30. ✧ Faith and Tawhid

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3402No grade recorded

   بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ أُقَاتِلُهُمْ، وَأَدْعُوهُمْ، فَإِذَا قَالُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، حَرُمَتْ عَلَيَّ دِمَاؤُهُمْ، وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen to fight them and call them, and when they said: There is no god but Allah, their blood and wealth became forbidden to me.

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3403No grade recorded

   مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنِّي مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ، حُرِّمَ عَلَيَّ دَمُهُ، إِلَّا لِثَلَاثَةٍ: التَّارِكِ دِينَهُ، وَالثَّيِّبِ الزَّانِي، وَمَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا ظُلْمًا

   ✧ Whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah and that I am Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, his blood is forbidden to me except for three: the one who abandons his religion, the married adulterer, and one who kills a soul unjustly.

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3404No grade recorded

   أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ لِي جَارًا مُنَافِقًا، يَصْنَعُ كَذَا، وَكَذَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَيَقُولُ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: عَنْ قَتْلِ أُولَئِكَ نُهِيتُ

   ✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'I have a hypocrite neighbor who does such-and-such.' He ﷺ said: 'Does he say: There is no god but Allah?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'From killing those I have been forbidden.'

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3405No grade recorded

   خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا، وَفِيهِ: أَلَا وَإِنَّ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ، إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا، وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon and mentioned a long hadith, in which he said: 'Indeed, my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, has commanded me to fight the people until they say: There is no god but Allah. If they say it, they protect from me their blood and their wealth, except by its right, and their reckoning is with Allah, Mighty and Majestic.'

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3406No grade recorded

   لَقِيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ طَلْحَةَ، فَقَالَ: مَا لِي أَرَاكَ أَصْبَحْتَ وَاجِمًا ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ! يَقُولُ: إِنَّهَا مُوجِبَةٌ، فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَ: لَكِنِّي أَعْلَمُهَا، قَالَ مَا هِيَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ

   ✧ Abu Bakr met Talha and said: 'Why do I see you this morning looking gloomy?' He said: 'No, except for a word I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Indeed it is an obligation (or a cause of salvation), but I did not ask him about it.' He said: 'But I know it.' He said: 'What is it?' He said: 'There is no god but Allah.'

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3407No grade recorded

   حُدِّثْتُ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَقِيَ طَلْحَةَ

   ✧ I was told that Abu Bakr met Talha.

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3408No grade recorded

   قَدِمَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ؓ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَهُوَ بِإِيلْيَا، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ خَرَجَ، فَطُلِبَ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْنَاهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي بَرَازٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: مَا جَاءَ بِكُمْ ؟ قُلْنَا جِئْنَا لِنُحْدِثَ بِكَ عَهْدًا، أَوْ نَقْضِيَ مِنْ حَقِّكَ، قَالَ ؓ: فَعِنْدِي جَائِزَتُكُمْ، كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا، قَالَ: فَإِذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ ؓ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، يُصَدِّقُ قَلْبُهُ لِسَانَهُ، دَخَلَ مِنْ أَيِّ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ شَاءَ

   ✧ Uqba b. Amir ؓ came to Mu'awiya while he was in Jerusalem. He did not stay long before he left. He was sought but not found. He said: 'So we came to him, and there he was praying in an open area of land. He said: What brought you? We said: We came to renew our covenant with you, or to fulfill something of your right. He said ؓ: I have your reward for it. We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he mentioned a hadith. He said: Then Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ؓ said: O Ibn Amir, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah, his heart confirming his tongue, will enter through whichever of the gates of Paradise he wishes.'

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3409No grade recorded

   خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ مَنْ لَقِيَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مُخْلِصًا، دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَامَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ يُخْلِصُ بِهَا ؟ أَلَا يَخْلِطُ مَعَهَا غَيْرَهَا ؟ بَيِّنْ لَنَا حَتَّى نَعْرِفَهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: حِرْصًا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا، وَجَمْعًا لَهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهَا، وَرِضًا بِهَا، وَأَقْوَامٌ يَقُولُونَ أَقَاوِيلَ الْأَحْبَارِ، وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلَ الْفُجَّارِ، فَمَنْ لَقِيَ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ، يَقُولُ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon and mentioned the hadith, and in it he said: 'O people, whoever meets Allah, the Exalted, while he testifies that there is no god but Allah sincerely, will enter Paradise.' Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ stood up and said: 'May my father and mother be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah, how does one make it sincere? Will he not mix with it other than it? Explain to us so that we may know it.' He ﷺ said: 'Eagerness for this world and amassing it without its right, being pleased with it, and people who say the sayings of the learned but do the deeds of the wicked. Whoever meets Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and there is nothing of these traits in him, saying: There is no god but Allah, will enter Paradise.'

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3410No grade recorded

   مَنْ مَاتَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ، قِيلَ لَهُ: ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أَيِّ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ الثَّمَانِيَةِ شِئْتَ.

   ✧ Whoever dies believing in Allah and the Last Day, it will be said to him: Enter Paradise through whichever of the eight gates of Paradise you wish.

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3411No grade recorded

    قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ الْيَمَنَ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْكُمْ، أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَأَنْ تُطِيعُونِي لَا آلُوكُمْ خَيْرًا، وَإِنَّ الْمَصِيرَ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَإِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَالنَّارِ، إِقَامَةٌ بِلَا ظَعْنٍ، وَخُلُودٌ بِلَا مَوْتٍ

    ✧ Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ came to us in Yemen and said: 'I am the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to you: that you worship Allah, the Exalted, and do not associate anything with Him, and that you obey me; I will not spare you any good. And indeed the return is to Allah, the Exalted, and to Paradise and the Fire: an abode without departing, everlasting without death.'

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3412No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا تَرَكْتُ حَاجَةً، وَلَا دَاجَةً إِلَّا أَتَيْتُ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَلَيْسَ تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ - ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ - قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: ذَاكَ

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have left no desire, nor lust, except that I have committed it.' He ﷺ said: 'Do you not testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?' – three times – He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'That suffices.'

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3413No grade recorded

    قَالَ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ لِأَيْمَنَ بْنِ خُرَيْمٍ: أَلَا تَخْرُجُ، فَتُقَاتِلُ مَعَنَا ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبِي وَعَمِّي شَهِدَا بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَهِدَا إِلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أُقَاتِلَ أَحَدًا يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَإِنْ جِئْتَنِي بِبَرَاءَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ قَاتَلْتُ مَعَكَ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ، فَلَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِيكَ

    ✧ Marwan b. al-Hakam said to Ayman b. Khuraym: 'Will you not come out and fight with us?' He said: 'My father and my uncle witnessed Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and they enjoined me not to fight anyone who testifies that there is no god but Allah. If you bring me a guarantee of safety from the Fire, I will fight with you.' He said: 'Go, for we have no need of you.'

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3414No grade recorded

    لَمَّا قَاتَلَ مَرْوَانُ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَيْمَنَ بْنِ خُرَيْمٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا نُحِبُّ أَنْ تُقَاتِلَ مَعَنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبِي وَعَمِّي شَهِدَا بَدْرًا، فَعَهِدَا إِلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أُقَاتِلَ أَحَدًا يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَإِنْ جِئْتَنِي بِبَرَاءَةٍ قَاتَلْتُ مَعَكَ قَالَ: اذْهَبْ، وَوَقَعَ فِيهِ وَشَتَمَهُ، فَأَنْشَأَ أَيْمَنُ بْنُ خُرَيْمٍ يَقُولُ: لَسْتُ بِقَاتِلٍ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي عَلَى سُلْطَانِ آخَرَ مِنْ قُرَيْشِ لَهُ سُلْطَانُهُ وَعَلَيَّ إِثْمِي مَعَاذَ اللهِ مِنْ جَهْلٍ وَطَيْشِ أَأَقْتُلُ مُسْلِمًا فِي غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ فَلَيْسَ بِنَافِعِي مَا عِشْتُ عَيْشِي.

    ✧ When Marwan fought al-Dahhak b. Qays, he sent to Ayman b. Khuraym al-Asadi and said: 'We would like you to fight with us.' He said: 'My father and my uncle witnessed Badr and enjoined me not to fight anyone who testifies that there is no god but Allah. If you bring me a guarantee, I will fight with you.' He said: 'Go,' and he spoke ill of him and insulted him. Then Ayman b. Khuraym began to say: 'I am not one to kill a man who prays, on the authority of another from Quraysh; to him his authority, and to me my sin. I seek refuge in Allah from ignorance and recklessness. Should I kill a Muslim for no reason? It will not benefit me as long as I live.'

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3415No grade recorded

    لَيْسَ عَلَى أَهْلِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْشَةٌ فِي قُبُورِهِمْ وَكَأَنِّي بِأَهْلِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ يَنْفُضُونَ التُّرَابَ عَنْ رُؤُوسِهِمْ وَيَقُولُونَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ

    ✧ There is no loneliness upon the people of "There is no god but Allah" in their graves, and it is as if I see the people of "There is no god but Allah" shaking off the dust from their heads and saying: "Praise be to Allah who has removed sorrow from us."

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3416No grade recorded

    لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ تَمْنَعُ الْعَبْدَ مِنْ سَخَطِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا لَمْ يُؤْثِرُوا شَفَقَةَ دُنْيَاهُمْ عَلَى دِينِهِمْ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: كَذَبْتُمْ

    ✧ "There is no god but Allah" protects the servant from the wrath of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) as long as they do not prefer the compassion of their worldly life over their religion. If they do that, then say, "There is no god but Allah" (Mighty and Majestic), Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: "You have lied."

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3417No grade recorded

    مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، لَمْ يَتْبَعْهُ يَوْمَهُ ذَنْبٌ وَلَمْ يَسْبِقْهُ عَمَلٌ

    ✧ Whoever says, "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent," one hundred times, no sin will follow him that day, nor will any deed outstrip him.

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3418No grade recorded

    بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ هَبَطَ ثَنِيَّةً وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسِيرُ وَحْدَهُ فَلَمَّا اسْتَهَلَّتْ بِهِ الطَّرِيقُ ضَحِكَ وَكَبَّرَ ; فَكَبَّرْنَا لِتَكْبِيرِهِ، ثُمَّ سَارَ رَتْوَةً ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ وَكَبَّرَ ; فَكَبَّرْنَا لِتَكْبِيرِهِ ثُمَّ سَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَتْوَةً ثُمَّ ضَحِكَ، وَكَبَّرَ فَكَبَّرْنَا لِتَكْبِيرِهِ، ثُمَّ أَدْرَكْنَاهُ ﷺ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: كَبَّرْنَا لِتَكْبِيرِكَ، فَلَا نَدْرِي مِمَّ ضَحِكْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَلَمَّا اسْتَهَلَّتِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرْ وَبَشِّرْ، أَنَّ مَنْ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he descended a mountain pass, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was riding alone. When the road opened up for him, he laughed and said, "Allahu Akbar," so we said, "Allahu Akbar" because of his takbir. Then he traveled a short distance, then he laughed and said, "Allahu Akbar," so we said, "Allahu Akbar" because of his takbir. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ traveled a short distance, then he laughed and said, "Allahu Akbar," so we said, "Allahu Akbar" because of his takbir. Then we caught up with him ﷺ, and the people said: "We said 'Allahu Akbar' because of your takbir, but we do not know what made you laugh." He ﷺ said: "Jibril ﷺ came to me, and when the road opened up, Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to me and said: 'Rejoice and give good news: whoever says, "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner," will enter Paradise and be forbidden from the Fire.'"

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3419No grade recorded

    يَا فُلَانُ فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مَا فَعَلْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ فَعَلَهُ، وَكَرَّرَ عَلَيْهِ مِرَارًا كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ: لَا، وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا فَعَلْتُهُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ فَعَلَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كُفِّرَ عَنْ ذَنْبِكَ بِتَصْدِيقِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ

    ✧ "O so-and-so, did you do such and such?" He said: "No, by the One besides whom there is no god, I did not do it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ knew that he had done it. He repeated it to him several times, and each time he said: "No, by the One besides whom there is no god, I did not do it," while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ knew that he had done it. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Your sin has been expiated by your affirmation of 'There is no god but Allah.'"

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3420No grade recorded

    3420 2869 / 2 - وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ:" حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بِهِ.:"

    ✧ 3420 2869 / 2 - And 'Abd said: "Muslim b. Ibrahim narrated to us, al-Harith narrated to us with it."

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3421No grade recorded

    عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ: لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ ثَابِتٌ مِنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ، بَيْنَهُمَا رَجُلٌ.:

    ✧ From Thabit, from Ibn 'Umar ؓ. Hammad said: "Thabit did not hear it from Ibn 'Umar ؓ; between them is a man."

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3422No grade recorded

    مَنْ قَالَ: أَحَدَ عَشَرَ ( لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ أَحَدًا صَمَدًا لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُؤًا أَحَدٌ ) كَتَبَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَهُ أَلْفَيْ أَلْفَيْ حَسَنَةٍ

    ✧ Whoever says eleven times: "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, the One, the Eternal Refuge; He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent," Allah (Blessed and Exalted) will record for him two thousand, two thousand good deeds.

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3423No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ.:

    ✧ And 'Abd said: al-Hasan b. Musa narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us with it.

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3424No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّصْرِ التَّمَّارُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ. ( 113 ) وَحَدِيثٌ فِي فَضْلِهَا يَأْتِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ فِي بَابِ طَلَبِ الْمَغْفِرَةِ.:

    ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu al-Nadr al-Tammar narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us with it. (113) And a hadith about its virtue will come, Allah willing, in the chapter on seeking forgiveness.

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3425No grade recorded

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ هِشَامَ بْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ كَانَ يُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَيَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ، وَيَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ، وَيَفُكُّ الْعُنَاةَ، - تَعْنِي: الْأَسْرَى - وَلَوْ أَدْرَكَ لَأَسْلَمَ، فَهَلْ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ عَمَّكِ كَانَ يُعْطِي لِلدُّنْيَا وَذِكْرِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا، وَمَا قَالَ يَوْمًا: رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

    ✧ "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Hisham b. al-Mughirah used to feed food, entertain guests, maintain kinship ties, and free captives"—she meant prisoners—"and if he had lived to see Islam, he would have embraced it. Does he have any reward for that?" She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Your uncle used to give for the sake of the world, its mention, and its beauty, and he never said: 'My Lord, forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.'"

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3426No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ: قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ

    ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Khaythamah narrated to us, Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, from Mujahid, from Umm Salamah. She said: I said to the Prophet ﷺ, then he mentioned it.

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3427No grade recorded

    يَأْتِي الْإِسْلَامُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَنْتَ الْإِسْلَامُ، وَأَنَا السَّلَامُ، الْيَوْمَ بِكَ أُعْطِي، وَبِكَ آخُذُ

    ✧ Islam will come on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will say: "You are Islam and I am as-Salam (the Source of Peace). Today, through you I give, and through you I take."

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3428No grade recorded

    إِنَّهُ مَرَّ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا حَارِثُ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ ؟ قَالَ: أَصْبَحْتُ مُؤْمِنًا حَقًّا، قَالَ ﷺ: انْظُرْ مَا تَقُولُ، إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَقِيقَةً، فَمَا حَقِيقَتُكَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: أَلَسْتُ قَدْ عَزَفَتِ الدُّنْيَا عَنْ نَفْسِي، وَأَظْمَأْتُ نَهَارِي، وَأَسْهَرْتُ لَيْلِي، كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَرْشِ رَبِّي بَارِزًا، وَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَزَاوَرُونَ فِيهَا، وَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ النَّارِ يَتَضَاغَوْنَ فِيهَا، يَعْنِي: يَصِيحُونَ، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا حَارِثُ، عَرَفْتَ فَالْزَمْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

    ✧ He passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said to him: "O Harith, how have you entered upon the morning?" He replied: "I have entered upon the morning as a true believer." He ﷺ said: "Consider what you say, for everything has a reality. So what is your reality?" He ؓ said: "I have turned myself away from the world, spending my day thirsty and my night awake. It is as if I am looking at the Throne of my Lord appearing, and as if I am looking at the people of Paradise visiting one another therein, and as if I am looking at the people of the Fire howling therein—meaning, crying out." He ﷺ said: "O Harith, you have come to know, so adhere to it," three times.

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3429No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ. قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَنْ تُسْلِمَ قَلْبَكَ لِلهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَيَسْلَمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِكَ وَيَدِكَ، قَالَ: فَأَيُّ الْإِسْلَامِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ: الْإِيمَانُ، قَالَ: وَمَا الْإِيمَانُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ، وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ، وَبِالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، قَالَ: أَيُّ الْإِيمَانِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ: الْهِجْرَةُ. قَالَ: وَمَا الْهِجْرَةُ، قَالَ: أَنْ تَهْجُرَ الْمَأْثَمَ، قَالَ: فَأَيُّ الْهِجْرَةِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ: الْجِهَادُ، قَالَ: وَمَا الْجِهَادُ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تُجَاهِدَ الْكُفَّارَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ، ثُمَّ لَا تَغُلَّ، وَلَا تَجْبُنْ، ثُمَّ عَمَلَانِ هُمَا مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ، إِلَّا كَمِثْلِهِمَا حَجَّةٌ مَبْرُورَةٌ أَوْ عُمْرَةٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "Submit (become Muslim) and you will be safe." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is Islam?" He ﷺ said: "That you submit your heart to Allah (Blessed and Exalted), and that the Muslims be safe from your tongue and your hand." He said: "Which Islam is best?" He said: "Iman (faith)." He said: "What is Iman?" He ﷺ said: "That you believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and in the Resurrection after death." He said: "Which Iman is best?" He said: "Hijrah (migration)." He said: "What is hijrah?" He said: "That you abandon sin." He said: "Which hijrah is best?" He said: "Jihad." He said: "What is jihad?" He said: "That you fight the disbelievers when you meet them, then you do not act treacherously with the spoils and do not show cowardice." Then two deeds are among the best of deeds, unless they are equaled by an accepted Hajj or an Umrah.

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3430No grade recorded

    مِنْ لِسَانِكَ وَيَدِكَ

    ✧ From your tongue and your hand.

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3431No grade recorded

    ثُمَّ لَا تَغُلَّ، وَلَا تَجْبُنْ

    ✧ Then you do not act treacherously with the spoils and do not show cowardice.

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3432No grade recorded

    وَالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَالْجَنَّةُ، وَالنَّارُ

    ✧ And the Resurrection after death, and Paradise, and the Fire.

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3433No grade recorded

    قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْإِسْلَامِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ، قِيلَ: فَأَيُّ الْإِيمَانِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الصَّبْرُ وَالسَّمَاحَةُ، قِيلَ: فَأَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْثَرُ إِيمَانًا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا قِيلَ: فَأَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ نُحِرَ جَوَادُهُ وَأُهْرِيقَ دَمُهُ. قِيلَ: فَأَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ، قِيلَ: فَأَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: جُهْدُ الْمُقِلِّ، قِيلَ: فَأَيُّ الْهِجْرَةِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَهْجُرَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ أَخْرَجُوهُ مُخْتَصَرًا

    ✧ It was said: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which Islam is best?" He ﷺ said: "The one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe." It was said: "Which Iman is best?" He ﷺ said: "Patience and magnanimity." It was said: "Which believers have the most Iman?" He ﷺ said: "The best of them in character." It was said: "Which jihad is best?" He ﷺ said: "The one whose horse is slaughtered and whose blood is shed." It was said: "Which prayer is best?" He ﷺ said: "Long devotion (standing)." It was said: "Which charity is best?" He ﷺ said: "The effort of one with little." It was said: "Which hijrah is best?" He said: "That you abandon what Allah has forbidden you." They narrated it in abridged form.

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3434No grade recorded

    سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ، قَالَ: الصَّبْرُ وَالسَّمَاحَةُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about Iman. He said: "Patience and magnanimity."

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3435No grade recorded

    الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَانِيَةٌ، وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي الْقَلْبِ ثُمَّ يُشِيرُ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ: التَّقْوَى هَاهُنَا، التَّقْوَى هَاهُنَا

    ✧ Islam is outward, and Iman is in the heart. Then he pointed with his hand to his chest: "Taqwa (God-consciousness) is here, taqwa is here."

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3436No grade recorded

    الْإِيمَانُ هُبُوبٌ

    ✧ Iman is changeable (lit. a wind that blows).

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3437No grade recorded

    إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَكَّلَ بِعَبْدِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَلَكَيْنِ يَكْتُبَانِ عَمَلَهُ، فَإِذَا قَبَضَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَبْدَهُ الْمُؤْمِنَ، قَالَا: يَا رَبِّ، وَكَّلْتَنَا بِعَبْدِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِ نَكْتُبُ عَمَلَهُ، وَقَدْ قَبَضْتَهُ إِلَيْكَ، فَأْذَنْ لَنَا أَنْ نَصْعَدَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، قَالَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: سَمَائِي مَمْلُوءَةٌ مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِي يَسْجُدُونِي، وَقَالَا: فَأْذَنْ لَنَا أَنْ نَسْكُنَ الْأَرْضَ، قَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَرْضِي مَمْلُوءَةٌ مِنْ خَلْقِي يَسْجُدُونِي، وَلَكِنْ قُومَا عَلَى قَبْرِ عَبْدِي، فَسَبِّحَانِي، وَهَلِّلَانِي، وَكَبِّرَانِي، وَحَمِّدَانِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَاكْتُبَاهُ لِعَبْدِي

    ✧ Allah (Exalted) appoints two angels over His believing servant, who record his deeds. When Allah (Mighty and Majestic) takes the soul of His believing servant, they say: "O Lord, You appointed us over Your believing servant to record his deeds, and You have taken him to You. Grant us permission to ascend to heaven." He (Glorified and Exalted) says: "My heaven is full of My angels who glorify Me." They say: "Grant us permission to dwell on earth." He (Mighty and Majestic) says: "My earth is full of My creation who glorify Me. But stand at the grave of My servant, and glorify Me, declare My oneness, magnify Me, and praise Me until the Day of Resurrection, and write it for My servant."

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3438No grade recorded

    يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، أَتَدْرِي أَيُّ عُرَى الْإِسْلَامِ أَوْثَقُ ؟ قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ ﷺ: الْوَلَايَةُ فِي اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَالْحُبُّ فِي اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَالْبُغْضُ فِي اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى

    ✧ "O Abdullah, do you know which of the bonds of Islam is most firm?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He ﷺ said: "Allegiance for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), love for the sake of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and hatred for the sake of Allah (Blessed and Exalted)."

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3439No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، حَدَّثَنَا الصَّعْقُ بْنُ حَزْنٍ الْبَكْرِيُّ بِهِ.:

    ✧ And Abu Bakr said: Zayd b. al-Hubab narrated to us, al-Sa'q b. Hazn al-Bakri narrated to us with it.:

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3440No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ هُوَ ابْنُ فَرُّوخَ، حَدَّثَنَا الصَّعْقُ، بِهِ.:

    ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Shayban, that is Ibn Farrukh, narrated to us, al-Sa'q narrated with it.:

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3441No grade recorded

    إِنِّي عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ بَشِيرٌ مِنْ سَرِيَّةٍ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِنُصْرَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى الَّذِي نَصَرَ سَرِيَّتَهُ، وَبِفَتْحِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِي فَتَحَ لَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَطْلُبُ الْعَدُوَّ، وَقَدْ هَزَمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، إِذْ لَحِقْتُ رَجُلًا بِالسَّيْفِ، فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ أَنَّ السَّيْفَ وَاقَعَهُ، الْتَفَتَ وَهُوَ يَسْعَى، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ، فَقَتَلْتُهُ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مُتَعَوِّذًا، قَالَ ﷺ: أَلَا شَقَقْتَ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ، فَنَظَرْتَ صَادِقًا هُوَ أَوْ كَاذِبًا ؟، قَالَ: لَوْ شَقَقْتُ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ مَا كَانَ يُعْلِمُنِي، هَلْ قَلْبُهُ إِلَّا مُضْغَةٌ مِنْ لَحْمٍ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَنْتَ قَتَلْتَهُ، لَا مَا فِي قَلْبِهِ عَلِمْتَ، وَلَا لِسَانَهُ صَدَّقْتَ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي، قَالَ ﷺ: لَا أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ فَمَاتَ، فَدَفَنُوهُ، فَأَصْبَحَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى قَوْمُهُ ذَلِكَ اسْتَحْيَوْا، وَحَذِرُوا ( مِمَّا لَقِيَ حِمْلُهُ ) فَأَلْقَوْهُ فِي شِعْبٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ الشِّعَابِ

    ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ when a bearer of good news came from a military expedition and informed him of the victory of Allah Almighty which He granted to his expedition, and of the conquest of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, which He opened for them. He said: O Messenger of Allah, while we were seeking the enemy, and Allah Almighty had defeated them, I caught up with a man with a sword. When he sensed that the sword had reached him, he turned while running and said: 'I am a Muslim,' so I killed him. But, O Prophet of Allah, he was only seeking protection. He ﷺ said: 'Did you not split open his heart to see whether he was truthful or lying?' He said: If I had split open his heart, it would not have informed me; is his heart anything but a lump of flesh? He said: 'So you killed him, not knowing what was in his heart, nor believing his tongue?' He said: O Messenger of Allah, ask forgiveness for me. He ﷺ said: 'I will not ask forgiveness for you.' Then he died, and they buried him, but he appeared on the surface of the earth three times. When his people saw that, they felt ashamed and feared (from what befell his burden), so they threw him into one of those mountain passes.

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3442No grade recorded

    إِنِّي لَعِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

    ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3443No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْثًا، فَفُتِحَ لَهُ، فَبَعَثُوا بَشِيرَهُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُخْبِرُهُ بِفَتْحِ اللهِ تَعَالَى ( لَهُمْ )، وَبِعَدَدِ مَنْ قَتَلَ اللهُ مِنْهُمْ، قَالَ: فَتَفَرَّدْتُ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَلَمَّا غَشِيتُهُ لِأَقْتُلَهُ، قَالَ: إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ فَقَتَلْتُهُ، قَالَ ﷺ فَقَتَلْتَهُ وَقَدْ قَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّمَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ مُتَعَوِّذًا، قَالَ ﷺ: فَهَلَّا شَقَقْتَ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ ؟ قَالَ: وَكُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا لِسَانَهُ صَدَّقْتَ، وَلَا قَلْبَهُ عَرَفْتَ، إِنَّكَ لَقَاتِلُهُ، اخْرُجْ عَنِّي، فَلَا تُصَاحِبْنِي قَالَ: ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ تُوُفِّيَ، فَلَفَظَتْهُ الْأَرْضُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، فَأُلْقِيَ فِي بَعْضِ تِلْكَ الْأَوْدِيَةِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَتُوَارِي مَنْ هُوَ أَنْتَنُ مِنْهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out an expedition, and victory was granted to it. They sent their bearer of good news to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. While he was informing him of the victory of Allah Almighty (for them) and of the number of those whom Allah killed among them, he said: I singled out a man from among them. When I approached him to kill him, he said: 'I am a Muslim,' but I killed him. He ﷺ said: 'So you killed him after he said, "I am a Muslim"?' He said: O Messenger of Allah, he only said that seeking protection. He ﷺ said: 'Why did you not split open his heart?' He said: And would I know that, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: 'You did not believe his tongue, nor did you know his heart. You are indeed his killer. Leave me, and do not accompany me.' He said: Then the man died, and the earth threw him out twice, so he was cast into one of those valleys. Some of the people of knowledge said: The earth conceals those who are more putrid than him, but it is a lesson.

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3444No grade recorded

    إِذَا أَشْرَعَ أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّمْحَ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَ ثُغْرَةِ نَحْرِهِ، فَقَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَلْيَرْفَعْ عَنْهُ الرُّمْحَ

    ✧ When one of you levels his spear at a man, and if it is at the hollow of his neck and he says: 'There is no god but Allah,' then let him lift the spear away from him.

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3445No grade recorded

    مَنْ ضَمِنَ لِي سِتًّا، ضَمِنْتُ لَهُ الْجَنَّةَ، قِيلَ: وَمَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِذَا حَدَّثَ صَدَقَ، وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَنْجَزَ، وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ وَفَّى، وَمَنْ غَضَّ بَصَرَهُ، وَحَفِظَ فَرْجَهُ، وَكَفَّ يَدَهُ

    ✧ Whoever guarantees me six things, I guarantee him Paradise. It was said: And what are they, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: When he speaks, he is truthful; when he promises, he fulfills; when he is entrusted, he is faithful; and he lowers his gaze, guards his private parts, and restrains his hand.

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3446No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ: مَاذَا يُنْجِي الْعَبْدَ مِنَ النَّارِ ؟ قَالَ: الْإِيمَانُ بِاللهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنَّ مَعَ الْإِيمَانِ عَمَلًا ؟ قَالَ: تَرْضَخُ مِمَّا رَزَقَكَ اللهُ، أَوْ يَرْضَخُ مِمَّا رَزَقَهُ اللهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فَقِيرًا، لَا يَجِدُ مَا يَرْضَخُ ؟ قَالَ: يَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَيِيًّا، لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَأْمُرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَلَا يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: فَلْيَصْنَعْ لِأَخْرَقَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ أَخْرَقَ، لَا يُحْسِنُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: يُعِينُ مَغْلُوبًا قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُعِينَ مَغْلُوبًا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَدَعَ لِصَاحِبِكَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ قَالَ ﷺ: فَلْيُمْسِكْ أَذَاهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا، لِيَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ ؟ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَصْنَعُ خَصْلَةً مِنْ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ، إِلَّا أَخَذَتْ بِيَدِهِ، حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ

    ✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What saves the servant from the Fire? He said: 'Faith in Allah.' I said: O Prophet of Allah, is there any action with faith? He said: 'That you give from what Allah has provided you, or that he gives from what Allah has provided him.' I said: O Prophet of Allah, what if he is poor and cannot find anything to give? He said: 'He enjoins good and forbids evil.' I said: O Messenger of Allah, what if he is unable to enjoin good or forbid evil? He ﷺ said: 'Then let him do something for an inept person.' I said: O Messenger of Allah, what if he is inept and cannot do anything? He ﷺ said: 'He helps one who is overcome.' I said: O Messenger of Allah, what if he is weak and cannot help one who is overcome? He ﷺ said: 'Do you want to leave any good for your companion?' He ﷺ said: 'Then let him withhold his harm from people.' I said: O Prophet of Allah, what if he does this, will he enter Paradise? He said: 'There is no believer who performs any of these traits but that it will take him by the hand until he enters Paradise.'

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3447No grade recorded

    أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُبَايِعُهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: عَلَى أَنِّي إِنْ تَرَكْتُ دِينِي، وَدَخَلْتُ فِي دِينِكَ، لَا يُعَذِّبُنِي اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي الْآخِرَةِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ

    ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ to pledge allegiance to him, and I said to him: On the condition that if I leave my religion and enter your religion, Allah Almighty will not punish me in the Hereafter? He ﷺ said: 'Yes.'

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3448No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ.:

    ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated to us.:

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3449No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ مُسْنِدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَى صَدْرِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِهَا، دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

    ✧ I was supporting the Prophet ﷺ against my chest, and he ﷺ said: 'Whoever says, "There is no god but Allah," and it is sealed for him with it, will enter Paradise.'

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3450No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ بَعَثَهُ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ، فَجَابُوا مِنْ أَجْوِبَةِ الْأَعْرَابِ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ادَّعَى بَعْضُهُمْ أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ ؟، قَالُوا: عِيَاذٌ سَمِعَهُ مِنَّا، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا عِيَاذُ، هَلْ سَمِعْتَهُ أَوْ شَهِدْتَهُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: سَمِعْتُ أَذَانًا: وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَأَعْتَقَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah sent him on a military expedition, and they took captives from the Bedouins. When they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, some of them claimed that they were already Muslims. He said: 'Who knows that?' They said: 'Iyad heard it from us.' He ﷺ said: 'O Iyad, did you hear it or witness it?' I said: I heard the call to prayer: 'and there is no god but Allah.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set them free.

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3451No grade recorded

    اخْرُجْ فَنَادِ فِي النَّاسِ مَنْ شَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ، قَالَ ؓ: فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؟ قُلْتُ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: ارْجِعْ فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَتَّكِلُوا عَلَيْهَا فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَا رَدَّكَ ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِقَوْلِ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ ﷺ: صَدَقَ

    ✧ Go out and announce among the people: Whoever bears witness that there is no god but Allah, Paradise is guaranteed for him. He (Abu Bakr) ؓ said: So I went out, and Umar b. al-Khattab met me and said, 'What is the matter with you, O Abu Bakr?' I said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me...' and he mentioned it. He said: Then he (Umar) said, 'Go back, for I fear that they will rely upon it.' So I returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, 'What made you return?' I informed him of Umar's ؓ statement, and he ﷺ said, 'He spoke the truth.'

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3452No grade recorded

    مَنْ جَاءَ بِشَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ حُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ Whoever comes with the testimony that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, the Fire is forbidden for him.

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3453No grade recorded

    أَقْبَلَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ يَدَّعِمُ عَلَى عَصًا حَتَّى قَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: إِنَّ لِي غَدَرَاتٍ وَفَجَرَاتٍ فَهَلْ تُغْفَرُ لِي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَلَسْتَ تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ. قَالَ ﷺ: فَقَدْ غُفِرَتْ لَكَ غَدَرَاتُكَ وَفَجَرَاتُكَ

    ✧ An old man came forward, leaning on a staff, until he stood before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have committed treacherous acts and immoral deeds. Will I be forgiven?' He ﷺ said, 'Do you not bear witness that there is no god but Allah?' He said, 'Yes, and I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said, 'Your treacherous acts and immoral deeds have been forgiven.'

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3454No grade recorded

    ثَمَنُ الْجَنَّةِ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ

    ✧ The price of Paradise is: 'There is no god but Allah.'

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3455No grade recorded

    قِيلَ لِوَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ: أَلَيْسَ مِفْتَاحُ الْجَنَّةِ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ مِنْ مِفْتَاحٍ إِلَّا وَلَهُ أَسْنَانٌ، فَمَنْ أَتَى الْبَابَ بِأَسْنَانِهِ، فُتِحَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ الْبَابَ بِأَسْنَانِهِ، لَمْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ

    ✧ It was said to Wahb b. Munabbih, 'Is not the key to Paradise: there is no god but Allah?' He said, 'Yes, but there is no key except that it has teeth. Whoever comes to the door with its teeth, it will be opened for him, and whoever does not come to the door with its teeth, it will not be opened for him.'

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3456No grade recorded

    الْإِيمَانُ قَائِدٌ، ( وَالْعَمَلُ ) سَائِقٌ، وَالنَّفْسُ حَرُونٌ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَإِذَا قَادَ الْقَائِدُ، وَلَمْ يَسُقِ السَّائِقُ، لَمْ يُغْنِ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا، وَإِذَا سَاقَ السَّائِقُ وَتَبِعَتْهَا النَّفْسُ طَوْعًا، أَوْ كَرْهًا

    ✧ Faith is a leader, (and action is) a driver, and the soul is restive between them. If the leader leads but the driver does not drive, that does not avail anything. And if the driver drives, the soul follows him willingly or unwillingly.

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3457No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ لَمَّا حُضِرَ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: أَلَا أُرَاكَ قَدْ حُضِرْتَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَسَاءَ حِينُ الْكَذِبِ هَذَا، مَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ مُوقِنٌ بِثَلَاثَةٍ: يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى حَقٌّ، وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةٌ، وَأَنَّ اللهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ قَوْلًا رَغَّبَ لَهُمْ فِيهِ، إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ: إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ، فَلَا أَدْرِي

    ✧ When he was on his deathbed, I said to him, 'Do I not see that you are dying?' He said, 'Yes, and this is a bad time for lying. Whoever dies while convinced of three things: knowing that Allah, Most High, is the Truth, that the Hour is coming, and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.' He said: Then he said something in which he encouraged them, if it was not: 'except that he will be forgiven,' but I am not sure.

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3458No grade recorded

    مَنْ عَلِمَ مِنْكُمْ أَنِّي ذُو قُدْرَةٍ عَلَى مَغْفِرَةِ الذُّنُوبِ، غَفَرْتُ لَهُ وَلَا أُبَالِي، مَا لَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِي شَيْئًا

    ✧ Whoever among you knows that I have power to forgive sins, I forgive him and do not care, as long as he does not associate anything with Me.

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3459No grade recorded

    ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنَّ فِيهِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَغْفِرُ لَهُ مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ شَاءَ: مَنْ مَاتَ وَلَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ سَاحِرًا يَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ، وَلَمْ يَحْقِدْ عَلَى أَخِيهِ

    ✧ Three things: whoever does not have them, then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will forgive whatever else He wills for him: whoever dies without associating anything with Allah, and was not a sorcerer following sorcerers, and did not bear malice against his brother.

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3460No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَمِيرَةَ السَّكْسَكِيُّ، وَكَانَ تِلْمِيذًا لِمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ: فَقُبِضَ مُعَاذٌ ؓ وَلَحِقَ يَزِيدُ بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَأَتَى مَجْلِسَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ وَلَيْسَ ثَمَّةَ، فَجَعَلُوا يَتَذَاكَرُونَ الْإِيمَانَ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لَوْ شَهِدْتُ أَنِّي مُؤْمِنٌ لَشَهِدْتُ أَنِّي فِي الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَ يَزِيدُ: فَأَشْهَدُ أَنِّي مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا أَشْهَدُ أَنِّي فِي الْجَنَّةِ، إِذْ جَاءَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ لِيَزِيدَ: أَكَذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَمِنْ أَيْنَ ذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ يَزِيدُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئِينَ وَالنَّصَارَى وَالْمَجُوسَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا فَمِنْ أَيِّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ؟ فَقَالَ: مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالَ: نَعَمْ حَقًّا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَزِيدَ: آللهِ، أَكُنْتَ تِلْمِيذًا لِمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ؓ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ: إِنَّ مُعَاذًا كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ. قَالَ أَصْحَابُهُ: إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِلهِ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ: إِنَّ مُعَاذًا ؓ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِلهِ حَنِيفًا.

    ✧ There was a man called Yazid b. Umayra al-Saksaki, and he was a student of Mu'adh b. Jabal. He mentioned the hadith. He said: Mu'adh ؓ passed away and Yazid joined al-Kufa. He came to the gathering of Abdullah b. Mas'ud ؓ but he was not there. They began discussing faith. Some of them said, 'If I testify that I am a believer, I would testify that I am in Paradise.' Yazid said, 'I testify that I am a believer, but I do not testify that I am in Paradise.' Then Ibn Mas'ud ؓ came and was informed of that. Ibn Mas'ud ؓ said to Yazid, 'Is that so?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'And why is that?' Yazid said, 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, Allah Most High says: "Indeed, those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Sabians, and the Christians, and the Magians, and those who associate others with Allah..." Which of these are you, O Abu Abd al-Rahman?' Ibn Mas'ud said, 'From those who believe.' Yazid said, 'Yes, truly.' Then Ibn Mas'ud said to Yazid, 'By Allah, were you a student of Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ?' He said, 'Yes.' Ibn Mas'ud ؓ said, 'Mu'adh was a nation, devoutly obedient, upright, and he was not of the polytheists.' His companions said, 'Indeed, Ibrahim was a nation, devoutly obedient to Allah.' Ibn Mas'ud ؓ said, 'Mu'adh ؓ was a nation, devoutly obedient to Allah, upright.'

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3461No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ عَلَى أُمِّي رَقَبَةً مُؤْمِنَةً، وَعِنْدِي رَقَبَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ أَعْجَمِيَّةٌ، قَالَ ﷺ: ائْتِ بِهَا، فَجَاءَ بِهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَتَشْهَدِينَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟، قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَتَشْهَدِينَ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟، قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَعْتِقْهَا

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'I owe a believing slave for my mother, and I have a black non-Arab slave.' He ﷺ said, 'Bring her.' So he brought her, and he ﷺ said, 'Do you testify that there is no god but Allah?' She said, 'Yes.' He ﷺ said, 'Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?' She said, 'Yes.' He ﷺ said, 'Set her free.'

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3462No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَأَشْرَبَّنَ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ لَوْنُهُ قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ يُحْيِي اللهُ الْمَوْتَى ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَمَا مَرَرْتَ بِأَرْضٍ مُجْدِبَةٍ، ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهَا مُخْصَبَةً، ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهَا مُجْدِبَةً، ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهَا مُخْصَبَةً، قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ ﷺ: كَذَلِكَ النُّشُورُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ لِي بِأَنْ أَعْلَمَ أَنِّي مُؤْمِنٌ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، أَوْ مِنْ أُمَّتِي، عَمِلَ حَسَنَةً، وَعَلِمَ أَنَّهَا حَسَنَةٌ، وَأَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ جَازِيهِ بِهَا خَيْرًا، أَوْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً، وَأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى جَازِيهِ بِهَا سُوءًا، أَوْ يَغْفِرُهَا، إِلَّا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to me, 'You and I will drink milk whose color has not changed.' I said, 'How does Allah revive the dead?' He ﷺ said, 'Have you not passed by a barren land, then passed by it lush, then passed by it barren, then passed by it lush?' I said, 'Yes.' He ﷺ said, 'Thus is the resurrection.' He said: I said, 'How can I know that I am a believer?' He ﷺ said, 'There is no one from this nation—or from my nation—who does a good deed and knows that it is good, and that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will reward him for it with good, or does an evil deed and knows that Allah, Most High, will recompense him for it with evil or forgive it, except that he is a believer.'

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3463No grade recorded

    أَخَذَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ ؓ فَعَذَّبُوهُ، فَقَارَبُوهُ فِي بَعْضِ مَا أَرَادُوا بِهِ، فَشَكَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيْفَ تَجِدُ قَلْبَكَ ؟ قَالَ: مُطْمَئِنًّا بِالْإِيمَانِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَإِنْ عَادُوا، فَعُدْ

    ✧ The polytheists seized 'Ammar b. Yasir ؓ and tortured him, and he conceded to them in some of what they wanted from him. He complained about that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "How do you find your heart?" He said: "At peace with faith." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Then if they return, you return."

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3464No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ: لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْصِنِي، قَالَ: أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ، وَآتِ الزَّكَاةَ، وَصُمْ رَمَضَانَ، وَحُجَّ، وَاعْتَمِرْ، وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

    ✧ I said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Advise me." He said: "Establish the prayer, give the zakah, fast Ramadan, perform Hajj and 'Umrah, enjoin good, and forbid evil."

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3465No grade recorded

    إِنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُوصِي بَعْضَ أَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ ﷺ: لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا وَإِنْ قُطِّعْتَ أَوْ حُرِّقْتَ بِالنَّارِ وَإِيَّاكَ وَالْمَعْصِيَةَ فَإِنَّهَا تُسْخِطُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

    ✧ She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ advising one of his family members, saying ﷺ: "Do not associate anything with Allah, even if you are cut into pieces or burned with fire. And beware of disobedience, for it incurs the wrath of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3466No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ زَنْجُوَيْهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بِهِ.:

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr b. Zanjawayh narrated to us, Abu Mushir narrated to us, Sa'id b. 'Abd al-'Aziz narrated to us with it.:

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3467No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا " غَيْرُ سَعِيدٍ " عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، إِنَّ الْمُوصِيَ بِهَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةِ ثَوْبَانُ ؓ

    ✧ 'Abd said: 'Umar b. Sa'id narrated to us, "other than Sa'id" narrated to us from al-Zuhri, that the one who gave this advice was Thawban ؓ.

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3468No grade recorded

    الْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ

    ✧ Modesty is from faith.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3469No grade recorded

    الصَّبْرُ نِصْفُ الْإِيمَانِ، وَالشُّكْرُ ثُلُثَا الْإِيمَانِ، الْيَقِينُ الْإِيمَانُ كُلُّهُ

    ✧ Patience is half of faith, gratitude is two-thirds of faith, and certainty is all of faith.

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3470No grade recorded

    يَا هَؤُلَاءِ، إِنَّ الْبَذَاذَةَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ

    ✧ O these people, indeed simplicity in dress and appearance is from faith.

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3471No grade recorded

    عُرَى الْإِيمَانِ أَرْبَعٌ: وَالْإِسْلَامُ تَوَابِعُ، عُرَى الْإِيمَانِ: أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ، وَمَا جَاءَ بِهِ، وَتُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ، وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّكَ مَبْعُوثٌ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَإِقَامَةُ الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ، وَصِيَامُ رَمَضَانَ، وَحَجُّ الْبَيْتِ، وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

    ✧ The handles of faith are four, and Islam follows them. The handles of faith are: to believe in Allah alone, and in Muhammad and what he brought; to believe in Allah and know that you will be resurrected after death; to establish prayer; to give zakah; to fast Ramadan; to perform Hajj to the House; and to strive in the path of Allah, the Exalted.

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3472No grade recorded

    عُرَى الْإِسْلَامِ، وَقَوَاعِدُ الدِّينِ ثَلَاثَةٌ، عَلَيْهِنَّ أُسِّسَ الْإِسْلَامُ، مَنْ تَرَكَ مِنْهُنَّ وَاحِدَةً، فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ حَلَالُ الدَّمِ: شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَإِقَامَةُ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ، وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: تَجِدُهُ كَثِيرَ الْمَالِ، وَلَا يُزَكِّي، وَلَا يَزَالُ بِذَلِكَ كَافِرًا، وَلَا يَحِلُّ دَمُهُ، وَتَجِدُهُ كَثِيرَ الْمَالِ، لَمْ يَحُجَّ، فَلَا يَزَالُ بِذَلِكَ كَافِرًا، وَلَا يَحِلُّ دَمُهُ.

    ✧ The handles of Islam and the foundations of the religion are three, upon which Islam is built. Whoever abandons one of them is a disbeliever whose blood is lawful: the testimony that there is no god but Allah, establishing the obligatory prayer, and fasting Ramadan. Then Ibn 'Abbas ؓ said: "You find a man with much wealth who does not give zakah, yet he remains a disbeliever, and his blood is not lawful. And you find a man with much wealth who has not performed Hajj, yet he remains a disbeliever, and his blood is not lawful."

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3473No grade recorded

    إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الرَّحْمَنِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَلَوْحًا فِيهِ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ شَرِيعَةً، يَقُولُ الرَّحْمَنُ: وَعِزَّتِي وَجَلَالِي، لَا يَأْتِينِي عَبْدٌ مِنْ عِبَادِي لَا يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا، فِيهِ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْكُنَّ، إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

    ✧ Indeed, before the Most Merciful, Blessed and Exalted, there is a tablet in which there are three hundred and fifteen laws. The Most Merciful says: "By My might and majesty, no servant of My servants will come to Me not associating anything with Me, having one of them, except that he enters Paradise."

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3474No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ بِهِ.:،:

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Dawraqi narrated to us, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Muqri' narrated to us with it.:,:

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3475No grade recorded

    مَنْ فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْإِخْلَاصِ لِلهِ، وَعِبَادَتِهِ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، فَارَقَهَا وَاللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَنْهُ رَاضٍ، وَقَالَ أَنَسٌ: وَذَلِكَ دِينُ اللهِ الَّذِي جَاءَتْ بِهِ الرُّسُلُ، وَبَلَّغُوا عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ قَبْلَ هَرْجِ الْأَحَادِيثِ، وَاخْتِلَافِ الْأَهْوَاءِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: فَإِنْ تَابُوا قَالَ: خَلَعُوا الْأَنْدَادَ وَعِبَادَتَهَا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلاةَ وَآتَوُا الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْ

    ✧ Whoever departs this world upon sincerity to Allah, His worship without associating any partner, the establishment of prayer, and the giving of zakah departs it while Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is pleased with him. Anas said: 'That is the religion of Allah which the messengers brought and conveyed from their Lord before the confusion of reports and the divergence of desires. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: "If they repent" — he said: they cast off rivals and their worship, established prayer, and gave zakah, so leave their way open.'

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3476No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَحْرُسُ لَيْلَةً رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُمْتُ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَاتَّكَأَ عَلَيْهَا، فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ مُرَائِيًا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يُصَلِّي وَيَدْعُو، فَرَفَضَ ﷺ يَدِي، وَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُدْرِكُوا هَذَا الْأَمْرَ بِالْمُغَالَبَةِ، أَوْ قَالَ بِالشِّدَّةِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا لَيْلَةً أُخْرَى، فَمَرَرْنَا بِرَجُلٍ يُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ مُرَائِيًا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَوَّاهٌ قَالَ: فَإِذَا الرَّجُلُ عَبْدُ اللهِ ذُو الْبِجَادَيْنِ ؓ وَالْآخَرُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ

    ✧ I was guarding the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night when I stood up, so he took my hand and leaned on it. We came upon a man praying in the mosque raising his voice. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Perhaps he is showing off.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he is praying and supplicating.' He ﷺ released my hand and said: 'You will never attain this matter by overpowering,' or he said 'by harshness.' He said: Then we went out another night and passed by a man praying raising his voice. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, perhaps he is showing off.' He ﷺ said: 'No, rather he is awwah (one who sighs frequently out of fear of Allah).' He said: The man was 'Abd Allah Dhu al-Bijadayn ؓ, and the other was a bedouin.

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3477No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْمُسَيِّبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ؓ بِنَحْوِهِ

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Musayyabi narrated to us: Sulayman b. Dawud narrated to us, from Dawud b. Qays, from Zayd b. Aslam ؓ, similarly.

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3478No grade recorded

    كَانَ مِنَّا ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ صَحِبُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ: بُرَيْدَةُ، وَمِحْجَنٌ، وَسُكْبَةُ، فَقَالَ مِحْجَنٌ لِبُرَيْدَةَ: أَلَا تُصَلِّي كَمَا يُصَلِّي سُكْبَةُ ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي أَقْبَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أُحُدٍ نَتَمَاشَى يَدُهُ فِي يَدِي، فَرَأَى ﷺ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ: أَتُرَاهُ جِدًّا، أَتُرَاهُ صَادِقًا ؟، فَذَهَبْتُ أُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا نَزَعَ ﷺ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِي، وَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ، اسْكُتْ، لَا تُسْمِعْهُ فَتُهْلِكَهُ، إِنَّ خَيْرَ دِينِكُمْ أَيْسَرُهُ

    ✧ There were three of us who accompanied the Prophet ﷺ: Buraydah, Mihjan, and Sukbah. Mihjan said to Buraydah: 'Will you not pray as Sukbah prays?' He said: 'No. I saw myself coming with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Uhud, walking along with his hand in mine, when he ﷺ saw a man praying. He said: "Do you consider him earnest? Do you consider him sincere?" I went to praise him, but when we drew near he ﷺ withdrew his hand from mine and said: "Woe to you! Be silent, do not let him hear you lest you destroy him. The best of your religion is its easiest."'

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3479No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ، إِنَّ اللهَ فَرَضَ فَرَائِضَ، وَسَنَّ سُنَنًا وَحَدَّ حُدُودًا، وَأَحَلَّ حَلَالًا وَحَرَّمَ حَرَامًا، وَشَرَعَ الْإِسْلَامَ فَجَعَلَهُ سَهْلًا فَسِيحًا وَاسِعًا وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ ضَيِّقًا، أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ لَا إِيمَانَ لِمَنْ لَا أَمَانَةَ لَهُ، وَلَا دِينَ لِمَنْ لَا عَهْدَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ نَكَثَ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ تَعَالَى طَلَبَهُ، وَمَنْ نَكَثَ ذِمَّتِي خَاصَمْتُهُ، وَمَنْ خَاصَمْتُهُ فَلَجْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْحُجَّةِ، وَمَنْ نَكَثَ ذِمَّتِي لَمْ تَنَلْهُ شَفَاعَتِي، وَلَمْ يَرِدْ عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ أَلَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يُرَخِّصْ فِي الْقَتْلِ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ: مُرْتَدٍّ بَعْدَ إِيمَانٍ، وَزَانٍ بَعْدَ إِحْصَانٍ أَوْ قَاتِلِ نَفْسٍ فَيُقْتَلُ بِهَا اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed the people and said: 'Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given every possessor of a right his right. Allah has ordained obligations, established sunnahs, set limits, made lawful what is lawful, made unlawful what is unlawful, and legislated Islam, making it easy, spacious, and wide, not narrow. O people, there is no faith for one who has no trustworthiness, and no religion for one who has no covenant. Whoever breaks the protection of Allah, the Exalted, He will seek him out; whoever breaks my protection, I will dispute with him; and whoever I dispute with, I will overcome him with proof. Whoever breaks my protection will not attain my intercession, nor will he come to me at the Pond. Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has not permitted killing except in three cases: an apostate after faith, a fornicator after being married, or a murderer of a soul, who is killed for it. O Allah, have I conveyed?'

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3480No grade recorded

    أُبَايِعُكُمْ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللهِ شَيْئًا، وَلَا تَسْرِقُوا، وَلَا تَزْنُوا، وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ، فَمَنْ أَصَابَ هَذَا مِنْكُمْ، فَعَجَّلَ لَهُ عُقُوبَتَهُ، فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللهِ، إِنْ شَاءَ عَذَّبَهُ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ رَحِمَهُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصِبْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، ضَمِنْتُ لَهُ الْجَنَّةَ. لَفْظُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ، وَفِي رِوَايَةِ حَمَّادٍ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ عَلَى مَا بَايَعْتُمُونِي ؟ قَالُوا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ ﷺ: عَلَى أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللهِ شَيْئًا، وَالْبَاقِي نَحْوَهُ، وَقَالَ: فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةُ ذَنْبِهِ، وَقَالَ: فَحِسَابُهُ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

    ✧ I pledge allegiance to you on the condition that you do not associate anything with Allah, do not steal, do not commit adultery, and do not kill the soul that Allah has forbidden except with right. Whoever among you commits any of this and his punishment is hastened for him, it is an expiation. Whoever is concealed, his affair is up to Allah: if He wills, He punishes him, and if He wills, He has mercy on him. Whoever does not commit any of it, I guarantee him Paradise.' This is the wording of 'Abd al-Wahid. In the narration of Hammad: 'Do you know upon what you have pledged allegiance to me?' They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He ﷺ said: 'Upon that you do not associate anything with Allah,' and the rest is similar, and he said: 'Then it is an expiation for his sin,' and he said: 'Then his reckoning is upon Allah, Mighty and Majestic.'

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3481No grade recorded

    مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ النَّخْلَةِ، إِنْ شَاوَرْتَهُ نَفَعَكَ، وَإِنْ مَاشَيْتَهُ نَفَعَكَ، وَإِنْ شَارَكْتَهُ نَفَعَكَ

    ✧ The parable of the believer is like the palm tree: if you consult it, it benefits you; if you walk with it, it benefits you; if you share with it, it benefits you.

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3482No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، نَحْوَهُ.:

    ✧ Suwayd, that is Ibn Sa'id, narrated to us: Fudayl b. 'Iyad narrated to us, from Layth, similarly.

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3483No grade recorded

    مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ، يَأْلَمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ لِأَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ، كَمَا يَأْلَمُ الْجَسَدُ لِمَا فِي الرَّأْسِ

    ✧ The believer among the people of faith is like the head to the body: the believer suffers for the people of faith as the body suffers for what is in the head.

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3484No grade recorded

    سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: حِينَ سَأَلَهُ مَا الْإِيمَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْإِيمَانُ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولِهِ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ، فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ الثَّالِثَةَ، فَقَالَ: أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكَ مَا صَرِيحُ الْإِيمَانِ ؟ قَالَ: ذَلِكَ أَرَدْتُ، قَالَ ﷺ: صَرِيحُ الْإِيمَانِ إِذَا أَسَأْتَ، أَوْ ظَلَمْتَ أَحَدًا: عَبْدَكَ، أَوْ أَمَتَكَ، أَوْ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، تَصَدَّقْتَ وَصُمْتَ، وَإِذَا أَحْسَنْتَ اسْتَبْشَرْتَ

    ✧ He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say when he asked him: 'What is faith, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ said: 'Faith is that you believe in Allah, the Exalted, and His Messenger.' Then he asked him a second time and he said the same. Then he asked him a third time and he said: 'Would you like me to tell you what pure faith is?' He said: 'That is what I wanted.' He ﷺ said: 'Pure faith is that when you do wrong or oppress anyone—your servant, your slave woman, or any of the Muslims—you give charity and fast, and when you do good you rejoice.'

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3485No grade recorded

    كُلُّ خَلَّةٍ يُطْبَعُ عَلَيْهَا، أَوْ يُطْوَى عَلَيْهَا الْمُؤْمِنُ، إِلَّا الْخِيَانَةَ، وَالْكَذِبَ

    ✧ Every trait upon which the believer is sealed or folded, except treachery and lying.

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3486No grade recorded

    لَا نَعْلَمُ أَسْنَدَهُ مَرْفُوعًا إِلَّا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ.:،:

    ✧ We do not know it as ascribed and raised except through 'Ali b. Hashim.

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3487No grade recorded

    لَا يَبْلُغُ عَبْدٌ صَرِيحَ الْإِيمَانِ، حَتَّى يَدَعَ الْمِزَاحَ وَالْكَذِبَ، وَيَدَعَ الْمِرَاءَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُحِقًّا

    ✧ A servant does not attain pure faith until he abandons jesting and lying, and abandons disputation, even if he is in the right.

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3488No grade recorded

    الْإِسْلَامُ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَسْهُمٍ: وَالْإِسْلَامُ سَهْمٌ، وَالصَّلَاةُ سَهْمٌ، وَالزَّكَاةُ سَهْمٌ، وَالْحَجُّ سَهْمٌ، وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ سَهْمٌ، وَالْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ سَهْمٌ، وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ سَهْمٌ، وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى سَهْمٌ، وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ لَا سَهْمَ لَهُ.

    ✧ Islam is eight shares: Islam is a share, prayer is a share, zakah is a share, Hajj is a share, fasting Ramadan is a share, commanding good is a share, forbidding evil is a share, and jihad in the path of Allah the Exalted is a share. And whoever has no share has failed.

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3489No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا مَوْقُوفًا::

    ✧ Al-Bazzar said: Muhammad b. al-Muthanna narrated to us, Muhammad b. Ja'far narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, with this as mawquf:

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3490No grade recorded

    ( م ) وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ صِلَةَ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَرْفُوعًا. وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: لَمْ يُسْنِدْهُ إِلَّا يَزِيدُ، وَقَالَ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ: الصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ مَوْقُوفٌ

    ✧ (M) Al-Bazzar said: And Muhammad b. Sa'id b. Yazid b. Ibrahim narrated to us, Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Hadrami narrated to us, Yazid b. 'Ata' narrated to us, Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from Silah, from Hudhayfah ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ as marfu'. Al-Bazzar said: No one traced it back except Yazid. Al-Daraqutni and others said: The correct view is that it is mawquf.

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3491No grade recorded

    الْإِسْلَامُ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَسْهُمٍ فَذَكَرَهُ

    ✧ Islam is eight shares... and he mentioned it.

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3492No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَتَدْرُونَ أَيُّ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ أَفْضَلُ إِيمَانًا ؟، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الْمَلَائِكَةُ، قَالَ ﷺ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، وَحُقَّ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ، وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهُمْ، بَلْ غَيْرُهُمْ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ، قَالَ ﷺ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، وَحُقَّ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ، بَلْ غَيْرُهُمْ، قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ هُمْ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: قَوْمٌ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِي هُمْ فِي أَصْلَابِ الرِّجَالِ، فَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِي، وَلَمْ يَرَوْنِي، وَيَجِدُونَ الْوَرَقَ الْمُعَلَّقَ، فَيَعْمَلُونَ بِمَا فِيهِ، فَهَؤُلَاءِ أَفْضَلُ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ إِيمَانًا

    ✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: 'Do you know which of the people of faith is best in faith?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the angels.' He ﷺ said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs, and what prevents them, for Allah the Exalted has placed them in the station He placed them. But others.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the prophets.' He ﷺ said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs, but others.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He ﷺ said: 'A people who come after me, while they are in the loins of men. They believe in me though they have not seen me, and they find the hanging page and act according to what is in it. These are the best of the people of faith in faith.'

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3493No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا، فَقَالَ: أَنْبِئُونِي بِأَفْضَلِ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ إِيمَانًا ؟، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، قَالَ ﷺ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، وَيَحِقُّ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ، وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهُمْ بِهَا، بَلْ غَيْرُهُمْ، قَالُوا: الْأَنْبِيَاءُ الَّذِينَ أَكْرَمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ، قَالَ ﷺ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، وَيَحِقُّ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ وَقَدْ أَنْزَلَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْمَنْزِلَةَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَهُمْ بِهَا قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، الشُّهَدَاءُ الَّذِينَ اسْتُشْهِدُوا مَعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، قَالَ ﷺ: هُمْ كَذَلِكَ، وَيَحِقُّ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُمْ وَقَدْ أَكْرَمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِالشَّهَادَةِ مَعَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، بَلْ غَيْرُهُمْ، قَالُوا: فَمَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَقْوَامٌ فِي أَصْلَابِ الرِّجَالِ

    ✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: 'Tell me about the best of the people of faith in faith.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the angels.' He ﷺ said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs, and what prevents them, for Allah the Exalted has placed them in the station He placed them. But others.' They said: 'The prophets whom Allah the Exalted honored with His message and prophethood.' He ﷺ said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs, and what prevents them, for Allah the Exalted has placed them in the station He placed them.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, the martyrs who were martyred with the prophets.' He ﷺ said: 'They are so, and that is rightfully theirs, and what prevents them, for Allah the Exalted honored them with martyrdom with the prophets. But others.' They said: 'Who then, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Peoples in the loins of men.'

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3494No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ، بِهِ

    ✧ Abu Musa Muhammad narrated to us, Ibn Abi 'Adi narrated to us, Muhammad b. Abi Humayd narrated to us, with it.

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3495No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ فَذَكَرُوا أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَا سَبَقَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ، قَالَ: إِنَّ أَمْرَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ كَانَ بَيِّنًا لِمَنْ رَآهُ، وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ، مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ بِغَيْبٍ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: الم ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى الْمُفْلِحُونَ

    ✧ I was sitting with 'Abdullah ؓ, and they mentioned the companions of the Prophet ﷺ and the virtue that came before them. He said: 'Indeed, the matter of Muhammad ﷺ was clear to whoever saw him. And by the One besides whom there is no god, there is no one better than faith in the unseen.' Then he recited: 'Alif Lam Mim. This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for the God-fearing... to the successful.'

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3496No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا، وَإِخْوَةً، فَأَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ أَنْ يُسْلِمُوا، فَآتِيَكَ بِهِمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: إِنْ هُمْ أَسْلَمُوا، فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَهُمْ، وَإِنْ أَبَوْا، فَالْإِسْلَامُ وَاسِعٌ عَرِيضٌ

    ✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have an aged father and brothers, so I go to them that perhaps they may become Muslim, and I bring them to you.' He ﷺ said: 'If they become Muslim, it is better for them. And if they refuse, Islam is vast and wide.'

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3497No grade recorded

    لَا يَزْنِي الزَّانِي حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا يَسْرِقُ السَّارِقُ حِينَ يَسْرِقُ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا يَنْتَهِبُ نُهْبَةً ذَاتَ شَرَفٍ يَرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ رُؤُوسَهُمْ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ

    ✧ The adulterer does not commit adultery while he is a believer, and the thief does not steal while he is a believer, and no one plunders a plunder of high value at which people raise their heads while he is a believer.

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3498No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا ؓ أَسَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَزْنِي الزَّانِي حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا يَسْرِقُ حِينَ يَسْرِقُ، وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ، وَأُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ يَقُولُهُ

    ✧ I asked Jabir ؓ: 'Did you hear the Prophet ﷺ say: The adulterer does not commit adultery while he is a believer, and the thief does not steal while he is a believer?' He said: 'I did not hear it, but I was told that Ibn 'Umar ؓ used to say it.'

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3499No grade recorded

    إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الزَّانِيَ، وَشَارِبَ الْخَمْرِ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِيهِمْ ؟ قَالُوا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: هُنَّ فَوَاحِشُ، وَفِيهِنَّ عُقُوبَةٌ، أَفَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَائِرِ ؟ قُلْنَا: بَلَى، قَالَ ﷺ: الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ، قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرَى إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ قَالَ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُتَّكِئًا فَاحْتَفَزَ، وَقَالَ: أَلَا وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ، أَلَا وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ

    ✧ When you see an adulterer and a wine-drinker, what do you say about them? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: These are obscenities, and in them is punishment. Shall I not inform you of the greatest of major sins? We said: Yes. He ﷺ said: Associating partners with Allah. Allah the Exalted said: 'And whoever associates partners with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin' [Quran 4:48]. And disobedience to parents. Then the Mighty and Majestic said: 'Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the final destination' [Quran 31:14]. He said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was reclining, so he sat up straight and said: Indeed, and false speech; indeed, and false speech.

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3500No grade recorded

    كُفْرٌ بِاللهِ مَنْ نُسِبَ إِلَى نَسَبٍ لَا يُعْرَفُ، وَكُفْرٌ بِاللهِ تَبَرُّؤٌ مِنْ نَسَبٍ وَإِنْ دَقَّ

    ✧ It is disbelief in Allah for one to claim a lineage that is not known, and it is disbelief in Allah to disown a lineage, even if it is distant.

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3501No grade recorded

     لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ خَمْسٌ: مُدْمِنُ خَمْرٍ، وَقَاطِعُ رَحِمٍ، وَمُؤْمِنٌ بِسِحْرٍ، وَمَنَّانٌ، وَكَاهِنٌ

     ✧ Five will not enter Paradise: a habitual wine-drinker, one who severs family ties, one who believes in magic, one who reminds others of his favors, and a soothsayer.

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3502No grade recorded

     مَنْ غَشَّ امْرَأً فِي أَهْلِهِ، أَوْ خَادِمِهِ، فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا

     ✧ Whoever deceives a man concerning his family or his servant is not from us.

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3503No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ عَنِ الْكَبَائِرِ، قَالَ: كُلُّ مَا نَهَى اللهُ عَنْهُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَهُوَ كَبِيرَةٌ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ النَّظْرَةَ

     ✧ Ibn Abbas ؓ was asked about major sins. He said: Everything that Allah has forbidden in the Quran is a major sin, and he mentioned the gaze.

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3504No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَيُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَيُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَيَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، وَيَجْتَنِبُ الْكَبَائِرَ، إِلَّا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ، قِيلَ: وَمَا الْكَبَائِرُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ تَعَالَى، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ

     ✧ There is no servant who worships Allah the Exalted without associating anything with Him, establishes prayer, gives zakat, fasts Ramadan, and avoids major sins, except that he will enter Paradise. It was said: What are the major sins? He ﷺ said: Associating partners with Allah the Exalted, and killing a soul.

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3505No grade recorded

     مَنْ مَشَى إِلَى سُلْطَانِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُذِلَّهُ، أَذَلَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَقَبَتَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَعَ مَا ذُخِرَ لَهُ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ، وَسُلْطَانُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: كِتَابُ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَسُنَّةُ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Whoever walks to the authority of Allah the Exalted on earth to humiliate it, Allah the Exalted will humiliate his neck on the Day of Resurrection along with the punishment stored for him. And the authority of Allah the Mighty and Majestic is the Book of Allah the Exalted and the Sunnah of His Prophet ﷺ.

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3506No grade recorded

     ْأَشْيَاءِ الْإِبَاحَةُ 3506 2934 / 1 - قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ.:

     ✧ The default ruling for things is permissibility. Musaddad said: Hafs b. Ghiyath narrated to us:

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3507No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى فَرَضَ فَرَائِضَ فَلَا تُضَيِّعُوهَا، وَحَدَّ حُدُودًا فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا، وَحَرَّمَ أَشْيَاءَ فَلَا تَنْتَهِكُوهَا، وَسَكَتَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ نِسْيَانٍ رَحْمَةً لَكُمْ، فَلَا تَبْحَثُوا عَنْهَا

     ✧ Indeed, Allah the Exalted has imposed obligations, so do not neglect them; He has set limits, so do not transgress them; He has forbidden things, so do not violate them; and He has remained silent about things out of mercy for you, not out of forgetfulness, so do not seek them out.

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3508No grade recorded

     إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى أَخِيكَ الْمُسْلِمِ فَكُلْ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَلَا تَسْأَلْ، وَاشْرَبْ مِنْ شَرَابِهِ وَلَا تَسْأَلْ

     ✧ When you enter upon your Muslim brother, eat from his food and do not ask, and drink from his drink and do not ask.

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3509No grade recorded

     ثَلَاثٌ مِنْ أَصْلِ الدِّينِ: تُجَمِّعُ وَرَاءَ كُلِّ بَرٍّ وَفَاجِرٍ، وَيُصَلَّى عَلَى مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقِبْلَةِ، وَيُجَاهَدُ فِي خِلَافَةِ مَنْ كَانَ، لَكَ أَجْرُكَ

     ✧ Three things are from the foundations of the religion: gathering behind every righteous and sinful person, praying over whoever dies from the people of the Qiblah, and striving under the leadership of whoever is in authority; you will have your reward.

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3510No grade recorded

     مَا آمَنَ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَنِ اسْتَحَلَّ مَحَارِمَهُ

     ✧ Whoever makes lawful the sacred things of the Quran has not believed in the Quran.

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3511No grade recorded

     عَطَاءٌ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ، ذَكَرَهُ ابْنُ عَدِيٍّ

     ✧ Ata' reported from Mujahid, from Suhayb. Ibn 'Adi mentioned it.

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3512No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِأَخِيهِ: لَا يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَكَ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: بَلْ لَكَ لَا يَغْفِرُ اللهُ

     ✧ Indeed, a man said to his brother: 'May Allah not forgive you.' It was said to him: 'Rather, may Allah not forgive you.'

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3513No grade recorded

     وَطِئَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عُنُقِ رَجُلٍ، وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ، فَقَالَ: أَوَطِئْتَ عَلَى عُنُقِي وَأَنَا سَاجِدٌ ؟ وَاللهِ لَا يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَكَ، فَقَالَ: تَأَلَّى عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى فَغَفَرَ لَهُ

     ✧ A man stepped on a man's neck while he was prostrating. He said: 'You stepped on my neck while I am prostrating? By Allah, may Allah not forgive you.' He said: 'He swore against Allah, Exalted is He, so He forgave him.'

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3514No grade recorded

     إِنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: أَعَلَى مِلَّةِ ابْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَا مِلَّةِ ابْنِ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ: فَعَلَى أَيِّ مِلَّةٍ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: عَلَى مِلَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

     ✧ Mu'awiyah said to Ibn 'Abbas ؓ: 'Are you upon the religion of Ibn Abi Talib?' He said: 'No, nor the religion of Ibn 'Affan.' Mu'awiyah said: 'Then upon which religion are you?' He said: 'Upon the religion of Muhammad ﷺ.'

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3515No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ، فَقَرَأَ: لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللهِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: لَيْسَ عَنِ الْبِرِّ سَأَلْتُكَ، قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الَّذِي سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْهُ، فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كَمَا قَرَأْتُ عَلَيْكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الَّذِي قُلْتَ لِي، فَلَمَّا أَبَى أَنْ يَرْضَى، قَالَ لَهُ: ادْنُ، فَدَنَا، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا عَمِلَ الْحَسَنَةَ سَرَّتْهُ، وَرَجَا ثَوَابَهَا، وَإِذَا عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةً سَاءَتْهُ، وَخَافَ عِقَابَهَا

     ✧ A man came to Abu Dharr ؓ and asked him about faith. He recited: 'It is not righteousness that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah' until His saying, Exalted is He: 'Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.' The man said: 'I did not ask you about righteousness.' Abu Dharr ؓ said: 'A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him about what you asked me. The Prophet ﷺ recited to him what I recited to you, and he said to him what you said to me. When he refused to be satisfied, he said to him: 'Come closer.' He came closer. He said: 'Indeed, when a believer does a good deed, it pleases him and he hopes for its reward; and when he does an evil deed, it grieves him and he fears its punishment.'

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3516No grade recorded

     لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَعْجَلُوا بِأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ، حَتَّى تَنْظُرُوا مَاذَا يُخْتَمُ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ ؟

     ✧ It is not upon you to hasten [judgment] regarding anyone among you, until you see with what his deeds are sealed.

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3517No grade recorded

     إِذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ نَسَمَةً، قَالَ مَلَكُ الْأَرْحَامِ مُعْرِضًا: أَيْ رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ؟ قَالَ: فَيَقْضِي اللهُ تَعَالَى أَمْرَهُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ أَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ ؟ فَيَقْضِي اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَمْرَهُ، ثُمَّ يَكْتُبُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ مَا هُوَ لَاقٍ، حَتَّى النَّكْبَةَ يُنْكَبُهَا

     ✧ When Allah wants to create a soul, the angel of the wombs says, turning aside: 'O Lord, male or female?' He said: 'Then Allah, Exalted is He, decrees His command. Then he says: 'O Lord, wretched or blessed?' Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, decrees His command. Then he writes between his eyes what he will meet, even the misfortune that will befall him.'

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3518No grade recorded

     لَمَّا خُلِقَتِ النُّطْفَةُ فِي الرَّحِمِ، قَالَ مَلَكُ الْأَرْحَامِ: أَيْ رَبِّ، مَا أَكْتُبُ ؟ فَيَقْضِي اللهُ تَعَالَى أَمْرَهُ، فَيَقُولُ: أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ؟ فَيَقْضِي اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَمْرَهُ

     ✧ When the drop is created in the womb, the angel of the wombs says: 'O Lord, what should I write?' Then Allah, Exalted is He, decrees His command. He says: 'Male or female?' Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, decrees His command.

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3519No grade recorded

     مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِي الْقَدَرِ بِشَيْءٍ سُئِلَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ Whoever speaks about divine decree with anything will be questioned about it on the Day of Resurrection.

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3520No grade recorded

     كَانَ بَدْءُ هَلَاكِ الْأُمَمِ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْقَدَرِ، وَإِنَّكُمْ تُبْتَلَوْنَ، أَوْ سَتُبْتَلَوْنَ أَيُّهَا الْأُمَّةُ بِهِمْ، فَإِنْ لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ، أَوْ أَدْرَكْتُمُوهُمْ، فَسَلُوهُمْ، أَوْ تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمُ السَّائِلِينَ، وَلَا تُمَكِّنُوهُمْ مِنَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ

     ✧ The beginning of the destruction of the nations was from the direction of divine decree. And you will be tested, or you will be tested, O nation, by them. If you meet them, or if you catch up with them, then ask them, or be the ones asking, and do not enable them to ask.

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3521No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَذَّبَ بِالْقَدَرِ، أَوْ خَاصَمَ فِيهِ، فَقَدْ جَحَدَ بِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ، وَكَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

     ✧ Whoever denies divine decree or disputes about it has rejected what I came with and disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad ﷺ.

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3522No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ بَابِ الْبَيْتِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الْحُجْرَةَ، فَسَمِعَ قَوْمًا يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْقَدَرِ، وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللهُ تَعَالَى آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ قَالَ: فَفَتَحَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَابَ الْحُجْرَةِ، وَكَأَنَّمَا فُقِئَ فِي وَجْهِهِ حَبُّ الرُّمَّانِ فَقَالَ: أَبِهَذَا أُمِرْتُمْ ؟ أَمْ بِهَذَا بُعِثْتُمْ ؟ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِأَشْبَاهِ هَذَا، ضَرَبُوا كِتَابَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَعْضَهُ بِبَعْضٍ، أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ بِأَمْرٍ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ، وَنَهَاكُمْ فَانْتَهُوا، قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَسْمَعِ النَّاسُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَحَدًا يَتَكَلَّمُ، يَعْنِي - فِيهِ - حَتَّى جَاءَ مَعْبَدٌ الْجُهَنِيُّ، فَأَخَذَهُ الْحَجَّاجُ فَقَتَلَهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came out from the door of the house heading to the room, and he heard people disputing among themselves about divine decree, saying: 'Did not Allah, Exalted is He, say such and such a verse? Did not Allah, Mighty and Majestic, say such and such a verse?' He said: 'The Prophet ﷺ opened the door of the room, and it was as if a pomegranate seed had been burst on his face. He said: 'Is this what you were commanded? Or is this what you were sent with? Those before you were destroyed only by things like this: they struck the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, some parts against others. Allah commanded you with something, so follow it, and He forbade you from something, so desist.' He said: 'After that, people did not hear anyone speak about it until Ma'bad al-Juhani came, and al-Hajjaj seized him and killed him.'

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3523No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، وَهُمْ يَتَذَاكَرُونَ الْقَدَرَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَبِهَذَا أُمِرْتُمْ ؟ قَدْ أَخَذْتُمْ فِي وَادِيَيْنِ لَنْ تَبْلُغُوا آخِرَهُمَا، وَبِهِمَا هَلَكَتِ الْقُرُونُ قَبْلَكُمْ، إِيَّاكُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to his companions while they were discussing divine decree. He ﷺ said: "Is this what you were commanded? You have entered two valleys whose ends you will never reach, and by them the generations before you perished. Beware, beware!"

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3524No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَبَضَ قَبْضَةً، فَقَالَ: لِلْجَنَّةِ بِرَحْمَتِي، وَقَبَضَ قَبْضَةً، فَقَالَ: لِلنَّارِ وَلَا أُبَالِي

     ✧ Allah Almighty took a handful and said: "For Paradise, by My mercy," and took a handful and said: "For the Fire, and I do not care."

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3525No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّاقِدُ، ثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، بِهِ

     ✧ Amr b. Muhammad al-Naqid narrated to us: al-Hakam b. Sinan al-Abdi narrated to us, with it.

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3526No grade recorded

     أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي بَعْدِي خَمْسًا: تَكْذِيبًا بِالْقَدَرِ، وَتَصْدِيقًا بِالنُّجُومِ

     ✧ I fear for my community after me five things: denial of divine decree and belief in the stars.

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3527No grade recorded

     هَلَاكُ أُمَّتِي فِي ثَلَاثٍ: الْقَدَرِيَّةِ، وَالْعَصَبِيَّةِ، وَالرِّوَايَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ ثَبْتٍ

     ✧ The ruin of my community lies in three: the Qadariyyah, tribalism, and transmitting reports without verification.

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3528No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْقَلَمُ، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ

     ✧ The first thing Allah Almighty created was the Pen, and He commanded it to write everything.

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3529No grade recorded

     لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْحَيُّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ آمِنِينَ، حَتَّى تَرُدُّوهُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِمْ كُفَّارًا حِمًا فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفِي الْجَنَّةِ أَنَا أَمْ فِي النَّارِ ؟ قَالَ: فِي الْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: أَفِي الْجَنَّةِ أَنَا أَمْ فِي النَّارِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: فِي النَّارِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: اسْكُتُوا عَنِّي مَا سَكَتُّ عَنْكُمْ، فَلَوْلَا أَنْ لَا تَدَافَنُوا لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِمَلَئِكُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، حَتَّى تَعْرِفُوهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَلَوْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ لَفَعَلْتُ

     ✧ This clan of Quraysh will remain secure until you turn them away from their religion as disbelievers, protected. A man stood up to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, am I in Paradise or in the Fire?" He said: "In Paradise." Then another stood up and said: "Am I in Paradise or in the Fire?" He ﷺ said: "In the Fire." Then he ﷺ said: "Keep silent about me as long as I keep silent about you. Were it not that you would not bury one another, I would tell you of your number in the people of the Fire, until you recognize them at death. And if I were commanded to do it, I would do it."

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3530No grade recorded

     مَا كَانَ أَصْلُ زَنْدَقَةٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا كَانَ بَدْءَهَا تَكْذِيبٌ بِالْقَدَرِ

     ✧ There was never any heresy whose origin was not denial of divine decree.

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3531No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَقَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الطَّيْرُ تَجْرِي بِقَدَرٍ، وَكَانَ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ الْفَأْلُ الْحَسَنُ

     ✧ I came to Aisha ؓ and she said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Birds move by divine decree," and he ﷺ liked good omens.

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3532No grade recorded

     إِذَا ذُكِرَ الْقَدَرُ فَأَمْسِكُوا، وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ أَصْحَابِي فَأَمْسِكُوا

     ✧ When divine decree is mentioned, refrain; and when my companions are mentioned, refrain.

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3533No grade recorded

     وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الْأَنْوَاءُ فَأَمْسِكُوا

     ✧ And when the lunar mansions are mentioned, refrain.

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3534No grade recorded

     يَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي أَقْوَامٌ يَكْفُرُونَ بِاللهِ وَبِالْقَدَرِ، وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ، كَمَا كَفَرَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَقُولُونَ كَيْفَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: يَقُولُونَ: الْخَيْرُ مِنَ اللهِ، وَالشَّرُّ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ، قَالَ: وَهُمْ يَقْرَأُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِاللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ، فَمَاذَا تَلْقَى أُمَّتِي مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْعَدَاوَةِ، وَالْبَغْضَاءِ، وَالْجِدَالِ، أُولَئِكَ زَنَادِقَةُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، وَفِي زَمَانِهِمْ يَكُونُ ظُلْمُ السُّلْطَانِ، فَيَا لَهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ وَحَيْفٍ وَأَثَرَةٍ، فَيَبْعَثُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ طَاعُونًا، فَيَفْنَى عَامَّتُهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْمَسْخُ وَالْخَسْفُ، وَقَلِيلٌ مَنْ يَنْجُو مِنْهُمُ، الْكُلُّ يَوْمَئِذٍ قَلِيلٌ فَرَحُهُ، شَدِيدٌ غَمُّهُ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الْمَسْخُ يَمْسَخُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَامَّةَ أُولَئِكَ قِرَدَةً وَخَنَازِيرَ ثُمَّ بَكَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَكَيْنَا لِبُكَائِهِ، فَقِيلَ: مَا هَذَا الْبُكَاءُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: رَحْمَةً لَهُمُ الْأَشْقِيَاءِ؛ لِأَنَّ فِيهِمُ الْمُجْتَهِدَ، وَفِيهِمُ الْمُتَعَبِّدَ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ سَبَقَ إِلَى هَذَا الْقَوْلِ، وَضَاقَ بِهِ ذَرْعًا، إِنَّ عَامَّةَ مَنْ هَلَكَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِهِ هَلَكَ فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا الْإِيمَانُ بِالْقَدَرِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَمْلِكُ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا، وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَهُمَا قَبْلَ الْخَلْقِ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ، فَجَعَلَ مَنْ شَاءَ مِنْهُمْ لِلْجَنَّةِ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْهُمْ لِلنَّارِ.

     ✧ There will be in my community people who disbelieve in Allah and in divine decree while they are unaware, just as the Jews and Christians disbelieved. He said: I said: "May I be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah, how do they say?" He ﷺ said: "They say: good is from Allah and evil is from Iblis." He said: "And they recite the Book of Allah Almighty upon that, and they disbelieve in Allah, Mighty and Majestic, after faith and knowledge. What enmity, hatred, and argument will my community encounter from them! Those are the heretics of this community. In their time will be the tyranny of the ruler, and what a tyranny, injustice, and selfishness! Then Allah Almighty will send upon them a plague, and most of them will perish. Then there will be metamorphosis and sinking into the earth, and few among them will be saved. On that day everyone will have little joy and intense grief. Then there will be metamorphosis: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will transform most of those into monkeys and pigs." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wept until we wept for his weeping. It was said: "What is this weeping, O Messenger of Allah?" He ﷺ said: "Out of mercy for them, the wretched ones; for among them is the diligent worshipper and the devoted worshipper, even though they are not the first to have fallen into this saying and become distressed by it. Indeed, most of the Children of Israel who perished perished because of it." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what is faith in divine decree?" He ﷺ said: "To believe in Allah alone, and to know that no one besides Him possesses harm or benefit, and to believe in Paradise and the Fire, and to know that Allah Almighty created them before creation, then created His creation and made whomever He willed for Paradise and whomever He willed for the Fire."

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3535No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، فَذَكَرَهُ بِطُولِهِ. <متن_مخفي ربط="26035751" نص="إِنِّي لِقَاعِدٍ عِنْدَ سَعِيد بْن الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ بَعْض الْقَوْمِ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّد إِنَّ رِجَالًا يَقُولُونَ قَدَرَ اللهَ تَعَالَى كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا الشَّرّ قَالَ فَوَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْت سَعِيدًا غَضِبَ غَضَبًا قَطُّ مِثْلَ غَضَبِهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ حَتَّى هُمْ بِالْقِيَامِ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَعَلُوهَا وَيْحُهُمْ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَمَا وَاللهُ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ فِيهِمْ حَدِيثًا كَفَاهُمْ بِهِ شَرًّا قَالَ قُلْت وَمَا ذَاكَ يَرْحَمُك اللهُ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّد قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَقَدْ سَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Ahmad al-Dawraqi narrated to us, al-Muqri' narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Shu'ayb narrated to us, and he mentioned it in full. <hidden matn linked="26035751" text="I was sitting with Sa'id b. al-Musayyib when some of the people said, 'O Abu Muhammad, there are men who say that Allah, Exalted is He, decreed everything except evil.' He said, 'By Allah, I never saw Sa'id get as angry as he did that day, until they thought about leaving. Then he said, 'They have done it, woe to them, if only you knew. By Allah, I heard a hadith about them that would suffice them as a warning.' He said, 'I said, 'What is that, may Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Muhammad?' He said, then he looked at me after his anger had subsided and said."

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3536No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ: الشَّرُّ لَيْسَ بِقَدَرٍ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْقَدَرِ: سَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ مَا أَشْرَكْنَا وَلا آبَاؤُنَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ فَلَوْ شَاءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَالْعَجْزُ وَالْكَيْسُ مِنَ الْقَدَرِ. قَالَ طَاوُسٌ: وَالْمُتَكَلِّمَانِ مِنَ الْقَدَرِيَّةِ يَقُولَانِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، فَاجْتَنِبُوا الْكَلَامَ فِي الْقَدَرِ

     ✧ That he heard a man say: evil is not by decree, so Ibn 'Abbas said: Between us and the people of qadar (the verse): 'Those who associate partners with Allah will say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have associated partners, nor would our forefathers"' up to 'If He had willed, He would have guided you all.' Ibn 'Abbas said: And incapacity and ability are from the decree. Tawus said: And the two speakers from the Qadariyyah speak without knowledge, so avoid speaking about the decree.

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3537No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الْقَدَرِ، فَقَالَ: أَرُونِيهِ آخُذُ بِرَأْسِهِ، فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ وَقَعَتْ رَقَبَتُهُ فِي يَدَيَّ لَأَدُقَّنَّهَا، وَلَئِنْ وَقَعَ أَنْفُهُ فِي يَدَيَّ لَأَعَضَنَّهُ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ: كَأَنِّي بِنِسَاءِ بَنِي فَهْمٍ يَطُفْنَ بِالْخَزْرَجِ، تَصْطَكُّ أَلَيَاتُهُنَّ مُشْرِكَاتٍ، وَهَذَا أَوَّلُ شِرْكٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، وَاللهِ لَا يَنْتَهِي بِهِمْ سُوءُهُمْ حَتَّى يُخْرِجُوا اللهَ مِنْ أَنْ يُقَدِّرَ الْخَيْرَ، كَمَا أَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْ أَنْ يُقَدِّرَ الشَّرَّ

     ✧ That a man came to Makkah speaking about the decree, so he said: Show him to me, I will take him by his head. By Allah, if his neck falls into my hands, I will crush it, and if his nose falls into my hands, I will bite it, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: It is as if I see the women of Banu Fahm circumambulating al-Khazraj, their buttocks clashing, associating partners (with Allah), and this is the first shirk in Islam. By Allah, their evil will not stop with them until they remove Allah from decreeing good, as they removed Him from decreeing evil.

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3538No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي بَعْضِ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْكُتُبِ، إِنِّي أَنَا اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا قَدَّرْتُ الْخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ

     ✧ Indeed, in some of what Allah, Exalted is He, revealed in the Books: Indeed I am Allah, there is no deity but Me. I have decreed good and evil.

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3539No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَتُبْتَدَأُ الْأَعْمَالُ، أَمْ قَدْ قُضِيَ الْقَضَاءُ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا أَخْرَجَ ذُرِّيَّةَ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ مِنْ ظَهْرِهِ، وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ بِهِمْ مِنْ كَفَّيْهِ، قَالَ: هَؤُلَاءِ لِلْجَنَّةِ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ لِلنَّارِ، فَأَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ مُيَسَّرُونَ لِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ مُيَسَّرُونَ لِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ

     ✧ That a man said: O Messenger of Allah, are actions initiated, or has the decree been settled? He ﷺ said: When Allah, Exalted is He, brought forth the progeny of Adam ﷺ from his back and made them testify against themselves, then He poured them out from His two hands, He said: These are for Paradise and these are for the Fire. So the people of Paradise are facilitated for the deeds of the people of Paradise, and the people of the Fire are facilitated for the deeds of the people of the Fire.

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3540No grade recorded

     مَجُوسُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَإِنْ صَامُوا وَصَلَّوْا، يَعْنِي الْقَدَرِيَّةَ

     ✧ The Magians of this nation, even if they fast and pray—meaning the Qadariyyah.

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3541No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو: يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ، ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ

     ✧ Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate: O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3542No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ: يَا وَلِيَّ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَهْلِهِ، سَكِّنِّي بِهِ حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ بِهِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say in his supplication: O Guardian of Islam and its people, make me firm in it until I meet You with it.

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3543No grade recorded

     لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْخَلْقَ، وَقَضَى الْقَضِيَّةَ، وَأَخَذَ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ، وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، فَأَخَذَ أَهْلَ الْيَمِينِ بِيَمِينِهِ، وَأَهْلَ الشِّمَالِ بِيَدِهِ الْأُخْرَى، وَكِلْتَا يَدَيِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَمِينٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ، فَقَالُوا: لَبَّيْكَ رَبَّنَا وَسَعْدَيْكَ، قَالَ: أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَصْحَابَ الشِّمَالِ فَقَالُوا: لَبَّيْكَ رَبَّنَا وَسَعْدَيْكَ، قَالَ: أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَخَلَطَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ: رَبَّنَا لِمَ خَلَطْتَ بَيْنَنَا ؟ قَالَ: وَلَهُمْ أَعْمَالٌ مِنْ دُونِ ذَلِكَ هُمْ لَهَا عَامِلُونَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمْ فِي صُلْبِ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْخَلْقَ، وَقَضَى الْقَضِيَّةَ، وَأَخَذَ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ، وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، وَأَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ أَهْلُهَا، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ أَهْلُهَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، مَا الْأَعْمَالُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَنْ يَعْمَلَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِمْ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِنَّا نَجْتَهِدُ، وَقَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْأَعْمَالِ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ الْأَعْمَالَ، أَهُوَ شَيْءٌ يُؤْتَنَفُ، أَمْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: بَلْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ

     ✧ When Allah, Exalted is He, created the creation, settled the matter, and took the covenant of the prophets, and His Throne was upon the water, He took the people of the right with His right hand and the people of the left with His other hand, and both hands of the Most Merciful are right. Then He said: O people of the right, and they said: At Your service, our Lord, and at Your pleasure. He said: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes. Then He said: O people of the left, and they said: At Your service, our Lord, and at Your pleasure. He said: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes. Then He mixed some of them with others. Then one of them said: Our Lord, why did You mix us? He said: And they have deeds besides that which they are doing, up to His saying: We were heedless of this. Then He returned them to the loins of Adam ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah, Exalted is He, created the creation, settled the matter, took the covenant of the prophets, and His Throne was upon the water. The people of Paradise are its people, and the people of the Fire are its people. Then someone said: O Prophet of Allah, what are the deeds? He ﷺ said: That every people should act according to their station. 'Umar ؓ said: We strive. And it was said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the deeds, and they said: O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about deeds—are they something newly begun, or is it something already finished? He ﷺ said: Indeed, it is already finished.

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3544No grade recorded

     وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، فَأَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ أَهْلُهَا، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ أَهْلُهَا

     ✧ And His Throne is upon the water. So the people of Paradise are its people, and the people of the Fire are its people.

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3545No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ، وَخَلَقَ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ، وَخَلَقَ آدَمَ، ثُمَّ نَثَرَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ فِي كَفَّيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ بِهِمَا، فَقَالَ: هَؤُلَاءِ لِهَذِهِ وَلَا أُبَالِي، وَهَؤُلَاءِ لِهَذِهِ وَلَا أُبَالِي، وَكَتَبَ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ، وَكَتَبَ أَهْلَ النَّارِ وَمَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ، ثُمَّ طَوَى الْكِتَابَ، وَرُفِعَ

     ✧ Indeed, Allah, Exalted is He, created the heavens and the earth, created Paradise and the Fire, and created Adam. Then He scattered his progeny in His two hands, then poured them out, and said: These are for this one, and I do not care, and these are for this one, and I do not care. And He wrote the people of Paradise and what they will do, and He wrote the people of the Fire and what they will do. Then He folded the record and it was raised up.

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3546No grade recorded

     كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ سَعَادَةً أَنْ يُوَفَّقَ فِي دِينِهِ

     ✧ It is enough of a blessing for a person to be granted success in his religion.

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3547No grade recorded

     لَا يُؤْمِنُ عَبْدٌ فَيَكْمُلُ إِيمَانُهُ، حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ، وَمُرِّهِ، وَحُلْوِهِ، وَضَرِّهِ، وَنَفْعِهِ

     ✧ A servant does not believe and his faith is not complete until he believes in divine decree, its good and its evil, its bitter and its sweet, its harm and its benefit.

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3548No grade recorded

     تَحَاجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى، عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِآدَمَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ اللهُ بِيَدِهِ، وَنَفَخَ فِيكَ مِنْ رُوحِهِ، وَأَسْكَنَكَ جَنَّتَهُ، فَأَهْلَكْتَنَا، وَأَغْوَيْتَنَا، وَذَكَرَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ مِنْ هَذَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللهُ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ، وَرِسَالَاتِهِ، وَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قَدَّرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى، فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى

     ✧ Adam and Moses (peace be upon them) argued. Moses said to Adam: You are the one whom Allah created with His own hand, breathed into you from His spirit, and caused you to dwell in His Paradise, then you destroyed us and led us astray. He mentioned as much as Allah willed of this. Adam ﷺ said to him: You are the one whom Allah chose with His words and His messages, yet you blame me for a matter Allah had decreed for me before He created the heavens and the earth? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: So Adam defeated Moses in argument, so Adam defeated Moses in argument.

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3549No grade recorded

     أَفَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِّرَ عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُخْلَقَ ؟ فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى، فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى

     ✧ Do you blame me for a matter that was decreed for me before I was created? So Adam defeated Moses in argument, so Adam defeated Moses in argument.

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3550No grade recorded

     لَقِيَ آدَمُ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ مُوسَى: يَا آدَمُ فَذَكَرَهُ، فَزَادَ فِيهِ: وَأَسْجَدَ لَكَ مَلَائِكَتَهُ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: فَأَهْلَكْتَنَا، وَأَغْوَيْتَنَا، قَالَ: فَعَلْتَ مَا فَعَلْتَ، وَأَخْرَجْتَ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَزَادَ: وَقَرَّبَكَ نَجِيًّا، وَآتَاكَ التَّوْرَاةَ، فَبِكَمْ تَجِدُ الذَّنْبَ الَّذِي عَمِلْتُ مَكْتُوبًا عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَعْمَلَهُ ؟ قَالَ: بِأَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا

     ✧ Adam met Moses (peace be upon them). Moses said: O Adam, then he mentioned it, and he added: And He made His angels prostrate to you, but he did not say: You destroyed us and led us astray. He said: You did what you did and brought your offspring out of Paradise. And he added: And He brought you near as a confidant and gave you the Torah. How long before I committed it do you find the sin I committed written against me? He said: Forty years.

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3551No grade recorded

     مَنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ، فَأَنَا مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ

     ✧ Whoever does not believe in divine decree, its good and its evil, I am free of him.

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3552No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ: كُلُّ مُولَدٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ مَنْ قَالَهُ ؟ قَالَ: قَالَهُ مَنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُهُ

     ✧ I said to Muhammad b. Sirin: This hadith: Every newborn is born upon the fitrah — who said it? He said: The one who knew it said it.

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3553No grade recorded

     كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ، فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ، وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ

     ✧ Every newborn is born upon the fitrah until his tongue expresses it. His parents make him a Jew or a Christian.

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3554No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ بِدِمَشْقَ، فَجِيءَ بِسَبْعِينَ رَأْسًا مِنْ رُؤُوسِ الْحَرُورِيَّةِ، فَنُصِبَتْ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ ؓ فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَجَعَلَ يُهَرِيقُ عَبْرَتَهُ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا يَصْنَعُ إِبْلِيسُ بِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ ؟ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا غَالِبٍ، إِنَّكَ بِبَلَدٍ أَهْوِيَتُهُ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَمُهَوِّلَاتُهُ كَثِيرٌ، قُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، قَالَ: أَعَاذَكَ اللهُ مِنْهُمْ... قُلْتُ: وَلِمَ تُهَرِيقُ عَبْرَتَكَ ؟ قَالَ: رَحْمَةً لَهُمْ، إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: تَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: اقْرَأْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْـزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ قَالَ: كَانَ هَؤُلَاءِ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ، فَزِيغَ بِهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ قُلْتُ: أَهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: تَفَرَّقَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، كُلُّهَا فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا السَّوَادَ الْأَعْظَمَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى جَنْبِي: يَا أَبَا أُمَامَةَ، أَمَا تَرَى السَّوَادَ الْأَعْظَمَ مَا يَصْنَعُونَ ؟ قَالَ: عَلَيْهِمْ مَا حُمِّلُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا السَّمْعُ وَالطَّاعَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ وَالْفُرْقَةِ، يَقْضُونَ لَنَا ثُمَّ يَقْتُلُونَنَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدَّثْتَ بِهِ شَيْئًا أَوْ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ تَقُولُهُ عَنْ رَأْيِكَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي إِذًا لَجَرِيءٌ أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، حَتَّى قَالُوا سَبْعًا

     ✧ I was in Damascus when seventy heads of the Haruriyyah were brought and set up. Abu Umamah ؓ came, entered the mosque, prayed two rak'ahs, then came out, stood over them, and began to shed tears for a while. Then he said: What does Iblis do to the people of Islam? three times. Then he said: O Abu Ghalib, you are in a land where its whims are many and its terrors are many. I said: Yes. He said: May Allah protect you from them... I said: Why do you shed tears? He said: Out of mercy for them, for they were from the people of Islam. Then he said: Do you recite Surah Al 'Imran? I said: Yes. He said: Recite this verse: It is He who sent down to you the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise. He said: These had deviation in their hearts, so they were led astray. Then he recited: On the day when faces turn white. I said: Are they these? He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The Children of Israel divided into seventy-one sects, all in the Fire except the main body. A man beside me said: O Abu Umamah, do you not see what the main body is doing? He said: Upon them is what they are burdened with, and upon you is what you are burdened with. If you obey him, you will be guided. Hearing and obedience are better than disobedience and division. They judge for us, then they kill us. I said to him: This hadith — did you narrate it from something, or did you hear it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, or do you say it from your own opinion? He said: Then I would be bold to narrate to you what I did not hear from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard it from him twice or three times, until they said seven.

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3555No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ فِي الْبَصْرَةِ زَمَنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، فَجِيءَ بِرُؤُوسِ الْخَوَارِجِ

     ✧ I was in Basra at the time of 'Abd al-Malik when the heads of the Khawarij were brought.

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3556No grade recorded

     تَفَرَّقَتْ أُمَّةُ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ مِلَّةً، سَبْعُونَ مِنْهَا فِي النَّارِ، وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَتَفَرَّقَتْ أُمَّةُ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، إِحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْهَا فِي النَّارِ، وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَتَعْلُو أُمَّتِي عَلَى الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا بِمِلَّةٍ: اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ فِي النَّارِ، وَوَاحِدَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، قَالُوا: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْجَمَاعَةُ

     ✧ The community of Moses ﷺ divided into seventy-one sects, seventy of them in the Fire and one in Paradise. The community of Jesus ﷺ divided into seventy-two sects, seventy-one of them in the Fire and one in Paradise. And my community will exceed the two communities together by one sect: seventy-two in the Fire and one in Paradise. They said: Who are they, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: The main body.

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3557No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي أُمَّتِي لَنَيِّفًا وَسَبْعِينَ دَاعِيًا، كُلُّهُمْ يَدْعُو إِلَى النَّارِ، لَوْ أَشَاءُ لَأَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِآبَائِهِمْ، وَقَبَائِلِهِمْ

     ✧ In my community there are more than seventy callers, all of them calling to the Fire. If I wished, I would inform you of their fathers and their tribes.

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3558No grade recorded

     صِنْفَانِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ: الْقَدَرِيَّةُ، وَالْمُرْجِئَةُ

     ✧ Two categories of my community will not enter Paradise: the Qadariyyah and the Murji'ah.

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3559No grade recorded

     صِنْفَانِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَا يَرِدُونَ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ: الْقَدَرِيَّةُ، وَالْمُرْجِئَةُ

     ✧ Two groups of my ummah will not come to the Pond: the Qadariyyah and the Murji'ah.

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3560No grade recorded

     يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: لِيَقُمْ خُصَمَاءُ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَهُمُ الْقَدَرِيَّةُ

     ✧ A caller will call out on the Day of Resurrection: 'Let the adversaries of Allah, the Exalted, stand up—and they are the Qadariyyah.'

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3561No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Musa narrated to us, Sulayman b. 'Abdullah al-Marwazi narrated to us, Baqiyyah b. al-Walid narrated to us, with this.:

161. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3562No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قَدِمَ وَفْدُ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ عَلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فِيهِمُ الْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، سَرَّحَهُمْ وَحَبَسَهُ عِنْدَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَتَدْرِي لِمَ حَبَسْتُكَ ؟ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَذَّرَنَا كُلَّ مُنَافِقٍ عَالِمِ اللِّسَانِ، وَإِنِّي تَخَوَّفْتُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ، وَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ، فَأَفْرِغْ مِنْ ضَيْعَتِكَ، وَالْحَقْ بِأَهْلِكَ

     ✧ When the delegation of the people of Basra came to 'Umar ؓ, among them al-Ahnaf b. Qays, he sent them off and kept him with him. Then he said: 'Do you know why I detained you? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ warned us against every hypocrite with a knowledgeable tongue. I feared that you might be one of them, and I hope that you are not one of them. So finish your business and rejoin your family.'

162. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3563No grade recorded

     الْقَصْدُ فِي السُّنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الِاجْتِهَادِ فِي الْبِدْعَةِ

     ✧ Moderation in the Sunnah is better than striving in innovation.

163. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3564No grade recorded

     مَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ عَامٍ إِلَّا أَحْدَثُوا فِيهِ بِدْعَةً، وَأَمَاتُوا فِيهِ سُنَّةً، حَتَّى تَحْيَى الْبِدَعُ، وَتَمُوتَ السُّنَنُ

     ✧ No year comes upon the people except that they introduce an innovation in it and kill a Sunnah in it, until innovations live and Sunnahs die.

164. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3565No grade recorded

     وَقَفَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَقُصُّ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ، لَقَدْ فَضَّلْتُمْ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عَلَنًا، وَلَقَدِ ابْتَدَعْتُمْ بِدْعَةً ظُلْمًا، اتَّبِعُوا وَلَا تَبْتَدِعُوا وَاللهِ لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمْ لَقَدْ سَبَقْتُمْ سَبْقًا بَيِّنًا، وَلَئِنِ ابْتَدَعْتُمْ لَقَدْ ظَلَمْتُمْ ظُلْمًا بَعِيدًا، أَوْ قَالَ: ضَلَلْتُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا

     ✧ Ibn Mas'ud ؓ stood over a group of people, some of them relating stories to others. He said: 'By Allah, you have certainly preferred the companions of Muhammad ﷺ openly, and you have certainly initiated an innovation wrongfully. Follow and do not innovate. By Allah, if you follow, you have certainly preceded with a clear precedence; and if you innovate, you have certainly wronged with a distant wrong'—or he said: 'you have gone astray with a distant straying.'

165. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3566No grade recorded

     وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَأَنَّمَا هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ. فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَعْهَدُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَتَّقُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَتَلْزَمُوا سُنَّتِي، وَسُنَّةَ الْخُلَفَاءِ الْهَادِيَةَ الْمَهْدِيَّةَ، عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ، وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا، وَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ admonished us with an admonition. A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this is as if it is the admonition of one bidding farewell. So what do you enjoin upon us?' He ﷺ said: 'I enjoin you to fear Allah, the Exalted, and to adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided, rightly-directed caliphs. Bite onto it with the molar teeth. And if a black slave is placed in authority over you, listen to him and obey. And every innovation is misguidance.'

166. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3567No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Al-Hasan b. Hammad narrated to us, Abu Usamah narrated to us, from 'Awf, with it.:

167. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3568No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ جَمَعَ النَّاسَ لِقُدُومِ الْوَفْدِ، فَقَالَ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ: انْظُرْ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَائْذَنْ لَهُمْ أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ الْقَرْنَ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، فَدَخَلُوا، فَصُفُّوا قُدَّامَهُ، فَنَظَرُوا فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ ضَخْمٌ عَلَيْهِ مُقَطَّعَةُ بُرُودٍ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِيهٍ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ: قَالَ الرَّجُلُ: إِيهٍ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أُفٍّ، قُمْ، فَقَامَ فَنَظَرَ، فَإِذَا الْأَشْعَرِيُّ رَجُلٌ خَفِيفُ الْجِسْمِ، قَصِيرٌ ثَبْطٌ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِيهٍ، فَقَالَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ: إِيهٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِيهٍ، فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: سَلْ وَافْتَحْ حَدِيثًا فَنُحَدِّثَكَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أُفٍّ، قُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكَ رَاعِي ضَأْنٍ، فَنَظَرَ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ أَبْيَضُ خَفِيفُ الْجِسْمِ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِيهٍ، فَوَثَبَ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَوَعَظَهُ بِاللهِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّكَ وُلِّيتَ أَمْرَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، فَاتَّقِ اللهَ تَعَالَى فِيمَا وُلِّيتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَأَهْلِ رَعِيَّتِكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ خَاصَّةً، فَإِنَّكَ مُحَاسَبٌ، وَمَسْئُولٌ عَمَّا اسْتَرْعَيْتَ، وَأَنْتَ أَمِينٌ، وَعَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُؤَدِّيَ مَا عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الْأَمَانَةِ، فَتُعْطَى أَجْرَكَ عَلَى قَدْرِ عَمَلِكَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: مَا صَدَقَنِي رَجُلٌ مُنْذُ اسْتُخْلِفْتُ غَيْرُكَ، مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، فَقَالَ: أَخُو الْمُهَاجِرِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَجَهَّزَ عُمَرُ ؓ جَيْشًا، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْظُرْ رَبِيعَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ، فَإِنْ يَكُ صَادِقًا فِيمَا قَالَ، فَإِنَّ عِنْدَهُ عَوْنًا عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ فَاسْتَعْمِلْهُ، ثُمَّ لَا يَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَيْكَ عَشْرٌ إِلَّا تَعَاهَدْتَ مِنْهُ عَمَلَهُ وَكَتَبْتَ إِلَيَّ بِسِيرَتِهِ فِي عَمَلِهِ، حَتَّى كَأَنِّي أَنَا الَّذِي اسْتَعْمَلْتُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا نَبِيُّنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخْشَى عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدِي مُنَافِقٌ عَالِمُ اللِّسَانِ

     ✧ 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ gathered the people for the arrival of the delegation. He said to Zayd b. Arqam: 'Look at the companions of Muhammad ﷺ and give them permission first, then the generation that follows them.' They entered and stood in rows before him. He looked and saw a huge man wearing a patched cloak. 'Umar ؓ gestured to him, so he came. 'Umar ؓ said: 'Eeh' three times. The man said: 'Eeh' three times. 'Umar ؓ said: 'Uff, stand up.' He stood up. He looked and saw al-Ash'ari, a man of light body, short and squat. He gestured to him, so he came. 'Umar ؓ said: 'Eeh.' Al-Ash'ari said: 'Eeh.' 'Umar ؓ said: 'Eeh.' He said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, ask and open a topic, and we will tell you.' 'Umar ؓ said: 'Uff, stand up, for a shepherd of sheep will never benefit you.' He looked and saw a white man of light body. He gestured to him, so he came. 'Umar ؓ said: 'Eeh.' He leaped up, praised Allah, the Exalted, extolled Him, and admonished him by Allah. Then he said: 'You have been placed in charge of the affair of this ummah. So fear Allah, the Exalted, in what you have been placed in charge of regarding the affair of this ummah and the people of your flock, especially in your own self. For you are accountable and will be questioned about what you were entrusted with, and you are a trustee. You must fulfill the trust that is upon you, so that you are given your reward according to the measure of your deeds.' 'Umar ؓ said: 'No man has spoken truthfully to me since I was made caliph except you. Who are you?' He said: 'I am al-Rabi' b. Ziyad.' He said: 'The brother of al-Muhajir b. Ziyad?' He said: 'Yes.' 'Umar ؓ equipped an army and appointed al-Ash'ari over them. Then he said: 'Look at Rabi' b. Ziyad. If he is truthful in what he said, then he has help in this matter, so appoint him. Then let not ten days pass without you checking on his work and writing to me about his conduct in his post, so that it is as if I myself appointed him.' Then 'Umar ؓ said: 'Our Prophet enjoined us, saying: "The most fearful thing I fear for you after me is a hypocrite with a knowledgeable tongue."'

168. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3569No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ ( نَاسٌ ) يُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدَّجَّالِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِقَوْمٍ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ بَعْدَمَا امْتُحِشُوا

     ✧ There will be people who deny the Dajjal, deny the rising of the sun from the west, deny the punishment of the grave, and deny people who will come out of the Fire after they have been burnt.

169. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3570No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدِي مُؤْمِنًا مُوقِنًا، وَلَا كَافِرًا مُعْلِنًا، فَأَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُوقِنُ فَيَحْجِزُهُ إِيمَانُهُ، وَأَمَّا الْمُعْلِنُ فَبِكُفْرِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدِي عَالِمًا لِسَانُهُ، جَاهِلًا قَلْبُهُ، يَقُولُ مَا تَعْرِفُونَ وَيَعْمَلُ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ

     ✧ After me, I do not fear for you a believer who is certain in faith, nor an open disbeliever. As for the believer who is certain, his faith restrains him; and as for the open disbeliever, his disbelief is clear. But I fear for you after me a man whose tongue is knowledgeable but whose heart is ignorant—he says what you recognize and does what you disapprove of.

170. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3571No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي حَلْقَةٍ: أَيُّكُمْ يُحَدِّثُنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: أَنَا، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَسْتُ أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي مُؤْمِنًا، وَلَا كَافِرًا، أَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُ فَيَمْنَعُهُ إِيمَانُهُ، وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيَمْنَعُهُ كُفْرُهُ، وَلَكِنَّ رَجُلًا بَيْنَهُمَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، حَتَّى إِذَا ذَلِقَ بِهِ يَتَأَوَّلُهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ تَأْوِيلِهِ، فَقَالَ مَا تَعْلَمُونَ، وَعَمِلَ مَا تُنْكِرُونَ فَضَلَّ وَأَضَلَّ

     ✧ A man in Madinah said in a gathering: 'Which of you will narrate to me a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' Ali ؓ said to him: 'I will. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "I do not fear for my Ummah a believer or a disbeliever. As for the believer, his faith will restrain him, and as for the disbeliever, his disbelief will restrain him. But I fear for a man between them who recites the Quran until, when it becomes smooth on his tongue, he interprets it in a way other than its true interpretation. He says, 'What do you know?' and does what you condemn, and thus he goes astray and leads others astray."'

171. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3572No grade recorded

     مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ حَدَثًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَمَا الْحَدَثُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ، أَوْ أَمْثَلَ مَثُلَةً بِغَيْرِ قَوَدٍ، أَوِ ابْتَدَعَ بِدْعَةً بِغَيْرِ سُنَّةٍ قَالَ: وَالْعَدْلُ: الْفِدْيَةُ، وَالصَّرْفُ: التَّوْبَةُ

     ✧ Whoever introduces into Islam a new thing, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people. Neither sarf nor 'adl will be accepted from him. It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is the hadath (new thing)?' He ﷺ said: 'Whoever kills a soul without a soul, or mutilates without just retaliation, or innovates a bid'ah without a Sunnah.' He said: 'Al-'adl is the ransom, and al-sarf is repentance.'

172. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3573No grade recorded

     إِنَّ قَتَادَةَ، جَاءَ إِلَيْهِ لِيَجْلِسَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنْ جَلَسْتَ قُمْتُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّهُ فَقِيهٌ، قَالَ: إِبْلِيسُ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ، إِذْ قَالَ: رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي

     ✧ Indeed Qatadah came to him to sit, so he said to him: 'If you sit, I will stand up.' They said: 'O Abu Muhammad, he is a faqih (jurist).' He said: 'Iblis is more of a faqih than him, since he said: "My Lord, because You have sent me astray."'

173. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3574No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ يُعْبَدُ تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ، أَبْغَضُ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ هَوًى مُتَّبَعٍ

     ✧ There is nothing worshipped beneath the shade of the sky more hateful to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, than a followed whim.

174. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3575No grade recorded

     يَا نَافِعُ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ سَبِيلِ الْحَاجِّ، قَالَ: وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَمَا ضَعُفَ بَصَرُهُ، فَفَعَلَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِ الْمَحَامِلِ فَقَالَ: رَحِمَكُمُ اللهُ مَا أَنْعَمَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِ الْجَوَالِيقِ السُّودِ عَلَيْهَا الرِّجَالُ، فَقَالَ: ( أَنْتُمُ الْحُجَّاجُ ) لَعَلِّي لَا أَلْقَاكُمْ بَعْدَ عَامِي هَذَا، فَاسْمَعُوا مِنِّي حَدِيثًا أُحَدِّثُكُمُوهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَهْلُ قِبْلَتِنَا مُؤْمِنُونَ لَا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ إِلَّا الْبَابُ الَّذِي دَخَلُوا فِيهِ مِنْهُ

     ✧ O Nafi', bring me close to the road of the pilgrims. He said: That was after his eyesight had weakened. So he did so, and he looked at the owners of the litters and said: 'May Allah have mercy on you, how comfortable you are!' Then he looked at the owners of the black sacks with men on them and said: 'You are the pilgrims. Perhaps I will not meet you after this year of mine, so listen to a hadith from me that I narrate to you from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The people of our Qiblah are believers; nothing removes them from faith except the door through which they entered it."'

175. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3576No grade recorded

     يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِالرَّجْمِ وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدَّجَّالِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِالشَّفَاعَةِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِقَوْمٍ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ بَعْدَمَا امْتُحِشُوا

     ✧ O people, there will be a people from this Ummah who deny stoning (rajm), deny the Dajjal, deny the rising of the sun from its west, deny the punishment of the grave, deny intercession, and deny a people who will come out of the Fire after they have been burned to cinders.

176. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3577No grade recorded

     وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِالْقَدَرِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِالْحَوْضِ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الدَّجَّالَ وَلَا طُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ وَلَا عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ

     ✧ And they deny divine decree (qadar), and they deny the Basin (al-Hawd), and he did not mention the Dajjal, nor the rising of the sun, nor the punishment of the grave.

177. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3578No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ مِثْلَ الْأَوَّلِ إِلَّا طُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ وَعَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ. ( 117 ) وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ؓ فِي ذَلِكَ مَرَّ فِي افْتِرَاقِ الْأُمَمِ.::

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Hudbah narrated to us, Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn Zayd, similar to the first except the rising of the sun and the punishment of the grave. (117) And the hadith of Abu Umamah ؓ regarding that has passed in the section on the splitting of nations.::

178. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3579No grade recorded

     مَرَّ رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا فِيهِ وَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ ؟ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: أَنَا، فَانْطَلَقَ فَوَجَدَهُ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي قَدْ خَطَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ خِطَّةً، فَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُ لَمَّا رَآهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَنَا، فَذَهَبَ فَرَآهُ فِي خُطَّتِهِ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي فَرَجَعَ وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ: مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: أَنَا فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَنْتَ وَلَا أَرَاكَ تُدْرِكُهُ قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ

     ✧ A man passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they spoke about him and praised him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who will kill him?' Abu Bakr ؓ said: 'I will.' He went and found him standing praying, having drawn a line around himself. Abu Bakr ؓ returned and did not kill him when he saw him in that state. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who will kill him?' 'Umar ؓ said: 'I will.' He went and saw him in his line, standing praying, so he returned and did not kill him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Who will kill him?' 'Ali ؓ said: 'I will.' He ﷺ said: 'You will not reach him.' He said: He went and found that he had gone.

179. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3580No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Khaythamah narrated to us, Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us with this.:

180. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3581No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ رَجُلٌ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَهُ نِكَايَةٌ فِي الْعَدُوِّ وَاجْتِهَادٌ، فَقَالَ: لَا أَعْرِفُ هَذَا قَالُوا: بَلَى، نَعْتُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: لَا أَعْرِفُهُ، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ طَلَعَ الرَّجُلُ، فَقَالُوا: هُوَ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: قَالَ ﷺ: مَا كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُ هَذَا، ( هُوَ أَوَّلُ ) قَرْنٍ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي أُمَّتِي إِنَّ فِيهِ لَسَفْعَةً مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَلَمَّا دَنَا الرَّجُلُ سَلَّمَ فَرَدُّوا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَنْشُدُكَ بِاللهِ هَلْ حَدَّثْتَ نَفْسَكَ حِينَ طَلَعْتَ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ لَيْسَ فِي الْقَوْمِ أَحَدٌ أَفْضَلَ ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَصَلَّى، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: قُمْ فَاقْتُلْهُ، فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَوَجَدَهُ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّ لِلصَّلَاةِ حُرْمَةً وَحَقًّا، وَلَوْ أَنِّي اسْتَأْمَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَقَتَلْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: لَا، رَأَيْتُهُ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي، وَرَأَيْتُ لِلصَّلَاةِ حُرْمَةً وَحَقًّا، إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ قَتَلْتُهُ، قَالَ ﷺ: لَسْتَ بِصَاحِبِهِ، اذْهَبْ يَا عُمَرُ فَاقْتُلْهُ فَدَخَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا هُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَانْتَظَرَهُ طَوِيلًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ فِي نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّ لِلسُّجُودِ حَقًّا، فَلَوْ أَنِّي اسْتَأْمَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَدِ اسْتَأْمَرَهُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَقَتَلْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: لَا، رَأَيْتُهُ سَاجِدًا، وَرَأَيْتُ لِلسُّجُودِ حَقًّا، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ قَتَلْتُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: لَسْتَ بِصَاحِبِهِ قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُهُ إِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ، فَوَصَلَ فَوَجَدَهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَقَتَلْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَوْ قُتِلَ مَا اخْتَلَفَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي حَتَّى الدَّجَّالِ

     ✧ A man was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who had effectiveness against the enemy and was diligent. He said: 'I do not know this one.' They said: 'Yes, we describe him as such and such.' He said: 'I do not know him.' While we were thus, the man appeared, and they said: 'This is he, O Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said: 'I did not know this one. He is the first horn I have seen in my Ummah. Indeed, in him is a touch from the devil.' When the man drew near, he greeted, and they returned the greeting. He said to him: 'I adjure you by Allah, did you say to yourself when you appeared to us that there is no one among the people better than you?' He said: 'O Allah, yes.' He said: Then he entered the mosque and prayed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr: 'Arise and kill him.' Abu Bakr ؓ entered and found him standing praying. Abu Bakr said to himself: 'Indeed, prayer has sanctity and a right, and if only I could consult the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He came to him, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Did you kill him?' He ؓ said: 'No, I saw him standing praying, and I saw that prayer has sanctity and a right. If you wish, I will kill him.' He ﷺ said: 'You are not the one for him. Go, O 'Umar, and kill him.' 'Umar ؓ entered the mosque and found him prostrating. He waited for a long time, then 'Umar ؓ said to himself: 'Indeed, prostration has a right, and if only I could consult the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for someone better than me has already consulted him.' He came to the Prophet ﷺ, who said: 'Did you kill him?' He ؓ said: 'No, I saw him prostrating, and I saw that prostration has a right. If you wish, I will kill him.' He ﷺ said: 'You are not the one for him. Arise, O 'Ali, you are the one for him if you find him.' He went and found that he had left the mosque. He returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: 'Did you kill him?' He said: 'No.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If he had been killed, no two men of my Ummah would have differed until the Dajjal.'

181. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3582No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ السَّمْتِ، ذَكَرُوا مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَمْرًا حَسَنًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنِّي أَرَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ سَفْعَةً مِنَ النَّارِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى فَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ ﷺ: بِاللهِ - أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ -: هَلْ قُلْتَ فِي نَفْسِكَ إِنَّكَ أَفْضَلُ الْقَوْمِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ طَلَعَ قَرْنُ هَذَا وَأَصْحَابُهُ مِنْهُمْ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: أَفَلَا أَقْتُلُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: بَلَى فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ نَحْوَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ بِاخْتِصَارٍ. وَآخِرُهُ فَانْطَلَقَ عَلِيٌّ رِضْوَانُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ وَذَكَرَ مَا بَعْدَهُ

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ when a man of good appearance approached. They mentioned something good about him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I see on his face a touch from the Fire.' When he came and greeted, he ﷺ said: 'By Allah - I think he said - have you said to yourself that you are the best of the people?' He said: 'Yes.' When he left, the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Indeed, the horn of this one has appeared, and his companions are from among them.' Abu Bakr ؓ said: 'Shall I not kill him, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ said: 'Yes.' Then he mentioned the hadith similar to what preceded, in brief. And at its end: 'Ali, ؓ, went but did not find him, and he mentioned what came after.'

182. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3583No grade recorded

     يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ يُسَمَّوْنَ الرَّافِضَةَ، يَرْفُضُونَ الْإِسْلَامَ، وَيَلْفِظُونَهُ، قَاتِلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ

     ✧ In the end of time there will be a people called al-Rafidah; they reject Islam and cast it off. Fight them, for they are polytheists.

183. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3584No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ، بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Zuhayr narrated to us, Hashim narrated to us, with this.:

184. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3585No grade recorded

     نَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَقَالَ: هَذَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ قَوْمًا يَعْلَمُونَ الْإِسْلَامَ، ثُمَّ يَرْفُضُونَهُ، لَهُمْ نَبَزٌ، يُسَمَّوْنَ الرَّافِضَةَ، مَنْ لَقِيَهُمْ فَلْيَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ looked at 'Ali ؓ and said: This one is in Paradise. Among his followers are a people who know Islam, then reject it; they have a nickname, they are called al-Rafidah. Whoever meets them should know that they are polytheists.

185. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3586No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا ؓ: هَلْ فِي الْمُصَلِّينَ مِنْ طَوَاغِيتَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَسَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ فِيهِمْ مُشْرِكٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَا

     ✧ I asked Jabir ؓ: Are there any tyrants among the people who pray? He said: No. And I asked him: Is there any polytheist among them? He said: No.

186. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3587No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا ؓ وَهُوَ مُجَاوِرٌ بِمَكَّةَ، وَكَانَ نَازِلًا فِي بَنِي فِهْرٍ، فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ: هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تَدْعُونَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقِبْلَةِ مُشْرِكًا ؟ فَقَالَ: مَعَاذَ اللهِ وَفَزِعَ لِذَلِكَ، قُلْتُ: هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تَدْعُونَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ كَافِرًا ؟ قَالَ: لَا

     ✧ I asked Jabir ؓ while he was living in Makkah, and he was staying with Banu Fihr. A man asked him: Did you used to call anyone from the people of the Qiblah a polytheist? He said: God forbid! And he was alarmed by that. I said: Did you used to call anyone among them an unbeliever? He said: No.

187. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3588No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ، إِنَّ نَاسًا يَشْهَدُونَ عَلَيْنَا بِالْكُفْرِ وَالشِّرْكِ ؟ قَالَ أَنَسٌ ؓ: أُولَئِكَ شَرُّ الْخَلْقِ وَالْخَلِيقَةِ

     ✧ I said to him: O Abu Hamzah, some people testify against us of unbelief and polytheism. Anas ؓ said: Those are the worst of creation and creatures.

188. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3589No grade recorded

     وَيْلٌ لِلْمُتَأَلِّينَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: فُلَانٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فُلَانٌ فِي النَّارِ

     ✧ Woe to those among my nation who make pronouncements, saying: So-and-so is in Paradise, so-and-so is in Hell.

189. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3590No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ بِهِ.:

     ✧ Mu'tamir narrated to us, Layth narrated to us with it.:

190. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3591No grade recorded

     مَنْ تَأَلَّى عَلَى عَبْدِي، أَدْخَلْتُ عَبْدِي الْجَنَّةَ وَأَدْخَلْتُهُ النَّارَ

     ✧ Whoever makes a pronouncement about My servant, I will admit My servant to Paradise and admit him to Hell.

191. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3592No grade recorded

     يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ، إِنَّهُ لَيَعْتَرِضُ فِي صَدْرِي الشَّيْءُ وَوَدِدْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ حُمَمًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي قَدْ يَأَّسَ الشَّيْطَانَ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ بِأَرْضِكُمْ هَذِهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدْ رَضِيَ بِالْمُحَقَّرَاتِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ

     ✧ O Messenger of God, by the One who sent you with the truth, something comes into my chest and I wish I were charcoal. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Praise be to God, who has made Satan despair of being worshipped in this land of yours ever again, but he is satisfied with the trivial acts of your deeds.

192. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3593No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ: إِنَّ أَحَدَنَا يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ بِشَيْءٍ، لَوْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ذَهَبَتْ آخِرَتُهُ، وَلَوْ ظَهَرَ عَلَيْهِ لَقُتِلَ، قَالَ: فَكَبَّرَتْ ؓ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: سُئِلَ عَنْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا يُخْتَبَرُ الْمُؤْمِنُ

     ✧ A man said to 'A'ishah ؓ: One of us speaks to himself about something, that if he uttered it his hereafter would be gone, and if it became apparent he would be killed. She said: She said Allahu Akbar ؓ three times, then said: The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked about it, and he said Allahu Akbar three times, then said: The believer is only tested.

193. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3594No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَامَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي صَدْرِي شَيْئًا، لَوْ أَبْدَيْتُهُ لَهَلَكْتُ، أَفَهَالِكٌ أَنَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى تَجَاوُزَ لِأُمَّتِي عَمَّا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا، مَا لَمْ تَكَلَّمْ، أَوْ تَعْمَلْ

     ✧ A man stood up to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God ﷺ, there is something in my chest, that if I revealed it I would perish; am I destroyed? He ﷺ said: No, God Almighty has pardoned my nation for what their souls whisper, as long as they do not speak or act.

194. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3595No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ: إِنِّي مُؤْمِنٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَقُلْ: إِنِّي فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَقَالَ: آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ، وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ، وَكُتُبِهِ، وَرُسُلِهِ

     ✧ A man said in the presence of ‘Abdullāh: “I am a believer.” So ‘Abdullāh said to him: “Then say: ‘I am in Paradise.’” He said: “I believe in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers.”

195. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3596No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِرَأْيِهِ، وَمَنْ قَالَ: أَنَا عَالِمٌ، فَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ، وَمَنْ قَالَ: إِنِّي فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ

     ✧ The thing I fear most for you is a man’s admiration of his own opinion. Whoever says, ‘I am a scholar,’ he is ignorant. Whoever says, ‘I am in Paradise,’ he is in the Fire.

196. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3597No grade recorded

     مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُؤْمِنٌ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ، وَمَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ، وَمَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ عَالِمٌ فَهُوَ جَاهِلٌ، قَالَ: فَنَازَعَهُ رَجُلٌ قَالَ: إِنْ تَذْهَبُوا بِالسُّلْطَانِ فَإِنَّ لَنَا الْجَنَّةَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ

     ✧ Whoever claims that he is a believer, he is a disbeliever. Whoever claims that he is in Paradise, he is in the Fire. Whoever claims that he is a scholar, he is ignorant. He said: Then a man disputed with him, saying: “If you take authority, then we have Paradise.” He said: ‘Umar ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever claims that he is in Paradise, he is in the Fire.”

197. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3598No grade recorded

     لَا يَتِمُّ إِيمَانُ الْمَرْءِ حَتَّى يَسْتَثْنِيَ فِي كُلِّ حَدِيثِهِ، أَوْ قَالَ: فِي كَلَامِهِ

     ✧ A man’s faith is not complete until he makes an exception in all his speech—or he said: in his words.

198. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3599No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الشِّيعَةَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ مَبْعُوثٌ ؟ فَقَالَ: كَذَبُوا، مَا أُولَئِكَ بِشِيعَةٍ، لَوْ كَانَ مَبْعُوثًا مَا زَوَّجْنَا نِسَاءَهُ، وَلَا قَسَمْنَا مِيرَاثَهُ

     ✧ I said to al-Ḥasan b. ‘Alī ؓ: “These Shī‘ah claim that ‘Alī ؓ will be resurrected?” He said: “They have lied. Those are not Shī‘ah. If he were to be resurrected, we would not have married his wives or divided his inheritance.”

199. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3600No grade recorded

     مَنْ وَعَدَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى عَمَلٍ ثَوَابًا فَهُوَ مُنْجِزُهُ لَهُ، وَمَنْ وَعَدَهُ عَلَى عَمَلٍ عِقَابًا فَهُوَ فِيهِ بِالْخِيَارِ

     ✧ Whatever Allah, Mighty and Majestic, promises as a reward for a deed, He will fulfill it for him. Whatever He promises as a punishment for a deed, He has the choice in it.

200. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3601No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: لآتِيَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَمَائِلِهِمْ قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَقُولَ: مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ، عَلِمَ أَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَوْقَهُمْ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Exalted is He: “I will come to them from before them and from behind them and from their right and from their left,” he said: Ibn ‘Abbās ؓ said: “He was not able to say: ‘from above them,’ because he knew that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is above them.”

201. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3602No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ، مِنَ الْمُفَسِّرِينَ يَقُولُ: الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى ارْتَفَعَ

     ✧ I heard more than one of the commentators say: “The Most Merciful rose over the Throne” means He ascended.

202. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3603No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَمَّا خَلَقَ الصُّورَ أَعْطَاهُ إِسْرَافِيلَ، فَهُوَ وَاضِعُهُ عَلَى فِيهِ، شَاخِصٌ إِلَى الْعَرْشِ، يَنْتَظِرُ حَتَّى يُؤْمَرَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ فِيهِ: ثُمَّ يَضَعُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَرْشَهُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ، وَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَرْبَعَةٌ: أَقْدَامُهُمْ عَلَى تُخُومِ الْأَرْضِ السُّفْلَى، وَالْأَرَضُونَ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ عَلَى عَجُزِهِمْ، وَالْعَرْشُ عَلَى مَنَاكِبِهِمْ، لَهُمْ زَجَلٌ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ، وَتَسْبِيحُهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ ذِي الْمَلَكُوتِ، سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ، سُبْحَانَ الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُمِيتُ الْخَلَائِقَ وَلَا يَمُوتُ، سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ، قُدُّوسٌ قُدُّوسٌ، سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى، سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمُلْكِ وَالْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ، وَالْعَظَمَةِ، سُبْحَانَهُ أَبَدَ الْأَبَدِ

     ✧ When Allah, Blessed and Exalted, created the Trumpet, He gave it to Isrāfīl, and he is holding it to his mouth, his eyes fixed on the Throne, waiting until he is commanded—and he mentioned the ḥadīth. He said in it: Then Allah, Exalted is He, will place His Throne wherever He wills on the earth, and eight will carry His Throne that day, whereas today they are four: their feet are at the boundary of the lowest earth, and the earths and the heavens are above their haunches, and the Throne is upon their shoulders. They have a loud voice in glorification, and their glorification is to say: “Glory be to the King, Owner of the dominion. Glory be to the Owner of the Throne, Owner of might. Glory be to the Living who does not die. Glory be to the One who causes creatures to die and does not die. All-Glorious, All-Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit. All-Holy, All-Holy. Glory be to my Lord, the Most High. Glory be to the Owner of dominion, might, pride, and greatness. Glory be to Him forever and ever.”

203. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3604No grade recorded

     إِنَّ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْيَاءَ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ: أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ حَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ مَنْ هُمْ ؟ وَعَنْ مَنِيِّ الرَّجُلِ وَمَنِيِّ الْمَرْأَةِ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَمَّا حَمَلَةُ الْعَرْشِ فَإِنَّ الْهَوَامَّ تَحْمِلُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا، وَالْبَحْرَةُ الَّتِي فِي الشَّمْسِ مِنْ عَرَقِهِمْ، وَمَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ غَلِيظٌ، وَمَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ رَقِيقٌ، وَذَكَرَ الثَّالِثَةَ، فَقَالُوا: نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ، هَكَذَا نَجِدُهُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ

     ✧ A group of Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “We ask you about three things that no one knows except a prophet: tell us about the bearers of the Throne—who are they? And about the semen of a man and the semen of a woman?” He ﷺ said: “As for the bearers of the Throne, vermin carry it with their horns, and the spot in the sun is from their sweat. The semen of a man is white and thick, and the semen of a woman is yellow and thin.” And he mentioned the third, so they said: “We bear witness that you are a prophet. This is how we find it in the Torah.”

204. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3605No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى احْتَجَبَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ بِأَرْبَعٍ: بِنُورٍ، ثُمَّ ظُلْمَةٍ، ثُمَّ بِنَارٍ، ثُمَّ ظُلْمَةٍ، أَوْ بِنَارٍ، ثُمَّ ظُلْمَةٍ، ثُمَّ نُورٍ، ثُمَّ ظُلْمَةٍ

     ✧ Allah, Blessed and Exalted, veiled Himself from His creation with four things: with light, then darkness, then fire, then darkness—or with fire, then darkness, then light, then darkness.

205. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3606No grade recorded

     دُونَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ حِجَابٍ مِنْ نُورٍ، لَا يَسْمَعُ أَحَدٌ حِسَّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْحُجُبِ إِلَّا زَهَقَتْ نَفْسُهُ

     ✧ Below Allah, Blessed and Exalted, are seventy thousand veils of light. No one hears the sound of any of those veils except that his soul departs.

206. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3607No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الزِّمَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَعَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلٍ ؓ بِهِ

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-Zimmani narrated to us, Makki b. Ibrahim narrated to us, Musa b. 'Ubaydah narrated to us, from 'Umar b. al-Hakam, from 'Abdullah b. 'Amr, and from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ؓ with it.

207. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3608No grade recorded

     أَنْشَدَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ أَبْيَاتًا، فَقَالَ ؓ: شَهِدْتُ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولٌ فَوْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ عَلُ وَإِنَّ أَبَا يَحْيَى وَيَحْيَى كِلَاهُمَا لَهُ عَمَلٌ فِي دِينِهِ مُتَقَبَّلُ وَإِنَّ أَخَا الْأَحْقَافِ إِذْ قَامَ فِيهِمْ يَقُومُ بِذَاتِ اللهِ فِيهِمْ وَيَعْدِلُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: وَأَنَا

     ✧ Hassan b. Thabit ؓ recited some verses, and he ؓ said: 'I bear witness, by Allah's permission, that Muhammad is the Messenger above the heavens from on high. And that Abu Yahya and Yahya, both of them have an accepted deed in his religion. And that the brother of al-Ahqaf, when he stood among them, he stands with the essence of Allah among them, and he is just.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'And I.'

208. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3609No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْكِي عَنْ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، قَالَ: وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: هَلْ يَنَامُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ؟ فَأَرْسَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكًا، فَأَرَّقَهُ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ أَعْطَاهُ قَارُورَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ يَدٍ قَارُورَةٌ، وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَحْتَفِظَ بِهِمَا، قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ يَنَامُ، وَتَكَادُ يَدَاهُ يَلْتَقِيَانِ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ، فَيَحْبِسُ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَنِ الْأُخْرَى، حَتَّى نَامَ نَوْمَةً، فَاصْطَفَقَتْ يَدَاهُ، فَانْكَسَرَتِ الْقَارُورَتَانِ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ مَثَلًا: إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَوْ كَانَ يَنَامُ، لَمْ تَسْتَمْسِكِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ relating about Moses (peace and blessings be upon him) on the pulpit. He said: 'It occurred in the mind of Moses (peace and blessings be upon him): Does Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sleep? So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sent an angel to him, and kept him awake for three nights. Then He gave him two glass bottles, in each hand a bottle, and commanded him to keep them safe.' He said: 'So he began to doze, and his hands were about to meet, then he would wake up and hold one back from the other, until he slept a sleep and his hands struck together, and the two bottles broke.' He said: 'So Allah, Exalted, struck for him a parable: If Allah, Mighty and Majestic, were to sleep, the heavens and the earth would not remain firm.'

209. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3610No grade recorded

     إِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ قَعَدَ لِابْنِ آدَمَ بِأَطْرُقِهِ، فَقَعَدَ لَهُ بِطَرِيقِ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ: أَتُسْلِمُ وَتَتْرُكُ دِينَكَ، وَأَهْلَكَ، وَوَلَدَكَ، وَمَوْلِدَكَ ؟ فَعَصَاهُ فَأَسْلَمَ، فَقَعَدَ لَهُ بِطَرِيقِ الْهِجْرَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَتُهَاجِرُ، وَإِنَّمَا الْهِجْرَةُ كَالْفَرَسِ فِي طُولِهِ، لَا يَرِيمُ، فَعَصَاهُ فَهَاجَرَ، فَقَعَدَ لَهُ بِطَرِيقِ الْجِهَادِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَتُجَاهِدُ - إِنَّمَا الْجِهَادُ كَاسْمِهِ، يَجْهَدُ الْمَالَ وَالنَّفْسَ - فَتُقَاتِلُ فَتُقْتَلَ فَتُنْكَحَ الْمَرْأَةُ وَيُقْسَّمَ الْمَالُ ؟ فَعَصَاهُ، فَجَاهَدَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالُ، فَهُوَ مَضْمُونٌ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ أَوْ غَرِقَ أَوِ احْتَرَقَ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ Indeed, Iblis sat in wait for the son of Adam on all his paths. He sat for him on the path of Islam and said: 'Will you submit and abandon your religion, your family, your children, and your birthplace?' But he disobeyed him and submitted. Then he sat for him on the path of emigration and said to him: 'Will you emigrate? Emigration is like a horse in its length, it does not move.' But he disobeyed him and emigrated. Then he sat for him on the path of jihad and said to him: 'Will you fight? Jihad is as its name implies, it exhausts wealth and self. You will fight and be killed, and your wife will be married and your wealth divided.' But he disobeyed him and fought. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever has these qualities is guaranteed by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, that if he dies, is killed, drowns, or burns, Allah, Exalted, will admit him to Paradise.'