38. ✧ Tafsir

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4222No grade recorded

   إِنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ، وَقَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ تَغَيَّرَ لَوْنُهُ وَرَدَّدَهَا سَاعَةً حِينَ ذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا أُنْزِلَتْ مِنْ كَنْزٍ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ

   ✧ He was asked about the Opening of the Book, and he said: The Prophet of Allah ﷺ told us—then his color changed and he repeated it for a while when he mentioned the Prophet ﷺ—then he said: It was sent down from a treasure beneath the Throne.

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4223No grade recorded

   السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ

   ✧ The seven oft-repeated verses are the Opening of the Book.

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4224No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ ؓ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى لَحِقَهُ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي يَدِهِ فَقَالَ: « أَرْجُو أَلَّا تَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ سُورَةً مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ مِثْلَهَا ». قَالَ: فَجَعَلْتُ أُبْطِئُ فِي الْمَشْيِ رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ ذَلِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: الَّذِي وَعَدْتَنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « مَا تَقْرَأُ إِذَا اسْتَفْتَحْتَ الصَّلَاةَ ؟ » فَقُلْتُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ « هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيتُ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ while he was praying in the mosque, so he turned to him. When he finished praying, he caught up with him and placed his hand in his hand, saying: “I hope you will not leave the mosque until you learn a surah the like of which Allah the Exalted has not sent down in the Torah or the Gospel.” He said: So I began to walk slowly, hoping that he would mention it, and I said: What you promised me, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: “What do you recite when you begin the prayer?” I said: Al-hamdu lillahi rabb al-'alamin until I came to the end of the surah. The Prophet ﷺ said: “It is the seven oft-repeated verses and the great Qur'an that I have been given.”

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4225No grade recorded

   « فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ تُعْدَلُ بِثُلُثَيِ الْقُرْآنِ

   ✧ “The Opening of the Book equals two-thirds of the Qur'an.”

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4252No grade recorded

   بَيْنَا أَنَا أُصَلِّي ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ إِذْ رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ الْقَنَادِيلِ نُورًا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، فَلَمَّا أَنْ رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ وَقَعْتُ سَاجِدًا، ( فَذَكَرْتُ ) ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: هَلَّا مَضَيْتَ يَا أَبَا عَتِيكٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ إِذْ رَأَيْتُ أَنْ وَقَعْتُ سَاجِدًا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَوْ مَضَيْتَ لَرَأَيْتَ الْعَجَائِبَ، تِلْكَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَنْزِلُ لِلْقُرْآنِ

   ✧ While I was praying one night, I saw something like lanterns — light descending from the sky. When I saw that, I fell prostrate. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: "Why did you not continue, O Abu 'Atik?" He said: "I could not; when I saw it, I fell prostrate." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If you had continued, you would have seen wonders. Those were angels descending for the Qur'an."

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4253No grade recorded

   إِنَّ أُسَيْدَ بْنَ حُضَيْرٍ ؓ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أُصَلِّي قَائِمًا لَيْلَةً، وَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ الْبَقَرَةَ

   ✧ Usayd b. Hudayr ؓ said: "While I was praying standing at night, and I had recited Al-Baqarah"

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4254No grade recorded

   إِنَّ أُسَيْدَ بْنَ حُضَيْرٍ ؓ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

   ✧ Usayd b. Hudayr ؓ said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4255No grade recorded

   بَيْنَمَا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ ؓ يُصَلِّي ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ قَالَ أُسَيْدٌ ؓ: ( فَغَشِيَتْنِي ) مِثْلُ ( السَّحَابَةِ ) فِيهَا الْمَصَابِيحُ، وَامْرَأَتِي نَائِمَةٌ إِلَى جَنْبِي وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ، وَالْفَرَسُ مَرْبُوطٌ فِي الدَّارِ، فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَنْفِرَ الْفَرَسُ فَتَفْزَعَ الْمَرْأَةُ فَتُلْقِي وَلَدَهَا، فَانْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ صَلَاتِي، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ أَصْبَحْتُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: اقْرَأْ أُسَيْدُ، ذَلِكَ مَلَكٌ يَسْتَمِعُ الْقُرْآنَ

   ✧ While Usayd b. Hudayr ؓ was praying one night, he said: (Then there covered me) something like (a cloud) containing lamps, while my wife was sleeping beside me and she was pregnant, and the horse was tethered in the house. I feared that the horse would bolt and startle the woman, causing her to miscarry, so I stopped my prayer. I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ in the morning, and he ﷺ said: 'Recite, Usayd, for that was an angel listening to the Quran.'

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4256No grade recorded

   إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَسَمَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ.

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided Surah al-Baqarah.

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4257No grade recorded

    إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَنَامًا، وَإِنَّ سَنَامَ الْقُرْآنِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ، مَنْ قَرَأَهَا فِي بَيْتِهِ لَيْلًا لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي بَيْتِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا نَهَارًا لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْتَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ

    ✧ Indeed, everything has a hump, and the hump of the Quran is Surah al-Baqarah. Whoever recites it in his house at night, Satan will not enter his house for three days, and whoever recites it during the day, Satan will not enter his house for three days.

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4258No grade recorded

    مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَحَدًا يَعْقِلُ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ الْآيَاتِ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ كَنْزٍ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ

    ✧ I would not think that anyone with sound intellect would sleep until he recites the last verses of Surah al-Baqarah, for they are from a treasure beneath the Throne.

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4259No grade recorded

    جَلَسَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا مِثْلَ حَدِيثٍ قَبْلَهُ، فِيهِ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَأَيُّمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ أَعْظَمُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: اللهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ، حَتَّى تَخْتِمَ

    ✧ Abu Dharr ؓ sat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he mentioned a hadith similar to a previous one, in which: I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which verse that Allah has revealed to you is the greatest?' He ﷺ said: 'Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence,' until its end.

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4260No grade recorded

    كَانَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ إِذَا دَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ قَرَأَ فِي زَوَايَاهُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ

    ✧ When 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf ؓ entered his house, he would recite Ayat al-Kursi in its corners.

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4261No grade recorded

    « أَفْضَلُ الْقُرْآنِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَأَعْظَمُ آيَةٍ فِيهِ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ، وَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَيَفِرُّ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي تُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ

    ✧ The best of the Quran is Surah al-Baqarah, and the greatest verse in it is Ayat al-Kursi. Indeed, Satan flees from a house in which Surah al-Baqarah is recited.

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4226No grade recorded

    « مَنْ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ تُوِّجَ بِهَا تَاجًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ “Whoever recites Al-Baqarah in a night will be crowned with a crown in Paradise.”

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4227No grade recorded

    نَزَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ فَرَأَى أُنَاسًا يَبْتَدِرُونَ أَحْجَارًا فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالُوا: يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى إِلَى هَذِهِ الْأَحْجَارِ. فَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا رَاكِبًا مَرَّ بِوَادٍ، فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلَّى، ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَغْشَى الْيَهُودَ يَوْمَ دِرَاسَتِهِمْ فَقَالُوا: مَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ أَحَدٌ أَكْرَمُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْكَ ; لِأَنَّكَ تَأْتِينَا. قُلْتُ: مَا ذَاكَ إِلَّا أَنِّي أَعْجَبُ مِنْ كُتُبِ اللهِ تَعَالَى كَيْفَ يُصَدِّقُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًا، كَيْفَ تُصَدِّقُ التَّوْرَاةُ الْفَرْقَانَ، وَالْفَرْقَانُ التَّوْرَاةَ، فَمَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمًا وَأَنَا أُكَلِّمُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ وَمَا تَقْرَأُونَ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ. فَقُلْتُ: هَلَكْتُمْ، وَاللهِ لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ، ثُمَّ لَا تَتْبَعُونَهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا: لَمْ نَهْلِكْ، وَلَكِنْ سَأَلْنَاهُ مَنْ يَأْتِيهِ بِنُبُوَّتِهِ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَدُوُّنَا جِبْرِيلُ ; لِأَنَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ يَنْزِلُ بِالشِّدَّةِ وَالْغِلْظَةِ وَالْحَرْبِ وَالْهَلَاكِ وَنَحْوِ هَذَا. فَقُلْتُ: فَمَنْ سِلْمُكُمْ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ ؟ فَقَالُوا: مِيكَائِيلُ يَنْزِلُ بِالْقَطْرِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ وَكَذَا. قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ مَنْزِلَتُهُمَا مِنْ رَبِّهِمَا ؟ فَقَالُوا: أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَالْآخَرُ مِنَ الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ. قُلْتُ: فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِجِبْرِيلَ أَنْ يُعَادِيَ مِيكَائِيلَ، وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمِيكَائِيلَ أَنْ يُسَالِمَ عَدُوَّ جِبْرِيلَ، وَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُمَا وَرَبَّهُمَا سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمُوا، وَحَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حَارَبُوا. ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخْبِرَهُ، فَلَمَّا لَقِيتُهُ ﷺ قَالَ: « أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِآيَاتٍ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ ؟ » قُلْتُ: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. فَقَرَأَ ﷺ قُلْ مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُ نَـزَّلَهُ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاللهِ مَا قُمْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ لِأُخْبِرَكَ بِمَا قَالُوا لِي وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ، فَوَجَدْتُ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ سَبَقَنِي. قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَأَنَا أَشَدُّ فِي اللهِ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ

    ✧ Umar ؓ stopped at Al-Rawha' and saw people rushing to some stones. He said: What is this? They said: They say that the Prophet ﷺ prayed facing these stones. He said: Glory be to Allah! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was only riding and passed by a valley, and the prayer time came so he prayed. Then he narrated and said: I used to visit the Jews on the day of their study, and they said: None of your companions is more honored by us than you, because you come to us. I said: That is only because I marvel at the Books of Allah the Exalted, how they confirm one another, how the Torah confirms the Furqan and the Furqan confirms the Torah. The Prophet ﷺ passed by one day while I was speaking with them, and I said: I adjure you by Allah and by what you recite from His Book, do you know that he is the Messenger of Allah? They said: Yes. I said: Then you are ruined! By Allah, if you know that he is the Messenger of Allah, then why do you not follow him? They said: We are not ruined, but we asked him who brings him his prophethood, and he said: Our enemy Jibril, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) descends with severity, harshness, war, and destruction and the like. I said: Who is your ally among the angels? They said: Mika'il, he descends with rain and mercy and so on. I said: And what is their status with their Lord? They said: One of them is on His right, and the other on the other side. I said: Then it is not permissible for Jibril to be an enemy of Mika'il, nor is it permissible for Mika'il to make peace with the enemy of Jibril. I bear witness that they and their Lord are at peace with those who are at peace with them, and at war with those who are at war with them. Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ intending to inform him, but when I met him ﷺ he said: “Shall I not tell you of verses that have been sent down to me?” I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He ﷺ recited: Say: Whoever is an enemy to Jibril—for he brought it down upon your heart by Allah's permission, confirming what was before it, and as guidance and good tidings for the believers. I said: O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I did not leave your presence except to come to you to inform you of what they said to me and what I said to them, and I found that Allah the Exalted had preceded me. Umar ؓ said: I have seen myself as strong in Allah as a stone.

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4228No grade recorded

    إِنَّ هَذِهِ الزُّهَرَةَ تُسَمِّيهَا الْعَرَبُ الزُّهَرَةَ وَتُسَمِّيهَا الْعَجَمُ أَنَاهِيدَ، فَكَانَ الْمَلَكَانِ يَحْكُمَانِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَأَتَتْهُمَا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا عَنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمِ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: يَا أَخِي إِنَّ فِي نَفْسِي بَعْضَ الْأَمْرِ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: اذْكُرْهُ يَا أَخِي، لَعَلَّ الَّذِي فِي نَفَسِي مِثْلُ الَّذِي فِي نَفْسِكَ، فَاتَّفَقَا عَلَى أَمْرٍ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُمَا: لَا، حَتَّى تُخْبِرَانِي بِمَا تَصْعَدَانِ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَمَا تَهْبِطَانِ بِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ. قَالَا: بِاسْمِ اللهِ الْأَعْظَمِ نَهْبِطُ، وَبِهِ نَصْعَدُ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا أَنَا بِمُوَاتِيَتِكُمَا الَّذِي تُرِيدَانِ حَتَّى تُعَلِّمَانِيهِ. فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: عَلِّمْهَا إِيَّاهُ. قَالَ: كَيْفَ لَنَا بِشِدَّةِ عَذَابِ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: إِنَّا نَرْجُو سَعَةَ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. فَعَلَّمَاهَا إِيَّاهُ فَتَكَلَّمَتْ بِهِ فَطَارَتْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَفَزِعَ مَلَكٌ لِصُعُودِهَا، فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ بَعْدُ، وَمَسَخَهَا اللهُ تَعَالَى فَكَانَتْ كَوْكَبًا

    ✧ This Venus, the Arabs call it Al-Zuharah and the non-Arabs call it Anahid. The two angels used to judge between people. She came to each of them without the other's knowledge, and one of them said to his companion: O my brother, I have something in my mind that I want to mention to you. He said: Mention it, O my brother, perhaps what is in my mind is like what is in your mind. They agreed on a matter regarding her. She said to them: No, not until you tell me by what you ascend to heaven and by what you descend to earth. They said: By the greatest name of Allah we descend, and by it we ascend. She said: I will not comply with what you want until you teach it to me. One of them said to his companion: Teach it to her. He said: How can we face the severity of Allah's punishment? The other said: We hope for the vastness of Allah's mercy, Mighty and Majestic. So they taught it to her, and she uttered it and flew up to heaven. An angel was terrified by her ascent, bowed his head, and never sat again. Allah the Exalted transformed her, and she became a star.

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4229No grade recorded

    « لَعَنَ اللهُ سُهَيْلًا كَانَ عَشَّارًا بِالْيَمَنِ فَمُسِخَ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ الزُّهْرَةَ فَإِنَّهَا فَتَنَتِ الْمَلَكَيْنِ

    ✧ “May Allah curse Suhayl—he was a tax collector in Yemen and was transformed. And may Allah curse Venus, for she tempted the two angels.”

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4230No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَقَالَ: « الْإِعْصَارُ: الرِّيحُ الشَّدِيدُ

    ✧ Regarding His saying, the Exalted: A whirlwind with fire in it, he said: “The whirlwind is the strong wind.”

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4231No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ قَالَ: الصَّيِّبُ: الْمَطَرُ

    ✧ Regarding His saying, exalted is He, “like a rainstorm from the sky” [2:19], he said: “Al-ṣayyib is rain.”

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4232No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبَا لا يَقُومُونَ إِلا كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّ قَالَ: يُعْرَفُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِذَلِكَ، لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْقِيَامَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ الْمُتَخَبِّطُ الْمُنْخَنِقُ، ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبَا وَكَذَبُوا عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَأَحَلَّ اللهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ فَمَنْ عَادَ، فَأَكَلَ الرِّبَا، فَأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ وَقَوْلِهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا الْآيَةَ قَالَ: فَبَلَغَنَا وَاللهِ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ مِنْ ثَقِيفَ، وَبَنِي الْمُغِيرَةِ مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ، وَكَانَ بَنُو الْمُغِيرَةِ يُرْبُونَ لِثَقِيفَ، فَلَمَّا أَظْهَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ ﷺ عَلَى مَكَّةَ، وَوَضَعَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الرِّبَا كُلَّهُ، وَكَانَ أَهْلُ الطَّائِفِ قَدْ صَالَحُوا عَلَى أَنَّ لَهُمْ رِبَاهُمْ، وَمَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رِبًا فَهُوَ مَوْضُوعٌ، وَكَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي آخِرِ صَحِيفَتِهِمْ: أَنَّ لَهُمْ مَا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ مَا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، أَنْ لَا يَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا وَلَا يُؤْكِلُوهُ، فَأَتَى بَنُو عَمْرِو بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ بَنِي الْمُغِيرَةِ إِلَى عَتَّابِ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ ؓ وَهُوَ عَلَى مَكَّةَ، فَقَالَ بَنُو الْمُغِيرَةِ: مَا جَعَلَنَا أَشْقَى النَّاسِ بِالرِّبَا، وُضِعَ عَنِ النَّاسِ غَيْرِنَا، فَقَالَ بَنُو عَمْرِو بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ: صُولِحْنَا عَلَى أَنَّ لَنَا رِبَانَا. فَكَتَبَ عَتَّابُ بْنُ أَسِيدٍ ؓ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلا تُظْلَمُونَ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ فَتَأْخُذُونَ أَكْثَرَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتُبْخَسُونَ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ أَنْ تَذَرُوهُ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَى مَيْسَرَةٍ وَأَنْ تَصَدَّقُوا خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى اللهِ ثُمَّ الْآيَةَ، فَذَكَرُوا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ نَزَلَتْ آخِرَ الْقُرْآنِ

    ✧ Regarding His saying, exalted is He, “Those who consume ribā do not stand except as one stands whom Satan has driven to madness by touch” [2:275], he said: “They will be recognized on the Day of Resurrection by that; they will not be able to stand except as stands the one driven to madness and choking. That is because they said, ‘Trade is only like ribā,’ and they lied against God, mighty and majestic is He, while God has permitted trade and forbidden ribā, up to His saying, ‘but whoever returns [to it]’ [2:275], so he consumed ribā; those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally. And His saying, mighty and majestic is He, ‘O you who believe, fear God and give up what remains of ribā’ [2:278], the verse. He said: It has reached us, by God, that this verse was revealed concerning Banū ʿAmr b. ʿAwf of Thaqīf and Banū al-Mughīrah of Banū Makhzūm. Banū al-Mughīrah used to charge ribā to Thaqīf. When God, exalted is He, made His Messenger ﷺ victorious over Makkah and abolished all ribā that day, and the people of al-Ṭāʾif had made peace on condition that their ribā would remain theirs, and whatever ribā was owed to them was remitted, and the Messenger of God ﷺ wrote at the end of their treaty: ‘They have what the Muslims have, and they owe what the Muslims owe: they shall not consume ribā nor cause it to be consumed.’ Then Banū ʿAmr b. ʿUmayr came to Banū al-Mughīrah before ʿAttāb b. Asīd ؓ, who was governor of Makkah. Banū al-Mughīrah said: ‘He has not made us the most wretched of people regarding ribā? It has been remitted for all people except us.’ Banū ʿAmr b. ʿUmayr said: ‘We made peace on condition that our ribā would remain ours.’ So ʿAttāb b. Asīd ؓ wrote about that to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and this verse was revealed: ‘And if you do not, then be informed of war from God and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal, neither wronging nor being wronged’ [2:279] – you do not wrong by taking more, nor are you wronged by being deprived of it. ‘And if someone is in hardship, then deferral until ease. But to give charity is better for you, if you only knew’ [2:280]. And fear a day in which you will be returned to God, then the verse [2:281]. They mentioned that this verse was revealed from [the Surah of] Women [al-Nisāʾ]; it was the last of the Qurʾan to be revealed.”

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4233No grade recorded

    تَاهُوا فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ فَرْسَخًا أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، وَجُعِلَ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانِيهِمْ حَجَرٌ لَهُ مِثْلُ رَأْسِ الثَّوْرِ، إِذَا نَزَلُوا انْفَجَرَ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا

    ✧ They wandered for forty years in an area of twelve farsakhs, and a stone like the head of a bull was placed among them; whenever they halted, twelve springs gushed from it.

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4234No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ أَظَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي التِّيهِ

    ✧ Regarding His saying, exalted is He, “And We shaded you with clouds” [2:57], [he said]: “They shaded them in the wilderness.”

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4235No grade recorded

    كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُطَلِّقُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: لَعِبْتُ، وَيُعْتِقُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: لَعِبْتُ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَلا تَتَّخِذُوا آيَاتِ اللهِ هُزُوًا الْآيَةَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « مَنْ طَلَّقَ أَوْ عَتَقَ فَقَالَ: لَعِبْتُ فَلَيْسَ قَوْلُهُ بِشَيْءٍ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَلْزَمُهُ

    ✧ A man would divorce and then say, ‘I was joking,’ and would manumit and then say, ‘I was joking.’ So God, mighty and majestic is He, revealed: ‘And do not take the verses of God in jest’ [2:231], the verse. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: ‘Whoever divorces or manumits and then says, “I was joking,” his statement is of no effect; it takes effect upon him and is binding.’

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4236No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ: وَانْظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نَنْشُرُهَا.

    ✧ He used to recite: “And look at the bones, how We spread them out” [variant of 2:259].

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4237No grade recorded

    إِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ ؓ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ: وَانْظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا

    ✧ Zayd b. Thābit ؓ used to recite: “And look at the bones, how We raise them up” [variant of 2:259].

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4238No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ وَانْظُرْ قَالَ: « لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ

    ✧ Regarding His saying, blessed and exalted is He, “to your food and your drink – it has not changed – and look” [2:259], he said: “It did not change.”

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4239No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ فَقَرَأَ لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ

    ✧ Abū Dharr ؓ asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about faith, so he recited: “Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west” [2:177].

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4240No grade recorded

    سُئِلَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ؓ مَقْبَلَهُ مِنَ الشَّامِ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ، فَقَرَأَ: لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ الْآيَةَ

    ✧ Al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī ؓ was asked about faith when he returned from Syria, and he recited: “Righteousness is not…” the verse [2:177].

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4241No grade recorded

    « مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصَابُ بِمُصِيبَةٍ فَيَذْكُرُ مُصِيبَتَهُ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، فَيُحْدِثُ لَهَا اسْتِرْجَاعًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْأَجْرِ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَى يَوْمَ أُصِيبَ.

    ✧ “There is no Muslim who is afflicted with a calamity and then remembers his calamity after forty years and renews for it the saying ‘Indeed we belong to God and to Him we return,’ except that God, exalted is He, gives him at that moment a reward like that which He gave on the day he was afflicted.”

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4242No grade recorded

    أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ السَّلَفَ الْمَضْمُونَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَدْ أَحَلَّهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وَأَذِنَ فِيهِ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا تَدَايَنْتُمْ بِدَيْنٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى فَاكْتُبُوهُ

    ✧ I bear witness that the salam [advance sale] with a deferred term has been permitted by God, exalted is He, and He has allowed it. God, exalted is He, whose mention is majestic, said: ‘O you who believe, when you contract a debt for a specified term, write it down’ [2:282].

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4243No grade recorded

    « كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ يَرَى أَنَّهَا الصُّبْحُ. يَعْنِي ( الصَّلَاةَ ) الْوُسْطَى

    ✧ Abd Allah ؓ used to consider it to be the morning (prayer) — meaning the middle prayer.

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4244No grade recorded

    وَسَأَلْتُهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى قَالَ ﷺ: هِيَ الْعَصْرُ الَّتِي فُرِّطَ فِيهَا

    ✧ And I asked him — meaning the Prophet ﷺ — about the middle prayer. He ﷺ said: "It is the 'Asr (afternoon) prayer, the one that was neglected."

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4245No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ الْمَصَاحِفَ فِي عَهْدِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ؓ قَالَ: فَاسْتَكْتَبَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ ؓ مُصْحَفًا، وَقَالَتْ: إِذَا بَلَغْتَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَلَا تَكْتُبْهَا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي بِهَا فَأُمْلِهَا عَلَيْكَ كَمَا حَفِظْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُهَا جِئْتُهَا بِالْوَرَقَةِ الَّتِي أَكْتُبُهَا فَقَالَتْ: اكْتُبْ: ( حَافَظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَقُومُوا لِلهِ قَانِتِينَ )

    ✧ He used to write down copies of the Qur'an during the time of the Prophet's ﷺ wives ؓ. He said: Hafsah ؓ asked me to write a copy for her, and she said: "When you reach this verse in Surah Al-Baqarah, do not write it until you come to me, and I will dictate it to you as I memorized it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." When I reached it, I brought her the page I was writing on, and she said: "Write: 'Guard strictly the prayers, and the middle prayer, and the 'Asr prayer, and stand before Allah devoutly obedient.'"

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4246No grade recorded

    فَلا رَفَثَ قَالَ: الرَّفَثُ الْجِمَاعُ، وَلا فُسُوقَ قَالَ: الْفُسُوقُ الْمَعَاصِي، وَلا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ قَالَ: الْجِدَالُ الْمِرَاءُ

    ✧ "No obscenity" — he said: "Obscenity is sexual intercourse. And no wickedness" — he said: "Wickedness is disobedience. And no disputing during Hajj" — he said: "Disputing is quarreling."

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4247No grade recorded

    أَقْبَلَ صُهَيْبٌ ؓ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَاتَّبَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَنَزَلَ عَنْ رَاحِلَتِهِ، وَانْتَثَلَ مَا فِي كِنَانَتِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي مِنْ أَرْمَاكُمْ رَجُلًا، وَايْمُ اللهِ لَا تَصِلُونَ إِلَيَّ ( حَتَّى ) أَرْمِيَ كُلَّ سَهْمٍ مَعِي فِي كِنَانَتِي، ثُمَّ أَضْرِبَ بِسَيْفِي مَا بَقِيَ فِي يَدِي ( مِنْهُ ) شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ افْعَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ، وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ دَلَلْتُكُمْ عَلَى مَالِي ( دَفِينَتِي ) ( فِي مَكَّةَ )، وَخَلَّيْتُمْ سَبِيلِي ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، نَقْبَلُ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ: رَبِحَ الْبَيْعُ أَبَا يَحْيَى، رَبِحَ الْبَيْعُ أَبَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ: وَنَزَلَتْ: وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْرِي نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللهِ وَاللهُ رَءُوفٌ بِالْعِبَادِ

    ✧ Suhaib ؓ came as an emigrant to the Prophet ﷺ. A group of Quraysh followed him, so he dismounted from his riding beast, emptied what was in his quiver, then said: "O people of Quraysh, you know that I am one of the best archers among you. By Allah, you will not reach me until I shoot every arrow I have in my quiver, then I will strike with my sword as long as anything remains in my hand — then do whatever you wish. If you wish, I will guide you to my buried treasure in Makkah, and you will let me go." They said: "Yes, we accept." When he arrived in Madinah to the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "The deal has profited, Abu Yahya! The deal has profited, Abu Yahya!" He said: And it was revealed: "And of the people is he who sells himself seeking the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is kind to His servants."

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4248No grade recorded

    قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا مَقَامُ خَلِيلِ رَبِّنَا، أَفَلَا نَتَّخِذُهُ مُصَلًّى ؟ فَنَزَلَتْ: وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى

    ✧ Umar ؓ said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is the station of our Lord's close friend (Ibrahim). Should we not take it as a place of prayer?" Then it was revealed: "And take the station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer."

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4249No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: إِلا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ اللهُ فِي ظُلَلٍ مِنَ الْغَمَامِ وَالْمَلائِكَةُ قَالَ: ظُلَلٌ مِنَ السَّحَابِ، قَدْ قُطِّعْنَ طَاقَاتٍ

    ✧ Regarding His saying, the Most High: "...unless Allah comes to them in shadows of clouds and the angels..." — he said: "Shadows of clouds, formed into layers."

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4250No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً قَالَ: عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ كُلُّهُمْ. وَقَالَ الْكَلْبِيُّ: عَلَى الْكُفْرِ كُلُّهُمْ

    ✧ "Mankind was one nation" — he said: "All of them were upon Islam." And Al-Kalbi said: "All of them were upon disbelief."

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4251No grade recorded

    أَثْفَرَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: أَثْفَرَ فُلَانٌ امْرَأَتَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ

    ✧ A man had anal intercourse with his wife during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and people said: "So-and-so had anal intercourse with his wife." Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: "Your wives are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth as you wish."

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4262No grade recorded

    لَمَّا قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ، فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ قَالَ ؓ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِأَوَّلِ بَيْتٍ كَانَ، وَقَدْ كَانَ نُوحٌ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ قَبْلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، فَكَانُوا فِي الْبُيُوتِ، وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ فِيهِ آيَاتٌ بَيِّنَاتٌ مَقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا.

    ✧ When 'Uthman ؓ was killed, he mentioned a story from 'Ali ؓ then said: 'Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah.' He ؓ said: 'Verily, it was not the first house that ever existed. Noah (peace and blessings be upon him) was before Abraham (peace and blessings be upon him), and they lived in houses, and Abraham lived in houses. But it was the first House established for mankind, blessed and a guidance for the worlds, in which are clear signs, the Station of Abraham, and whoever enters it is safe.'

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4263No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، بِهِ ( 146 ) وَفِي بَابِ وَقْعَةِ أُحُدٍ مِنَ الْمَغَازِي حَدِيثٌ فِي تَفْسِيرِ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ثُمَّ أَنْـزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُعَاسًا الْآيَاتِ كُلَّهَا.:

    ✧ Al-Harith said: Al-'Abbas b. al-Fadl narrated to us, Hammad b. Salamah narrated to us, with it (146). And in the chapter on the Battle of Uhud from the Maghazi there is a hadith explaining His saying, Exalted is He: 'Then after distress, He sent down upon you security - drowsiness...' all the verses.

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4264No grade recorded

    وَمَنْ دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا قَالَ: « هُوَ كَقَوْلِكَ: ادْخُلْ وَأَنْتَ آمِنٌ

    ✧ And whoever enters it is safe. He said: 'It is like your saying: Enter and you are safe.'

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4265No grade recorded

    مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى نَزَلَ: مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرِيدُ الآخِرَةَ

    ✧ I never thought that any of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ desired the worldly life until it was revealed: 'Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter.'

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4266No grade recorded

    مَا مِنْ ذِي رَحِمٍ يَأْتِي رَحِمَهُ، فَيَسْأَلُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِ مَا أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِيَّاهُ، فَيَبْخَلُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أُخْرِجَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُجَاعٌ يَتَلَمَّظُ حَتَّى يُطَوِّقَهُ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: وَلا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ». الْآيَةَ

    ✧ No relative comes to his kin asking him from the surplus of what Allah, Exalted is He, has given him, and he withholds it from him, except that on the Day of Resurrection a serpent will be brought out for him, hissing, until it encircles his neck. Then he recited: 'And let not those who withhold what Allah has given them of His bounty think...' the verse.

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4267No grade recorded

    كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، هُمُ الَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ

    ✧ You are the best nation produced for mankind: you enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong. They are those who emigrated to Madinah.

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4268No grade recorded

    كَانَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ أَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ لَحِقَ بِقَوْمِهِ وَكَفَرَ ; فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ ( إِلَى آخِرِ ) الْآيَةِ. قَالَ: فَحَمَلَهُنَّ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، فَقَرَأَهُنَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: وَاللهِ إِنَّكَ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَصَدُوقٌ، وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَأَصْدَقُ مِنْكَ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَأَصْدَقُ الثَّلَاثَةِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَأَسْلَمَ إِسْلَامًا حَسَنًا

    ✧ Al-Harith b. Suwayd had accepted Islam, then he joined his people and disbelieved. So Allah, Exalted is He, sent down this verse: How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true? (to the end of) the verse. He said: A man from his people carried them to him and read them to him. Al-Harith said: By Allah, I know you to be truthful, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is more truthful than you, and Allah, Exalted is He, is the most truthful of the three. Then he returned and accepted Islam with a good Islam.

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4269No grade recorded

    النُّعَاسُ عِنْدَ الْقِتَالِ أَمَنَةٌ، وَالنُّعَاسُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ

    ✧ Drowsiness during battle is a security [from Allah], and drowsiness in prayer is from Satan.

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4270No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعُمَرَ ؓ: « اجْمَعْ لِي مَنْ هُنَا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Umar ؓ: 'Gather for me those of Quraysh who are here.'

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4271No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ يَقْرَأُ: ( وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَغَلَّ ) بِفَتْحِ الْغَيْنِ، فَقَالَ لِي: قَدْ جَازَ لَهُ أَنْ يَغَلَّ وَأَنْ ( يَقْتُلَ )، إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَنْ يَغُلَّ ( يَعْنِي ) بِضَمِّ الْغَيْنِ وَمَا كَانَ اللهُ ( عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ) لِيَجْعَلَ نَبِيًّا غَالًّا

    ✧ I said to Ibn Abbas ؓ: Ibn Masud ؓ recites (And it is not for a prophet to yaghalla) with a fathah on the ghayn. He said to me: It would be permissible for him to yaghalla and to (kill), but it is yaghulla (meaning) with a dammah on the ghayn: And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) would not make a prophet a defrauder.

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4272No grade recorded

    ( رَحَلْتُ إِلَى ) عَائِشَةَ ؓ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ قَالَتْ: هُوَ مَا يُصِيبُكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا

    ✧ I traveled to Aishah ؓ about this verse: It is not according to your wishes, nor the wishes of the People of the Book. Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it. She said: It is what afflicts you in this world.

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4273No grade recorded

    الْكَبَائِرُ سَبْعٌ؛ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ، وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، وَالْفِرَارُ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ، وَرَمْيُ الْمُحْصَنَةِ، وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا، وَأَكْلُ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ

    ✧ The major sins are seven: associating partners with Allah, killing a soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, disobedience to parents, fleeing from battle, slandering chaste women, consuming riba, and consuming the property of an orphan.

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4274No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّجَدَاتِ فَأَصَبْتُ ذُنُوبًا لَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ، فَأَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ: هِيَ ( تِسْعٌ )، وَعَدَّهُنَّ: الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهَا، وَالْفِرَارُ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ، وَقَذْفُ الْمُحْصَنَةِ، وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا، وَأَكْلُ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ، وَإِلْحَادٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ، وَالَّتِي ( تَسْتَسْحِرُ )، وَبُكَاءُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ ( بِالْعُقُوقِ ). فَلَمَّا رَأَى ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ ( فَرَقِي ) قَالَ: أَتَخَافُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ النَّارَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَوَتُحِبُّ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ، فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ: حَيٌّ وَالِدَاكَ ؟

    ✧ I was with the Najadat and committed sins that I think are only major sins. I came to Ibn Umar ؓ and he said: They are (nine), and he counted them: associating partners with Allah, killing a soul without right, fleeing from battle, slandering a chaste woman, consuming riba, consuming the property of an orphan, deviation in the Sacred Mosque, the one who (practices sorcery), and causing one's parents to weep (through disobedience). When Ibn Umar ؓ saw my fear, he said: Do you fear entering the Fire? I said: Yes. He said: Would you like to enter Paradise? I said: Yes. He said: Are your parents alive?

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4275No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ ؓ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ، فَمَرُّوا بِقَوْمٍ مُشْرِكِينَ، فَفَرُّوا وَأَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَقَتَلَهُ الْمِقْدَادُ ؓ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: « أَقَتَلْتَهُ وَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ » فَقَالَ: وَدَّ لَوْ أَنَّهُ فَرَّ بِأَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ. فَقَالُوا: هَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْأَلُوهُ، فَأَتَوْهُ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ﷺ: « أَقَتَلْتَهُ وَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ » فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَدَّ لَوْ أَنَّهُ فَرَّ بِمَالِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَتَبَيَّنُوا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ كَذَلِكَ كُنْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ

    ✧ Al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad ؓ went out on a military expedition, and they passed by a group of polytheists. They fled, but one man stayed with his family and property and said: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. Al-Miqdad ؓ killed him. It was said to him: 'You killed him while he testified that there is no god but Allah?' He said: He wished he could have fled with his family and property. They said: This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so ask him. They came to him and mentioned that to him. He ﷺ said: 'You killed him while he testified that there is no god but Allah?' He said: O Messenger of Allah, he wished he could have fled with his property and family. He said: Then this verse was revealed: O you who believe, when you go forth in the path of Allah, then be discerning, up to His saying: Thus you were before.

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4276No grade recorded

    كُنَّا قُعُودًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَانَ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ دَامَ بَصَرُهُ، مَفْتُوحَةٌ عَيْنَاهُ وَفَرَغَ سَمْعُهُ وَبَصَرُهُ لِمَا جَاءَهُ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ لِلْكَاتِبِ: « اكْتُبْ: لا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ الْآيَةَ. قَالَ: فَقَامَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا ذَنْبُنَا ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقُلْنَا لِلْأَعْمَى: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ: فَبَقِيَ قَائِمًا يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: اكْتُبْ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ

    ✧ We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when revelation descended upon him. When revelation descended upon him ﷺ, his gaze became fixed, his eyes open, and his hearing and sight were devoted to what came to him from Allah, Exalted is He. When he finished, he said to the scribe: 'Write: Not equal are those believers who sit back—except those who are disabled—and those who strive in the path of Allah with their wealth and their lives, the verse.' He said: Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind man, stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, what is our sin? Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sent down [a revelation]. We said to the blind man: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is receiving revelation. He said: He remained standing, saying: O Allah, I repent to You. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said: 'Write: except those who are disabled.'

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4277No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ: إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ أَشَدَّ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى. فَأَهْوَى عُمَرُ ؓ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ، وَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ نَقَّبْتَ عَنْهَا حَتَّى عَلِمْتَهَا، فَانْصَرَفَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ الْغَدُ قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: الْآيَةُ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتَ أَمْسِ. قَالَ: وَهَلْ تَرَكْتَنِي أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْهَا ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: مَا نِمْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ الْآيَةَ، مَا مِنَّا أَحَدٌ يَعْمَلُ سُوءً إِلَّا جُزِيَ بِهِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: إِنَّا حِينَ نَزَلَتْ مَا نَفَعَنَا طَعَامٌ وَلَا شَرَابٌ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَرَخَّصَ قَالَ: وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ يَجِدِ اللهَ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا

    ✧ A man said to Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ: I know the most severe verse in the Book of Allah, Exalted is He. Umar ؓ raised his hand and struck him with a whip and said: Why did you search for it until you knew it? The man left. The next day, Umar ؓ said to him: The verse you mentioned yesterday? He said: Did you let me tell you about it? Umar ؓ said to him: I did not sleep last night. He said: O Commander of the Faithful, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it, the verse. None of us does evil except he is recompensed for it. Umar ؓ said to him: When it was revealed, neither food nor drink benefited us until Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, sent down after that and gave concession. He said: And whoever does evil or wrongs himself, then seeks forgiveness of Allah, he will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4278No grade recorded

    لَمَّا قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ، فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا فِيهِ: ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ فَسَأَلَهُ يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا ؓ وَإِنِ امْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يَصَّالَحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا. قَالَ ؓ: « عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا فَاسْأَلُوا، هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَتَانِ فَتَعْجِزُ إِحْدَاهُمَا، أَوْ تَكُونُ ذَمِيمَةً ; فَيُصَالِحُهَا عَلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهَا كُلَّ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا مَرَّةً

    ✧ When Uthman ؓ was killed—and he mentioned a hadith in which: Then another stood up and asked him, meaning Ali ؓ: And if a woman fears from her husband contempt or evasion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of peace between them. He ؓ said: 'About the like of this ask. It is a man who has two wives, and one of them becomes unable or is ugly, so he makes peace with her that he will come to her once every two or three nights.'

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4279No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ خَاصَمَ رَجُلًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ; فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: إِنَّمَا قَضَى لَهُ لِأَنَّهُ ابْنُ عَمَّتِهِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فَلا وَرَبِّكَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ الْآيَةَ

    ✧ Al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām ؓ brought a dispute with a man before the Messenger of God ﷺ. The man said, “He ruled in his favor only because he is his aunt’s son.” Then God Most High revealed: “But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge in what arises between them…” (Q 4:65).

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4280No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ ؓ اخْتَصَمَ هُوَ وَرَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَضَى ﷺ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا قَضَى لَهُ لِأَنَّهُ ابْنُ عَمَّتِهِ، وَهَمَزَهُ بِفِيهِ، فَقَالَ يَهُودِيٌّ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذَا يَلْمِزُ نَبِيَّهُ، نَحْنُ أَطْوَعُ مِنْهُمْ، أَمَرَنَا نَبِيُّنَا لِنَقْتُلَ أَنْفُسَنَا فَقَتَلْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا

    ✧ Al-Zubayr ؓ and a man brought a dispute to the Prophet ﷺ, and he ﷺ ruled in al-Zubayr’s favor. The man said, “He ruled in his favor only because he is his aunt’s son,” and he jabbed at him with his mouth. A Jew said, “Look at this one disparaging his prophet. We are more obedient than them: our prophet commanded us to kill ourselves, and we killed ourselves.”

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4281No grade recorded

    « الْقَتْلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى يُكَفِّرُ الذُّنُوبَ كُلَّهَا غَيْرَ الْأَمَانَةِ، يُؤْتَى بِالشَّهِيدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَيُقَالُ: أَدِّ أَمَانَتَكَ. فَيَقُولُ: مِنْ أَيْنَ أُؤَدِّيهَا فَقَدْ ذَهَبَتِ الدُّنْيَا ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ، حَتَّى إِذَا انْتُهِيَ بِهِ إِلَى قَرَارِ الْهَاوِيَةِ مُثِّلَتْ لَهُ أَمَانَتُهُ كَهَيْئَةِ يَوْمَ ذَهَبَتْ، فَيَحْمِلُهَا فَيَضَعُهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ، فَيَصْعَدُ فِي النَّارِ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْهَا هَوَتْ، وَهَوَى فِي إِثْرِهَا أَبَدَ الْآبِدِينَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا.

    ✧ “Killing in the path of God Most High expiates all sins except the trust (amānah). The martyr in the path of God, Mighty and Glorious, will be brought and it will be said: ‘Return your trust.’ He will say: ‘From where can I return it? The world has already passed away.’” He said: “Then it will be said: ‘Take him to the pit (al-hāwiyah).’ When he reaches the bottom of the pit, his trust will be made to appear before him in the form it had on the day it was lost. He will lift it and place it on his shoulder, then climb up through the Fire until he thinks he has emerged from it, but it will fall, and he will fall after it forever and ever.” Then ʿAbdullāh recited: “Indeed, God commands you to render trusts to their owners” (Q 4:58).

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4282No grade recorded

    « لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِي الْكَلالَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، فَنَظَرَ فَإِذَا حُذَيْفَةُ ؓ، فَقَرَأَهَا ﷺ عَلَيْهِ فَلَقَّنَهَا حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ، وَنَظَرَ حُذَيْفَةُ ؓ فَإِذَا عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَقْرَأَهُ إِيَّاهَا فَلُقِّنَهَا، فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ ؓ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ فَلَقِيَ حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَحْمَقُ إِنْ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ إِمَارَتَكَ تُحَمِّلُنِي غُلًّا وَتَقُولُ: لَقِّنِّيهَا، هُوَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ. قَالَ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ لَيْسَ هَذَا أَرَدْتُ. قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَقَّنَنِيهَا فَلَقَّنْتُكَ كَمَا لَقَّنَنِيهَا، فَوَاللهِ لَا أَزِيدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا أَبَدًا

    ✧ “When this verse was revealed: ‘They ask you for a ruling. Say: God gives you a ruling concerning the kālah’ (Q 4:176), the Prophet ﷺ was in his home. He looked and saw Ḥudhayfah ؓ, so he ﷺ recited it to him and Ḥudhayfah ؓ learned it. Then Ḥudhayfah ؓ looked and saw ʿUmar ؓ, so he recited it to him and he learned it. When ʿUmar ؓ became caliph, he wanted to judge concerning the kālah, so he met Ḥudhayfah ؓ and asked him about it. He said: ‘By God, I would be a fool if I thought your rule would burden me with a shackle and you say “teach it to me” — it is exactly what I told you.’ ʿUmar said: ‘May God have mercy on you, that is not what I meant.’ Ḥudhayfah said: ‘It was revealed to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he taught it to me, and I taught it to you just as he taught it to me. By God, I will never add anything to that.’”

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4283No grade recorded

    « يَبْعَثُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَوْمًا تَأَجَّجُ أَفْوَاهُهُمْ نَارًا ». فَقِيلَ: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ: « أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَى ظُلْمًا

    ✧ “God Most High will raise on the Day of Resurrection a people whose mouths blaze with fire.” It was asked: “Who are they, O Messenger of God?” He said: “Do you not see that God Most High says: ‘Indeed, those who devour the wealth of orphans wrongfully’ (Q 4:10)?”

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4284No grade recorded

    « اتَّقُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى وَأَدُّوا الْأَمَانَةَ؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ: وَأَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا

    ✧ “Fear God Most High and render the trust, for God, Mighty and Glorious, says: ‘And render trusts to their owners’ (Q 4:58).”

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4285No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدُبٍ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مُهَاجِرًا ; فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ: « احْمِلُونِي، فَأَخْرِجُونِي مِنْ أَرْضِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ »، فَنَزَلَ الْوَحْيُ: وَمَنْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى اللهِ الْآيَةَ

    ✧ Ḍamrah b. Jundub left his home as an emigrant. He said to his family: “Carry me and take me out of the land of the polytheists to the Messenger of God ﷺ.” Then revelation came down: “And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to God…” (Q 4:100).

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4286No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: « أَتَانِي آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ: وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ يَجِدِ اللهَ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ شَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي قَبْلَهَا: مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُبَشِّرَ أَصْحَابِي. قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرَ اللهَ غَفَرَ لَهُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِ عُوَيْمِرٍ. « ثُمَّ قَالَ كَعْبُ بْنُ ذُهْلٍ ؓ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ يَضْرِبُ أَنْفَ نَفْسِهِ بِأُصْبُعِهِ

    ✧ I used to go regularly to Abū al-Dardāʾ ؓ and heard him narrating from the Prophet of God ﷺ that he said: “A messenger from my Lord, Mighty and Glorious, came to me and said: ‘And whoever does evil or wrongs himself, then seeks God’s forgiveness, will find God Forgiving, Merciful’ (Q 4:110). The verse before it had been hard on them: ‘Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it’ (Q 4:123). So I wanted to give glad tidings to my companions. I said: ‘O Messenger of God, even if he commits adultery and steals, then seeks God’s forgiveness, He will forgive him?’ He ﷺ said: ‘Yes.’ Then I said: ‘The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Yes, in spite of ʿUwaymir’s nose.’ Then Kaʿb b. Dhuhl ؓ said: ‘I saw Abū al-Dardāʾ ؓ tapping his own nose with his finger.’”

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4287No grade recorded

    « أَدُّوا لِلْحُلَفَاءِ عُقُودَهُمُ الَّذِي عَاقَدَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ »، قَالُوا: وَمَا عَقْدُهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْعَقْلُ عَنْهُمْ، وَالنَّصْرُ لَهُمْ

    ✧ “Render to the allies their covenants that your oaths have bound.” They asked: “And what is their covenant, O Messenger of God?” He ﷺ said: “Paying blood-money on their behalf and supporting them.”

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4288No grade recorded

    اخْتَارَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ رَجُلَيْنِ، فَدَخَلُوا مَدِينَةَ الْجَبَّارِينَ، فَخَرَجَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ يَنْهَوْنَ سِبْطَهُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا، إِلَّا يُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ وَكَالِبُ بْنُ يُوقَنَّهْ

    ✧ Moses ﷺ chose two men from each tribe, and they entered the city of the tyrants. Every people went out forbidding their own tribe from entering, except Joshua b. Nūn and Caleb b. Yūqannah.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4289No grade recorded

    تَاهُوا فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ فَرْسَخًا أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا، وَجُعِلَ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانِيهِمْ حَجَرٌ لَهُ مِثْلُ رَأْسِ الثَّوْرِ، فَإِذَا نَزَلُوا انْفَجَرَ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا، فَإِذَا رَحَلُوا حَمَلُوهُ عَلَى ثَوْرٍ فَاسْتَمْسَكَ

    ✧ They wandered for forty years in an area of twelve parasangs. A stone the size of a bull’s head was placed among them. When they camped, twelve springs gushed from it, and when they set out, they loaded it on a bull and it held fast.

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4290No grade recorded

    « أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ

    ✧ “That they should enter upon them”

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4291No grade recorded

    تَاهُوا فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ فَرْسَخًا أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا، وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ حَجَرًا مِثْلَ رَأْسِ الثَّوْرِ، يُحْمَلُ عَلَى ثَوْرٍ، فَإِذَا نَزَلُوا مَنْزِلًا وَضَعُوهُ فَضَرَبَهُ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا، فَإِذَا سَارُوا حَمَلُوهُ عَلَى ثَوْرٍ وَاسْتَمْسَكَ الْمَاءُ

    ✧ They wandered for twelve farsakhs for forty years. He made for them a stone like the head of an ox, carried on an ox. When they halted at a place, they would put it down, and Moses ﷺ would strike it, and twelve springs would gush forth from it. When they traveled, they would carry it on an ox, and the water would be held back.

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4292No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يَتِيهُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ ; قَالَ: مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا أَبَدًا، وَيَتِيهُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً

    ✧ Regarding His saying, exalted is He: 'He said: Then it will be forbidden to them for forty years, they will wander in the land'—he said: It is forbidden for them to ever enter it, and they will wander in the land for forty years.

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4293No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْمَائِدَةِ، فَعَرَفْنَا أَنَّهُ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَانْدَقَّتْ كَتِفُ رَاحِلَتِهِ الْعَضْبَاءِ مِنْ ثِقَلِ السُّورَةِ

    ✧ He was with the Prophet ﷺ in his dwelling, and Surah al-Ma'idah was revealed to him. We knew it was revealed to him when the shoulder of his she-camel al-Adba' broke from the weight of the surah.

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4294No grade recorded

    « مَا رَأَيْتُ قَوْمًا كَانُوا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، مَا سَأَلُوهُ إِلَّا عَنْ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَسْأَلَةً حَتَّى قُبِضَ، كُلُّهُنَّ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ

    ✧ I have not seen a people better than the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ. They asked him only thirteen questions until he passed away, all of them from the Quran.

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4295No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: سَمَّاعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ قَالَ: يَهُودُ الْمَدِينَةِ، سَمَّاعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ قَالَ: أَهْلُ فَدَكَ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

    ✧ Regarding His saying, blessed and exalted is He: 'They are listeners to falsehood'—he said: meaning the Jews of Madinah. 'Listeners to another people'—he said: the people of Fadak who did not come to you, until the end of the verse.

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4296No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي مُوسَى ؓ: « هُمْ قَوْمُ هَذَا »، يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ: فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِي اللهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Musa ؓ: 'They are the people of this one,' meaning His saying: 'Then Allah will bring a people whom He loves and who love Him.'

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4297No grade recorded

    لَمَّا نَزَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ: وَأَنِ احْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنْـزَلَ اللهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَحْنُ الْيَوْمَ نَحْكُمُ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى، وَعَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ مِنَ الْأَدْيَانِ

    ✧ When it was later revealed: 'And judge between them by what Allah has sent down,' the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Today we judge the Jews and the Christians, and others besides them among the religions.'

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4298No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ سَلْمَانَ ؓ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ، ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا فَقَالَ: دَعِ الْقِسِّيسِينَ فِي الصَّوَامِعِ وَالْخِرَبِ، أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ صِدِّيقِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا

    ✧ I asked Salman ؓ about this verse: 'That is because among them are qissisun (priests) and ruhban (monks).' He said: 'Leave the qissisun in the monasteries and ruins. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me to recite it: "That is because among them are siddiqun (truthful ones) and ruhban."'

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4299No grade recorded

    هُمُ الرُّهْبَانُ الَّذِينَ فِي الصَّوَامِعِ وَالْخُرَبِ، دَعُوهُمْ فِيهَا. قَالَ سَلْمَانُ ؓ: وَقَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ، فَأَقْرَأَنِي: « ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ صِدِّيقِينَ

    ✧ They are the monks in the monasteries and ruins—leave them there. Salman ؓ said: 'I recited to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "That is because among them are qissisun," and he taught me: "That is because among them are siddiqun."'

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4300No grade recorded

    « إِنْ كَانَ لَتَأْتِي عَلَيَّ السَّنَةُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَتَهَيَّبُ مِنْهُ، وَإِنْ كُنَّا لَنَتَمَنَّى الْأَعْرَابَ

    ✧ A year would pass and I would want to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about something but I would be in awe of him. We used to wish for the Bedouins to come.

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4301No grade recorded

    كَانُوا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَذَكَرُوا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ... الْحَدِيثَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: فَأَكْمَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَنَا الْأَمْرَ، فَعَرَفْنَا أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي انْتِقَاصٍ

    ✧ They were with Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ when they mentioned this verse: 'Today I have perfected your religion for you.' A man from the Jews said... the full hadith. Umar ؓ said: 'Allah, exalted is He, perfected the matter for us, so we know that after that the matter is in decline.'

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4302No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ سُورَةَ الْمَائِدَةِ وَسُورَةَ التَّوْبَةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَحِلُّوا مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ فِيهِمَا، وَحَرِّمُوا مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ فِيهِمَا

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ recited Surah al-Ma'idah and Surah al-Tawbah in his sermon, then the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Permit what Allah has permitted in them and forbid what Allah has forbidden in them.'

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4303No grade recorded

    لَمَّا سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ: يَحْرُمُ كُلُّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ، قُلْتُ: لا أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، قَالَ: وَإِنَّ الْبُرْمَةَ تَكُونُ فِي مَائِهَا الصُّفْرَةُ، ثُمَّ لَا يُحَرِّمُهَا ذَلِكَ

    ✧ When I heard people saying: "Every beast of prey with a canine tooth is forbidden," I said: "I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to one who eats it..." until the end of the verse. He said: "Indeed a cooking pot in whose water there is yellowness, but that does not make it forbidden."

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4304No grade recorded

    كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ: أَنَّ لَنَا جِيرَانًا مِنَ السَّامِرَةِ يَقْرَؤُونَ بَعْضَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ، وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ، فَمَا تَرَى فِي ذَبَائِحِهِمْ ؟ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: إِنْ كَانُوا يَقْرَؤُونَ بَعْضَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَبَعْضَ الْإِنْجِيلِ، وَيَسْبِتُونَ، فَذَبَائِحُهُمْ كَذَبَائِحِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ

    ✧ He wrote to me—meaning Ibn 'Umar ؓ —"We have neighbors from the Samaritans who read some of the Torah and the Gospel, but do not believe in the unseen. What do you think about their slaughtered animals?" So he wrote to him: "If they read some of the Torah and some of the Gospel, and they observe the Sabbath, then their slaughtered animals are like the slaughtered animals of the People of the Book."

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4305No grade recorded

    زَنَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ فَدَكَ، فَكَتَبَ أَهْلُ فَدَكَ إِلَى نَاسٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ: أَنْ سَلُوا مُحَمَّدًا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَإِنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِالْجَلْدِ فَخُذُوهُ عَنْهُ، وَإِنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِالرَّجْمِ فَلَا تَأْخُذُوهُ عَنْهُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ; فَقَالَ: « أَرْسِلُوا إِلَيَّ أَعْلَمَ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْكُمْ. فَجَاؤُوا بِرَجُلٍ أَعْوَرَ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: ابْنُ صُورِيَا، وَآخَرُ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « أَنْتُمَا أَعْلَمُ مَنْ قِبَلِكُمَا ؟ » فَقَالَا: قَدْ نَحَا قَوْمُنَا لِذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَهُمَا: « أَلَيْسَ عِنْدَكُمَا التَّوْرَاةُ فِيهَا حُكْمُ اللهِ تَعَالَى ؟ » قَالَا: بَلَى، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « فَأَنْشُدُكُمَا بِالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْبَحْرَ لِمُوسَى، وَظَلَّلَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ، وَأَنْجَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَأَنْزَلَ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوَى عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ ؟ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخَرِ: مَا نُشِدْتُ بِمِثْلِهِ قَطُّ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: نَجِدُ تَرْدَادَ النَّظَرِ زَنْيَةً، وَالْإِعْنَاقَ زَنْيَةً، فَإِذَا شَهِدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْهُ يُبْدِي وَيُعِيدُ كَمَا يَدْخُلُ الْمِيلُ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الرَّجْمُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: هُوَ ذَاكَ. فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ، وَنَزَلَتْ: فَإِنْ جَاءُوكَ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ أَوْ أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ الْآيَاتِ.

    ✧ A man from the people of Fadak committed adultery. The people of Fadak wrote to some Jews in Madinah: "Ask Muhammad about this. If he orders you to flog, then take it from him; but if he orders you to stone, then do not take it from him." So they asked him about it. He said: "Send to me the two most learned men among you." They brought a one-eyed man called Ibn Suriya and another. The Prophet ﷺ said to them: "Are you two the most learned of those before you?" They said: "Our people have inclined to that." The Prophet ﷺ said to them: "Do you not have the Torah, which contains the ruling of Allah, Exalted is He?" They said: "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said: "I adjure you by the One who parted the sea for Musa, shaded you with clouds, saved you from the people of Pharaoh, and sent down manna and quails upon the Children of Israel: What do you find in the Torah concerning stoning?" One of them said to the other: "We have never been adjured by anything like this." Then he said: "We find that repeated looking is fornication, and embracing is fornication. If four witnesses testify that they saw him engaging in the act as a probe enters a kohl container, then stoning becomes obligatory." The Prophet ﷺ said: "That is it." So he ordered him and he was stoned. Then the verse was revealed: "So if they come to you, judge between them or turn away from them..."

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4306No grade recorded

    نَزَلَتْ فِي ابْنِ صُورِيَّا، حِينَ أَتَاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ

    ✧ It was revealed concerning Ibn Suriya when the Prophet ﷺ came to them, and he mentioned the hadith.

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4307No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، سَأَلَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ عَنْ حِيتَانٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَلْقَاهَا الْبَحْرُ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: أَمَيْتَةٌ هِيَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَنَهَاهُ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ دَعَا بِالْمُصْحَفِ، فَقَرَأَ: أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا، قَالَ: « فَطَعَامُهُ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ فَكُلُوهُ، لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ، وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فِيهِ يُؤْكَلُ مَيِّتًا فِيهِ أَوْ مَيِّتًا جَنْبَهُ

    ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Hurayrah asked Ibn 'Umar ؓ about many fish cast up by the sea. Ibn 'Umar ؓ said: "Are they dead?" He said: "Yes." So he forbade him. He said: "When he entered, he called for the Mushaf and recited: 'Lawful to you is the game of the sea and its food as provision.' He said: 'Its food is what comes out of it, so eat it; there is no harm. And everything in it may be eaten dead, whether it is in it or dead beside it.'"

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4308No grade recorded

    « بَعَثَ النَّجَاشِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفْدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، الْحَدِيثَ. وَأُنْزِلَتْ فِيهِمْ: لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مَوَدَّةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّا نَصَارَى ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ الْآيَةَ

    ✧ "The Negus sent to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a delegation from among his companions," the hadith. And the verse was revealed concerning them: "You will surely find the most intense of people in animosity toward those who believe are the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will surely find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe are those who say, 'We are Christians.' That is because among them are priests and monks, and they are not arrogant."

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4309No grade recorded

    نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ الْأَنْعَامِ، وَمَعَهَا زَجَلٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ قَدْ نَيَّطُوا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، وَهِيَ مَكِّيَّةٌ غَيْرُ آيَتَيْنِ: قُلْ تَعَالَوْا أَتْلُ.

    ✧ Surah Al-An'am was revealed accompanied by a clamor of angels who had stretched the lowest heaven down to the earth. It is Makkan except two verses: "Say, come, I will recite..."

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4310No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَاتَيْنِ الْآيَتَيْنِ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ قَالُوا: الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللهُ، ثُمَّ عَمِلُوا بِهَا، ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، قَالُوا: وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ، لَمْ يُذْنِبُوا، قَالَ: لَقَدْ حَمَلْتُمُوهَا عَلَى أَمْرٍ شَدِيدٍ، الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ، يَقُولُ: بِشِرْكٍ، وَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا: رَبُّنَا اللهُ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَيْهَا، فَلَمْ يَعْدِلُوا عَنْهَا بِشِرْكٍ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ

    ✧ He said to his companions: "What do you say about these two verses: 'Indeed, those who say, "Our Lord is Allah" and then remain upright' and 'those who believe and do not mix their faith with wrongdoing'?" They said: "Those who say, 'Our Lord is Allah,' then act upon it, then remain upright upon His command." They said: "And those who believe and do not mix their faith with wrongdoing—they have not sinned." He said: "You have burdened it with something severe. 'Those who believe and do not mix their faith with wrongdoing'—he says: with shirk (associating partners with Allah). And 'those who say, "Our Lord is Allah," then remain upright upon it'—they did not deviate from it by shirk or anything else."

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4311No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ قَالَ: الْبِدَعُ وَالشُّبُهَاتُ

    ✧ Concerning His saying, Exalted is He: "And do not follow [other] paths, for they will separate you from His way." He said: "Innovations and ambiguities."

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4312No grade recorded

    إِنَّ قَوْمًا أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّا أَصَبْنَا ذُنُوبًا عِظَامًا، فَمَا إِخَالُهُ رَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرُوا نَزَلَتْ: وَإِذَا جَاءَكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ الْآيَةَ، فَدَعَاهُمْ ﷺ فَتَلَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ

    ✧ Some people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "We have committed great sins." He did not think he replied to them. When they turned away, the verse was revealed: "And when those who believe in Our verses come to you, say, 'Peace be upon you. Your Lord has prescribed mercy upon Himself...'" So he called them ﷺ and recited it to them.

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4313No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ فِي بَرٍّ وَلَا بَحْرٍ إِلَّا وَبِهَا مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ يَكْتُبُ مَا يَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقِهَا

    ✧ Concerning His saying: "And no leaf falls..." He said: "There is no tree on land or in the sea but that an angel is assigned to it who records every leaf that falls from it."

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4314No grade recorded

    « لِيَتَّقِ امْرُؤٌ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي شَيْءٍ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَتْ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ

    ✧ "Let a man beware lest he be from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in nothing. Then she recited: 'Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects—you are not [associated] with them in anything.'"

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4315No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا جَلَسَ النَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ صَلَّى صَلَاةً خَفِيفَةً تَامَّةَ الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ، فَسَجَدَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَأَطَالَ السُّجُودَ، حَتَّى أَوْمَأَ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ أَنِ اسْكُتُوا فَإِنَّهُ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَطَلْتَ السُّجُودَ حَتَّى أَوْمَأَ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ أَنَّهُ نَزَلَ عَلَيْكَ. قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ صَلَاةَ رَغْبَةٍ وَرَهْبَةٍ، سَأَلْتُ اللهَ تَعَالَى ثَلَاثًا فَأَعْطَانِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعَنِي وَاحِدَةً، سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُسْحِتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍ عَذَّبَ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا، وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يُسَلِّطَ عَلَى عَامَّتِكُمْ عَدُوًّا يَسْتَبِيحُهَا فَأَعْطَانِيهَا، وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ لَا يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ فَمَنَعَنِيهَا » قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ أَبُوكَ، سَمِعْتَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَدَدَ أَصَابِعِهِ هَذِهِ عَشْرًا

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat with the people around him, he would pray a brief but complete prayer, with full bowing and prostration. One day he prostrated and prolonged the prostration, until some of us gestured to others to be quiet, for revelation was descending upon him. When he finished, some of the people said to him: 'O Messenger of Allah, you prolonged the prostration until some of us gestured to others that revelation was descending upon you.' He ﷺ said: 'No, but it was a prayer of hope and fear. I asked Allah Almighty for three things: He granted me two and withheld one. I asked Him not to destroy you with a punishment like that with which He punished those before you, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to set over your general populace an enemy who would exterminate them, and He granted me that. I asked Him not to divide you into factions and make you taste the violence of one another, but He withheld that from me.'" He (the narrator) said: I said to him: 'Your father—did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'Yes.' He mentioned that he heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as many times as his fingers—these ten."

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4316No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ ثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ Al-Bazzar said: 'Ali b. al-Mundhir narrated to us, Ibn Fudayl narrated to us, something similar."

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4317No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَلا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ مَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَمَا مِنْ حِسَابِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ قَالَ: جَاءَ الْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ وَعُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ ؓ، فَوَجَدُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَاعِدًا مَعَ بِلَالٍ وَصُهَيْبٍ وَخَبَّابٍ ؓ وَنَاسٍ مِنَ الضُّعَفَاءِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُمْ حَوْلَهُ ﷺ حَقَرُوهُمْ، فَأَتَوْهُ فَخَلَوْا بِهِ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّا نُحِبُّ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَكَ مِنْكَ مَجْلِسًا تَعْرِفُ لَنَا بِهِ الْعَرَبُ فَضْلَنَا، فَإِنَّا وُجُوهُ الْعَرَبِ ( نَفِدُ عَلَيْكَ )، فَنَسْتَحِي أَنْ تَرَانَا الْعَرَبُ وَهَذِهِ الْأَعْبُدُ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ جِئْنَاكَ فَأَقِمْهُمْ عَنَّا، فَإِذَا ( نَحْنُ ) فَرَغْنَا فَأَقْعِدْهُمْ إِنْ شِئْتَ. قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ. قَالُوا: فَاكْتُبْ لَنَا عَلَيْكَ ( كِتَابًا ) فَدَعَا ﷺ بِالصَّحِيفَةِ، وَدَعَا عَلِيًّا ؓ لِيَكْتُبَ، وَنَحْنُ قُعُودٌ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ إِذْ نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَلا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: وَإِذَا جَاءَكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا فَقُلْ سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ فَرَمَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالصَّحِيفَةِ مِنْ يَدِهِ ثُمَّ دَعَانَا فَأَتَيْنَاهُ وَهُوَ ﷺ يَقُولُ: سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ فَدَنَوْنَا مِنْهُ ﷺ حَتَّى وَضَعْنَا رُكَبَنَا عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَجْلِسُ مَعَنَا، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقُومَ قَامَ وَتَرَكَنَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا قَالَ: فَجَالَسَ الْأَشْرَافَ، وَلا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا قَالَ: عُيَيْنَةُ وَالْأَقْرَعُ، وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا قَالَ: هَلَاكًا. ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ رَجُلَيْنِ وَبِمَثَلِ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْعُدُ مَعَنَا، فَإِذَا بَلَغَ السَّاعَةَ الَّتِي يَقُومُ فِيهَا قُمْنَا وَتَرَكْنَاهُ، وَإِلَّا صَبَرَ ﷺ أَبَدًا حَتَّى نَقُومَ

    ✧ Regarding His words, Blessed and Exalted: "And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance. You are not accountable for them in anything, nor are they accountable for you in anything, that you should drive them away and thus be of the wrongdoers" (Qur'an 6:52). He said: Al-Aqra' b. Habis and 'Uyaynah b. Hisn al-Fazari ؓ came and found the Prophet ﷺ sitting with Bilal, Suhayb, Khabbab ؓ and some of the weak believers. When they saw them around him ﷺ, they despised them. They came to him and had a private audience with him ﷺ. They said: 'We would like you to make for yourself a special gathering with us, through which the Arabs will recognize our superiority. Indeed, we are the nobles of the Arabs; delegations come to you, and we feel ashamed that the Arabs should see us with these slaves. When we come to you, dismiss them from us; then when we have finished, seat them if you wish.' He ﷺ said: 'Yes.' They said: 'Then write for us a document to that effect.' So he ﷺ called for a parchment and called 'Ali ؓ to write, while we were sitting in a corner. Then Gabriel (peace and blessings be upon him) descended with His saying, Exalted: "And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance..." up to His saying: "...of the wrongdoers" (Qur'an 6:52). Then He, Majestic and Exalted, said: "And when those who believe in Our verses come to you, say: 'Peace be upon you. Your Lord has prescribed mercy upon Himself'" (Qur'an 6:54). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ threw the parchment from his hand, then called us, and we came to him while he ﷺ was saying: 'Peace be upon you. Your Lord has prescribed mercy upon Himself.' We drew near to him ﷺ until we placed our knees on his knee. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would sit with us, and when he wanted to rise, he would rise and leave us. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: "And keep yourself patient with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance, and do not let your eyes pass beyond them, desiring the adornment of this worldly life" (Qur'an 18:28). He said: So he sat with the nobles. "And do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance" (Qur'an 18:28), referring to 'Uyaynah and al-Aqra', "and who follows his own desire, and whose affair is ever in neglect" (Qur'an 18:28) — meaning destruction. Then He struck for them the parable of two men and the parable of the life of this world. Thereafter, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would sit with us, and when the time came for him to rise, we would rise and leave him; otherwise he ﷺ would remain patient forever until we rose."

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4318No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، ثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، فَذَكَرَهُ بِتَمَامِهِ. وَأَخْرَجَهُ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ مِنْ طَرِيقِ عَمْرٍو الْعَنْقَزِيِّ مُخْتَصَرًا.:

    ✧ Abu Bakr said: Ahmad b. al-Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat b. Nasr narrated to us, and he mentioned it in full. Ibn Majah also transmitted it from the route of 'Amr al-'Anqazi in abbreviated form."

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4319No grade recorded

    إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا اللهَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُفْتَرِينَ قَالَ: وَمَا نَرَى الْقَوْمَ إِلَّا افْتَرَوْا فِرْيَةً، مَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا سَتُصِيبُهُمْ

    ✧ "We indeed heard Allah say: 'Indeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will receive anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world; and thus do We recompense the fabricators' (Qur'an 7:152)." He said: "And we do not see the people except that they have fabricated a lie; I think it will surely afflict them."

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4320No grade recorded

    تَلَا أَبُو قِلَابَةَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ، فَقَالَ: هِيَ وَاللهِ لِكُلِّ مُفْتَرٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، الذِّلَّةُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا.

    ✧ Abu Qilabah recited this verse and said: 'By Allah, it applies to every fabricator until the Day of Resurrection — humiliation in the life of this world.'"

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4321No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ السَّبْعِينَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَ مُوسَى مِنْ قَوْمِهِ إِنَّمَا أَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ ; إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَنْهَوْا عَنِ الْعِجْلِ وَلَمْ يَرْضَوْا بِهِ

     ✧ "The seventy whom Moses selected from his people were seized by the earthquake because they did not forbid the calf and did not approve of it."

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4322No grade recorded

     فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ قَالَ: الْأَرْضُ مِنْهَا خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى آدَمَ، وَفِيهَا يُدْفَنُونَ إِذَا مَاتُوا، وَمِنْهَا يُخْرَجُونَ، تُمْطِرُ السَّمَاءُ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً فَيَخْرُجُ الْمَوْتَى مِنَ الْأَرْضِ

     ✧ "Therein you will live, and therein you will die" (Qur'an 7:25). He said: The earth — from it Allah Almighty created Adam, and in it they will be buried when they die, and from it they will be brought forth. The sky will rain for forty nights, and the dead will emerge from the earth."

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4323No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الْأَعْرَافِ ؟ قَالَ: هُمْ قَوْمٌ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ آبَائِهِمْ، فَمَنَعَهُمْ مِنَ النَّارِ قَتْلُهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَمَنَعَهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ مَعْصِيَتُهُمْ آبَاءَهُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the People of the Heights (A'raf). He said: 'They are people who were killed in the path of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in disobedience to their fathers. Their being killed in the path of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, kept them from the Fire, and their disobedience to their fathers kept them from Paradise.'"

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4324No grade recorded

     قَالَ قَائِلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، مَا أَصْحَابُ الْأَعْرَافِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « قَوْمٌ خَرَجُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ آبَائِهِمْ، فَاسْتُشْهِدُوا فَمَنَعَتْهُمُ الشَّهَادَةُ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا النَّارَ، وَمَنَعَتْهُمُ الْمَعْصِيَةُ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ.

     ✧ Someone said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who are the People of the Heights?' He ﷺ said: 'People who went out in the path of Allah Almighty without the permission of their fathers, and were martyred. Their martyrdom kept them from entering the Fire, and their disobedience kept them from entering Paradise.'"

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4325No grade recorded

     « قَوْم خَرَجُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى بِغَيْرِ إِذَنْ آبَائِهِمْ فَاسْتَشْهَدُوا فَمَنَعَتْهُمُ الشَّهَادَة أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا النَّارَ وَمَنَعَتْهُمُ الْمَعْصِيَةُ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "People who went out in the path of Allah Almighty without the permission of their fathers, and were martyred. Their martyrdom kept them from entering the Fire, and their disobedience kept them from entering Paradise." [Marfu' type]

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4326No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَسْخِ، أَيَكُونُ لَهُ نَسْلٌ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « مَا مُسِخَ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ فَكَانَ لَهُ نَسْلٌ وَلَا عَقِبٌ

     ✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about metamorphosis: does it produce offspring? He ﷺ said: 'No one was ever metamorphosed and had offspring or descendants.'"

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4327No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَنَصَرَهَا اللهُ تَعَالَى وَفَتَحَ عَلَيْهَا، وَكَانَ مَنْ أَتَاهُ بِشَيْءٍ نَفَلَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْخُمُسِ، فَرَجَعَ رِجَالٌ وَكَانُوا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ، وَيَأْسِرُونَ، وَيَقْتُلُونَ، وَتَرَكُوا الْغَنَائِمَ خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَنَالُوا مِنَ الْغَنَائِمِ خَلْفَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَنَالُوا مِنَ الْغَنَائِمِ شَيْئًا، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ مِنَّا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ، وَيَأْسِرُونَ، وَتَخَلَّفَ رِجَالٌ لَمْ يَصِلُوا بِالْقِتَالِ، فَنَفَلْتَهُمْ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ ؟ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَنَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الأَنْفَالِ قُلِ الأَنْفَالُ لِلهِ وَالرَّسُولِ فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ فَدَعَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: « رُدُّوا مَا أَخَذْتُمْ، وَاقْسِمُوهُ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالسَّوِيَّةِ » فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ أَنْفَقْنَا وَأَكَلْنَا. قَالَ: « فَاحْتَسِبُوا بِذَلِكَ ».

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition, and Allah Almighty granted it victory and success. Whoever brought something to him, he gave him a share of it after the fifth. Some men returned while others went ahead, took captives, and fought, leaving the spoils behind them and did not obtain any of the spoils. They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what about men among us who went ahead and took captives, while other men stayed behind and did not engage in fighting, yet you gave them a share of the spoils?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent, then Jibril ﷺ came down with: 'They ask you about the spoils of war. Say: The spoils of war belong to Allah and the Messenger. So fear Allah and set things right among yourselves.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called them and said: 'Return what you have taken, and distribute it among yourselves with fairness and equality.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we have already spent and eaten.' He said: 'Then count that as your share.'

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4328No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ عَنِ النَّفَلِ، فَقَالَ: « الْفَرَسُ مِنَ النَّفَلِ، وَالسَّلَبِ مِنَ النَّفَلِ قَالَ: فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا مِثْلُ صَنِيعِ صَبِيغٍ الَّذِي ضَرَبَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ

     ✧ A man asked Ibn Abbas ؓ about the nafal (extra share of spoils). He said: 'The horse is from the nafal, and the salab (personal belongings of a slain enemy) is from the nafal.' The man repeated the question, and he said: 'This is like what happened with Sabigh, whom Umar ؓ beat.'

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4329No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى وَآخَرِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ اللهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ قَالَ: « هُمُ الْجِنُّ » قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يُخَبِّلُ أَحَدًا فِي دَارٍ فِيهَا فَرَسٌ عَتِيقٌ

     ✧ Regarding the words of Allah, Blessed and Exalted: 'And others besides them whom you do not know; Allah knows them' he said: 'They are the jinn.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Satan does not confuse anyone in a house that has a noble horse.'

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4330No grade recorded

     سَمِعْنَا الزُّبَيْرَ ؓ وَهُوَ يَتْلُو هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً لا تُصِيبَنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْكُمْ خَاصَّةً فَلَقَدْ تَلَوْتُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ زَمَانًا، وَاتَّقُوا فِتْنَةً زَمَانًا وَمَا أُرَانِي مِنْ أَهْلِهَا، فَأَصْبَحْنَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا.

     ✧ We heard al-Zubayr ؓ reciting this verse: 'And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively.' He said: 'I recited this verse for a long time, and I did not think I was among its people, but now we have become among its people.'

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4331No grade recorded

     « إِنَّ آخِرَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ: لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ.

     ✧ 'The last part of the Quran to be revealed was: There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; he is concerned over you and to the believers is kind and merciful.'

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4332No grade recorded

     " « إِنَّ آخَرَ مَا نَزَلْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيز عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيص عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوف رَحِيم" نوع="موقوف"

     ✧ "Verily, the last of the Quran to be revealed was: There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves; dear to him is what you suffer; he is keen over you; to the believers he is kind and merciful."

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4333No grade recorded

     " « إِنَّ آخَرَ مَا نَزَلْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيز عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيص عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوف رَحِيم" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "Verily, the last of the Quran to be revealed was: There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves; dear to him is what you suffer; he is keen over you; to the believers he is kind and merciful."

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4334No grade recorded

     مَرَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ بِرَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ: وَالسَّابِقُونَ الأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارِ حَتَّى خَتَمَ الْآيَةَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: انْصَرِفِ انْصَرِفْ. فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ؓ فَقَالَ ؓ: لَا تُفَارِقْنِي حَتَّى نَذْهَبَ إِلَيْهِ. فَجَاءَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: زَعَمَ هَذَا أَنَّكَ أَقْرَأْتَهُ آيَةَ كَذَا، وَتَلَاهَا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِأُبَيٍّ ؓ: أَتَلَقَّيْتَهَا مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَرَدَّ عُمَرُ ؓ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ لَهُ أُبَيٌّ ؓ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْزَلَهَا عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، جَاءَ بِهَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، لَمْ يُؤَامِرْ فِيهَا الْخَطَّابَ وَلَا ابْنَهُ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ passed by a man reciting: 'And the first forerunners among the Muhajirin and the Ansar' until he completed the verse. Umar ؓ said: 'Stop, stop. Who taught you this surah?' The man said: 'Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ taught it to me.' Umar ؓ said: 'Do not leave me until we go to him.' He came and asked permission while Ubayy was reclining. He granted him permission, and Umar said: 'This man claims that you taught him such-and-such a verse,' and he recited it to him. Ubayy said: 'He is truthful.' Umar ؓ said to Ubayy: 'Did you receive it directly from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'Yes.' Umar ؓ repeated three times, and each time Ubayy ؓ said: 'Yes.' Then he said: 'I bear witness that Allah Almighty revealed it to Muhammad ﷺ. Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) brought it from Allah, Blessed and Exalted. He did not consult al-Khattab nor his son about it.' Umar ؓ went out saying: 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.'

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4335No grade recorded

     لَا يَكُونُ الدِّينَارُ عَلَى الدِّينَارِ، وَلَا الدِّرْهَمُ عَلَى الدِّرْهَمِ، وَلَكِنْ يُوَسَّعُ جِلْدُهُ، فَتُكْوَى بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ The dinar will not be placed on the dinar, nor the dirham on the dirham, but his skin will be expanded, and they will be branded with it on their foreheads, their sides, and their backs—the verse.

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4336No grade recorded

     مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ قَالَ فِيهِمْ: رِجَالٌ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا وَاللهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُطَّهِّرِينَ قَالَ ﷺ: كَانُوا يَسْتَنْجُونَ بِالْمَاءِ، وَكَانُوا لَا يَنَامُونَ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ

     ✧ Who are those about whom He said: 'Men who love to purify themselves, and Allah loves those who purify themselves'? He ﷺ said: 'They used to clean themselves with water after relieving themselves, and they would not sleep the whole night.'

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4337No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ السَّائِحِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: هُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the sa'ihin (those who wander or travel). He ﷺ said: 'They are the ones who fast.'

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4338No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ، فَأَخَذَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ بِثَوْبِهِ فَقَالَ: وَلا تُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا وَلا تَقُمْ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to pray over Abdullah b. Ubayy, but Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of his garment and said: 'And do not pray over any of them who has died, ever, nor stand at his grave.'

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4339No grade recorded

     مَاتَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَلَمْ أُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ ؟ قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ: أَبِاللهِ مِنْهُمْ أَنَا ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ: ( فَبَكَى )

     ✧ A man from the hypocrites died, and I did not pray over him. Umar ؓ said: "What prevented you from praying over him?" I said: "He was one of them." He said: "Am I, by Allah, one of them?" I said: "No." He said: (Then he wept).

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4340No grade recorded

     يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ قَالَ: جِهَادُ الْكُفَّارِ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَجِهَادُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ بِاللِّسَانِ

     ✧ O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites. He said: Striving against the disbelievers is with the sword, and striving against the hypocrites is with the tongue.

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4341No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الدُّخَانَ فِي مَسْجِدِ الضِّرَارِ حَيْثُ انْهَارَ

     ✧ I saw smoke in the mosque of opposition when it collapsed.

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4342No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ: فَسَيَرَى اللهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited: "Allah will see your deeds, and His Messenger and the believers."

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4343No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ كَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَقَالُوا: مَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدُنَا أَنْ يَتْرُكَ لِوَلَدِهِ مَالًا يَبْقَى بَعْدَهُ. فَقَالَ ؓ: أَنَا أُفَرِّجُ عَنْكُمْ، فَانْطَلَقُوا، وَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ ؓ وَاتَّبَعَهُ ثَوْبَانُ ؓ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ; فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنَّهُ كَبُرَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِكَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّا لَمْ نَفْرِضِ الزَّكَاةَ إِلَّا لِمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِكُمْ، وَإِنَّمَا فُرِضَتِ الْمَوَارِيثُ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ لِتَبْقَى بَعْدَكُمْ. قَالَ: فَكَبَّرَ عُمَرُ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: « أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا يُكْنَزُ ؟ الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ؛ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا سَرَّتْهُ، وَإِذَا أَمَرَهَا أَطَاعَتْهُ، وَإِنْ غَابَ عَنْهَا حَفِظَتْهُ

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: "And those who hoard gold and silver," it became burdensome upon the Muslims, and they said: "None of us can leave for his child wealth that remains after him." He said: "I will relieve you." So they set out, and Umar ؓ set out, and Thawban ؓ followed him, and he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Prophet of Allah, this verse has become burdensome upon your companions." The Prophet ﷺ said: "We did not prescribe zakat except for what remains of your wealth, and inheritance was prescribed in wealth so that it remains after you." He said: So Umar ؓ said the takbir, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him: "Shall I not tell you what is hoarded? The righteous woman: when he looks at her, she pleases him; when he commands her, she obeys him; and when he is absent from her, she protects him."

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4344No grade recorded

     « أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا يَكْنِزُ الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا سَرَّتْهُ وَإِذَا أَمَرَهَا أَطَاعَتْهُ وَإِنَّ غَاب عَنْهَا حَفِظْته" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ "Shall I not tell you what the righteous woman hoards? When he looks at her, she pleases him; when he commands her, she obeys him; and when he is absent from her, she protects him." [Type: Marfu']

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4345No grade recorded

     قَرَأَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ ؓ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالا وَجَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنْفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَقَالَ: « مَا أَسْمَعَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عُذْرًا لِأَحَدٍ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهَا مُجَاهِدًا حَتَّى مَاتَ بِهَا

     ✧ Abu Talhah ؓ recited this verse: "Go forth, light and heavy, and strive with your wealth and your selves in the path of Allah." Then he said: "I do not hear that Allah Almighty has given any excuse to anyone." Then he went out to Syria and remained there as a warrior until he died there.

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4346No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ بَاتَ يَجُرُّ الْجَرِيرَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ عَلَى صَاعَيْنِ مِنْ تَمْرٍ. فَانْقَلَبْتُ بِأَحَدِهِمَا إِلَى أَهْلِي، وَجِئْتُ بِالْآخَرِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ﷺ بِمَا كَانَ، فَقَالَ: « انْشُرْهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ » فَقَالَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَسَخِرُوا بِهِ: لَقَدْ كَانَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غَنِيًّا عَنْ صَاعِ هَذَا الْمِسْكِينِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ He spent the night dragging a rope on his back for two sa' of dates. I returned with one of them to my family, and I brought the other to the Prophet ﷺ to draw near to my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, with it. I informed him ﷺ of what had happened, and he said: "Spread it in the mosque." The hypocrites said and mocked him: "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, was surely in no need of the sa' of this poor man." Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, revealed: "Those who criticize the volunteers..." the verse.

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4347No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَبَّرَ تَكْبِيرَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَقَدْ سَبَقَ فِي فَضْلِ الْجِهَادِ قَالَ: فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ بُكْرَةً وَمَسَاءً، كَمَا تَرَوْنَ الشَّمْسَ لَا تَشُكُّونَ فِي رُؤْيَتِهَا، وَلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرَامَةِ وَالنَّعِيمِ كَمَا قَالَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى: لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَى وَزِيَادَةٌ وَقَالَ: الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا: الَّذِينَ قَالُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ. وَالْحُسْنَى: الْجَنَّةُ، وَالزِّيَادَةُ: النَّظَرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

     ✧ Whoever says one takbir in the path of Allah Almighty - and he mentioned the hadith, which has preceded in the virtue of jihad - he said: "He will look at the Possessor of Majesty and Honor morning and evening, just as you see the sun without doubting its sight, and he will have honor and bliss as Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said: 'For those who do good is the best and an increase.' And he said: 'Those who do good' are those who said: 'There is no god but Allah.' And 'the best' is Paradise, and 'the increase' is looking at the face of Allah Almighty."

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4348No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَقْرَأُ: فَبِذَلِكَ فَلْتَفْرَحُوا

     ✧ He used to recite: "In that, then, let them rejoice."

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4349No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ: مَا شَيَّبَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: « شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ، وَالْوَاقِعَةُ، وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ، وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ، وَإِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

     ✧ I asked the Prophet ﷺ: "What has made you gray?" He said: "Hud, al-Waqi'ah, al-Mursalat, 'Amma Yatasa'alun, and Idha al-Shamsu Kuwwirat have made me gray."

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4350No grade recorded

     « هُودٌ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا »:

     ✧ "Hud and its sisters":

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4351No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ يَقْرَأُ « ( تَفْعَلُ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا مَا تَشَاءُ )

     ✧ I heard al-Dahhak b. Qays reciting: “(You do with our wealth what You will).”

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4352No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ الْآيَةَ قَالَ: أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ( تَعَالَى ) الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَتَلَاهُ عَلَيْهِمْ زَمَانًا فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوْ قَصَصْتَ عَلَيْنَا ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ الْآيَةَ. فَتَلَاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَمَانًا، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوْ حَدَّثْتَنَا ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: نَـزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابًا مُتَشَابِهًا الْآيَةَ. كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يُؤْمَرُونَ بِالْقُرْآنِ قَالَ خَلَّادٌ: وَزَادَ فِيهِ آخَرُ قَالَ: قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوْ ذَكَّرْتَنَا ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللهِ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: “We relate to you the best of stories” [to the end of] the verse, he said: Allah (Exalted is He) sent down the Qur'an to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he recited it to them for a time. They said: “O Messenger of Allah, if only you would tell us stories?” So Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent down: “Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the clear Book” up to His saying: “We relate to you the best of stories” [to the end of] the verse. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited it to them for a time. They said: “O Messenger of Allah, if only you would speak to us?” So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sent down: “Allah has sent down the best statement, a Book whose parts resemble each other” [to the end of] the verse. In all of that they were commanded with the Qur'an. Khallad said: Another added to it, saying: They said: “O Messenger of Allah, if only you would remind us?” So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sent down: “Has the time not come for those who believe that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah” [to the end of] the verse.

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4353No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى وَالْبَزَّارُ جَمِيعًا: حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْقَزِيُّ، ثَنَا أَبِي بِهِ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar both said: Al-Husayn b. 'Amr b. Muhammad al-'Anqazi narrated to us, my father narrated to us with it.

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4354No grade recorded

     وَرَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ أَيْضًا عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَقَالَ: لَا نَعْلَمُهُ عَنْ سَعْدٍ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ

     ✧ Al-Bazzar also narrated it from al-Husayn b. al-Aswad and Isma'il b. Hafs, from 'Amr b. Muhammad, and he said: We do not know it from Sa'd except through this chain.

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4355No grade recorded

     أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: ( نُسَابِيٌّ ) ( الْيَهُودِيُّ )، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ النُّجُومِ الَّتِي رَآهَا يُوسُفُ سَاجِدَةً لَهُ فِي أُفُقِ السَّمَاءِ، مَا اسْمُهَا ؟ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِشَيْءٍ، فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ ( عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ) فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى ( نُسَابِيٍّ ) الْيَهُودِيِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَتُسْلِمُ إِنْ أَنْبَأْتُكَ بِأَسْمَائِهَا ؟ » ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: هِيَ ( خِرْبَانُ )، وَالذَّيَّالُ، وَالطَّارِقُ، وَاللِّسَانُ، وَقَايِسُ، وَوَثَّابٌ، وَعَمُودَانِ، وَالْفَيْلَقُ، وَالْمُصَبِّحُ، وَالصَّرُوحُ، وَذُو الْفَرَعِ. قَالَ: يَقُولُ ( نُسَابِيٌّ ) وَاللهِ إِنَّهَا أَسْمَاؤُهَا. قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَمَّا رَآهَا يُوسُفُ ( عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ ) قَصَّهَا عَلَى أَبِيهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُوهُ: أَمْرٌ مُشَتَّتٌ يَجْمَعُهُ اللهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ، قَالَ: وَالشَّمْسُ أَبُوهُ، وَالْقَمَرُ أُمُّهُ.

     ✧ A man from the Jews called Nusabi al-Yahudi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: “O Muhammad, tell me about the stars that Yusuf saw prostrating to him on the horizon of the sky; what are their names?” The Prophet of Allah ﷺ did not answer him that day with anything. Then Jibril ﷺ came to him and informed him. The Prophet ﷺ sent for Nusabi the Jew and said to him: “Will you submit if I tell you their names?” Then he ﷺ said: “They are Khirban, al-Dhayyal, al-Tariq, al-Lisan, Qayis, Waththab, 'Amudan, al-Faylaq, al-Musabbih, al-Saruh, and Dhu al-Fara'.” He said: Nusabi said: “By Allah, these are their names.” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When Yusuf (peace and blessings be upon him) saw them, he related them to his father. His father said to him: ‘It is a scattered matter that Allah will gather together afterward.’” He said: “The sun is his father, and the moon is his mother.”

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4356No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ: أَضْغَاثُ أَحْلامٍ قَالَ: هِيَ الْأَحْلَامُ الْكَاذِبَةُ

     ✧ Regarding His saying: “[It is] a muddled dream,” he said: “They are false dreams.”

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4357No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً قَالَ: الْأُتْرُجُّ

     ✧ Regarding His saying: “And she prepared for them a banquet,” he said: “Citron.”

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4358No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ: صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ قَالَ: هُوَ الْمَكُّوكُ الْفَارِسِيُّ الَّذِي يَشْرَبُ فِيهِ الْأَعَاجِمُ يَلْتَقِي طَرَفَاهُ

     ✧ Regarding His saying: “The king's cup,” he said: “It is the Persian measure (makkuk) from which non-Arabs drink, whose two ends meet.”

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4359No grade recorded

     الصُّوَاعُ وَالسِّقَايَةُ وَاحِدٌ؛ هُوَ الْإِنَاءُ الَّذِي يُشْرَبُ فِيهِ

     ✧ The cup (suwa') and the drinking vessel (siqaya) are one; it is the vessel from which one drinks.

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4360No grade recorded

     عُيِّرَ يُوسُفُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ بِقَوْلِهِ: اذْكُرْنِي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنْسَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِ وَقَوْلِهِ لِإِخْوَتِهِ: إِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ قَالُوا إِنْ يَسْرِقْ فَقَدْ سَرَقَ أَخٌ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَقَالَ: ذَلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِ فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: وَلَا حِينَ هَمَمْتَ ؟ ( قَالَ ): وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِي الْآيَةَ.

     ✧ Yusuf (peace and blessings be upon him) was reproached for his saying: “Mention me to your master,” so Satan made him forget the remembrance of his Lord, and for his saying to his brothers: “Indeed, you are thieves.” They said: “If he steals, a brother of his stole before.” And he said: “That is so he may know that I did not betray him in secret.” Then Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: “Not even when you desired?” He said: “And I do not acquit myself” [to the end of] the verse.

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4361No grade recorded

     اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَتَبْتَنَا عِنْدَكَ ( أَشْقِيَاءَ ) فَامْحُنَا وَاكْتُبْنَا سُعَدَاءَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ كَتَبْتَنَا سُعَدَاءَ فَأَثْبِتْنَا، فَإِنَّكَ تَمْحُو مَا تَشَاءُ وَتُثْبِتُ وَعِنْدَكَ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ

     ✧ O Allah, if You have written us with You as wretched, then erase us and write us as felicitous; and if You have written us as felicitous, then confirm us, for You erase what You will and confirm, and with You is the Mother of the Book.

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4362No grade recorded

     قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتَابِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited: “And whoever has knowledge of the Book.”

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4363No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ ( تَعَالَى ): يَمْحُو اللهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ: يَمْحُو اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا يَشَاءُ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ مِنَ الْأَصْلِ، وَيَزِيدُ فِيهِ مَا يَشَاءُ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     ✧ Regarding His saying (Exalted is He): "Allah eliminates what He wills and confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book," he said: Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He) eliminates what He wills of things from the original [record], and He adds to it what He wills. I said to him: "Who narrated this to you?" He said: "Abu Salih, from Ibn 'Abbas ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ."

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4364No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ: لَعَمْرُكَ قَالَ: وَحَيَاتُكَ

     ✧ Regarding His saying: "by your life," he said: "and by your life."

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4365No grade recorded

     مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ ( عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ) وَمَا ذَرَأَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ أَكْرَمَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَمَا سَمِعْتُ اللهَ ( تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ) أَقْسَمَ بِحَيَاةِ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِحَيَاتِهِ، ( فَقَالَ ): لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

     ✧ Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He) did not create and bring forth any soul more noble to Him than Muhammad ﷺ, and I have not heard Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) swear by the life of anyone except by his life, for He said: "By your life, indeed they were in their intoxication, wandering blindly."

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4366No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ ؓ إِلَى بِئْرِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَسْتَقِي مِنْهَا، وَحَوْلَهَا ثَلَاثُ صُفُوفٍ يَحْرُسُونَهَا، فَاسْتَقَى فِي قِرَبِهِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى أَتَى الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ فَأَخَذُوهُ، فَقَالَ: دَعُونِي فَإِنَّمَا أَسْتَقِي لِأَصْحَابِكُمْ فَتَرَكُوهُ، ثُمَّ عَادَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَأَخَذُوهُ فَفَعَلُوا بِهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ تَرَكُوهُ، فَذَهَبَ فَعَادَ فَأَخَذُوهُ فَفَعَلُوا بِهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوهُ عَلَى أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِالْكُفْرِ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْخَيْلَ فَاسْتَنْقَذُوهُ، فَأُنْزِلَتْ فِيهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: إِلا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالإِيمَانِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent 'Ammar b. Yasir ؓ to the well of the polytheists to draw water from it, and around it were three rows of guards protecting it. He drew water into his water-skins, then came forward until he reached the first row, and they seized him. He said: "Leave me, for I am only drawing water for your companions." So they released him. Then he returned a second time, and they seized him and did the same to him, then released him. He went and returned again, and they seized him and did the same to him. When they tried to make him utter disbelief, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent the cavalry and they rescued him. Then this verse was revealed concerning him: "Except him who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is at peace with faith."

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4367No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ ؓ قَرَأَ: إِنَّ مُعَاذًا كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِلهِ حَنِيفًا، فَقَالَ فَرْوَةُ بْنُ نَوْفَلٍ: نَسِيَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ: مَا نَسِيتُ، إِنَّا كُنَّا نُشَبِّهُهُ بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ. وَسُئِلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ عَنِ الْأُمَّةِ قَالَ: مُعَلِّمُ الْخَيْرِ. وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْقَانِتِ، قَالَ: الْمُطِيعُ لِلهِ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولِهِ ﷺ

     ✧ 'Abdullah ؓ recited: "Indeed Mu'adh was an ummah, devoutly obedient to Allah, a hanif." Farwah b. Nawfal said: "He forgot [the words] 'Indeed Ibrahim.'" 'Abdullah ؓ said: "I did not forget. We used to liken him to Ibrahim." And 'Abdullah ؓ was asked about "ummah," and he said: "A teacher of good." And he was asked about "qanit," and he said: "Obedient to Allah (Exalted is He) and His Messenger ﷺ."

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4368No grade recorded

     الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ قَالَ: زِيدُوا عَقَارِبَ، أَنْيَابُهَا كَالنَّخْلِ الطِّوَالِ

     ✧ "Those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah – We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment because of the corruption they used to cause." He said: "They will be given additional scorpions, whose fangs are like tall palm trees."

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4369No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ قَالَ: خَمْسَةُ أَنْهَارٍ يُعَذَّبُونَ بِبَعْضِهَا فِي اللَّيْلِ وَبِبَعْضِهَا فِي النَّهَارِ

     ✧ Regarding His saying (Exalted is He): "We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment," he said: "Five rivers with which they are punished, some of them at night and some of them during the day."

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4370No grade recorded

     أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ هَذَا الْحَرْفَ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ: وَوَصَّى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ فَلُصِقَتْ إِحْدَى الْوَاوَيْنِ بِالْأُخْرَى، فَقَرَأَ لَنَا وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلا تَعْبُدُوا إِلا إِيَّاهُ وَلَوْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ مَا أَشْرَكَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ فَكَانَ مَيْمُونٌ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ عَلَى تَفْسِيرِهِ لَنُورًا، قَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: شَرَعَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الدِّينِ مَا وَصَّى بِهِ نُوحًا

     ✧ Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He) revealed this letter on the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ: "And your Lord has enjoined [upon you] that you not worship except Him," but one of the two waws was attached to the other, so he recited for us: "And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him. And had it been revealed as 'decreed,' no one would have associated anything with Him." Maymun used to say: "Indeed, upon its interpretation there is light. Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said: 'He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah.'"

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4371No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى تِسْعَ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ: يَدُهُ، وَعَصَاهُ، وَالسِّنِينُ، وَالطُّوفَانُ، وَالْجَرَادُ، وَالْقُمَّلُ، وَالضَّفَادِعُ، وَالدَّمُ، وَنَقْصٌ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ

     ✧ Regarding His saying (Mighty and Majestic is He): "And We certainly gave Musa nine clear signs," he said: "His hand, his staff, the years [of famine], the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, the blood, and the decrease in fruits."

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4372No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى تِسْعَ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ: السِّنِينُ: حَبَسَ عَنْهُمُ الْمَطَرَ، وَنَقْصٌ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ، وَالطُّوفَانُ، وَالْجَرَادُ، وَالْقُمَّلُ وَالضَّفَادِعُ، وَالدَّمُ، وَعَصَاهُ، وَيَدُهُ

     ✧ Regarding His saying (Mighty and Majestic is He): "And We certainly gave Musa nine clear signs," he said: "The years [of famine]: He withheld rain from them, and the decrease in fruits, the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, the blood, his staff, and his hand."

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4373No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَلا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلاتِكَ وَلا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا قَالَ: كَانُوا يَجْهَرُونَ بِالدُّعَاءِ: اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ أُمِرُوا أَنْ لَا يَتَخَافَتُوا وَلَا يَجْهَرُوا

     ✧ Regarding His saying (Exalted is He): "And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly," he said: "They used to raise their voices in supplication: 'O Allah, have mercy on me.' When this verse was revealed, they were commanded not to whisper and not to raise their voices."

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4374No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ: أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَالَ: فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلا صَالِحًا وَلا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا كَانَ لَهُ نُورٌ مِنْ عَدَنِ أَبْيَنَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، حَشْوُهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ

     ✧ It was revealed to me that whoever says: 'So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him work righteous deeds and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord,' will have light from Aden Abyan to Makkah, filled with angels.

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4375No grade recorded

     مَا أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى عَبْدٍ نِعْمَةً مِنْ أَهْلٍ أَوْ مَالٍ أَوْ وَلَدٍ فَيَقُولُ: مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، فَيَرَى فِيهِ آفَةً دُونَ الْمَوْتِ وَكَانَ يَتَأَوَّلُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَلَوْلا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِاللهِ

     ✧ Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has not bestowed upon a servant any blessing, whether of family, wealth, or child, and he says: 'What Allah wills; there is no strength except in Allah,' but that he sees in it some defect short of death. He used to interpret this verse: 'And why did you not say, when you entered your garden: What Allah wills; there is no strength except in Allah?'

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4376No grade recorded

     مَنْ رَأَى شَيْئًا فَأَعْجَبَهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ

     ✧ Whoever sees something and it pleases him, and he says: 'What Allah wills; there is no strength except in Allah,' it will not harm him.

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4377No grade recorded

     رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الشَّمْسَ حِينَ غَرَبَتْ، فَقَالَ: فِي نَارِ اللهِ الْحَامِيَةِ، لَوْلَا مَا يَزَعُهَا مِنْ أَمْرِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَأَهْلَكَتْ مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw the sun when it set and said: 'In the intense fire of Allah. Were it not that it is restrained by the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, it would destroy everything on earth.'

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4378No grade recorded

     4378 3656 / 3 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بِهِ.:

     ✧ 4378 3656 / 3 - Abu Ya'la said: Abu Khaythamah narrated to us: Yazid narrated to us with it.

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4379No grade recorded

     وَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًا - قَالَ: مَدِينَةٌ لَهَا اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ بَابٍ، لَوْلَا أَصْوَاتُ أَهْلِهَا لَسَمِعَ النَّاسُ دَوِيَّ الشَّمْسِ حِينَ تَجِبُ

     ✧ And he found beside them a people – he said: A city with twelve thousand gates. Were it not for the voices of its inhabitants, people would hear the roar of the sun when it sets.

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4380No grade recorded

     سِتْرًا بِنَاءً. لَمْ يُبْنَ فِيهَا بِنَاءٌ قَطُّ. وَلَمْ يُبْنَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَا بِنَاءٌ قَطُّ، كَانُوا إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ، دَخَلُوا أَسْرَابًا لَهُمْ، حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ

     ✧ A curtain, a structure. No building was ever erected in it, and no structure was ever built over them in it. When the sun rose, they entered their tunnels until the sun declined.

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4381No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْمَعِيشَةَ الضَّنْكَ الَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى - هِيَ عَذَابُ الْقَبْرِ

     ✧ The straitened livelihood which Allah, Exalted is He, mentioned is the punishment of the grave.

161. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4382No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا السَّمْحِ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ حُجَيْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - ؓ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَدِيثٍ

     ✧ Abu al-Samh informed him from Ibn Hujayrah, from Abu Hurayrah ؓ, and he mentioned something similar in the course of a hadith.

162. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4383No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: طه - أَيْ: طَا يَا رَجُلُ، وَهِيَ بِالنَّبَطِيَّةِ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Exalted is He: 'Ta-Ha' – meaning: 'O man,' and it is in Nabataean.

163. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4384No grade recorded

     كَانَ - أَيِ الْعِجْلُ - إِذَا خَارَ سَجَدُوا، وَإِذَا سَكَتَ رَفَعُوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ

     ✧ When the calf lowed, they prostrated, and when it fell silent, they raised their heads.

164. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4385No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: خُوَارٌ - قَالَ: خَارَ خَوْرَةً: لَمْ يُثَنِّ، أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ: أَلا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلا، وَقَالَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلا

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Exalted is He: 'lowing' – he said: It lowed once; it did not repeat. Do you not see that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: 'Does it not return to them any word?' And He, Majestic and Exalted, said: 'Do they not see that it does not speak to them nor guide them to a way?'

165. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4386No grade recorded

     نَزَلَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ ضَيْفٌ، فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَى يَهُودِيٍّ، فَقَالَ: قُلْ لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَكَ: بِعْنَا أَوْ أَسْلِفْنَا إِلَى رَجَبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ. فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَا أَبِيعُهُ وَلَا أُسْلِفُهُ إِلَّا بِرَهْنٍ. فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَمَا وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَوْ بَاعَنِي أَوْ أَسْلَفَنِي لَقَضَيْتُهُ، إِنِّي أَمِينٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ، أَمِينٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ، اذْهَبْ بِدِرْعِي الْحَدِيدِ. فَذَهَبْتُ بِهَا، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ تَعْزِيَةً لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: وَلا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْهُمْ

     ✧ A guest came to the Prophet ﷺ, so he sent me to a Jew and said: 'Tell him: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ says to you: Sell to us or lend us until Rajab.' I told him, and he said: 'By Allah, I will not sell to him or lend him except with a pledge.' I returned to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him, and he ﷺ said: 'By Allah, if he had sold to me or lent me, I would have repaid him. I am trustworthy in heaven, trustworthy on earth. Go with my iron armor.' So I went with it, and this verse was revealed as consolation to the Prophet ﷺ: 'And do not extend your eyes toward what We have given to pairs of them to enjoy.'

166. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4387No grade recorded

     مَنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ، وَإِنْ هَمَّ بِعَدَنِ أَبْيَنَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ، أَذَاقَهُ اللهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: وَمَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍ بِظُلْمٍ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ Whoever intends an evil deed and does not do it, nothing is recorded against him. Yet if he intends, even as far as Aden Abyan, to kill in the Sacred Mosque, Allah will make him taste a painful punishment. Then he recited: 'And whoever intends therein deviation by wrongdoing' (Quran 22:25).

167. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4388No grade recorded

     كَانَ ابْنُ عَمْرٍو ؓ يَضْرِبُ قُبَّتَيْنِ قُبَّةً فِي الْحِلِّ وَقُبَّةً فِي الْحَرَمِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: لَوْ كُنْتَ مَعَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ وَأَهْلِكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ مَكَّةَ بَكَّةُ، وَإِنَّا أُنْبِئْنَا أَنَّ مِنَ الْإِلْحَادِ فِيهَا: كَلَّا وَاللهِ، وَبَلَى وَاللهِ

     ✧ Ibn Amr ؓ used to pitch two tents, one in the permitted area and one in the sacred precinct. He was asked, 'Why not stay with your cousin and family?' He replied, 'Makkah is Bakkah. We have been told that part of deviation therein includes saying: No, by Allah; and Yes, by Allah.'

168. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4389No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ أَهْلِ دِينٍ كُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ، فَذَكَرَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ، وَصِيَامِهِمْ، وَعِبَادَتِهِمْ، فَنَزَلَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئِينَ وَالنَّصَارَى وَالْمَجُوسَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: شَهِيدٌ

     ✧ I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the people of a religion I had been with. He mentioned their prayer, fasting, and worship. Then the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, were revealed: 'Indeed, those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Sabians, and the Christians, and the Magians' up to His words: 'a witness' (Quran 22:17).

169. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4390No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُمِلُّهَا: وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ حَتَّى بَلَغَ: ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ فَقَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ: فَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ. فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: لِمَ ضَحِكْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ خُتِمَتْ بِمَا تَقُولُ: فَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

     ✧ I was writing this verse while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dictated it: 'And certainly We created man from an extract of clay' until he reached: 'Then We produced him as another creation' (Quran 23:12–14). Muadh b. Jabal ؓ said: 'So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed. He said to him: 'Why did you laugh?' He ﷺ replied: 'This verse was concluded as you said: So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.'

170. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4391No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا قَالَ: الْقَضَاءُ

     ✧ Regarding the words of Allah, Exalted is He: 'Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us' (Quran 23:106), he said: 'The decree.'

171. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4392No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ طَلَبْتُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ عُمُرِي فَمَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا، قَوْلُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَإِنْ قِيلَ لَكُمُ ارْجِعُوا فَارْجِعُوا وَإِنِّي لَأَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى بَعْضِ إِخْوَانِي فَيُقَالُ لِي: ارْجِعْ فَأَرْجِعُ، وَأَنَا قَرِيرُ الْعَيْنِ

     ✧ I have sought this verse all my life and have not been able to find it: the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: 'And when you are told, "Return," then return' (Quran 24:28). Indeed, when I ask permission to enter upon one of my brothers and he says, 'Return,' I do return, and I am content.

172. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4393No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ كِسَفًا - يَقُولُ: قِطَعًا، يَجْعَلُ بَعْضَهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَعْنِي: الْمَطَرَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلالِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِهِ

     ✧ Regarding the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: 'He sends the winds, and they stir up clouds, then He spreads them in the sky however He wills and makes them fragments' (Quran 30:48) — he said: 'Pieces, He puts some of them above others. Then you see the rain — meaning the downpour — coming out from its midst, from between them.'

173. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4394No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأُمُّ مِسْطَحٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّةُ ؓ لِحَاجَةٍ لَنَا، فَعَثَرَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: تَعِسَ مِسْطَحٌ، فَقُلْتُ: بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتِ لِرَجُلٍ صَحِبَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ. فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ بَرَاءَتِي قَالَ ﷺ: يَا عَائِشَةُ أَبْشِرِي، فَقَامَ إِلَيَّ أَبِي وَأُمِّي ؓ فَقَبَّلُونِي، فَدَفَعْتُ فِي صُدُورِهِمَا، فَقُلْتُ: بِغَيْرِ حَمْدِكُمَا وَلَا حَمْدِ صَاحِبِكُمَا، أَحْمَدُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى مَا عَذَرَنِي وَبَرَّأَنِي وَسَاءَ ظَنُّكُمَا، إِذْ لَمْ تَظُنَّا بِأَنْفُسِكُمَا خَيْرًا

     ✧ I went out with Umm Mistah al-Ansariyyah ؓ for some need of ours. She stumbled and said, 'May Mistah perish!' I said, 'How bad is what you said about a man who accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' When my innocence was revealed, he ﷺ said, 'O A'ishah, rejoice.' My father and mother ؓ came to me and kissed me. I pushed their chests and said, 'Not by your praise nor by the praise of your companion. I praise Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for what He has excused me, declared my innocence, and how ill you thought of me, since you did not think good of yourselves.'

174. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4395No grade recorded

     حِجْرًا مَحْجُورًا - قَالَ: كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا رَأَتْ شَيْئًا تَكْرَهُهُ قَالَتْ: حِجْرًا

     ✧ 'A forbidden barrier' (Quran 25:22) — he said: 'When a woman saw something she disliked, she would say: Hijran (a barrier).'

175. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4396No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ - قَالَ: الشُّرَطُ

     ✧ Regarding the words of Allah, Exalted is He: 'In the cities, gathering' (Quran 26:36) — he said: 'The police.'

176. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4397No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِصْرَ وَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَسَبْعُونَ إِنْسَانًا، وَخَرَجُوا مِنْهَا وَهُمْ سِتُّمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ: إِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

     ✧ The Children of Israel entered Egypt as seventy-three persons and left it as six hundred thousand. Pharaoh said: 'Indeed, these are but a small band' (Quran 26:54).

177. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4398No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ - قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرَى مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَمَا يَرَى مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Regarding the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: 'And your movement among those who prostrate' (Quran 26:219) — he said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to see behind him in prayer just as he saw in front of him ﷺ.'

178. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4399No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ - قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِيَدِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَكَأَنَّمَا تَقْتَحِمُونَ بِالنَّبْلِ

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: "And the poets – [only] the deviators follow them" – the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Indeed the believer strives with his hand and his tongue. By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is as though you are plunging into [the enemy] with arrows."

179. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4400No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَ قَوْلُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ - صَاحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَبِي قُبَيْسٍ: يَا آلَ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، إِنِّي نَذِيرٌ فَجَاءَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ ; فَحَذَّرَهُمْ وَأَنْذَرَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ، وَأَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ سُخِّرَ لَهُ الرِّيحُ وَالْجِبَالُ، وَأَنَّ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ سُخِّرَ لَهُ الْبَحْرُ، وَأَنَّ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَانَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى، فَادْعُ اللهَ تَعَالَى: أَنْ سَيَّرَ عَنَّا هَذِهِ الْجِبَالَ، وَيُفَجِّرَ لَنَا أَنْهَارًا، فَنَتَّخِذَهَا مَخَايِضَ فَنَزْرَعَ وَنَأْكُلَ وَإِلَّا فَادْعُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ لَنَا مَوْتَانَا فَنُكَلِّمَهُمْ وَيُكَلِّمُونَا، وَإِلَّا فَادْعُ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُصَيِّرَ لَنَا هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةَ الَّتِي تَحْتَكَ ذَهَبًا، فَنَحُتُّ مِنْهَا وَتُغْنِينَا عَنْ رِحْلَةِ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ كَهَيْئَتِهِمْ. فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ حَوْلَهُ، إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ ﷺ سِمَاتُ الْوَحْيِ، فَلَمَّا سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ ﷺ قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي مَا سَأَلْتُمْ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَكَانَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا خَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا فِي بَابِ الرَّحْمَةِ فَيُؤْمِنَ مُؤْمِنُكُمْ، وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَكِلَكُمْ إِلَى مَا اخْتَرْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ فَتَضِلُّوا عَنْ بَابِ الرَّحْمَةِ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُ مُؤْمِنُكُمْ فَاخْتَرْتُ بَابَ الرَّحْمَةِ فَيُؤْمِنُ مُؤْمِنُكُمْ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي إِنْ أَعْطَاكُمْ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُمْ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَكُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا لَمْ يُعَذِّبْهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ فَنَزَلَتْ: وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالآيَاتِ إِلا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الأَوَّلُونَ - إِلَى ثَلَاثِ آيَاتٍ، وَنَزَلَتْ: وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْآنًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ When the word of God, Mighty and Majestic, was revealed: "And warn your closest kindred" – the Messenger of God ﷺ cried out on [Mount] Abu Qubays: "O Banu 'Abd Manaf! Indeed I am a warner." Quraysh came to him, and he warned them and cautioned them. They said: "You claim that you are a prophet to whom revelation comes, and that Solomon (peace and blessings be upon him) had the wind and the mountains subjugated to him, and that Moses (peace and blessings be upon him) had the sea subjugated to him, and that Jesus ﷺ used to revive the dead. So call upon God, Exalted is He, to move these mountains away from us, and to make rivers gush forth for us so that we may make them into fords and cultivate and eat; or else call upon God, Mighty and Majestic, to revive for us our dead so that we may speak to them and they may speak to us; or else call upon God, Exalted is He, to turn this rock beneath you into gold for us, so that we may carve from it and it may suffice us from the winter and summer journey. For you claim that you are like them." While we were around him, the signs of revelation descended upon him ﷺ, and when it was lifted from him ﷺ, he said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, He has given me what you asked for, and if I wished it would be so; but He, Majestic and Exalted, gave me the choice between you entering the gate of mercy so that your believers believe, and between Him leaving you to what you chose for yourselves so that you stray from the gate of mercy and none of your believers believe. I chose the gate of mercy so that your believers believe. And He informed me that if He gave you that and then you disbelieved, He would punish you with a severe punishment the like of which He had not punished anyone in the worlds." Then was revealed: "And nothing prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them" – up to three verses. And it was revealed: "And if there were a Qur'an by which mountains could be moved..." the verse.

180. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4401No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ الَّذِي فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لَرَادُّكَ إِلَى مَعَادٍ - قَالَ: مَعَادُهُ آخِرَتُهُ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: "Indeed, the One who imposed upon you the Qur'an will surely return you to a place of return" – he said: "His place of return is his hereafter."

181. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4402No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: الم غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ - الْآيَةَ، لَقِيَ نَاسٌ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَالُوا: أَلَا تَرَى إِلَى صَاحِبِكَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الرُّومَ سَتَغْلِبُ فَارِسَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: صَدَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالُوا: فَهَلْ نُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَى هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا فَعَلْتُهُ إِلَّا تَصْدِيقًا لِلهِ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولِهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: فَتَعَرَّضْ لَهُمْ، وَأَعْظِمْ لَهُمُ الْخَطَرَ، وَاجْعَلْهُ إِلَى بِضْعِ سِنِينَ، فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ تَمْضِي السُّنُونَ حَتَّى تَظْهَرَ الرُّومُ عَلَى فَارِسَ قَالَ: فَمَرَّ بِهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ، قَالَ: فَهَلْ لَكَمَ فِي الْعَوْدِ ; فَإِنَّ الْعَوْدَ أَحْمَدُ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ. فَبَايَعُوهُ، وَأَعْظَمُوا الْخَطَرَ. فَلَمْ تَمْضِ السُّنُونَ حَتَّى ظَهَرَتِ الرُّومُ عَلَى فَارِسَ، فَأَخَذَ ؓ الْخَطَرَ، وَأَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هَذَا لِلنَّجَائِبِ

     ✧ When it was revealed: "Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated in the nearest land..." the verse, some people met Abu Bakr ؓ and said: "Do you not see your companion claiming that the Romans will defeat Persia?" He ؓ said: "The Messenger of God ﷺ has spoken the truth." They said: "Shall we make a bet with you on that?" He said: "Yes." Abu Bakr ؓ said: "That reached the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: 'What did you intend by this?' He said: 'O Messenger of God, I did it only to affirm God, Exalted is He, and His Messenger ﷺ.' He said: 'Then challenge them and make the stakes great, and set it for a few years. For if the years pass until the Romans prevail over Persia...' He said: 'Abu Bakr ؓ passed by them and said: 'Would you like to repeat? For repeating is better.' They said: 'Yes.' So they bet with him and increased the stakes. The years had not passed before the Romans prevailed over Persia, and he ؓ took the stakes and brought them to the Prophet ﷺ. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'This is for the noble camels.'

182. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4403No grade recorded

     فُضِّلَتْ سُورَةُ: الم تَنْزِيلُ، وَتَبَارَكَ - عَلَى كُلِّ سُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ بِسِتِّينَ حَسَنَةً

     ✧ The Surah 'Alif Lam Mim Tanzil' and 'Tabarak' are preferred over every other Surah of the Qur'an by sixty good deeds.

183. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4404No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ: تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to recite every night: 'Tanzil as-Sajdah'.

184. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4405No grade recorded

     وَجَدَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ مُصْحَفًا فِي حِجْرِ غُلَامٍ لَهُ، فِيهِ: ( النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَهُوَ أَبٌ لَهُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ )، فَقَالَ: احْكُكْهَا يَا غُلَامُ، فَقَالَ: لَا أَحُكُّهَا، وَهِيَ فِي مُصْحَفِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ؓ فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: شَغَلَنِي الْقُرْآنُ، وَشَغَلَكَ الصَّفْقُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ إِذْ تَعْرِضُ رَحَاكَ عَلَى عُنُقِكَ بِبَابِ ابْنِ الْعَجْمَاءِ

     ✧ 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ found a mushaf in the lap of a servant boy of his, in which was: "The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than their own selves, and he is a father to them, and his wives are their mothers." He said: "Erase it, O boy." The boy said: "I will not erase it, and it is in the mushaf of Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ." 'Umar ؓ went to Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ and said: "The Qur'an has occupied me, and the trading in the markets has occupied you, when you display your millstone on your neck at the door of Ibn al-'Ajma'."

185. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4406No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلامٌ - قَالَ: يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ، لَيْسَ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَقْبِضُ رُوحَهُ إِلَّا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Exalted is He: "Their greeting on the day they meet Him is peace" – he said: "The day they meet the angel of death. There is no believer whose soul he takes except that he greets him."

186. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4407No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: لا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ آذَوْا مُوسَى فَبَرَّأَهُ اللهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا - قَالَ: صَعِدَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ عَلَيْهِمَا الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: "Do not be like those who hurt Moses, and God cleared him of what they said" – he said: "Moses and Aaron (peace and blessings be upon them) went up."

187. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4408No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، كُلَّمَا خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ - أَوْ قَالَ: "صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ" - مَرَّ ﷺ بِبَابِ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ، فَيَقُولُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ: إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا

     ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ for eight months. Whenever he went out to prayer – or he said: "the dawn prayer" – he ﷺ would pass by the door of Fatimah ؓ and say: "Peace be upon you, O people of the house. God only intends to remove from you the impurity, O people of the house, and to purify you thoroughly."

188. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4409No grade recorded

     رَابَطْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ جَاءَ إِلَى بَابِ عَلِيٍّ وَفَاطِمَةَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا

     ✧ I was stationed in Madinah for seven months during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: "I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ when dawn broke come to the door of 'Ali and Fatimah ؓ and say: 'Prayer, prayer. God only intends to remove from you the impurity, O people of the house, and to purify you thoroughly.'"

189. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4410No grade recorded

     صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، فَكَانَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى بَابَ عَلِيٍّ وَفَاطِمَةَ ؓ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: الصَّلَاةَ يَرْحَمُكُمُ اللهُ، إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ I accompanied the Messenger of God ﷺ for seven months. When morning came, he would come to the door of 'Ali and Fatimah ؓ and say: 'Prayer, may God have mercy on you. God only intends to remove from you the impurity, O people of the house...' the verse.

190. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4411No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتَابَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا - الْآيَةَ، فَقَالَتْ لِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَأَمَّا السَّابِقُ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ: فَمَنْ مَضَى عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَشَهِدَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْحَيَاةِ وَالرِّزْقِ، وَأَمَّا الْمُقْتَصِدُ: فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ أَثَرَهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى يَلْحَقَ بِهِ، وَأَمَّا الظَّالِمُ لِنَفْسِهِ: فَمِثْلِي وَمِثْلُكَ قَالَ: فَجَعَلَتْ نَفْسَهَا ؓ مَعَنَا

     ✧ I asked A'ishah ؓ about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: "Then We caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants" — to the end of the verse. She said to me: "O my dear son, all of these are in Paradise. As for the foremost in good deeds: it is he who passed away during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bore witness for him to life and provision. As for the moderate: it is he who followed his trace from among his Companions until he joins him. As for the wrongdoer to himself: it is the like of me and the like of you." He (the narrator) said: So she placed herself ؓ among us.

191. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4412No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَرَأَ يس فِي لَيْلَةٍ أَصْبَحَ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ

     ✧ Whoever recites Ya-Sin in a night, he will enter the morning forgiven.

192. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4413No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَرَأَ يس يُرِيدُ بِهَا وَجْهَ اللهِ تَعَالَى غُفِرَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَ يس فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً، وَمَنْ قَرَأَ يس وَهُوَ فِي سَكَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ جَاءَ رِضْوَانُ خَازِنُ الْجَنَّةِ بِشَرْبَةٍ مِنْ شَرَابِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَسْقِيَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ رَيَّانَ، وَيُبْعَثَ رَيَّانَ

     ✧ Whoever recites Ya-Sin seeking thereby the Face of Allah, the Exalted, he will be forgiven. Whoever recites Ya-Sin, it is as if he recited the Qur'an twelve times. Whoever recites Ya-Sin while he is in the throes of death, Ridwan, the keeper of Paradise, will come with a drink from the drink of Paradise and give it to him while he is on his bed, so that he dies satiated and is resurrected satiated.

193. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4414No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أُبَيَّ بْنَ خَلَفٍ جَاءَ بِعَظْمٍ حَائِلٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَفَتَّهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَيَبْعَثُ اللهُ هَذَا بَعْدَ مَا أَرَمَّ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، يَبْعَثُ هَذَا، ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكَ، ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكَ، ثُمَّ يُدْخِلُكَ جَهَنَّمَ، قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتِ الْآيَاتُ الَّتِي فِي آخِرِ سُورَةِ يس: أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الإِنْسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا - إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ

     ✧ Ubayy b. Khalaf came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a decayed bone and crumbled it before him, saying: "O Muhammad, will Allah resurrect this after it has decayed?" He ﷺ said: "Yes, He will resurrect this, then cause you to die, then bring you to life, then admit you into Hell." He (the narrator) said: So the verses at the end of Surah Ya-Sin were revealed: "Does not man see that We created him from a sperm-drop, then behold..." — to the end of the surah.

194. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4415No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا عَلِيُّ، اقْرَأْ يس ; فَإِنَّ فِي يس عَشْرَ بَرَكَاتٍ: مَا قَرَأَهَا جَائِعٌ إِلَّا شَبِعَ، وَلَا ظَمْآنُ إِلَّا رُوِيَ، وَلَا عَارٍ إِلَّا اكْتَسَى، وَلَا عَزَبٌ إِلَّا تَزَوَّجَ، وَلَا خَائِفٌ إِلَّا أَمِنَ، وَلَا مَسْجُونٌ إِلَّا خَرَجَ، وَلَا مُسَافِرٌ إِلَّا أُعِينَ عَلَى سَفَرِهِ، وَلَا مَنْ ضَلَّتْ ضَالَّتُهُ إِلَّا وَجَدَهَا، وَلَا مَرِيضٌ إِلَّا بَرَأَ، وَلَا قُرِئَتْ عِنْدَ مَيِّتٍ إِلَّا خُفِّفَ عَنْهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "O 'Ali, recite Ya-Sin, for in Ya-Sin there are ten blessings: no hungry person recites it but he is filled, no thirsty person but he is given drink, no naked person but he is clothed, no unmarried person but he marries, no fearful person but he is secured, no prisoner but he is released, no traveler but he is helped in his journey, no one whose lost property is missing but he finds it, no sick person but he is cured, and it is not recited over a deceased person but it is lightened for him."

195. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4416No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْ - قَالَ: وَأَشْبَاهَهُمْ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: "Gather those who did wrong and their kinds" — he said: "And their likes."

196. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4417No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ أَتَى عَلَيْنَا زَمَانٌ وَمَا نَدْرِي مَا وَجْهُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالإِشْرَاقِ - حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا النَّاسَ يُصَلُّونَ الضُّحَى

     ✧ A time came upon us when we did not know the meaning of this verse: "They glorify Him in the evening and at sunrise" — until we saw the people praying the Duha prayer.

197. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4418No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ: رُخَاءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ - قَالَ: الرُّخَاءُ: الْمُطِيعَةُ. وَأَمَّا حَيْثُ أَصَابَ قَالَ: حَيْثُ أَرَادَ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Majestic is His Majesty: "[We subjected the wind to him, blowing gently] wherever he directed" — he said: "Ar-rukha' means obedient. As for 'wherever he directed,' he said: 'wherever he wished.'"

198. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4419No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ سَجَدَ فِي ص

     ✧ 'Umar ؓ prostrated in (Surah) Sad.

199. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4420No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلَى آلِهَتِكُمْ - قَالَ: عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: "And the eminent among them went forth, [saying]: 'Walk on and be patient with your gods'" — he said: "'Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt."

200. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4421No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الآخِرَةِ - قَالَ: فِي النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: "We have not heard of this in the latter religion" — he said: "In Christianity."

201. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4422No grade recorded

     جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَبِّي أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ... الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ، وَزَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ، وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ، وَحُبًّا يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after the dawn prayer, and he said: "Indeed, my Lord came to me tonight in the most beautiful form..." — the hadith in full, and he added at its end: "O Allah, I ask You for Your love, and the love of those who love You, and the love that will bring me to Your love."

202. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4423No grade recorded

     جَاءَنِي رَبِّي فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِي فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا أَدْرِي، قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي، فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ - قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ، فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا فِي صَدْرِي - فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِي فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى ؟ قُلْتُ: فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ وَالْكَفَّارَاتِ، أَمَّا الدَّرَجَاتُ فَإِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهَاتِ، وَنَقْلُ الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ، وَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ، وَأَمَّا الْكَفَّارَاتُ: فَإِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ، وَإِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَاشَ بِخَيْرٍ، وَكَانَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ، وَقَالَ لِي: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَلَ الْحَسَنَاتِ، وَتَرْكَ السَّيِّئَاتِ، وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ، وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْمٍ فِتْنَةً وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُمْ فَتَوَفَّنِي إِلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ

     ✧ My Lord came to me in the best form. He said: 'O Muhammad.' I said: 'At Your service, my Lord, and at Your command.' He said: 'Do you know what the highest assembly disputes about?' I said: 'I do not know.' He said: 'Then He placed His hand on my chest, and I felt its coolness between my shoulders' – he said: 'Then He placed His hand between my shoulders, and I felt its coolness in my chest' – and said: 'O Muhammad.' I said: 'At Your service and at Your command.' He said: 'Do you know what the highest assembly disputes about?' I said: 'About degrees and expiations. As for degrees: performing ablution thoroughly in difficult circumstances, walking to congregational prayers, and waiting for the next prayer after the prayer. As for expiations: feeding others, spreading peace, and praying at night while people are asleep. Whoever does that lives well and becomes free of sins like the day his mother gave birth to him.' And He said to me: 'O Muhammad, say: O Allah, I ask You for good deeds, abandoning evil deeds, and love for the poor. And if You intend a trial for a people while I am among them, then take me to You without being tried.'

203. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4424No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: لَهُ مَقَالِيدُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ قَالَ ﷺ: مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ، تَفْسِيرُهَا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ، الْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ، وَالظَّاهِرِ وَالْبَاطِنِ، وَبِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، مَنْ قَالَهَا إِذَا أَصْبَحَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ، أُعْطِيَ عَشْرَ خِصَالٍ، أَمَّا أَوَّلُهُنَّ: فَيُحْرَسُ مِنْ إِبْلِيسَ وَجُنُودِهِ، وَأَمَّا الثَّانِيَةُ فَيُعْطَى قِنْطَارًا مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَأَمَّا الثَّالِثَةُ فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ دَرَجَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَأَمَّا الرَّابِعَةُ فَيُزَوَّجُ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ، وَأَمَّا الْخَامِسَةُ فَيَحْضُرُهَا اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ، وَأَمَّا السَّادِسَةُ فَلَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ كَمَنْ قَرَأَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ وَالزَّبُورَ وَالْفُرْقَانَ، وَلَهُ مَعَ هَذَا يَا عُثْمَانُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ كَمَنْ حَجَّ وَاعْتَمَرَ، وَقُبِلَتْ حَجَّتُهُ وَعُمْرَتُهُ، وَإِنْ مَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ طُبِعَ بِطَابَعِ الشُّهَدَاءِ

     ✧ He asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the interpretation of the words of the Most High: 'To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth.' He ﷺ said: 'No one asked me about it before you. Its interpretation is: There is no god but Allah, Allah is Most Great, glory be to Allah and praise be to Him, I seek forgiveness from Allah, and there is no power nor strength except with Allah, the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward, and in His hand is all good; He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things. Whoever says it ten times when he reaches the morning will be given ten qualities. The first: he will be guarded from Iblis and his armies. The second: he will be given a qintar of reward. The third: a degree will be raised for him in Paradise. The fourth: he will be married to houris with wide eyes. The fifth: twelve thousand angels will attend it. The sixth: he will have the reward of one who recited the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the Furqan. And with this, O Uthman, he will have the reward of one who performed Hajj and Umrah and whose Hajj and Umrah are accepted. And if he dies on that day, he will be sealed with the seal of the martyrs.'

204. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4425No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ عَنْ مَقَالِيدِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، مَقَالِيدُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْعَرْشِ...

     ✧ Uthman b. Affan ؓ was asked about the keys of the heavens and the earth. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is Most Great – these are the keys of the heavens and the earth – and there is no power nor strength except with Allah, from the treasures of the Throne...'

205. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4426No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ إِلا مَنْ شَاءَ اللهُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَصْعَقَهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: هُمُ الشُّهَدَاءُ الْمُتَقَلِّدُونَ أَسْيَافَهُمْ حَوْلَ عَرْشِ الرَّحْمَنِ، تَتَلَقَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى الْمَحْشَرِ بِنَجَائِبَ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ نِمَارُهَا أَلْيَنُ مِنَ الْحَرِيرِ، مَدُّ خُطَاهَا مَدُّ أَبْصَارِ الرِّجَالِ، يَسِيرُونَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَقُولُونَ عِنْدَ طُولِ النُّزْهَةِ: انْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى رَبِّنَا عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَنَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ يَقْضِي بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ يَضْحَكُ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَهِي، وَإِذَا ضَحِكَ إِلَى عَبْدٍ فِي مَوْطِنٍ، فَلَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ He asked Jibril ﷺ about this verse: 'And the trumpet will be blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth will fall dead, except whom Allah wills.' Who are those whom He did not will to fall dead? He said: 'They are the martyrs, girded with their swords around the throne of the Most Merciful. The angels will receive them on the Day of Resurrection to the gathering place on noble steeds of ruby, whose saddle blankets are softer than silk. Their stride is as far as the sight of men. They will travel in Paradise, and when the excursion is long, they will say: Let us go to our Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, to see how He judges between His creation. My God smiles at them, and when He smiles at a servant in any place, there is no reckoning upon him.'

206. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4427No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا - قَالَ: هُمُ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُشْرِكُوا بِاللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ شَيْئًا

     ✧ Indeed, those who said: Our Lord is Allah, and then remained steadfast – he said: 'They are those who did not associate anything with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.'

207. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4428No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ آيَةً، ثُمَّ فَسَّرَهَا، مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي بِهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا، قَالَ: وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ أَخَذَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِذَنْبِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَاللهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُعِيدَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَمَا عَفَا اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَاللهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَيَأْخُذَ مِنْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ recite a verse and then explain it, and I would not love to have the world and all it contains in exchange for it. He said: 'And whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your own hands have earned, and He pardons much.' Then he said: 'Whoever Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, punishes for his sin in this world, Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, is too generous to repeat it for him in the Hereafter. And whatever Allah, the Most High, pardons in this world, Allah is too generous to pardon it in this world and then take it from him in the Hereafter.'

208. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4429No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ مَعَ أَصْحَابِهِ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ، إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَامَ وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ، ثُمَّ عَطَفَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَرَاكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: مَا كُنَّا نَتَفَرَّقُ حَتَّى تُبَيِّنَ لَنَا مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ ؓ: وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ فَمَا عَفَا اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ فَلَنْ يَرْجِعَ، وَهِيَ فِي حم عسق

     ✧ While Ali ؓ was talking with his companions, he said to them: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ...' then he stood up and did not explain. Then he turned, ؓ, and said: 'Do I not see you?' They said: 'We will not disperse until you explain to us what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said.' So he ؓ said: 'And whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your own hands have earned, and He pardons much. What Allah, the Most High, pardons will never return. And it is in Ha Mim 'Ain Sin Qaf.'

209. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4430No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: وَآتِ ذَا الْقُرْبَى حَقَّهُ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ، وَأَعْطَاهَا فَدَكًا

     ✧ When the verse 'And give the relative his due right' was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Fatimah ؓ and gave her Fadak.

210. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4431No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ، وَأَنْتُمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنِّي لَأَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَنْ تُصِيبُونَ مِنْ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ الْجَنَّةَ، إِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ إِذَا عَمِلَ عَمَلًا قُلْتُمْ: أَحْسَنْتَ، يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، أَحْسَنْتَ، بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكَ، وَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَيَسْتَجِيبُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ

     ✧ Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ addressed us and said: 'You are the believers, and you are the people of Paradise. I hope that those of the Persians and Romans whom you befriend will enter Paradise. When one of them does a deed, you say: You have done well, may Allah have mercy on you. You have done well, may Allah bless you. And Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: And He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds and increases them from His bounty.'

211. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4432No grade recorded

     أَكْثَرَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْنَا فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: قُلْ لا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ وَاسِطَةَ النَّسَبِ فِي قُرَيْشٍ، لَمْ يَكُنْ بَطْنٌ مِنْ بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا وَقَدْ وَلَدُوهُ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: قُلْ لا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلا الْمَوَدَّةَ إِلَى مَا أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَوَدُّونِي لِقَرَابَتِي مِنْكُمْ، وَتَحْفَظُونِي لَهَا

     ✧ People made too much of this verse: 'Say: I do not ask you any reward for it, except love for relatives.' So I wrote to Ibn Abbas ؓ, and Ibn Abbas ؓ wrote to me: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the central link of lineage in Quraysh; there was no clan of theirs but they had given birth to him. So Allah, the Most High, revealed: 'Say: I do not ask you any reward for it, except affection for what I call you to, except that you love me because of my kinship with you and preserve me for that.'

212. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4433No grade recorded

     صَعِدَ عُمَرُ ؓ الْمِنْبَرَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، هَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُفَسِّرُ: حم عسق ؟ فَوَثَبَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَنَا: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: حم: اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ: فَعَيْنٌ ؟ قَالَ: عَايَنَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ عَذَابَ يَوْمِ بَدْرٍ قَالَ: فَسِينٌ ؟ قَالَ: وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ قَالَ: فَقَافٌ ؟ فَجَلَسَ، فَسَكَتَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ تَعَالَى، هَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ ؟ فَوَثَبَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ، فَقَالَ كَمَا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ: فَقَافٌ ؟ قَالَ: قَارِعَةٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ تُصِيبُ النَّاسَ

     ✧ Umar ؓ ascended the pulpit and said: 'O people, has any of you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ explain Ha Mim 'Ain Sin Qaf?' Ibn Abbas ؓ jumped up and said to us: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Ha Mim: a name from the names of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.' He said: 'Then 'Ain?' He said: 'The polytheists witnessed the punishment of the day of Badr.' He said: 'Then Sin?' He said: 'And those who do wrong will come to know by what overthrowing they will be overthrown.' He said: 'Then Qaf?' He sat down and was silent. Umar ؓ said: 'I adjure you by Allah, the Most High, has any of you heard?' Abu Dharr ؓ jumped up and said the same as Ibn Abbas ؓ. He said: 'Then Qaf?' He said: 'A striking calamity from the sky that will afflict the people.'

213. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4434No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ الْجَابِيَةَ قَالَ لِمُعَاذٍ ؓ: يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا عُرْوَةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: الْإِخْلَاصُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالطَّاعَةُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ فَعَلَهُنَّ فَقَدْ أَجْرَمَ: مَنِ اعْتَقَدَ لِوَاءً فِي غَيْرِ حَقٍّ، أَوْ عَقَّ وَالِدَتَهُ، أَوْ مَشَى مَعَ ظَالِمٍ يَنْصُرُهُ فَقَدْ أَجْرَمَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: إِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنْتَقِمُونَ

     ✧ When Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ camped at al-Jabiyah, he said to Mu'adh ؓ: 'O Mu'adh, what is the firm handle of this matter?' He said: 'I said: Sincerity, O Commander of the Faithful, and obedience. Then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Three things, whoever does them has committed a crime: whoever raises a banner unjustly, or disobeys his mother, or walks with an oppressor to support him has committed a crime. Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: We will take retribution from the criminals.'

214. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4435No grade recorded

     وَإِنَّهُ لَعِلْمٌ لِلسَّاعَةِ - قَالَ: نُزُولُ عِيسَى بْنِ مَرْيَمَ

     ✧ And it is indeed knowledge of the Hour—he said: the descent of Jesus son of Mary.

215. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4436No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَرَأَ الدُّخَانَ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ غُفِرَ لَهُ

     ✧ Whoever recites al-Dukhan on the night of Friday will be forgiven.

216. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4437No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ إِلَّا وَلَهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ بَابَانِ: بَابٌ يَدْخُلُ عَمَلُهُ مِنْهُ، وَبَابٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ عَمَلُهُ وَكَلَامُهُ، فَإِذَا مَاتَ فَقَدَاهُ، وَبَكَيَا عَلَيْهِ وَتَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالأَرْضُ، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْمَلُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا، تَبْكِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَصْعَدْ لَهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ مِنْ كَلَامِهِمْ، وَلَا عَمَلِهِمْ كَلَامٌ طَيِّبٌ، وَلَا عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ فَتَفْقِدَهُمْ فَتَبْكِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ

     ✧ There is no servant but has two gates in the sky: a gate through which his deed enters, and a gate from which his deed and speech go out. When he dies, they miss him and weep over him. And he recited this verse: 'So the heaven and the earth did not weep over them.' He mentioned that they did not perform righteous deeds on the earth for which it would weep over them, and no good speech or righteous deed of theirs ascended to the sky, so the sky would miss them and weep over them.

217. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4438No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ عَادٍ حَمَلَتِ الرِّيحُ أَهْلَ الْبَادِيَةِ بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ، وَمَوَاشِيهِمْ، فَلَمَّا رَفَعَتْهُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالُوا: هَذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَا قَالَ: فَأَكَبَّتِ الْبَادِيَةُ عَلَى الْحَاضِرَةِ

     ✧ When the day of 'Ad came, the wind carried the people of the desert with their wealth and their livestock. When it lifted them from the earth to the sky, they said, 'This is a cloud bringing us rain.' He said: 'So the desert was turned upside down upon the settled land.'

218. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4439No grade recorded

     4439 3714 / 2 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ الْأَخْنَسِيُّ، ثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ [Chain of narration]

219. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4440No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أَرَادَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ الْإِسْلَامَ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، أَرْسَلَكَ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ، وَأَنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَجِدُونَكَ عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ مَنْعُوتًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: أَرْسِلْ إِلَى نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، إِلَى فُلَانٍ وَفُلَانٍ - فَسَمَّاهُمْ لَهُ - وَخَبِّأْنِي فِي بَيْتٍ، فَسَلْهُمْ عَنِّي وَعَنْ وَالِدِي، فَإِنَّهُمْ سَيُخْبِرُونَكَ، وَإِنِّي سَأَخْرُجُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، أَرْسَلَكَ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ ; لَعَلَّهُمْ يُسْلِمُونَ، فَفَعَلَ ﷺ ذَلِكَ، فَخَبَّأَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى النَّفَرِ الَّذِينَ أَمَرَهُ بِهِمْ، فَدَعَاهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ عِنْدَكُمْ ؟ وَمَا كَانَ وَالِدُهُ ؟ فَقَالُوا: سَيِّدُنَا وَابْنُ سَيِّدِنَا، وَعَالِمُنَا وَابْنُ عَالِمِنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ، أَتُسْلِمُونَ ؟ قَالُوا: إِنَّهُ لَا يُسْلِمُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ، أَتُسْلِمُونَ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا يُسْلِمُ. قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَسْلَمَ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا يُسْلِمُ أَبَدًا، فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، أَرْسَلَكَ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ، وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَعْلَمُونَ مِنْكَ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْلَمُ، فَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ: مَا كُنَّا نَخْشَاكَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ عَلَى هَذَا، قَالَ: فَخَرَجُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ قُلْ مَا كُنْتُ بِدْعًا مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَمَا أَدْرِي مَا يُفْعَلُ بِي وَلا بِكُمْ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلا مَا يُوحَى إِلَيَّ وَمَا أَنَا إِلا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ وَكَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى مِثْلِهِ فَآمَنَ الْآيَةَ.

     ✧ When 'Abd Allah b. Salam ؓ wanted to embrace Islam, he entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah, sent with guidance and the religion of truth, and that the Jews find you described in the Torah among them.' Then he said to him, 'Send for a group of Jews—so-and-so and so-and-so'—and he named them for him—'and hide me in a room. Ask them about me and my father, for they will inform you. Then I will come out to them and bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah, sent with guidance and the religion of truth, perhaps they will become Muslims.' So the Prophet ﷺ did that: he hid him in his house, sent for the group he had commanded, and called them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, 'What is 'Abd Allah b. Salam among you? And what was his father?' They said, 'Our master and the son of our master, our scholar and the son of our scholar.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do you think if he becomes Muslim you will become Muslims?' They said, 'He will not become Muslim.' He ﷺ said, 'What do you think if he becomes Muslim?' They said, 'He will not become Muslim.' He said, 'What do you think if he becomes Muslim?' They said, 'He will never become Muslim.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him, and he came out to them and said, 'I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah, sent with guidance and the religion of truth, and they know about you what I know.' The Jews said to 'Abd Allah ؓ, 'We never feared this from you, O 'Abd Allah.' He said, 'So they left him, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed concerning that: "Say: I am not an innovation among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I follow only what is revealed to me, and I am only a clear warner." Say, "Have you considered: if it is from Allah and you disbelieve in it, and a witness from the Children of Israel bears witness to its like and believes…" (Q. 46:9-10).'

220. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4441No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا أُخْرِجَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ: إِنِّي لَأَخْرُجُ مِنْكِ، وَإِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكِ لَأَخْيَرُ بِلَادِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَأَكْرَمُهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ أَهْلَكِ أَخْرَجُونِي مِنْكِ لَمَا خَرَجْتُ، يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، إِنْ كُنْتُمْ وُلَاةَ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ بَعْدِي فَلَا تَمْنَعُوا طَائِفًا بِبَيْتِ اللهِ تَعَالَى سَاعَةً مِنْ لَيْلٍ أَوْ نَهَارٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said when he was expelled from Makkah: 'I am leaving you, and I know that you are the best of the lands of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and the most honored to Him. Had your people not expelled me from you, I would not have left. O Banu 'Abd Manaf, if you are the guardians of this matter after me, do not prevent any circumambulator of the House of Allah, Exalted be He, from it for even an hour of night or day.'

221. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4442No grade recorded

     4442 3716 / 2 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، ثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بِهِ.:

     ✧ [Chain of narration]

222. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4443No grade recorded

     لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ تِلْقَاءَ الْغَارِ، نَظَرَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتِ أَحَبُّ بِلَادِ اللهِ إِلَيَّ، وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ أَهْلَكِ أَخْرَجُونِي مِنْكِ لَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنْكِ، فَأَعْدَى الْأَعْدَاءِ مَنْ عَدَا عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى فِي حَرَمِهِ، أَوْ قَتَلَ غَيْرَ قَاتِلِهِ، أَوْ قَتَلَ بِذَحْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، قَالَ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ: وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِنْ قَرْيَتِكَ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Makkah toward the cave, he looked at Makkah and said, 'You are the most beloved of Allah's lands to me, and had your people not expelled me from you, I would not have left you. The most hostile of enemies is one who transgresses against Allah, Exalted be He, in His sanctuary, or kills someone other than his killer, or kills for a vendetta of the pre-Islamic era.' He said, 'So Allah revealed to His Prophet ﷺ: "And how many a town, stronger in might than your town which expelled you, have We destroyed" (Q. 47:13).'

223. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4444No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُقْرِئُ شَابًّا، فَقَرَأَ: أَفَلا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا فَقَالَ الشَّابُّ: عَلَيْهَا أَقْفَالُهَا حَتَّى يُفَرِّجَهَا اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: صَدَقْتَ، وَجَاءَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ كِتَابًا، فَأَمَرَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الْأَرْقَمِ ؓ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ كِتَابًا، فَكَتَبَ لَهُمْ، فَجَاءَهُمْ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَصَبْتَ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَرَى أَنَّهُ سَيَلِي مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ شَيْئًا، فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ ؓ سَأَلَ عَنِ الشَّابِّ، فَقَالُوا: اسْتُشْهِدَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَقَالَ الشَّابُّ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: صَدَقْتَ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِيهِ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الْأَرْقَمِ ؓ عَلَى بَيْتِ الْمَالِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was teaching a young man to recite, and he recited: 'Do they not reflect upon the Quran, or are there locks upon their hearts?' The young man said, 'Upon them are locks until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, opens them.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'You have spoken the truth.' Then some people from Yemen came to him and asked him to write a letter for them. He ordered 'Abd Allah b. al-Arqam ؓ to write a letter for them, and he wrote it and brought it to them. He said, 'You have done well.' 'Umar ؓ thought that he would be in charge of something of the people's affairs. When 'Umar ؓ became caliph, he asked about the young man, and they said, 'He was martyred.' 'Umar ؓ said, 'The Prophet ﷺ said such-and-such, and the young man said such-and-such, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "You have spoken the truth." So I knew that Allah would guide him.' And 'Umar ؓ appointed 'Abd Allah b. al-Arqam ؓ over the treasury.

224. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4445No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: سَتُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ أُولِي بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ تُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ أَوْ يُسْلِمُونَ فَإِنْ تُطِيعُوا يُؤْتِكُمُ اللهُ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا وَإِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا كَمَا تَوَلَّيْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا قَالَ: فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ

     ✧ Regarding His words, Exalted be He: 'You will be called to a people of great might; you will fight them or they will submit. If you obey, Allah will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.' He said: 'Persia and Rome.'

225. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4446No grade recorded

     قَاتَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ كَافِرًا، وَقَاتَلْتُ مَعَهُ آخِرَ النَّهَارِ مُسْلِمًا، وَكُنَّا ثَلَاثَةَ رِجَالٍ وَسَبْعَ نِسْوَةٍ، وَفِينَا نَزَلَتْ: وَلَوْلا رِجَالٌ مُؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَاءٌ مُؤْمِنَاتٌ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ I fought the Prophet ﷺ at the beginning of the day as a disbeliever, and I fought with him at the end of the day as a Muslim. We were three men and seven women, and about us was revealed: 'Were it not for believing men and believing women…' (Q. 48:25).

226. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4447No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا خَاصَمَنِي - يُقَالُ لَهُ سَعْدٌ الْعَنَزِيُّ، فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: لَيْسَ بِالْعَنَزِيِّ، وَلَكِنَّهُ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ، فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: قَالَتِ الأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا فَقَالَ: هُوَ الِاسْتِسْلَامُ، فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: لَا، بَلْ هُوَ الْإِسْلَامُ

     ✧ I came to Ibrahim al-Nakha'i and said: A man has disputed with me, called Sa'd al-'Anazi. Ibrahim said: He is not al-'Anazi, but rather al-Zubaydi. Concerning the saying of the Exalted: 'The bedouins say, "We believe." Say, "You have not believed, but say, 'We have submitted'" (49:14), he said: It is submission. Ibrahim said: No, rather it is Islam.

227. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4448No grade recorded

     قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَقُلْتُ: حَدِّثْنِي بِحَدِيثِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُمْ مَعِي، فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دُفِعْتُ إِلَى بَابِ دَارٍ، فَأَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى بَابِهَا، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ، فَلَبِثَ مَلِيًّا، ثُمَّ دَعَانَا، فَأَدْخَلَنَا عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ بِنْتُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ ؓ، فَسَلْهَا عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ، فَقُلْتُ: حَدِّثِينِي عَنْهُ رَحِمَكِ اللهُ، قَالَتْ: لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ الْآيَةَ، دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ، وَأَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ، وَطَفِقَ يَبْكِي، فَافْتَقَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا شَأْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؟ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا نَدْرِي مَا شَأْنُهُ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ، وَهُوَ يَبْكِي فِيهِ، فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلَهُ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَأَنَا شَدِيدُ الصَّوْتِ، وَأَخَافُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلِي، قَالَ ﷺ: لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ، بَلْ تَعِيشُ بِخَيْرٍ، وَتَمُوتُ بِخَيْرٍ. قَالَتْ: ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ اللهَ لا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ، فَأَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ، وَطَفِقَ يَبْكِي، فَافْتَقَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ: ثَابِتٌ، مَا شَأْنُهُ ؟ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا نَدْرِي غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكَ: إِنَّ اللهَ لا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ، وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ، وَأُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسُودَ قَوْمِي، قَالَ ﷺ: لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ، بَلْ تَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا، وَتُقْتَلُ شَهِيدًا، وَتَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْيَمَامَةِ، خَرَجَ مَعَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى مُسَيْلِمَةَ الْكَذَّابِ

     ✧ I arrived in Madinah and met a man from the Ansar. I said: Narrate to me the hadith of Thabit b. Qays b. Shammas. He said: Yes, come with me. I went with him until he brought me to the door of a house, seated me at its door, then entered. He remained for a long while, then called us and brought us in to a woman. He said: This is the daughter of Thabit b. Qays b. Shammas ؓ. Ask her whatever seems right to you. I said: Narrate to me about him, may Allah have mercy on you. She said: When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet' (49:2), he entered his house, shut his door, and began to weep. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ missed him and said: What is the matter with Thabit? They said: O Messenger of Allah, we do not know what is the matter with him, except that he has shut his door and is weeping inside. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called him and asked him: What is the matter with you? He said: O Messenger of Allah, this verse was revealed to you: 'O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet,' and I have a loud voice, and I fear that my deeds have become worthless. He ﷺ said: You are not one of them; rather you will live well and die well. She said: Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed to His Messenger ﷺ: 'Indeed, Allah does not love every arrogant boaster' (31:18). He shut his door and began to weep. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ missed him and said: Thabit, what is the matter with him? They said: O Messenger of Allah, we do not know except that he has shut his door. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for him and said: What is the matter with you? He said: O Messenger of Allah, it was revealed to you: 'Indeed, Allah does not love every arrogant boaster,' and by Allah, I love beauty and I love to be a leader of my people. He ﷺ said: You are not one of them; rather you will live praiseworthy, be killed as a martyr, and enter Paradise. Then on the day of al-Yamama, he went out with Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ against Musaylima the liar.

228. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4449No grade recorded

     أَتَى نَاسٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: انْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ نَبِيًّا فَنَحْنُ نَشْهَدُ بِهِ، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مَلِكًا عِشْنَا فِي جَنَابِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُنَادُونَهُ مِنْ حُجْرَتِهِ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحُجُرَاتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لا يَعْقِلُونَ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأُذُنِي، فَمَدَّهَا، وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: لَقَدْ صَدَّقَ اللهُ قَوْلَكَ يَا زَيْدُ، لَقَدْ صَدَّقَ اللهُ قَوْلَكَ يَا زَيْدُ

     ✧ Some people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Let us go to this man; if he is a prophet, we will testify to him, and if he is a king, we will live under his protection. So I came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of that. Then they came to the Prophet ﷺ calling him from outside his chamber: O Muhammad, O Muhammad. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: 'Indeed, those who call you from behind the chambers, most of them do not reason' (49:4). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of my ear, stretched it, and kept saying: Allah has confirmed your words, O Zayd; Allah has confirmed your words, O Zayd.

229. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4450No grade recorded

     رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي سَمِينَةَ، ثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ بِهِ.::،:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la narrated it: Muhammad b. Yahya b. Abi Samina narrated to us, Mu'tamir narrated to us with it.::,:

230. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4451No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ، فَقَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ وَفْدُ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ، وَكَانَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ يَأْخُذُ صَدَقَاتِ أَمْوَالِهِمْ بَعْدَ الْوَقْعَةِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا بِذَلِكَ خَرَجَ مِنْهُمْ قَوْمٌ رُكُوبًا، فَقَالُوا: نُفَخِّمُ رَسُولَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَهْدِيهِ فِي الْبِلَادِ، وَنُحَدِّثُهُ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بِهِمْ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ مَنَعُوا صَدَقَاتِهِمْ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا بِهِ رَجَعَ أَقْبَلُوا عَلَى أَثَرِهِ حَتَّى قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَصَلَّوْا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْأُولَى، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَالُوا: نَعُوذُ بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَغَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ، فَمَا زَالُوا يَعْتَذِرُونَ، حَتَّى جَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ بِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَنْ تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray two rak'ahs before 'Asr. A delegation of Banu al-Mustaliq came to him, and he had sent al-Walid b. 'Uqba to collect the zakah of their wealth after the battle. When they heard of that, some of them rode out and said: We will honor the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, guide him through the land, and speak with him. When he heard of them, he returned and said: O Messenger of Allah, Banu al-Mustaliq have withheld their zakah. When they heard that he had returned, they followed his tracks until they arrived in Madinah. They prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the first row of the first prayer. When he said the salam, they said: We seek refuge in Allah and His Messenger from His anger and the anger of His Messenger. They continued to apologize until the mu'adhdhin came for the 'Asr prayer. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed: 'O you who believe, if a disobedient person comes to you with information, verify it, lest you harm a people out of ignorance' (49:6).

231. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4452No grade recorded

     ثُمَّ إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ اسْتَلْقَى فِي حَائِطٍ مِنْ حِيطَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَوَضَعَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى، وَكَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَفْتَرِي عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَرَغَ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، ثُمَّ تَرَوَّحَ، فَقَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِنْ لُغُوبٍ فَكَانَ أَقْوَامٌ يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ يَضَعَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى حَتَّى صَنَعَ عُمَرُ

     ✧ Then 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ lay down on his back in one of the walled gardens of Madinah, placing one leg over the other. The Jews used to fabricate lies about Allah, Mighty and Majestic, saying that Allah, Blessed and Exalted, finished creation on the Sabbath and then rested. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: 'And We certainly created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, and no fatigue touched Us' (50:38). Some people used to dislike placing one leg over the other until 'Umar did it.

232. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4453No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَالنَّخْلَ بَاسِقَاتٍ لَهَا طَلْعٌ نَضِيدٌ قَالَ: الْبَاسِقَاتُ: الطِّوَالُ، وَالنَّضِيدُ: الْمُتَرَاكِمُ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: 'And the tall palm trees having layered spathes' (50:10), he said: 'Al-basiqat' means tall, and 'al-nadid' means piled one upon another.

233. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4454No grade recorded

     وَسَأَلْتُهُ - يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ - عَنْ: وَإِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَدْبَارُ السُّجُودِ: الرَّكْعَتَانِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ، وَإِدْبَارُ النُّجُومِ: الرَّكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ

     ✧ I asked him – meaning the Prophet ﷺ – about: 'and at the passing of the stars' (52:49)? He said: The passing of prostration is the two rak'ahs after Maghrib, and the passing of the stars is the two rak'ahs before dawn.

234. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4455No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنْتَ بِمَلُومٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: مَا نَزَلَتْ آيَةٌ كَانَتْ أَشَدَّ عَلَيْنَا مِنْهَا، وَلَا أَعْظَمَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْهَا، قُلْنَا: مَا هَذَا إِلَّا مِنْ سَخْطَةٍ أَوْ مَقْتٍ، حَتَّى أُنْزِلَتْ: وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ: ذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of the Exalted: 'So turn away from them, for you are not to blame' (51:54), he said: 'Ali ؓ said: No verse was revealed that was harder on us or greater on us than it. We said: This is nothing but displeasure or hatred, until it was revealed: 'And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers' (51:55). He said: Remind with the Qur'an.

235. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4456No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ مُعْتَجِرًا بِبُرْدٍ، مُشْتَمِلًا فِي خَمِيصَةٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْنَا: فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَا أَنْتَ بِمَلُومٍ - اشْتَدَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَشْفَقَ لِهَلَكَةٍ، إِذْ أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُمْ، حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ: وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ; فَطَابَتْ أَنْفُسُنَا

     ✧ 'Ali ؓ came out to us with a cloak wrapped around his head, and he was covered with a khamisa. He said: When it was revealed to us: 'So turn away from them, for you are not to blame' (51:54), it was hard on the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. None of us remained except that he feared destruction, since the Prophet ﷺ was commanded to turn away from them, until it was revealed: 'And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers' (51:55); then our souls were at ease.

236. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4457No grade recorded

     أَحْزَنَنَا ذَلِكَ، فَقُلْنَا: أُمِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى عَنَّا، حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ

     ✧ That grieved us, and we said: The Prophet ﷺ has been commanded to turn away from us, until it was revealed.

237. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4458No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: رَوَاهُ الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ بِهِ، وَأَتَمَّ مِنْهُ. وَحَدِيثُ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ عِنْدَ أَحْمَدَ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ لِحَدِيثٍ غَيْرِ هَذَا

     ✧ I said: Al-Haytham b. Kulayb narrated it in his Musnad from Isma'il b. Ishaq al-Qadi, from Sulayman b. Harb, from Hammad b. Zayd with it, and more completely. And the hadith of Mujahid from 'Ali ؓ is with Ahmad in his Musnad for a different hadith.

238. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4459No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ - ؓ – ذَعَرَنِي ذَلِكَ ذُعْرًا شَدِيدًا، وَكَانَ سَلُّ السَّيْفِ فِينَا عَظِيمًا، فَجَلَسْتُ فِي بَيْتِي، فَكَانَتْ حَاجَةٌ لِي، فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى السُّوقِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِنَفَرٍ فِي ظِلِّ الْقَصْرِ جُلُوسًا نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا، وَإِذَا سِلْسِلَةٌ قَدْ عُرِضَتْ عَلَى الْبَابِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَأَدْخُلَنَّ، فَذَهَبْتُ أَدْخُلُ، فَمَنَعَنِي الْبَوَّابُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ: دَعْهُ، وَيْحَكَ، فَذَهَبْتُ، فَإِذَا أَشْرَافُ النَّاسِ، وَإِذَا وِسَادَةٌ، فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ رَجُلٌ جَمِيلٌ فِي حُلَّةٍ لَهُ، لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ، فَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ، فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ غَيْرِي، فَقَالَ ؓ: سَلُونِي عَمَّا شِئْتُمْ، وَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي إِلَّا عَمَّا يَنْفَعُ وَلَا يَضُرُّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: مَا قُلْتَ حَتَّى أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ نَقُولَ لَكَ فَأَسْأَلَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: سَلْنِي عَمَّا شِئْتَ فَقَالَ: وَالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: أَمَا تَسْأَلُ عَنْ غَيْرِ هَذِي ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا أُرِيدُ قَالَ ؓ: الرِّيَاحُ، قَالَ: فَمَا فَالْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا ؟ قَالَ ؓ: السَّحَابُ قَالَ: فَمَا فَالْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا ؟ قَالَ ؓ: السُّفُنُ، قَالَ: فَمَا فَالْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا ؟ قَالَ ؓ: الْمَلَائِكَةُ

     ✧ When Uthman ؓ was killed, that terrified me greatly, and the drawing of the sword among us was a grave matter. I sat in my house, but I had a need, so I set out to the market. There I saw about forty men sitting in the shade of the palace, and a chain had been stretched across the door. I said: I will enter. I went to enter, but the doorman prevented me. The people said to him: Leave him, woe to you. I went in, and there were the nobles of the people, and a cushion. Then Ali ؓ came, a handsome man in his robe, with no shirt or turban. He greeted and sat down. He did not disapprove of anyone among the people except me. He said ؓ: Ask me about whatever you wish, but do not ask me except about what benefits and does not harm. A man said to him: What did you say, so that we would love to tell you and then ask you? He said: Ask me about whatever you wish. He said: By those that scatter with a scattering? He said ؓ: Will you not ask about something other than this? He said: I ask you about what I want. He said ؓ: The winds. He said: What about those that bear a load? He said ؓ: The clouds. He said: What about those that run with ease? He said ؓ: The ships. He said: What about those that distribute a command? He said ؓ: The angels.

239. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4460No grade recorded

     « عَنْ مَثَلٍ هَذَا فَاسْأَلُوا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَتَانِ فَتَعْجِزُ إِحْدَاهُمَا أَوْ تَكُونُ ذَمِيمَة فَيُصَالِحُهَا عَلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهَا كُلّ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا مَرَّةً »" نوع="موقوف"

     ✧ It is the man who has two wives, and one of them is unable or is ugly, so he makes a settlement with her that he will come to her once every two or three nights. (mawquf)

240. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4461No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا النَّاسُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ إِذْ وَافَقُوا مِنْهُ نَفْسًا طَيِّبَةً، فَقَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْكَوَّا الْأَعْوَرُ - رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرِ ابْنِ وَائِلٍ - فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا َالذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرْوًا ؟ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ، وَزَادَ قَالَ فِي: وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْحُبُكِ ؟ قَالَ: ذَاتُ الْخَلْقِ الْحَسَنِ، وَزَادَ فِيهِ أَيْضًا: وَلَا تَعُدْ لِمِثْلِ هَذَا، لَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذَا

     ✧ While the people were with Ali ؓ one day, they found him in a good mood, so they said: Tell us about your companions, O Commander of the Believers... and he mentioned the hadith. He said: Then Abdullah b. al-Kawwa' al-A'war, a man from Banu Bakr b. Wa'il, stood up and said: O Commander of the Believers, what are those that scatter with a scattering? He mentioned something similar, and he added regarding: By the sky with its adornment? He said: Having excellent creation. He also added: Do not return to such a thing; do not ask me about such a thing.

241. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4462No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ خَرَجَ رِجَالٌ بِأَيْدِيهِمُ الْعِصِيُّ فَقَالُوا: أَيْنَ الَّذِينَ كَلَّفُوا رَبَّنَا حَتَّى حَلَفَ ؟

     ✧ When it was revealed: So by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, it is certainly true, just as [it is true] that you speak, men went out with sticks in their hands and said: Where are those who burdened our Lord so much that He swore an oath?

242. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4463No grade recorded

     فَقَامَ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَمَّا أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: سَلْنِي عَمَّا يَنْفَعُ وَلَا يَضُرُّ، فَقَالَ: مَا السَّقْفُ الْمَرْفُوعُ ؟ قَالَ: السَّمَاءُ، قَالَ: فَمَا الْبَيْتُ الْمَعْمُورُ ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: مَا تَقُولُونَ ؟ قَالُوا: هَذَا الْبَيْتُ: الْكَعْبَةُ، فَقَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ بَيْتٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ بِحِيَالِ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: الضُّرَاحُ، حُرْمَتُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ كَحُرْمَةِ هَذَا فِي الْأَرْضِ، يَدْخُلُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ، ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُونَ فِيهِ

     ✧ Another stood up and said: Tell me about what I ask you. He said: Ask me about what benefits and does not harm. He said: What is the elevated roof? He said: The sky. He said: What is the frequented house? Ali ؓ said to his companions: What do you say? They said: This house is the Kaaba. He said: No, but it is a house in the sky opposite the Sacred House, called al-Durah. Its sanctity in the sky is like the sanctity of this one on earth. Seventy thousand angels enter it every day, then do not return to it.

243. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4464No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ سُئِلَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ، وَهُوَ شَاهِدٌ: الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلا اللَّمَمَ قَالَ ؓ: هِيَ النَّظْرَةُ وَالْغَمْزَةُ وَالْقُبْلَةُ وَالْمُبَاشَرَةُ، فَإِذَا مَسَّ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانَ فَهُوَ الزِّنَا، وَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ

     ✧ Abu Hurayrah ؓ was asked about this verse, while he was present: Those who avoid major sins and immoralities except al-lamam. He said ؓ: It is the look, the wink, the kiss, and the touching. When the two circumcised parts meet, that is fornication, and the major ablution becomes obligatory.

244. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4465No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ قَرَأَ النَّجْمَ، فَسَجَدَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَقَرَأَ سُورَةً أُخْرَى

     ✧ Umar ؓ recited Surat al-Najm and prostrated, then stood up and recited another surah.

245. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4466No grade recorded

     إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: رَأَيْتُهَا حَتَّى اسْتَثْبَتُّهَا، ثُمَّ حَالَ دُونَهَا فَرَاشُ الذَّهَبِ

     ✧ When there covered the lote tree that which covered [it]—the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I saw it until I made certain of it, then a swarm of golden moths intervened between me and it.

246. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4467No grade recorded

     وَأَنْتُمْ سَامِدُونَ قَالَ: كَانُوا يَمُرُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَامِخِينَ، أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الْفَحْلِ كَيْفَ يَخْطِرُ شَامِخًا ؟

     ✧ And you are samidun—he said: They would pass by the Prophet ﷺ haughtily. Have you not seen how the stallion struts proudly?

247. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4468No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ الْآيَةَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ: أَيُّ جَمْعٍ يُهْزَمُ ؟ فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ، وَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَثِبُ فِي الدِّرْعِ، وَيَقُولُ: سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ ; فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ هُوَ

     ✧ When it was revealed: The host will be defeated and they will turn their backs—the verse—I kept saying: Which host will be defeated? Then on the Day of Badr, I saw the Prophet ﷺ leaping in his armor, saying: The host will be defeated and they will turn their backs. Then I knew that it was that.

248. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4469No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ - قَالَ ؓ: مَضَى انْشِقَاقُ الْقَمَرِ بِمَكَّةَ

     ✧ Regarding His words, exalted is He: The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split—he said ؓ: The splitting of the moon happened in Makkah.

249. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4470No grade recorded

     سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ - قَالَ: يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ

     ✧ The host will be defeated and they will turn their backs—he said: On the Day of Badr.

250. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4471No grade recorded

     وَفِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًا قَالَ: يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ

     ✧ And regarding His saying, exalted is He: "So it will be an inevitable event" — he said: "The Day of Badr."

251. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4472No grade recorded

     تَقَدَّمَ فِي فَضْلِهَا حَدِيثُ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فِي الْأَدَبِ فِي بَابِ: مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا هَرَّ عَلَيْهِ الْكَلْبُ. 4472 3739 / 1 - وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى.:،:

     ✧ Previously mentioned regarding its virtue is the hadith of 'Ali ؓ in the book of manners, in the chapter: What to say when a dog barks at him. [4472, 3739/1] Abu Bakr said: Al-Hasan b. Musa narrated to us.

252. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4473No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ كَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ - قَالَ: وَإِنْ زَنَى، وَإِنْ سَرَقَ، قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Abu al-Darda' ؓ, when he recited this verse: "And for him who fears the standing before his Lord are two gardens" — he would say: "Even if he committed adultery, even if he stole." He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught it to me."

253. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4474No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ قَالَ: فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ وَإِنْ زَنَى، وَإِنْ سَرَقَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يَقْرَؤُونَهَا هَكَذَا، فَأَعَادَهَا ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ I was with Abu al-Darda' ؓ and he recited to us this verse: "And for him who fears the standing before his Lord are two gardens," adding: "even if he committed adultery, even if he stole." I said: "People do not recite it like this." He repeated it three times and said: "This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited it."

254. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4475No grade recorded

     حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ - قَالَ: الدُّرُّ الْمُجَوَّفُ

     ✧ "Fair ones, confined in pavilions" — he said: "Hollowed pearls."

255. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4476No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ تُصِبْهُ فَاقَةٌ أَبَدًا

     ✧ Whoever recites Surat al-Waqi'ah every night will never be afflicted by poverty.

256. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4477No grade recorded

     َاقِعَةِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ تُصِبْهُ فَاقَةٌ أَبَدًا فَكَانَ ابْن مَسْعُود ؓ يَأْمُرُ بَنَاته بِقِرَاءَتِهَا كُلّ لَيْلَة" نوع="مرفوع"

     ✧ Whoever recites Surat al-Waqi'ah every night will never be afflicted by poverty. Ibn Mas'ud ؓ used to command his daughters to recite it every night.

257. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4478No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَطَلْحٍ مَنْضُودٍ قَالَ: الْمَوْزُ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, exalted is He: "And banana trees layered [with fruit]" — he said: "Bananas."

258. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4479No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّا أَنْشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنْشَاءً فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا قَالَ: مِنْهُنَّ الثَّيِّبُ، وَغَيْرُ الثَّيِّبِ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of Allah, mighty and majestic is He: "Indeed, We have produced them in a [new] creation and made them virgins, loving, of equal age" — he said: "Among them are those who were previously married and those who were not."

259. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4480No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الآخِرِينَ قَالَ: كِلْتَاهُمَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

     ✧ Regarding His saying, mighty and majestic is He: "A large company of the former peoples and a few of the later peoples" — he said: "Both groups are from this nation."

260. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4481No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا خَاقَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَهْتَمِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ صُهْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ - ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِهِ

     ✧ Musaddad said: Khaqan b. 'Abd Allah b. al-Ahtam narrated to us, from 'Ali b. Zayd, from 'Uqbah b. Suhban, from Abu Bakrah ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ, with it.

261. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4482No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللهِ - أَقْبَلَ بَعْضُنَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْدَثْنَا ؟ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعْنَا ؟

     ✧ When it was revealed: "Has the time not come for those who believe that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah?" — we turned to one another: "What have we innovated? What have we done?"

262. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4483No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ الْآيَةَ، مَا عَمِلَ بِهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي، وَلَا عَمِلَ بِهَا أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي، آيَةُ النَّجْوَى: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً - إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، قَالَ: كَانَ عِنْدِي دِينَارٌ بِعْتُهُ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ، فَنَاجَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَكُنْتُ كُلَّمَا نَاجَيْتُهُ قَدَّمْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَايَ دِرْهَمًا، ثُمَّ نُسِخَتْ، فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهَا أَحَدٌ، فَنَزَلَتْ: أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

     ✧ In the Book of God there is a verse that no one before me acted upon, and no one after me will act upon: the verse of confidential talk: 'O you who believe, when you consult the Messenger in private, offer something in charity before your private consultation...' to the end of the verse. He said: I had a dinar which I sold for ten dirhams, and I consulted the Prophet ﷺ privately. Each time I consulted him, I offered a dirham in charity before my private talk. Then it was abrogated, and no one acted upon it. Then it was revealed: 'Are you afraid to offer charities before your private consultation?' to the end of the verse.

263. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4484No grade recorded

     رَوَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ بِهِ. قُلْتُ: رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ مِنْ طَرِيقِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ بِغَيْرِ هَذَا السِّيَاقِ:

     ✧ Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated it from Abdullah b. Idris from Layth with it. I said: Al-Tirmidhi narrated it through the route of Ali b. Alqamah from Ali ؓ with a different wording.

264. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4485No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَاهِبٌ يَتَعَبَّدُ فِي صَوْمَعَةٍ، وَإِنَّ امْرَأَةً كَانَ لَهَا إِخْوَةٌ، فَعَرَضَ لَهَا شَيْءٌ، فَأَتَوْهُ بِهَا، فَزَيَّنَتْ لَهُ نَفْسَهَا، فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا، فَحَمَلَتْ، فَجَاءَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ، فَقَالَ: اقْتُلْهَا ; فَإِنَّهُمْ إِنْ ظَهَرُوا عَلَيْكَ افْتَضَحْتَ، فَقَتَلَهَا وَدَفَنَهَا، فَجَاؤُوهُ، فَأَخَذُوهُ، فَذَهَبُوا بِهِ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ يَمْشُونَ بِهِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا الَّذِي زَيَّنْتُ لَكَ، فَاسْجُدْ لِي سَجْدَةً أُنْجِكَ، فَسَجَدَ لَهُ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: كَمَثَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلإِنْسَانِ اكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْكَ

     ✧ There was a monk who worshiped in a hermitage. A woman had brothers, and something happened to her, so they brought her to him. She adorned herself for him, and he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant. Satan came to him and said: Kill her, for if they find out about you, you will be disgraced. So he killed her and buried her. They came to him and took him and went away with him. While they were walking with him, Satan came to him and said: I am the one who adorned her for you, so prostrate to me once and I will save you. So he prostrated to him. That is the saying of the Almighty: 'Like the example of Satan when he says to man: Disbelieve; but when he disbelieves, he says: I am free of you.'

265. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4486No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَبَرَ صَائِمًا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَمْشِي، فَلَا يَجِدُ مَا يُفْطِرُ عَلَيْهِ، فَيُصْبِحُ صَائِمًا، حَتَّى فَطِنَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ: إِنِّي أَجِيءُ اللَّيْلَةَ بِضَيْفٍ لِي، فَإِذَا وَضَعْتُمْ طَعَامَكُمْ فَلْيَقُمْ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَى السِّرَاجِ كَأَنَّهُ يُصْلِحُهُ، فَلْيُطْفِهِ، ثُمَّ اضْرِبُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ كَأَنَّكُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ، فَلَا تَأْكُلُوا حَتَّى يَشْبَعَ ضَيْفُنَا فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى ذَهَبَ بِهِ، فَوَضَعُوا طَعَامَهُمْ، فَقَامَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى السِّرَاجِ كَأَنَّهَا تُصْلِحُهُ، فَأَطْفَأَتْهُ، ثُمَّ جَعَلُوا يَضْرِبُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فِي الطَّعَامِ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ، وَلَا يَأْكُلُونَ، حَتَّى شَبِعَ ضَيْفُهُمْ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ طَعَامُهُمْ ذَلِكَ خُبْزَةً هِيَ قُوتُهُمْ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ثَابِتٌ ؓ غَدَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا ثَابِتُ، لَقَدْ عَجِبَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْبَارِحَةَ مِنْكُمْ، وَمِنْ صَنِيعِكُمْ، قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ فِيهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ

     ✧ A man from the Muslims passed by while fasting for three days, walking, and he could not find anything to break his fast with, so he would wake up fasting. Finally, a man from the Ansar named Thabit b. Qays ؓ noticed him. He said to his family: Tonight I will bring a guest. When you put out your food, let one of you go to the lamp as if to fix it, and let him extinguish it. Then strike your hands toward the food as if you are eating, but do not eat until our guest is full. When evening came, he brought him, and they put out their food. His wife went to the lamp as if to fix it, and she extinguished it. Then they began striking their hands in the food as if eating, but they did not eat, until their guest was full. Their food that night was only a loaf of bread, which was their sustenance. When morning came, Thabit ؓ went to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ said: O Thabit, God Almighty was amazed last night at you and your deed. He said: Then this verse was revealed about him: 'And they prefer others over themselves even though they are in need.'

266. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4487No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَالسَّابِقُونَ الأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ - قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of the Blessed and Exalted: 'And the foremost, the first of the Emigrants,' he said: Those who prayed toward both qiblahs with the Prophet ﷺ.

267. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4488No grade recorded

     رَخَّصَ لَهُمْ فِي قَطْعِ النَّخْلِ، ثُمَّ شَدَّدَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلَيْنَا إِثْمٌ فِيمَا قَطَعْنَا، أَوْ فِيمَا تَرَكْنَا ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً عَلَى أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ اللهِ

     ✧ He permitted them to cut down the palm trees, then he made it difficult for them. They came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, is there a sin upon us for what we cut down, or for what we left? So God, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: 'Whatever palm trees you cut down or left standing on their roots, it was by God's permission.'

268. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4489No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَلا يَعْصِينَكَ فِي مَعْرُوفٍ - قَالَ: هُوَ النَّوْحُ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of the Almighty: 'And they will not disobey you in what is right,' he said: It refers to wailing.

269. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4490No grade recorded

     أَسْلَمَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، وَتَأَخَّرَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ فِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَأَنْزَلَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَلا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ - يَقُولُ: إِنْ أَسْلَمَ رَجُلٌ وَأَبَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ، فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ إِنْ شَاءَ أَرْبَعًا سِوَاهَا

     ✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ embraced Islam, while his wife remained behind among the polytheists. So the Mighty and Majestic revealed: 'And do not hold on to the bonds of disbelieving women'—meaning: if a man embraces Islam and his wife refuses, then he may marry, if he wishes, up to four other women.

270. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4491No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْتَحِنُ النِّسَاءَ ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ لِتُسْلِمَ حَلَّفَهَا بِاللهِ مَا خَرَجْتِ بُغْضَ زَوْجِكِ، وَبِاللهِ مَا خَرَجْتِ الْتِمَاسَ دُنْيَا، وَبِاللهِ مَا خَرَجْتِ رَغْبَةً فِي أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ، وَبِاللهِ مَا خَرَجْتِ إِلَّا حُبًّا لِلهِ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولِهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Ibn Abbas ؓ was asked: How did the Messenger of God ﷺ test women? He said: When a woman came to him to embrace Islam, he ﷺ would make her swear by God: You did not leave out of hatred for your husband; by God, you did not leave seeking worldly gain; by God, you did not leave out of desire for one land over another; by God, you left only out of love for God Almighty and His Messenger ﷺ.

271. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4492No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ طَلَّقَ امْرَأَتَهُ قُتَيْلَةَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَهِيَ أُمُّ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَدِمَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ، فَأَهْدَتْ إِلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ قُرْطًا وَأَشْيَاءَ، فَكَرِهَتْ أَنْ تَقْبَلَ مِنْهَا، حَتَّى أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: لا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ

     ✧ Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ؓ divorced his wife Qutaylah in the pre-Islamic era; she is the mother of Asma' bint Abi Bakr ؓ. She came to them during the truce period between the Messenger of God ﷺ and the disbelievers of Quraysh. She gave Asma' bint Abi Bakr ؓ earrings and other things as a gift. Asma' disliked accepting from her until she went to the Messenger of God ﷺ and mentioned that to him. Then God, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: 'God does not forbid you from those who have not fought you because of religion.'

272. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4493No grade recorded

     كَتَبَ حَاطِبُ بْنُ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ كِتَابًا إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، فَأَطْلَعَ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ، فَبَعَثَ ﷺ عَلِيًّا وَالزُّبَيْرَ ؓ فِي إِثْرِ الْكِتَابِ، فَأَدْرَكَا الْمَرْأَةَ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ، فَاسْتَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ قُرُونِهَا، فَأَتَيَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى حَاطِبٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا حَاطِبُ، أَنْتَ كَتَبْتَ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَمَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَنَاصِحٌ لِلهِ تَعَالَى وَلِرَسُولِهِ ﷺ، وَلَكِنْ كُنْتُ غَرِيبًا فِي أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، وَكَانَ أَهْلِي بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ، وَخَشِيتُ ; فَكَتَبْتُ كِتَابًا لَا يَضُرُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ شَيْئًا، وَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ مَنْفَعَةً لِأَهْلِي، قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: فَاخْتَرَطْتُ سَيْفِي، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَمْكِنِّي مِنْ حَاطِبٍ ; فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كَفَرَ، فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، مَا يُدْرِيكَ، لَعَلَّ اللهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ ; فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ

     ✧ Hatib b. Abi Balta'ah wrote a letter to the people of Makkah. God Almighty informed His Prophet ﷺ, so he ﷺ sent Ali and al-Zubayr ؓ in pursuit of the letter. They caught up with the woman on a camel and extracted it from her braids. They brought it to the Messenger of God ﷺ. He sent for Hatib and said: O Hatib, did you write this letter? He said: Yes. He ﷺ said: What prompted you to do that? He said: O Messenger of God, by God, I am sincere to God Almighty and His Messenger ﷺ, but I was a stranger among the people of Makkah, and my family was among them, and I feared for them; so I wrote a letter that will not harm God and His Messenger at all, and perhaps it may benefit my family. Umar ؓ said: I drew my sword and said: O Messenger of God, let me deal with Hatib, for he has disbelieved, and let me strike his neck. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: O Ibn al-Khattab, what do you know? Perhaps God looked upon the people of Badr and said: Act as you wish, for I have forgiven you.

273. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4494No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ لِأَبِيهِ: وَاللهِ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَدِينَةَ أَبَدًا حَتَّى تَقُولَ: رَسُولُ اللهِ الْأَعَزُّ، وَأَنَا الْأَذَلُّ، قَالَ: وَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ أَبِي، فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ، مَا تَأَمَّلْتُ وَجْهَهُ قَطُّ هَيْبَةً لَهُ، وَلَئِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ آتِيَكَ بِرَأْسِهِ لَآتِيَنَّكَ بِهِ ; فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَرَى قَاتِلَ أَبِي

     ✧ Abdullah b. Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul said to his father: By God, you will never enter Madinah until you say: The Messenger of God is the most honorable, and I am the lowliest. He said: Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: O Messenger of God, it has reached me that you intend to kill my father. By the One who sent you with the truth, I have never looked at his face out of awe of him, and if you wish me to bring you his head, I will bring it to you; but I hate to see the killer of my father.

274. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4495No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي عِدَدِ النِّسَاءِ، قَالُوا: قَدْ بَقِيَ عِدَدٌ مِنْ عِدَدِ النِّسَاءِ لَمْ يُذْكَرْنَ: الصِّغَارُ، وَالْكِبَارُ اللَّائِي قَدِ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُنَّ الْحَيْضُ، وَذَوَاتُ الْحَمْلِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ الْآيَةَ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ الصُّغْرَى: وَاللائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمْ إِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَاللائِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَ وَأُولاتُ الأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَنْ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ

     ✧ When this verse in Surat al-Baqarah about the waiting periods of women was revealed, they said: 'There remain waiting periods of women that have not been mentioned: the young, the old whose menstruation has ceased, and those who are pregnant.' So Allah revealed the verse in the shorter Surat al-Nisa': 'And those of your women who have despaired of menstruation, if you doubt, their waiting period is three months, and those who have not menstruated, and those who are pregnant, their term is until they deliver their burden.'

275. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4496No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي عِدَّةِ الْمُطَلَّقَةِ، وَعِدَّةِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا قَالَ أَبِي: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ

     ✧ When the verse in Surat al-Baqarah about the waiting period of a divorced woman and the waiting period of a woman whose husband has died was revealed, my father said: 'O Messenger of Allah...'

276. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4497No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَلا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلا أَنْ يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُبَيِّنَةٍ - قَالَ: الْفَاحِشَةُ الْمُبَيِّنَةُ: أَنْ تُسَفِّهَ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا، فَإِذَا فَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ حَلَّ لَهُمْ إِخْرَاجُهَا

     ✧ Regarding His saying: 'And they should not go out unless they commit a clear indecency' - he said: 'The clear indecency is that she behaves foolishly toward her family. If she does that, it is lawful for them to expel her.'

277. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4498No grade recorded

     لَمَّا حَلَفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ - ؓ أَنْ لَا يُنْفِقَ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ ؓ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: قَدْ فَرَضَ اللهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ أَيْمَانِكُمْ ; فَأَحَلَّ يَمِينَهُ، وَأَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ When Abu Bakr ؓ swore that he would not spend on Mistah ؓ, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: 'Allah has ordained for you the dissolution of your oaths.' So he dissolved his oath and spent on him.

278. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4499No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: تَوْبَةً نَصُوحًا قَالَ: يَتُوبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ، ثُمَّ لَا يَعُودُ فِيهِ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of the Exalted: 'a sincere repentance' - he said: 'He repents from the sin, then does not return to it.'

279. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4500No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ أَوْتَدَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَوْتَادٍ فِي يَدَيْهَا وَرِجْلَيْهَا، فَكَانَ إِذَا تَفَرَّقُوا عَنْهَا أَطْلَقَتْهَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ، فَقَالَتْ: رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِنْدَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ: فَكُشِفَ لَهَا عَنْ بَيْتِهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ Pharaoh drove four pegs for his wife into her hands and her feet. When they dispersed from her, the angels released her, and she said: 'My Lord, build for me a house in Paradise near You.' He said: So her house in Paradise was revealed to her.

280. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4501No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ: أَلَا أُطْرِفُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ تَفْرَحُ بِهِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ، يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، قَالَ ؓ: اقْرَأْ: تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ فَاحْفَظْهَا، وَعَلِّمْهَا أَهْلَكَ، وَجَمِيعَ وَلَدِكَ، وَصِبْيَانَ بَيْتِكَ، وَجِيرَانَكَ ; فَإِنَّهَا الْمُنْجِيَةُ، وَهِيَ الْمُجَادِلَةُ: تُجَادِلُ وَتُخَاصِمُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ رَبِّهَا لِقَارِئِهَا، وَتَطْلُبُ إِلَى رَبِّهَا أَنْ يُنْجِيَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ إِذَا كَانَتْ فِي جَوْفِهِ، وَيُنْجِي اللهُ تَعَالَى بِهَا صَاحِبَهَا مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ. قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَدِدْتُ أَنَّهَا فِي قَلْبِ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي

     ✧ He said to a man: 'Shall I delight you with a hadith that will make you happy?' He said: 'Yes, O Abu 'Abbas, may Allah have mercy on you.' He said ؓ: 'Recite: "Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion" and memorize it, and teach it to your family, all your children, the children of your household, and your neighbors; for it is the deliverer, and it is the disputer: it will dispute and argue on the Day of Resurrection before its Lord for its reciter, and it will ask its Lord to save him from the Fire when it is in his heart, and Allah, the Exalted, will save its companion thereby from the punishment of the grave.' Ibn 'Abbas ؓ said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I wish that it were in the heart of every person of my nation.'

281. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4502No grade recorded

     يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ قَالَ: عَنْ نُورٍ عَظِيمٍ، يَخِرُّونَ لَهُ سُجَّدًا

     ✧ 'On the Day when a shin shall be uncovered' - he said: 'A great light, before which they fall down prostrating.'

282. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4503No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ الْآيَةَ، قَالَ: هُوَ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ يَحْمِلُونَهُ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ، لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةُ وُجُوهٍ: وَجْهُ ثَوْرٍ، وَوَجْهُ أَسَدٍ، وَوَجْهُ نَسْرٍ، وَوَجْهُ إِنْسَانٍ، لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةُ أَجْنِحَةٍ: فَأَمَّا جَنَاحَانِ فَعَلَى وَجْهِهِ ; مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْعَرْشِ فَيُصْعَقَ، وَأَمَّا جَنَاحَانِ فَيْنَتَهِضُوا بِهِمَا، لَيْسَ لَهُمْ كَلَامٌ إِلَّا: قَدِّسُوا اللهَ الْقَوِيَّ الْعَلِيَّ، قَدْ مَلَأَتْ عَظَمَتُهُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of the Exalted: 'And above them eight will bear the Throne of your Lord that Day' - he said: 'They are four angels carrying it on their shoulders. Each of them has four faces: a face of a bull, a face of a lion, a face of an eagle, and a face of a man. Each of them has four wings: two wings are over his face, for fear that he might look at the Throne and be struck down, and two wings with which they rise. They have no speech except: "Glorify Allah, the Strong, the Most High. His greatness has filled what is between the heavens and the earth."'

283. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4504No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: نَـزَّاعَةً لِلشَّوَى قَالَ: لَحْمُ السَّاقَيْنِ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of the Blessed and Exalted: 'It scorches the skin' - he said: 'The flesh of the shins.'

284. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4505No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ: حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّكَ كُنْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ نَحْوَهُ - يَعْنِي نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ عَلْقَمَةَ - وَقَالَ: خَطَّ عَلَيَّ خَطًّا، وَقَالَ: لَا تَبْرَحْ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَالَ لِي: لَوْ خَرَجْتَ مِنَ الْخَطِّ لَمْ آمَنْ أَنْ يَتَخَطَّفَكَ بَعْضُهُمْ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْجِنَّ تَشَاجَرُوا فِي قَتِيلٍ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ. وَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُهُمْ مُسْتَثْفِرِينَ بِثِيَابِ بَعْضٍ وَقَالَ: هُمْ جِنُّ نَصِيبِينَ سَأَلُوهُ الزَّادَ

     ✧ He said to Ibn Mas'ud ؓ: 'I was told that you were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of the jinn?' He said: 'Yes.' Then he mentioned the hadith similarly - meaning similar to the hadith of 'Alqamah - and he said: 'He drew a line for me and said: "Do not leave." When he came, he said to me: "If you had gone out of the line, I would not have been safe from some of them snatching you away." And he said: "The jinn disputed about a slain person among them, and judgment was passed between them with truth." And he said: "I saw them girding themselves with some garments." And he said: "They are the jinn of Nusaybin; they asked him for provisions."

285. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4506No grade recorded

     انْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، وَانْطَلَقَ بِي مَعَهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْبَرَازِ، ثُمَّ خَطَّ لِي خِطَّةً، فَقَالَ: لَا تَبْرَحْ حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ، فَمَا جَاءَ ﷺ حَتَّى جَاءَ السَّحَرُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أُرْسِلْتُ إِلَى الْجِنِّ، فَقُلْتُ: فَمَا هَذِهِ الْأَصْوَاتُ الَّتِي أَسْمَعُهَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: هِيَ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ حِينَ وَدَّعُونِي، وَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ set out, and I set out with him until he reached the open desert. Then he drew a line for me and said: 'Do not leave until I return to you.' He ﷺ did not come until dawn came. Then he ﷺ said: 'I was sent to the jinn.' I said: 'What are these sounds that I hear?' He ﷺ said: 'They are their voices when they bade me farewell and greeted me.'

286. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4507No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلا قَالَ: بَيِّنْهُ بَيَانًا

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: "And recite the Qur'an with measured recitation," he said: "Make it clear, distinctly."

287. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4508No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: ( إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئًا وَأَصْوَبُ قِيلًا )، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: إِنَّمَا نَقْرَؤُهَا: وَأَقْوَمُ قِيلًا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَقْوَمَ، وَأَصْوَبَ، وَأَهْيَأَ، وَأَشْبَاهَ هَذَا وَاحِدٌ

     ✧ Anas b. Malik ؓ recited this verse: "Indeed, the night rising is more intense in tread and more upright in speech." A man said to him: "We only recite it: 'and more upright in speech.'" He said: "'More upright,' 'more correct,' 'more apt' and the like are all one."

288. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4509No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: وَذَرْنِي وَالْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُولِي النَّعْمَةِ وَمَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلا - لَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى كَانَتْ وَقْعَةُ بَدْرٍ

     ✧ When it was revealed: "And leave Me with the deniers, possessors of ease, and allow them respite a little" – it was only a short while until the Battle of Badr occurred.

289. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4510No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ جَالِسًا فِي حَوْضِ زَمْزَمَ، وَالنَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَهُ، إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ: وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ فَسَكَتَ ؓ، فَلَمَّا ثَوَّبَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ - أَوْ نَادَى الْمُنَادِي - قَالَ ؓ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ: اللَّيْلِ إِذَا أَدْبَرَ ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ دَبَرَ اللَّيْلُ

     ✧ While Ibn Abbas ؓ was sitting by the well of Zamzam and the people were asking him questions, a man came and asked him about: "And the night when it departs." He remained silent. When the muezzin called the second call to prayer – or the caller called out – he said: "Where is the one asking about: 'the night when it departs'?" He said: "The night has departed."

290. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4511No grade recorded

     كُنَّا فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ، فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ، أَطْفَالٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ، إِلَّا جِيءَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى يُوقَفُوا عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَيُقَالُ لَهُمُ: ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ فَعَقَّبَ، قَالَ: نَفَعَتِ الْآبَاءَ شَفَاعَةُ أَوْلَادِهِمْ

     ✧ We were in the house of A'ishah when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered and said: "There are no two Muslims who lose three children, young ones who have not reached the age of accountability, but they will be brought and made to stand at the gate of Paradise. It will be said to them: 'Enter Paradise, you and your parents.'" That is His saying, Exalted: "So the intercession of intercessors will not benefit them." Then he added: "The intercession of their children benefited the parents."

291. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4512No grade recorded

     فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ عَصْفًا الرِّيَاحُ

     ✧ "And the winds that blow violently" – the winds.

292. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4513No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَأَنْـزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا قَالَ ؓ: الْمُعْصِرَاتُ: الرِّيَاحُ، مَاءً ثَجَّاجًا قَالَ: مُنْصَبًّا

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: "And We sent down from the rain-laden winds water pouring forth," he ؓ said: "The rain-laden winds are the winds. 'Water pouring forth' means: flowing abundantly."

293. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4514No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: لابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا قَالَ: الْحُقْبُ أَلْفُ شَهْرٍ، وَالشَّهْرُ ثَلَاثُونَ يَوْمًا، وَالسَّنَةُ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ يَوْمًا، وَالْيَوْمُ أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ مِمَّا تَعُدُّونَ، وَالْحِقَبُ ثَلَاثُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ

     ✧ Regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: "They will abide therein for ages," he said: "A 'huqb' is a thousand months, a month is thirty days, a year is three hundred and sixty days, a day is a thousand years of what you count, and 'hiqab' is thirty thousand thousand years."

294. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4515No grade recorded

     قَالَ: فَمَا الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ ؟ قَالَ: الْكَوَاكِبُ

     ✧ He said: "And what are the runners that hide?" He said: "The planets."

295. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4516No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ، وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ قَالَ: تَزْوِيجُهَا أَنْ يُؤَلِّفَ كُلَّ قَوْمٍ إِلَى شَبَهِهِمْ

     ✧ I heard Umar ؓ while he was on the pulpit saying: "And when the souls are paired," he said: "Their pairing is that every people will be joined with their like."

296. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4517No grade recorded

     صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُمَرَ ؓ الْعِشَاءَ، فَقَرَأَ: إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ فَسَجَدَ فِيهَا

     ✧ I prayed the night prayer behind Umar ؓ, and he recited: "When the sky is split apart," and he prostrated during it.

297. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4518No grade recorded

     لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ قَالَ - يَعْنِي نَبِيَّكُمْ ﷺ - يَقُولُ: حَالًا بَعْدَ حَالٍ

     ✧ "You will surely ride stage upon stage," he said – meaning your Prophet ﷺ – he says: "State after state."

298. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4519No grade recorded

     صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

     ✧ I prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ and I heard him say: 'Does he think that no one will ever have power over him? Does he think that no one sees him?'

299. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4520No grade recorded

     إِنَّ جَرْوًا دَخَلَ بَيْتَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَدَخَلَ تَحْتَ السَّرِيرِ، فَمَاتَ، فَمَكَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيَّامٍ لَا يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا خَوْلَةُ، مَا حَدَثَ فِي بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ لَا يَأْتِينِي، فَمَا حَدَثَ فِي بَيْتِ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَتْ ؓ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، مَا أَتَى عَلَيْنَا يَوْمٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَّا الْيَوْمَ، قَالَتْ: فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بُرْدَيْهِ، فَلَبِسَهُمَا وَخَرَجَ، فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لَوْ هَيَّأْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَكَنَسْتُهُ، فَأَهْوَيْتُ بِالْمِكْنَسَةِ تَحْتَ السَّرِيرِ، فَإِذَا بِشَيْءٍ ثَقِيلٍ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أُهَيِّهِ حَتَّى بَدَا لِي الْجَرْوُ مَيِّتًا، فَأَخَذْتُهُ بِيَدِي، فَأَلْقَيْتُهُ خَلْفَ الدَّارِ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَرْعَدُ لِحْيَتُهُ - وَكَانَ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ اسْتَبْطَنَتْهُ الرِّعْدَةُ - فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا خَوْلَةُ، دَثِّرِينِي فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْهِ: وَالضُّحَى وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى - إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: فَتَرْضَى فَقَامَ ﷺ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ، فَوَضَعْتُ لَهُ مَاءً، فَتَطَهَّرَ، وَلَبِسَ بُرْدَيْهِ

     ✧ A puppy entered the house of the Prophet ﷺ and went under the bed and died. The Messenger of God ﷺ remained four days without revelation coming to him. He ﷺ said: 'O Khawlah, what has happened in the house of the Messenger of God ﷺ? Gabriel ﷺ is not coming to me. What has happened in the house of the Prophet of God ﷺ?' She ؓ said: 'O Prophet of God, no day has passed for us better than today.' She said: 'Then the Messenger of God ﷺ took his two cloaks and put them on and went out. I said to myself: If only I could tidy the house and sweep it. I reached with the broom under the bed, and there was something heavy. I kept moving it until the dead puppy appeared to me. I took it with my hand and threw it behind the house. Then the Prophet ﷺ came, his beard trembling—and he ﷺ would tremble inwardly when revelation descended—and he ﷺ said: 'O Khawlah, cover me.' Then God, Mighty and Majestic, sent down upon him: 'By the morning brightness and the night when it covers with darkness, your Lord has not forsaken you, nor does He hate you'—up to His saying: 'and you will be satisfied.' He ﷺ got up from his sleep, and I placed water for him, and he performed ablution and put on his two cloaks.

300. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4521No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ يَتَغَدَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ فَأَمْسَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ، وَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُلُّ مَا عَمِلْنَاهُ مِنْ سُوءٍ رَأَيْنَاهُ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَا تَرَوْنَ مِمَّا تَكْرَهُونَ فَذَلِكَ مِمَّا تُجْزَوْنَ بِهِ، وَيُؤَخَّرُ الْخَيْرُ لِأَهْلِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ While Abu Bakr ؓ was eating lunch with the Messenger of God ﷺ, this verse was revealed: 'So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.' Abu Bakr ؓ stopped and said: 'O Messenger of God, will we see every evil we have done?' He ﷺ said: 'What you see of things you dislike, that is your recompense for them, and the good is deferred for its people in the Hereafter.'

301. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4522No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ... فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا جِدًّا، فِيهِ: وَمَنْ مَنَعَ الْمَاعُونَ جَارَهُ إِذَا احْتَاجَ إِلَيْهِ، مَنَعَهُ اللهُ فَضْلَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَوَكَلَهُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَمَنْ وَكَلَهُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ هَلَكَ آخِرَ مَا عَلَيْهِ، وَلَا يُقْبَلُ لَهُ عُذْرٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ addressed us... and he mentioned a very long hadith, in which he said: 'Whoever withholds the ma'un (small kindnesses) from his neighbor when he needs it, God will withhold His bounty from him on the Day of Resurrection and leave him to himself. And whoever is left to himself will perish in the end, and no excuse will be accepted from him.'

302. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4523No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَتُحِبُّ يَا جُبَيْرُ إِذَا خَرَجْتَ سَفَرًا أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنْ أَمْثَلِ أَصْحَابِكَ هَيْئَةً، وَأَكْثَرِهِمْ زَادًا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي، قَالَ ﷺ: فَاقْرَأْ هَذِهِ السُّوَرَ الْخَمْسَ: قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ وَافْتَتِحْ كُلَّ سُورَةٍ بِبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَاخْتِمْ قِرَاءَتَكَ بِبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ. قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ ؓ: وَكُنْتُ غَنِيًّا، كَثِيرَ الْمَالِ، فَكُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَأَكُونُ مِنْ أَبَذِّهِمْ هَيْئَةً، وَأَقَلِّهِمْ زَادًا، فَمَا زِلْتُ مُنْذُ عَلَّمَنِيهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَرَأْتُ بِهِنَّ أَكُونُ مِنْ أَحْسَنِهِمْ هَيْئَةً، وَأَكْثَرِهِمْ زَادًا، حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ مِنْ سَفَرِي

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: 'O Jubayr, would you like, when you go out on a journey, to be among the best of your companions in appearance and the most provisioned?' I said: 'Yes, by my father and mother.' He ﷺ said: 'Then recite these five surahs: "Say: O disbelievers," "When the help of God and victory comes," "Say: He is God, the One," "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn," and "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind." Begin each surah with "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful," and end your recitation with "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."' Jubayr ؓ said: 'I was wealthy, with much property, and I would go out on a journey and be among the worst of them in appearance and the least provisioned. But since the Messenger of God ﷺ taught me these and I recited them, I have been among the best of them in appearance and the most provisioned, until I return from my journey.'

303. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4524No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً يَقُولُ: نِعْمَ السُّورَتَانِ قَرَأْتُهُمَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ: الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ، وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ

     ✧ I heard it from the Messenger of God ﷺ more than twenty times, saying: 'What excellent surahs are these two which I recited in the two rak'ahs: "The One, the Eternal" and "Say: O disbelievers."'

304. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4525No grade recorded

     أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ تُنْجِيكُمْ مِنَ الْإِشْرَاكِ بِاللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ؟ تَقْرَأُونَ: قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ عِنْدَ مَنَامِكُمْ

     ✧ Shall I not guide you to a word that will save you from associating partners with God, Blessed and Exalted? Recite "Say: O disbelievers" when you go to sleep.

305. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4526No grade recorded

     هَذِهِ السُّورَةُ نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْسَطَ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ بِمِنًى، وَهُوَ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ: إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ - حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا ; فَعَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ الْوَدَاعُ

     ✧ This surah was revealed to the Messenger of God ﷺ in the middle of the days of Tashriq at Mina, while he ﷺ was on the Farewell Pilgrimage: 'When the help of God and victory comes'—until he completed it. And the Messenger of God ﷺ knew that it was the farewell.

306. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4527No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، بِطُولِهِ.:

     ✧ And 'Abd said: Abu Bakr narrated to us, with its full length.

307. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4528No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ - هُوَ ابْنُ حَرْبٍ ثَنَا بُهْلُولٌ - هُوَ ابْنُ مُوَرِّقٍ ثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي صَدَقَةُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ - ؓ بِطُولِهِ

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Zuhayr—he is Ibn Harb—narrated to us; Buhlul—he is Ibn Muwarriq—narrated to us; Musa b. 'Ubaydah narrated to us; Sadaqah b. Yasar and 'Abd Allah b. Dinar narrated to me from 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar ؓ with its full length.

308. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4529No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ - أَقْبَلَتِ الْعَوْرَاءُ أُمُّ جَمِيلٍ بِنْتُ حَرْبٍ، وَلَهَا وَلْوَلَةٌ، وَفِي يَدِهَا فِهْرٌ، وَهِيَ تَقُولُ: مُذَمَّمًا أَبَيْنَا، وَدِينَهُ قَلَيْنَا، وَأَمْرَهُ عَصَيْنَا، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ قُرْآنًا، وَمَعَهُ ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ أَقْبَلَتْ، وَأَخَافُ أَنْ تَرَاكَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّهَا لَنْ تَرَانِي، وَقَرَأَ ﷺ قُرْآنًا اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ، كَمَا قَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالآخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَسْتُورًا فَأَقْبَلَتْ حَتَّى وَقَفَتْ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، وَلَمْ تَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنِّي أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبَكَ هَجَانِي، فَقَالَ ؓ: لَا، وَرَبِّ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ مَا هَجَاكِ، قَالَ: فَوَلَّتْ، وَهِيَ تَقُولُ: قَدْ عَلِمَتْ قُرَيْشٌ أَنِّي ابْنَةُ سَيِّدِهَا. قَالَ: وَقَالَ الْوَلِيدُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ، أَوْ قَالَهُ غَيْرُهُ: فَعَثَرَتْ أُمُّ جَمِيلٍ وَهِيَ تَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ فِي مِرْطِهَا، فَقَالَتْ: تَعِسَ مُذَمَّمٌ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ حَكِيمٍ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ: إِنِّي لَحَصَانٌ فَمَا أُكَلَّمُ، ثَقَافٌ فَمَا أُعَلَّمُ، وَكِلْتَانَا مِنْ بَنِي الْعَمِّ، ثُمَّ قُرَيْشٌ بَعْدَهُ أَعْلَمُ.

     ✧ When 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he' was revealed, the one-eyed Umm Jamil bint Harb came, wailing, with a stone in her hand, saying: 'We reject Muzammam, we hate his religion, we disobey his command.' The Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting in the mosque, reciting Qur'an, and Abu Bakr ؓ was with him. He said: 'O Messenger of God, she is coming, and I fear she may see you.' He ﷺ said: 'She will not see me,' and he ﷺ recited Qur'an, seeking protection through it, as God, Mighty and Majestic, said: 'And when you recite the Qur'an, We place between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a hidden barrier.' She came and stood by Abu Bakr ؓ, and did not see the Messenger of God ﷺ. She said: 'O Abu Bakr, I have been told that your companion has satirized me.' He ؓ said: 'No, by the Lord of this House, he has not satirized you.' She turned away, saying: 'Quraysh knows that I am the daughter of its chief.' He said: Al-Walid said in his hadith, or someone else said: 'Umm Jamil stumbled while circumambulating the House in her cloak, and she said: 'May Muzammam perish.' Umm Hakim bint 'Abd al-Muttalib said: 'I am chaste, so I am not spoken to; I am knowledgeable, so I am not taught; we are both from the cousins, and Quraysh after him knows best.'

309. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4530No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى الْهَرَوِيُّ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ تَدْرُسَ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ - ؓ بِطُولِهِ

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Musa al-Harawi Ishaq b. Ibrahim narrated to us; Sufyan b. 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Walid b. Kathir, from Ibn Tadrus, from Asma' ؓ with its full length.

310. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4531No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ - جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ أَبِي لَهَبٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّهَا امْرَأَةٌ بَذِيئَةٌ، وَأَخَافُ أَنْ تُؤْذِيَكَ، فَلَوْ قُمْتَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّهَا لَنْ تَرَانِي فَجَاءَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنَّ صَاحِبَكَ هَجَانِي، قَالَ ؓ: مَا يَقُولُ الشِّعْرَ، قَالَتْ: أَنْتَ عِنْدِي مُصَدَّقٌ، وَانْصَرَفَتْ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَمْ تَرَكَ. قَالَ ﷺ: مَا زَالَ مَلَكٌ يَسْتُرُنِي بِجَنَاحِهِ

     ✧ When [the verse] 'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he' was revealed, the wife of Abu Lahab came to the Prophet ﷺ while Abu Bakr ؓ was with him. When Abu Bakr ؓ saw her, he said, 'O Messenger of God, she is a foul-mouthed woman, and I fear that she may harm you. Would you please leave?' He ﷺ said, 'She will not see me.' She came and said, 'O Abu Bakr, your companion has satirized me.' He ؓ said, 'He does not say poetry.' She said, 'You are believed in my eyes,' and left. I said, 'O Messenger of God, she did not see you.' He ﷺ said, 'An angel kept shielding me with his wing.'

311. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4532No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَا: ثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بِهِ.::

     ✧ And al-Bazzar said: 'Ibrahim b. Sa'id al-Jawhari and Ahmad b. Ishaq narrated to us, they said: Abu Ahmad narrated to us with it.' [The matn is incomplete.]

312. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4533No grade recorded

     أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ ؟ قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَنْ يُطِيقُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: يَقْرَأُ: قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ

     ✧ Is one of you unable to recite a third of the Quran before going to sleep? It was said, 'O Messenger of God, who can manage a third of the Quran before sleeping?' He ﷺ said, 'He recites: "Say: He is God, the One," and "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak," and "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind"—it is as if he has recited a third of the Quran.'

313. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4534No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَرَأَ: قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ

     ✧ Whoever recites "Say: He is God, the One," it is as if he has recited a third of the Quran.

314. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4535No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ، وَكُتِبَ لَهُ حَسَنَاتٌ بِعَدَدِ مَنْ آمَنَ وَمَنْ أَشْرَكَ

     ✧ Whoever recites "Say: He is God, the One," it is as if he has recited a third of the Quran, and good deeds are recorded for him equal to the number of those who believe and those who associate partners [with God].

315. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4536No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ - ؓ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي قِصَّةِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ - ؓ وَصَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِتَبُوكَ

     ✧ I heard Anas b. Malik ؓ—then he mentioned the hadith concerning the story of Mu'awiya b. Mu'awiya al-Laythi ؓ and the Prophet's ﷺ funeral prayer over him at Tabuk.

316. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4537No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَرَأَ الْمُعَوِّذَاتِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ جَمِيعَ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

     ✧ Whoever recites the Mu'awwidhat [the two refuge-seeking surahs], it is as if he has recited all that God, Exalted is He, revealed to Muhammad ﷺ.

317. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4538No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي الصُّبْحِ: قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْفَلَقُ جَهَنَّمُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ recited in the morning prayer: "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak" and "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind." The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Al-falaq is Hell.'

318. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4539No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ يَحُكُّ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُصْحَفِ، وَيَقُولُ: أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُتَعَوَّذَ بِهِمَا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ يَقْرَؤُهُمَا

     ✧ Abdullah ؓ used to erase the two Mu'awwidhat from the mushaf and would say, 'The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded that refuge be sought with them, but Abdullah ؓ did not recite them.'

319. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4219No grade recorded

     « أَيُّ سَمَاءٍ تُظِلُّنِي، وَأَيُّ أَرْضٍ تُقِلُّنِي، إِذَا قُلْتُ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا لَا أَدْرِي، أَوْ مَا لَمْ أَسْمَعْ ؟

     ✧ “Which sky will shade me, and which earth will carry me, if I say about the Book of Allah what I do not know, or what I have not heard?”

320. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4220No grade recorded

     كَانَ لَا يُفَسِّرُ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا آيًا بِعَدَدٍ عَلَّمَهُنَّ إِيَّاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

     ✧ He would not explain anything of the Qur'an except a few verses that Jibril ﷺ taught him.

321. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4221No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ فِي أُمَّتِي قَوْمًا يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ يَنْثُرُونَهُ نَثْرَ الدَّقَلِ يَتَأَوَّلُونَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ تَأْوِيلِهِ

     ✧ He mentioned that among my Ummah there will be people who recite the Qur'an, scattering it as dates are scattered, interpreting it other than its proper interpretation.