32. ✧ Heart-softening traditions

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3721No grade recorded

   « إِذَا بَلَغَ الْعَبْدُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُمُرِ ».. أَوْ قَالَ: « أَبْلَغَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُمُرِ

   ✧ "When a servant reaches sixty years of age, Allah Most High has excused Himself to him regarding his lifespan." Or he said: "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has conveyed to him regarding his lifespan."

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3722No grade recorded

   قِيلَ لَهُ: مَا تُحِبُّ لِمَنْ تُحِبُّ ؟ قَالَ: الْمَوْتَ، قَالَ: فَإِنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ ؟ قَالَ: يَقِلُّ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ

   ✧ He was asked: What do you wish for the one you love? He said: Death. He was asked: And if he does not die? He said: That his wealth and children become few.

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3723No grade recorded

   « قَالَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ، وَأَحْبِبْ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ فَإِنَّكَ مُفَارِقُهُ، وَاعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّكَ لَاقِيهِ

   ✧ "Jibril ﷺ said to me: 'O Muhammad, live as long as you wish, for you will die; love whom you wish, for you will part from him; and do what you wish, for you will meet it.'"

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3724No grade recorded

   « تُحْفَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمَوْتُ

   ✧ "The gift of the believer is death."

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3725No grade recorded

   وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، ثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ بِهِ.:

   ✧ Abu Yala said: Abu Hammam narrated to us, Muawiyah b. Amr narrated to me, Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us with it.

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3726No grade recorded

   « عَجَبًا لِغَافِلٍ وَلَا يُغْفَلُ عَنْهُ، وَعَجَبًا لِطَالِبِ دُنْيَا وَالْمَوْتُ يَطْلُبُهُ، وَعَجَبًا لِضَاحِكٍ مِلْءَ فِيهِ وَلَا يَدْرِي أَرْضَى اللهَ أَمْ أَسْخَطَهُ

   ✧ "How amazing is the heedless one from whom heedlessness is never lifted, and how amazing is the seeker of this world while death seeks him, and how amazing is the one who laughs with his mouth wide open while he does not know whether he has pleased Allah or angered Him."

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3727No grade recorded

   تُوُفِّيَتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَضْحَكُونَ مِنْهَا، فَقَالَ فُلَانٌ: وَيْحَهَا ; قَدِ اسْتَرَاحَتْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « إِنَّمَا يَسْتَرِيحُ مَنْ غُفِرَ لَهُ

   ✧ A woman died and the Companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ used to laugh about her. A certain person said: 'Woe to her; she has found rest.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Only the one who is forgiven finds rest.'

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3728No grade recorded

   « أَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْيَسُ ؟ » قَالُوا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: « أَكْيَسُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ ذِكْرًا، وَأَحْسَنُهُمْ لَهُ اسْتِعْدَادًا

   ✧ 'Which of the believers is most astute?' They said: 'God and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'The most astute of believers is the one who remembers death most and is best prepared for it.'

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3729No grade recorded

   « أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَكْيَسُ ؟ » قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ ﷺ: « إِنَّ أَكْيَسَ النَّاسِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ ذِكْرًا، وَأَحْسَنُهُمْ لِلهِ اسْتِعْدَادًا

   ✧ 'Which of the people is most astute?' I said: 'God and His Messenger know best.' He ﷺ said: 'The most astute of people is the one who remembers death most and is best prepared for God.'

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3730No grade recorded

    « لِيَتَّخِذْ أَحَدُكُمْ لِسَانًا ذَاكِرًا، أَوْ قَلْبًا شَاكِرًا، أَوْ زَوْجَةً مُؤْمِنَةً تُعِينُهُ عَلَى إِيمَانِهِ، أَوْ تُعِينُ أَحَدَكُمْ عَلَى إِيمَانِهِ

    ✧ 'Let one of you adopt a remembering tongue, or a grateful heart, or a believing wife who helps him in his faith—or helps one of you in his faith.'

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3731No grade recorded

    تَلِدُونَ لِلْمَوْتِ وَتَعْمُرُونَ لِلْخَرَابِ، وَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى مَا يَفْنَى، وَتَذَرُونَ مَا يَبْقَى، أَلَا حَبَّذَا إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الثَّلَاثِ: الْمَوْتُ، وَالْمَرَضُ، وَالْفَقْرُ

    ✧ 'You give birth for death and build for ruin, and you are eager for what perishes and abandon what remains. How welcome to you are these three: death, illness, and poverty.'

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3732No grade recorded

    قَالَ عِيسَى بْنُ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: « يَا بَنِي آدَمَ، لِدُوا لِلْمَوْتِ وَابْنُوا لِلْخَرَابِ، تَفْنَى أَرْوَاحُكُمْ، وَتَبْقَى دِيَارُكُمْ

    ✧ Jesus son of Mary ﷺ said: 'O children of Adam, give birth for death and build for ruin. Your souls perish while your dwellings remain.'

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3733No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ: إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ الْحَدِيثِ كَلَامُ اللهِ، وَأَوْثَقَ الْعُرَى كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى، وَخَيْرَ الْمِلَلِ مِلَّةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَأَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ، وَأَحْسَنَ السُّنَنِ سُنَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَأَشْرَفَ الْحَدِيثِ ذِكْرُ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَخَيْرَ الْأُمُورِ عَزَائِمُهَا، وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا، وَأَحْسَنَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، وَأَشْرَفَ الْمَوْتِ قَتْلُ الشُّهَدَاءِ، وَأَغْيَرَ الضَّلَالَةِ الضَّلَالَةُ بَعْدَ الْهُدَى، وَخَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ أَوِ الْعِلْمِ - شَكَّ بِشْرٌ - مَا نَفَعَ، وَخَيْرَ الْهُدَى مَا اتُّبِعَ، وَشَرَّ الْعَمَى عَمَى الْقَلْبِ، وَالْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَدِ السُّفْلَى، وَمَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى، وَنَفْسٌ تُنْجِيهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ إِمَارَةٍ لَا تُحْصِيهَا، وَشَرُّ الْغِيلَةِ الْغِيلَةُ عِنْدَ حَضْرَةِ الْمَوْتِ، وَشَرُّ النَّدَامَةِ نَدَامَةُ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ لَا يَأْتِي الْجُمُعَةَ أَوِ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا دُبُرًا، وَلَا يَذْكُرُ اللهَ تَعَالَى إِلَّا هُجْرًا، وَأَعْظَمُ الْخَطَايَا اللِّسَانُ الْكَذُوبُ، وَخَيْرُ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ، وَخَيْرُ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَى، وَرَأْسُ الْحِكْمَةِ مَخَافَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَخَيْرُ مَا أُلْقِيَ فِي الْقَلْبِ الْيَقِينُ، وَالرَّيْبُ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ، وَالنَّوْحُ مِنْ عَمَلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَالْغُلُولُ مِنْ جَمْرِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَالْكَنْزُ كَيٌّ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَالشِّعْرُ مَزَامِيرُ إِبْلِيسَ، وَالْخَمْرُ جِمَاعُ الْإِثْمِ، وَالنِّسَاءُ حَبَائِلُ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَالشَّبَابُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الْجُنُونِ، وَشَرُّ الْمَكَاسِبِ مَكَاسِبُ الرِّبَا، وَشَرُّ الْمَآكِلِ مَأْكَلُ مَالِ الْيَتَامَى، وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ، وَالشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ، وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ مَا قَنَعَتْ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ، وَإِنَّمَا يَصِيرُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ أَرْبَعَةِ أَذْرُعٍ، وَخَيْرُ الْأَمْرِ نَاجِزُهُ، وَأَمْلَكُ الْعَمَلِ خَوَاتِمُهُ، وَشَرُّ الرَّوَايَا رَوَايَا الْكَذِبِ، وَكُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ، وَسِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ، وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ، وَأَكْلُ لَحْمِهِ مِنْ مَعَاصِي اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَلَحُرْمَةُ مَالِهِ كَحُرْمَةِ دَمِهِ، وَمَنْ يَتَأَلَّ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى يُكَذِّبْهُ، وَمَنْ يَغْفِرْ يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يَعْفُ يَعْفُ اللهُ عَنْهُ، وَمَنْ يَكْظِمِ الْغَيْظَ يَأْجُرْهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، وَمَنْ يَصْبِرْ عَلَى الرَّزَايَا يُعِنْهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَنْ يَعْرِفِ الْبَلَاءَ يَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ، وَمَنْ لَا يَعْرِفْهُ يُنْكِرْهُ، وَمَنْ يُنْكِرْهُ يُضَيِّعْهُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَمَنْ يَتَّبِعِ السُّمْعَةَ يُسَمِّعِ اللهُ بِهِ، وَمَنْ يَنْوِ الدُّنْيَا تُعْجِزْهُ، وَمَنْ يُطِعِ الشَّيْطَانَ يَعْصِ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُعَذِّبْهُ

    ✧ He used to say in his sermon: 'The truest speech is the Word of God; the firmest handhold is the word of piety; the best religion is the religion of Abraham ﷺ ; the best narrative is this Qur'an; the best way is the way of Muhammad ﷺ; the noblest speech is the remembrance of God Almighty; the best of matters are their resolutions; the worst of matters are their innovations; the best guidance is the guidance of the prophets (prayers and peace be upon them); the noblest death is the killing of martyrs; the worst misguidance is misguidance after guidance; the best deed or knowledge—Bishr was uncertain—is what benefits; the best guidance is what is followed; the worst blindness is blindness of the heart; the upper hand is better than the lower hand; little that suffices is better than much that distracts; a soul you save is better than an authority you cannot manage; the worst treachery is treachery at the time of death; the worst regret is the regret of the Day of Resurrection; among people are those who do not come to Friday prayer or the prayer except lagging behind, and do not remember God Almighty except in vain talk; the greatest sin is the lying tongue; the best wealth is wealth of the soul; the best provision is piety; the summit of wisdom is fear of God Almighty; the best thing cast into the heart is certainty; doubt is from unbelief; wailing is from the deeds of the Age of Ignorance; embezzlement is from the coals of Hell; hoarding is a branding from the Fire; poetry is the flutes of Iblis; wine is the mother of all sin; women are the snares of Satan; youth is a branch of madness; the worst earnings are the earnings of usury; the worst food is consuming the wealth of orphans; the fortunate is the one who takes heed from others; the wretched is the one who was wretched in his mother's womb; each of you is sufficed by what his soul is content with; he will end up in a space of four cubits; the best of affairs is what is immediate; the most certain part of a deed is its ending; the worst vessels are the vessels of falsehood; everything that is coming is near; insulting a Muslim is wickedness and fighting him is unbelief; eating his flesh is among the sins against God Almighty; the sanctity of his wealth is like the sanctity of his blood; whoever swears an oath by God Almighty, He will prove him false; whoever forgives, God will forgive him; whoever pardons, God will pardon him; whoever suppresses anger, God Almighty will reward him; whoever bears calamities patiently, God Mighty and Majestic will help him; whoever recognizes affliction will be patient with it; whoever does not recognize it will deny it; whoever denies it, God Blessed and Exalted will let him go to waste; whoever seeks reputation, God will make him heard of; whoever intends the world, it will overpower him; whoever obeys Satan disobeys God Mighty and Majestic; whoever disobeys God Almighty, He will punish him.'

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3734No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ كُلَّ عَشِيَّةِ خَمِيسٍ بِهَذِهِ الْخُطْبَةِ، قَالَ: وَكُنَّا نَرَى أَنَّهَا خُطْبَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَأَحْسَنَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا، وَكُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ، وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ، أَلَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ مَوْقُوفُونَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ، يَنْفُذُكُمُ الْبَصَرُ، وَيُسْمِعُكُمُ الْمُنَادِي، وَإِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ، وَإِنَّ السَّعِيدَ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ

    ✧ He used to deliver this sermon every Thursday evening. He said: We used to consider it the sermon of the Prophet ﷺ: 'O people, the truest speech is the Book of God Almighty; the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ; the worst of matters are their innovations; every innovation is a heresy; every heresy is misguidance. Indeed, O people, you will be made to stand on a single open plain, the sight will reach you, the caller will make you hear. Indeed, the wretched is the one who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is the one who takes heed from others.'

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3735No grade recorded

    إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ، قَامَ فِي النَّاسِ خَطِيبًا، مَدْخَلَهُمُ الشَّامَ بِالْجَابِيَةِ، فَقَالَ: تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ تُعْرَفُوا بِهِ، وَاعْمَلُوا بِهِ تَكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يُبَلِّغَ مَنْزِلَةَ ذِي حَقٍّ أَنْ يُطَاعَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَا يُقَرِّبُ مِنْ أَجَلٍ وَلَا يُبْعِدُ مِنْ رِزْقٍ قَوْلٌ بِحَقٍّ وَتَذْكِيرٌ عَظِيمٌ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ بَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ وَبَيْنَ رِزْقِهِ حِجَابٌ، قَالَ: فَيَتَرَأَّى لَهُ رِزْقُهُ، وَإِنِ اقْتَحَمَ هُتِكَ الْحِجَابُ، وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ فَوْقَ رِزْقِهِ، وَأَدِّبُوا الْخَيْلَ، وَانْتَضِلُوا، وَانْتَعِلُوا وَتَسَوَّكُوا، وَتَمَعْدَدُوا، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَأَخْلَاقَ الْعَجَمِ، وَمُجَاوَرَةَ الْجَبَّارِينَ، وَأَنْ يُرَى بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ صَلِيبٌ، وَأَنْ تَجْلِسُوا عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ يُشْرَبُ عَلَيْهَا الْخَمْرُ، وَتَدْخُلُوا الْحَمَّامَ بِغَيْرِ إِزَارٍ، وَتَدَعُوا نِسَاءَكُمْ يَدْخُلْنَ الْحَمَّامَاتِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَكْسِبُوا مِنْ عِنْدِ الْأَعَاجِمِ بَعْدَ نُزُولِكُمْ فِي بِلَادِهِمْ مَا يَحْبِسُكُمْ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَى بِلَادِكُمْ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالصَّفَارَ أَنْ تَجْعَلُوهُ فِي رِقَابِكُمْ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالِ الْعَرَبِ: الْمَاشِيَةِ تَزُولُونَ بِهَا حَيْثُ زُلْتُمْ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْأَشْرِبَةَ تُصْنَعُ مِنَ الزَّبِيبِ وَالْعَسَلِ وَالتَّمْرِ، فَمَا عُتِّقَ مِنْهُ، فَهُوَ خَمْرٌ لَا يَحِلُّ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَا يُزَكِّي ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَلَا يُقَرِّبُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: رَجُلٌ أَعْطَى إِمَامَهُ صَفْقَةً يُرِيدُ بِهَا الدُّنْيَا، فَإِنْ أَصَابَهَا وَفَى لَهُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا لَمْ يَفِ لَهُ، وَرَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِسِلْعَةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، فَحَلَفَ لَقَدْ أَعْطَى بِهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا فَاشْتُرِيَتْ لِقَوْلِهِ، وَسِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ، وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَهْجُرَ أَخَاكَ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ، وَمَنْ أَتَى سَاحِرًا أَوْ كَاهِنًا أَوْ عَرَّافًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ، فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

    ✧ Umar ؓ stood before the people as a preacher when they entered Syria at al-Jabiyah and said: 'Learn the Qur'an so you may be known by it, and act upon it so you may be among its people. It will never reach the station of one who has a right that he be obeyed in disobedience to God Almighty. Know that no statement of truth or momentous reminder brings near a term or pushes away provision. Know that between the servant and his provision there is a veil.' He said: 'His provision appears to him; but if he plunges ahead, the veil is torn, and he will not attain beyond his provision. Train the horses, compete in archery, wear sandals, use the tooth-stick, adopt the ways of Ma'add. Beware of the character of the non-Arabs, of living next to tyrants, of a cross being seen among you, of sitting at a table where wine is drunk, of entering the bathhouse without a waist-wrapper, and of letting your women enter the bathhouses—for that is not lawful. Beware of earning from the non-Arabs after you settle in their lands what keeps you in their land, for you will soon return to your own lands. Beware of yellow dye: do not put it on your necks. Hold to the wealth of the Arabs: livestock, with which you move wherever you move. Know that drinks are made from raisins, honey, and dates; whatever of them has aged is wine, which is not lawful. Know that God Almighty will not purify three persons, nor look at them, nor bring them near on the Day of Resurrection: a man who gives his leader a pledge intending worldly gain—if he obtains it, he fulfills it; if not, he does not; a man who goes out with merchandise after the afternoon prayer and swears that he was given such-and-such for it, so it is bought because of his word; and insulting a Muslim is wickedness and fighting him is unbelief. It is not lawful for you to abandon your brother for more than three days. Whoever goes to a sorcerer, a soothsayer, or a diviner and believes what he says has disbelieved in what was sent down upon Muhammad ﷺ.'

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3736No grade recorded

    خَدَمْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا ابْنُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ، فَكَانَ ﷺ أَوَّلُ مَا عَلَّمَنِي أَنْ قَالَ لِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، أَحْكِمْ وُضُوءَكَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِي آخِرِهِ: وَلَا تَبِيتَنَّ وَلَا تُصْبِحَنَّ يَوْمًا وَفِي قَلْبِكَ غِشٌّ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا مِنْ سُنَّتِي، وَمَنْ أَخَذَ بِسُنَّتِي، فَقَدْ أَحَبَّنِي وَمَنْ أَحَبَّنِي فَهُوَ مَعِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ، يَا بُنَيَّ، فَإِذَا عَمِلْتَ بِهَذَا وَحَفِظْتَ وَصِيَّتِي، فَلَا يَكُونَنَّ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ رَاحَتَكَ

    ✧ I served the Messenger of God ﷺ when I was eight years old. The first thing he ﷺ taught me was to say to me: 'O my son, perfect your ablution...' And he mentioned the hadith, and at the end of it: 'Do not spend a night or reach a morning with any deceit in your heart toward anyone of the people of Islam. This is from my way. Whoever takes my way has loved me, and whoever loves me is with me in Paradise. O my son, if you act upon this and preserve my instruction, let nothing be dearer to you than death, for in it is your rest.'

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3737No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ، ثَنَا عَبَّادٌ الْمِنْقَرِيُّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ وَأَتَمَّ مِنْهُ

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Yahya b. Ayyub narrated to us; Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Abi Yazid narrated to us; 'Abbad al-Minqari narrated to us, from 'Ali b. Zayd, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, from Anas ؓ, and he mentioned the like of it and more complete than it.

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3738No grade recorded

    « وَسَلِّمْ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَزِدِ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي بَرَكَاتِكَ، وَوَقِّرْ كَبِيرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَارْحَمْ صَغِيرَهُمْ، أَجِيءُ أَنَا وَأَنْتَ كَهَاتَيْنِ ». وَجَمَعَ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ

    ✧ 'And greet in your house; God Almighty will increase your blessings. Honor the elderly of the Muslims and show mercy to their young. I and you will come like these two.' And he ﷺ joined his fingers.

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3739No grade recorded

    « إِنْ نِمْتَ وَأَنْتَ طَاهِرٌ فَمُتَّ، مُتَّ شَهِيدًا، يَا أَنَسُ وَقِّرِ الْكَبِيرَ وَارْحَمِ الصَّغِيرَ

    ✧ «If you sleep in a state of purity and then die, you die as a martyr. O Anas, honor the elderly and be merciful to the young.

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3740No grade recorded

    إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَرَفًا، وَإِنَّ أَشْرَفَ الْمَجَالِسِ مَا اسْتُقْبِلَ بِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ، وَإِنَّمَا يُجَالَسُ بِالْأَمَانَةِ، وَاقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّةَ وَالْعَقْرَبَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي صَلَاتِكُمْ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَكْرَمَ النَّاسِ، فَلْيَتَّقِ اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَقْوَى النَّاسِ، فَلْيَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَغْنَى النَّاسِ، فَلْيَكُنْ بِمَا فِي يَدِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَوْثَقَ مِنْهُ بِمَا فِي يَدِهِ، أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشِرَارِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ نَزَلَ وَحْدَهُ، وَمَنَعَ رِفْدَهُ، وَجَلَدَ عَبْدَهُ، أَفَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٍّ مِنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ يُبْغِضُ النَّاسَ وَيُبْغِضُونَهُ، أَفَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٍّ مِنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ لَمْ يُقِلْ عَثْرَةً، وَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ مَعْذِرَةً، وَلَمْ يَغْفِرْ ذَنْبًا، أَفَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٍّ مِنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ لَمْ يُرْجَ خَيْرُهُ، وَلَمْ يُؤْمَنْ شَرُّهُ، إِنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَامَ فِي قَوْمِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَا تَكَلَّمُوا بِالْحِكْمَةِ عِنْدَ الْجَاهِلِ فَتَظْلِمُوهَا، وَلَا تَمْنَعُوهَا أَهْلَهَا فَتَظْلِمُوهُمْ، وَلَا تَظْلِمُوا، وَلَا تُكَافِئُوا ظَالِمًا بِظُلْمٍ فَيَبْطُلَ فَضْلُكُمْ عَنْ رَبِّكُمْ، يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، الْأَمْرُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: أَمْرٌ بَيِّنٌ رُشْدُهُ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ، وَأَمْرٌ بَيِّنٌ غَيُّهُ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ، وَأَمْرٌ اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ فَكِلُوهُ إِلَى عَالِمِهِ 3128

    ✧ Indeed, everything has an honor, and the most honorable of gatherings is that which faces the qiblah. And one is only seated with trustworthiness. Kill the snake and the scorpion even if you are in your prayer. Whoever loves to be the most honorable of people, let him fear Allah Almighty. Whoever loves to be the strongest of people, let him put his trust in Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Whoever loves to be the richest of people, let him have more confidence in what is in the hand of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, than in what is in his own hand. Shall I inform you of the worst of you? They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He ﷺ said: The one who alights alone, withholds his assistance, and lashes his slave. Shall I inform you of something worse than this? They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He ﷺ said: The one who hates people and they hate him. Shall I inform you of something worse than this? They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He ﷺ said: The one who does not overlook a slip, does not accept an excuse, and does not forgive a sin. Shall I inform you of something worse than this? They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He ﷺ said: The one from whose good no one hopes and from whose evil no one is safe. Indeed, Jesus son of Mary ﷺ stood among his people and said: O Children of Israel, do not speak wisdom in the presence of the ignorant, for you would wrong it; and do not withhold it from its people, for you would wrong them. And do not wrong, and do not repay an oppressor with oppression, lest your virtue be nullified before your Lord. O Children of Israel, matters are of three types: a matter whose right guidance is clear, so follow it; a matter whose error is clear, so avoid it; and a matter over which there is disagreement, so refer it to its knower. 3128

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3741No grade recorded

    عَهِدْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ؓ، وَهُوَ عَلَيْنَا عَامِلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ زَمَنَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ وَهُوَ شَابٌّ، فَذَكَرَهُ، قُلْتُ: فِي السُّنَنِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَوَائِلِهِ

    ✧ I knew ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ؓ when he was governor over us in Madinah during the time of al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, and he was a young man. He mentioned it. I said: In the Sunan there is something of its beginnings.

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3742No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِذَا قَوْمٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ، أَضْحَكَهُمْ حَدِيثُهُمْ، فَوَقَفَ فَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: « اذْكُرُوا هَاذِمَ اللَّذَّاتِ: الْمَوْتَ ». وَخَرَجَ ﷺ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَرْجَةً أُخْرَى، فَإِذَا قَوْمٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ وَيَضْحَكُونَ، فَقَالَ: « أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ، لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا ». قَالَ: وَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيْضًا، فَإِذَا قَوْمٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ وَيَضْحَكُونَ، فَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: « أَلَا إِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا، وَسَيَعُودُ غَرِيبًا، فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ » قِيلَ لَهُ: وَمَنِ الْغُرَبَاءُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « الَّذِينَ إِذَا فَسَدَ النَّاسُ صَلَحُوا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day to the mosque, and there was a group of people conversing; their talk made them laugh. He stopped and greeted, then said: «Remember the destroyer of pleasures: death.» Then he ﷺ went out another time, and there was a group of people talking and laughing. He said: «By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.» He said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also went out, and there was a group of people talking and laughing. He greeted, then said: «Verily, Islam began as something strange, and it will return as something strange, so blessed are the strangers on the Day of Resurrection.» It was said to him: Who are the strangers, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: «Those who are righteous when the people are corrupt.

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3743No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « اعْبُدِ اللهَ تَعَالَى كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ، وَعُدَّ نَفْسَكَ فِي الْمَوْتَى، وَاتَّقِ دَعَوَاتِ الْمَظْلُومِ فَإِنَّهَا تُسْتَجَابُ، وَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ وَصَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَلْيَفْعَلْ وَلَوْ حَبْوًا

    ✧ I was present with Abū al-Dardāʾ ؓ when death came to him, and he said: I will tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: «Worship Allah Almighty as if you see Him; for if you do not see Him, He sees you. Count yourself among the dead. Beware of the supplication of the wronged, for it is answered. Whoever among you can attend the late evening prayer and the dawn prayer in congregation, let him do so, even if crawling.

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3744No grade recorded

    اعْبُدِ اللهَ تَعَالَى كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، فَذَكَرَهُ مَوْقُوفًا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: "الْمَظْلُومِ". وَزَادَ: وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ قَلِيلًا يُغْنِيكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ يُلْهِيكَ، وَإِنَّ الدَّيْنَ لَا يَبْلَى، وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ لَا يُنْسَى

    ✧ Worship Allah Almighty as if you see Him… He mentioned it as mawqūf up to his saying: "the wronged." And he added: And know that a little which suffices you is better than much which distracts you; and that debt does not wear out, and kindness is not forgotten.

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3745No grade recorded

    نَهَى رَجُلًا عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ وَأَوْصَاهُ بِثَلَاثٍ، فَأَمَّا الَّتِي نَهَاهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ: « لَا تَنْقُضْ عَهْدًا، وَلَا تُعِنْ عَلَى نَقْضِهِ، وَلَا تَبْغِ، فَإِنَّ مَنْ بُغِيَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنْصُرَنَّهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، وَإِيَّاكَ وَمَكْرَ السَّيِّئِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ، وَلَهُنَّ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى طَالِبٌ ». وَأَمَّا الَّتِي أَوْصَاهُ بِهَا: « أَنْ تُكْثِرَ ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ ; فَإِنَّهُ يُسَلِّيكَ عَمَّا سِوَاهُ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِالدُّعَاءِ ; فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَتَى يُسْتَجَابُ لَكَ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِالشُّكْرِ ; فَإِنَّهُ زِيَادَةٌ ». ثُمَّ قَرَأَ سُفْيَانُ: لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ

    ✧ He forbade a man three things and enjoined upon him three things. As for what he forbade him, he said: «Do not break a covenant, do not help in breaking it, and do not oppress, for whoever is oppressed, Allah Almighty will certainly help him. Beware of the plot of the evil, for the evil plot does not beset except its own people, and for them there is a pursuer from Allah Almighty.» As for what he enjoined upon him: «That you remember death often, for it will console you from everything else; and you must supplicate, for you do not know when you will be answered; and you must be grateful, for it is increase.» Then Sufyān recited: "If you are grateful, I will surely increase you."

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3746No grade recorded

    « عِنْدَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى خَزَائِنُ لِلْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ مَفَاتِيحُهَا الرِّجَالُ

    ✧ «With Allah, Blessed and Exalted, are treasuries of good and evil; their keys are men.

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3747No grade recorded

    « خِيَارُكُمْ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا

    ✧ «The best of you are those with the best character.

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3748No grade recorded

    شَيَّعْنَا جُنْدُبًا إِلَى حِصْنِ الْمُكَاتَبِ، فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: أَوْصِنَا، فَقَالَ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ، فَإِنَّهُ نُورُ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ وَهَدْيُ النَّهَارِ، فَاعْمَلُوا بِهِ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْ جَهْدٍ وَفَاقَةٍ، فَإِنْ عَرَضَ بَلَاءٌ فَقَدِّمْ مَالَكَ دُونَ نَفْسِكَ، فَإِنْ تَجَاوَزَ الْبَلَاءُ فَقَدِّمْ مَالَكَ وَنَفْسَكَ دُونَ دِينِكَ ; فَإِنَّ الْمَحْرُومَ مَنْ حُرِمَ دِينَهُ، وَإِنَّ الْمَسْلُوبَ مَنْ سُلِبَ دِينَهُ، وَإِنَّهُ لَا غِنَى يُغْنِي بَعْدَهُ النَّارُ، وَلَا فَقْرَ يُفْقِرُ بَعْدَهُ الْجَنَّةُ، إِنَّ النَّارَ لَا يُفَكُّ أَسِيرُهَا، وَلَا يَسْتَغْنِي فَقِيرُهَا

    ✧ We accompanied Jundub to the fort of al-Mukātab, and we said to him: Counsel us. He said: Hold to the Qurʾān, for it is the light of the dark night and the guidance of the day; so act upon it despite hardship and poverty. If trial befalls you, then put forward your wealth before your life; and if the trial surpasses that, then put forward your wealth and your life before your religion. For the deprived is the one deprived of his religion, and the robbed is the one robbed of his religion. Verily, there is no wealth that avails after which comes the Fire, and no poverty that impoverishes after which comes Paradise. The Fire’s prisoner is never released, and its poor are never enriched.

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3749No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ مِنْ أَسْوَأِ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلَةً مَنْ أَذْهَبَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْيَا غَيْرِهِ

    ✧ «Verily, among the people of the worst station is the one who destroys his Hereafter for the worldly life of another.

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3750No grade recorded

    « مَنْ شَهِدَ أَمْرًا فَكَرِهَهُ كَانَ كَمَنْ غَابَ عَنْهُ، وَمَنْ غَابَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَرَضِيَ بِهِ كَانَ كَمَنْ شَهِدَهُ

    ✧ «Whoever witnesses a matter and dislikes it is like one who was absent from it, and whoever is absent from a matter and approves of it is like one who witnessed it.

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3751No grade recorded

    « يَا سَلْمَانُ، إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ

    ✧ O Salman, indeed the world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3752No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُعْطِي الدُّنْيَا عَلَى نِيَّةِ الْآخِرَةِ، وَلَا يُعْطِي الْآخِرَةَ عَلَى نِيَّةِ الدُّنْيَا

    ✧ Indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gives the world based on the intention of the Hereafter, but He does not give the Hereafter based on the intention of the world.

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3753No grade recorded

    « لَخَيْرٌ أَعْمَلُهُ الْيَوْمَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ مِثْلَيْهِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، لِأَنَّا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تُهِمُّنَا الْآخِرَةُ وَلَا تُهِمُّنَا الدُّنْيَا، وَإِنَّا الْيَوْمَ قَدْ مَالَتْ بِنَا الدُّنْيَا

    ✧ Indeed, a good deed I do today is more beloved to me than twice its like with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, because when we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the Hereafter concerned us and the world did not concern us, but today the world has inclined us.

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3754No grade recorded

    « تَجْتَمِعُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَتَصْعَدُ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، وَتَبْقَى فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ، وَتَصْعَدُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَتَبْقَى فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: أَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا لَمْ يُصِبْهُ خَيْرٌ قَطُّ وَلَا بَلَاءٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ مِنْكَ، فَيَقُولُ: ابْتَلُوا عَبْدِي، أَوْ زِيدُوا عَبْدِي، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: لَا أَدْرِي بِأَيَّتِهِمَا بَدَأَ، قَالَ: فَيَبْتَلُونَهُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: ابْتَلُوهُ، فَيُبْتَلَى، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: ابْتَلُوهُ - وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ - فَيَقُولُونَ: انْتَهَى الْبَلَاءُ أَيْ رَبِّ، فَيَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ فَيُزَادُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ فَيُزَادُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ فَيُزَادُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ - وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ - فَيَقُولُونَ: انْتَهَى الْمَزِيدُ أَيْ رَبِّ، فَيَقُولُ: كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عَبْدِي فِي الْبَلَاءِ، وَكَيْفَ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فِي الرَّخَاءِ ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: أَيْ رَبِّ أَصْبَرُ عَبْدٍ وَأَشْكَرُهُ، فَيَقُولُ: اكْتُبُوا عَبْدِي مِمَّنْ لَا يُبَدَّلُ وَلَا يُغَيَّرُ حَتَّى يَلْقَانِي

    ✧ The angels of the night and the angels of the day gather at the ‘Asr prayer and the Fajr prayer. The angels of the day ascend at the ‘Asr prayer, and the angels of the night remain among you, and the angels of the night ascend at the Fajr prayer, and the angels of the day remain among you. They say: “We came to them while they were praying, and we left them while they were praying. We left among them a man whom no good or affliction ever befell except that he knew it was from You.” So He says: “Test My servant,” or “Increase My servant.” Sufyan said: I do not know which of the two he began with. He said: So they test him. Then He says: “Test him,” and he is tested. Then He says: “Test him,” while He is most knowing. Then they say: “The affliction has reached its limit, O Lord.” He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” while He is most knowing. Then they say: “The increase has reached its limit, O Lord.” He says: “How did you leave My servant in affliction, and how did you see him in ease?” They say: “O Lord, the most patient of servants and the most grateful.” He says: “Record My servant among those who will not be replaced or changed until he meets Me.”

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3755No grade recorded

    قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْإِيمَانِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « الصَّبْرُ وَالسَّمَاحَةُ

    ✧ It was said: O Messenger of Allah, which faith is best? He ﷺ said: “Patience and generosity.”

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3756No grade recorded

    « مَا صَبَرَ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ عَلَى جَهْدٍ إِلَّا أَتَاهُمُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِرِزْقٍ

    ✧ No household remains patient for three days under hardship except that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, brings them provision.

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3757No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ النَّاسَ الْيَوْمَ كَشَجَرَةٍ ذَاتِ جَنَاءٍ، وَيُوشِكُ أَنْ يَعُودَ النَّاسُ كَشَجَرَةٍ ذَاتِ شَوْكٍ، إِنْ نَافَرْتَهُمْ نَافَرُوكَ، وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُمْ لَمْ يَتْرُكُوكَ، وَإِنْ هَرَبْتَ مِنْهُمْ طَلَبُوكَ » قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ بِالْمَخْرَجِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « تُقْرِضُهُمْ مِنْ عِرْضِكَ لِيَوْمِ فَقْرِكَ

    ✧ Indeed people today are like a tree with leafy branches, and soon people will become like a thorny tree. If you oppose them, they oppose you; if you leave them, they will not leave you; and if you flee from them, they will pursue you.” He said: I said: And how is the way out, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: “Lend them from your honor for the day of your poverty.”

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3758No grade recorded

    « مَنْ خَزَنَ لِسَانَهُ سَتَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَوْرَتَهُ، وَمَنْ كَفَّ غَضَبَهُ كَفَّ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَنْهُ عَذَابَهُ، وَمَنِ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى قَبِلَ مِنْهُ عُذْرَهُ

    ✧ Whoever guards his tongue, Allah the Exalted will cover his faults; whoever restrains his anger, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will withhold His punishment from him; and whoever apologizes to Allah the Exalted, He will accept his excuse.

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3759No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا.:

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

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3760No grade recorded

    وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى، أَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الضَّرِيرُ، أَبُو الْفَضْلِ، ثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ النُّمَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُمَيْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ نَحْوَهُ.:

    ✧ And Abu Musa narrated to us: ‘Isa b. Shu‘ayb al-Darir, Abu al-Fadl, informed us: al-Rabi‘ b. Sulaym al-Numayri narrated to us, from Abu ‘Umayr b. Anas, from his father, something similar.:

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3761No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَزَّارُ، حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ بُرْدٍ الْعِجْلِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ، بِهِ.:

    ✧ Muhammad b. al-Muthanna narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Salam b. Hashim al-Bazzar narrated to us: Khalid b. Burd al-‘Ijli narrated to me, from his father, from Anas ؓ, with it.:

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3762No grade recorded

    « مَنْ قَدَرَ عَلَى طَمَعِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يُؤَدِّيَهُ، زَوَّجَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ، وَمَنْ دَعَتْهُ بَغِيَّةٌ إِلَى نَفْسِهَا فَتَرَكَهَا مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى زَوَّجَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ حَيْثُ شَاءَ

    ✧ Whoever is able to attain worldly gain and is able not to take it, Allah the Exalted will marry him to the wide-eyed maidens wherever He wills; and whoever is invited by a prostitute to herself and leaves her out of fear of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, Allah the Exalted will marry him to the wide-eyed maidens wherever He wills.

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3763No grade recorded

    « يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ قُمْ إِلَيَّ أَمْشِ إِلَيْكَ، وَامْشِ إِلَيَّ أُهَرْوِلْ إِلَيْكَ

    ✧ «O son of Adam, stand up to Me and I will walk to you; walk to Me and I will run to you»

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3764No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعُمَرَ ؓ: « اجْمَعْ لِي قَوْمَكَ »، فَجَمَعَهُمْ فَكَانُوا بِالْبَابِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَائِي مِنْكُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ، إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ يَجِيءَ النَّاسُ بِالْأَعْمَالِ وَتَجِيؤُونَ بِالْأَثْقَالِ تَحْمِلُونَهَا عَلَى ظُهُورِكُمْ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to ʿUmar ؓ: «Gather your people for me». So he gathered them, and they were at the door. Then he ﷺ said: «Indeed, my friends among you are the God-fearing. Beware lest people come with [good] deeds while you come with burdens that you carry on your backs»

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3765No grade recorded

    « لِكُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ ثَلَاثَةُ أَخِلَّاءَ: فَأَمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ: مَا أَنْفَقْتَ فَلَكَ وَمَا أَمْسَكْتَ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ، فَذَلِكَ مَالُهُ، وَأَمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ فَإِذَا أَتَيْتَ بَابَ الْمَلِكِ تَرَكْتُكَ وَرَجَعْتُ فَذَلِكَ أَهْلُهُ وَحَشَمُهُ، وَأَمَّا خَلِيلٌ فَيَقُولُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ حَيْثُ دَخَلْتَ وَحَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ، فَذَلِكَ عَمَلُهُ فَيَقُولُ: إِنْ كُنْتَ لَأَهْوَنَ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَلَيَّ

    ✧ «Every person has three friends. As for one friend, he says: “What you spend is yours, and what you hold back is not yours”—that is his wealth. As for another friend, he says: “I am with you, but when you reach the king’s door, I will leave you and return”—that is his family and servants. As for another friend, he says: “I am with you wherever you enter and wherever you leave”—that is his deeds. Then he will say: “You were the least of the three in my esteem”»

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3766No grade recorded

    « كَمَا لَا يُجْتَنَى مِنَ الشَّوْكِ الْعِنَبُ، لَا يَنْزِلُ الْفُجَّارُ مَنَازِلَ الْأَبْرَارِ، وَهُمَا طَرِيقَانِ، فَأَيَّهُمَا أَخَذْتُمْ وَرَدَ بِكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ

    ✧ «Just as grapes are not harvested from thorns, the wicked will not occupy the stations of the righteous. They are two paths; whichever you take will lead you to its people»

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3767No grade recorded

    إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بَنَى دِينَهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَرْكَانٍ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَلَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهِنَّ لَقِيَ اللهَ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْفَاسِقِينَ. قَالَ: وَمَا هُنَّ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: يُسَلِّمُ حَلَالَ اللهِ لِلهِ، وَحَرَامَ اللهِ لِلهِ، وَأَمْرَ اللهِ لِلهِ، وَنَهْيَ اللهِ لِلهِ، لَا يُؤْتَمَنُ عَلَيْهِنَّ إِلَّا اللهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ: « كَمَا لَا يُجْتَنَى مِنَ الشَّوْكِ الْعِنَبُ، كَذَلِكَ لَا يَنَالُ الْفُجَّارُ مَنَازِلَ الْأَبْرَارِ »

    ✧ Indeed, Allah, blessed and exalted, built His religion upon four pillars. Whoever does not bear them patiently and act upon them will meet Allah, exalted, among the transgressors. He [i.e., someone] said: “And what are they, O Abu Dharr?” He ؓ said: “To surrender Allah’s lawful [matters] for Allah, and Allah’s unlawful for Allah, and Allah’s command for Allah, and Allah’s prohibition for Allah—none is to be entrusted with them except Allah.” He said: Abu al-Qasim ﷺ said: «Just as grapes are not harvested from thorns, so the wicked will not attain the stations of the righteous»

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3768No grade recorded

    اخْتَصَمَ إِلَى مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ رَجُلَانِ قَالَ: فَشَهِدَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ الْمَشْهُودُ عَلَيْهِ: وَاللهِ، مَا عَلِمْتُ إِنَّهُ لَرَجُلُ صِدْقٍ، وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْهُ لَيُحْمَدَنَّ أَوْ لَيُزَكَّيَنَّ، وَلَقَدْ شَهِدَ عَلَيَّ بِبَاطِلٍ، وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا اجْتَرَأَهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ مُحَارِبٌ: يَا هَذَا، اتَّقِ اللهَ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهُوَ يَعِظُ رَجُلًا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ: « وَإِنَّ الطَّيْرَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَتَضْرِبُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا وَتَرْمِي بِمَا فِي جَوْفِهَا مَا لَهَا طَلِبَةٌ

    ✧ Two men brought a dispute before Muharib b. Dithar. He said: A man testified against one of them, and the one testified against said: “By Allah, I did not know that he was a truthful man; if you ask about him, he will surely be praised or deemed reliable, yet he testified falsely against me, and I do not know what emboldened him to do that.” Muharib said: “O man, fear Allah, for I heard ʿAbdullah b. ʿUmar ؓ say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, while admonishing a man that day.” Then he mentioned the hadith, and said: «Indeed, on the Day of Resurrection, the birds will beat their wings and cast out what is in their bellies, though they have no claim to be sought»

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3769No grade recorded

    « وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهَا طَلِبَةٌ

    ✧ «And they have no claim to be sought»

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3770No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: « أَلَا إِنَّ عَمَلَ الْآخِرَةِ حَزْنٌ بِرَبْوَةٍ » ثَلَاثًا « وَإِنَّ عَمَلَ النَّارِ سَهْلٌ بِشَهْوَةٍ، وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُقِيَ الْفِتَنَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out—then he mentioned the hadith, and in it: «Indeed, the work of the Hereafter is grief upon a high ground» three times, «while the work of the Fire is easy with desire. The happy one is he who is shielded from trials»

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3771No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ الظَّهِيرَةِ فَوَجَدَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: « مَا أَخْرَجَكَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ ؟ » فَقَالَ ؓ: أَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. وَجَاءَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « مَا أَخْرَجَكَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؟ » قَالَ ؓ: أَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَعَدَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُهُمَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: « هَلْ بِكُمَا قُوَّةٌ تَنْطَلِقَانِ إِلَى هَذَا النَّخْلِ، فَتُصِيبَانِ طَعَامًا وَشَرَابًا وَظِلًّا » قَالَ: قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: « مُرُّوا بِنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ » فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَأُمُّ الْهَيْثَمِ ؓ وَرَاءَ الْبَابِ تَسْمَعُ الْكَلَامَ وَتُرِيدُ أَنْ يَزِيدَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ خَرَجَتْ أُمُّ الْهَيْثَمِ ؓ خَلْفَهُمْ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ وَاللهِ تَسْلِيمَكَ، وَلَكِنْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَزِيدَنَا مِنْ سَلَامِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرًا، وَقَالَ: « أَيْنَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ ؟ مَا أَرَاهُ » قَالَتْ: هُوَ قَرِيبٌ، ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا الْمَاءَ، ادْخُلُوا، فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي السَّاعَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، فَبَسَطَتْ لَهُمْ بِسَاطًا تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ وَفَرِحَ بِهِمْ، وَقَرَّتْ عَيْنُهُ بِهِمْ، وَصَعِدَ عَلَى نَخْلَةٍ فَصَرَمَ عِذْقًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « حَسْبُكَ يَا أَبَا الْهَيْثَمِ ». قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ رُطَبِهِ وَمِنْ بُسْرِهِ وَمِنْ تَذْنُوبِهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُمْ بِمَاءٍ فَشَرِبُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ الَّذِي تُسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُ ». وَقَامَتْ أُمُّ الْهَيْثَمِ ؓ تَعْجِنُ لَهُمْ وَتَخْبِزُ، وَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رُؤُوسَهُمْ لِلْقَائِلَةِ، فَانْتَبَهُوا وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ طَعَامُهُمْ، فَوُضِعَ الطَّعَامُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا، وَحَمِدُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَرَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أُمُّ الْهَيْثَمِ ؓ بَقِيَّةَ الْعِذْقِ، فَأَكَلُوا مِنْ رُطَبِهِ وَمِنْ تَذْنُوبِهِ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَدَعَا لَهُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out at noon and found Abu Bakr ؓ in the mosque. He said: «What brought you out at this hour?» He ؓ replied: “The one who brought you out, O Messenger of Allah, brought me out.” Then ʿUmar b. al-Khattab ؓ came, and he ﷺ said: «What brought you out, O Ibn al-Khattab?» He ؓ said: “The one who brought you both out, O Messenger of Allah, brought me out.” Then ʿUmar ؓ sat down, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began talking to them. Then he said: «Do you have the strength to go to this palm grove, so that you may get food, drink, and shade?» He said: We said: “Yes.” He said: «Come with us to the house of Abu al-Haytham b. al-Tayyihan al-Ansari.» The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went ahead of us, greeted, and sought permission three times, while Umm al-Haytham ؓ was behind the door listening to the words and wanting the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to grant her more of his greeting. When he ﷺ was about to leave, Umm al-Haytham ؓ came out behind them and said: “O Messenger of Allah, by Allah I heard your greeting, but I wanted you to increase us in your greeting.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said good words to her and said: «Where is Abu al-Haytham? I do not see him.» She said: “He is nearby; he went to fetch us fresh water. Enter, for he will come soon, if Allah, exalted, wills.” She spread a mat for them under a tree. Then Abu al-Haytham came and rejoiced at them, and his eye was comforted by them. He climbed a palm tree and cut a bunch of dates. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «That is enough for you, O Abu al-Haytham.» He said: “O Messenger of Allah, you will eat from its ripe dates, its unripe dates, and its hanging clusters.” Then he brought them water, and they drank after it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «This is part of the bliss about which you will be asked.» Then Umm al-Haytham ؓ stood up to knead dough for them and bake bread. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and ʿUmar lay down for the midday nap. They woke up when their food was ready. The food was placed before them, and they ate until they were full and praised Allah, exalted. Umm al-Haytham ؓ returned to them the rest of the bunch, and they ate from its ripe dates and its clusters. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ greeted them and supplicated for them.

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3772No grade recorded

    حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا مَنْزِلَ مَالِكِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ، وَزَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ: ثُمَّ دَعَا لَهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ لِأَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ: إِذَا بَلَغَكَ أَنْ قَدْ أَتَانَا رَقِيقٌ فَأْتِنَا، قَالَ أَبُو الْهَيْثَمِ ؓ: فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَقِيقٍ، أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَعْطَانِي رَأْسًا فَكَاتَبْتُهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، فَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَأْسًا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عِيسَى: فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ الْمَكِّيَّ، فَحَدَّثَنِي بِنَحْوِهِ، وَزَادَ فِيهِ: قَالَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ الْهَيْثَمِ: لَوْ دَعَوْتَ لَنَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ، وَأَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الْأَبْرَارُ، وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ

    ✧ …until we came to the house of Malik b. al-Tayyihan, Abu al-Haytham al-Ansari ؓ. And he [the narrator] added at its end: Then he supplicated for them for good, and then he ﷺ said to Abu al-Haytham: «When you hear that some slaves have come to us, come to us.» Abu al-Haytham ؓ said: When I heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had been brought slaves, I went to Madinah, and he gave me a head [i.e., a slave], whom I contracted to manumit for forty thousand dirhams. I never saw a head with greater blessing than his. ʿAbdullah b. ʿIsa said: I narrated it to Ismaʿil b. Muslim al-Makki, and he narrated something similar to me, and added in it: Umm al-Haytham said to him: “Would you supplicate for us?” He ﷺ said: «May the fasting break their fast at your place, may the righteous eat your food, and may the angels send blessings upon you»

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3773No grade recorded

    « مَنْ هَذَا ؟ » فَبَادَرَنِي عُمَرُ ؓ فَقَالَ: هَذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ » فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: خَرَجْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَأَيْتُ سَوَادَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَخْرَجَكَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ فَذَكَرَ الَّذِي كَانَ، فَقُلْتُ: وَأَنَا وَاللهِ مَا أَخْرَجَنِي إِلَّا الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « وَأَنَا وَاللهِ مَا أَخْرَجَنِي إِلَّا الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا، فَانْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى الْوَاقِفِيِّ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ التَّيِّهَانِ فَلَعَلَّنَا نَجِدُ عِنْدَهُ شَيْئًا يُطْعِمُنَا » فَخَرَجْنَا نَمْشِي، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْحَائِطِ فِي الْقَمَرِ، فَقَرَعْنَا الْبَابَ، فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: هَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، فَفَتَحَتْ لَنَا فَدَخَلْنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « أَيْنَ زَوْجُكِ ؟ » قَالَتْ: ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ مِنْ حَشِّ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ، الْآنَ يَأْتِيكُمْ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ يَحْمِلُ قِرْبَةً حَتَّى أَتَى بِهَا نَخْلَةً، وَعَلَّقَهَا عَلَى كُرْنَافَةٍ مِنْ كَرَانِيفِهَا، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا، مَا زَارَ نَاسًا أَحَدٌ قَطُّ مِثْلُ مَنْ زَارَنِي، ثُمَّ قَطَعَ لَنَا عِذْقًا فَأَتَانَا بِهِ، فَجَعَلْنَا نُنَقِّي مِنْهُ فِي الْقَمَرِ، وَنَأْكُلُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الشَّفْرَةَ فَجَالَ فِي الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ » أَوْ قَالَ: « إِيَّاكَ وَذَاتَ الدَّرِّ ». فَأَخَذَ ؓ شَاةً فَذَبَحَهَا وَسَلَخَهَا، وَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ: قُومِي، فَطَحَنَتْ وَخَبَزَتْ وَجَعَلَتْ تَقْطَعُ فِي الْقِدْرِ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ، وَتُوقِدُ تَحْتَهَا حَتَّى فَرَغَ الْخُبْزُ وَاللَّحْمُ، فَثَرَدَ، وَغَرَفَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَرَقِ وَاللَّحْمِ، ثُمَّ أَتَانَا بِهِ فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا فَأَكَلْنَا حَتَّى شَبِعْنَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الْقِرْبَةِ وَقَدْ صَفَقَتْهَا الرِّيحُ، فَبَرَدَ، فَصَبَّ فِي الْإِنَاءِ، ثُمَّ نَاوَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَشَرِبَ، ثُمَّ نَاوَلَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَشَرِبَ، ثُمَّ نَاوَلَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَشَرِبَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، الَّذِي خَرَّجَنَا لَمْ يُخْرِجْنَا إِلَّا الْجُوعُ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْنَا وَقَدْ أَصَبْنَا هَذَا، لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَنْ هَذَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، هَذَا مِنَ النَّعِيمِ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ لِلْوَاقِفِيِّ: « مَا لَكَ خَادِمٌ يَسْقِيكَ الْمَاءَ ؟ » قَالَ: لَا وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: « فَإِذَا أَتَانَا سَبْيٌ فَأْتِنَا حَتَّى نَأْمُرَ لَكَ بِخَادِمٍ ». فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى أَتَاهُ سَبْيٌ، فَأَتَاهُ الْوَاقِفِيُّ فَقَالَ: « مَا جَاءَ بِكَ ؟ » قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَعْدُكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَنِي، قَالَ: « هَذَا سَبْيٌ فَقُمْ فَاخْتَرْ مِنْهُ ». فَقَالَ: كُنْ أَنْتَ تَخْتَارُ لِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « خُذْ هَذَا الْغُلَامَ وَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ ». قَالَ: فَأَخَذَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقِصَّةَ قَالَتْ: فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ قُلْتَ لَهُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: كُنْ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَخْتَارُ لِي، قَالَتْ: قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ، قَالَ لَكَ: أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ: مَا الْإِحْسَانُ إِلَيْهِ ؟ قَالَتْ: أَنْ تُعْتِقَهُ، قَالَ: فَهُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللهِ تَعَالَى.

    ✧ «Who is this?» ʿUmar ؓ hastened to reply: “This is Abu Bakr and ʿUmar.” He ﷺ said: «What brought you two out at this hour?» ʿUmar ؓ said: “I went out and entered the mosque, and I saw the figure of Abu Bakr ؓ and said: ‘Who is this?’ He said: ‘Abu Bakr.’ I said: ‘What brought you out at this hour?’ He mentioned what had happened. I said: ‘By Allah, nothing brought me out except what brought you out.’” Then the Prophet ﷺ said: «And by Allah, nothing brought me out except what brought you two out. Come with us to the Waqifi Abu al-Haytham b. al-Tayyihan; perhaps we will find something with him to feed us.» So we went out walking until we reached the garden in the moonlight. We knocked on the door, and the woman said: “Who is this?” ʿUmar ؓ said: “This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and ʿUmar.” She opened the door for us, and we entered. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Where is your husband?» She said: “He went to fetch us fresh water from the palm-grove of Banu Harithah; he will come to you now.” He said: He came carrying a water-skin until he brought it to a palm tree and hung it on one of its stumps. Then he turned to us and said: “Welcome and greetings! No one has ever been visited by people like those who have visited me.” Then he cut a bunch of dates for us, brought it to us, and we began to pick from it in the moonlight and eat. Then he took a knife and went among the sheep. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Beware of the milking ewe,» or he said: «Beware of the one with milk.» He ؓ took a sheep, slaughtered it, and skinned it. He said to his wife: “Get up,” so she ground flour, baked bread, and began cutting meat into the pot and lighting fire under it until the bread and meat were ready. He crumbled bread and poured over it from the broth and meat. Then he brought it to us and placed it before us, and we ate until we were full. Then he went to the water-skin, which the wind had cooled, so it was cold. He poured into a vessel and handed it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who drank. Then he handed it to Abu Bakr ؓ, who drank. Then he handed it to ʿUmar ؓ, who drank. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Praise be to Allah, who brought us out—nothing brought us out but hunger—and then we returned having obtained this. You will surely be asked about this on the Day of Resurrection; this is part of the bliss.» Then he ﷺ said to the Waqifi: «Do you not have a servant to fetch you water?» He said: “No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah.” He ﷺ said: «When captives come to us, come to us, and we will order a servant for you.» Not long after, captives came to him, and the Waqifi went to him. He said: «What brings you?» He said: “O Messenger of Allah, your promise that you made to me.” He said: «These are captives; get up and choose from them.» He said: “You choose for me.” He ﷺ said: «Take this boy and treat him well.» He said: He took him and went with him to his wife. She said: “What is this?” He told her the story. She said: “What did you say to him?” He said: “I said to him: ‘You choose for me.’” She said: “You did well. He told you: ‘Treat him well,’ so treat him well.” He said: “What is treating him well?” She said: “That you set him free.” He said: “Then he is free for the sake of Allah, exalted.”

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3774No grade recorded

    « لَمْ يُنْخَلْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ دَقِيقٌ قَطُّ

    ✧ «Flour was never sifted for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at all»

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3775No grade recorded

    قَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ لِعُمَرَ ؓ: لَوْ أَنَّكَ لَبِسْتَ ثِيَابًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ ثِيَابِكَ، وَأَكَلْتَ طَعَامًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ طَعَامِكَ، فَقَالَ ؓ: أَنَا أُخَاصِمُكِ إِلَى نَفْسِكِ، أَلَمْ تَعْلَمِي مِنْ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ حَتَّى بَكَتْ، قَالَ ؓ: قَدْ قُلْتُ لَكِ، وَلَكِنِّي أُشَارِكُهُمَا فِي عَيْشِهِمَا الشَّدِيدِ لَعَلِّي أُشَارِكُهُمَا فِي عَيْشِهِمَا الرَّضِيِّ " ؟ فَأَقَرَّ بِهِ، وَقَالَ: نَعَمْ

    ✧ Hafsah bint Umar said to Umar ؓ: If only you would wear softer clothes than yours and eat softer food than yours. He ؓ said: I will take my case against you to yourself. Did you not know of the matter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr, such and such? So she wept. He ؓ said: I told you, but I will share with them in their harsh life, perhaps I will share with them in their pleasant life. He agreed to it and said: Yes.

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3776No grade recorded

    خَرَجْتُ فِي غَدَاةٍ شَاتِيَةٍ مِنْ بَيْتِي جَائِعًا حَرِضًا قَدْ أَذْلَقَنِي الْبَرْدُ، فَأَخَذْتُ إِهَابًا مَعْطُوبًا، قَدْ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا فَجُبْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلْتُهُ فِي عُنُقِي، ثُمَّ حَزَمْتُهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي أَسْتَدْفِئُ بِهِ، وَاللهِ مَا فِي بَيْتِي شَيْءٌ آكُلُ مِنْهُ، وَلَوْ كَانَ فِي بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَبَلَغَنِي، فَخَرَجْتُ فِي بَعْضِ نَوَاحِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَاطَّلَعْتُ إِلَى يَهُودِيٍّ فِي حَائِطٍ مِنْ ثُغْرَةِ جِدَارِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ ؟ هَلْ لَكَ فِي كُلِّ دَلْوٍ بِتَمْرَةٍ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَافْتَحِ الْحَائِطَ، فَفَتَحَ لِي، فَدَخَلْتُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْزِعُ دَلْوًا وَيُعْطِينِي تَمْرَةً حَتَّى إِذَا مَلَأْتُ كَفِّي، قُلْتُ: حَسْبِي مِنْكَ الْآنَ فَأَكَلْتُهُنَّ، ثُمَّ كَرَعْتُ فِي الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ ﷺ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ ؓ، إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ ؓ فِي بُرْدَةٍ لَهُ مَرْقُوعَةٍ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ، وَرَأَى حَالَهُ الَّتِي هُوَ عَلَيْهَا، فَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَبَكَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: « كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا غَدَا أَحَدُكُمْ فِي حُلَّةٍ وَرَاحَ فِي أُخْرَى، وَسُتِرَتْ بُيُوتُكُمْ كَمَا تُسْتَرُ الْكَعْبَةُ ؟ » قُلْنَا: نَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ، نُكْفَى الْمُؤْنَةَ، وَنَتَفَرَّغُ لِلْعِبَادَةِ. قَالَ ﷺ: « أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ

    ✧ I went out on a cold morning from my house hungry and weak, and the cold had made me shiver. I took a worn-out hide that we had, cut a hole in it, put it around my neck, and tied it over my chest to keep warm. By Allah, there was nothing in my house to eat, and if there had been anything in the house of the Prophet ﷺ, it would have reached me. I went out to some parts of al-Madinah and looked at a Jew in a garden through a gap in his wall. He said: What is wrong with you, O Bedouin? Would you like a date for every bucket? I said: Yes, open the garden. He opened it for me, and I entered. I began drawing a bucket and he would give me a date, until when I filled my palm, I said: I have enough from you now. So I ate them, then drank from the water. Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and sat with him in the mosque while he ﷺ was among a group of his companions ؓ. Suddenly Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr ؓ appeared before us wearing a patched cloak. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw him, he remembered what he had been in of luxury, and saw his current condition, so his eyes shed tears and he wept. Then he said: "How will you be when one of you goes out in one garment in the morning and another in the evening, and your houses are veiled as the Ka'bah is veiled?" We said: We will be better that day; we will be spared the burden and will be free for worship. He ﷺ said: "You are better today than you will be on that day."

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3777No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، نَحْوَهُ. قُلْتُ: رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ مِنْ طَرِيقِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بِهِ مُخْتَصَرًا. 3157 / 3 - وَرَوَى أَحْمَدُ، مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ بَعْضَ قِصَّةِ التَّمْرِ.::::

    ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Umar narrated to us, Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, something similar. I say: al-Tirmidhi narrated it from the path of Ibn Ishaq with it in abridged form. 3157/3 - Ahmad narrated from the hadith of Mujahid, from 'Ali ؓ part of the story of the dates.

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3778No grade recorded

    « يَا بُنَيَّةُ وَاللهِ مَا فِي الْبَيْتِ طَعَامٌ يَأْكُلُهُ ذُو كَبِدٍ إِلَّا مَا تَرَيْ - لِشَيْءٍ قَلِيلٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ - وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعِي فَسَيَرْزُقُكُمُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى » فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْنِي فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي، انْقَلَبْتُ وَذَهَبْتُ حَتَّى آتِيَ بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، فَإِذَا يَهُودِيٌّ عَلَى شَفِيرِ بِئْرٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَسْقِيَ نَخْلًا لِي وَأُطْعِمَكَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَبَايَعْتُهُ عَلَى أَنْ أَنْزِعَ كُلَّ دَلْوٍ بِتَمْرَةٍ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْزِعُ، فَكُلَّمَا نَزَعْتُ دَلْوًا أَعْطَانِي تَمْرَةً حَتَّى امْتَلَأَتْ يَدَايَ مِنَ التَّمْرِ، فَقَعَدْتُ فَأَكَلْتُ، ثُمَّ شَرِبْتُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: يَا لَكَ بَطِنًا، لَقَدْ لَقِيتُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرًا، ثُمَّ نَزَعْتُ كَذَلِكَ لِابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُ، فَانْقَلَبْتُ رَاجِعًا حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ إِذَا أَنَا بِدِينَارٍ مُلْقًى، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ وَقَفْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ وَأُؤَامِرُ نَفْسِي لِآخُذَهُ أَمْ أَذَرَهُ، فَأَبَيْتُ إِلَّا أَخْذَهُ، وَقُلْتُ: أَسْتَشِيرُ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا جِئْتُهَا أَخْبَرْتُهَا الْخَبَرَ، فَقَالَتْ: هَذَا رِزْقٌ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَانْطَلِقْ فَاشْتَرِ لَنَا دَقِيقًا، فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى جِئْتُ السُّوقَ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِيَهُودِيٍّ مِنْ يَهُودِ فَدَكَ يَبِيعُ دَقِيقًا مِنْ دَقِيقِ الشَّعِيرِ، فَاشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ، فَلَمَّا اكْتَلْتُ قَالَ: مَا أَنْتَ لِأَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ؟ قُلْتُ: ابْنُ عَمِّي وَابْنَتُهُ امْرَأَتِي، فَأَعْطَانِي الدِّينَارَ فَجِئْتُهَا فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا الْخَبَرَ، فَقَالَتْ: هَذَا رِزْقٌ مِنَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَاذْهَبْ بِهِ فَارْهَنْهُ بِثَمَانِيَةِ قَرَارِيطَ، ذَهَبٌ فِي لَحْمٍ فَفَعَلْتُ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُهَا بِهِ فَقَطَّعْتُهُ لَهَا، وَنَصَبَتْ ثُمَّ عَجَنَتْ وَخَبَزَتْ ثُمَّ صَنَعْنَا طَعَامًا، وَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ، فَجَاءَنَا، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الطَّعَامَ قَالَ: « مَا هَذَا ؟ أَلَمْ تَأْتِنِي آنِفًا تَسْأَلُنِي ؟ » فَقُلْنَا: بَلَى، اجْلِسْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نُخْبِرْكَ الْخَبَرَ، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَهُ طَيِّبًا أَكَلْتَ وَأَكَلْنَا، فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ، فَقَالَ: « هُوَ طَيِّبٌ، فَكُلُوا بِاسْمِ اللهِ »، ثُمَّ قَامَ ﷺ فَخَرَجَ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَعْرَابِيَّةٍ تَشْتَدُّ كَأَنَّهُ نُزِعَ فُؤَادُهَا، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَبِي أَبْضَعَ مَعِي بِدِينَارٍ فَسَقَطَ مِنِّي، وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي أَيْنَ سَقَطَ، فَانْظُرْ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي أَنْ يُذْكَرَ لَكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « ادْعِي لِي عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ » فَجِئْتُهُ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجَزَّارِ فَقُلْ لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنَّ قَرَارِيطَكَ عَلَيَّ، فَأَرْسِلْ بِالدِّينَارِ » فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ، فَأَعْطَاهُ الْأَعْرَابِيَّةَ فَذَهَبَتْ.

    ✧ "O my little daughter, by Allah, there is no food in the house for any liver to eat except what you see – for a small thing in front of him – but go back, for Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will provide for you." When she came to me and told me, I left and went until I came to Banu Qurayzah, and there was a Jew at the edge of a well. He said: O 'Ali, would you water some palm trees of mine and I will feed you? I said: Yes, so I made a deal with him to draw every bucket for a date. I began drawing, and every time I drew a bucket he gave me a date, until my hands were full of dates. I sat down and ate, then drank from the water. Then I said: Woe to you, stomach, today I met good. Then I drew likewise for the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then I placed it down, and I set off returning. When I was on part of the road, I saw a dinar thrown. When I saw it, I stopped looking at it and debating with myself whether to take it or leave it. I refused except to take it, and I said: I will consult the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I took it. When I came to her, I told her the news. She said: This is provision from Allah Almighty, so go and buy flour for us. I went to the market, and there was a Jew from the Jews of Fadak selling barley flour. I bought from him, and when I measured it, he said: Are you not from Abu al-Qasim? I said: His cousin, and his daughter is my wife. So he gave me back the dinar. I came to her and told her the news. She said: This is provision from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, so go and pawn it for eight carats of gold with meat. I did, then I brought it to her and cut it for her. She set up, kneaded, and baked, then we made food and sent for the Messenger of Allah. He came to us, and when he saw the food, he said: "What is this? Did you not come to me just now asking me?" We said: Yes, sit, O Messenger of Allah, and we will tell you the news. If you consider it good, you will eat and we will eat. We told him the news, and he said: "It is good, so eat in the name of Allah." Then he ﷺ stood up and went out, and there was a Bedouin woman rushing as if her heart had been torn out. She said: O Messenger of Allah, my father sent me with a dinar, and it fell from me. By Allah, I do not know where it fell. Please, by my father and mother, see if it is mentioned to you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Call 'Ali ibn Abi Talib for me." I came to him ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "Go to the butcher and tell him: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ says to you: Your carats are on me, so send the dinar." He sent it, and he gave it to the Bedouin woman, so she went away.

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3779No grade recorded

    خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا فِي بَعْضِ حِيطَانِ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَجَعَلْنَا نَلْتَقِطُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَنَأْكُلُ، فَقَالَ لِي: « يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ ؟ » فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا أَشْتَهِيهِ. قَالَ ﷺ: « لَكِنِّي أَشْتَهِيهِ وَهَذِهِ صُبْحُ رَابِعَةٍ مُنْذُ لَمْ أَذُقْ طَعَامًا وَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ دَعَوْتُ رَبِّي فَأَعْطَانِي مِثْلَ مُلْكِ كِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرَ، فَكَيْفَ بِكَ يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ إِذَا بَقِيتَ فِي قَوْمٍ يُخَبِّئُونَ رِزْقَ سَنَةٍ وَيَضْعُفُ الْيَقِينُ ؟ » فَوَاللهِ مَا بَرِحْنَا وَلَا ذَهَبْنَا حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ: وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ لا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا اللهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يَأْمُرْنِي بِكَنْزِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا اتِّبَاعِ الشَّهَوَاتِ، فَمَنْ كَنَزَهَا يُرِيدُ بِهَا حَيَاةً بَاقِيَةً، فَإِنَّ الْحَيَاةَ بِيَدِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، أَلَا وَإِنِّي لَا أَكْنِزُ دِينَارًا وَلَا دِرْهَمًا وَلَا أُخَبِّئُ رِزْقًا لِغَدٍ

    ✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until we entered one of the gardens of the Ansar. We began picking dates and eating. He said to me: "O Ibn 'Umar, why do you not eat?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, I do not desire it. He ﷺ said: "But I desire it, and this is the morning of the fourth day since I have not tasted food or found it. If I wished, I would call upon my Lord and He would give me the like of the kingdom of Kisra and Qaysar. How will it be with you, O Ibn 'Umar, if you remain among a people who store up a year's provision and certainty weakens?" By Allah, we had not moved or gone until it was revealed: "And how many a creature carries not its own provision; Allah provides for it and for you, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has not commanded me to hoard the world or follow desires. Whoever hoards it seeking a lasting life, verily life is in the hand of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Indeed, I do not hoard a dinar or a dirham, nor do I store provision for tomorrow."

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3780No grade recorded

    جَعَلَ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ طَعَامًا فَجَعَلَ يَرْفَعُ قَصْعَةً وَيَضَعُ قَصْعَةً. قَالَ: فَحَوَّلَتْ ؓ وَجْهَهَا إِلَى الْحَائِطِ تَبْكِي، فَقَالَ لَهَا عُرْوَةُ ؓ: كَدَّرْتِ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَتْ: « وَالَّذِي بَعَثَهُ بِالْحَقِّ، مَا رَأَى الْمَنَاخِلَ مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى حَتَّى قُبِضَ

    ✧ 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr ؓ prepared food for 'A'ishah ؓ and began raising one dish and putting down another. He said: She ؓ turned her face to the wall weeping. 'Urwah ؓ said to her: You have spoiled it for us. She said: "By the One who sent him with the truth, he did not see sieves from the time Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent him until he was taken in death."

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3781No grade recorded

    نَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فِرَاشٍ حَشْوُهُ لِيفٌ وَوِسَادَةٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ، فَقَامَ ﷺ فَأَثَّرَ بِجِلْدِهِ، فَبَكَيْتُ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، مَا يُبْكِيكِ ؟ » فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَرَى مِنْ أَثَرِ هَذَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « لَا تَبْكِي، فَوَاللهِ لَوْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَسِيرَ مَعِي الْجِبَالُ لَسَارَتْ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ slept on a bed stuffed with palm fiber and a pillow stuffed with palm fiber. He ﷺ got up and it left marks on his skin, so I wept. He ﷺ said: "O Umm Salamah, what makes you weep?" I said: What I see of the marks of this. He ﷺ said: "Do not weep, for by Allah, if I wished the mountains to travel with me, they would travel."

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3782No grade recorded

    لَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ، قَالَ: أَمُوتُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ لَمْ يَسُنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَا عُمَرُ ؓ، أَمَا أَنِّي لَمْ أَدَعْ صَفْرَاءَ وَلَا بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا مَا فِي سَيْفِي هَذَا، فَبِيعُوهُ وَكَفِّنُونِي بِهِ

    ✧ When death came to him, he said: I die upon a matter that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not initiate, nor Abu Bakr nor Umar ؓ. Indeed, I have not left behind any gold or silver except what is in this sword of mine, so sell it and shroud me with it.

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3783No grade recorded

    كَانَتِ الْعَرَبُ تَقُولُ: « مَنْ أَكَلَ الْخُبْزَ سَمِنَ »، فَلَمَّا افْتَتَحْنَا خَيْبَرَ أَجْهَضْنَاهُمْ عَنْ خُبْزَةٍ لَهُمْ، فَقَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَأَكَلْتُ حَتَّى شَبِعْتُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ فِي عِطْفَيَّ هَلْ سَمِنْتُ ؟

    ✧ The Arabs used to say: "Whoever eats bread becomes fat." When we conquered Khaybar, we drove them away from a loaf of bread they had. I sat upon it and ate until I was full, then I began looking at my shoulders to see if I had become fat.

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3784No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ؓ فَقَالُوا: اصْنَعِي لَنَا طَعَامًا مِمَّا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ، قَالَتْ لِلْحَسَنِ: يَا بُنَيَّ، إِنَّا لَا نَشْتَهِيهِ الْيَوْمَ، فَأَخَذَتْ شَعِيرًا فَطَحَنَتْهُ، وَنَسَفَتْهُ، وَجَعَلَتْ مِنْهُ خُبْزَةً وَجَعَلَتْ أُدْمَهُ الزَّيْتَ وَنَثَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ فُلْفُلًا، وَقَرَّبَتْهُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحِبُّ هَذِهِ وَيُحْسِنُ أَكْلَهَا

    ✧ Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, and 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far ؓ entered upon me and said: Make for us food from what the Prophet ﷺ loved to eat. She said to al-Hasan: O my son, we do not desire it today. So she took barley, ground it, sifted it, made a loaf from it, and made its condiment oil, sprinkled pepper on it, and brought it to them. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved this and enjoyed eating it.

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3785No grade recorded

    أَعْرَسَ ابْنُ أُخْتٍ لَنَا فَصَنَعَ طَعَامًا، فَقَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ: كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْكُثُ أَيَّامًا لَا يَأْكُلُ، فَإِذَا وَجَدَ جِلْدَةً اجْتَزَأَ بِهَا، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ عَصَبَ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ حَجَرًا

    ✧ A nephew of ours married and he made food. Ibn Sirin said: A man among the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would remain for days without eating. If he found a hide, he would be content with it; if he did not find one, he would tie a stone to his stomach.

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3786No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةِ نَخْلَةَ وَمَعَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ سُرَاقَةَ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا لَطِيفَ الْبَطْنِ، طَوِيلًا فَجَاعَ فَانْثَنَى صُلْبُهُ، فَكَانَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ، فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْنَا، فَأَخَذْنَا صَفِيحَةً مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ فَرَبَطْنَاهَا عَلَى بَطْنِهِ، ثُمَّ شَدَدْنَاهَا إِلَى صُلْبِهِ، فَمَشَى مَعَنَا، فَجِئْنَا حَيًّا مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَضَيَّفُونَا فَمَشَى مَعَنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَحْسَبُ: الرِّجْلَيْنِ يَحْمِلَانِ الْبَطْنَ، فَإِذَا الْبَطْنُ يَحْمِلُ الرِّجْلَيْنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us in the expedition of Nakhlah, and with us was 'Amr ibn Suraqah. He was a man with a delicate stomach, tall. He became hungry and his back bent, so he could not walk. He fell upon us, so we took a slab of stones and tied it to his stomach, then fastened it to his back, and he walked with us. We came to a tribe of Arabs and they hosted us, and he walked with us. Then he said: I used to think that the two legs carry the stomach, but now I see that the stomach carries the two legs.

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3787No grade recorded

    « إِنَّ شِرَارَ أُمَّتِي الَّذِينَ غُذُّوا بِالنَّعِيمِ وَنَبَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْسَامُهُمْ

    ✧ Indeed, the worst of my nation are those who were brought up in luxury and whose bodies grew upon it.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3788No grade recorded

    3788 3166 / 2 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ، بِهِ.:

    ✧ 3788 3166/2 - And Abu Ya'la said: Harun b. Ma'ruf narrated to us; Abu 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; 'Umara narrated to us, with it.

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3789No grade recorded

    تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عُمَارَةُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَ بِمَنَاكِيرَ عَنْ مَجَاهِيلَ.:

    ✧ 'Umara was alone in narrating it, and 'Abd al-Rahman narrated rejected reports from unknown narrators.

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3790No grade recorded

    دَعَانِي عُمَرُ ؓ فَإِذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ نَطْعٌ عَلَيْهِ ذَهَبٌ مَنْثُورٌ نَثْرَ الْحَثَا، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: وَالْحَثَا: التِّبْنُ، فَقَالَ: هَلُمَّ فَاقْسِمْ بَيْنَ قَوْمِكَ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ حِينَ حَبَسَ هَذَا عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَخَيْرًا أَرَادَ أَمْ شَرًّا ؟ فَجَعَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَبْكِي، وَيَقُولُ فِي بُكَائِهِ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، مَا حَبَسَهُ عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ إِرَادَةَ الشَّرِّ بِهِمَا وَأَعْطَانِيهِ إِرَادَةَ الْخَيْرِ بِي

    ✧ 'Umar ؓ summoned me, and there before him was a leather mat on which gold was scattered like chaff. Ibn 'Abbas ؓ said: And al-hatha is straw. He said: Come, divide it among your people. Allah knows best whether, in withholding this from His Prophet and from Abu Bakr, He intended good or evil. Then 'Umar ؓ began to weep, and he said in his weeping: By the One in Whose hand is my soul, He did not withhold it from His Prophet ﷺ and from Abu Bakr ؓ intending evil for them, but He gave it to me intending good for me.

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3791No grade recorded

    دَعَانِي عُمَرُ ؓ

    ✧ 'Umar ؓ summoned me.

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3792No grade recorded

    « لَأَنَا فِي فِتْنَةِ السَّرَّاءِ أَخْوَفُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي فِي فِتْنَةِ الضَّرَّاءِ، إِنَّكُمُ ابْتُلِيتُمْ بِفِتْنَةِ الضَّرَّاءِ فَصَبَرْتُمْ، وَإِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ

    ✧ I fear for you in the trial of prosperity more than I fear for you in the trial of adversity. You were tested with the trial of adversity and you were patient, and indeed the world is green and sweet.

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3793No grade recorded

    " « لِأَنَّا فِي فِتْنَة السَّرَّاء أُخَوِّفُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي فِي فِتْنَة الضَّرَّاء إِنَّكُمْ ابْتُلِيتُمْ بِفِتْنَة الضَّرَّاء فَصَبَرْتُمْ وَإِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خُضْرَة حُلْوَة »" نوع="مرفوع"

    ✧ "I fear for you in the trial of prosperity more than I fear for you in the trial of adversity. You were tested with the trial of adversity and you were patient, and indeed the world is green and sweet." Type: Marfu'.

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3794No grade recorded

    عَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِلَالًا ؓ فَأَخْرَجَ إِلَيْهِ صُبَرًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَقَالَ: « مَا هَذَا يَا بِلَالُ ؟ » قَالَ ؓ: تَمْرًا ادَّخَرْتُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. قَالَ ﷺ: « أَمَا خِفْتَ أَنْ تَسْمَعَ لَهُ بُخَارًا فِي جَهَنَّمَ ؟ أَنْفِقْ بِلَالُ وَلَا تَخَافَنَّ مِنْ ذِي الْعَرْشِ إِقْلَالًا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited Bilal ؓ, and he brought out to him piles of dates. He said: "What is this, O Bilal?" He ؓ said: "Dates I have stored up, O Messenger of Allah." He ﷺ said: "Do you not fear that you will hear a hissing for them in Hellfire? Spend, O Bilal, and do not fear decrease from the Owner of the Throne."

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3795No grade recorded

    « مَنْ قَلَّ مَالُهُ، وَكَثُرَ عِيَالُهُ، وَحَسُنَتْ صَلَاتُهُ، وَلَمْ يَغْتَبِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُوَ مَعِي كَهَاتَيْنِ

    ✧ Whoever has little wealth, many dependents, prays well, and does not backbite the Muslims will come on the Day of Resurrection while he is with me like these two.

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3796No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ ؓ، فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً قَالَ: ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كُنُوزَ كِسْرَى قَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكُمُوهُ وَخَوَّلَكُمُوهُ وَفَتَحَهُ لَكُمْ لَمُمْسِكٌ خَزَائِنَهُ، وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَيٌّ، قَدْ كَانُوا يُصْبِحُونَ وَمَا عِنْدَهُمْ دِينَارٌ وَلَا دِرْهَمٌ، وَلَا مُدٌّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ، فَفِيمَ ذَاكَ يَا أَخَا بَنِي عَبْسٍ ؟ ثُمَّ مَرَرْنَا بِبَيَادِرَ تَذْرِي فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكُمُوهُ وَخَوَّلَكُمُوهُ وَفَتَحَهُ لَكُمْ لَمُمْسِكٌ خَزَائِنَهُ وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَيٌّ، قَدْ كَانُوا يُصْبِحُونَ وَمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مُدٌّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ، فَفِيمَ ذَاكَ يَا أَخَا بَنِي عَبْسٍ

    ✧ I was with Salman ؓ, and he mentioned a story. He said: Then he mentioned the treasures of Chosroes. He said: Indeed, the One who gave you those treasures, granted them to you, and opened them for you was holding back His treasuries while Muhammad ﷺ was alive. They used to wake up with not a single dinar or dirham, nor a mudd of food. So what is that, O brother of Banu 'Abs? Then we passed by threshing floors where grain was being winnowed, and he said: Indeed, the One who gave you those treasures, granted them to you, and opened them for you was holding back His treasuries while Muhammad ﷺ was alive. They used to wake up with not even a mudd of food. So what is that, O brother of Banu 'Abs?

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3797No grade recorded

    دَعَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي جُمَحَ يُقَالُ لَهُ: سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ حِذْيَمٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنِّي مُسْتَعْمِلُكَ عَلَى أَرْضِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: أَوَتُقِيلُنِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ، لَا أَفْعَلُ، قَلَّدْتُمُوهَا فِي عُنُقِي وَتَتْرُكُونِي، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَلَا نَفْرِضُ لَكَ رِزْقًا ؟ قَالَ: فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ جَعَلْتَ لِي فِي عَطَائِي مَا يَكْفِينِي دُونَهُ، وَفَضْلًا عَلَى مَا أُرِيدُ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ عَطَاؤُهُ ابْتَاعَ لِأَهْلِهِ قُوتَهُمْ، وَتَصَدَّقَ بِبَقِيَّتِهِ، فَتَقُولُ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ: أَيْنَ فَضْلُ عَطَائِكَ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: قَدْ أَقْرَضْتُهُ، فَأَتَاهُ نَاسٌ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ لِأَهْلِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، وَلِأَصْهَارِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقًّا، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِمُسْتَأْثِرٍ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا بِمُلْتَمِسٍ رِضَا أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ لِطَلَبِ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ، لَوِ اطَّلَعَتْ خَيْرَةٌ مِنْ خَيْرَاتِ الْجَنَّةِ لَأَشْرَقَتْ لَهَا الْأَرْضُ كَمَا تُشْرِقُ الشَّمْسُ، وَمَا أَنَا بِمُتَخَلِّفٍ عَنِ الْعِتْقِ الْأَوَّلِ بَعْدَ إِذْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « يُجْمَعُ النَّاسُ لِلْحِسَابِ فَيَجِيءُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَيَدُفُّونَ كَمَا يَدُفُّ الْحَمَامُ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ: قِفُوا عِنْدَ الْحِسَابِ فَيَقُولُونَ: مَا عِنْدَنَا مِنْ حِسَابٍ وَلَا آتَيْتُمُونَا، فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: صَدَقَ عِبَادِي، فَيُفْتَحُ لَهُمْ بَابُ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَدْخُلُونَهَا قَبْلَ النَّاسِ بِسَبْعِينَ عَامًا

    ✧ 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ summoned a man from Banu Jumah called Sa'id b. 'Amir b. Hidhyam and said to him: "I am appointing you over such-and-such a land." He said: "Will you excuse me, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said: "By Allah, I will not. You have placed it upon my neck and then you leave me?" 'Umar ؓ said: "Should we not assign a stipend for you?" He said: "You have already made for me in my 'ata' what suffices me without it, and more than what I want." He said: When his 'ata' came out, he would buy provisions for his family and give the rest as charity. His wife would say to him: "Where is the surplus of your 'ata'?" He would say: "I have loaned it." Then some people came to him and said: "Your family has a right over you, and your in-laws have a right over you." He said: "I am not one to prefer them over the pursuit of the maidens of Paradise. If one of the best women of Paradise were to appear, the earth would shine for her as the sun shines. And I am not one to lag behind the first emancipation after I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'People will be gathered for the reckoning, and the poor believers will come walking quickly like doves. It will be said to them: "Stop for the reckoning." They will say: "We have no reckoning and you did not give us anything." Their Lord, Mighty and Exalted, will say to them: "My servants have spoken the truth." Then a gate of Paradise will be opened for them, and they will enter it seventy years before the rest of the people.'"

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3798No grade recorded

    « مَا تَزَيَّنَ الْأَبْرَارُ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِمِثْلِ الزُّهْدِ فِيهَا

    ✧ The righteous have not adorned themselves in this world with anything like renunciation of it.

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3799No grade recorded

    « إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مَنْ يَزْهَدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَادْنُوا مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُلَقَّى الْحِكْمَةَ

    ✧ When you see someone who renounces the world, draw near to him, for he is granted wisdom.

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3800No grade recorded

    « لَيْسَ الْغَنِيُّ عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ، إِنَّمَا الْغَنِيُّ غَنِيُّ النَّفْسِ

    ✧ Wealth is not from abundance of possessions; true wealth is contentment of the soul.

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3801No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: « يَا أُسَامَةُ، إِيَّاكَ وَكُلَّ كَبِدٍ جَائِعَةٍ تُخَاصِمُكَ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَإِيَّاكَ وَدُعَاءَ عِبَادٍ قَدْ أَذَابُوا اللُّحُومَ، وَحَرَقُوا الْجُلُودَ بِالرِّيَاحِ وَالسَّمَائِمِ، وَأَظْمَأُوا الْأَكْبَادَ حَتَّى غُشِيَتْ أَبْصَارُهُمْ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَانْظُرْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَتُسَرُّ بِهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، بِهِمْ تُصْرَفُ الزَّلَازِلُ وَالْفِتَنُ » ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ نَحِيبُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: « وَيْحٌ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، مَا تَلْقَى مِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَطَاعَ رَبَّهُ، كَيْفَ يَقْتُلُونَهُ وَيُكَذِّبُونَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُمْ أَطَاعُوا اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى » ؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « نَعَمْ ». قَالَ: فَفِيمَ إِذًا يَقْتَتِلُونَ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « يَا عُمَرُ تَرَكَ الْقَوْمُ الطَّرِيقَ وَرَكِبُوا الدَّوَابَّ، وَلَبِسُوا أَلْيَنَ الثِّيَابِ، وَخَدَمَتْهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ فَارِسَ، تَتَزَيَّنُ لَهُمْ تَزَيُّنَ الْمَرْأَةِ لِزَوْجِهَا، فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَبَاءُ مَحْنِيَّةٌ أَصْلَابُهُمْ، قَدْ ذَبَحُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِالْعَطَشِ، فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ مِنْهُمْ مُتَكَلِّمٌ كُذِّبَ، وَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَنْتَ قَرِينُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَرَأْسُ الضَّلَالَةِ، تُحَرِّمُ زِينَةَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَالطَّيِّبَاتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ، يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى غَيْرِ دِينٍ، اسْتَذَلُّوا أَوْلِيَاءَ اللهِ، وَاعْلَمْ يَا أُسَامَةُ أَنَّ أَقْرَبَ النَّاسِ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَمَنْ طَالَ حُزْنُهُ، وَعَطَشُهُ، وَجُوعُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا، الْأَصْفِيَاءُ الْأَبْرَارُ الَّذِينَ إِذَا شَهِدُوا لَمْ يُقَرَّبُوا، وَإِذَا غَابُوا لَمْ يُفْتَقَدُوا، تَعْرِفُهُمْ بِقَاعُ الْأَرْضِ، يُعْرَفُونَ فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ، وَيَخْفَوْنَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، وَتَحُفُّ بِهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، يَنْعَمُ النَّاسُ، وَيَنْعَمُوا هُمْ بِالْجُوعِ وَالْعَطَشِ، لَبِسَ النَّاسُ لَيِّنَ الثِّيَابِ وَلَبِسُوا هُمْ أَخْشَنَ الثِّيَابِ، افْتَرَشَ النَّاسُ الْفُرُشَ، وَافْتَرَشُوا هُمُ الْجِبَاهَ وَالرُّكَبَ، ضَحِكَ النَّاسُ وَبَكَوْا، يَا أُسَامَةُ لَا يَجْمَعُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الشِّدَّةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةُ، يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَا أُسَامَةُ ؟ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرَى فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَالْأَرْضُ بِهِمْ رَحِيمَةٌ، وَالْجَبَّارُ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ، ضَيَّعَ النَّاسُ فِعْلَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَأَخْلَاقَهُمْ وَحَفِظُوا هُمُ، الرَّاغِبُ مَنْ رَغِبَ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي مِثْلِ رَغْبَتِهِمْ، وَالْخَاسِرُ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ، تَبْكِي الْأَرْضُ إِذَا فَقَدَتْهُمْ، وَيَسْخَطُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى كُلِّ بَلْدَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا مِثْلُهُمْ، يَا أُسَامَةُ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ فِي قَرْيَةٍ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَمَانٌ لِتِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ، لَا يُعَذِّبُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَوْمًا هُمْ فِيهِمُ، اتَّخِذْهُمْ لِنَفْسِكَ عَسَى أَنْ تَنْجُوَ بِهِمْ، وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَدَعَ مَا هُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمُكَ، فَتَهْوِيَ فِي النَّارِ، حُرِمُوا حَلَالَ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَهُمْ، طَلَبُوا الْفَضْلَ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ، وَتَرَكُوا الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّرَابَ عَنْ قُدْرَةٍ، لَمْ يَتَكَلَّبُوا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا تَكَلُّبَ الْكِلَابِ عَلَى الْجِيَفِ، شُغِلَ النَّاسُ بِالدُّنْيَا وَشَغَلُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِطَاعَةِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، لَبِسُوا الْخِرَقَ وَأَكَلُوا الْفِلَقَ، تَرَاهُمْ شُعْثًا غُبْرًا، يَظُنُّ النَّاسُ أَنَّ بِهِمْ دَاءً وَمَا ذَاكَ بِهِمْ، وَيَظُنُّ النَّاسُ أَنَّ عُقُولَهُمْ ذَهَبَتْ، وَمَا ذَهَبَتْ، وَلَكِنْ نَظَرُوا بِقُلُوبِهِمْ إِلَى مَنْ ذَهَبَ بِعُقُولِهِمْ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا فَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا يَمْشُونَ بِلَا عُقُولٍ. يَا أُسَامَةُ عَقَلُوا حِينَ ذَهَبَتْ عُقُولُ النَّاسِ ; لَهُمُ الْبُشْرَى فِي الْآخِرَةِ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he turned to Usamah b. Zayd ؓ, say: 'O Usamah, beware of every hungry liver that will dispute with you before Allah Most High on the Day of Resurrection. Beware the supplication of servants who have melted their flesh and burned their skin in the winds and hot sand, and who have parched their livers until their eyesight failed. If you wish, look at them, and the angels rejoice over them. Through them earthquakes and trials are averted.' Then he wept until his sobbing grew intense, then said: 'Woe to this nation! What will it meet from those among them who obey their Lord? How will they kill them and call them liars because they obeyed Allah, Blessed and Exalted?' Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will the people then be upon Islam?' He ﷺ said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then for what will they fight?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'O Umar, the people abandoned the path and rode mounts, wore the softest clothes, and the sons of Persia served them, adorning themselves as a woman adorns herself for her husband. When the friends of Allah Most High speak, upon them are cloaks, their backs bent, they have slain themselves with thirst. When one of them speaks, he is called a liar, and it is said to him: "You are the companion of Satan and the head of misguidance; you forbid the adornment of Allah Most High and the good things of provision." They recite the Book of Allah Most High without religion, and they despise the friends of Allah. Know, O Usamah, that the closest of people to Allah Most High on the Day of Resurrection is the one whose grief, thirst, and hunger in this world were prolonged—the pure, the righteous, who, when they are present, are not brought near, and when they are absent, are not missed. The regions of the earth know them; they are known among the inhabitants of heaven and hidden from the inhabitants of earth. The angels surround them. People enjoy ease while they enjoy hunger and thirst. People wear soft clothes while they wear the roughest clothes. People spread out beds while they spread out their foreheads and knees. People laugh while they weep. O Usamah, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will not combine for them hardship in this world and the Hereafter; theirs is Paradise. If only I had seen them, O Usamah! For them is glad tidings in the Hereafter, and the earth is merciful through them, and the Compeller is pleased with them. People neglected the deeds and character of the prophets, while they preserved them. The desirous one is he who desires Allah Most High with a desire like theirs, and the loser is he who opposes them. The earth weeps when it loses them, and Allah Most High is wrathful with every land that has none like them. O Usamah, when you see them in a village, know that they are a safeguard for that village; Allah Most High does not punish a people among whom they are. Take them for yourself, that you may be saved through them. Beware of abandoning what they are upon, lest your foot slip and you fall into the Fire. They were deprived of the lawful things Allah permitted them; they sought the bounty of the Hereafter and abandoned food and drink despite ability. They did not scramble after the world as dogs scramble after carcasses. People were occupied with the world while they occupied themselves with obedience to Allah, Blessed and Exalted. They wore patched garments and ate broken pieces. You see them disheveled and dusty; people think there is a disease in them, but that is not the case. People think their minds have gone, but they have not gone; rather, they looked with their hearts upon the One who took their minds away from the world, so in this world, among the people of the world, they walk without minds. O Usamah, they became rational when people's minds departed; for them is glad tidings in the Hereafter.'

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3802No grade recorded

    إِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ هَذَا الدِّينَارُ وَهَذَا الدِّرْهَمُ وَهُمَا مُهْلِكَاكُمْ

    ✧ Indeed, what destroyed those before you was this dinar and this dirham, and they will destroy you.

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3803No grade recorded

    « أَرْبَعٌ مِنْ سَعَادَةِ الْمَرْءِ: أَنْ تَكُونَ زَوْجَتُهُ مُوَافِقَةً، وَأَوْلَادُهُ أَبْرَارًا، وَإِخْوَانُهُ صَالِحِينَ، وَأَنْ يَكُونَ رِزْقُهُ فِي بَلَدِهِ

    ✧ Four things are from a person's happiness: that his wife be compatible, his children be righteous, his brothers be upright, and his sustenance be in his own land.

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3804No grade recorded

    لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَخَلَ بَيْتًا فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتٍ فَأَدْمَنَ هُنَاكَ عَمَلًا، أَوْشَكَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَتَحَدَّثُوا بِهِ، وَمَا مِنْ عَامِلٍ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا إِلَّا كَسَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى رِدَاءَ عَمَلِهِ، إِنْ كَانَ خَيْرًا فَخَيْرٌ، وَإِنْ كَانَ شَرًّا فَشَرٌّ

    ✧ If a man entered a house within a house and persisted there in a deed, people would soon speak of it. There is no worker who performs a deed except that Allah Most High clothes him with the garment of his deed—if good, then good; if evil, then evil.

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3805No grade recorded

    كَتَبَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ إِلَى مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ مُخَلَّدٍ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا عَمِلَ بِطَاعَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَبَّهُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَإِذَا أَحَبَّهُ حَبَّبَهُ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ، وَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا عَمِلَ بِمَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَبْغَضَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَإِذَا أَبْغَضَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بَغَّضَهُ إِلَى الْخَلْقِ

    ✧ Abu al-Darda' ؓ wrote to Maslamah b. Mukhallad: 'To proceed: When a servant acts in obedience to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, loves him; and when He loves him, He makes him beloved to His creation. When a servant acts in disobedience to Allah Most High, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, hates him; and when Allah Most High hates him, He makes him hateful to creation.'

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3806No grade recorded

    لَقِيتُ شَيْخًا بِالرَّمْلِ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ كَبِيرًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَقِيتَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ ؟ قَالَ: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: فَمَا سَمِعْتَهُ يَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ ؓ يَقُولُ: « أَحْرِزْ لِدُنْيَاكَ كَأَنَّكَ تَعِيشُ أَبَدًا، وَاعْمَلْ لِآخِرَتِكَ كَأَنَّكَ تَمُوتُ غَدًا

    ✧ I met an old Bedouin shaykh at al-Raml and said to him: 'Did you meet anyone from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'Yes.' I said: 'Who?' He said: 'Abdullah b. Amr b. al-As ؓ.' I said to him: 'What did you hear him say?' He said: 'I heard him ؓ say: "Secure your worldly affairs as if you will live forever, and work for your Hereafter as if you will die tomorrow."'

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3807No grade recorded

    « أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَلَى مَنْ تَحْرُمُ النَّارُ غَدًا ؟ عَلَى كُلِّ هَيِّنٍ لَيِّنٍ قَرِيبٍ سَهْلٍ

    ✧ Shall I inform you of those for whom the Fire is forbidden tomorrow? It is forbidden for every gentle, easy, close, and lenient person.

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3808No grade recorded

    « الدُّنْيَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ، وَجَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ

    ✧ The world is the believer's prison and the disbeliever's paradise.

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3809No grade recorded

    « لَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَزِنُ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا أَعْطَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ

    ✧ If the world weighed as much as a mosquito's wing in the sight of Allah, Blessed and Exalted, He would not have given a disbeliever a drink of water from it.

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3810No grade recorded

    عَادَ خَبَّابًا ؓ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: أَبْشِرْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ، تَرِدُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ الْحَوْضَ، فَقَالَ: فَكَيْفَ بِهَذَا ؟ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى أَعْلَى الْبَيْتِ وَأَسْفَلِهِ، وَقَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا كَزَادِ الرَّاكِبِ

    ✧ Some people from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited Khabbab ؓ and said: 'Rejoice, O Abu Abdullah, you will meet Muhammad ﷺ at the Pond.' He said: 'How with this?' and he pointed to the top and bottom of the house. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had said: 'What suffices any of you from the world is like the provision of a rider.'

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3811No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْأَعْوَادِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: « مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى

    ✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ while he was on the pulpit saying: "What is little and sufficient is better than what is abundant and distracting."

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3812No grade recorded

    « لَوْ هَرَبَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ رِزْقِهِ كَمَا يَهْرُبُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، لَأَتَاهُ رِزْقُهُ كَمَا يَأْتِيهِ الْمَوْتُ

    ✧ "If a servant were to flee from his provision as he flees from death, his provision would still come to him just as death comes to him."

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3813No grade recorded

    إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا مِثْلُ الثَّغَبِ ذَهَبَ صَفْوُهُ، وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ

    ✧ The world is only like a water pool; its clear part has gone, and its muddiness remains.

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3814No grade recorded

    ذَهَبَ صَفْوُ الدُّنْيَا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا الْكُدْرَةُ، وَالْمَوْتُ الْيَوْمَ تُحْفَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ

    ✧ The clear part of the world has gone, and nothing remains of it but turbidity; and death today is a gift for every Muslim.

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3815No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، بِهِ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ

    ✧ Al-Harith said: Muawiya b. Amr narrated to us; Za'ida narrated to us, from Yazid b. Abi Ziyad, from Abu Juhayfa, with this chain, and he did not mention Ibn Masud ؓ.

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3816No grade recorded

    « اتَّقُوا اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَاتَّقُوا النَّاسَ

    ✧ "Fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and fear people."

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3817No grade recorded

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

    ✧ "The believer who mixes with people and patiently bears their harm has a greater reward than the believer who does not mix with people and does not patiently bear their harm."

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3818No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، بِهِ.:

    ✧ Al-Harith said: Muawiya b. Amr narrated to us; Za'ida narrated to us, from al-Amash, with this chain.

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3819No grade recorded

    تَعَوَّدُوا الصَّبْرَ فَيُوشِكُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِكُمُ الْبَلَاءُ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَا يُصِيبُكُمْ مَا أَصَابَنَا وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ Accustom yourselves to patience, for trial is about to befall you, just as what befell us did not befall you while we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3820No grade recorded

     أَنَا كُنْتُ أَحَبَّ إِلَى أَبِيكَ مِنْكَ، وَأَنْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنَ ابْنِي، خَصْلَتَانِ أُوصِيكَ بِهِمَا: خَالِصِ الْمُؤْمِنَ، وَخَالِقِ الْفَاجِرَ، فَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَرْضَى مِنْكَ بِالْخُلُقِ الْحَسَنِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نُخَالِصَ الْمُؤْمِنَ

     ✧ I was dearer to your father than you, and you are dearer to me than my son. Two traits I enjoin upon you: be sincere to the believer and associate with the wicked, for the wicked is pleased with you by good character, and it is a right upon us to be sincere to the believer.

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3821No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ أَتَكَارَى مِنْهُ بَيْتًا فِي دَارِهِ، فَقَالَ: تَكَارَ، فَإِنَّهَا مُبَارَكَةٌ عَلَى مَنْ هِيَ لَهُ، مُبَارَكَةٌ عَلَى مَنْ سَكَنَهَا، فَقُلْتُ: مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ نُحِرَتْ جَزُورٌ، وَقَدْ أَمَرَ بِقِسْمَتِهَا، فَقَالَ لِلَّذِي يَقْسِمُهَا: « أَعْطُوا عَمْرًا مِنْهَا قَسْمًا ». فَلَمْ يُعْطِنِي وَأَغْفَلَنِي، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ دَرَاهِمُ فَقَالَ: « أَخَذْتَ الْقَسْمَ الَّذِي أَمَرْتُ لَكَ ؟ » قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَعْطَانِي شَيْئًا، قَالَ: فَتَنَاوَلَ ﷺ مِنَ الدَّرَاهِمِ، فَأَعْطَانِي فَجِئْتُ بِهَا إِلَى أُمِّي، فَقُلْتُ: خُذِي هَذِهِ الدَّرَاهِمَ الَّتِي أَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ أَعْطَانِيهَا، أَمْسِكِيهَا حَتَّى نَنْظُرَ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ نَضَعُهَا، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ الدَّهْرُ ضَرَبَاتِهِ حَتَّى اشْتَرَيْتُ هَذِهِ الدَّارَ قَالَتْ أُمِّي: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَنْقُدَ ثَمَنَهَا فَلَا تَنْقُدْ حَتَّى تَدْعُوَنِي أَدْعُ لَكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ، فَدَعَوْتُهَا حَتَّى هَيَّأْتُهَا، فَقَالَتْ لِي: خُذْ هَذِهِ الدَّرَاهِمَ، فَشَرِّكْهَا فِيهَا فَشَرَّكْتُهَا ثُمَّ خَلَطْتُهَا، وَقَالَتِ: اذْهَبْ بِهَا

     ✧ I came to Amr b. Hurayth to rent a house from him in his home. He said: "Rent it, for it is blessed for its owner and blessed for whoever dwells in it." I said: "From what is that?" He said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ when a camel had been slaughtered and he had ordered it to be divided. He said to the one dividing it: 'Give Amr a share of it.' But he did not give me and neglected me. The next day I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while there were dirhams in front of him. He said: 'Did you take the share I ordered for you?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he did not give me anything.' He said: Then he ﷺ took some dirhams and gave them to me. I brought them to my mother and said: 'Take these dirhams that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took with his own hand and gave to me; keep them until we see what to put them in.' Then time took its course until I bought this house. My mother said: 'When you want to pay its price, do not pay until you call me so I may supplicate for blessing for you.' So I called her when I had prepared it. She said to me: 'Take these dirhams and include them in it.' So I included them and mixed them, and she said: 'Go with them.'"

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3822No grade recorded

     اعْتَمَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي عُمْرَةٍ اعْتَمَرَهَا، فَحَلَقَ شَعَرَهُ فَاسْتَبَقَ النَّاسُ إِلَى شَعَرِهِ، فَاسْتَبَقْتُ إِلَى النَّاصِيَةِ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَاتَّخَذْتُ قَلَنْسُوَةً، فَجَعَلَهَا فِي مُقَدَّمِ قَلَنْسُوَتِهِ فَمَا وَجَّهَهَا فِي وَجْهٍ إِلَّا فُتِحَ لَهُ

     ✧ We performed Umrah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in an Umrah he performed. He shaved his hair, and the people raced to his hair. I raced to the forelock and took it. Then I made a cap and put it in the front of my cap; I did not direct it in any direction except that it was opened for him.

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3823No grade recorded

     اسْتَوْهَبْتُ مِنْ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ مِنَ السُّكِّ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَعْجِنُهُ بِعَرَقِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَوَهَبَتْ لِي مِنْهُ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ مُحَمَّدٌ، حُنِّطَ بِذَلِكَ السُّكِّ

     ✧ I asked Umm Sulaym ؓ for some of the perfume which she used to mix with the sweat of the Prophet ﷺ, and she gave me some of it. When Muhammad died, he was embalmed with that perfume.

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3824No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ ابْنَ أُخْتِي قَدِ اجْتَهَدَ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ وَأَجْهَدَ نَفْسَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « تِلْكَ شِرَّةُ الْإِسْلَامِ، لِكُلِّ شِرَّةٍ فَتْرَةٌ فَارْتَقِبْهُ عِنْدَ فَتْرَتِهِ، فَإِنْ قَارَبَ فَلَعَلَّ وَإِنْ هَلَكَ فَتَبًّا لَهُ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, my nephew has exerted himself in worship and exhausted himself. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "That is the fervor of Islam. Every fervor has a lull, so watch for his lull. If he keeps close [to moderation], then perhaps [he will be fine], but if he perishes, then woe to him."

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3825No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ: اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: « لَا تَسُبُّوا أَهْلَ الشَّامِ جَمًّا غَفِيرًا، فَإِنَّ بِهَا الْأَبْدَالَ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ On the day of Siffin a man said: O God, curse the people of Syria. Ali ؓ said: "Do not revile the people of Syria as a whole, for among them are the abdal." He said it three times.

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3826No grade recorded

     « لَا تَسُبُّوا أَهْلَ الشَّامِ جَمًّا غَفِيرًا فَإِنَّ بِهَا الْأَبْدَال قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا" نوع="موقوف"

     ✧ "Do not revile the people of Syria as a whole, for among them are the abdal." He said it three times. Type: mawquf.

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3827No grade recorded

     « مَهْلًا عَنِ اللهِ تَعَالَى مَهْلًا، لَوْلَا شَبَابٌ خُشَّعٌ، وَشُيُوخٌ رُكَّعٌ، وَأَطْفَالٌ رُضَّعٌ، وَبَهَائِمُ رُتَّعٌ، لَصُبَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعَذَابُ صَبًّا

     ✧ "Gently, for the sake of God Almighty, gently! Were it not for humble youths, bowing elderly, suckling infants, and grazing beasts, punishment would have been poured upon you abundantly."

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3828No grade recorded

     لَا نَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ.:

     ✧ We do not know it except with this chain of transmission.

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3829No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَيَحْفَظُ الرَّجُلَ الصَّالِحَ فِي وَلَدِهِ، وَوَلَدِ وَلَدِهِ، وَدُوَيْرَتِهِ الَّتِي وُلِدَ فِيهَا، وَالدُّوَيْرَاتِ حَوْلَهُ، فَلَا يَزَالُونَ فِي حِفْظٍ

     ✧ "Indeed God Almighty preserves a righteous man in his children, his grandchildren, and the small house in which he was born, and the small houses around it, so they remain under protection."

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3830No grade recorded

     كَانَ كَعْبٌ ؓ يَقُصُّ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « لَا يَقُصُّ إِلَّا أَمِيرٌ، أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ، أَوْ مُخْتَالٌ » قَالَ: فَقِيلَ لِكَعْبٍ ؓ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ، هَذَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ يَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَتَرَكَ الْقَصَصَ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَمَرَهُ بِالْقَصَصِ، فَاسْتَحَلَّ ذَلِكَ بِذَلِكَ

     ✧ Ka'b ؓ used to recount stories. Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "No one recounts stories except a ruler, one commanded, or a self-conceited person." It was said to Ka'b ؓ: May your mother be bereaved of you! Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ says such-and-such. So he stopped recounting stories. Then Mu'awiya commanded him to recount stories, and he considered it permissible because of that.

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3831No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ، مَرَّ بِقَصَّاصٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا يَقُولُ ؟ قَالُوا: يَقُصُّ، قَالَ ؓ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ يَقُولُ: اعْرِفُونِي

     ✧ Ali ؓ passed by a storyteller and said: What is he saying? They said: He is recounting stories. He ؓ said: No, but he is saying: Know me!

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3832No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُطْبَةً فَوَعَظَنَا فِيهَا مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ، وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ، وَاقْشَعَرَّتْ مِنْهَا الْجُلُودُ، وَتَقَلْقَلَتْ مِنْهَا الْأَحْشَاءُ، أَمَرَ ﷺ بِلَالًا ؓ فَنَادَى: الصَّلَاةُ جَامِعَةٌ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ، وَفِيهِ: « وَمَنِ اخْتَارَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ فَلَهُ النَّارُ، وَمَنْ عَظَّمَ صَاحِبَ دُنْيَا وَمَدَحَهُ طَمَعًا فِي دُنْيَاهُ سَخِطَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ، وَكَانَ فِي دَرَجَةِ قَارُونَ فِي أَسْفَلِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمَنْ بَنَى بِنَاءً رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً حُمِّلَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ، مُطَوَّقَةٍ نَارًا تُوقَدُ فِي عُنُقِهِ ثُمَّ يُرْمَى بِهِ فِي النَّارِ » فَقِيلَ: وَكَيْفَ يَبْنِي بِنَاءَ رِيَاءٍ وَسُمْعَةٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: « يَبْنِي فَضْلًا عَمَّا يَكْفِيهِ وَيَبْنِيهِ مُبَاهَاةً، وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهِ وَآثَرَ عَلَيْهِ حُطَامَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا اسْتَوْجَبَ سَخَطَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَكَانَ فِي دَرَجَةِ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى الَّذِينَ نَبَذُوا كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا، وَمَنْ سَخِطَ رِزْقَهُ وَبَثَّ شَكْوَاهُ لَمْ تُرْفَعْ لَهُ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى حَسَنَةٌ، وَلَقِيَ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ سَاخِطٌ، وَمَنْ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةً حَلَالًا بِمَالٍ حَلَالٍ يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ الْفَخْرَ وَالرِّيَاءَ لَمْ يَزِدْهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِذَلِكَ إِلَّا ذُلًّا وَهَوَانًا، وَأَقَامَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِقَدْرِ مَا اسْتَمْتَعَ مِنْهَا عَلَى شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ، ثُمَّ يَهْوِي فِيهَا سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا، وَمَنْ أَهَانَ فَقِيرًا مُسْلِمًا مِنْ أَجْلِ فَقْرِهِ فَاسْتَخَفَّ بِهِ، فَقَدِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِحَقِّ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَلَمْ يَزَلْ فِي مَقْتِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَسَخَطِهِ حَتَّى يُرْضِيَهُ، وَمَنْ أَكْرَمَ فَقِيرًا مُسْلِمًا لَقِيَ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُوَ يَضْحَكُ إِلَيْهِ، وَمَنْ عُرِضَتْ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةُ فَاخْتَارَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ لَقِيَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَلَيْسَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ يَتَّقِي بِهَا النَّارَ، وَإِنِ اخْتَارَ الْآخِرَةَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا لَقِيَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَهُوَ عَنْهُ رَاضٍ، وَمَنْ ذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ قَطْرَةٍ مِنْ دُمُوعِهِ مِثْلُ أُحُدٍ فِي مِيزَانِهِ، وَلَهُ بِكُلِّ قَطْرَةِ عَيْنٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ عَلَى حَافَتِهَا مِنَ الْمَدَائِنِ وَالْقُصُورِ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ وَاصِفٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ delivered a sermon to us, and in it he admonished us with a discourse that made eyes shed tears, hearts tremble, skins shiver, and inner organs quake. He ﷺ commanded Bilal ؓ, who called out: Prayer in congregation! Then he mentioned the hadith in full, in which there is: "Whoever chooses this world over the Hereafter, his is the Fire. Whoever honors a man of worldly status and praises him out of greed for his worldly goods, God Almighty is displeased with him, and he will be in the rank of Qarun in the lowest part of Hell. Whoever builds a building for show and reputation, on the Day of Resurrection he will be made to carry it from seven earths, with fire blazing around his neck, then thrown into the Fire." It was said: How does one build a building for show and reputation? He said: "He builds beyond what suffices him, and he builds it for display. Whoever learns the Quran but does not act upon it, and prefers the fleeting goods and adornment of this world over it, incurs the displeasure of God Almighty, and he will be in the rank of the Jews and Christians who cast the Book of God Almighty behind their backs and sold it for a small price. Whoever is discontent with his provision and spreads his complaint, no good deed of his will be raised to God Almighty, and he will meet God, Mighty and Majestic, while He is displeased with him. Whoever marries a woman lawfully with lawful wealth, intending thereby pride and showing off, God Almighty will only increase him in humiliation and disgrace, and God Almighty will stand him, in proportion to what he enjoyed from her, on the brink of Hell, then he will fall into it for seventy autumns. Whoever humiliates a poor Muslim because of his poverty and belittles him, he has belittled the right of God Almighty, and he will remain in God Almighty's hatred and displeasure until he appeases him. Whoever honors a poor Muslim will meet God Almighty on the Day of Resurrection while He is smiling at him. Whoever is presented with this world and the Hereafter and chooses this world over the Hereafter will meet God Almighty without any good deed with which to protect himself from the Fire, but if he chooses the Hereafter over this world, he will meet God Almighty while He is pleased with him. Whoever's eyes shed tears out of fear of God, Blessed and Exalted, for every drop of his tears he will have the like of Mount Uhud in his scale, and for every drop that falls from his eye he will have in Paradise, on its edge, cities and palaces such as no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and has never occurred to the heart of any describer."

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3833No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْقَصَصَ بِدْعَةٌ

     ✧ Indeed, storytelling is an innovation.

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3834No grade recorded

     لَمَّا مَرِضَ سَلْمَانُ ؓ مَرَضَهُ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ، أَتَاهُ سَعْدٌ ؓ يَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْكُوفَةِ، فَجَعَلَ سَلْمَانُ ؓ يَبْكِي، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ فَاتَّقِ اللهَ تَعَالَى عِنْدَ هَمِّكَ إِذَا هَمَمْتَ، وَعِنْدَ يَدِكَ إِذَا قَسَّمْتَ، وَعِنْدَ لِسَانِكَ إِذَا حَكَمْتَ

     ✧ When Salman ؓ fell ill with the illness in which he died, Sa'd ؓ came to visit him while he was governor of Kufa. Salman ؓ began to weep, and he mentioned the hadith, then said: As for you, O man, fear God Almighty in your intention when you intend, in your hand when you distribute, and in your tongue when you judge.

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3835No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمَّا هَلَكُوا قَصُّوا

     ✧ The Children of Israel were ruined only when they told stories.

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3836No grade recorded

     اخْتَصَمَ قَوْمٌ فِي الْقَصَصِ، فَحَسَّنَهُ قَوْمٌ وَكَرِهَهُ قَوْمٌ، فَأَتَوْا أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَسَأَلُوهُ، فَقَالَ: بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْقِتَالِ وَلَمْ يُبْعَثْ بِالْقَصَصِ

     ✧ Some people disputed about storytelling; some approved of it and others disliked it. They came to Anas b. Malik ؓ, mentioned that to him, and asked him. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ was sent with fighting and was not sent with storytelling.

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3837No grade recorded

     دُعِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ إِلَى طَعَامٍ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَأَى الْبَيْتَ مُنَجَّدًا فَقَعَدَ خَارِجًا يَبْكِي، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: مَا يُبْكِيكَ ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا شَيَّعَ جَيْشًا فَبَلَغَ عَقَبَةَ الْوَدَاعِ، قَالَ ﷺ: « أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللهَ دِينَكُمْ وَأَمَانَتَكُمْ وَخَوَاتِيمَ أَعْمَالِكُمْ »، فَرَأَى رَجُلًا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ قَدْ رَقَّعَ بُرْدَةً لَهُ بِقِطْعَةِ فَرْوٍ فَقَالَ: فَاسْتَقْبَلَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ، وَقَالَ هَكَذَا بِيَدِهِ، وَوَصَفَ حَمَّادٌ بِيَدَيْهِ بِبَاطِنِ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَمَدَّ يَدَيْهِ: « تَطَالَعَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا - أَيْ أَقْبَلَتْ - حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَيْنَا، وَيَغْدُوَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي حُلَّةٍ وَيَرُوحَ فِي أُخْرَى، وَتَسْتُرُونَ بُيُوتَكُمْ كَمَا تَسْتُرُونَ الْكَعْبَةَ » فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ: أَوَلَا أَبْكِي وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُكُمْ تَسْتُرُونَ بُيُوتَكُمْ كَمَا تَسْتُرُونَ الْكَعْبَةَ

     ✧ Abdullah b. Yazid was invited to a meal. When he came and saw the house furnished with curtains, he sat outside weeping. It was said to him, "What makes you weep?" He said ؓ: When the Messenger of God ﷺ used to see off an army and reached the Thaniyyat al-Wada', he ﷺ would say, "I entrust to God your religion, your trusts, and the final outcomes of your deeds." One day he saw a man who had patched his cloak with a piece of fur, so he said: He faced the rising of the sun, and said this with his hand—Hammad described it with his two hands, palms inward, and extended his hands—"The world has appeared before you—meaning it has approached—until we thought it would fall upon us. One of you goes out in one fine garment and returns in another, and you cover your houses as you cover the Ka'bah." Abdullah b. Yazid said, "Should I not weep when I see you covering your houses as you cover the Ka'bah?"

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3838No grade recorded

     « مَا مَحَقَ الْإِسْلَامَ مَحْقَ الشُّحِّ شَيْءٌ

     ✧ Nothing has eradicated Islam like miserliness.

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3839No grade recorded

     إِذَا كَانَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ اطَّلَعَ مَلَكٌ، فَقَالَ: سَبِّحُوا الْمَلِكَ الْقُدُّوسَ، ثُمَّ يَطَّلِعُ مَلَكٌ آخَرُ فَيَقُولُ: سَبِّحُوا الْمَلِكَ الْقُدُّوسَ، فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ تُحَرِّكُ الطَّيْرُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا، ثُمَّ يَطَّلِعُ مَلَكٌ آخَرُ فَيَقُولُ: يَا بَاغِيَ الْخَيْرِ هَلُمَّ، ثُمَّ يَطَّلِعُ مَلَكٌ آخَرُ يَقُولُ: يَا بَاغِيَ الشَّرِّ أَقْصِرْ، ثُمَّ يَطَّلِعُ آخَرُ فَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِمُنْفِقٍ خَلَفًا، ثُمَّ يَطَّلِعُ آخَرُ، فَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِمُمْسِكٍ تَلَفًا

     ✧ When the depth of the night comes, an angel appears and says, "Glorify the King, the Most Holy." Then another angel appears and says, "Glorify the King, the Most Holy." At that the birds move their wings. Then another angel appears and says, "O seeker of good, come forward." Then another angel appears and says, "O seeker of evil, refrain." Then another appears and says, "O God, give a successor to one who spends." Then another appears and says, "O God, give ruin to one who withholds."

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3840No grade recorded

     دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لَا يَرِيبُكَ

     ✧ Leave what causes you doubt for what does not cause you doubt.

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3841No grade recorded

     « مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَبَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى لِقَاءَهُ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللهِ تَعَالَى كَرِهَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِقَاءَهُ ». فَبَكَى الْقَوْمُ فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَأَيُّنَا لَا يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « لَسْتُ ذَلِكَ أَعْنِي، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَالَ: فَأَمَّا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ فَإِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَاللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِلِقَائِهِ أَحَبُّ، وَأَمَّا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ الضَّالِّينَ فَنُـزُلٌ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ كَرِهَ لِقَاءَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَاللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِلِقَائِهِ أَكْرَهُ

     ✧ "Whoever loves to meet God, Mighty and Majestic, God Most High loves to meet him; and whoever hates to meet God Most High, God, Mighty and Majestic, hates to meet him." The people wept and said, "O Messenger of God, which of us does not hate death?" He ﷺ said, "That is not what I mean. But God, Blessed and Exalted, said: 'Then if he is of those brought near, then rest and fragrance and a garden of bliss.' When that is the case, he loves to meet God Most High, and God, Mighty and Majestic, is more loving of meeting him. But if he is of the deniers, the astray, then a lodging of boiling water. When that is the case, he hates to meet God Most High, and God, Mighty and Majestic, is more hating of meeting him."

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3842No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الشِّرْكَ فَقَالَ: « هُوَ أَخْفَى فِيكُمْ مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ » فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَلِ الشِّرْكُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ الشِّرْكُ أَخْفَى فِيكُمْ مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ، وَسَأَدُلُّكَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتَهُ ذَهَبَ عَنْكَ صِغَارُ الشِّرْكِ وَكِبَارُهُ أَوْ صَغِيرُ الشِّرْكِ وَكَبِيرُهُ، قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned polytheism and said, "It is more hidden among you than the crawling of an ant." Abu Bakr ؓ said, "O Messenger of God, is polytheism anything but making another god with God?" He ﷺ said, "May your mother be bereaved of you, O Abu Bakr! Polytheism is more hidden among you than the crawling of an ant. I will show you something that, if you do it, will remove from you the minor polytheism and its major, or the small polytheism and its large. Say: O God, I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know."

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3843No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: أَمْ جَعَلُوا لِلهِ شُرَكَاءَ خَلَقُوا كَخَلْقِهِ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Most High: 'Or have they assigned to God partners who created like His creation...'

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3844No grade recorded

     « الشِّرْكُ أَخْفَى فِيكُمْ مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى مَا يُذْهِبُ عَنْكَ صَغِيرَ ذَلِكَ وَكَبِيرَهُ ؟ » قُلِ: « اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ

     ✧ "Polytheism is more hidden among you than the crawling of an ant." Then he ﷺ said, "Shall I not show you what removes from you the minor and major of that?" Say: "O God, I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know."

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3845No grade recorded

     « أَلَا أَدُلَّك عَلَى مَا يَذْهَبُ عَنْك صَغِيرٌ ذَلِكَ وَكَبِيره » قُلْ « اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذ بِك أَنَّ أَشَرَّك بِك وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُك لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمَ" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "Shall I not show you what removes from you the minor and major of that?" Say: "O God, I seek refuge in You from associating anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know."

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3846No grade recorded

     « مَنْ أَحْسَنَ صَلَاتَهُ حَيْثُ يَرَاهُ النَّاسُ وَأَسَاءَهَا إِذَا خَلَا فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ اسْتِهَانَةٌ يَسْتَهِينُ بِهَا رَبَّهُ

     ✧ Whoever perfects his prayer when people see him and performs it badly when alone, that is only contempt by which he belittles his Lord.

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3847No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، فَجَاءَهُ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ، وَفِي وَجْهِهِ أَثَرُ السُّجُودِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقُلْنَا: الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ. فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ، مَا هَذَا بِسِيمَا الَّتِي سَمَّاهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَلَقَدْ سَجَدْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي مُنْذُ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً فَمَا أَثَّرَ السُّجُودُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيَّ

     ✧ We were with al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd when al-Zubayr b. Sahl b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf ؓ came to him, and on his face was a mark of prostration. He said: "Who is this?" We said: "Al-Zubayr b. Sahl." He said: "By Allah, this is not the sign that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has named. I have prostrated on my face for eighty years, yet prostration has left no mark between my eyes."

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3848No grade recorded

     إِنَّ قَائِلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا النَّجَاةُ غَدًا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « لَا تُخَادِعِ اللهَ تَعَالَى ». قَالَ: وَكَيْفَ يُخَادَعُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « أَنْ تَعْمَلَ بِمَا أَمَرَكَ اللهُ بِهِ تُرِيدُ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ، فَاتَّقُوا الرِّيَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ الشِّرْكُ بِاللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَإِنَّ الْمُرَائِيَ يُنَادَى بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْخَلَائِقِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَسْمَاءٍ: يَا فَاجِرُ يَا كَافِرُ، يَا خَاسِرُ، يَا غَادِرُ، ضَلَّ عَمَلُكَ وَبَطَلَ أَجْرُكَ، فَلَا خَلَاقَ لَكَ الْيَوْمَ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَالْتَمِسْ أَجْرَكَ مِمَّنْ كُنْتَ تَعْمَلُ لَهُ يَا مُخَادِعُ ». قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: آللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، لَأَنَا سَمِعْتُ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ أَتَعَمَّدْهُ. قَالَ يَزِيدُ: وَأَظُنُّهُ قَرَأَ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ: فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلا صَالِحًا الْآيَةَ وَ: إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ A speaker among the Muslims said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is salvation tomorrow?" He ﷺ said: "Do not deceive Allah, Exalted is He." He said: "And how is Allah, Mighty and Majestic, deceived?" He ﷺ said: "That you do what Allah has commanded you, seeking by it other than Him. So beware of showing off, for it is associating partners with Allah, Mighty and Majestic. The one who shows off will be called on the Day of Resurrection before all creation by four names: O sinner, O disbeliever, O loser, O treacherous one. Your deeds have gone astray and your reward is nullified. You have no share today with Allah, Exalted is He. Seek your reward from the one for whom you used to work, O deceiver." He (the narrator) said: I said to him: "By Allah, besides whom there is no god, did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said: "By Allah, besides whom there is no god, I heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, unless it is something I did not intend." Yazīd said: "I think he recited verses from the Qur'an: 'So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him work righteous deeds' and 'Indeed, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them.'"

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3849No grade recorded

     « يُجَاءُ بِابْنِ آدَمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُ بَذَجٌ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ: كَأَنَّهُ جَمَلٌ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، أَنَا خَيْرُ قَسِيمٍ، انْظُرْ إِلَى عَمَلِكَ الَّذِي عَمِلْتَهُ لِي فَأَنَا أَجْزِيكَ عَلَيْهِ وَانْظُرْ إِلَى عَمَلِكَ الَّذِي عَمِلْتَهُ لِغَيْرِي فَيُجَازِيكَ عَلَى الَّذِي عَمِلْتَ لَهُ

     ✧ "The son of Adam will be brought on the Day of Resurrection as if he were a lamb—or perhaps he said: as if he were a camel—and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will say: 'O son of Adam, I am the best of dividers. Look at the deeds you did for Me, and I will reward you for them; and look at the deeds you did for other than Me, and they will reward you for what you did for them.'"

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3850No grade recorded

     « أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ أَيِسَ أَنْ يُعْبَدَ فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا آخِرَ الزَّمَانِ، وَقَدْ رَضِيَ مِنْكُمْ بِمُحَقَّرَاتِ الْأَعْمَالِ، فَاحْذَرُوهُ عَلَى دِينِكُمْ

     ✧ "O people, the devil has despaired of being worshipped in this land of yours at the end of time, but he is content with you through belittled deeds. So beware of him regarding your religion."

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3851No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ حُرْمَةً إِلَّا وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ سَيَطَّلِعُهَا مِنْكُمْ مُطَّلِعٌ، أَلَا فَإِنِّي مُمْسِكٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ أَنْ تَتَهَافَتُوا فِي النَّارِ كَمَا يَتَهَافَتُ الذُّبَابُ

     ✧ "Indeed, Allah, Exalted is He, did not make any sacred thing forbidden except that He knew someone among you would violate it. Beware, I am holding you by your belts lest you tumble into the Fire as flies tumble."

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3852No grade recorded

     « آخِذٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ » وَزَادَ: « كَمَا يَتَهَافَتُ الْفَرَاشُ وَالذُّبَابُ وَالْحَنْطَبُ »

     ✧ "Holding you by your belts"—and he added: "as moths, flies, and beetles tumble."

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3853No grade recorded

     3853 3218 / 3 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، ثَنَا يَزِيدُ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ 3853 3218 / 3 - And Abū Yaʿlā said: Abū Khaythamah narrated to us, Yazīd narrated to us, with it.

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3854No grade recorded

     جَاءَ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اجْعَلْنِي عَلَى شَيْءٍ أَعِيشُ بِهِ. فَقَالَ ﷺ: « يَا حَمْزَةُ، أَنَفْسٌ تُحْيِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمْ نَفْسٌ تُمِيتُهَا ؟ » قَالَ ؓ: نَفْسٌ أُحْيِيهَا. قَالَ ﷺ: « عَلَيْكَ نَفْسَكَ

     ✧ Ḥamzah b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ؓ came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, appoint me over something by which I may live." He ﷺ said: "O Ḥamzah, is a soul you keep alive dearer to you, or a soul you put to death?" He ؓ said: "A soul I keep alive." He ﷺ said: "Then take care of your own soul."

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3855No grade recorded

     رَأَى أُوَيْسٌ ؓ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي يَقُومُ وَيَقْعُدُ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَقُومُ فَيَجِيءُ الشَّيْطَانُ، فَيَقُولُ: إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي، فَأَجْلِسُ، ثُمَّ تُنَازِعُنِي نَفْسِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَأَقُومُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: إِنَّكَ تُرَائِي، فَأَجْلِسُ. قَالَ: لَوْ خَلَوْتَ كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: صَلِّ، فَلَسْتَ بِمُرَاءٍ

     ✧ Uways ؓ saw a man praying, standing and sitting. He said: "What is the matter with you?" He said: "I stand, and Satan comes and says: 'You are showing off,' so I sit. Then my soul urges me to pray, so I stand, and he says: 'You are showing off,' so I sit." He said: "If you were alone, would you pray this prayer?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then pray, for you are not showing off."

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3856No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَدِمَ عَلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ وَالضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ؓ ؟ قَالَ: نَحْنُ وَهُوَ إِذَا لَقِينَاهُ قُلْنَا لَهُ مَا يُحِبُّ، وَإِذَا وَلَّيْنَا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَعُدُّ وَنَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ

     ✧ A man came to Ibn ʿUmar ؓ, and he said to him: "How are you and al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Qays ؓ?" He said: "We and he, when we meet him, we say to him what he likes, and when we turn away from him, we say something else." He said: "That is what we used to consider hypocrisy while we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3857No grade recorded

     « يَا نَعَايَا الْعَرَبِ ثَلَاثًا إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمُ الرِّيَاءُ وَالشَّهْوَةُ الْخَفِيَّةُ

     ✧ "O crows of the Arabs, three times: Indeed, the most fearful things I fear for you are showing off and hidden desire."

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3858No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، إِنَّا نَدْخُلُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ يَقْضِي بِالْقَضَاءِ نَرَاهُ جَوْرًا فَنَقُولُ: وَفَّقَكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، وَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ مِنَّا يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ ؓ: أَمَّا نَحْنُ مَعَاشِرَ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَا

     ✧ I said to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmar ؓ: "O Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, we enter upon the ruler when he passes a judgment we see as unjust, and we say: 'May Allah grant you success,' and we look to the man among us who praises him." He ؓ said: "As for us, the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we do not do that."

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3859No grade recorded

     « مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ خَمِيصُ الْبَطْنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died with a lean stomach.

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3860No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْ لَوْ قَامَ عَلَى بَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَسَأَلَهُ دِينَارًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ، أَوْ دِرْهَمًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ، أَوْ فِلْسًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ، وَلَوْ سَأَلَ اللهَ تَعَالَى الدُّنْيَا مَا أَعْطَاهُ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ كَرَامَتِهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَوْ سَأَلَ اللهَ تَعَالَى الْجَنَّةَ لَأَعْطَاهُ، وَلَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ

     ✧ “Among my ummah are some who, if one of them were to stand at the door of any of you and ask him for a dinar, he would not give it to him; or for a dirham, he would not give it to him; or for a fils, he would not give it to him. Yet if he were to ask Allah, the Exalted, for the whole world, He would not give it to him. And He only withholds it from him because of His honoring him. But if he were to ask Allah, the Exalted, for Paradise, He would give it to him. And if he were to swear by Allah, He would fulfill his oath.”

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3861No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَلَامٍ، مَرَّ فِي السُّوقِ عَلَيْهِ حُزْمَةٌ مِنْ حَطَبٍ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَلَيْسَ قَدْ أَغْنَاكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقْمَعَ الْكِبْرَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ

     ✧ That Abd Allah b. Salam passed through the market carrying a bundle of firewood. It was said to him, “Has not Allah, the Exalted, made you wealthy enough to avoid this?” He said, “Yes, but I wanted to subdue arrogance. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart an atom’s weight of arrogance.’”

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3862No grade recorded

     مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَمَرَّتِ امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَجُلٌ: الطَّرِيقَ، فَقَالَتِ: الطَّرِيقُ مَهْ ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « دَعُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا جَبَّارَةٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed along a road, and a black woman passed by. A man said to her, “The road!” But she said, “The road? What is it?” The Prophet ﷺ said: “Leave her, for she is a tyrant.”

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3863No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ فِي جَهَنَّمَ وَادِيًا يُقَالُ لَهُ هَبْهَبٌ، حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ يُسْكِنَهُ كُلَّ جَبَّارٍ،

     ✧ “In Hell there is a valley called Habhab. It is incumbent upon Allah, Blessed and Exalted, to make every tyrant dwell in it.”

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3864No grade recorded

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

     ✧ “A man may reach the rank of the one who fasts and prays at night by good character, yet he may still be recorded as a tyrant although he owns no one but his own household.”

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3865No grade recorded

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

     ✧ The companions of Ibn Masʿud ؓ were bitten by the cold, and they began to feel ashamed to come in their old worn-out garments and cloaks. He missed them, and it was said to him, “Their situation is such-and-such.” So Abu Abd al-Rahman came in the morning wearing a cloak, and they said, “Ibn Masʿud ؓ has come in a cloak.” Then the second day came, then the third day. When they saw him in the cloak, they came in their cloaks, and he recognized faces he had missed. He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart an atom’s weight of arrogance,’ or he said, ‘a speck of arrogance.’”

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3866No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ لِمُعَاذٍ ؓ: « مَا كُنْتَ سَاكِتًا فَأَنْتَ سَالِمٌ، فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمْتَ فَلَكَ أَوْ عَلَيْكَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said in the hadith to Muʿadh ؓ: “As long as you remain silent, you are safe. When you speak, it is either for you or against you.”

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3867No grade recorded

     « الصَّمْتُ حُكْمٌ، وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ

     ✧ “Silence is wisdom, but few practice it.”

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3868No grade recorded

     « مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَسْلَمَ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الصَّمْتَ

     ✧ “Whoever wants to be safe, let him keep to silence.”

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3869No grade recorded

     « يَا بُنَيَّ لِيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ، وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ، وَاخَزُنْ لِسَانَكَ

     ✧ “O my son, let your house suffice you, weep over your sin, and restrain your tongue.”

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3870No grade recorded

     « أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ: عَنْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ، وَإِضَاعَةِ الْمَالِ، وَكَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ

     ✧ “I forbid you three things: gossip and idle talk, wasting wealth, and excessive questioning.”

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3871No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهَا مَنْ حَوْلَهُ، وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عُكَاظَ وَمَا يَشْعُرُ

     ✧ Indeed a man speaks a word to make those around him laugh, and it has brought about more than ʿUkāẓ, yet he does not perceive it.

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3872No grade recorded

     " « إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لِيَتَكَلَّم بِالْكَلِمَةِ لِيَضْحَك بِهَا مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْ أَكْثَر مِنْ عُكَاظ وَمَا يَشْعُرُ »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "Indeed a man speaks a word to make those around him laugh, and it has brought about more than ʿUkāẓ, yet he does not perceive it." Type: Marfūʿ

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3873No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ، يَقُولُ: « مَنْ حَفِظَ مَا بَيْنَ لَحْيَيْهِ وَحَفِظَ مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ ; فَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was addressing the people, saying: "Whoever guards what is between his jaws and guards what is between his legs, he will be in Paradise."

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3874No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ: « احْفَظْ مَا بَيْنَ لَحْيَيْكَ وَرِجْلَيْكَ ». قَالَ: فَنَهَضْتُ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: حَسْبِي

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: "Guard what is between your jaws and your legs." He said: So I arose, saying: "It is sufficient for me."

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3875No grade recorded

     « مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ قَمِيصَانِ ; فَلْيَكْسُ أَحَدَهُمَا أَوْ لِيَتَصَدَّقْ بِأَحَدِهِمَا

     ✧ "Whoever has two shirts, let him clothe one of them or give one of them as charity."

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3876No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَجْلِسُ إِلَى مَسْرُوقٍ، فَكَانَ فِي آخِرِ مَنْ وَدَّعَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَائِشَةَ، إِنَّكَ قَرِيعُ الْقُرَّاءِ وَسَيِّدُهُمْ، وَإِنَّ زَيْنَكَ لَهُمْ زَيْنٌ، وَإِنَّ شَيْنَكَ لَهُمْ شَيْنٌ، فَلَا تُحَدِّثَنَّ نَفْسَكَ بِفَقْرٍ وَلَا بِطُولِ عُمُرٍ

     ✧ A man used to sit with Masrūq, and he was among the last to bid him farewell. He said: "O Abū ʿĀʾishah, you are the foremost of the Qurʾān reciters and their master, and your adornment is adornment for them, and your disfigurement is disfigurement for them. So do not tell yourself of poverty or of long life."

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3877No grade recorded

     إِنْ كَانَ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ فَضْلٌ فَإِنَّ السَّلَامَةَ فِي الْعُزْلَةِ

     ✧ If there is excellence in the congregation, then safety is in seclusion.

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3878No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُحِبُّ كُلَّ قَلْبٍ حَزِينٍ

     ✧ "Indeed God, Mighty and Majestic, loves every sorrowful heart."

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3879No grade recorded

     لَا نَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ. وَصَحَّحَهُ الْحَاكِمُ.:

     ✧ We do not know it except through this chain of transmission. And al-Ḥākim declared it authentic.:

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3880No grade recorded

     مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّهَا أَخْطَأَتْنِي، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: « إِنَّ الْحِدَّةَ تَعْتَرِي خِيَارَ أُمَّتِي

     ✧ I would not love that it missed me. Indeed the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Indeed sharpness of temper affects the best of my community."

161. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3881No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ الْحِدَّةَ تَعْتَرِي خِيَارَ أُمَّتِي »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "Indeed sharpness of temper affects the best of my community." Type: Marfūʿ

162. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3882No grade recorded

     « الْحِدَّةُ تَعْتَرِي خِيَارَ أُمَّتِي

     ✧ "Sharpness of temper affects the best of my community."

163. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3883No grade recorded

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

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

164. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3884No grade recorded

     لَا نَعْلَمُ لَهُ إِلَّا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ يَعْنِي عَمْرَو بْنَ مَالِكٍ.:

     ✧ We do not know for him anything except this hadith, meaning ʿAmr b. Mālik.:

165. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3885No grade recorded

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

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

166. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3886No grade recorded

     « مَنْ ذَكَّرَكُمْ بِاللهِ رُؤْيَته وَزَادَ فِي عِلْمِكُمْ مَنْطِقه وَذَكَركُمْ بِالْآخِرَةِ عَمَله" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ “The one whose sight reminds you of Allah, whose speech increases you in knowledge, and whose deeds remind you of the Hereafter” – marfūʿ.

167. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3887No grade recorded

     قِيلَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ: مَا لَكَ تَرَكْتَ مُجَاوَرَةَ قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَاوَرْتَ الْمَقَابِرَ يَعْنِي الْبَقِيعَ ؟ فَقَالَ: وَجَدْتُهُمْ جِيرَانَ صِدْقٍ، يُكَفِّرُونَ السَّيِّئَةَ وَيُذَكِّرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ ؟

     ✧ It was said to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib ؓ: “What made you leave the vicinity of the grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and dwell among the graves, meaning al-Baqīʿ?” He replied: “I found them to be truthful neighbors, expiating sins and reminding of the Hereafter.”

168. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3888No grade recorded

     « مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ الدَّائِبَ الْمُجْتَهِدَ فَلْيَكُفَّ عَنِ الذُّنُوبِ

     ✧ “Whoever wishes to outstrip the diligent striver, let him refrain from sins.”

169. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3889No grade recorded

     مَا اسْتَقَرَّ لِعَبْدٍ ثَنَاءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى يَسْتَقِرَّ فِي السَّمَاءِ

     ✧ Praise for a servant is not established on earth until it is established in heaven.

170. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3890No grade recorded

     « لَا يَبْكِي عَبْدٌ فَتَقْطُرُ عَيْنَاهُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَيُدْخِلُهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ النَّارَ أَبَدًا، حَتَّى يَعُودَ قَطْرُ السَّمَاءِ ». وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّهُ ﷺ قَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ حِينَ رَجَعَ النَّاسُ مِنْ مُؤْتَةَ وَفِي يَدِهِ قِطْعَةٌ مِنْ خُبْزٍ، فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ ﷺ شَأْنَهُمْ فَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَمَسَحَ ﷺ وَجْهَهُ وَقَالَ: « أَلَا إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ، أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ، إِنَّ الْمَرْءَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَثِيرٌ بِأَخِيهِ، مَنْ لَهُ عِنْدِي عِدَةٌ ؟ ». فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ ؓ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَعْطَاهُ ﷺ إِيَّاهَا، قَالَ: وَقَالَتْ بَرَكَةُ ؓ: لَمَّا حَضَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ وَهِيَ تَمُوتُ وَهِيَ تَحْتَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ، فَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ ﷺ وَبَكَتْ بَرَكَةُ ؓ وَنَتَفَتْ رَأْسَهَا، فَزَجَرَهَا ﷺ فَقَالَتْ: أَتَبْكِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَنَحْنُ سُكُوتٌ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « إِنَّ الَّذِي رَأَيْتِ مِنِّي رَحْمَةٌ لَهَا، وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ، إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ بِكُلِّ مَنْزِلَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى عُسْرٍ أَوْ يُسْرٍ

     ✧ “No servant weeps so that his eyes shed tears from fear of Allah, the Exalted, but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will never enter him into the Fire, until the rain of the sky returns.” It is also said that he ﷺ stood on the pulpit when the people returned from Muʾtah, and in his hand was a piece of bread. When he ﷺ mentioned their affair, his eyes overflowed, and he ﷺ wiped his face and said: “Indeed, I am only a human being. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. A man may think he is abundant through his brother. Who has a promise with me?” Then Salmān al-Fārisī ؓ said: “I do, O Messenger of Allah,” and he ﷺ gave it to him. He said: And Barakah ؓ said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ attended to his daughter while she was dying, and she was married to ʿUthmān ؓ, his ﷺ eyes overflowed, and Barakah ؓ wept and tore at her hair. He ﷺ rebuked her, and she said: “Do you weep, O Messenger of Allah, while we are silent?” He ﷺ said: “What you saw from me is mercy for her, and indeed I am only a human being. The believer is in every good station from Allah, the Exalted, whether in hardship or ease.”

171. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3891No grade recorded

     أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « مَا يُبْكِيكَ ؟ » فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: وَاللهِ مَا جَفَّتْ لِي عَيْنٌ مُنْذُ خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى النَّارَ ; مَخَافَةَ أَنْ أَعْصِيَهُ فَيَقْذِفَنِي فِيهَا

     ✧ Jibrīl (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was weeping. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “What makes you weep?” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “By Allah, my eye has not dried since Allah, the Exalted, created the Fire, out of fear that I might disobey Him and He cast me into it.”

172. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3892No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَزَلَ ﷺ فَابْتَدَرَهُ رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ؓ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ مِنَ الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالُوا: أَنْفُسُنَا لَكَ الْفِدَاءُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَنْ يَقُومُ بِهَذِهِ الشَّدَائِدِ وَكَيْفَ الْعَيْشُ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ لَهُمْ: « وَأَنْتُمْ فِدَاكُمْ أَبِي وَأُمِّي، نَازَلْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي أُمَّتِي فَقَالَ لِي: بَابُ التَّوْبَةِ مَفْتُوحٌ حَتَّى يُنْفَخَ فِي الصُّورِ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِسَنَةٍ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ »، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « سَنَةٌ كَثِيرٌ، مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « شَهْرٌ كَثِيرٌ، مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِجُمُعَةٍ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « جُمُعَةٌ كَثِيرٌ، مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِيَوْمٍ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « يَوْمٌ كَثِيرٌ، مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِسَاعَةٍ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: « مَنْ تَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغَرْغِرَ بِالْمَوْتِ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ » ثُمَّ نَزَلَ ﷺ، فَكَانَتْ آخِرَ خُطْبَةٍ خَطَبَهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us, and he mentioned the hadith in full. He said: Then he ﷺ descended, and a group of the Ansar ؓ hastened to him before he came down from the pulpit and said: “May our lives be your ransom, O Messenger of Allah. Who can bear these hardships, and how can one live after this day?” He ﷺ said to them: “And you, may my father and mother be your ransom. I entreated my Lord, Blessed and Exalted, concerning my community, and He said to me: ‘The gate of repentance is open until the trumpet is blown.’” Then he ﷺ said: “Whoever repents one year before his death, Allah will turn to him.” Then he ﷺ said: “A year is a long time. Whoever repents one month before his death, Allah will turn to him.” Then he ﷺ said: “A month is a long time. Whoever repents one week before his death, Allah will turn to him.” Then he ﷺ said: “A week is a long time. Whoever repents one day before his death, Allah will turn to him.” Then he ﷺ said: “A day is a long time. Whoever repents one hour before his death, Allah will turn to him.” Then he ﷺ said: “Whoever repents before he gargles with death, Allah will turn to him.” Then he ﷺ descended, and it was the last sermon he delivered.

173. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3893No grade recorded

     « تُوبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ; فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ

     ✧ “Repent to your Lord, Mighty and Majestic, for I repent to Him seventy times a day or more than seventy.”

174. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3894No grade recorded

     إِنِّي أَتُوبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً

     ✧ I repent seventy times a day.

175. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3895No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ مُعْتَمِرًا، بِهِ

     ✧ I heard Muʿtamir, with it.

176. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3896No grade recorded

     « مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ

     ✧ “A hundred times.”

177. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3897No grade recorded

     « لَلَّهُ تَعَالَى أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ الَّذِي قَدْ أَسْرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَضَلَّ رَاحِلَتَهُ، فَسَعَى فِي بُغَائِهَا يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، حَتَّى أَعْيَى أَوْ أَيِسَ مِنْهَا وَإِذْ قَدْ هَلَكَ نَظَرَ فَوَجَدَهَا فِي مَكَانٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يَجِدَهَا فِيهِ، فَاللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ الْمُسْرِفِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ حِينَ وَجَدَهَا

     ✧ “Allah, Exalted is He, is more pleased with the repentance of His servant who has transgressed against himself than a man who lost his mount, so he searched for it right and left until he became exhausted or despaired of it, and when he thought he had perished, he looked and found it in a place he had not expected to find it. For Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is more pleased with the repentance of His prodigal servant than that man with his mount when he found it.”

178. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3898No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ رَجُلًا فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَقِيَ رَجُلًا عَالِمًا أَوْ عَابِدًا فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْآخَرَ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا كُلُّهَا يَقْتُلُهَا ظُلْمًا فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، فَقَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ لَقِيَ آخَرَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْآخَرَ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ كُلُّهَا يَقْتُلُهَا ظُلْمًا، فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَئِنْ قُلْتُ لَكَ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَا يَتُوبُ عَلَى مَنْ تَابَ لَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ، هَاهُنَا دَيْرٌ فِيهِ قَوْمٌ يَتَعَبَّدُونَ فَأْتِهِمْ فَاعْبُدِ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَعَهُمْ، لَعَلَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَتُوبُ عَلَيْكَ، فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ، فَاخْتَصَمَ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ الرَّحْمَةِ، فَبَعَثَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مَلَكًا أَنْ قِيسُوا مَا بَيْنَ الْمَكَانَيْنِ، فَإِلَى أَيِّهِمَا كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَهُوَ مِنْهُمْ، فَقَاسُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى دَيْرِ التَّوَّابِينَ بِأُنْمُلَةٍ، فَغَفَرَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ

     ✧ “A man among those before you met a learned man or a worshipper and said: ‘The other has killed ninety-nine people, all of them unjustly. Do you find any repentance for me?’ He said: ‘No,’ so he killed him. Then he met another and said: ‘The other has killed a hundred people, all of them unjustly. Do you find any repentance for me?’ He said: ‘If I told you that Allah, Blessed and Exalted, does not accept the repentance of one who repents, I would have lied. Here is a monastery in which there are people who worship. Go to them and worship Allah, Mighty and Majestic, along with them. Perhaps Allah, Exalted, will accept your repentance.’ So he set out toward them and died before reaching them. The angels of punishment and the angels of mercy disputed over him, so Allah, Exalted, sent an angel saying: ‘Measure between the two places; whichever he was closer to, he belongs to them.’ They measured and found him closer to the monastery of the penitents by a fingertip, so Allah, Mighty and Majestic, forgave him.”

179. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3899No grade recorded

     جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ: « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَا يَتَعَاظَمُهُ ذَنْبٌ غَفَرَهُ، إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ قَتَلَ ثَمَانِيَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَأَتَى رَاهِبًا فَقَالَ لَهُ: قَتَلْتُ ثَمَانِيَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، فَقَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى رَاهِبًا آخَرَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا فَقَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى آخَرَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ مِائَةَ نَفْسٍ فَهَلْ تَجِدُ لِي مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ أَسْرَفْتَ وَمَا أَدْرِي، وَلَكِنْ هَاهُنَا قَرْيَتَانِ إِحْدَاهُمَا يُقَالُ لَهَا: نَضْرَةُ ; أَهْلُهَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ لَا يَثْبُتُ فِيهِمْ غَيْرُهُمْ، وَالْأُخْرَى يُقَالُ لَهَا: كَفْرَةُ ; أَهْلُهَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ لَا يَثْبُتُ فِيهِمْ غَيْرُهُمْ، فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى أَهْلِ نَضْرَةَ فَإِنْ عَمِلْتَ عَمَلَهُمْ وَتُبْتَ فَلَا تَشُكَّ فِي تَوْبَتِكَ، فَانْطَلَقَ يُرِيدُهَا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ أَدْرَكَهُ أَجَلُهُ، فَسَأَلَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ رَبَّهَا، قَالَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: انْظُرُوا أَيَّ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ كَانَ أَقْرَبَ فَاكْتُبُوهُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا، فَوَجَدُوهُ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى نَضْرَةَ بِقَدْرِ أُنْمُلَةٍ فَكَتَبُوهُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat one day while we were with him and said: “Allah, Exalted, is not overwhelmed by any sin that He forgives. A man before you killed ninety-eight people. He came to a monk and said to him: ‘I have killed ninety-eight people; do you find any repentance for me?’ He said: ‘No,’ so he killed him. Then he came to another monk and told him that he had killed ninety-nine people; do you find any repentance for me? He said: ‘No,’ so he killed him. Then he came to another and told him that he had killed a hundred people; do you find any repentance for me? He said: ‘You have transgressed greatly, and I do not know. But here are two villages: one is called Naḍrah; its people do the deeds of the people of Paradise, and no one else remains among them. The other is called Kafrah; its people do the deeds of the people of the Fire, and no one else remains among them. Go to the people of Naḍrah, and if you do their deeds and repent, do not doubt your repentance.’ So he set out toward it, until when he was between the two villages, his appointed time overtook him. The angels, peace be upon them, asked their Lord about him. He, Majestic and Exalted, said: ‘Look at which of the two villages he was closer to, and record him among its people.’ They found him closer to Naḍrah by a fingertip, so they recorded him among its people.”

180. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3900No grade recorded

     « لِلْجَنَّةِ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَبْوَابٍ: سَبْعَةٌ مُغْلَقَةٌ، وَبَابٌ مَفْتُوحٌ لِلتَّوْبَةِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ

     ✧ “Paradise has eight gates: seven are closed, and one gate is open for repentance until the sun rises from its direction.”

181. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3901No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ And Abu Yaʿla said: Abu Bakr narrated to us, with this.

182. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3902No grade recorded

     حَمَلَنِي عَلِيٌّ ؓ خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ سَارَ بِي فِي جَبَّانَةٍ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ ؓ إِلَيَّ فَضَحِكَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، اسْتِغْفَارُكَ رَبَّكَ وَالْتِفَاتُكَ إِلَيَّ تَضْحَكُ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: جَعَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ سَارَ بِي فِي جَانِبِ الْحَرَّةِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: « اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ ». ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ ﷺ إِلَيَّ فَضَحِكَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اسْتِغْفَارُكَ رَبَّكَ وَالْتِفَاتُكَ إِلَيَّ تَضْحَكُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « ضَحِكْتُ لِضَحِكِ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِعَجَبِهِ لِعَبْدِهِ أَنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ

     ✧ ʿAli ؓ mounted me behind him, then he rode with me into a cemetery, then he raised his head to the sky and said: “O Allah, forgive me my sins; none forgives sins except You.” Then he turned to me ؓ and smiled. I said: “O Commander of the Faithful, you seek forgiveness from your Lord and then turn to me smiling?” He said ؓ: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted me behind him, then he rode with me to the side of the Ḥarrah, then he raised his head to the sky and said: ‘O Allah, forgive me my sins; none forgives sins except You.’ Then he turned to me ﷺ and smiled. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you seek forgiveness from your Lord and then turn to me smiling?’ He ﷺ said: ‘I smiled because my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, smiled in amazement at His servant, knowing that none forgives sins except Him.’”

183. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3903No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ فَقَالَ: « مَا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَاةً قَطُّ إِلَّا اسْتَغْفَرْتُ اللهَ تَعَالَى فِيهَا مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came while we were sitting and said: “There is no morning I have ever reached except that I sought forgiveness from Allah, Exalted, a hundred times in it.”

184. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3904No grade recorded

     « عَلَيْكُمْ بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَالِاسْتِغْفَارِ فَأَكْثِرُوا مِنْهُمَا ; فَإِنَّ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ: أَهْلَكْتُ النَّاسَ بِالذُّنُوبِ، فَأَهْلَكُونِي بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَالِاسْتِغْفَارِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ أَهْلَكْتُهُمْ بِالْأَهْوَاءِ وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ

     ✧ “Adhere to ‘there is no god but Allah’ and seeking forgiveness, and do them abundantly. For Iblis said: ‘I destroyed people with sins, but they destroyed me with “there is no god but Allah” and seeking forgiveness. When I saw that, I destroyed them with caprices, while they think they are rightly guided.’”

185. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3905No grade recorded

     « مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ مَجْلِسًا فَخَاضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَفَرَّقُوا إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُمْ مَا خَاضُوا فِيهِ

     ✧ “No people sit in a gathering and engage in conversation, then seek forgiveness from Allah, Blessed and Exalted, before they disperse, except that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, forgives them for what they engaged in.”

186. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3906No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِيهِ: « إِنَّمَا الْعَالِمُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِعِلْمِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَلِيلَ الْعِلْمِ، وَلَا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي شَيْئًا وَإِنْ صَغُرَ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا صَغِيرَ مَعَ الْإِصْرَارِ وَلَا كَبِيرَ مَعَ اسْتِغْفَارٍ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى سَائِلُكُمْ عَنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ حَتَّى عَنْ مَسِّ أَحَدِكُمْ ثَوْبَ أَخِيهِ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى مَا مَاتَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَدْ خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ، فَمَنِ اخْتَارَ النَّارَ عَلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَأَبْعَدَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، أَلَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يَدَعْ شَيْئًا نَهَى عَنْهُ إِلَّا وَقَدْ بَيَّنَهُ لَكُمْ لِيَحْيَى مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ delivered a sermon to us, and he mentioned the hadith, in which he said: “The scholar is only one who acts upon his knowledge, even if his knowledge is little. Do not belittle any act of disobedience, even if it seems small in your eyes, for there is no small sin with persistence, and no large sin with seeking forgiveness. Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will ask you about your deeds, even about one of you touching the garment of his brother. Know that a servant will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection upon what he died upon. Allah, Exalted, has created Paradise and the Fire, so whoever chooses the Fire over Paradise, may Allah, Exalted, distance him. Indeed, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has not left anything He prohibited except that He has made it clear to you, so that he who lives may live upon clear proof, and he who perishes may perish upon clear proof.”

187. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3907No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ ذَنْبًا قَدِ اعْتَادَهُ الْفَيْنَةَ بَعْدَ الْفَيْنَةِ، أَوْ ذَنْبًا لَيْسَ بِتَارِكِهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ، أَوْ تَقُومَ عَلَيْهِ السَّاعَةُ، إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ خُلِقَ مُذْنِبًا مُفَتَّنًا خَطَّاءً نَسِيًّا، فَإِنْ ذُكِّرَ ذَكَرَ

     ✧ «Indeed for every believer there is a sin that he has become accustomed to, time after time, or a sin that he will not abandon until he dies or the Hour rises upon him. The believer was created as one who sins, is tested, errs, and forgets; but if he is reminded, he remembers.»

188. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3908No grade recorded

     وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَشَدَّ خَوْفًا عَلَى الْمُتَنَطِّعِينَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَا بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَشَدَّ خَوْفًا مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، وَإِنِّي لَأَرَى عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ أَشَدَّ خَوْفًا عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ لَهُمْ

     ✧ «By Him besides whom there is no god, I have not seen anyone who was more fearful for the extremists than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ there was none who was more fearful than Abu Bakr ؓ. And indeed I see that Umar ؓ was more fearful for them or of them.»

189. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3909No grade recorded

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

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

190. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3910No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِهِ.::،:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated it to us.::,:

191. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3911No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نُقْرِئُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَاحِدٌ، فِيكُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ، اقْرَأُوا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ قَوْمٌ يُقِيمُونَ حُرُوفَهُ كَمَا يُقَامُ السَّهْمُ يَتَعَجَّلُونَهُ وَلَا يَتَأَجَّلُونَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us while we were reciting to one another, and he ﷺ said: «Praise be to Allah, the Book of Allah is one. Among you are the red and the black. Recite three times before there come a people who straighten its letters as an arrow is straightened, who hasten with it and do not delay it.»

192. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3912No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ لِهَذَا الْقُرْآنِ شِرَّةً، ثُمَّ لِلنَّاسِ عَنْهُ فَتْرَةٌ، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ فَتْرَتُهُ إِلَى الْقَصْدِ فَنِعْمَ مَا هُوَ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فَتْرَتُهُ إِلَى الْإِعْرَاضِ فَأُولَئِكَ بُورٌ

     ✧ «Indeed this Quran has a period of keenness, then people have a period of slackness from it. If one's slackness is toward moderation, then how good it is, but if one's slackness is toward turning away, then those are the losers.»

193. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3913No grade recorded

     " « إِنْ لِهَذَا الْقُرْآنِ شِرَّة ثُمَّ لِلنَّاسِ عَنْهُ فَتْرَة فَمَنْ كَانَتْ فَتْرَته إِلَى الْقَصْدِ فَنَعَمْ مَا هُوَ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فَتْرَته إِلَى الْإِعْرَاضِ فَأُولَئِكَ بُور »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ «Indeed this Quran has a period of keenness, then people have a period of slackness from it. If one's slackness is toward moderation, then how good it is, but if one's slackness is toward turning away, then those are the losers.»

194. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3914No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ ؓ بَنَى غُرْفَةً فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « اهْدِمْهَا » فَقَالَ: أَوَ أَتَصَدَّقُ بِثَمَنِهَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « اهْدِمْهَا » ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ Indeed al-Abbas ؓ built a room, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him: «Demolish it.» He said: Or should I give its price in charity? He ﷺ said: «Demolish it» three times.

195. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3915No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جَانِبٍ مِنْ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ ؓ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَأَبْصَرَ قُبَّةً مَبْنِيَّةً فَقَالَ ﷺ: « يَا أَنَسُ، لِمَنْ هَذِهِ الْقُبَّةُ ؟ » فَقُلْتُ: لِفُلَانٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « كُلُّ بِنَاءٍ وَبَالٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا بِنَاءَ كَفَافٍ ». فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ ؓ فَكَسَّرَهَا، ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَرَهَا فَقَالَ ﷺ: « يَا أَنَسُ، مَا فَعَلَتِ الْقُبَّةُ ؟ » قُلْتُ: بَلَغَ صَاحِبَهَا قَوْلُكَ ; فَكَسَّرَهَا. قَالَ ﷺ: « غَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ »

     ✧ I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a part of the houses of the Ansar ؓ, and he raised his head and saw a dome that had been built. He ﷺ said: «O Anas, whose dome is this?» I said: It belongs to so-and-so. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Every building is a burden on its owner on the Day of Resurrection, except a building that is just sufficient.» That reached the Ansari man ؓ, and he broke it down. Then the Prophet ﷺ passed by after that and did not see it, so he ﷺ said: «O Anas, what happened to the dome?» I said: Its owner heard your words and broke it down. He ﷺ said: «May Allah forgive him.»

196. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3916No grade recorded

     « مَنْ بَدَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَهْرَيْنِ فَهِيَ أَعْرَابِيَّةٌ

     ✧ «Whoever dwells in the desert for more than two months, it is Bedouinism.»

197. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3917No grade recorded

     الْبَدَاوَةُ شَهْرَانِ فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ تَعَرُّبٌ

     ✧ Bedouinism is two months; anything beyond that is becoming an Arab.

198. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3918No grade recorded

     « مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا

     ✧ «Whoever dwells in the desert becomes harsh.»

199. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3919No grade recorded

     " « مَنْ بَدَا جَفَّا »" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ «Whoever lives in the desert becomes coarse»

200. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3920No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ بِتُسْتَرَ يَزُورُهُمْ، فَيُقِيمُ يَوْمَ دُخُولِهِ، وَالثَّانِيَ، وَيَخْرُجُ فِي الثَّالِثِ، فَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ: لَوْ أَقَمْتَ، فَيَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ: نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَنْهَى عَنِ التِّنَاءَةِ

     ✧ Abd Allah b. Sa'd used to go out to his companions in Tustar to visit them. He would stay on the day of his arrival and the next, and leave on the third. They would say to him: "If only you would stay." He would say: "I heard my father say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me—or I heard him forbidding—residing permanently (in a place)."

201. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3921No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ: حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَدْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بَدْرٍ بِهِ.::

     ✧ And al-Hasan b. Sufyan said in his Musnad: Wasil b. Abd Allah b. Badr narrated to us; my father Abd Allah b. Badr narrated to me with it.

202. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3922No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ، ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بِهِ.:،::

     ✧ And Abu Nu'aym said: Abu Amr Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Hamdan narrated to us; al-Hasan narrated to us with it.

203. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3923No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُجَالِسُهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَوْمًا فِي صُفَّةٍ لَهُ وَتَحْتَهُ فُلَانَةُ وَفُلَانَةُ امْرَأَتَانِ ذَوَاتَا مَنْصِبٍ وَجَمَالٍ، وَلَهُ مِنْهُمَا وَلَدٌ كَأَحْسَنِ الْوِلْدَانِ، سَقْسَقَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ عُصْفُورٌ، ثُمَّ قَذَفَ ذَا بَطْنِهِ فَنَكَتَهُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِيَدِهِ، لَأَنْ يَمُوتَ آلُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعُهُمْ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَمُوتَ هَذَا الْعُصْفُورُ

     ✧ He used to sit with him in Kufa. While he was one day on a bench of his, with beneath him such-and-such a woman and such-and-such a woman, two wives of rank and beauty, and he had from them a child like the most beautiful of children, a sparrow chirped above his head, then emptied its belly and he flicked it away with his hand, then said: "By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Abd Allah, for the family of Abd Allah to die and then I follow them is dearer to me than for this sparrow to die."