبَةً سَمِعَهَا تُذْكَرُ عَنْهُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ، رَدَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ أَلْفَ بَابٍ مِنَ الشَّرِّ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، فَإِنْ هُوَ لَمْ يَرُدَّ عَنْهُ وَأَعْجَبَهُ مَا قَالُوا، كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ مِثْلَ وِزْرِهِمْ، وَمَنْ قَالَ لِمَمْلُوكِهِ، أَوْ مَمْلُوكِ غَيْرِهِ أَوْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ: لَا لَبَّيْكَ وَلَا سَعْدَيْكَ، انْغَمَسَ فِي النَّارِ، وَمَنْ ضَارَّ مُسْلِمًا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَلَسْنَا مِنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَمَنْ سَمِعَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَأَفْشَاهَا كَانَ كَمَنْ أَتَاهَا، وَمَنْ سَمِعَ بِخَيْرٍ فَأَفْشَاهُ كَانَ كَمَنْ عَمِلَهُ، وَمَنْ أَكْرَمَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ فَإِنَّمَا يُكْرِمُ رَبَّهُ، فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ ؟ وَمَنْ كَانَ ذَا وَجْهَيْنِ وَلِسَانَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا جَعَلَ اللهُ لَهُ وَجْهَيْنِ وَلِسَانَيْنِ فِي النَّارِ، وَمَنْ مَشَى فِي قَطِيعَةٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْوِزْرِ بِقَدْرِ مَا أُعْطِيَ مَنْ أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَوَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ اللَّعْنَةُ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ جَهَنَّمَ فَيُضَاعَفَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَذَابُ، وَمَنْ مَشَى فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ وَمَنْفَعَتِهِ كَانَ لَهُ ثَوَابُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَمَنْ مَشَى فِي غَيْبَتِهِ وَبَثَّ عَوْرَتَهُ كَانَتْ أَوَّلُ قَدَمٍ يَخْطُوهَا كَأَنَّمَا يَضَعُهَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ، وَيَكْشِفُ عَوْرَتَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْخَلَائِقِ، وَمَنْ مَشَى إِلَى ذِي قَرَابَةٍ أَوْ ذِي رَحِمٍ لِبِلَالٍ أَوْ لِسَقَمٍ بِهِ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَجْرَ مِائَةِ شَهِيدٍ، وَإِنْ وَصَلَهُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَيِّئَةٍ، وَرُفِعَ لَهُ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دَرَجَةٍ، وَكَأَنَّمَا عَبَدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى مِائَةَ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ، وَمَنْ مَشَى فِي فَسَادٍ بَيْنَ الْقَرَابَاتِ وَالْقَطِيعَةِ بَيْنَهُمْ غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ، وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ كَوِزْرِ مَنْ قَطَعَ الرَّحِمَ، وَمَنْ عَمِلَ فِي فُرْقَةٍ بَيْنَ امْرَأَةٍ وَزَوْجِهَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَحَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ، وَمَنْ قَادَ ضَرِيرًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ أَوْ إِلَى حَاجَةٍ مِنْ حَوَائِجِهِ، كُتِبَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ قَدَمٍ رَفَعَهَا أَوْ وَضَعَهَا عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ، وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُفَارِقَهُ، وَمَنْ مَشَى بِضَرِيرٍ فِي حَاجَةٍ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَهَا، أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ بَرَاءَةً مِنَ النَّارِ وَبَرَاءَةً مِنَ النِّفَاقِ، وَقَضَى اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ حَاجَةٍ مِنْ حَوَائِجِ الدُّنْيَا، وَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَخُوضُ فِي الرَّحْمَةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ، وَمَنْ مَشَى لِضَعِيفٍ فِي حَاجَةٍ أَوْ مَنْفَعَةٍ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى كِتَابَهُ بِالْيَمِينِ، وَمَنْ ضَيَّعَ أَهْلَهُ وَقَطَّعَ رَحِمَهُ، حَرَمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى حُسْنَ الْجَزَاءِ يَوْمَ يَجْزِي اللهُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ، وَحُشِرَ مَعَ الْهَالِكِينَ، حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ بِالْمَخْرَجِ وَأَنَّى الْمَخْرَجُ، وَمَنْ فَرَّجَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا فَرَّجَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كُرَبَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ نَظْرَةَ رَحْمَةٍ يَنَالُ بِهَا الْجَنَّةَ، وَمَنْ مَشَى فِي صُلْحِ امْرَأَةٍ وَزَوْجِهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ أَلْفِ شَهِيدٍ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ حَقًّا، وَكَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ عِبَادَةُ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً: صِيَامُهَا وَقِيَامُهَا، وَمَنْ صَنَعَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ مَعْرُوفًا وَمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ بِهِ، أَحْبَطَ أَجْرَهُ وَخَيَّبَ سَعْيَهُ، أَلَا وَأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى حَرَّمَ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى الْمَنَّانِ، وَالْبَخِيلِ، وَالْمُخْتَالِ، وَالْقَتَّاتِ، وَالْجَوَّاظِ، وَالْجَعْظَرِيِّ، وَالْعُتُلِّ، وَالزَّنِيمِ، وَمُدْمِنِ الْخَمْرِ، وَمَنْ بَنَى بِنَاءً عَلَى ظَهْرِ طَرِيقٍ يَأْوِي عَابِرَ السَّبِيلِ، بَعَثَهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى جَبِينِهِ دُرَّةٌ وَوَجْهُهُ يُضِيءُ لِأَهْلِ الْجَمْعِ، حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: هَذَا مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَلَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُ حَتَّى يُزَاحِمَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَيَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بِشَفَاعَتِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ، وَمَنِ احْتَفَرَ بِئْرًا حَتَّى يَنْبَسِطَ مَاؤُهَا فَبَذَلَهَا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ، كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا وَصَلَّى، وَلَهُ بِعَدَدِ شَعَرِ كُلِّ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا حَسَنَاتٌ، إِنْسٌ أَوْ جِنٌّ، أَوْ بَهِيمَةٌ أَوْ سَبُعٌ أَوْ طَائِرٌ، أَوْ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ، وَلَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ فِي ذَلِكَ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ، وَيَرِدُ فِي شَفَاعَتِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ الْحَوْضِ، حَوْضِ الْقُدُسِ، عَدَدُ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ »، قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا حَوْضُ الْقُدُسِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « حَوْضِي، حَوْضِي، حَوْضِي، وَمَنْ شَفَعَ لِأَخِيهِ فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُ نَظَرَ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ، وَحَقٌّ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ لَا يُعَذِّبَ عَبْدًا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ، إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ بِطَلَبٍ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَشْفَعَ لَهُ، فَإِذَا شَفَعَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ طَلَبٍ، لَهُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ أَجْرُ سَبْعِينَ شَهِيدًا، وَمَنْ زَارَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ، فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ عِتْقُ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ رَقَبَةٍ، وَمَحْوُ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ سَيِّئَةٍ، وَيُكْتَبُ لَهُ بِهَا مِائَةُ أَلْفِ دَرَجَةٍ » فَقُلْنَا لِأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: أَوَلَيْسَ قَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « مَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً فَهِيَ فِكَاكُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ؟ »، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَيُرْفَعُ لَهُ سَائِرُهَا فِي كُنُوزِ الْعَرْشِ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى. هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ بِطُولِهِ مَوْضُوعٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَالْمُتَّهَمُ بِهِ مَيْسَرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ، لَا بُورِكَ فِيهِ.

   ✧ "Whoever looks into his neighbor's house and sees a man's private parts, or a woman's hair, or any part of her body, Allah, exalted is He, has the right to enter him into the Fire with the hypocrites who used to spy on women's private parts. He will not leave this world until Allah, exalted is He, disgraces him and exposes his private parts to onlookers on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever harms his neighbor without right, Allah has forbidden Paradise to him and his abode is the Fire. Indeed, Allah, exalted is He, will ask a man about his neighbor just as He asks him about the rights of his household. Whoever neglects the right of his neighbor is not from us. Whoever spends the night with deceit in his heart towards his Muslim brother spends the night and morning in the wrath of Allah, exalted is He, until he repents and returns. If he dies upon that, he dies upon other than Islam." Then he ﷺ said: "Indeed, whoever deceives us is not from us," until he said that three times. "Whoever backbites a Muslim, his fast is invalidated and his ablution is broken. If he dies while doing so, he dies like one who regards as lawful what Allah, exalted is He, has forbidden. Whoever walks with tale-bearing between two people, Allah, exalted is He, will set upon him in his grave a fire that burns him until the Day of Resurrection, then He will enter him into the Fire. Whoever pardons his Muslim brother and suppresses his anger, Allah, exalted is He, will give him the reward of a martyr. Whoever transgresses against his brother, acts arrogantly towards him, and despises him, Allah, exalted is He, will gather him on the Day of Resurrection in the form of a small ant, and the servants will trample him with their feet, then he will enter the Fire, and he will remain in the wrath of Allah until he dies. Whoever defends his Muslim brother's honor from backbiting he hears mentioned about him in a gathering, Allah, exalted is He, will repel from him a thousand doors of evil in this world and the Hereafter. If he does not defend him and is pleased with what they say, he will bear the same burden of evil as their sin. Whoever says to his slave, or someone else's slave, or any Muslim: 'No labbayka and no sa'dayka (i.e., I will not answer your call),' he will plunge into the Fire. Whoever harms a Muslim is not from us and we are not from him in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever hears of an indecent act and spreads it is like the one who committed it. Whoever hears of a good deed and spreads it is like the one who did it. Whoever honors his Muslim brother only honors his Lord, so what do you think? Whoever has two faces and two tongues in this world, Allah will give him two faces and two tongues in the Fire. Whoever walks in severing relations between two people bears a burden of sin equal to the reward given to one who reconciles between two people, and the curse is incumbent upon him until he enters Hell, where the punishment will be multiplied for him. Whoever walks in helping his Muslim brother and benefiting him will have the reward of the fighters in the path of Allah, exalted is He. Whoever walks in backbiting him and spreading his faults, the first step he takes is as if he places it in Hell, and his private parts will be exposed on the Day of Resurrection before the heads of all creatures. Whoever walks to a relative or a womb-relative for a need or an illness he has, Allah, exalted is He, will give him the reward of a hundred martyrs. If he also maintains ties with him, he will have for every step forty thousand good deeds, and by it forty million sins will be erased from him, and forty million degrees will be raised for him, and it is as if he worshipped Allah, exalted is He, for a hundred thousand years. Whoever walks in spreading corruption among relatives and severing ties between them, Allah is angry with him and curses him, and he bears the sin of one who severs the womb. Whoever works to separate a woman from her husband, the curse of Allah is upon him in this world and the Hereafter, and Allah has forbidden him from looking at His face. Whoever leads a blind man to the mosque, or to his home, or to any of his needs, the reward of freeing a slave is written for him for every step he raises or lowers, and the angels send blessings upon him until he parts from him. Whoever walks with a blind man to fulfill a need until it is accomplished, Allah will give him a clearance from the Fire and a clearance from hypocrisy, and Allah, exalted is He, will fulfill for him seventy thousand needs of this world, and he will remain immersed in mercy until he returns. Whoever walks to help a weak person in a need or benefit, Allah, exalted is He, will give him his book in his right hand. Whoever neglects his family and severs his womb, Allah, exalted is He, will deprive him of the best reward on the day He rewards the doers of good, and he will be gathered with the destroyed ones, until he comes with a way out, and how can there be a way out? Whoever relieves his brother of a distress of this world, Allah will relieve him of the distresses of this world and the Hereafter, and He will look at him with a look of mercy by which he will attain Paradise. Whoever walks in reconciling a woman and her husband, he will have the reward of a thousand martyrs truly killed in the path of Allah, and for every step he will have the worship of seventy years: its fasting and its night prayers. Whoever does a favor to his brother and then reminds him of it, he has nullified his reward and disappointed his efforts. Indeed, Allah, exalted is He, has forbidden Paradise to the one who reminds of favors, the miser, the arrogant, the tale-bearer, the gluttonous oppressor, the rude and boastful, the harsh and cruel, the bastard, and the habitual drunkard. Whoever builds a structure on the side of a road to shelter the wayfarer, Allah will send him on the Day of Resurrection with a pearl on his forehead and his face shining for the people of the gathering, until they say: This is one of the angels, and its like will not be seen until he crowds with Ibrahim ﷺ in Paradise, and by his intercession forty thousand men will enter Paradise. Whoever digs a well until its water springs forth and makes it available for the Muslims, he will have the reward of those who perform ablution from it and pray, and for every hair of every one who drinks from it, human or jinn, beast or wild animal or bird, or other than that, he will have good deeds, and for every hair in that he will have the freeing of a slave, and on the Day of Resurrection his intercession will bring to the Pond, the Pond of Holiness, the number of the stars of the sky." It was said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the Pond of Holiness? He ﷺ said: "My Pond, my Pond, my Pond. Whoever intercedes for his brother in a need of his, Allah looks at him, and it is incumbent upon Allah, exalted is He, not to punish a servant He has looked at, if that was at his request to intercede for him. If he intercedes for him without his request, he has, in addition to that, the reward of seventy martyrs. Whoever visits his Muslim brother, he has for every step until he returns the freeing of a hundred thousand slaves, the erasure of a hundred thousand sins, and a hundred thousand degrees are written for him." We said to Abu Hurayrah: Did not the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever frees a slave, it is his ransom from the Fire"? He said: Yes, and the rest of it is raised for him in the treasures of the Throne with his Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He. This hadith in its entirety is fabricated upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the one accused of it is Maysarah b. 'Abd Rabbihi, may he not be blessed.

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3091No grade recorded

   « مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا يَدْخُلَنَّ مَعَ حَلِيلَتِهِ الْحَمَّامَ

   ✧ Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not enter the bathhouse with his wife.

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3092No grade recorded

   « بَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، نَادَى مُنَادٍ: أَيْنَ أَهْلُ الْعَفْوِ ؟ قَالَ: فَيُكَافِئُهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِمَا كَانَ مِنْ عَفْوِهِمْ عَنِ النَّاسِ

   ✧ It has reached us that when the Day of Resurrection comes, a caller will call out: “Where are the people of pardon?” He said: “Then Allah, the Exalted, will reward them for the pardoning they used to do toward people.”

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3093No grade recorded

   « مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِ أَخُوهُ الْمُسْلِمُ فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ عُذْرَهُ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ مَا عَلَى صَاحِبِ مَكْسٍ

   ✧ If a Muslim brother apologizes to someone and that person does not accept his excuse, he will come on the Day of Resurrection bearing the same burden as a tax collector.

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3094No grade recorded

   أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ارْضَ عَنِّي، فَأَعْرَضَ ثَلَاثًا، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاللهِ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَيُتَرَضَّى فَيَرْضَى، فَارْضَ عَنِّي، قَالَ: فَرَضِيَ عَنِّي

   ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of Allah, be pleased with me.” He turned away three times. I said: “O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, the Blessed and Exalted Lord is indeed appeased and then becomes pleased, so be pleased with me.” He said: “Then he became pleased with me.”

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3095No grade recorded

   خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ الْعَوَاتِقَ فِي بُيُوتِهَا، أَوْ فِي خُدُورِهَا، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِلِسَانِهِ، لَا تَغْتَابُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ تَتَبَّعَ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ تَتَبَّعَ اللهُ عَوْرَتَهُ، وَمَنْ تَتَبَّعَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَوْرَتَهُ فَضَحَهُ فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتِهِ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon until the young women in their houses—or in their chambers—could hear him. He said: “O assembly of those who have believed with their tongues, do not backbite the Muslims, and do not seek out their faults. For whoever seeks out his brother’s fault, Allah will seek out his fault, and whoever Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, seeks out his fault, He will expose him even in the innermost part of his house.”

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3096No grade recorded

   « سَوْفَ أُخْبِرُكَ مَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لَيْلَتِي مِنْهُ، فَطَحَنْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ، وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ قُرْصًا، فَرَجَعَ فَرَدَّ الْبَابَ، وَكَانَ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ، وَأَوْكَأَ الْقِرْبَةَ، وَأَكْفَأَ الْقَدَحَ وَالصَّحْفَةَ، وَأَطْفَأَ السِّرَاجَ، فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ مِنْ مَسْجِدِهِ فَأُطْعِمَهُ الْقُرْصَ، فَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ حَتَّى غَلَبَنِي النَّوْمُ، فَأَقْبَلَتْ شَاةٌ لِجَارَتِنَا دَاجِنَةٌ، فَأَخَذَتْهَا، ثُمَّ اجْتَرَّتْهَا، قَالَ: فَقَلِقْتُ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَادَرْتُهَا إِلَى الْبَابِ، فَقَالَ: « خُذِي مَا أَدْرَكْتِ مِنْ قُرْصِكِ، وَلَا تُؤْذِي جَارَكِ فِي شَاتِهِ

   ✧ “I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did. It was my night with him. I ground some barley and made him a flat loaf. He returned and closed the door. Whenever he ﷺ wanted to sleep, he would close the door, tie the water-skin, turn over the cup and the plate, and extinguish the lamp. I waited for him to return from his mosque so I could feed him the loaf, but he did not return until sleep overcame me. A domestic sheep belonging to our neighbor came and took it, then chewed it away. I became distressed, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up, so I hurried to the door. He said: “Take what you can find of your loaf, but do not harm your neighbor because of her sheep.”

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3097No grade recorded

   « كَانَ فِرَاشُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَحْوَ مَا يُوضَعُ الْإِنْسَانُ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ

   ✧ The bed of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was like what a person is placed in in his grave, and the mosque was at his head.

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3098No grade recorded

   « مَنْ نَامَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَاخْتُلِسَ عَقْلُهُ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهُ

   ✧ Whoever sleeps after the afternoon and his mind is snatched away should blame no one but himself.

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3099No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَظَرَ فِي الْمِرْآةِ قَالَ: « الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي حَسَّنَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي، وَزَانَ مِنِّي مَا شَانَ مِنْ غَيْرِي »، وَإِذَا اكْتَحَلَ جَعَلَ فِي كُلِّ عَيْنٍ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَوَاحِدًا بَيْنَهُمَا، وَإِذَا لَبِسَ نَعْلَيْهِ بَدَأَ بِالْيُمْنَى، وَإِذَا خَلَعَ خَلَعَ الْيُسْرَى، وَكَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ أَدْخَلَ رِجْلَهُ الْيُمْنَى، وَكَانَ يُحِبُّ التَّيَمُّنَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَخْذًا وَعَطَاءً

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked in the mirror, he would say: “Praise be to Allah, who has beautified my creation and my character, and adorned in me what He has made ugly in others.” When he applied kohl, he would put two [applications] in each eye and one between them. When he put on his sandals, he began with the right, and when he took them off, he took off the left first. When he entered the mosque, he entered with his right foot first. He used to like beginning with the right in all things, whether taking or giving.

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3100No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتُمْ ؟ قَالَ: « بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ قَوْمٍ لَمْ يَعُودُوا مَرِيضًا وَلَمْ يَشْهَدُوا جِنَازَةً

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “How have you risen this morning?” He said: “Better than a people who have not visited the sick or attended a funeral.”

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3101No grade recorded

    « مَنْ حَدَّثَ حَدِيثًا فَعَطَسَ عِنْدَهُ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ

    ✧ Whoever tells a story and someone sneezes in his presence, then [the story] is true.

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3102No grade recorded

    عَطَسَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: « قُلِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ »، فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: مَا نَقُولُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « قُولُوا: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ »، قَالَ الرَّجُلُ: مَا أَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

    ✧ A man sneezed in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: “What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?” He ﷺ said: “Say: ‘Praise be to Allah.’” The people asked: “What should we say to him, O Messenger of Allah?” He ﷺ said: “Say: ‘May Allah have mercy on you.’” The man asked: “What should I reply to them?” He ﷺ said: “May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.”

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3103No grade recorded

    « كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَمَثَّلُ مِنَ الْأَشْعَارِ:........................... وَيَأْتِيكَ بِالْأَخْبَارِ مَنْ لَمْ تُزَوِّدِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to quote from poetry: "And he who gives you news without your having supplied him."

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3104No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَدَّقَ أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ شِعْرِهِ، قَالَ: رَجُلٌ وَثَوْرٌ تَحْتَ رِجْلِ يَمِينِهِ وَالنَّسْرُ لِلْأُخْرَى وَلَيْثٌ مُرْصَدُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « صَدَقَ » قَالَ: وَالشَّمْسُ تَطْلُعُ كُلَّ آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ حَمْرَاءُ يُصْبِحُ لَوْنُهَا يَتَوَرَّدُ تَأْبَى فَمَا تَطْلُعُ لَنَا فِي رِسْلِهَا إِلَّا مُعَذَّبَةً، وَإِلَّا تُجْلَدُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « صَدَقَ »

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ affirmed Umayyah b. Abi al-Salt in a verse of his poetry. He said: "A man and a bull under his right foot, and the vulture for the other, and a lion lying in wait." The Prophet ﷺ said: "He spoke the truth." He said: "And the sun rises at the end of every night, red, its color becoming rosy. It refuses, so it does not rise for us in its gentleness except tormented, and unless it is whipped." The Prophet ﷺ said: "He spoke the truth."

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3105No grade recorded

    رَحِمَ اللهُ لَبِيدًا، قَالَ: ذَهَبَ الَّذِينَ يُعَاشُ فِي أَكْنَافِهِمْ وَبَقِيتُ فِي خَلْفٍ كَجِلْدِ الْأَجْرَبِ فَكَانَ أَبِي يَقُولُ: رَحِمَ اللهُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ، فَكَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَتْ زَمَانَنَا هَذَا

    ✧ May Allah have mercy on Labid. He said: "Gone are those in whose protection one could live, and I remain among a succession like the skin of a mangy camel." My father used to say: May Allah have mercy on Aishah ؓ. How would it be if she saw our time now?

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3106No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ هَذَا الشِّعْرَ جَزْلٌ مِنْ كَلَامِ الْعَرَبِ، يُعْطَى بِهِ السَّائِلُ، وَيُكْظَمُ بِهِ الْغَيْظُ، وَبِهِ يَبْلُغُ الْقَوْمُ فِي نَادِيهِمْ

    ✧ This poetry is eloquent speech of the Arabs. By it the beggar is given, anger is suppressed, and people attain their goal in their assembly.

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3107No grade recorded

    رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي شِعْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِلَّا قَصِيدَةَ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ فِي أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، وَقَصِيدَةَ الْأَعْشَى فِي ذِكْرِ عَامِرٍ، وَعَلْقَمَةَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ permitted the poetry of the Jahiliyyah except the poem of Umayyah b. Abi al-Salt about the people of Badr, the poem of al-A'sha mentioning Amir, and 'Alqamah.

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3108No grade recorded

    « لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا، أَوْ دَمًا، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا هُجِيتُ بِهِ

    ✧ For one of you to have his belly filled with pus or blood is better for him than to have it filled with poetry with which I was lampooned.

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3109No grade recorded

    سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الشِّعْرِ، فَقَالَ: « هُوَ كَلَامٌ، فَحَسَنُهُ حَسَنٌ، وَقَبِيحُهُ قَبِيحٌ »

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about poetry. He said: "It is speech. Its good is good, and its bad is bad."

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3110No grade recorded

    « امْرُؤُ الْقَيْسِ صَاحِبُ لِوَاءِ الشِّعْرِ إِلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ Imru' al-Qays is the bearer of the banner of poetry to the Fire.

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3111No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَسَمِعَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَتَغَنَّيَانِ، وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ... فَذَكَرَ شِعْرًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « مَنْ هَذَانِ ؟ »، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: فُلَانٌ، وَفُلَانٌ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « أَرْكَسَهُمَا اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي الْفِتْنَةِ رَكْسًا، وَدُعَّهُمَا إِلَى النَّارِ دَعًّا

    ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey. He heard two men singing to each other, one of them saying to his companion... and he mentioned some poetry. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Who are these two?" It was said to him: "So-and-so and so-and-so." He ﷺ said: "May Allah Almighty plunge them headlong into the trial, and thrust them into the Fire with a violent thrust."

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3112No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَمِعُوا غِنَاءً، فَاسْتَشْرَفُوا لَهُ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ، فَاسْتَمَعَ، وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُحَرَّمَ الْخَمْرُ، فَأَتَاهُمْ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا فُلَانٌ، وَفُلَانٌ، وَهُمَا يَتَغَنَّيَانِ يُجِيبُ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَا يَزَالُ جَوَارِيَّ لَا يَلُوحُ عِظَامُهُ زَوَى الْحَرْبَ عَنْهُ أَنْ يُجَنَّ فَيُقْبَرَا فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: « أَرْكَسَهُمَا اللهُ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ دُعَّهُمَا إِلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ They were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when they heard singing. They craned their necks toward it. A man stood up and listened. That was before wine was forbidden. He came to them, then returned and said: "This is so-and-so and so-and-so, singing to each other, one answering the other, and he says: 'My young women will not cease, his bones not showing; war turned away from him so that he would go mad and be buried.'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands and said: "May Allah plunge them headlong into the trial. O Allah, thrust them into the Fire."

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3113No grade recorded

    إِنَّهُ أَعْطَى شَاعِرًا، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ، أَتُعْطِي شَاعِرًا ؟ قَالَ: « إِنِّي أَفْتَدِي عِرْضِي مِنْهُ

    ✧ He gave something to a poet. It was said to him: "O Abu Nujayd, will you give to a poet?" He said: "I am ransoming my honor from him."

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3114No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ رَجُلًا مَدَحَ اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَمَدَحَ رَسُولَهُ ﷺ، فَأَعْطَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَدْحِهِ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُ، وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ لِمَدْحِهِ نَفْسَهُ

    ✧ A man praised Allah Almighty and praised His Messenger ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him because of his praise of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, who created him, and he did not give him because of his praise of himself.

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3115No grade recorded

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي مَدَحْتُ اللهَ مِدْحَةً، وَمَدَحْتُكَ أُخْرَى، قَالَ ﷺ: « هَاتِ، وَابْدَأْ بِمِدْحَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

    ✧ O Messenger of God, I have composed praise of God and praise of you. He ﷺ said: “Recite it, and begin with the praise of God, Exalted is He.”

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3116No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ... فَذَكَرْتُ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَتْ: وَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ: يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّ كَرِيِّي يَتَنَاوَلُ سَاقِي، فَأَعْرَضَتْ عَنْهَا بِوَجْهِهَا، وَقَالَتْ: أَخْرِجِيهَا، فَأُخْرِجَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ عَنْهَا، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ، فَقَالَتْ: « يَا نِسَاءَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا يَمْنَعُ الْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا أَصَابَتِ الذَّنْبَ فَسُتِرَ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَسْتُرَ مَا سَتَرَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَلَا تُبْدِي لِلنَّاسِ، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يُعَيِّرُونَ، وَلَا يُغَيِّرُونَ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ يُغَيِّرُ، وَلَا يُعَيِّرُ

    ✧ I entered upon ʿĀʾishah ؓ... and mentioned the hadith. She said: A woman among the women said: “O Mother of the Believers, my tenant touches my shin,” so she turned her face away from her and said: “Make her leave,” and the woman was made to leave her. Then she turned to the women and said: “O women of the believers, what prevents a woman, if she commits a sin and it is concealed for her, from concealing what God, Mighty and Majestic, has concealed, and not revealing it to people? For people find fault but do not change, while God changes and does not find fault.”

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3117No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ، عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: « مَنْ حَفِظَ مَا بَيْنَ فُقْمَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

    ✧ Abū al-Dardāʾ ؓ and I were with the Prophet ﷺ when he said: “Whoever guards what is between his jaws and his legs will enter Paradise.”

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3118No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي عَمَلًا أَدْخُلُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَقْلِلْ، قَالَ ﷺ: « لَا تَغْضَبْ

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of God, teach me a deed by which I may enter Paradise, and make it concise.” He ﷺ said: “Do not get angry.”

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3119No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قُلْ لِي قَوْلًا، وَأَقْلِلْ لَعَلِّي أَعْقِلُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « لَا تَغْضَبْ »، فَأَعَدْتُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « لَا تَغْضَبْ

    ✧ I said: “O Messenger of God, tell me a saying, and make it concise, so that I may understand it.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Do not get angry.” I repeated it twice, and each time the Prophet ﷺ came back to me with: “Do not get angry.”

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3120No grade recorded

    « مَنْ أَزَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ نِعْمَةً مِنَ الْحَقِّ، فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُجْزَى بِهَا، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ جَزَاؤُهَا، فَلْيُظْهِرِ الثَّنَاءَ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ، فَقَدْ كَفَرَ

    ✧ “Whoever receives a favor from me that is due, he must repay it. If he does not have the means to repay it, then let him publicly praise the giver. If he does not do that, then he has been ungrateful.”

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3121No grade recorded

    « مَنْ أُعْطِيَ عَطَاءً فَوَجَدَ فَلْيَجْزِ بِهِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ، فَلْيُثْنِ بِهِ، فَمَنْ أَثْنَى بِهِ فَقَدْ شَكَرَهُ، وَمَنْ كَتَمَهُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَهُ، وَمَنْ تَحَلَّ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَانَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ

    ✧ “Whoever is given a gift and finds the means, let him repay it. If he does not find the means, let him praise the giver for it. Whoever praises it has thanked him, and whoever conceals it has been ungrateful. Whoever pretends to have been given what he was not given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood.”

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3122No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِهِ بِنَحْوِهِ

    ✧ Al-Ḥārith said: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abān narrated to us, Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān narrated to us, from ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah, from Saʿīd the mawlā of the Anṣār, from Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh, with something similar.

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3123No grade recorded

    « خَصْلَتَانِ مَنْ كَانَتَا فِيهِ كَتَبَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى شَاكِرًا صَابِرًا: مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَهُ فِي دِينِهِ، فَاقْتَدَى بِهِ، وَمَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ فِي دُنْيَاهُ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى عَلَى مَا فَضَّلَهُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَخَصْلَتَانِ مَنْ كَانَتَا فِيهِ لَمْ يَكْتُبْهُ اللهُ صَابِرًا، وَلَمْ يَكْتُبْهُ شَاكِرًا: مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَهُ فِي دِينِهِ، فَلَمْ يَقْتَدِ بِهِ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَهُ فِي دُنْيَاهُ، فَأَسِفَ عَلَيْهِ

    ✧ “Two traits, whoever has them, God, Exalted is He, records him as thankful and patient: one who looks at someone above him in religion and follows him, and one who looks at someone below him in worldly matters and praises God, Exalted is He, for the favor He has bestowed upon him over that person. And two traits, whoever has them, God does not record him as patient, nor record him as thankful: one who looks at someone above him in religion and does not follow him, and looks at someone above him in worldly matters and grieves over it.”

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3124No grade recorded

    « مَنْ قَادَ أَعْمَى أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعًا، أَوْ خَمْسِينَ ذِرَاعًا، كُتِبَ لَهُ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ

    ✧ “Whoever leads a blind person forty cubits, or fifty cubits, the freeing of a slave is written for him.”

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3125No grade recorded

    « مَنْ قَادَ أَعْمَى أَرْبَعِينَ خُطْوَةً، وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ

    ✧ “Whoever leads a blind person forty steps, Paradise becomes obligatory for him.”

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3126No grade recorded

    « أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِرِجَالِكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ؟ النَّبِيُّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَالشَّهِيدُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَالصِّدِّيقُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَالرَّجُلُ يَزُورُ أَخَاهُ فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي جَانِبِ الْمِصْرِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ “Shall I not tell you about your men who will be among the people of Paradise? The Prophet is in Paradise, the martyr is among the people of Paradise, the ṣiddīq is among the people of Paradise, the newborn is among the people of Paradise, and a man who visits his brother for the sake of God, Exalted is He, in a distant part of the city is in Paradise.”

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3127No grade recorded

    « مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَزُورُ أَخًا لَهُ فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى، إِلَّا قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ عَرْشِهِ: عَبْدِي زَارَنِي، عَلَيَّ قِرَاهُ، وَلَنْ أَرْضَى لِعَبْدِي بِقِرَاهُ إِلَّا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ "There is no servant who visits a brother for the sake of God, the Exalted, except that God, the Exalted, says to him in the dominion of His Throne: 'My servant has visited Me, and his hospitality is incumbent upon Me, and I will not be satisfied with hospitality for My servant except in Paradise.'"

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3128No grade recorded

    « مَنْ كَانَ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ، كَانَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي عَوْنِهِ مَا كَانَ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ، وَمَنْ فَكَّ حَلْقَةً فَكَّ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ "Whoever is in the assistance of his brother, God, the Mighty and Majestic, is in his assistance as long as he is in the assistance of his brother; and whoever unties a knot, God unties from him on the Day of Resurrection."

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3129No grade recorded

    « مَنْ لَمْ يَرْحَمْ صَغِيرَنَا، وَيُوَقِّرْ كَبِيرَنَا، فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا

    ✧ "Whoever does not show mercy to our young and does not respect our elders is not one of us."

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3130No grade recorded

    « زُرْ غِبًّا، تَزْدَدْ حُبًّا

    ✧ "Visit intermittently, and you will increase in love."

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3131No grade recorded

    كَانَ عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ ؓ جَالِسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَمَعَهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ، وَعِنْدَهُ بَعْضُ نِسَائِهِ، فَاسْتَسْقَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ، فَأُتِيَ بِشَرَابٍ، فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ يَشْرَبُ سَتَرُوهُ، فَقَالَ عُيَيْنَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « هَذِهِ خُلَّةٌ آتَاهَا اللهُ تَعَالَى قَوْمًا، وَمَنَعَكُمُوهَا، هَذَا الْحَيَاءُ

    ✧ Uyaynah b. al-Mundhir ؓ was sitting with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and with him was another man, and he had some of his wives with him. That man asked for a drink, and a beverage was brought. When he began to drink, they screened him. Uyaynah said: 'O Messenger of God, what is this?' He ﷺ said: 'This is a trait that God, the Exalted, gave to some people and withheld from you; this is modesty.'

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3132No grade recorded

    « يَا عَائِشَةُ، إِنَّ الْفُحْشَ لَوْ كَانَ رَجُلًا لَكَانَ رَجُلَ سَوْءٍ

    ✧ "O 'A'ishah, if obscenity were a man, it would be an evil man."

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3133No grade recorded

    « لِكُلِّ دِينٍ خُلُقٌ، وَخُلُقُ الْإِسْلَامِ الْحَيَاءُ

    ✧ "Every religion has a character, and the character of Islam is modesty."

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3134No grade recorded

    « أَوَّلُ مَا يُرْفَعُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الْحَيَاءُ وَالْإِيمَانُ، فَسَلُوهُمَا اللهَ تَعَالَى

    ✧ "The first thing to be lifted from this nation is modesty and faith, so ask God, the Exalted, for them."

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3135No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُقَالُ لَهُ: أُسَيْرٌ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « الْحَيَاءُ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ

    ✧ I and a companion of mine entered upon a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ called Usayr. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Modesty brings nothing but good."

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3136No grade recorded

    « لَا يَصْلُحُ الْكَذِبُ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ: يَكْذِبُ فِي الْحَرْبِ، وَالْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ، وَالرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ لِيُصْلِحَ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَالرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ لِيُرْضِيَهَا

    ✧ "Lying is not permissible except in three cases: a man lies in war, for war is deception; a man lies between two men to reconcile them; and a man lies to his wife to please her."

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3137No grade recorded

    بُعِثَ

    ✧ "He was sent."

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3138No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً، فَمَرُّوا بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ، اجْزُرْ لَنَا شَاةً، قَالَ: فَأَتَاهُمْ بِعَتُودٍ مِنْ غَنَمِهِ، فَذَبَحُوهَا، قَالَ: فَظَلُّوا يَطْبُخُونَ وَيَشْوُونَ، حَتَّى انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ، وَأَظَلَّ بِظِلِّهِ عَلَى غَنَمِهِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ، أَخْرِجْ لَنَا غَنَمَكَ، حَتَّى نَقِيلَ فِي الْمِظَلَّةِ، قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمُ اللهَ، فَإِنَّهَا وُلَّدٌ، فَإِنْ أَنَا أَخْرَجْتُهَا فَضَرَبَتْهَا السَّمُومُ طَرَحَتْ، فَقَالُوا: أَنْفُسُنَا أَعَزُّ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ غَنَمِكَ، قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجُوهَا فَضَرَبَتْهَا السَّمُومُ، فَطَرَحَتْ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَاحُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، وَتَرَكُوهُ، حَتَّى أَتَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَإِذَا بِهِ قَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ، فَلَمَّا جَاءُوا سَأَلَهُمْ ﷺ عَمَّا ذَكَرَ، فَأَنْكَرُوا، فَاعْتَمَدَ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ: « يَا فُلَانُ، إِنْ كَانَ مَا فِي أَصْحَابِكَ خَيْرٌ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ عِنْدَكَ، اصْدُقْنِي »، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الْخَبَرُ مِثْلُ مَا قَالَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « أَتَهَافَتُونَ فِي الْكَذِبِ تَهَافُتَ الْفَرَاشِ فِي النَّارِ، كُلُّ كَذِبٍ مَكْتُوبٌ لَا مَحَالَةَ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَكْذِبَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الْحَرْبِ، فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ، أَوْ يَكْذِبَ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ لِيُصْلِحَ بَيْنَهُمَا، أَوْ يَكْذِبَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ لِيُرْضِيَهَا ».

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent out a raiding party. They passed by a man from the desert dwellers. They said: 'O bedouin, slaughter a sheep for us.' He said: He brought them a young goat from his flock, and they slaughtered it. He said: They spent the day cooking and roasting until midday, and he shaded himself with his shadow over his flock. They said: 'O bedouin, bring out your flock so that we may take a midday nap in the shade.' He said: 'I adjure you by God, for they are pregnant; if I bring them out and the scorching wind strikes them, they will miscarry.' They said: 'Our own selves are dearer to us than your flock.' He said: So they brought them out, and the scorching wind struck them, and they miscarried. He said: Then they departed from him and left him, until they came to Madinah. There he was, having preceded them to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he informed him of the news. When they came, he ﷺ asked them about what he mentioned, but they denied it. He leaned on a man among them and said: 'O so-and-so, if what is in your companions is good, then perhaps it is with you; tell me the truth.' The man said: 'The bedouin spoke the truth, O Messenger of God; the matter is as he said.' Then he ﷺ said: 'Do you fall into lying as moths fall into the fire? Every lie is written, no doubt, except that a man lies in war, for war is deception, or lies between two men to reconcile them, or a man lies to his wife to please her.'

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3139No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ سَرِيَّةً ضَاحِيَةَ مُضَرَ، فَنَزَلُوا بِأَرْضٍ صَحْرَاءَ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحُوا إِذَا هُمْ بِقُبَّةٍ، فَإِذَا بِفِنَائِهَا غَنَمٌ مُرَاحَةٌ، فَأَتَوْا صَاحِبَ الْغَنَمِ، فَوَقَفُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا: أَجْزِرْنَا، فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ شَاةً، فَسَخِطُوهَا، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ شَاةً أُخْرَى فَسَخِطُوهَا، فَقَالَ: مَا فِي غَنَمِي إِلَّا فَحْلُهَا أَوْ شَاةٌ رُبَّى، فَأَخَذُوا شَاةً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ، فَلَمَّا أَظْهَرُوا، وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ ظِلَالٌ يَسْتَظِلُّونَ بِهَا مِنَ الْحَرِّ، وَهُمْ بِأَرْضٍ لَا ظِلَالَ فِيهَا، وَقَدْ قَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ غَنَمَهُ فِي ظُلَّتِهِ، فَقَالُوا: نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالظِّلِّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْغَنَمِ، فَأَتَوْهُ، فَقَالُوا: أَخْرِجْ غَنَمَكَ الْمُسْتَظِلَّ فِي هَذَا الظِّلِّ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ مَتَى تُخْرِجُونَ غَنَمِي تَمْرَضُ، وَتَطْرَحُ أَوْلَادَهَا، وَأَنَا امْرُؤٌ قَدْ تَزَكَّيْتُ، وَأَسْلَمْتُ، فَأَخْرَجُوا غَنَمَهُ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَّا سَاعَةٌ، حَتَّى تَنَاغَرَتْ، وَطَرَحَتْ أَوْلَادَهَا، فَأَقْبَلَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ سَرِيعًا، حَتَّى قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِالَّذِي صُنِعَ بِهِ، فَغَضِبَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ غَضَبًا شَدِيدًا، ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهُ، حَتَّى قَدِمَ الْقَوْمُ، فَسَأَلَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: كَذَبَ، فَسُرِّيَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْضُ الْغَضَبِ، فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ: وَالَّذِي أُقْسِمُ بِهِ، إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يُخْبِرَكَ اللهُ بِخَبَرِي وَخَبَرِهِمْ، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ صَادِقٌ، فَانْتَجَاهُمْ رَجُلًا رَجُلًا، فَلَمَّا انْتَجَى مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا فَنَاشَدَهُ اللهَ تَعَالَى إِلَّا حَدَّثَهُ كَمَا حَدَّثَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: « أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، فَلَا يَحْمِلَنَّكُمْ أَنْ تُتَابِعُوا فِي الْكَذِبِ كَمَا يَتَتَابَعُ الْفَرَاشُ فِي النَّارِ، كُلُّ الْكَذِبِ يُكْتَبُ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ: امْرُؤٌ كَذَبَ امْرَأَتَهُ لِتَرْضَى عَنْهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a raiding party to Ḍāḥiyat Muḍar. They camped in a desert land. When morning came, there was a tent, and in its courtyard there were sheep resting. They came to the owner of the sheep and stood before him, saying, 'Give us a sheep to slaughter.' He brought out a ewe, but they rejected it. Then he brought out another ewe, and they rejected it. He said, 'I have nothing in my flock except its ram or a recently lambed ewe.' So they took a ewe from the flock. When they moved on, they had no shade to shelter from the heat, and they were in a land with no shade. The bedouin had said that his sheep were in his shade. They said, 'We have more right to the shade than these sheep.' So they came to him and said, 'Take out your sheep that are sheltering in this shade.' He said, 'If you take out my sheep, they will fall ill and miscarry their young, and I am a man who has purified himself and submitted.' But they took out his sheep, and within just an hour they became feverish and miscarried their young. The bedouin hurried off until he reached Madinah and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, telling him what had been done to him. He became very angry at that, then he seated him until the people arrived. He asked them, and they said, 'He lied.' So some of the anger left the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The bedouin said, 'By the One by whom I swear, I hope that Allah will inform you of my news and their news.' It occurred to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he was truthful. He then took each of them aside one by one. When he had taken one of them aside and adjured him by Allah, the Exalted, to tell him as the bedouin had told him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood and said: 'O people, do not let yourselves follow one another in lying as moths follow one another into the fire. All lying is written against the son of Adam except three traits: a man who lies to his wife to please her...'

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3140No grade recorded

    « أَلَا إِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يُسَوِّدُ الْوَجْهَ، وَالنَّمِيمَةُ عَذَابُ الْقَبْرِ

    ✧ 'Indeed, lying blackens the face, and talebearing is the punishment of the grave.'

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3141No grade recorded

    لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ صَلَاةُ امْرِئٍ، وَلَا صِيَامُهُ، وَلَكِنْ إِذَا حَدَّثَ صَدَقَ، وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ أَدَّى، وَإِذَا أَشْفَى وَرِعَ.

    ✧ Do not be deceived by a person's prayer or fasting, but if he speaks he is truthful, if he is entrusted he fulfills, and if he is given charge he is scrupulous.

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3142No grade recorded

    « لَا يَصْلُحُ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ فِي جِدٍّ، وَلَا هَزْلٍ

    ✧ 'No lying is proper in seriousness or jest.'

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3143No grade recorded

    « تَقَبَّلُوا لِي سِتًّا أَتَقَبَّلْ لَكُمُ الْجَنَّةَ »، قِيلَ: مَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: « إِذَا حَدَّثْتُمْ فَلَا تَكْذِبُوا، وَإِذَا وَعَدْتُمْ، فَلَا تُخْلِفُوا، وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنْتُمْ فَلَا تَخُونُوا، وَغُضُّوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ، وَاحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَكُمْ، وَكُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ

    ✧ 'Accept six things from me and I will accept Paradise for you.' It was said, 'What are they, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'When you speak, do not lie; when you promise, do not break it; when you are entrusted, do not betray; lower your gazes, guard your private parts, and restrain your hands.'

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3144No grade recorded

    « كَانَ يَتَخَصَّرُ بِعُرْجُونِ ابْنِ طَابٍ، وَكَانَ زَيْدٌ يَتَخَصَّرُ بِهِ فِي دَارِهِ، وَفِي ذَهَابِهِ إِلَى أَمْوَالِهِ

    ✧ 'He used to lean on a stalk of the Ibn Ṭāb date palm, and Zayd used to lean on it in his house and when going to his properties.'

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3145No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ صَاحِبَ الدَّابَّةِ أَحَقُّ بِصَدْرِهَا

    ✧ 'The Prophet ﷺ ruled that the owner of a riding beast is more entitled to its front.'

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3146No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ، وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ؓ « اسْتَقْبَلَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَجَعَلَ ﷺ وَاحِدًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَالْآخَرَ خَلْفَهُ

    ✧ Al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī and ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar ؓ came to meet the Prophet ﷺ, and he ﷺ placed one in front of him and the other behind him.

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3147No grade recorded

    قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ سَفَرٍ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ؓ، فَجَعَلَ ﷺ أَكْبَرَهُمَا خَلْفَهُ، وَحَمَلَ أَصْغَرَهُمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from a journey, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar and al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī ؓ came to meet him. He ﷺ placed the older of them behind him and carried the younger in front of him.

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3148No grade recorded

    أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عَجُزِ نَاقَتِهِ لَيْلًا، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْعَسُ، فَيَمَسُّنِي، وَيَقُولُ: « يَا هَذِهِ، يَا بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ، يَا صَفِيَّةُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ seated me behind him on the rear of his camel at night. I began to doze, and he would touch me and say: 'O you, O daughter of Ḥuyayy, O Ṣafiyyah.'

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3149No grade recorded

    « يَا هَذِهِ يَا بِنْت حَيِّي يَا صَفِيَّة" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ 'O you, O daughter of Ḥuyayy, O Ṣafiyyah.'

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3150No grade recorded

    أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا مِنْ خَيْبَرَ، قَدْ أَرْدَفَ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ ؓ عَلَى حَقِيبَتِهِ، وَأَبُو رَافِعٍ ؓ عَلَى جَمَلٍ، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، قَالَ: « يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ، انْزِلْ عَنِ الْجَمَلِ، وَاحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ صَفِيَّةَ، فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَنْفَجِرَ الصُّبْحُ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَدْخُلَ الْمَدِينَةَ »، قَالَ: فَسَارَ أَبُو رَافِعٍ، حَتَّى أَدْخَلَهَا الْمَدِينَةَ

    ✧ One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came from Khaybar, having seated Ṣafiyyah bt. Ḥuyayy ؓ on his luggage, while Abū Rāfiʿ ؓ was on a camel. When we approached Madinah, he said: 'O Abū Rāfiʿ, dismount from the camel and let Ṣafiyyah ride it, for I fear dawn may break before we enter Madinah.' So Abū Rāfiʿ proceeded until he brought her into Madinah.

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3151No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ رَأَى رَجُلًا رَاكِبًا يَسْعَى خَلْفَهُ إِنْسَانٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا فُلَانُ، لَوْ حَمَلْتَ هَذَا خَلْفَكَ، قَالَ: وَأَنَا كُنْتُ أَحْمِلُ هَذَا الْعِلْجَ خَلْفِي، قَالَ: فَلَوْ بَعَثْتَهُ إِلَى حَيْثُ تُرِيدُ، قَالَ: مَا فَعَلْتُ، قَالَ: فَلَوِ اسْتَبْدَلْتَ أَخَفَّ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: مَا فَعَلْتُ، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « مَنْ سَعَى خَلْفَهُ إِنْسَانٌ، وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ، لَمْ يَزِدْهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَّا بُعْدًا

    ✧ Abu al-Darda' ؓ saw a man riding while a person was running behind him, so he said: "O so-and-so, if only you had carried this one behind you." He said: "Would I carry this 'ilj behind me?" He said: "Then if you had sent him to where you want." He said: "I did not do that." He said: "Then if you had taken a lighter one instead of him." He said: "I did not do that." He said: "Indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'If a person runs behind someone while he is riding, Allah, the Exalted, will only increase him in distance.'"

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3152No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلًا يَسْعَى خَلْفَهُ إِنْسَانٌ، وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ، أَوْ بَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: « قَطَعَ اللهُ فُؤَادَهُ، قَطَعَ اللهُ فُؤَادَهُ

    ✧ 'Umar ؓ saw a man with a person running behind him while he was riding, or he was told about that, and he said: "May Allah cut off his heart, may Allah cut off his heart."

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3153No grade recorded

    « يَا أَبَا أَيُّوبَ، أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى صَدَقَةٍ تُرْضِي اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ بِوَضْعِهَا ؟ »، فَقَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: « تُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ إِذَا تَفَاسَدُوا، وَتُقَرِّبُ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا تَبَاعَدُوا

    ✧ "O Abu Ayyub, shall I not guide you to a charity that pleases Allah and His Messenger by giving it?" He said: "Yes." He said: "You reconcile between people when they have become corrupt with each other, and you bring them close when they have grown distant."

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3154No grade recorded

    « أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى صَدَقَةٍ يُحِبُّهَا اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَرَسُولُهُ ﷺ ؟ تُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ إِذَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَتَفَاسَدُوا

    ✧ "Shall I not guide you to a charity that Allah, Blessed and Exalted, and His Messenger ﷺ love? You reconcile between people when they hate each other and have become corrupt with each other."

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3155No grade recorded

    " « أَلَا أَدُلَّك عَلَى صَدَقَةٍ يُحِبُّهَا اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَرَسُوله ﷺ تُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ إِذَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَتَفَاسَدُوا »" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ "Shall I not guide you to a charity that Allah, Blessed and Exalted, and His Messenger ﷺ love? You reconcile between people when they hate each other and have become corrupt with each other."

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3156No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الصَّدَقَةِ إِصْلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ

    ✧ "The best charity is reconciling between people."

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3157No grade recorded

    « إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمْ بَابَ حُجْرَتِهِ، فَلْيُسَمِّ، فَإِنَّهُ يَرْجِعُ قَرِينُهُ الَّذِي مَعَهُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمْ حُجْرَتَكُمْ، فَسَمُّوا يَخْرُجْ سَاكِنُهَا مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ، فَإِذَا رَحَلْتُمْ، فَسَمُّوا عَلَى أَوَّلِ حِلْسٍ تَضَعُونَهُ عَلَى دَوَابِّكُمْ، لَا يَشْرَكْكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي مَرْكَبِهَا، فَإِذَا أَنْتُمْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا شَرَكَكُمْ، وَإِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ، فَسَمُّوا، حَتَّى لَا يَشْرَكَكُمْ فِي طَعَامِكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا شَرَكَكُمْ فِي طَعَامِكُمْ، وَلَا تُبَيِّتُوا الْقُمَامَةَ مَعَكُمْ فِي حُجَرِكُمْ، فَإِنَّهَا مَقْعَدُهُ، وَلَا تُبَيِّتُوا الْمِنْدِيلَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ، فَإِنَّهَا مَضْجَعُهُ، وَلَا تَفْتَرِشُوا الْوَلَايَا الَّتِي عَلَى ظُهُورِ الدَّوَابِّ، وَلَا تَسْكُنُوا بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مُغْلَقَةٍ، وَلَا تَبِيتُوا عَلَى سُطُوحٍ غَيْرِ مَحُوطٍ، فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ نُبَاحَ الْكَلْبِ، وَنَهِيقَ الْحِمَارِ، فَاسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللهِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْهَقُ حِمَارٌ، وَلَا يَنْبَحُ كَلْبٌ إِلَّا حِينَ يَرَاهُ

    ✧ "When one of you comes to the door of his room, let him mention the name of Allah, for then his companion from the devils who is with him will turn back. When you enter your rooms, mention the name of Allah and its inhabitant from the devils will leave. When you set out, mention the name of Allah over the first saddle cloth you place on your mounts, so that the devil does not share the riding with you. If you do not do so, he shares with you. When you eat, mention the name of Allah, so that he does not share your food with you, for if you do not, he shares your food with you. Do not leave garbage with you overnight in your rooms, for it is his seat. Do not leave the towel overnight in your houses, for it is his bed. Do not spread out the saddle cloths that are on the backs of mounts. Do not dwell in houses that are not locked. Do not spend the night on roofs that are not walled. When you hear the barking of a dog or the braying of a donkey, seek refuge in Allah, for a donkey does not bray and a dog does not bark except when it sees him."

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3158No grade recorded

    « أَحْسِنُوا جِوَارَ نِعَمِ اللهِ، لَا تُنَفِّرُوهَا، فَقَلَّمَا زَالَتْ عَنْ قَوْمٍ، فَعَادَتْ إِلَيْهِمْ

    ✧ "Be good neighbors to the blessings of Allah; do not drive them away, for seldom do they leave a people and return to them."

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3159No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ أَبَا مُوسَى ؓ عَنِ الِاسْتِئْذَانِ عَلَى أَبَوَيْهِ ؟ قَالَ: « نَعَمِ اسْتَأْذِنْ، أَيَسُرُّكَ أَنْ تَرَى مِنْهُمَا عَوْرَةً ؟

    ✧ A man asked Abu Musa ؓ about seeking permission from his parents. He said: "Yes, seek permission. Would it please you to see something private from them?"

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3160No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: أَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى أُمِّي ؟، فَقَالَ: « إِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَأْذِنْ عَلَيْهَا رَأَيْتَ مِنْهَا مَا يَسُوؤُكَ »

    ✧ A man asked Hudhayfah ؓ, saying: "Should I seek permission from my mother?" He said: "If you do not seek permission from her, you will see from her what displeases you."

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3161No grade recorded

    « نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَسْتَأْذِنَ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْبَابِ

    ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade seeking permission while facing the door."

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3162No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهُوَ بِالْجُرْفِ مَقْدَمَنَا مِنْ خَيْبَرَ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: « لَا تَطْرُقُوا النِّسَاءَ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while he was at al-Jurf upon our return from Khaybar, saying: "Do not come to women at night after the 'Isha' prayer."

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3163No grade recorded

    « كَانَتْ أَبْوَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تُقْرَعُ بِالْأَظَافِيرِ

    ✧ «The doors of the Messenger of God ﷺ used to be knocked on with fingernails.»

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3164No grade recorded

    كَانَتْ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ جَارِيَةً لِأُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَلَدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَكَانَتْ إِذَا دَخَلَتْ قَالَتْ: سَلَامٌ لَا عَلَيْكُمْ، فَرَخَّصَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، أَنْ تَقُولَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

    ✧ Umm Ayman was a slave woman belonging to Umm Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet ﷺ. Whenever she entered, she would say, 'Greetings, not upon you.' The Prophet ﷺ gave her permission to say, 'Peace be upon you.'

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3165No grade recorded

    إِنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ كَتَبَ إِلَى ذِمِّيٍّ، فَبَدَأَهُ بِالسَّلَامِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَتَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلَامِ ؟ فَقَالَ: « إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ السَّلَامُ »

    ✧ Ibn Abbas ؓ wrote to a dhimmi and began with the greeting of peace. I said to him, 'Do you initiate the greeting?' He said, '«God is Peace.»'

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3166No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ عَلَى غَيْرِ دِينِ الْإِسْلَامِ: « سِلْمٌ أَنْتُمْ »، فَكَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِالسَّلَامِ، فَكَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي آخِرِ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ wrote to a man not of the Islamic faith, '«You are in peace»', so he wrote to the Prophet ﷺ with peace, and the Prophet ﷺ wrote at the end of the letter, greeting him.

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3167No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَتَبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالسَّلَامِ، فَكَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ

    ✧ «A man from the polytheists wrote to the Messenger of God ﷺ with the greeting of peace, so the Messenger of God ﷺ wrote back returning the greeting.»

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3168No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى ؓ كَتَبَ إِلَى دِهْقَانٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فِي كِتَابِهِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: تُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيَّ، فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ

    ✧ Abu Musa ؓ wrote to a Persian nobleman and greeted him with peace in his letter. It was said to him, 'You greet him when he is a disbeliever?' He said, 'He wrote to me greeting me, so I returned it to him.'

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3169No grade recorded

    « إِذَا كَانَتْ لَكَ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَةٌ فَابْدَأْهُ بِالسَّلَامِ

    ✧ «If you have a need from him, begin with the greeting of peace.»

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3170No grade recorded

    كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ، فَأَتَاهُ أُسْقُفُّ نَجْرَانَ، فَأَوْسَعَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: أَتُوسِعُ لِهَذَا النَّصْرَانِيِّ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: « إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْسَعَ لَهُمْ »

    ✧ We were sitting with Ali ؓ when the bishop of Najran came, and he made room for him. A man said to him, 'Do you make room for this Christian, O Commander of the Faithful?' He said, '«They used to make room for them when they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ.»'

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3171No grade recorded

    « مَنْ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ فَارْدُدْ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَجُوسِيًّا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُمْ بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، أَوْ رُدُّوهَا عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِ

    ✧ «Whoever greets you from God's creation, return it to him even if he is a Magian, for God the Exalted says: 'When you are greeted with a greeting, greet with better than it'—that is for the people of Islam—'or return it'—that is upon the polytheist.»

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3172No grade recorded

    « إِذَا حَدَّثَ الرَّجُلُ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ، فَهُوَ أَمَانَةٌ

    ✧ «When a man speaks, then turns around, it is a trust.»

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3173No grade recorded

    « إِذَا أَبْرَدْتُمْ بَرِيدًا فَأَبْرِدُوهُ حَسَنَ الْوَجْهِ، حَسَنَ الِاسْمِ

    ✧ «When you send a messenger, send one with a handsome face and a good name.»

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3174No grade recorded

    « اطْلُبُوا الْخَيْرَ عِنْدَ حِسَانِ الْوَجْهِ

    ✧ «Seek good with those of handsome faces.»

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3175No grade recorded

    « اطْلُبُوا الْخَيْرَ عِنْدَ حِسَانِ الْوُجُوهِ

    ✧ Seek good from those with handsome faces.

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3176No grade recorded

    « إِذَا طَلَبْتُمُ الْحَاجَاتِ، فَاطْلُبُوهَا إِلَى حِسَانِ الْوُجُوهِ

    ✧ When you seek needs, seek them from those with handsome faces.

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3177No grade recorded

    « تَمَعْدَدُوا، وَاخْشَوْشِنُوا، وَامْشُوا حُفَاةً، وَانْتَضِلُوا

    ✧ Adopt the ways of Ma'add, be rough, walk barefoot, and shoot arrows.

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3178No grade recorded

    شَرُّ النَّاسِ ثَلَاثَةٌ: رَجُلٌ مُتَكَبِّرٌ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ يُحَقِّرُهُمَا، وَرَجُلٌ سَعَى فِي فَسَادٍ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ يَنْصُرُهُ عَلَيْهَا غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ حَتَّى فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا، ثُمَّ خَلَفَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَرَجُلٌ سَعَى فِي فَسَادٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْكَذِبِ، حَتَّى تَعَادَوْا، وَتَبَاغَضُوا

    ✧ The worst of people are three: a man who is arrogant toward his parents and belittles them; a man who strives to corrupt between a man and a woman, supporting him against her unjustly until he separates them, then marries her after him; and a man who strives to corrupt among people with lies until they become enemies and hate one another.

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3179No grade recorded

    « ثَلَاثَةٌ يَلْعَنُهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: رَجُلٌ رَغِبَ عَنْ وَالِدَيْهِ، وَآخَرُ سَعَى فِي تَفْرِيقٍ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ لِيَخْلُفَ عَلَيْهَا بَعْدَهُ، وَآخَرُ سَعَى بِالْأَحَادِيثِ بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، لِيَتَعَادَوْا وَيَتَبَاغَضُوا

    ✧ Three are cursed by Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection: a man who turns away from his parents; another who strives to separate a man and his wife so that he may marry her after him; and another who spreads tales among the believers so that they become enemies and hate one another.

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3180No grade recorded

    « يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ ؟ » قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: « خِيَارُكُمْ إِذَا رُؤُوا ذُكِرَ اللهُ، وَارْتَاحَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ، أَوَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشِرَارِكُمْ ؟ » قَالُوا: بَلَى: قَالَ ﷺ: « فَإِنَّ شِرَارَكُمُ الْمَاشُونَ بِالنَّمِيمَةِ، الْمُفْسِدُونَ بَيْنَ الْأَحِبَّةِ، الْبَاغُونَ لِلْبَرَاءِ الْعَنَتَ

    ✧ "O people, shall I not inform you of the best among you?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He ﷺ said, "The best of you are those who, when seen, Allah is remembered and their hearts are stirred. Shall I not inform you of the worst among you?" They said, "Yes." He ﷺ said, "Indeed, the worst of you are those who walk about with slander, corrupting between loved ones, and seeking hardship for the innocent."

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3181No grade recorded

    « مَنْ كَانَ ذَا لِسَانَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، جَعَلَ اللهُ لَهُ لِسَانَيْنِ مِنْ نَارٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ Whoever has two tongues in this world, Allah will give him two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection.

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3182No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، عَنْ عَرْعَرَةَ بْنِ الْبِرِنْدِ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، وَقَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ، فَذَكَرَهُ

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Humayd b. Mas'ada narrated to us, from 'Ar'ara b. al-Birind, from Isma'il b. Muslim, from al-Hasan and Qatada, from Anas ؓ, and he mentioned it.

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3183No grade recorded

    وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، فَذَكَرَهُ

    ✧ And 'Abdullah b. 'Umar b. Aban narrated to us: al-Muharibi narrated to us, from Isma'il b. Muslim, and he mentioned it.

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3184No grade recorded

    ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ، فَقِيلَ: مَا أَعْجَزَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « اغْتَبْتُمْ أَخَاكُمْ »، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قُلْنَا مَا فِيهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: « إِنْ قُلْتُمْ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ، فَقَدْ بَهَتُّمُوهُ

    ✧ A man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and it was said, "How incapable he is!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have backbitten your brother." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we said what is in him." He ﷺ said, "If you said what is not in him, you would have slandered him."

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3185No grade recorded

    جَاءَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي رَجْمِهِ، قَالَ: فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ رَجُلَانِ، فَقَالَا: يَا خَيَّبَ هَذَا، سَتَرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَسْتُرْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَأُهِيجَ كَمَا أُهِيجَ الْكَلْبُ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى جِيفَةٍ، فَقَالَ: « انْهَسَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجِيفَةِ » فَقَالَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذِهِ الْجِيفَةُ، لَا نَسْتَطِيعُهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « مَا أَصَبْتُمَا مِنْ أَخِيكُمَا أَنْتَنُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجِيفَةِ

    ✧ Ma'iz b. Malik came, and he mentioned the hadith about his stoning. He said: Then two men passed by him and said, "What a failure this one is! Allah concealed him, yet he did not conceal himself." So he was agitated as a dog is agitated. Then the Prophet ﷺ came upon a carcass and said, "Bite from this carcass." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is a carcass; we cannot." He ﷺ said, "What you have gotten from your brother is more foul than this carcass."

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3186No grade recorded

    كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَوَقَعَ فِيهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « تَخَلَّلْ »، فَقَالَ: مِمَّ أَتَخَلَّلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ مَا أَكَلْتُ لَحْمًا فَأَتَخَلَّلَ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « بَلَى، مِنْ لَحْمِ أَخِيكَ أَكَلْتَ آنِفًا »

    ✧ We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man stood up, and a man after him fell upon him (backbit him). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Pick your teeth." He said, "From what should I pick my teeth, O Messenger of Allah? I have not eaten meat that I might pick my teeth." He ﷺ said, "Indeed, you have just eaten the flesh of your brother."

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3187No grade recorded

    كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَعْجَزَ فُلَانًا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « أَكَلْتُمْ لَحْمَ أَخِيكُمْ وَاغْتَبْتُمُوهُ

    ✧ We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ, and a man from the group said, 'O Messenger of God, how incapable is so-and-so!' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'You have eaten the flesh of your brother and backbitten him.'

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3188No grade recorded

    « أَكَلْتُمْ لَحْمَ أَخِيكُمْ وَاغْتَبْتُمُوهُ »" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ 'You have eaten the flesh of your brother and backbitten him.'

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3189No grade recorded

     « الْغِيبَةُ أَنْ تَذْكُرَ مِنْ أَخِيكَ أَسْوَأَ مَا تَعْلَمُ فِيهِ، فَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ، فَذَلِكَ الْبُهْتَانُ

     ✧ Backbiting is that you mention about your brother the worst of what you know in him; if you mention what is not in him, that is slander.

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3190No grade recorded

     « كَفَّارَةُ الِاغْتِيَابِ أَنْ تَسْتَغْفِرَ لِمَنِ اغْتَبْتَهُ

     ✧ The expiation for backbiting is that you seek forgiveness for the one you backbit.

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3191No grade recorded

     « أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكُمْ مَا عَلَّمَ نُوحٌ ابْنَهُ ؟ » » قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ ﷺ: « يَا بُنَيَّ، إِنِّي آمُرُكَ بِأَمْرَيْنِ، وَأَنْهَاكَ عَنْ أَمْرَيْنِ: أَنْهَاكَ أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكَ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا ; فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا، فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَنْهَاكَ عَنِ الْكِبْرِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ حَبَّةُ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ. وَآمُرُكَ بِقَوْلِ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، فَإِنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ لَوْ كَانَتْ حَلْقَةً قَصَمَتْهَا، وَآمُرُكَ بِسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْخَلْقِ، وَتَسْبِيحُ الْخَلْقِ، وَبِهَا يُرْزَقُ الْخَلْقُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَمِنَ الْكِبْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلرَّجُلِ الدَّابَّةُ يَرْكَبُهَا، أَوِ الثَّوْبُ يَلْبَسُهُ، أَوِ الطَّعَامُ يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِ أَصْحَابَهُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّ الْكِبْرَ أَنْ يُسَفِّهَ الْحَقَّ، وَيَغْمِصَ النَّاسَ، وَسَأُنْبِئُكُمْ بِخَمْسٍ، مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ فَلَيْسَ مُتَكَبِّرًا: اعْتِقَالُ الشَّاهِ، وَلُبْسُ الصُّوفِ، وَرُكُوبُ الْحِمَارِ، وَمُجَالَسَةُ فُقَرَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَأَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُلُ مَعَ عِيَالِهِ

     ✧ 'Shall I teach you what Noah taught his son?' They said, 'Yes.' He ﷺ said, 'O my son, I command you with two things and forbid you from two things: I forbid you from associating anything with God, for whoever associates anything with God, God has forbidden Paradise to him; and I forbid you from arrogance, for no one whose heart contains a mustard seed of arrogance will enter Paradise. And I command you to say: There is no god but God alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent, for if the heavens were a ring, it would break them. And I command you to say: Glory be to God and with His praise, for it is the prayer of creation and the glorification of creation, and by it creation is provided sustenance.' A man said, 'O Messenger of God, is it arrogance for a man to have a riding animal he rides, or a garment he wears, or food to which he invites his companions?' He ﷺ said, 'No, but arrogance is to reject the truth and disparage people. I shall inform you of five things; whoever has them is not arrogant: tethering a sheep, wearing wool, riding a donkey, sitting with the poor believers, and a man eating with his family.'

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3192No grade recorded

     « يَا بَنِي إِنِّي آمُرُك بِأَمْرَيْنِ وَأَنْهَاك عَنْ أَمْرَيْنِ أَنْهَاك أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا فَقَدْ حَرُمَ الله عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّة وَأَنْهَاك عَنْ الْكِبَرِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّة مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ حَبَّةَ خَرْدَل مَنْ كَبُرَ وَآمُرُك بِقَوْل لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الله وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيك لَهُ لَهُ الْمَلِك وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِير فَإِنَّ السَّمَاوَاتَ لَوْ كَانَتْ حَلْقَةً قَصَمَتْهَا وَآمُرُك بِسُبْحَانَ اللهُ وَبِحَمْدِهِ فَإِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْخَلْقِ وَتَسْبِيح الْخَلْق وَبِهَا يَرْزُقُ الْخُلُق فَقَالَ رَجُل يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَمِنَ الْكِبَر أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلرَّجُلِ الدَّابَّةَ يَرْكَبُهَا أَوْ الثَّوْبَ يَلْبَسُهُ أَوْ الطَّعَامَ يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُهُ قَالَ ﷺ لَا وَلَكِنَّ الْكِبَرَ أَنْ يُسَفِّهَ الْحَقّ وَيَغْمِصَ النَّاس وَسَأُنْبِئُكُمْ بِخَمْس مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ فَلَيْسَ مُتَكَبِّرًا اعْتِقَالُ الشَّاهِ وَلَبْسُ الصُّوف وَرُكُوبُ الْحِمَارِ وَمُجَالَسَةُ فُقَرَاءَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنْ يَأْكُلَ الرَّجُل مَعَ عَيَّالِهِ" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ 'O my son, I command you with two things and forbid you from two things: I forbid you from associating anything with God, for whoever associates anything with God, God has forbidden Paradise to him; and I forbid you from arrogance, for no one whose heart contains a mustard seed of arrogance will enter Paradise. And I command you to say: There is no god but God alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent, for if the heavens were a ring, it would break them. And I command you to say: Glory be to God and with His praise, for it is the prayer of creation and the glorification of creation, and by it creation is provided sustenance.' A man said, 'O Messenger of God, is it arrogance for a man to have a riding animal he rides, or a garment he wears, or food to which he invites his companions?' He ﷺ said, 'No, but arrogance is to reject the truth and disparage people. I shall inform you of five things; whoever has them is not arrogant: tethering a sheep, wearing wool, riding a donkey, sitting with the poor believers, and a man eating with his family.'

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3193No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ، وَعَلَيْهِ جُبَّةٌ مِنْ سِيجَانٍ مُزَرَّرَةٌ بِالذَّهَبِ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: إِنَّ نُوحًا قَالَ لِابْنِهِ

     ✧ A Bedouin man came wearing a jubbah of fine silk brocade adorned with gold, and he mentioned the hadith, in which it states that Noah said to his son...

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3194No grade recorded

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِوَصِيَّةِ نُوحٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

     ✧ Shall I inform you of the testament of Noah ﷺ ?

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3195No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: « إِنِّي جَعَلْتُ نَسَبًا، وَجَعَلْتُمْ نَسَبًا، فَجَعَلْتُ أَكْرَمَكُمْ أَتْقَاكُمْ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: يَا فُلَانُ ابْنَ فُلَانٍ، وَأَنَا أَكْرَمُ مِنْكَ، وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أَرْفَعُ نَسَبِي، وَأَضَعُ نَسَبَكُمْ، أَيْنَ الْمُتَّقُونَ ؟

     ✧ God, Mighty and Majestic, will say on the Day of Resurrection: 'I established a lineage, and you established a lineage. I made the noblest of you the most pious of you, but you say, "O so-and-so, son of so-and-so, I am nobler than you." Today I raise My lineage and lower your lineage. Where are the pious?'

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3196No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُدْرِكُ دَرَجَةَ الصَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ بِالْحِلْمِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيُكْتَبُ جَبَّارًا، وَمَا يَمْلِكُ إِلَّا أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ

     ✧ A man may attain the rank of one who fasts and stands in prayer through forbearance, and he may be recorded as a tyrant though he only possesses his own household.

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3197No grade recorded

     « مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ رَجُلٌ يَمُوتُ وَفِي قَلْبِهِ مِنَ الْكِبْرِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ، إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ فِي النَّارِ »، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ، بِحِمَالَةِ سَيْفِي، وَبِغَسْلِ ثِيَابِي مِنَ الدَّرَنِ، وَبِحُسْنِ الشِّرَاكِ وَالنِّعَالِ، فَقَالَ: « لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ أَعْنِي، إِنَّمَا الْكِبْرُ مَنْ سَفِهَ الْحَقَّ، وَغَمَصَ النَّاسَ »، فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، وَمَا السَّفَهُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ، وَغَمْصُ النَّاسِ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « السَّفَهُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ: أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَالٌ، فَيُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ، وَيَزْعُمُ أَنْ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ، فَيَأْمُرُهُ رَجُلٌ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ فَيَأْبَى، وَأَمَّا الْغَمْصُ، فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَجِيءُ النَّاسَ شَامِخًا بِأَنْفِهِ، وَإِذَا رَأَى ضُعَفَاءَ النَّاسِ وَفُقَرَاءَهُمْ لَمْ يُسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ إِلَيْهِمْ مَحْقَرَةً لَهُمْ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَغْمِصُ النَّاسَ »، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « مَنْ رَقَّعَ ثَوْبَهُ، وَخَصَفَ نَعْلَهُ، وَرَكِبَ الْحِمَارَ، وَعَادَ الْمَمْلُوكَ إِذَا مَرِضَ، وَحَلَبَ الشَّاةَ، فَقَدْ بَرِئَ مِنَ الْعَظَمَةِ

     ✧ 'There is no man on earth who dies with an atom's weight of arrogance in his heart except that God will place him in the Fire.' A man from the Ansar said, 'O Messenger of God, I love beauty, in the strap of my sword, and washing my clothes from dirt, and in fine shoelaces and sandals.' He said, 'That is not what I mean; arrogance is only one who rejects the truth and disparages people.' He said, 'O Prophet of God, what is rejecting the truth and disparaging people?' He ﷺ said, 'Rejecting the truth is that you have a debt owed by a man, and he denies it, claiming he owes nothing, and a man commands him to fear God but he refuses. As for disparagement, it is one who approaches people with his nose in the air, and when he sees the weak and poor among people, he does not greet them or sit with them out of contempt for them; that is one who disparages people.' The Prophet ﷺ then said, 'Whoever patches his garment, mends his sandal, rides a donkey, visits the sick slave, and milks the sheep has freed himself from pride.'

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3198No grade recorded

     « مَا مِنْ آدَمِيٍّ إِلَّا وَفِي رَأْسِهِ حِكْمَةٌ، وَهِيَ بِيَدِ مَلَكٍ، فَإِنْ تَوَاضَعَ رَفَعَهُ، وَإِنْ تَكَبَّرَ وَضَعَهُ

     ✧ There is no human being but has wisdom in his head, and it is in the hand of an angel; if he humbles himself, the angel raises him, and if he is arrogant, the angel lowers him.

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3199No grade recorded

     « مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِي هَكَذَا رَفَعْتُهُ هَكَذَا »، وَجَعَلَ بَاطِنَ كَفِّهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ بَاطِنَ كَفِّهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَرَفَعَهَا نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ

     ✧ «Whoever humbles himself for Me thus, I will raise him thus,» and he placed the palm of his hand toward the ground, then he placed the palm of his hand toward the sky, and raised it toward the sky.

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3200No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: ائْذَنْ لِرَدِيفِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « لَعُظَمَاؤُكُمْ أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنَ الْجُعْلَانِ الَّتِي تَدْفَعُ الْخُرْءَ بِآنَافِهَا »، قَالَ: فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ حَمْدِي زَيْنٌ، وَذَمِّي شَيْنٌ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « كَذَبْتَ، ذَاكَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى

     ✧ A man sought permission during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "Grant permission to the riding companion of al-Nuʿman b. al-Mundhir." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Your great ones are more insignificant to Allah than the beetles that push dung with their noses.» He said: Then a man sought permission and said: "Indeed my praise is an adornment and my blame is a disgrace." He ﷺ said: «You have lied; that is Allah, Blessed and Exalted.»

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3201No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَرَصَهُمُ الْبَرْدُ، فَجَعَلُوا يَسْتَحْيُونَ أَنْ يَجِيئُوا فِي الْعَشَاشِ وَالْعَبَاءِ، فَفَقَدَهُمْ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَمْرُهُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَصْبَحَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ، فَقَالُوا: أَصْبَحَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّانِي، ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ فِي الْعَبَاءَةِ، جَاؤُوا فِي أَكْسِيَتِهِمْ مَعًا، فَعَرَفَ وُجُوهًا قَدْ كَانَ فَقَدَهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ أَحَدٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ خَرْدَلَةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ، أَوْ قَالَ: ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ

     ✧ The companions of Ibn Masʿud were bitten by the cold, and they began to feel ashamed to come in worn-out cloaks and woolen wraps. He missed them, and it was said to him: "Their situation is such and such." So Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman came one morning in a woolen wrap, and they said: "Ibn Masʿud has come in a woolen wrap." Then the second day came, then the third day came. When they saw him in the woolen wrap, they came in their cloaks all together. He recognized faces that he had missed and said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: «No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride,» or he said: «an atom of pride.»

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3202No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثٍ فَمَا فَرِحْنَا بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَشَدَّ مِنْ فَرَحِنَا بِهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: « إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي إِمَاطَتِهِ الْأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَفِي هِدَايَتِهِ السَّبِيلَ، وَفِي تَعْبِيرِهِ عَنِ الْأَرْثَمِ، وَفِي مَنِيحَةِ اللَّبَنِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي السِّلْعَةِ تَكُونُ مَصْرُورَةً فِي ثَوْبِهِ، فَيَلْمَسُهَا، فَتُخْطِئُهَا يَدُهُ

     ✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ related a hadith, and we did not rejoice at anything after Islam more intensely than our rejoicing at it. He ﷺ said: «The believer is rewarded for removing harm from the road, for guiding to the way, for interpreting for the one with a speech impediment, and for giving the gift of milk. Indeed, he is rewarded for merchandise wrapped in his garment: he touches it, and his hand misses it.»

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3203No grade recorded

     « مَا بَزَقْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِي مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ »: قِيلَ لِسُفْيَانَ: لَا فِي صَلَاةٍ، وَلَا غَيْرِهَا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

     ✧ «I have not spat on my right side since I embraced Islam.» It was said to Sufyan: "Not in prayer or otherwise?" He said: "Yes."

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3204No grade recorded

     « رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَبْصُقُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ، وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

     ✧ «I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ spitting to his right, to his left, and in front of him.»

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3205No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رُفْقَةً أَقْبَلَتْ مِنْ مُضَرَ فِيهَا جَرَسٌ، فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَقْطَعُوهُ، فَمِنْ ثَمَّةَ كُرِهَ الْجَرَسُ، وَقَالَ: « إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَصْحَبُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ

     ✧ A traveling group from Mudar came with a bell, and the Prophet ﷺ ordered that they cut it off. From that time the bell was disliked, and he said: «The angels do not accompany a traveling group that has a bell.»

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3206No grade recorded

     كَتَبَ أَبُو مُوسَى ؓ إِلَى عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ: مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ إِلَى عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ: ابْنُ عَبْدِ قَيْسٍ، « أَمَّا بَعْدُ: إِنْ كُنْتَ تَغَيَّرْتَ فَعُدْ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ لَمْ تَتَغَيَّرْ فَدُمْ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ

     ✧ Abu Musa ؓ wrote to ʿAmir b. ʿAbd Allah: "From ʿAbd Allah b. Qays to ʿAmir b. ʿAbd Allah, who is called Ibn ʿAbd Qays. To proceed: If you have changed, then return; and if you have not changed, then continue. And peace be upon you."

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3207No grade recorded

     « لَيْسَ لِلنِّسَاءِ نَاحِيَةُ الطَّرِيقِ

     ✧ «Women are not entitled to the side of the road.»

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3208No grade recorded

     « خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلَى أَهْلِي، فَمَرَرْتُ بِغِلْمَانٍ يَلْعَبُونَ، فَأَعْجَبَنِي لَعِبُهُمْ، فَقُمْتُ عَلَى الْغِلْمَانِ، فَانْتَهَى إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَأَقَامَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْغِلْمَانِ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أُمِّي بَعْدَ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ فِيهِ، فَقَالَتْ أُمِّي: مَا حَبَسَكَ الْيَوْمَ يَا بُنَيَّ ؟ قُلْتُ: أَرْسَلَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي حَاجَةٍ، قَالَتْ: أَيُّ حَاجَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أُمَّهْ، إِنَّهَا سِرٌّ. قَالَتْ: يَا بُنَيَّ، فَاحْفَظْ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ سِرَّهُ

     ✧ «I left the Prophet ﷺ heading to my family, and I passed by boys playing. Their play pleased me, so I stood over the boys. The Prophet ﷺ came to me, stood over them, greeted the boys, then sent me on an errand for him. I returned to my mother after the time I usually returned to them. My mother said: "What kept you today, my son?" I said: "The Prophet ﷺ sent me on an errand." She said: "What errand?" He said: I said: "Mother, it is a secret." She said: "My son, keep the secret of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ."

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3209No grade recorded

     « عِنْدِي سِرٌّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، لَوْ أَخْبَرْتُ بِهِ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ لَأَخْبَرْتُكَ

     ✧ «I have a secret from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; if I were to tell it to anyone among the people, I would tell you.»

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3210No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا أَوْصَانِي بِهِ، أَنْ قَالَ: « يَا بُنَيَّ، اكْتُمْ سِرِّي تَكُنْ مُؤْمِنًا »، وَكَانَتْ أُمِّي وَأَزْوَاجُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلْنَنِي عَنْ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَا أُخْبِرُهُمْ بِهِ، وَمَا أَنَا بِمُخْبِرٍ بِسِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا.

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, and it was the first thing he enjoined upon me, he said: «My son, conceal my secret and you will be a believer.» My mother and the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to ask me about the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I would not inform them of it. I will never inform anyone of the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, ever.

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3211No grade recorded

     « يَا بَنِي اكْتُمْ سِرِّي تَكُنْ مُؤْمِنًا » وَكَانَتْ أُمِّي وَأَزْوَاج رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُنَّنِي عَنْ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَا أُخْبِرُهُمْ بِهِ وَمَا أَنَا بِمُخْبَرٍ بِسِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدَّا أَبَدًا وَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ عَلَيْكَ بِإِسْبَاغِ الْوُضُوءِ يُحِبُّكَ حَافِظَاكَ وَيُزَادُ فِي عُمْرِكَ وَيَا أَنَس بَالِغْ فِي الاغتسال فِي الْجَنَابَةِ فَإِنَّكَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ مُغْتَسَلِكَ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ ذَنْبٌ وَلا خَطِيئَةٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ الْمُبَالَغَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ تَبِلُّ أُصُولَ الشَّعَرِ وَتُنَقِّي الْبَشْرَةَ وَيَا بُنَيَّ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَلَا تَزَالَ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْتِيهِ الْمَوْتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ يُعْطَ الشَّهَادَةَ وَيَا بُنَيَّ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَلَا تَزَالَ تُصَلِّي فَإِنَّ الْمَلائِكَةَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ مَا دُمْتَ تُصَلِّي يَا أَنَس إِذَا رَكَعْتَ فَأَمْكِنْ كَفَّيْكَ مِنْ رُكْبَتَيْكَ وَفَرِّجْ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكَ وَارْفَعْ مِرْفَقَيْكَ عَنْ جَنْبَيْكَ" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "O my son, conceal my secret and you will be a believer." My mother and the wives of the Messenger of God ﷺ used to ask me about the secret of the Messenger of God ﷺ, but I would not tell them. And I will never inform anyone of the secret of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He also said: "O my dear son, perfect your ablution, and your guardian angels will love you and your lifespan will be increased. O Anas, be thorough in washing from janabah, for you will leave your place of washing with no sin or error upon you." I said: "How is thoroughness, O Messenger of God?" He said: "Wet the roots of the hair and cleanse the skin." "O my dear son, if you can, always remain in a state of ablution, for whoever death comes to while he is in a state of ablution will be granted martyrdom. O my dear son, if you can, always be praying, for the angels pray for you as long as you are praying. O Anas, when you bow, place your palms firmly on your knees, spread your fingers, and keep your elbows away from your sides."

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3212No grade recorded

     « لَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الثَّالِثِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُؤْذِي الْمُؤْمِنَ، وَاللهُ يَكْرَهُ أَذَى الْمُؤْمِنِ

     ✧ "Two should not converse privately excluding the third, for that hurts the believer, and God hates hurting the believer."

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3213No grade recorded

     « مَنْ قَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، كُتِبَ لَهُ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ، وَمَنْ قَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، كُتِبَ لَهُ عِشْرُونَ حَسَنَةً، وَمَنْ قَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، كُتِبَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً » ؟ فَأَقَرَّ بِهِ، وَقَالَ: نَعَمْ.

     ✧ "Whoever says: 'Peace be upon you,' ten good deeds are written for him. Whoever says: 'Peace be upon you and the mercy of God,' twenty good deeds are written for him. Whoever says: 'Peace be upon you, the mercy of God, and His blessings,' thirty good deeds are written for him." He confirmed it and said: "Yes."

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3214No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بِهِ.:

     ✧ And Abu Bakr said: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Musa, with it.

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3215No grade recorded

     اجْتَمَعَتْ مِنَّا جَمَاعَةٌ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا أَهْلُ عَالِيَةٍ وَسَافِلَةٍ، وَلَنَا مَجَالِسُ نَتَحَدَّثُ فِيهَا، قَالَ ﷺ: « أَعْطُوا الْمَجَالِسَ حَقَّهَا »، فَقُلْنَا: وَمَا حَقُّهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « غُضُّوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ، وَرُدُّوا السَّلَامَ، وَأَرْشِدُوا الْأَعْمَى، وَمُرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَانْهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

     ✧ A group of us gathered and said: "O Messenger of God, we are people of high and low lands, and we have gatherings in which we talk." He ﷺ said: "Give gatherings their due." We said: "What is their due, O Messenger of God?" He ﷺ said: "Lower your gazes, return the greeting, guide the blind, enjoin good, and forbid evil."

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3216No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « عَشْرٌ »، ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « عِشْرُونَ »، ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « ثَلَاثُونَ ».

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Peace be upon you." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Ten." Then another came and said: "Peace be upon you and the mercy of God." He ﷺ said: "Twenty." Then another came and said: "Peace be upon you, the mercy of God, and His blessings." He ﷺ said: "Thirty."

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3217No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى هُوَ السَّلَامُ، فَلَا تَبْدَأُوا بِشَيْءٍ قَبْلَهُ، فَإِذَا قِيلَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَقُولُوا: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

     ✧ "Indeed, God Almighty is Peace, so do not begin with anything before Him. When it is said: 'Peace be upon you,' then say: 'Peace be upon you.'"

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3218No grade recorded

     « السَّلَامُ قَبْلَ الْكَلَامِ، وَلَا تَدْعُوا أَحَدًا إِلَى طَعَامٍ حَتَّى يُسَلِّمَ

     ✧ "Peace comes before speech, and do not invite anyone to food until he gives the greeting of peace."

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3219No grade recorded

     « يُسَلِّمُ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي، وَالْمَاشِي عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ، وَالْمَاشِيَانِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهُمَا بَدَأَ بِالسَّلَامِ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ

     ✧ "The rider greets the walker, the walker greets the sitter, and when two walkers meet, whichever begins with the greeting is more virtuous."

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3220No grade recorded

     أَرْسَلَنِي أَبِي إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ، قَالَ: فَعَلَّمَنِي قَالَ: « إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ فَاسْتَأْذِنْ، فَإِنْ أُذِنَ لَكَ فَسَلِّمْ وَادْخُلْ » فَمَا حَاجَتُكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَرْسَلَنِي أَبِي يَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ أَنْ تَكْتُبَ لِي قِيمَتَكَ بِخَيْبَرَ لَهُ بِإِقَطٍ، فَكَتَبَ لَهُ، وَقَالَ: أَوْقَفْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ

     ✧ My father sent me to Ibn Umar ؓ. I entered upon him without permission. He taught me, saying: "When you want to enter, ask permission. If permission is given to you, then greet and enter." Then he said: "What is your need?" I said: "My father sent me to ask you to write for him the value of your property in Khaybar in exchange for dried yogurt." So he wrote it for him and said: "Have you made it a waqf?" I said: "Yes."

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3221No grade recorded

     « أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ

     ✧ "Spread peace among yourselves."

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3222No grade recorded

     « وَالْأَشْرَةُ أَشَرٌ

     ✧ "And pride is pride."

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3223No grade recorded

     « يَعْنِي كَثْرَةَ الْعَنَتِ

     ✧ "meaning abundant hardship"

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3224No grade recorded

     " « أَفْشَوْا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ » « والأشرة أُشِرْ »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "Spread peace among yourselves" and "and the saw (is) sharpened"" type="marfu'"

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3225No grade recorded

     " « أَفْشَوْا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ » « والأشرة أُشِرْ »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "Spread peace among yourselves" and "and the saw (is) sharpened"" type="marfu'"

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3226No grade recorded

     « وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَا تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا، أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُمْ ؟ أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ بَيْنَكُمْ

     ✧ "By the One in whose hand is my soul, you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I not inform you of something which, if you do it, you will love one another? Spread peace among yourselves."

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3227No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا أَوْصَانِي بِهِ، أَنْ قَالَ: « يَا بُنَيَّ، اكْتُمْ سِرِّي تَكُنْ مُؤْمِنًا »، فَكَانَتْ أُمِّي وَأَزْوَاجُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلْنَنِي عَنْ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَا أُخْبِرُهُمْ بِهِ، وَلَا أُخْبِرُ بِسِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا، « يَا بُنَيَّ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ، فَلَا تَقَعَنَّ عَيْنُكَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقِبْلَةِ إِلَّا سَلَّمْتَ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَرْجِعُ مَغْفُورًا لَكَ، وَيَا بُنَيَّ، إِذَا دَخَلْتَ مَنْزِلَكَ، فَسَلِّمْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ، وَعَلَى أَهْلِكَ، وَيَا بُنَيَّ، إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تُصْبِحَ وَتُمْسِيَ، وَلَيْسَ فِي قَلْبِكَ غِشٌّ لِأَحَدٍ، فَإِنَّهُ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْكَ فِي الْحِسَابِ، وَيَا بُنَيَّ، إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ وَصِيَّتِي، فَلَا يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me—and the first thing he enjoined upon me was that he said: "O my dear son, conceal my secret, and you will be a believer." So my mother and the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would ask me about the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I would not inform them of it, and I would never inform anyone of the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. "O my dear son, when you leave your house, let not your eye fall upon anyone from the people of the Qiblah except that you greet him with peace, for you will return forgiven. And O my dear son, when you enter your home, greet yourself and your family. And O my dear son, if you can rise in the morning and reach the evening with no deceit in your heart toward anyone, then do so, for that is lighter for you in the reckoning. And O my dear son, if you follow my advice, then let nothing be dearer to you than death."

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3228No grade recorded

     « يَا بَنِي اكْتُمْ سِرِّي تَكُنْ مُؤْمِنًا » فَكَانَتْ أُمِّي وَأَزْوَاج رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُنَّنِي عَنْ سِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَا أُخْبِرُهُمْ بِهِ وَلَا أُخْبِرُ بِسِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا « يَا بَنِي إِذَا خَرَجَتْ مَنْ بَيَّتَك فَلَا تَقَعْنَ عَيْنك عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقِبْلَةِ إِلَّا سَلَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّك تَرْجِعُ مَغْفُورًا لَك وَيَا بَنِي إِذَا دَخَلَتْ مَنْزِلك فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى نَفْسِك وَعَلَى أَهْلِك وَيَا بَنِي إِنْ اسْتَطَعْت أَنْ تُصْبِحَ وَتَمَسِّي وَلَيْسَ فِي قَلْبِك غِشٌّ لِأَحَد فَإِنَّهُ أَهْوَنَ عَلَيْك فِي الْحِسَابِ وَيَا بَنِي إِنْ اتَّبَعَتْ وَصِيَّتِي فَلَا يَكُنْ شَيْء أَحَبّ إِلَيْك مِنَ الْمَوْتِ »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "O my dear son, conceal my secret, and you will be a believer." So my mother and the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would ask me about the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I would not inform them of it, and I would never inform anyone of the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. "O my dear son, when you leave your house, let not your eye fall upon anyone from the people of the Qiblah except that you greet him with peace, for you will return forgiven. And O my dear son, when you enter your home, greet yourself and your family. And O my dear son, if you can rise in the morning and reach the evening with no deceit in your heart toward anyone, then do so, for that is lighter for you in the reckoning. And O my dear son, if you follow my advice, then let nothing be dearer to you than death."" type="marfu'"

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3229No grade recorded

     « بَعَثَنِي أَبِي، وَبَعَثَ الْعَبَّاسُ الْفَضْلَ ابْنَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ، فَأَجْلَسَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ، فَحَصَرَنَا كَأَشَدِّ حَصْرٍ تَرَاهُ

     ✧ "My father sent me, and al-Abbas sent al-Fadl his son, to the Prophet ﷺ. We entered upon him, and he seated us on his right and on his left, and he embraced us with the tightest embrace you could see."

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3230No grade recorded

     « لَوْ دَخَلْتُ وَقَوْمٌ يُصَلُّونَ مَا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ

     ✧ "If I entered while people were praying, I would not greet them with peace."

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3231No grade recorded

     « أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ نَائِمًا، فَأَكْبَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ فَالْتَزَمَنِي

     ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for me during his illness in which he died. I came to him and found him sleeping, so I leaned over him, and he ﷺ raised his hands and embraced me."

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3232No grade recorded

     « لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ ؓ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ عَانَقَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ "When Ja'far ؓ returned from Abyssinia, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ embraced him."

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3233No grade recorded

     « مَا مِنْ عَبْدَيْنِ مُتَحَابَّيْنِ فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى يَسْتَقْبِلُ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ، فَيُصَافِحُهُ، وَيُصَلِّيَانِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا لَمْ يَتَفَرَّقَا حَتَّى يَغْفِرَ ذُنُوبًا لَهُمَا، مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْهَا وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ

     ✧ "There are no two servants who love each other for the sake of Allah Almighty, and one of them meets his companion, shakes his hand, and they both invoke blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, except that they do not separate until their sins are forgiven, the past and the later."

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3234No grade recorded

     قَالَ ثَابِتٌ لِأَنَسٍ: « يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ، هَلْ مسِست رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَنَاوِلْنِيهَا، فَأَعْطَاهُ يَدَهُ فَقَبَّلَهَا

     ✧ Thabit said to Anas: "O Abu Hamzah, did you touch the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with your hand?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then give it to me," so he gave him his hand and he kissed it.

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3235No grade recorded

     « إِذَا أُهْدِيَ لِأَحَدِكُمْ رَيْحَانٌ، فَلَا يَرُدَّهُ، فَإِنَّهُ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ «When any of you is given a gift of sweet basil, let him not reject it, for it has come out of Paradise.»

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3236No grade recorded

     « لَا تَرُدُّوا الطِّيبَ، فَإِنَّهُ خَفِيفُ الْمَحْمِلِ، طَيِّبُ الرِّيحِ

     ✧ «Do not refuse perfume, for it is light to carry and pleasant in smell.»

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3237No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا نَادَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ثَلَاثًا، كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ: « لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ

     ✧ A man called the Prophet ﷺ three times, and each time he responded to him: «Labbayk, labbayk.»

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3238No grade recorded

     « الْمُسْتَبَّانُ مَا قَالَا فَعَلَى الْبَادِئِ، حَتَّى يَعْتَدِيَ الْمَظْلُومُ

     ✧ «When two people exchange insults, the sin of what they say is upon the one who initiated it, unless the one wronged transgresses.»

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3239No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ Abū Yaʿlā said: Abū ʿAlī narrated to us, Yūnus narrated to us, with this.:

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3240No grade recorded

     « لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ: خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي، وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ: لَقِسَتْ نَفْسِي

     ✧ «None of you should say: 'My soul has become evil (khabuthat nafsī),' but let him say: 'My soul has become sluggish (laqisat nafsī).'»

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3241No grade recorded

     « لَا تَسُبُّوا اللَّيْلَ، وَالنَّهَارَ، وَلَا الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَلَا الرِّيَاحَ، فَإِنَّهَا تُرْسَلُ رَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ، وَعَذَابًا لِقَوْمٍ

     ✧ «Do not curse the night, the day, the sun, the moon, or the winds, for they are sent as mercy for some people and as punishment for others.»

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3242No grade recorded

     « الْقَائِلُ بِالْفَاحِشَةِ وَالَّذِي يَسْمَعُ فِي الْإِثْمِ سَوَاءٌ

     ✧ «The one who speaks obscenity and the one who listens to it are equal in sin.»

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3243No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ أُسَامَةَ ؓ يُصَلِّي عِنْدَ قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَخَرَجَ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ، فَقَالَ: تُصَلِّي عِنْدَ قَبْرِهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلًا قَبِيحًا، ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ، فَانْصَرَفَ أُسَامَةُ ؓ فَقَالَ لِمَرْوَانَ: إِنَّكَ آذَيْتَنِي، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْمُتَفَحِّشَ، وَإِنَّكَ فَاحِشٌ مُتَفَحِّشٌ

     ✧ I saw Usāma ؓ praying by the grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Marwān b. al-Ḥakam came out and said: 'You are praying by his grave?' He said: 'I love him.' Then he said to him a foul word and turned away. Usāma ؓ finished and said to Marwān: 'You have harmed me. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: «Allah, Exalted is He, hates the obscene, foul-mouthed person, and you are an obscene, foul-mouthed person.»

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3244No grade recorded

     « لَعْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَقَتْلِهِ، وَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ: يَا كَافِرُ، فَهُوَ كَقَتْلِهِ

     ✧ «Cursing a believer is like killing him, and if he says to him: 'O disbeliever,' it is like killing him.»

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3245No grade recorded

     صَرَخَ دِيكٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « لَا تَسُبَّهُ، وَلَا تَلْعَنْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَدْعُو لِلصَّلَاةِ

     ✧ A rooster crowed in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and a man said: 'O Allah, curse it.' The Prophet ﷺ said: «Do not revile it or curse it, for it calls to prayer.»

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3246No grade recorded

     « لَا تَسُبُّهُ وَلَا تَلْعَنُهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَدْعُو لِلصَّلَاةِ" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ «Do not revile him or curse him, for he calls to prayer." type="marfu""

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3247No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَدَغَتْ رَجُلًا بُرْغُوثٌ، فَلَعَنَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « لَا تَلْعَنْهَا، فَإِنَّهَا نَبَّهَتْ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لِلصَّلَاةِ

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a flea bit a man, so he cursed it. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not curse it, for it woke a prophet among the prophets for prayer."

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3248No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَتِ الْبَرَاغِيثُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: « إِنَّهَا تُوقِظُ لِلصَّلَاةِ »

     ✧ Fleas were mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: "They wake one for prayer."

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3249No grade recorded

     نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا، فَآذَتْنَا الْبَرَاغِيثُ، فَسَبَبْنَاهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « لَا تَسُبُّوهَا، فَنِعْمَتِ الدَّابَّةُ، فَإِنَّهَا أَيْقَظَتْكُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

     ✧ We stopped at a place, and fleas annoyed us, so we cursed them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not curse them, for what a good creature it is! It woke you for the remembrance of Allah, Exalted is He."

161. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3250No grade recorded

     سَارَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَلَعَنَ بَعِيرَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، لَا تَسِرْ مَعَنَا عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مَلْعُونٍ

     ✧ A man traveled with the Prophet ﷺ and cursed his camel. The Prophet ﷺ said: "O servant of Allah, do not travel with us on a cursed camel."

162. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3251No grade recorded

     « يَا عَبْد اللهِ لَا تَسِرْ مَعَنَا عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مَلْعُونٍ »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "O servant of Allah, do not travel with us on a cursed camel."

163. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3252No grade recorded

     « احْتَرِسُوا مِنَ النَّاسِ بِسُوءِ الظَّنِّ

     ✧ "Guard yourselves from people by thinking ill of them."

164. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3253No grade recorded

     « احْتَرِسُوا مِنَ النَّاسِ بِسُوءِ الظَّنِّ

     ✧ "Guard yourselves from people by thinking ill of them."

165. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3254No grade recorded

     « اخْبُرْ تَقْلَهْ

     ✧ "Test a person and you will hate him."

166. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3255No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَتَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ بِكَلَامٍ فِيهِ شِبْهُ الرَّجَزِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « قُمْ يَا سَلَمَةُ

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when some of the people spoke in a manner resembling rhymed prose. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Stand up, O Salamah."

167. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3256No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ إِذْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى قَبْرِ رَجُلٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهُ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: لَعَنَ اللهُ صَاحِبَ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ عَدُوَّ اللهِ، قَالَ: وَابْنُهُ يَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: بَلْ لَعَنَ اللهُ أَبَا قُحَافَةَ، فَوَاللهِ، مَا كَانَ يَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ، وَلَا يُقَاتِلُ الْعَدُوَّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « لَا تَسُبُّوا الْأَمْوَاتَ، فَتُؤْذُوا الْأَحْيَاءَ

     ✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was traveling, he came upon the grave of a man whom he named. Abu Bakr ؓ said: "May Allah curse the occupant of this grave, for he was an enemy of Allah." He (the narrator) said: His son was traveling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: "Rather, may Allah curse Abu Quhafah, for by Allah, he did not entertain guests nor fight the enemy." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not revile the dead, lest you harm the living."

168. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3257No grade recorded

     « الرِّبَا اثْنَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ بَابًا، أَدْنَاهَا مِثْلُ إِتْيَانِ الرَّجُلِ أُمَّهُ، وَأَرْبَى الرِّبَا اسْتِطَالَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي عِرْضِ صَاحِبِهِ

     ✧ "Riba has seventy-two doors, the least of which is like a man having intercourse with his mother, and the most serious riba is a man's attack on the honor of his companion."

169. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3258No grade recorded

     « مَنِ اغْتِيبَ عِنْدَهُ أَخُوهُ الْمُسْلِمُ، فَنَصَرَهُ، نَصَرَهُ اللهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَمَنْ تَرَكَ نُصْرَتَهُ وَهُوَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهَا، خَذَلَهُ اللهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ "Whoever is present when his Muslim brother is backbitten and supports him, Allah will support him in this world and the Hereafter. But whoever abandons supporting him while able to do so, Allah will forsake him in this world and the Hereafter."

170. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3259No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، نَحْوَهُ. قُلْتُ: أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ هُوَ أَبَانُ الْمَذْكُورُ قَبْلَهُ

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: 'Abd al-Ghaffar narrated to us, 'Ali b. Mushir narrated to us, from Abu Isma'il al-'Abdi, from Anas ؓ, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said something similar. I say: Abu Isma'il is Aban mentioned before it.

171. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3260No grade recorded

     « مَنْ أَكَلَ بِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَكْلَةً، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُطْعِمُهُ مِثْلَهَا مِنْ حَمِيمِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمَنِ اكْتَسَى بِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ ثَوْبًا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَكْسُوهُ مِثْلَهَا مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمَنْ قَامَ بِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ مَقَامَ سُمْعَةٍ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُومُ بِهِ مَقَامَ سُمْعَةٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ Whoever consumes a meal at the expense of a Muslim man, Allah will feed him the like of it from the boiling water of Hell; and whoever clothes himself at the expense of a Muslim man with a garment, Allah, the Exalted, will clothe him with the like of it from Hell; and whoever takes a stand for a Muslim man in a position of showing off, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will take a stand for him in a position of showing off on the Day of Resurrection.

172. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3261No grade recorded

     « خَيْرُ الشَّبَابِ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِكُهُولِكُمْ، وَشَرُّ كُهُولِكُمْ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِشَبَابِكُمْ

     ✧ The best of your youth are those who imitate your elders, and the worst of your elders are those who imitate your youth.

173. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3262No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَغْضَبُ إِذَا مُدِحَ الْفَاسِقُ

     ✧ Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, becomes angry when the sinner is praised.

174. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3263No grade recorded

     وَاهْتَزَّ الْعَرْشُ

     ✧ And the Throne shook.

175. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3264No grade recorded

     إِنَّ ثَابِتَ بْنَ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ، سُبِقَ بِرَكْعَةٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ، فَقَامَ يَقْضِي، فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَقَعَدَ النَّاسُ حَوَالَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الصَّلَاةَ، جَاءَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ: أَوْسِعْ لِي، فَأَوْسَعَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى ثَانٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَوْسِعْ لِي، فَأَوْسَعَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى ثَالِثٍ، فَقَالَ: أَوْسِعْ لِي، فَقَالَ: مِنْ وَرَائِكَ سَعَةٌ، أَيُّ شَيْءٍ تَخَطَّا النَّاسَ ؟ فَنَظَرَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ فُلَانَةَ، فَسَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: « مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي عَيَّرَ الرَّجُلَ قُبَيْلُ بِأُمِّهِ ؟ »، فَسَكَتُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ الثَّانِيَةَ: « مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي عَيَّرَ الرَّجُلَ قُبَيْلُ بِأُمِّهِ ؟ »، فَقَامَ ثَابِتٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سُبِقْتُ بِرَكْعَةٍ، وَأَنَا فِي أُذُنِي صَمَمٌ، فَاشْتَهَيْتُ أَنْ أَدْنُوَ مِنْكَ، وَقَعَدَ النَّاسُ حَوَالَيْكَ، فَذَكَرَ الْقِصَّةَ، قَالَ: فَعَيَّرْتُهُ بِأُمٍّ كَانَتْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، كَانَ غَيْرُهَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « يَا ثَابِتُ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ فَوْقَ هَذَا الْمَلَأِ، فِيهِمُ الْأَسْوَدُ، وَالْأَبْيَضُ، وَالْأَحْمَرُ، مَا أَنْتَ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى

     ✧ Thabit b. Qays b. Shammas missed a rak'ah of the dawn prayer, so he stood up to make it up. The Prophet ﷺ stood up and the people sat around him. When Thabit b. Qays finished the prayer, he came to a man and said: 'Make room for me,' so he made room for him. Then he came to a second and said: 'Make room for me,' so he made room for him. Then he came to a third and said: 'Make room for me,' but he said: 'Behind you there is plenty of room. Why are you stepping over people?' He looked at his face and said: 'O son of such-and-such a woman!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard it and said: 'Who is this who has reproached the man shortly before by his mother?' They were silent. Then he said a second time: 'Who is this who has reproached the man shortly before by his mother?' Thabit stood up and said: 'I missed a rak'ah, and I have deafness in my ear, so I wanted to draw near to you, and the people sat around you.' He mentioned the story. He said: 'So I reproached him for a mother who lived in the pre-Islamic era, while other women were better than her.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O Thabit b. Qays, raise your head above this assembly. Among them are the black, the white, and the red. You are no better than these except through piety.'

176. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3265No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ الْعَوَاتِقَ فِي بُيُوتِهَا، أَوْ قَالَ فِي خُدُورِهَا، فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِلِسَانِهِ، وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ قَلْبَهُ، لَا تَغْتَابُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّبِعْ عَوْرَةَ أَخِيهِ يَتَّبِعِ اللهُ عَوْرَتَهُ، وَمَنْ تَتَبَّعَ اللهُ عَوْرَتَهُ يَفْضَحْهُ فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us until he made the young women in their houses hear, or he said in their chambers. He said: 'O assembly of those who have believed with their tongues but faith has not entered their hearts, do not backbite the Muslims, and do not pursue their private faults. For whoever pursues the private fault of his brother, Allah will pursue his private fault, and whoever Allah pursues his private fault, He will expose him even in the innermost part of his house.'

177. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3266No grade recorded

     لَا يَرَى امْرُؤٌ مِنْ أَخِيهِ عَوْرَةً فَيَسْتُرُهَا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَدْخَلَهُ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ No man sees a private fault of his brother and conceals it for him except that Allah will admit him to Paradise.

178. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3267No grade recorded

     الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ، فَإِذَا رَأَى بِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَأْخُذْهُ

     ✧ The Muslim is the mirror of the Muslim, so if he sees something in him, let him remove it.

179. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3268No grade recorded

     كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَوْلَيَانِ: حَبَشِيٌّ، وَنَبَطِيٌّ، فَاسْتَبَّا وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَسْمَعُ. فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: يَا نَبَطِيُّ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: يَا حَبَشِيُّ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَا تَقُولَا هَذَا، إِنَّمَا أَنْتُمَا رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ had two freed slaves: an Abyssinian and a Nabatean. They insulted each other while the Prophet ﷺ was listening. One of them said to his companion: 'O Nabatean,' and the other said: 'O Abyssinian.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do not say this; you are only two men from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ.'

180. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3269No grade recorded

     كَادَ الْحَسَدُ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ الْقَدَرَ، وَكَادَ الْفَقْرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كُفْرًا

     ✧ Envy almost overtook destiny, and poverty almost became disbelief.

181. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3270No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُفْرَشَ عَلَى بَابِ الْبُيُوتِ، وَقَالَ: نَكِّبُوهُ عَنِ الْبَابِ شَيْئًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that a mat be spread at the door of houses, and he said: 'Move it away from the door a little.'

182. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3271No grade recorded

     إِذَا اشْتَرَيْتَ شَيْئًا لَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُفِيدَ جَارَكَ مِنْهُ، فَوَارِهِ

     ✧ When you buy something you do not want your neighbor to benefit from, then conceal it.

183. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3272No grade recorded

     إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْكِ صَبِيُّ جَارِكِ، فَضَعِي فِي يَدِهِ شَيْئًا، فَإِنَّهُ يَجُرُّ الْمَوَدَّةَ

     ✧ When your neighbor's child comes to you, put something in his hand, for it attracts affection.

184. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3273No grade recorded

     إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُوصِي بِالْجَارِ، حَتَّى حَسِبْنَا أَوْ رَأَيْنَا أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoining [kindness to] the neighbor so much that we thought or we saw that he would make him an heir.

185. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3274No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْعَوَالِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُصَلِّيَانِ حَيْثُ يُصَلَّى عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ مَعَكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: وَقَدْ رَأَيْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا، هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، مَا زَالَ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ، حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ

     ✧ A man from al-ʿAwālī came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Jibrīl ﷺ were praying where funeral prayers are offered. When he finished, the man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who is this I saw with you?' He ﷺ said: 'And you saw him?' He said: 'Yes.' He ﷺ said: 'You have seen much good. This is Jibrīl ﷺ. He kept enjoining me [to be kind] to the neighbor until I thought he would make him an heir.'

186. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3275No grade recorded

     مَنْ سَأَلَهُ جَارُهُ أَنْ يَدْعَمَ عَلَى حَائِطِهِ، فَلْيَفْعَلْ

     ✧ Whoever's neighbor asks him to support [something] against his wall, let him do so.

187. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3276No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا جَارِي يُؤْذِينِي، فَقَالَ: كُفَّ أَذَاكَ عَنْهُ وَاصْبِرْ عَلَى أَذَاهُ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا، حَتَّى جَاءَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ فُلَانًا جَارِي الَّذِي كَانَ يُؤْذِينِي قَدْ مَاتَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ ﷺ: كَفَى بِالدَّهْرِ وَاعِظًا، وَكَفَى بِالْمَوْتِ مُفَرِّقًا

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so is my neighbor and he harms me.' He said: 'Refrain from harming him and be patient with his harm.' Only a short while passed before he came and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so, my neighbor who used to harm me, has died.' He ﷺ said: 'Time is sufficient as an admonisher, and death is sufficient as a separator.'

188. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3277No grade recorded

     يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ لِي جَارَيْنِ، فَإِلَى أَيِّهِمَا أُهْدِي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَقْرَبِهِمَا

     ✧ O Messenger of Allah, I have two neighbors; to which of them should I give a gift? He ﷺ said: 'The nearer of them.'

189. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3278No grade recorded

     لَا يَشْبَعِ الرَّجُلُ دُونَ جَارِهِ

     ✧ A man should not be satiated while his neighbor is hungry.

190. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3279No grade recorded

     مَرَرْتُ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الصَّفَا وَاضِعٌ خَدَّهُ عَلَى خَدِّ رَجُلٍ، فَذَهَبَ، فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ نَادَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَصَدْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ، مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُسَلِّمَ ؟ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، رَأَيْتُكَ فَعَلْتَ بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ شَيْئًا، مَا فَعَلْتَهُ بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَقْطَعَ عَلَيْكَ حَدِيثَكَ، فَمَنْ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: جِبْرِيلُ، أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ سَلَّمْتَ لَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: وَمَا قَالَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَمْ يَزَلْ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ، حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَنْتَظِرُ أَنَّهُ يَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ يُوَرِّثَهُ

     ✧ I passed by and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on al-Ṣafā with his cheek against the cheek of a man. Then he left. Soon after, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called me, so I went straight to him. He said: 'O Muḥammad b. Maslamah, what prevented you from greeting?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I saw you do something with that man that you had not done with anyone else, and I disliked interrupting your conversation. Who was that, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ said: 'Jibrīl. If you had greeted, we would have returned your greeting.' He said: 'And what did he say to you, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ said: 'He kept enjoining me [to be kind] to the neighbor until I expected him to command me to make him an heir.'

191. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3280No grade recorded

     حَقُّ الْجَارِ أَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا، هَكَذَا، وَهَكَذَا، وَهَكَذَا، وَهَكَذَا، يَمِينًا، وَشِمَالًا، وَقُدَّامًا، وَخَلْفًا

     ✧ The right of the neighbor is forty cubits, like this, and like this, and like this, and like this: to the right, to the left, in front, and behind.

192. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3281No grade recorded

     أَدِّ الْمَوَدَّةَ إِلَى وَادِّكَ، فَإِنَّهَا أَثْبَتُ

     ✧ Give affection to your friend, for it is more lasting.

193. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3282No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُؤَاخِي بَيْنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَتَطُولُ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا اللَّيْلَةُ، حَتَّى يَلْقَى أَخَاهُ، فَيَلْقَاهُ بِوُدٍّ، وَلُطْفٍ، فَيَقُولُ: كَيْفَ كُنْتَ بَعْدِي ؟ فَأَمَّا الْعَامَّةُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَأْتِي عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا ثَلَاثٌ، لَا يَعْلَمُ عِلْمَ أَخِيهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to make brotherhood between two of his companions, and the night would grow long for one of them until he met his brother, and he would meet him with affection and gentleness, and say: 'How have you been since I last saw you?' As for the common people, not three [days] would pass for either of them without him knowing the condition of his brother.

194. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3283No grade recorded

     إِذَا آخَى الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ، فَلْيَسْأَلْهُ عَنِ اسْمِهِ، وَاسْمِ أَبِيهِ، وَمَنْ هُوَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَقْبَلُ لِلْمَوَدَّةِ

     ✧ When a man takes another as a brother, he should ask him his name, his father's name, and who he is, for that is more conducive to affection.

195. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3284No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ الَّذِي يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ، وَيَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُمْ، أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لَا يُخَالِطُ النَّاسَ، وَلَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى أَذَاهُمْ

     ✧ The believer who mixes with people and endures their harm has a greater reward than the believer who does not mix with people and does not endure their harm.

196. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3285No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ وَثَّابٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ ؓ مَرْفُوعًا، نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ Abu Bakr said: Muhammad b. 'Ubayd narrated to us, al-A'mash narrated to us, from Yahya b. Waththab, from a man among the companions of Muhammad ﷺ ؓ, in marfu' form, something similar.

197. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3286No grade recorded

     إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ طَرَفَيْنِ وَوَسَطًا، فَإِذَا أُمْسِكَ بِأَحَدِ الطَّرَفَيْنِ مَالَ الْآخَرُ، وَإِذَا أُمْسِكَ بِالْوَسَطِ اعْتَدَلَ الطَّرَفَانِ، وَقَالَ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْأَوْسَاطِ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ

     ✧ Everything has two ends and a middle. If one of the ends is held, the other inclines; and if the middle is held, the two ends become balanced. And he said: Adhere to the middle courses of things.

198. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3287No grade recorded

     أَحْبِبْ حَبِيبَكَ هَوْنًا مَا، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ بَغِيضَكَ يَوْمًا مَا، وَأَبْغِضْ بَغِيضَكَ هَوْنًا مَا، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ حَبِيبَكَ يَوْمًا مَا

     ✧ Love your beloved moderately, for perhaps he may become hateful to you one day; and hate the one you hate moderately, for perhaps he may become your beloved one day.

199. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3288No grade recorded

     مَا ازْدَادَ مُسْلِمٌ إِخَاءً فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى، إِلَّا ازْدَادَ بِهِ دَرَجَةً

     ✧ A Muslim does not increase in brotherhood for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, except that he increases in degree by it.

200. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3289No grade recorded

     إِذَا أَحَبَّ أَحَدُكُمْ عَبْدًا فَلْيُخْبِرْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَجِدُ لَهُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي يَجِدُ

     ✧ When one of you loves a servant, let him inform him, for he will find the like of what he finds.

201. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3290No grade recorded

     مَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ يُحِبُّنِي، قَالُوا: وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: لِأَنِّي لَأُحِبُّهُ

     ✧ A man passed by Ibn 'Abbas ؓ, and he said: This man loves me. They said: How do you know, O Ibn 'Abbas? He said ؓ: Because I love him.

202. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3291No grade recorded

     مَنْ أَحْدَثَ أَخًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، رَفَعَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ دَرَجَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَمَا تَوَادَّ عَبْدَانِ فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَيُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا مِنْ ذَنْبٍ يُحْدِثُهُ أَحَدُهُمَا، وَمَا تَوَادَّ عَبْدَانِ فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى، إِلَّا كَانَ أَفْضَلُهُمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَشَدَّهُمَا حُبًّا لِصَاحِبِهِ

     ✧ Whoever establishes a brotherhood in Islam, Allah, the Exalted, raises him a degree in Paradise by it. No two servants love each other for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, and then are separated except because of a sin one of them commits. And no two servants love each other for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, except that the better of them in the sight of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is the one who loves his companion more.

203. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3292No grade recorded

     الْمُتَحَابُّونَ عَلَى عَمُودٍ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ، مُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا، قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ: اخْرُجُوا بِنَا نَنْظُرْ إِلَى الْمُتَحَابِّينَ فِي اللهِ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ: فَيَخْرُجُونَ، فَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وُجُوهُهُمْ مِثْلُ لَيْلَةِ الْبَدْرِ، مَكْتُوبٌ فِي جِبَاهِهِمْ، هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُتَحَابُّونَ فِي اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

     ✧ Those who love one another will be upon a pillar of red ruby, overlooking the people of this world. He said: The people of Paradise will say: Come out with us to look at those who love one another for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. He said: They will come out and look at them, their faces like the night of the full moon, written on their foreheads: These are those who love one another for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

204. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3293No grade recorded

     عَلَى رَأْسِ الْعَمُودِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ غُرْفَةٍ، يُضِيءُ حُسْنُهُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، كَمَا تُضِيءُ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا، وَفِيهِ: عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ خُضْرٌ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ

     ✧ At the top of the pillar are seventy thousand chambers; their beauty shines upon the people of Paradise as the sun shines upon the people of this world. And in it: Upon them are green garments of fine silk.

205. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3294No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَعُمُدًا مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ، عَلَيْهَا غُرَفٌ مِنْ زَبَرْجَدٍ، لَهَا أَبْوَابٌ مَفْتُوحَةٌ، تُضِيءُ كَمَا يُضِيءُ الْكَوْكَبُ الدُّرِّيُّ، قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ يَسْكُنُهَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْمُتَحَابُّونَ فِي اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَالْمُتَجَالِسُونَ فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَالْمُتَآلِفُونَ فِي اللهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ

     ✧ Indeed in Paradise there are pillars of ruby, upon them chambers of chrysolite, with open doors, shining as the brilliant star shines. We said: O Messenger of Allah, who will dwell in them? He ﷺ said: Those who love one another for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, those who sit together for the sake of Allah, the Exalted, and those who are intimate for the sake of Allah, glorified be His majesty.

206. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3295No grade recorded

     مَا تَحَابَّ رَجُلَانِ قَطُّ، إِلَّا كَانَ أَفْضَلُهُمَا أَشَدَّهُمَا حُبًّا لِصَاحِبِهِ

     ✧ No two men ever loved each other except that the better of them was the one who loved his companion more.

207. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3296No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِذَا جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَزَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ مِنْ رِجْلَيْهِ، وَيُدْخِلُهُمَا فِي ذِرَاعَيْهِ، فَإِذَا قَامَ أَلْبَسَهُ إِيَّاهَا، وَيَمْشِي بِالْعَصَا أَمَامَهُ، حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْحُجْرَةَ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ sat, Abdullah would remove his sandals from his feet and place them in his sleeves, and when he stood, he would put them on him. And he would walk with a staff in front of him until he entered the room.

208. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3297No grade recorded

     مَا كَذَبْتُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا كَذْبَةً وَاحِدَةً، كُنْتُ أُرَحِّلُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَى رَحَّالٌ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ رَحَّالٍ أَعْجَبُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: الطَّائِفِيَّةُ الْمُنَكَّبَةُ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَكْرَهُهَا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَحَلَهَا، فَأُتِيَ بِهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ رَحَلَ لَنَا هَذِهِ ؟ قُلْتُ: رَحَلَ لَكَ فُلَانٌ الَّذِي أَتَيْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: رُدُّوا الرَّاحِلَةَ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

     ✧ I have not lied since I became Muslim except one lie. I was preparing the saddle for the Messenger of God ﷺ when a man from al-Ta'if came to saddle, and he said: 'Which saddle is most pleasing to the Messenger of God ﷺ?' I said: 'The Ta'ifi one with the front pommel.' He said: 'And the Messenger of God ﷺ used to dislike it.' So when he saddled it and it was brought, the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Who saddled this for us?' I said: 'So-and-so, whom you brought from al-Ta'if, saddled it for you.' Then the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Return the mount to Ibn Mas'ud.'

209. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3298No grade recorded

     سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَقْلَفَ، يَحُجُّ بَيْتَ اللهِ تَعَالَى ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا، نَهَانِي اللهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَخْتَتِنَ

     ✧ They asked the Prophet ﷺ about an uncircumcised man who performs the pilgrimage to the House of God Almighty. He said: 'No. God forbade me from that until he becomes circumcised.'

210. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3299No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، بِهَذَا. هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ حَسَنٌ وَاسْمُ وَالِدِ مُنْيَةَ: عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ، نَسَبَهَا الْعَبَّاسُ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ يُونُسَ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated to us with this. This is a hasan chain, and the name of the father of Munyah is 'Ubayd b. Abi Barzah. Al-Abbas al-Asfati attributed her genealogy on the authority of Ibn Yunus:

211. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3300No grade recorded

     يَعْمَلُونَ بِالْخَيْرِ، وَإِنَّمَا يُعْطَوْنَ أُجُورَهُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ عُقُولِهِمْ

     ✧ They do good deeds, and indeed they are given their rewards according to the measure of their intellects.

212. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3301No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ، وَأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، وَأُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، دَخَلُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ أَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْعَاقِلُ، قَالُوا: فَمَنْ أَعْبَدُ النَّاسِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْعَاقِلُ، قَالُوا: فَمَنْ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ ؟ قَالَ: الْعَاقِلُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَيْسَ الْعَاقِلُ مَنْ تَمَّتْ مُرُوءَتُهُ، وَظَهَرَتْ فَصَاحَتُهُ، وَعَظُمَتْ مَنْزِلَتُهُ، فَقَالَ: فَإِنَّ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ( الْآيَةَ )، وَلَكِنَّ الْعَاقِلَ الْمُتَّقِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الدُّنْيَا خَسِيسًا، قَصِيًّا، دَنِيًّا.

     ✧ Umar, Abu Hurayrah, and Ubayy b. Ka'b entered upon the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, who is the most knowledgeable of people?' He ﷺ said: 'The intelligent one.' They said: 'Then who is the most devoted worshipper among people?' He ﷺ said: 'The intelligent one.' They said: 'Then who is the most virtuous of people?' He said: 'The intelligent one.' They said: 'O Messenger of God, is not the intelligent one the one whose manliness is complete, whose eloquence is evident, and whose status is great?' He said: 'Indeed all of that is but the enjoyment of the worldly life (the verse), but the intelligent one is the one who is God-fearing, even if in this world he is lowly, remote, and humble.'

213. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3302No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُدْرِكُ بِحُسْنِ خُلُقِهِ دَرَجَةَ الصَّائِمِ الْقَانِتِ، وَلَا يَتِمُّ لِرَجُلٍ حُسْنُ خُلُقٍ، حَتَّى يَتِمَّ عَقْلُهُ، فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ تَتِمُّ أَمَانَتُهُ، وَإِيمَانُهُ، أَطَاعَ رَبَّهُ، وَعَصَى عَدُوَّهُ إِبْلِيسَ

     ✧ Indeed a man attains by his good character the rank of one who fasts and stands in prayer, and a man's good character is not complete until his intellect is complete. Then his trustworthiness and his faith are complete: he obeys his Lord and disobeys his enemy Iblis.

214. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3303No grade recorded

     يُحَاسَبُ النَّاسُ عَلَى قَدْرِ عُقُولِهِمْ

     ✧ People will be held accountable according to the measure of their intellects.

215. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3304No grade recorded

     يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَتَفَاضَلُ النَّاسُ فِي الدُّنْيَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: بِالْعَقْلِ، قُلْتُ: فَفِي الْآخِرَةِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: بِالْعَقْلِ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا يُجْزَوْنَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: وَهَلْ عَمِلُوا إِلَّا بِقَدْرِ مَا أَعْطَاهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْعَقْلِ، فَبِقَدْرِ مَا أُعْطُوا مِنَ الْعَقْلِ كَانَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ، وَبِقَدْرِ مَا عَمِلُوا يُجْزَوْنَ

     ✧ O Messenger of God, by what do people excel one another in this world? He ﷺ said: 'By intellect.' I said: 'And in the Hereafter?' He ﷺ said: 'By intellect.' She said: I said: 'They are only rewarded according to their deeds.' He ﷺ said: 'Did they do deeds except according to the measure of intellect that God Almighty gave them? So according to the measure of intellect they were given, their deeds were, and according to the measure of their deeds they will be rewarded.'

216. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3305No grade recorded

     لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ آلَةٌ وَعُدَّةٌ، وَآلَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَعُدَّتُهُ الْعَقْلُ، وَدِعَامَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْعَقْلُ، وَلِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ غَايَةٌ، وَغَايَةُ الْعِبَادَةِ الْعَقْلُ، وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ رَاعٍ، وَرَاعِي الْعَابِدِينَ الْعَقْلُ، وَلِكُلِّ تَاجِرٍ بِضَاعَةٌ، وَبِضَاعَةُ الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ الْعَقْلُ، وَلِكُلِّ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ قَيِّمٌ، وَقَيِّمُ بُيُوتِ الصِّدِّيقِينَ الْعَقْلُ، وَلِكُلِّ خَرَابٍ عِمَارَةٌ، وَعِمَارَةُ الْآخِرَةِ الْعَقْلُ، وَلِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ عَقِبٌ يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَيُذْكَرُ بِهِ، وَعَقِبُ الصِّدِّيقِينَ الَّذِي يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَيُذْكَرُونَ بِهِ الْعَقْلُ، وَلِكُلِّ شَعْبٍ فُسْطَاطٌ يَلْجَؤُونَ إِلَيْهِ، وَفُسْطَاطُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْعَقْلُ.

     ✧ For everything there is a tool and equipment, and the tool and equipment of the believer is intellect. The pillar of the believer is intellect. For everything there is a goal, and the goal of worship is intellect. For every people there is a shepherd, and the shepherd of the worshippers is intellect. For every merchant there is capital, and the capital of the strivers is intellect. For every household there is a caretaker, and the caretaker of the houses of the truthful is intellect. For every ruin there is reconstruction, and the reconstruction of the Hereafter is intellect. For every matter there is an outcome to which it is attributed and by which it is remembered, and the outcome of the truthful by which they are attributed and remembered is intellect. For every tribe there is a tent to which they resort, and the tent of the believers is intellect.

217. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3306No grade recorded

     قِوَامُ الْمَرْءِ عَقْلُهُ، وَلَا دِينَ لِمَنْ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ.

     ✧ The support of a person is his intellect, and there is no religion for one who has no intellect.

218. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3307No grade recorded

     أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، اعْقِلُوا عَنْ رَبِّكُمْ، وَتَوَاضَعُوا بِالْعَقْلِ بِمَا أُمِرْتُمْ بِهِ، وَمَا نُهِيتُمْ عَنْهُ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ يُحَذِّرُكُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْعَاقِلَ مَنْ أَطَاعَ اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَإِنْ كَانَ ذَمِيمَ الْمَنْظَرِ، حَقِيرَ الْخَطَرِ، دَنِيءَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ، رَثَّ الْهَيْئَةِ، وَإِنَّ الْجَاهِلَ مَنْ عَصَى اللهَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ جَمِيلَ الْمَنْظَرِ، شَرِيفَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ، حَسَنَ الْهَيْئَةِ، فَصِيحًا نَطُوقًا، وَالْقِرَدَةُ وَالْخَنَازِيرُ أَعْقَلُ عَنِ اللهِ تَعَالَى مِمَّنْ عَصَاهُ، وَلَا تَفْتَرُوا بِتَعْظِيمِ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا إِيَّاكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ غَدًا مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

     ✧ O people, understand [the commands] from your Lord, and humble yourselves with the intellect concerning what you have been commanded and what you have been forbidden. Know that He warns you before your Lord. Know that the intelligent one is he who obeys God Almighty, even if he is of ugly appearance, lowly in rank, base in station, shabby in condition. And the ignorant one is he who disobeys God, even if he is of beautiful appearance, noble in station, good in condition, eloquent and articulate. Monkeys and pigs are more intelligent regarding God Almighty than one who disobeys Him. Do not be deceived by the people of this world honoring you, for tomorrow you will be among the losers.

219. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3308No grade recorded

     يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ حَسَنَ الْعَقْلِ كَثِيرَ الذُّنُوبِ، قَالَ: مَا مِنْ آدَمِيٍّ، إِلَّا وَلَهُ خَطَايَا وَذُنُوبٌ يَقْتَرِفُهَا، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ سَجِيَّتُهُ الْعَقْلَ، وَغَرِيزَتُهُ الْيَقِينَ، لَمْ تَضُرَّهُ الذُّنُوبُ. قِيلَ: وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لِأَنَّهُ كُلَّمَا أَخْطَأَ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ يَتَدَارَكَ ذَلِكَ بِتَوْبَةٍ وَنَدَامَةٍ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ، فَيَمْحُو ذَلِكَ ذُنُوبَهُ، وَيَبْقَى لَهُ فَضْلٌ يَدْخُلُ بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ O Messenger of God ﷺ, [what about] a man who has good intellect but many sins? He said: There is no human being except that he has errors and sins that he commits. Whoever's innate character is intellect, and whose natural disposition is certainty, sins will not harm him. It was said: How is that, O Messenger of God? He said ﷺ: Because whenever he errs, he does not wait long before he rectifies that with repentance and regret for what he did, so that erases his sins, and there remains for him an excellence by which he enters Paradise.

220. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3309No grade recorded

     جَدَّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَاجْتَهَدُوا فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ بِالْعَقْلِ، وَجَدَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَاجْتَهَدُوا فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ عَلَى قَدْرِ عُقُولِهِمْ، فَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِطَاعَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَوْفَرُهُمْ عَقْلًا

     ✧ The angels strove and exerted themselves in obedience to God by intellect, and the believers strove and exerted themselves in obedience to God according to the measure of their intellects. So the most knowledgeable of them in obedience to God, Mighty and Majestic, is the most abundant of them in intellect.

221. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3310No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلا مَا عَنَى بِهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَقْلًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ﷺ أَتَمُّكُمْ عَقْلًا أَشَدُّكُمْ لِلهِ خَوْفًا، وَأَحْسَنُكُمْ فِيمَا أُمِرَ بِهِ، وَنُهِيَ عَنْهُ نَظَرًا، وَإِنْ كَانَ أَقَلَّكُمْ تَطَوُّعًا

     ✧ I said: O Messenger of God, what do you think about the saying of God, Mighty and Majestic: 'Which of you is best in deed'—what does He mean by it? He said ﷺ: 'Which of you is best in intellect.' Then he said ﷺ: 'The most complete of you in intellect is the most intense of you in fear of God, and the best of you in reflecting upon what he has been commanded and forbidden, even if he is the least of you in voluntary deeds.'

222. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3311No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ لَيَتَوَجَّهَانِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَيُصَلِّيَانِ، فَيَنْصَرِفُ أَحَدُهُمَا وَصَلَاتُهُ أَوْزَنُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ، وَيَنْصَرِفُ الْآخَرُ وَمَا تَعْدِلُ صَلَاتُهُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ، فَقَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ ؓ: وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا كَانَ أَحْسَنَهُمَا عَقْلًا، قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا كَانَ أَوْرَعَهُمَا عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَأَحْرَصَهُمَا عَلَى الْمُسَارَعَةِ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ دُونَهُ فِي التَّطَوُّعِ

     ✧ Indeed, two men may set out to the mosque and pray, and one of them departs while his prayer is heavier than Mount Uhud, while the other departs and his prayer does not equal the weight of a speck of dust. Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi ؓ said: How can that be? He said: When one of them has better intellect. He said: How is that? He said: When he is more scrupulous regarding the prohibitions of God, Mighty and Majestic, and more eager to hasten to good, even if he is inferior to the other in voluntary deeds.

223. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3312No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَالَ لِتَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ ؓ: مَا السُّؤْدُدُ فِيكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: الْعَقْلُ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا سَأَلْتُكَ، فَقَالَ كَمَا قُلْتَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَا السُّؤْدُدُ فِي النَّاسِ ؟ فَقَالَ: الْعَقْلُ

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ said to Tamim al-Dari ؓ: What is sovereignty (leadership) among you? He said: Intellect. He said: You have spoken the truth. I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ just as I asked you, and he said just as you said. Then he said: I asked Gabriel ﷺ: What is sovereignty among people? He said: Intellect.

224. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3313No grade recorded

     لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ دِعَامَةٌ، وَدِعَامَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَقْلُهُ، فَبِقَدْرِ عَقْلِهِ تَكُونُ عِبَادَةُ رَبِّهِ، أَمَا سَمِعْتُمْ قَوْلَ الْفَاجِرِ عِنْدَ نَدَامَتِهِ: لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ

     ✧ For everything there is a support, and the support of the believer is his intellect. According to the measure of his intellect is his worship of his Lord. Have you not heard the saying of the wicked one at his regret: 'If only we had listened or used our intellect, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze.'

225. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3314No grade recorded

     اسْتَشِيرُوا الْعَاقِلَ تَرْشُدُوا، وَلَا تَعْصُوهُ فَتَنْدَمُوا

     ✧ Consult the intelligent one and you will be guided aright, and do not disobey him lest you regret.

226. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3315No grade recorded

     أَفْضَلُ أَصْحَابِي وَخَيْرُهُمْ أَتْقَاهُمْ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ: أَتْقَاهُمْ أَعْقَلُهُمْ، كَذَلِكَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ The best of my companions and the most excellent of them is the most God-fearing of them. Abu Sa'id said: The most God-fearing of them is the most intelligent of them; thus said the Messenger of God ﷺ.

227. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3316No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْجَاهِلَ لَا يَكْشِفُ إِلَّا عَنْ سَوْأَةٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَ حَصِيفًا ظَرِيفًا عِنْدَ النَّاسِ، وَإِنَّ الْعَاقِلَ لَا يَكْشِفُ إِلَّا عَنْ فَضْلٍ، وَإِنْ كَانَ عَيِّبًا مَهِينًا عِنْدَ النَّاسِ

     ✧ Indeed, the ignorant one reveals nothing but a fault, even if he is considered judicious and charming by people. And indeed, the intelligent one reveals nothing but excellence, even if he is considered defective and contemptible by people.

228. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3317No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ تَلَا: تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلا قَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَقْلًا، وَأَوْرَعُ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ، وَأَسْرَعُهُمْ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

     ✧ He recited: 'Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion' up to His saying: 'That He may test you, which of you is best in deed.' He said: 'Which of you is best in intellect, most scrupulous regarding the prohibitions of God, and quickest of them in obedience to God, Mighty and Majestic.'

229. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3318No grade recorded

     كَمْ مِنْ عَاقِلٍ عَنِ اللهِ أَمْرَهُ وَهُوَ حَقِيرٌ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ، ذَمِيمُ الْمَنْظَرِ، يَنْجُو غَدًا، وَكَمْ مِنْ ظَرِيفِ اللِّسَانِ، جَمِيلِ الْمَنْظَرِ حَمِيدِ اللِّبَاسِ، يَهْلِكُ غَدًا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ How many an intelligent one, whose affair is known to God, while he is despised among people, ugly in appearance, will be saved tomorrow. And how many one with a glib tongue, beautiful appearance, and fine clothing will perish tomorrow on the Day of Resurrection.

230. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3319No grade recorded

     قَسَّمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْعَقْلَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ، فَمَنْ يَكُنَّ فِيهِ كَمُلَ عَقْلُهُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنَّ فِيهِ فَلَا عَقْلَ لَهُ: حُسْنُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِاللهِ تَعَالَى، وَحُسْنُ الطَّاعَةِ لَهُ، وَحُسْنُ الصَّبْرِ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ

     ✧ God Almighty divided the intellect into three parts. Whoever has them, his intellect is complete, and whoever lacks them, he has no intellect: sound knowledge of God Almighty, sound obedience to Him, and sound patience with His decree.

231. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3320No grade recorded

     كَثُرَتِ الْمَسَائِلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ لِكُلِّ سَبِيلٍ مَطِيَّةً وَبَيْعَةً وَحُجَّةً وَاضِحَةً، وَأَوْثَقُ النَّاسِ مَطِيَّةً، وَأَحْسَنُهُمْ دَلَالَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً بِالصِّحَّةِ أَفْضَلُهُمْ عَقْلًا

     ✧ The questions became many upon the Messenger of God ﷺ, so he said: O people, for every path there is a mount and an allegiance and a clear proof. The most reliable mount of people, the best of them in guidance and in knowledge of soundness, is the best of them in intellect.

232. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3321No grade recorded

     لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ غَزْوَةِ أُحُدٍ، سَمِعَ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ: كَانَ فُلَانٌ أَشْجَعَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ، وَفُلَانٌ أَجْرَأَ مِنْ فُلَانٍ، وَفُلَانٌ أَبْلَى مَا لَمْ يُبْلِ غَيْرُهُ، وَنَحْوَ هَذَا، يُطْرُونَهُمْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَمَّا هَذَا، فَلَا عِلْمَ لَكُمْ بِهِ، قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: كُلُّهُمْ قَاتَلَ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا قَسَمَ اللهُ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْعَقْلِ، وَكَانَ نَصْرُهُمْ وَنِيَّتُهُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ عُقُولِهِمْ، فَأُصِيبَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ أُصِيبَ عَلَى مَنَازِلَ شَتَّى، فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، اقْتَسَمُوا مَنَازِلَهُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ نِيَّاتِهِمْ وَعُقُولِهِمْ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ returned from the expedition of Uhud, he heard people saying: So-and-so was braver than so-and-so, and so-and-so was bolder than so-and-so, and so-and-so endured what no one else endured, and the like of this, praising them. The Prophet ﷺ said: As for this, you have no knowledge of it. They said: How is that, O Messenger of God? He said ﷺ: Each of them fought according to the measure of intellect God allotted to them, and their victory and intention were according to the measure of their intellects. Those among them who were struck were struck at different stations. When the Day of Resurrection comes, they will divide their stations according to the measure of their intentions and intellects.

233. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3322No grade recorded

     أَثْنَى قَوْمٌ عَلَى رَجُلٍ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا فِي الثَّنَاءِ فِي خِلَالِ الْخَيْرِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيْفَ عَقْلُ الرَّجُلِ ؟، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نُخْبِرُكَ عَنِ اجْتِهَادِهِ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ، وَأَصْنَافِ الْخَيْرِ، وَتَسْأَلُنَا عَنْ عَقْلِهِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ الْأَحْمَقَ يُصِيبُ بِحُمْقِهِ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ فُجُورِ الْفَاجِرِ، وَإِنَّمَا يُرْفَعُ الْعِبَادُ غَدًا فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ، وَيَنَالُونَ الزُّلْفَى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ عُقُولِهِمْ

     ✧ A people praised a man in the presence of the Messenger of God ﷺ until they went far in praising him for the attributes of good. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: How is the man's intellect? They said: O Messenger of God, we tell you about his diligence in worship and the kinds of good, and you ask us about his intellect! The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Indeed the fool, by his foolishness, hits upon something greater than the immorality of the immoral. Servants will be raised tomorrow in ranks and attain nearness to their Lord according to the measure of their intellects.

234. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3323No grade recorded

     يَا ابْنَ سَلَامٍ، إِنْ شِئْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِخَلْقِ الْعَرْشِ، وَلَا عِلْمَ لَهُمْ بِهِ، وَلَا حَمَلَتَهُ الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَهُ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ، قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ: رَبَّنَا، هَلْ خَلَقْتَ خَلْقًا أَعْظَمَ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمِ، الْبِحَارَ قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: هَلْ خَلَقْتَ خَلْقًا أَعْظَمَ مِنَ الْبِحَارِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمِ، الْعَرْشَ، قَالَ: هَلْ خَلَقْتَ خَلْقًا هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْعَرْشِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمِ، الْعَقْلَ، قَالُوا: رَبَّنَا، وَمَا بَلَغَ مِنْ قَدْرِ الْعَقْلِ وَخَلْقِهِ ؟ قَالَ: هَيْهَاتَ لَا يُحَاطُ بِعِلْمِهِ، قَالَ: هَلْ لَكُمْ عِلْمٌ بِعَدَدِ الرَّمْلِ ؟، قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي خَلَقْتُ الْعَقْلَ أَصْنَافًا شَتَّى كَعَدَدِ الرَّمْلِ، فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَبَّةً وَاحِدَةً، وَبَعْضُهُمُ الْحَبَّتَيْنِ، وَالثَّلَاثَ، وَالْأَرْبَعَ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ فَرَقًا، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ وَسْقًا، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ وَسْقَيْنِ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ أُعْطِيَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَا شَاءَ اللهُ مِنَ التَّضْعِيفِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ: فَمَنْ أُولَئِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: الْعُمَّالُ بِطَاعَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى قَدْرِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ، وَجِدِّهِمْ، وَيَقِينِهِمْ، فَالنُّورُ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَفَهْمِهِمْ فِي ذَلِكَ، كُلُّهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ الَّذِي آتَاهُمْ، فَبِقَدْرِ ذَلِكَ يَعْمَلُ الْعَامِلُ مِنْهُمْ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ، قَالَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْهُدَى، وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ، مَا أُخْرِمُ حَرْفًا وَاحِدًا مِمَّا وَجَدْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَإِنَّ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ وَصَفَ هَذِهِ الصِّفَةَ، وَأَنْتَ الثَّانِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: صَدَقْتَ يَا ابْنَ سَلَامٍ.،،،

     ✧ O Ibn Salam, if you wish you may ask me, and if you wish I will inform you. He said: Inform me. He said: The angels brought near did not encompass the creation of the Throne, and they have no knowledge of it, nor do its bearers who carry it. When God created the heavens and the earth, the angels said: Our Lord, have You created a creation greater than the heavens and the earth? He said: Yes, the seas. They said: Have You created a creation greater than the seas? He said: Yes, the Throne. They said: Have You created a creation greater than the Throne? He said: Yes, the intellect. They said: Our Lord, how great is the measure of the intellect and its creation? He said: Far be it, its knowledge cannot be encompassed. He said: Do you have knowledge of the number of the sand? They said: No. He said: I created the intellect in various kinds like the number of the sand. Among people, some were given one grain of that, and some two, three, and four grains, and some were given a faraq, and some were given a wasq, and some were given two wasqs, and some were given more than that, up to what God willed of multiplication. Ibn Salam ؓ said: So who are those, O Messenger of God? He said: The workers in obedience to God Almighty according to the measure of their deeds, their striving, and their certainty. The light that God Almighty placed in their hearts and their understanding in that—all of it is according to the measure of what He gave them. According to that measure the worker among them acts and rises in ranks. Ibn Salam ؓ said: By the One who sent you with guidance and the religion of truth, I have not found a single letter differing from what I found in the Torah. Moses ﷺ was the first to describe this attribute, and you are the second. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: You have spoken truth, O Ibn Salam.

235. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3324No grade recorded

     مَا اكْتَسَبَ رَجُلٌ شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عَقْلٍ يَهْدِي صَاحِبَهُ إِلَى هُدًى ; وَيَرُدُّهُ عَنْ رَدًى، وَمَا تَمَّ إِيمَانُ عَبْدٍ، وَلَا اسْتَقَامَ دِينُهُ، حَتَّى يَكْمُلَ عَقْلُهُ

     ✧ A man has not acquired anything better than an intellect that guides its possessor to guidance and turns him away from destruction. The faith of a servant is not complete, nor is his religion upright, until his intellect is complete.

236. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3325No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ; إِلَى مَا يَنْتَهِي النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، قَالَ: إِلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ، وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أَيُّهُمْ أَفْضَلُ أَعْمَالًا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَحْسَنُهُمْ عَقْلًا، قُلْتُ: هَذَا فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَأَيُّهُمْ أَفْضَلُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَحْسَنُهُمْ عَقْلًا، إِنَّ الْعَقْلَ سَيِّدُ الْأَعْمَالِ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ جَمِيعًا

     ✧ I said: O Messenger of God, to what will people end up on the Day of Resurrection? He said: To their deeds. Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it. I said: Which of them is best in deeds? He said ﷺ: The best of them in intellect. I said: This is in this world, so which of them is best in the Hereafter? He said ﷺ: The best of them in intellect. Indeed the intellect is the master of deeds in both abodes altogether.

237. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3326No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ، وَيَصُومُ النَّهَارَ، وَيَحُجُّ، وَيَعْتَمِرُ، وَيَغْزُو فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَيَعُودُ الْمَرِيضَ، وَيَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ، وَيُشَيِّعُ الْجَنَائِزَ وَيَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ حَتَّى عَدَّ هَذِهِ الْعَشْرَ خِصَالٍ فَمَا مَنْزِلَتُهُ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: ثَوَابُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي كُلِّ مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ فِي ذَلِكَ عَلَى قَدْرِ عَقْلِهِ

     ✧ A man said: O Messenger of God, what do you think of a man who stands in prayer at night, fasts during the day, performs Hajj and Umrah, fights in the path of God Almighty, visits the sick, maintains kinship ties, escorts funerals, and honors the guest—until he counted these ten qualities—what is his station with God Almighty on the Day of Resurrection? He said ﷺ: His reward on the Day of Resurrection in all of that will be according to the measure of his intellect.

238. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3327No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ: عُوَيْمِرٌ، ازْدَدْ عَقْلًا، تَزْدَدْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ قُرْبًا قَالَ: قُلْتُ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَكَيْفَ لِي بِذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: اجْتَنِبْ مَحَارِمَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَأَدِّ فَرَائِضَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، تَكُنْ عَاقِلًا، وَتَنَفَّلْ مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَاتِ، تَزْدَدْ بِهَا فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا رِفْعَةً وَكَرَامَةً، وَتَنَلْ بِهَا مِنْ رَبِّكَ الْقُرْبَ وَالْعِزَّةَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to him: O Uwaymir, increase in intellect, and you will increase in nearness to your Lord. He said: May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of God, how can I do that? He said ﷺ: Avoid what God, Mighty and Majestic, has forbidden, and perform the obligatory duties of God Almighty; you will be a man of intellect. And do voluntary acts of righteous deeds—through them you will increase in rank and honor in this present world, and through them you will attain nearness and might from your Lord.

239. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3328No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ: أَيُّ حَاجِّ بَيْتِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ، وَأَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا ؟ قَالَ ؓ: مَنْ جَمَعَ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ: نِيَّةً صَادِقَةً، وَعَقْلًا وَافِرًا، وَنَفَقَةً مِنْ حَلَالٍ، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ، قُلْتُ إِذَا صَدَقَتْ نِيَّتُهُ وَكَانَتْ نَفَقَتُهُ مِنْ حَلَالٍ فَمَا يَضُرُّهُ قِلَّةُ عَقْلِهِ، قَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَجَّاجِ، تَسْأَلُنِي عَمَّا سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، مَا أَطَاعَ الْعَبْدُ رَبَّهُ بِشَيْءٍ، وَلَا جِهَادٍ، وَلَا شَيْءٍ مِمَّا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْبِرِّ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْقِلُهُ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ جَاهِلًا بِعَقْلِهِ فَاقَ الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ، كَانَ مَا يُفْسِدُ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يُصْلِحُ

     ✧ I said to Ibn Umar ؓ: Which pilgrim to the House of God is best and greatest in reward? He said ؓ: One who combines three qualities: sincere intention, abundant intellect, and spending from lawful means. This was mentioned to Ibn Abbas ؓ, and he said: He spoke truth. I said: If his intention is sincere and his spending is from lawful means, what harm does the smallness of his intellect cause him? He said: O Abu al-Hajjaj, you ask me about what I asked the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, a servant does not obey his Lord with anything—not jihad, nor any kind of piety among the kinds of what comes from him—if he does not understand it. If an ignorant person, by his intellect, surpassed the diligent in worship, what he corrupts would be more than what he sets right.

240. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3329No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ خَرَجَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا جِئْتَ بِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْعَقْلُ، قَالَ: بِمَ أُمِرْتَ ؟ قَالَ: بِالْعَقْلِ، قَالَ: فَبِمَ يُجَازَى النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ؟ قَالَ: بِالْعَقْلِ، قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ لَنَا بِالْعَقْلِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَقْلَ لَا غَايَةَ لَهُ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ أَحَلَّ حَلَالَ اللهِ، وَحَرَّمَ حَرَامَهُ، سُمِّيَ عَاقِلًا، فَإِنِ اجْتَهَدَ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ وَسَمَحَ - أَوْ شَمَخَ - فِي مَرَاتِبِ الْمَعْرُوفِ، وَلَا حَظَّ لَهُ مِنْ عَقْلٍ يَدُلُّهُ عَلَى اتِّبَاعِ أَمْرِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَاجْتِنَابِ مَا نَهَى عَنْهُ، فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْأَخْسَرُونَ أَعْمَالًا الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا

     ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ went out one day, and the Prophet ﷺ met him. He said to him: What have you brought, O Messenger of God? He said ﷺ: The intellect. He said: With what were you commanded? He said: With the intellect. He said: With what will people be recompensed on the Day of Resurrection? He said: With the intellect. He said: How can we attain intellect? He said: The intellect has no limit, but whoever declares lawful what God has made lawful and forbids what God has made forbidden is called a man of intellect. If he strives in worship and excels—or rises—in the ranks of good but has no share of intellect to guide him to follow the command of God Almighty and avoid what He has forbidden, then those are the greatest losers in deeds, whose effort goes astray in the life of this world while they think they are doing well.

241. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3330No grade recorded

     صِفَةُ الْعَاقِلِ يَحْلُمُ عَمَّنْ جَهِلَ عَلَيْهِ، وَيَتَجَاوَزُ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَهُ، وَيَتَوَاضَعُ لِمَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ، وَيُسَابِقُ مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَهُ فِي طَلَبِ الْبِرِّ، وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ فَكَّرَ، فَإِذَا كَانَ خَيْرًا تَكَلَّمَ فَغَنِمَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ شَرًّا سَكَتَ فَسَلِمَ، وَإِذَا عَرَضَتْ لَهُ فِتْنَةٌ اسْتَعْصَمَ بِاللهِ، وَأَمْسَكَ يَدَهُ وَلِسَانَهُ، وَإِذَا رَأَى فَضِيلَةً انْتَهَزَهَا، لَا يُفَارِقُهُ الْحَيَاءُ، وَلَا يَبْدُو مِنْهُ الْحِرْصُ، فَتِلْكَ عَشْرُ خِصَالٍ، يُعْرَفُ بِهَا الْعَاقِلُ، قَالَ: وَصِفَةُ الْجَاهِلِ أَنْ يَظْلِمَ مَنْ يُخَالِطُهُ، وَيَقْتَدِي عَمَّنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ، وَيَتَطَاوَلُ عَلَى مَنْ هُوَ فَوْقَهُ، كَلَامُهُ بِغَيْرِ تَدَبُّرٍ، فَإِنْ تَكَلَّمَ أَثِمَ، وَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَهَا، وَإِنْ عَرَضَتْ لَهُ فِتْنَةٌ سَارَعَ إِلَيْهَا فَأَرْدَتْهُ، وَإِنْ رَأَى فَضِيلَةً أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا، وَأَبْطَأَ عَنْهَا، لَا يَخَافُ ذُنُوبَهُ الْقَدِيمَةَ، وَلَا يَرْتَدِعُ فِيمَا يَبْقَى مِنْ عُمُرِهِ عَنِ الذُّنُوبِ، مُتَوَانِيًا عَنِ الْبِرِّ، مُبَطِّئًا عَنْهُ، غَيْرَ مُكْتَرِثٍ لِمَا فَاتَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، أَوْ ضَيَّعَهُ، عَشْرُ خِصَالٍ مِنْ صِفَةِ الْجَاهِلِ الَّذِي حُرِمَ الْعَقْلَ

     ✧ The description of the man of intellect: he forbears with one who is ignorant toward him, pardons one who wrongs him, humbles himself to one who is below him, and races ahead of one who is above him in seeking righteousness. When he wants to speak, he reflects; if it is good, he speaks and gains; if it is evil, he remains silent and is safe. When a trial presents itself to him, he seeks protection in God and restrains his hand and tongue. When he sees a virtue, he seizes it. Modesty does not leave him, nor does greed appear from him. These are ten qualities by which the man of intellect is known. He said: And the description of the ignorant man: he wrongs one who associates with him, imitates one who is below him, and exalts himself over one who is above him. His speech is without reflection; if he speaks, he sins; if he remains silent, he is heedless. When a trial presents itself to him, he hastens to it and it destroys him. When he sees a virtue, he turns away from it and is slow toward it. He does not fear his past sins, nor does he refrain from sins in what remains of his life. He is slack in righteousness, slow toward it, unconcerned about what he has missed of that or wasted. These are ten qualities of the description of the ignorant man who is deprived of intellect.

242. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3331No grade recorded

     أَقَلُّ الْعَيْبِ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ فِي دَارِهِ

     ✧ The least fault of a man is to sit in his house.

243. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3332No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ جَمَعَ كُلَّ غُلَامٍ اسْمُهُ اسْمُ نَبِيٍّ، فَأَدْخَلَهُمْ دَارًا، وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ أَسْمَاءَهُمْ، فَشَهِدَ آبَاؤُهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَمَّاهُمْ قَالَ: وَكَانَ أَبِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ فِيهِمْ

     ✧ Indeed, 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ gathered every boy whose name was the name of a prophet, and he brought them into a house and wanted to change their names. Their fathers testified that the Messenger of God ﷺ had named them. He said: My father, Muhammad b. 'Amr b. Hazm, was among them.

244. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3333No grade recorded

     تُسَمُّونَهُمْ مُحَمَّدًا، ثُمَّ تَلْعَنُونَهُمْ

     ✧ You name them Muhammad, then you curse them.

245. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3334No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى، ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Musa narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us with this.

246. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3335No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ And 'Abd said: Abu al-Walid narrated to us, al-Hakam b. 'Atiyya narrated to us, with it.

247. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3336No grade recorded

     مَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ، فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ أَحَدَهُمْ مُحَمَّدًا فَقَدْ جَهِلَ

     ✧ Whoever has three children born to him and does not name one of them Muhammad has been ignorant.

248. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3337No grade recorded

     لَمَّا وُلِدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ ؓ، أَتَيْنَا بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَا سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟، قُلْنَا: مُحَمَّدًا، قَالَ: هَذَا اسْمِي، وَكُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ

     ✧ When Muhammad b. Talha ؓ was born, we brought him to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: What have you named him? We said: Muhammad. He said: This is my name, and his kunya is Abu al-Qasim.

249. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3338No grade recorded

     وُلِدَ لِأَخِي أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ غُلَامٌ، سَمَّوْهُ الْوَلِيدَ، فَدَخَلُوا بِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَسَمَّيْتُمُوهُ ؟، قَالُوا: نَعَمْ سَمُّوهُ الْوَلِيدَ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَهْ مَهْ، اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، سَمَّيْتُمُوهُ بِاسْمِ فَرَاعِنَتِكُمْ ؟ لَيَكُونَنَّ فِي أُمَّتِي رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ، لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: أَيُّ الْوَلِيدِ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنِ اسْتُخْلِفَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، وَإِلَّا فَهُوَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ

     ✧ A boy was born to the brother of Umm Salama. They named him al-Walid. They brought him in to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Have you named him? They said: Yes, they named him al-Walid. He ﷺ said: Stop, stop! His name is 'Abd al-Rahman. You have named him with the name of your Pharaohs? There will surely be a man in my community called al-Walid; he will be worse for my community than Pharaoh was for his people. 'Abd al-Rahman said: I said to him: Which al-Walid is he? He ﷺ said: If al-Walid b. Yazid becomes caliph, it is he; otherwise it is al-Walid b. 'Abd al-Malik.

250. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3339No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَمَةً لِعُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ لَهَا اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ الْعَجَمِ، فَسَمَّاهَا عُمَرُ ؓ جَمِيلَةَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهَا: أَنْتِ جَمِيلَةُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: خُذِيهَا عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِكِ

     ✧ A slave woman belonging to 'Umar ؓ had a name from the Persian names. 'Umar ؓ named her Jamila. 'Umar said: Between me and you is the Prophet ﷺ. So we came to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said to her: You are Jamila. 'Umar ؓ said: Take her, in spite of your nose.

251. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3340No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ مَغَانِمَ حُنَيْنٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاسْمُهُ غُرَابٌ، فَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ مُسْلِمًا

     ✧ He was present at the spoils of Hunayn with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and his name was Ghurab. The Messenger of God named him Muslim.

252. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3341No grade recorded

     مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَرْضٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا: غَبَرَةُ، فَقَالَ: هِيَ خَضِرَةُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by a land called Ghabara and said: It is Khadira.

253. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3342No grade recorded

     أَحَبُّ الْأَسْمَاءِ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: عَبْدُ اللهِ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ

     ✧ The most beloved names to God, Mighty and Majestic, are 'Abdullah and 'Abd al-Rahman.

254. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3343No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي أَبِي، وَبَعَثَ الْعَبَّاسُ ابْنَهُ الْفَضْلَ ؓ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَاهُمْ قَالُوا: وَمَا وَرَاءَكُمْ أَسْعَدُ، أَمْ سَعِيدٌ. ؟

     ✧ My father sent me, and al-Abbas sent his son al-Fadl ؓ to the Prophet ﷺ... and he mentioned the hadith. He said: When we came to them, they said: 'What is behind you? As`ad or Sa`id?'

255. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3344No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: بِئْسَ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ، أَوْ بِئْسَ الرَّجُلُ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهُ أَدْنَى مَجْلِسَهُ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ وَذَهَبَ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حِينَ أَبْصَرْتَهُ قُلْتَ: بِئْسَ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ أَوْ بِئْسَ الرَّجُلُ ثُمَّ أَدْنَيْتَ مَجْلِسَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّهُ مُنَافِقٌ أُدَارِيهِ عَنْ نِفَاقِهِ، وَأَخْشَى أَنْ يُفْسِدَ عَلَيَّ غَيْرَهُ

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey. A man approached. When the Messenger of God ﷺ saw him, he said: 'What a bad brother of the clan' or 'what a bad man.' When he came close, he made room for him in his sitting place. When he got up and left, they said: 'O Messenger of God, when you saw him you said: "What a bad brother of the clan" or "what a bad man," then you made room for him in your sitting place.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'He is a hypocrite; I treat him gently to fend off his hypocrisy, and I fear he may corrupt someone else against me.'

256. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3345No grade recorded

     إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ، فَأُوسِعَ لَهُ، فَلْيَجْلِسْ، فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ كَرَامَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَكْرَمَهُ بِهَا أَخُوهُ الْمُسْلِمُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُوَسَّعْ لَهُ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَوْسَعَهَا مَكَانًا، فَلْيَجْلِسْ فِيهِ

     ✧ When one of you enters upon a group of people and room is made for him, let him sit, for it is only an honor from God, Mighty and Majestic, with which his Muslim brother has honored him. If no room is made for him, let him look for the widest place and sit there.

257. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3346No grade recorded

     خَيْرُ الْمَجَالِسِ أَوْسَعُهَا

     ✧ The best of gatherings is the most spacious of them.

258. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3347No grade recorded

     مَرَّ عَلَى مَجْلِسٍ فِي طَرِيقٍ، فَقَالَ: إِيَّاكُمْ وَالسَّبِيلَ، فَإِنَّهَا سَبِيلُ النَّارِ وَالشَّيْطَانِ، ثُمَّ مَضَى، حَتَّى ظَنُّوا أَنَّهَا عَزْمَةٌ ثُمَّ جَاءَ، فَقَالَ: إِلَّا أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا حَقَّ الطَّرِيقِ، قَالُوا: وَمَا حَقُّ الطَّرِيقِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَنْ تَغُضُّوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ، وَتَهْدُوا الضَّالَّ، وَتَرُدُّوا السَّلَامَ

     ✧ He passed by a gathering on a road and said: 'Beware of sitting on roads, for they are the path of the Fire and of Satan.' Then he went on, so that they thought it was a firm command. Then he came back and said: 'Unless you fulfill the right of the road.' They said: 'What is the right of the road?' He said ﷺ: 'That you lower your gazes, guide the lost, and return the greeting of peace.'

259. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3348No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَنَامَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ مُسْتَلْقِيَةً

     ✧ He used to dislike a man sleeping on his stomach and a woman lying on her back.

260. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3349No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ ؓ كَانَ يَشْتَكِي رِجْلَهُ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَخُوهُ، وَقَدْ جَعَلَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى، وَهُوَ مُضْطَجِعٌ، فَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبَةً بِيَدِهِ عَلَى رِجْلِهِ الْوَجِعَةِ، فَأَوْجَعَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَوْجَعْتَنِي، أَوَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ رِجْلِي وَجِعَةٌ، قَالَ: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ Abu Sa`id ؓ was complaining of pain in his leg. His brother entered upon him while he had placed one leg over the other and was lying down. He struck him with his hand on his painful leg and hurt him. Abu Sa`id said: 'You have hurt me! Did you not know that my leg is painful?' He said: 'Yes.' Abu Sa`id said: 'What made you do that?' He said: 'Did you not hear that the Messenger of God ﷺ forbade us from that?'

261. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3350No grade recorded

     فُرِشَ لِأَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فِي سَطْحٍ أَفْيَحَ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ، فَأُنْزِلَ، وَقَالَ: قَدْ كِدْتُ أَنْ أَبِيتَ اللَّيْلَةَ، لَا ذِمَّةَ لِي

     ✧ A bed was spread for Abu Ayyub al-Ansari on a flat roof. He ordered it to be taken down during part of the night, and it was brought down. He said: 'I almost spent the night with no protection for me.'

262. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3351No grade recorded

     مَنْ بَاتَ عَلَى سَطْحٍ لَيْسَ بِمَحْجُورٍ، فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُ، وَمَنْ رَمَى بِلَيْلٍ، فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُ، وَمَنْ رَكِبَ الْبَحْرَ فِي ارْتِجَاجِهِ، فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُ الذِّمَّةُ

     ✧ Whoever spends the night on a roof that has no barrier, protection from him is absolved. Whoever throws at night, protection from him is absolved. Whoever rides the sea while it is turbulent, protection from him is absolved.

263. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3352No grade recorded

     التَّأَنِّي مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَالْعَجَلَةُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، مَا شَيْءٌ أَكْثَرَ مَعَاذِيرَ مِنَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْحَمْدِ

     ✧ Deliberateness is from God, Most High, and haste is from Satan. There is nothing more full of excuses than God, Mighty and Majestic, and there is nothing more beloved to God, Most High, than praise.

264. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3353No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ بِهَذَا.:. 2815 - وقال:. 2815 - [3]:،:

     ✧ And Abu Ya`la said: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated to us with this.:. 2815 - And he said:. 2815 - [3]:,:

265. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3354No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَانْتَجَاهُ دُونِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَهْ، أَيُّ شَيْءٍ قَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: قَالَ ﷺ لِي: إِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِأَمْرٍ، فَعَلَيْكَ بِالتُّؤَدَةِ، حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ اللهُ بِالْمَخْرَجِ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ

     ✧ I entered with my father upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he whispered to him privately without me. I said: 'O father, what did the Messenger of God ﷺ say to you?' He said: 'He ﷺ said to me: "When you intend a matter, you must be deliberate until God brings you a way out of your affair."'

266. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3355No grade recorded

     حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ اللهُ بِفَرَجٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ

     ✧ until Allah brings you relief from your affair

267. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3356No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ نَحْوَهُ.:

     ✧ And al-Harith said: 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad narrated to us, al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Sa'd b. Sa'id, something similar to it.

268. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3357No grade recorded

     مَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ الصَّالِحِ كَمَثَلِ صَاحِبِ الْمِسْكِ، إِنْ لَمْ يُعْطِكَ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ رِيحِهِ، ( وَمَثَلُ الْجَلِيسِ السُّوءِ، كَمَثَلِ صَاحِبِ الْكِيرِ إِنْ لَمْ يُحْرِقْ ثِيَابَكَ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ رِيحِهِ أَوْ أَنْتَنَكَ رِيحُهُ )

     ✧ The parable of the righteous companion is like the parable of the owner of musk; if he does not give you some, some of its fragrance will reach you. And the parable of the evil companion is like the parable of the owner of the bellows; if he does not burn your clothes, some of its smell will reach you, or its odor will offend you.

269. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3358No grade recorded

     قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ جُلَسَائِنَا خَيْرٌ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ ذَكَّرَكُمْ بِاللهِ رُؤْيَتُهُ، وَزَادَ فِي عَمَلِكُمْ مَنْطِقُهُ، وَذَكَّرَكُمْ بِالْآخِرَةِ عَمَلُهُ

     ✧ It was said: O Messenger of Allah, which of our companions is best? He ﷺ said: The one whose sight reminds you of Allah, whose speech increases you in good deeds, and whose actions remind you of the Hereafter.

270. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3359No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكٌ بِهِ

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. Aban narrated to us, 'Ali b. Hashim narrated to us, Mubarak narrated to us with it.

271. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3360No grade recorded

     أَصْلِحُوا مَثَاوِيَكُمْ، وَاجْعَلُوا الرَّأْسَ رَأْسَيْنِ، وَأَخِيفُوا الْهَوَامَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُخِيفَكُمْ

     ✧ Make your resting places good, make one head into two heads, and fear the crawling creatures before they make you fear them.

272. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3361No grade recorded

     الْغَنَمُ بَرَكَةٌ، وَالْإِبِلُ عِزٌّ لِأَهْلِهَا، وَالْخَيْرُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِي الْخَيْلِ، وَالْعَبْدُ أَخُوكَ، فَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَهُ مَغْلُوبًا، فَأَعِنْهُ

     ✧ Sheep are a blessing, camels are an honor for their owners, goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses, and the slave is your brother, so be good to him. If you see him overwhelmed, then help him.

273. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3362No grade recorded

     الْغَنَمُ بَرَكَةٌ، وَالْإِبِلُ عِزٌّ لِأَهْلِهَا

     ✧ Sheep are a blessing, and camels are an honor for their owners.

274. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3363No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ الْأَغْنِيَاءَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا الْغَنَمَ، وَأَمَرَ الْفُقَرَاءَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا الدَّجَاجَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ commanded the rich to keep sheep, and he commanded the poor to keep chickens.

275. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3364No grade recorded

     الْغَنَمُ بَرَكَةٌ.

     ✧ Sheep are a blessing.

276. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3365No grade recorded

     إِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ رَقِيقِكُمُ السُّودَانَ، إِنْ جَاعُوا سَرَقُوا، وَإِنْ شَبِعُوا زَنَوْا

     ✧ Among the worst of your slaves are the blacks; if they are hungry they steal, and if they are full they commit adultery.

277. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3366No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِإِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِخَيْرٍ

     ✧ I brought the camels of zakah to the Prophet ﷺ, and he wiped my head and supplicated for good for me.

278. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3367No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ، إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ ؓ قُعُودٌ، فَإِذَا غُلَامٌ صَغِيرٌ يَبْكِي، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِعُمَرَ ؓ: ضُمَّ الصَّبِيَّ إِلَيْكَ، فَإِنَّهُ ضَالٌّ فَضَمَّهُ عُمَرُ ؓ إِلَيْهِ، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ قُعُودٌ إِذَا امْرَأَةٌ تُوَلْوِلُ، أَظُنُّهُ، وَتَقُولُ: وَا بُنَيَّاهُ، وَتَبْكِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَادُوا الْمَرْأَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا أُمُّ الصَّبِيِّ، وَهِيَ كَاشِفَةٌ عَنْ رَأْسِهَا، لَيْسَ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا خِمَارٌ، جَزَعًا عَلَى ابْنِهَا، فَجَاءَتْ حَتَّى قَبَضَتِ الصَّبِيَّ مِنْ حَجْرِ عُمَرَ ؓ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي، وَالصَّبِيُّ فِي حَجْرِهَا، فَالْتَفَتَتْ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ: وَا خِزْيَاهُ، أَلَا أَرَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ رَحِيمَةً بِوَلَدِهَا ؟ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُهُ ؓ: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَفَى بِهَذِهِ رَحْمَةً، فَقَالَ ﷺ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَلَّهُ تَعَالَى أَرْحَمُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا

     ✧ I went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ were sitting, and there was a small boy crying. The Prophet ﷺ said to Umar ؓ: 'Hold the child close to you, for he is lost.' So Umar ؓ held him close. While we were sitting, a woman came wailing, I think, saying: 'Oh my son!' and crying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Call the woman, for she is the mother of the child, and she has uncovered her head; there is no veil on her head, out of grief for her son.' She came and took the child from Umar's lap while crying, and the child was in her lap. She turned, and when she saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, she said: 'Oh, what disgrace! Do I not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said then: 'Do you see this woman as merciful to her child?' His companions ؓ said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah ﷺ; this is enough mercy.' He ﷺ said: 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, Allah the Exalted is more merciful to the believers than this woman is to her child.'

279. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3368No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُمْ فَرْخَ عُصْفُورٍ، فَجَعَلَ الْعُصْفُورُ يَقَعُ عَلَى رِحَالِهِمْ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فَرْخُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: لَلَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعَبْدِهِ مِنْ هَذَا الْعُصْفُورِ بِفَرْخِهِ

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, and some of them got a sparrow chick. The sparrow began to alight on their saddles, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that its chick be returned to it. Then he ﷺ said: 'Allah is more merciful to His servant than this sparrow is to its chick.'

280. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3369No grade recorded

     وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَا يَضَعُ اللهُ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَّا عَلَى رَحِيمٍ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُلُّنَا يَرْحَمُ، قَالَ: لَيْسَ بِرَحْمَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ خَاصَّةً، حَتَّى يَرْحَمَ النَّاسَ كَافَّةً

     ✧ By the One in whose hand is my soul, Allah does not place His mercy except upon a merciful one. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, all of us are merciful.' He said: 'It is not the mercy of any one of you specifically, until he has mercy on all people.'

281. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3370No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا مَرَّ بِفَرْخَيْ طَيْرٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَبُوهُمَا يَحُومُ عَلَيْهِمَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَخَذْتَ هَذَيْنِ الْفَرْخَيْنِ، وَأَبُوهُمَا يَحُومُ عَلَيْهِمَا، أَلَا تَرَكْتَ لَهُ أَحَدَهُمَا، فَتَقَرَّ بِهِ عَيْنُهُ

     ✧ A man passed by the Prophet ﷺ with two chicks of a bird, while their father was hovering over them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'You took these two chicks while their father is hovering over them. Why did you not leave one of them for him, so that his eye might be cooled by it?'

282. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3371No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَيَرْحَمُ عَبْدَهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِرَحْمَتِهِ الْعُصْفُورَ

     ✧ Indeed Allah the Exalted will have mercy on His believing servant on the Day of Resurrection, with the mercy of a sparrow.

283. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3372No grade recorded

     مَنِ ابْتَاعَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْخَدَمِ فَلَمْ يُوَافِقْ شِيمَتُهُ شِيمَتَهُ، فَلْيَبِعْ، وَلْيَشْتَرِ، حَتَّى يُوَافِقَ شِيمَتُهُمْ شِيمَتَهُ، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ شِيَمٌ، وَلَا تُعَذِّبُوا عَبْدَ اللهِ

     ✧ Whoever buys something from the servants and his character does not match his own character, let him sell and buy until their character matches his. For people are of different dispositions. And do not torture the servants of Allah.

284. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3373No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ.:

     ✧ Isa b. Yunus reported to us from Abu Bakr with this chain of narration something similar, but he did not raise it to the Prophet.:

285. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3374No grade recorded

     اللهَ اللهَ فِي مِلْكِ أَيْمَانِكُمْ، أَشْبِعُوا بُطُونَهُمْ، وَاكْسُوا ظُهُورَهُمْ، وَأَلِينُوا لَهُمُ الْقَوْلَ

     ✧ Fear Allah, fear Allah, regarding those whom your right hands possess. Fill their bellies, clothe their backs, and speak to them gently.

286. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3375No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ الْمَمْلُوكُ، إِذَا أَطَاعَ اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَأَطَاعَ سَيِّدَهُ

     ✧ The first to enter Paradise will be a slave, if he obeys Allah the Exalted and obeys his master.

287. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3376No grade recorded

     مَا زَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُوصِينِي بِالْمَمْلُوكِ، حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُ حَدًّا إِذَا بَلَغُوا عَتَقُوا

     ✧ Gabriel ﷺ kept advising me about the slave, until I thought that he would set a limit for him when they reach it, they would be freed.

288. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3377No grade recorded

     مَا خَفَّفْتَ عَنْ خَادِمِكَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ، كَانَ لَكَ أَجْرًا فِي مَوَازِينِكَ

     ✧ Whatever you lighten for your servant from his work, it will be a reward for you in your scales.

289. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3378No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعْطَى عَلِيًّا، وَفَاطِمَةَ ؓ غُلَامًا، وَقَالَ: أَحْسِنَا إِلَيْهِ، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ gave Ali and Fatimah ؓ a servant and said: 'Be good to him, for I saw him praying.'

290. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3379No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا.:

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

291. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3380No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَمْلُوكِينَ: أَكْرِمُوهُمْ كَرَامَةَ أَوْلَادِكُمْ، وَأَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَاكْسُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَلْبَسُونَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said regarding the slaves: Honor them as you honor your children, and feed them from what you eat, and clothe them from what you wear.

292. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3381No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ: اذْهَبْ، فَأَعْلِمْنِي مَنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: وَكَانَ ؓ إِذَا بَعَثَ رَجُلًا فِي حَاجَةٍ يَقُولُ: إِذَا رَجَعْتَ فَأَعْلِمْنِي مَا بَعَثْتُكَ فِيهِ ؟ وَمَا يُرَدُّ عَلَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ مَنْ ذَاكَ، وَإِنَّهُ صُهَيْبٌ ؓ وَإِنَّ مَعَهُ أَمَةً، قَالَ ؓ: فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِنَا، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مَعَهُ أَمَةٌ

     ✧ I was with the Commander of the Believers, Umar ؓ. He said: Go, and inform me who that is? He said: And when he ؓ sent a man on an errand, he would say: When you return, inform me of what I sent you for, and what is brought back to me. So I said: You commanded me to inform you who that is, and it is Suhayb ؓ, and with him is a slave woman. He ؓ said: Let him join us, even if a slave woman is with him.

293. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3382No grade recorded

     إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ

     ✧ When a noble person of a people comes to you, honor him.

294. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3383No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُصَافَحَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ، أَوْ يُكَنَّوْا، أَوْ يُرَحَّبَ بِهِمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade shaking hands with the polytheists, or giving them honorifics (kunyas), or welcoming them.

295. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3384No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ؓ يَوْمًا فَمَا شَعُرْنَا إِذْ دَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ مُتَغَيِّرًا، وَهُوَ كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ، وَعَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ الْغُبَارِ، فَدَعَى لَهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ؓ بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ

     ✧ We were with Abu Sa'id ؓ one day when all of a sudden Abdullah b. Umar ؓ entered, and I saw him looking changed, gloomy and sad, and upon him was the trace of dust. Abu Sa'id ؓ called for water for him and he performed ablution.

296. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3385No grade recorded

     إِنَّ سَوْدَةَ ( الْيَمَانِيَّةَ ) جَاءَتْ عَائِشَةَ تَزُورُهَا، وَعِنْدَهَا حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَجَاءَتْ سَوْدَةُ ؓ فِي هَيْئَةٍ وَفِي حَالَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ، عَلَيْهَا دِرْعٌ مِنْ بُرُودِ الْيَمَنِ، وَخِمَارٌ كَذَلِكَ، وَعَلَيْهَا نُقْطَتَانِ مِثْلُ الْعَدَسَتَيْنِ مِنْ صَبِرٍ، وَزَعْفَرَانٍ فِي مُوقَيْهَا، قَالَتْ ( عَلِيلَةُ ): وَأَدْرَكْتُ النِّسَاءَ يَتَزَيَّنَّ بِهِ، فَقَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ: يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، يَجِيءُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَرَانَا وَنَحْنُ قُشْفَتَانِ، وَهَذِهِ بَيْنَنَا تَبْرُقُ، فَقَالَتْ ؓ: اتَّقِي اللهَ يَا حَفْصَةُ، اتَّقِي اللهَ يَا حَفْصَةُ، قَالَتْ: لَأُفْسِدَنَّ عَلَيْهَا زِينَتَهَا، قَالَتْ ؓ: فَافْعَلِي، ( قَالَتْ: مَا تَقُلْنَ ) وَكَانَ فِي أُذُنِ سَوْدَةَ ثِقَلٌ، فَقَالَتْ لَهَا حَفْصَةُ: يَا سَوْدَةُ، خَرَجَ الْأَعْوَرُ، ( قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ ) فَفَزِعَتْ فَزَعًا شَدِيدًا، فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْتَفِضُ، قَالَتْ: أَيْنَ أَخْتَبِئُ ؟ قَالَتْ: عَلَيْكِ بِالْخَيْمَةِ خَيْمَةٍ لَهُمْ مِنْ سَعَفٍ يَطْبُخُونَ فِيهَا، فَذَهَبَتْ، فَاخْتَبَأَتْ، وَفِيهَا الْقُدُورُ، وَنَسْجُ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمَا تَضْحَكَانِ، لَا تَسْتَطِيعَانِ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَا مِنَ الضَّحِكِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَاذَا الضَّحِكُ ؟ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَأَوْمَأَتَا بِأَيْدِيهِمَا إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ، فَذَهَبَ ﷺ فَإِذَا سَوْدَةُ تُرْعِدُ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: يَا سَوْدَةُ، مَا لَكِ ؟، قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، خَرَجَ الْأَعْوَرُ قَالَ ﷺ: مَا خَرَجَ، وَلَيَخْرُجَنَّ. مَا خَرَجَ، وَلَيَخْرُجَنَّ ( مَا خَرَجَ، وَلَيَخْرُجَنَّ )، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ ﷺ فَأَخْرَجَهَا، فَجَعَلَ يَنْفُضُ عَنْهَا الْغُبَارَ، وَنَسْجَ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ

     ✧ Sawda al-Yamaniyya came to visit Aisha, and Hafsa bint Umar ؓ was with her. Sawda ؓ came in a fine appearance and good condition, wearing a shift of Yemeni striped cloth, and a veil likewise, and on her were two dots like lentils of aloe and saffron on her shoes. She (Alila) said: I caught up with women beautifying themselves with it. Hafsa said to Aisha ؓ: O Mother of the Believers, the Messenger of God ﷺ will come and see us while we are shabby, and this one between us is shining. She ؓ said: Fear God, O Hafsa, fear God, O Hafsa. She said: I will ruin her adornment. She ؓ said: Do it. (She said: What do you say?) And in Sawda's ear there was heaviness (deafness). Hafsa said to her: O Sawda, the one-eyed man (Dajjal) has come out. She said: Yes! And she was terrified, and began trembling. She said: Where can I hide? She said: Go to the tent—a tent of theirs made of palm leaves in which they cooked, and in it were cooking pots and spider webs. She went and hid there. The Messenger of God ﷺ came while the two of them were laughing, unable to speak from laughter. He ﷺ said: What is this laughter? Three times. They pointed with their hands toward the tent. He ﷺ went and found Sawda trembling. He said to her: O Sawda, what is wrong with you? She said: O Messenger of God, the one-eyed man has come out. He ﷺ said: He has not come out, and he will certainly come out. He has not come out, and he will certainly come out. (He has not come out, and he will certainly come out.) Then he ﷺ entered and brought her out, and began brushing the dust and spider webs from her.

297. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3386No grade recorded

     قَلْبُ ابْنِ آدَمَ مِثْلُ الْعُصْفُورِ، يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

     ✧ The heart of the son of Adam is like a sparrow, it flips over seven times in a day.

298. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3387No grade recorded

     الْوَلَدُ ثَمَرَةُ الْقَلْبِ، مَجْبَنَةٌ مَبْخَلَةٌ مَحْزَنَةٌ

     ✧ A child is the fruit of the heart, a source of cowardice, miserliness, and sorrow.

299. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3388No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، بِهَذَا.:

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

300. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3389No grade recorded

     الرُّؤْيَا عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مَنَازِلَ: فَمِنْهَا مَا يُحَدِّثُ الْمَرْءُ نَفْسَهُ، وَلَيْسَتْ بِشَيْءٍ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا رَأَى شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ، فَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ، وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تَضُرَّهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، وَمِنْهَا بُشْرَى مِنَ اللهِ، وَرُؤْيَا الْمُسْلِمِ جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ، فَلْيَعْرِضْهَا عَلَى ذِي رَأْيٍ نَاصِحٍ، فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا، وَلْيُأَوِّلْ خَيْرًا

     ✧ The dream is of three stations: of them is what a person talks to himself about, and it is nothing; and of them is what is from Satan, so if he sees something he dislikes, let him seek refuge in God from Satan the accursed, and let him spit on his left side, for it will not harm him after that; and of them is good news from God. And the dream of a Muslim is one part of forty-six parts of prophethood. So let him present it to a sincere person of sound judgment, and let him say good, and let him interpret it well.

301. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3390No grade recorded

     إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ رُؤْيَا، فَلْيَعْرِضْهَا عَلَى ذِي نَاصِحٍ، فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا، وَلْيَتَأَوَّلْ خَيْرًا

     ✧ When one of you sees a dream, let him present it to one who is sincere, and let him say good, and let him interpret it well.

302. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3391No grade recorded

     قَالَتْ صَفِيَّةُ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ فِي أَهْلِهَا: رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي وَهَذَا الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ اللهُ، وَمَلَكٌ يُسَيِّرُنَا بِجَنَاحِهِ فَرَدُّوا عَلَيْهَا رُؤْيَاهَا، وَقَالُوا لَهَا قَوْلًا شَدِيدًا

     ✧ Safiyya said while she was with her family: I saw as if I and this one whom Allah sent, and an angel steering us with his wing. They rejected her vision and spoke harshly to her.

303. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3392No grade recorded

     إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَقْمَارٍ سَقَطْنَ فِي حُجْرَتِي، أَوْ قَالَ: فِي حِجْرِي، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: خَيْرٌ. قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ: فَسَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ أَنَّهُ: لَمَّا دُفِنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: هَذَا أَحَدُ أَقْمَارِكِ، وَخَيْرُهَا

     ✧ I saw three moons fall into my chamber, or he said: into my lap. Abu Bakr ؓ said: Good. Yahya b. Sa'id al-Ansari said: I heard people saying that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was buried in the house of 'A'isha ؓ, Abu Bakr ؓ said: This is one of your moons, and the best of them.

304. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3393No grade recorded

     كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ أَعْبَرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ was the best interpreter of dreams of this ummah after the Prophet ﷺ.

305. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3394No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَقْمَارٍ سَقَطْنَ فِي حُجْرَتِي، فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنْ صَدَقَتْ رُؤْيَاكِ، يُدْفَنُ فِي بَيْتِكِ خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ ثَلَاثَةٌ، فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَدُفِنَ، قَالَ لِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: يَا عَائِشَةُ هَذَا خَيْرُ أَقْمَارِكِ، وَهُوَ أَحَدُهَا

     ✧ I saw as if three moons fell into my chamber. I asked Abu Bakr ؓ, and he said: O 'A'isha, if your vision is true, three of the best people on earth will be buried in your house. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died and was buried, Abu Bakr ؓ said to me: O 'A'isha, this is the best of your moons, and it is one of them.

306. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3395No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا، وَفِيهِ: وَمَنْ تَحَلَّمَ مَا لَمْ يَحْلُمْ كَانَ كَمَنْ شَهِدَ الزُّورَ، وَكُلِّفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَعْقِدَ بَيْنَ شَعِيرَتَيْنِ، يُعَذَّبُ حَتَّى يَعْقِدَهُمَا، وَلَا يَعْقِدُهُمَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us and mentioned a long hadith, in which he said: Whoever claims to have seen a dream that he did not see is like one who bears false witness, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be tasked with tying two grains of barley together, and he will be punished until he ties them, but he will never be able to tie them.

307. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3396No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: رُؤْيَا الْمُسْلِمِ جُزْءٌ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: مِنْ سِتِّينَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ: فَسَمِعَنِي أَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَيَقُولُ: مِنْ سِتِّينَ ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ

     ✧ I heard Abu Hurayra ؓ say to Ibn 'Abbas ؓ: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The dream of a Muslim is one of forty parts of prophethood. Ibn 'Abbas ؓ said: Of sixty. Abu Hurayra ؓ said: He heard me say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, and he says: Of sixty? Ibn 'Abbas ؓ said: And I say: Al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib ؓ said it.

308. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3397No grade recorded

     رُؤْيَا الْمُؤْمِنِ بُشْرَى مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَجُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ قَالَ: فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ: قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: جُزْءٌ مِنْ خَمْسِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ.

     ✧ The dream of a believer is glad tidings from Allah Most High, and one of forty-six parts of prophethood. He said: I narrated it to Ibn 'Abbas ؓ, and he said: Al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib told me: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: One of fifty parts of prophethood.

309. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3398No grade recorded

     رُؤْيَا الْأَنْبِيَاءِ حَقٌّ

     ✧ The dreams of prophets are true.

310. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3399No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا أَنَا أَنْزِعُ اللَّيْلَةَ، إِذْ وَرَدَتْ عَلَيَّ غَنَمٌ سُودٌ، وَغَنَمٌ عُفْرٌ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَنَزَعَ ذَنُوبًا، أَوْ ذَنُوبَيْنِ فِيهِمَا ضَعْفٌ، وَاللهُ يَغْفِرُ لَهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَاسْتَحَالَ غَرْبًا، فَمَلَأَ الْحِيَاضَ، وَأَرْوَى الْوَارِدَ، فَلَمْ أَرَ عَبْقَرِيًّا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحْسَنَ نَزْعًا مِنْهُ، فَأَوَّلْتُ أَنَّ الْغَنَمَ السُّودَ الْعَرَبُ، وَالْعُفْرَ الْعَجَمُ

     ✧ While I was drawing water tonight, some black sheep and some light-colored sheep came to me. Abu Bakr ؓ came and drew a bucket or two, in which there was weakness; may Allah forgive him. Then 'Umar ؓ came and turned it into a large bucket, filled the troughs and quenched the drinkers. I have never seen a stronger man among people draw water better than him. I interpreted the black sheep as the Arabs and the light-colored sheep as the non-Arabs.

311. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3400No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ غَنَمًا سُودًا يَتْبَعُهَا غَنَمٌ عُفْرٌ، فَأَوَّلْتُ السُّودَ الْعَرَبَ، وَالْعُفْرَ الْعَجَمَ

     ✧ I saw in a dream, as a sleeper sees, black sheep followed by light-colored sheep. I interpreted the black as the Arabs and the light-colored as the non-Arabs.

312. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3401No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ: أُمَّ رَأْسِي قُطِعَ، وَإِنِّي جَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ: بِأَيِّ عَيْنٍ كُنْتَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَأْسِكَ إِذَا قُطِعَ قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا، حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ، فَأَوَّلُوا قَطْعَ رَأْسِهِ مَوْتَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَنَظَرَهُ اتِّبَاعَهُ سُنَنِهِ

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: I saw in a dream that my head was cut off, and I was looking at it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed and said: With which eye were you looking at your head when it was cut off? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not remain long after that until he passed away. They interpreted the cutting of his head as the death of the Prophet ﷺ, and his looking as following his Sunnah.