39. ✧ The Virtues

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4540No grade recorded

   أَوَّلُ رِدَّةٍ فِي الْعَرَبِ رِدَّةُ مُسَيْلِمَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْكَذَّابِ صَاحِبِ الْيَمَامَةِ، وَالْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْعَنْسِيِّ بِالْيَمَنِ، فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي ذِرَاعِي سِوَارَيْنِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِمَا فَطَارَا، فَأَوَّلْتُهَا كَذَّابَ الْيَمَامَةِ، وَكَذَّابَ صَنْعَاءَ

   ✧ The first apostasy among the Arabs was the apostasy of Musaylima b. Habib the liar, the owner of Yamama, and al-Aswad b. Ka'b al-Ansi in Yemen, during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'I saw in my forearm two bracelets of gold, and I blew on them and they flew away. I interpreted them as the liar of Yamama and the liar of San'a.'

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4541No grade recorded

   كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُبْنَى الْمَسْجِدُ يُصَلِّي إِلَى خَشَبَةٍ، فَلَمَّا بُنِيَ الْمَسْجِدُ بُنِيَ لَهُ مِحْرَابٌ، فَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ، فَحَنَّتْ تِلْكَ الْخَشَبَةُ حَنِينَ الْبَعِيرِ، فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا، فَسَكَنَتْ

   ✧ Before the mosque was built, the Messenger of God ﷺ used to pray towards a wooden post. When the mosque was built, a prayer niche was built for him, and he moved to it. That wooden post yearned like a camel, so the Messenger of God ﷺ placed his hand on it, and it became still.

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4542No grade recorded

   خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُطْبَةً قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّهُ كَائِنٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ ثَلَاثُونَ كَذَّابًا، أَوَّلُهُمْ صَاحِبُ الْيَمَامَةِ، وَصَاحِبُ صَنْعَاءَ

   ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ delivered a sermon to us before his death... and he mentioned the hadith, in which he said, 'O people, there will be in this nation thirty liars, the first of them the owner of Yamama and the owner of San'a.'

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4543No grade recorded

   أُعْطِيتُ فَوَاتِحَ الْكَلَامِ، وَجَوَامِعَهُ، وَخَوَاتِمَهُ، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: عَلِّمْنَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، فَعَلَّمَنَا ﷺ التَّشَهُّدَ

   ✧ I was given the openings of speech, its comprehensives, and its conclusions. He said: So we said, 'Teach us from what Allah, the Exalted, has taught you,' so he ﷺ taught us the tashahhud.

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4544No grade recorded

   خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَكَانَ لَا يَأْتِي الْبَرَازَ حَتَّى يَغِيبَ فَلَا يُرَى، فَنَزَلْنَا بِأَرْضِ فَلَاةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَجَرٌ وَلَا عَلَمٌ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا جَابِرُ، انْطَلِقِ، اجْعَلْ فِي الْإِدَاوَةِ مَاءً، ثُمَّ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا حَتَّى لَا نُرَى، قَالَ ؓ: فَإِذَا هُوَ ﷺ بِشَجَرَتَيْنِ بَيْنَهُمَا أَذْرُعٌ، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا جَابِرُ، انْطَلِقْ إِلَى هَاتَيْنِ الشَّجَرَتَيْنِ، فَقُلْ لَهُمَا: يَأْمُرُكُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَجْتَمِعَا، حَتَّى أَجْلِسَ خَلْفَكُمَا، فَجَاءَتَا، فَجَلَسَ ﷺ خَلْفَهُمَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَتَا إِلَى مَكَانِهِمَا. قَالَ: وَكُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِفَلَاةٍ، كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُؤُوسِنَا الطَّيْرُ تُظِلُّنَا، فَعَرَضَتْ لَنَا امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا صَبِيٌّ لَهَا، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا الصَّبِيُّ يَأْخُذُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، قَالَ: فَوَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الصَّبِيَّ، فَحَمَلَهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ مُقَدَّمِ الرَّحْلِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: اخْسَ عَدُوَّ اللهِ، أَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ، ثُمَّ دَفَعَ ﷺ الصَّبِيَّ لَهَا، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا مَسِيرَنَا، مَرَرْنَا بِذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ، عَرَضَتْ لَنَا الْمَرْأَةُ وَصَبِيُّهَا، وَمَعَهَا كَبْشَانِ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اقْبَلْ مِنِّي هَذَيْنِ، فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا عَادَ إِلَيْهِ بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: خُذُوا أَحَدَهُمَا، وَرُدُّوا الْآخَرَ قَالَ: ثُمَّ سَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَسِرْنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَنَا، كَأَنَّ عَلَى رُؤُوسِنَا الطَّيْرَ تُظِلُّنَا، فَإِذَا جَمَلٌ نَادٌّ، فَجَاءَ حَتَّى خَرَّ بَيْنَ السِّمَاطَيْنِ سَاجِدًا، فَوَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ لِلنَّاسِ: مَنْ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْجَمَلِ ؟ قَالَ فِتْيَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ؓ: هُوَ لَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَمَا شَأْنُهُ ؟ قَالُوا: سَنَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، فَكَانَ بِهِ شُحَيْمَةٌ، فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَنْحَرَهُ وَنَقْسِمَهُ بَيْنَ غِلْمَانِنَا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَتَبِيعُونِيهِ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلْ هُوَ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَمَّا لَا، فَأَحْسِنُوا إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَحْنُ أَوْلَى بِالسُّجُودِ لَكَ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: لَوْ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَسْجُدَ بَشَرٌ لِأَحَدٍ، كَانَ النِّسَاءُ لِأَزْوَاجِهِنَّ

   ✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. He would not go to relieve himself until he had gone out of sight and could not be seen. We camped in a desolate land with no trees or landmarks. He ﷺ said, 'O Jabir, go and put some water in the water-skin, then let us go until we cannot be seen.' He ؓ said: And there he ﷺ was, between two trees with some cubits between them. He said to me, 'O Jabir, go to these two trees and say to them: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands you both to come together so that I may sit behind you both.' So they came together, and he ﷺ sat behind them, then they returned to their places. He said: And we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a desolate land, as if birds were shading our heads. A woman with her child came to us and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this child is seized by the devil three times every day.' He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped, then took the child and carried him between himself and the front of the saddle. Then he ﷺ said, 'Begone, enemy of Allah, I am the Messenger of Allah.' Then he ﷺ handed the child back to her. When we completed our journey and passed by that place, the woman and her child came to us, and with her were two rams. She said, 'O Messenger of Allah, accept these two from me. By the One who sent you with the truth, it has not returned to him since.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Take one of them and return the other.' He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ moved on, and we moved on with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among us, as if birds were shading our heads. Then a stray camel came and fell down prostrating between the two rows. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped and said to the people, 'Who owns this camel?' A group of young men from the Ansar ؓ said, 'It is ours, O Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said, 'What is the matter with it?' They said, 'We worked it for twenty years, and it had a little fat on it, so we wanted to slaughter it and divide it among our servants.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Will you sell it to me?' They said, 'Rather, it is yours, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'As for no, then be good to it until its appointed time comes.' They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, we are more worthy of prostrating to you than the beasts.' He ﷺ said, 'If it were fitting for a human to prostrate to anyone, women would prostrate to their husbands.'

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4545No grade recorded

   قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَفَرُوا، وَأُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ جَهَّزَ إِلَيْهِمْ جَيْشًا، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ قَوْمِي عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَكَذَلِكَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ لَيْلَتِي إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ، فَأَذَّنْتُ بِالصَّلَاةِ لَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ، وَأَعْطَانِي إِنَاءً تَوَضَّأْتُ فِيهِ، فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَصَابِعَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ، فَانْفَجَرَتْ عُيُونًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ أَرَادَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ، وَصَلَّيْتُ، فَأَمَّرَنِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَأَعْطَانِي صَدَقَتَهُمْ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ فُلَانًا ظَلَمَنِي، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْإِمْرَةِ لِرَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَسَأَلَ صَدَقَةً، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ صُدَاعٌ فِي الرَّأْسِ، وَحَرِيقٌ فِي الْبَطْنِ، وَدَاءٌ، فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ صَحِيفَتَيَّ: صَحِيفَةَ إِمْرَتِي، وَصَدَقَتِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ أَقْبَلُهَا ; وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْكَ مَا سَمِعْتُ ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: هُوَ مَا سَمِعْتَ.

   ✧ It was said to the Prophet ﷺ, 'My people have disbelieved,' and I was informed that he had prepared an army against them. So I came to him and said, 'My people are upon Islam.' He ﷺ said, 'Is it so?' I said, 'Yes.' He said: So I followed him that night until morning, and I called the adhan for prayer when morning came. He gave me a vessel to perform ablution from, and the Prophet ﷺ placed his fingers in the vessel, and springs gushed forth. Then he said, 'Whoever of you wishes to perform ablution, let him perform ablution.' So I performed ablution and prayed. He appointed me over them and gave me their sadaqah. Then a man stood up to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'So-and-so has wronged me.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'There is no good in leadership for a Muslim man.' Then another man came and asked for sadaqah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Sadaqah is a headache in the head and a burning in the belly, and a disease.' So I gave him my two documents: the document of my leadership and my sadaqah. He ﷺ said, 'What is the matter with you?' I said, 'How can I accept them when I have heard from you what I heard?' He ﷺ said, 'It is as you heard.'

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4546No grade recorded

   فَلَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي كَانَ، فَجَعَلَ يَتَعَجَّبُ، وَيَقُولُ: أَعْطَاكَ الثَّمَنَ، وَرَدَّ عَلَيْكَ الْبَعِيرَ

   ✧ I met a man from the Jews and told him what had happened. He began to marvel and said, 'He gave you the price and returned the camel to you.'

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4547No grade recorded

   أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ الْأَجْوَدِ ؟ اللهُ الْأَجْوَدُ، وَأَنَا أَجْوَدُ وَلَدِ آدَمَ ﷺ

   ✧ Shall I inform you about the most generous? Allah is the most generous, and I am the most generous of the children of Adam ﷺ.

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4548No grade recorded

   إِنَّكَ سَتُدْرِكُ حَاجَتَكَ فَأَبَى، فَلَمَّا خَشِيَ أَنْ يَحْبِسَهُ، خَفَقَهُ بِالسَّوْطِ خَفْقَةً، ثُمَّ مَضَى، فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ. فَلَمَّا انْفَتَلَ أَقْبَلَ ﷺ بِوَجْهِهِ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ - وَكَانَ إِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ - فَاجْتَمَعَ الْقَوْمُ حَوْلَهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَيْنَ الَّذِي خَفَقْتُ آنِفًا ؟ فَأَعَادَهَا: إِنْ كَانَ فِي الْقَوْمِ فَلْيَقُمْ، قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُولُ: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ ثُمَّ بِرَسُولِهِ، وَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: ادْنُهْ ادْنُهْ، حَتَّى دَنَا مِنْهُ، فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَنَاوَلَهُ السَّوْطَ، فَقَالَ: خُذْ بِمِجْلَدِكَ، فَاقْتَصَّ، فَقَالَ: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ أَنْ أَجْلِدَ نَبِيَّهُ، قَالَ ﷺ: خُذْ بِمِجْلَدِكَ، فَمَا بَأْسٌ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ أَنْ أَجْلِدَ نَبِيَّهُ، قَالَ ﷺ: إِلَّا أَنْ تَعْفُوَ، قَالَ: فَأَلْقَى السَّوْطَ، وَقَالَ: قَدْ عَفَوْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ. فَقَامَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تَذْكُرُ لَيْلَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ ؟ كُنْتُ أَسُوقُ بِكَ، وَكُنْتَ نَائِمًا، وَكُنْتُ إِذَا أَبْطَأَتْ، وَإِذَا أَخَذْتُ بِخِطَامِهَا، أَعْرَضَتْ، فَخَفَقْتُكَ خَفْقَةً بِالسَّوْطِ، فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ أَتَاكَ الْقَوْمُ، فَقُلْتَ: لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكَ. خُذْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَاقْتَصَّ، قَالَ ﷺ: قَدْ عَفَوْتُ قَالَ: اقْتَصَّ ; فَإِنَّهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ، فَجَلَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَتَضَوَّرُ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، اتَّقُوا اللهَ، فَوَاللهِ لَا يَظْلِمُ مُؤْمِنٌ مُؤْمِنًا، إِلَّا انْتَقَمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.

   ✧ You will certainly attain your need, but he refused. When he feared that he would be delayed, he struck him lightly with the whip, then went on and prayed the morning prayer with them. When he finished, he ﷺ turned to face the people - and when he did that, they knew something had happened - and the people gathered around him. He ﷺ said, 'Where is the one I struck just now?' He repeated, 'If he is among the people, let him stand up.' The man began to say, 'I seek refuge in Allah and then in His Messenger,' and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept saying, 'Come closer, come closer,' until he came close to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat before him and handed him the whip, saying, 'Take your whip and retaliate.' The man said, 'I seek refuge in Allah from striking His Prophet.' He ﷺ said, 'Take your whip, there is no harm upon you.' He said, 'I seek refuge in Allah from striking His Prophet.' He ﷺ said, 'Unless you forgive.' He said: So he threw down the whip and said, 'I have forgiven, O Messenger of Allah.' Then Abu Dharr stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, do you remember the night of al-Aqabah? I was driving you while you were asleep, and whenever I slowed down or took hold of its halter, it turned aside, so I struck you lightly with the whip. I said, 'The people have come to you,' and you said, 'No harm upon you. Take, O Messenger of Allah, and retaliate.' He ﷺ said, 'I have forgiven.' He said, 'Retaliate, for it is dearer to me.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck him, and he said: I saw him writhing from it. Then he ﷺ said, 'O people, fear Allah. By Allah, no believer wrongs another believer except that Allah, the Exalted, will exact retribution for him on the Day of Resurrection.'

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4549No grade recorded

    إِنَّ خَالَهَا حَبِيبَ بْنَ فُوَيْكٍ حَدَّثَهَا إِنَّ أَبَاهُ خَرَجَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَعَيْنَاهُ مُبْيَضَّتَانِ لَا يُبْصِرُ بِهِمَا شَيْئًا، فَسَأَلَهُ: مَا أَصَابَكَ ؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُمَرِّنُ جَمَلًا لِي فَوَضَعْتُ رِجْلِي عَلَى بَيْضَةِ حَيَّةٍ، فَأُصِبْتُ، فَنَفَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ، فَأَبْصَرَ، قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُدْخِلُ الْخَيْطَ فِي الْإِبْرَةِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَابْنُ ثَمَانِينَ، وَإِنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ لَمُبْيَضَّتَانِ

    ✧ Her maternal uncle, Habib b. Fuwayk, narrated to her that his father took him to the Prophet ﷺ while his eyes were white and he could not see anything with them. He asked him, 'What happened to you?' He said, 'I was training a camel of mine and I placed my foot on a snake's egg, so I was afflicted.' The Prophet ﷺ blew into his eyes and he saw. He said: I saw him putting a thread into a needle, and he was eighty years old, and his eyes were white.

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4550No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ، فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ كَأَنَّمَا أُعْطِيتُ الْمَقَالِيدَ وَالْمَوَازِينَ، فَأَمَّا الْمَقَالِيدُ فَهَذِهِ الْمَفَاتِيحُ، وَأَمَّا الْمَوَازِينُ فَهِيَ الَّتِي يُوزَنُ بِهَا، وُضِعْتُ فِي إِحْدَى الْكِفَّتَيْنِ، وَوُضِعَتْ أُمَّتِي فِي الْأُخْرَى، فَوُزِنْتُ فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ، فَجِيءَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَوُزِنَ فَوَزَنَهُمْ، ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِعُمَرَ ؓ، فَوُزِنَ فَوَزَنَهُمْ، ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِعُثْمَانَ ؓ، فَوُزِنَ فَوَزَنَهُمْ، ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظْتُ، فَرُفِعَتْ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one morning and said, 'I saw before the dawn prayer as if I were given the keys and the scales. As for the keys, these are the keys, and as for the scales, they are those with which weighing is done. I was placed in one pan and my ummah was placed in the other, and I outweighed them. Then Abu Bakr ؓ was brought and weighed, and he weighed them. Then Umar ؓ was brought and weighed, and he weighed them. Then Uthman ؓ was brought and weighed, and he weighed them. Then I woke up, and they were lifted.'

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4551No grade recorded

    أُصِيبَتْ عَيْنُ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، فَبَزَقَ فِيهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَكَانَتْ أَصَحَّ عَيْنَيْهِ

    ✧ Abu Dharr's ؓ eye was injured on the day of Uhud, and the Prophet ﷺ spat into it, and it became the healthier of his two eyes.

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4552No grade recorded

    اخْرُجْ عَدُوَّ اللهِ، فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ثُمَّ نَاوَلَهَا ﷺ إِيَّاهُ، فَقَالَ: خُذِيهِ، فَلَنْ تَرَيْ مَعَهُ شَيْئًا يَرِيبُكِ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى. قَالَ أُسَامَةُ ؓ: وَقَضَيْنَا حَجَّتَنَا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْنَا، فَلَمَّا نَزَلْنَا بِالرَّوْحَاءِ، فَإِذَا تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةُ أُمُّ الصَّبِيِّ، فَجَاءَتْ، وَمَعَهَا شَاةٌ مَصْلِيَّةٌ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا أُمُّ الصَّبِيِّ الَّذِي أَتَيْتُكَ بِهِ، قَالَتْ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا يَرِيبُنِي إِلَى هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ، قَالَ أُسَامَةُ ؓ: فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أُسَيْمُ - قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: وَهَكَذَا كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهِ تَحَشُّمَةً - نَاوِلْنِي ذِرَاعَهَا، قَالَ: فَامْتَلَخْتُ الذِّرَاعَ، فَنَاوَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا ﷺ، فَأَكَلَهَا ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أُسَيْمُ، نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ، فَامْتَلَخْتُ الذِّرَاعَ، فَنَاوَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا، فَأَكَلَهَا ﷺ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أُسَيْمُ، نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّكَ قَدْ قُلْتَ: نَاوِلْنِي، فَنَاوَلْتُكَهَا، فَأَكَلْتَهَا، ثُمَّ قُلْتَ: نَاوِلْنِي، فَنَاوَلْتُكَهَا فَأَكَلْتَهَا، ثُمَّ قُلْتَ: نَاوِلْنِي الذِّرَاعَ، وَإِنَّمَا لِلشَّاةِ ذِرَاعَانِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَهْوَيْتَ إِلَيْهَا مَا زِلْتَ تَجِدُ فِيهَا ذِرَاعًا مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا أُسَيْمُ، قُمْ، فَاخْرُجْ، فَانْظُرْ هَلْ تَرَى مَكَانًا يُوَارِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَخَرَجْتُ، فَمَشَيْتُ حَتَّى حَسِرْتُ، وَمَا قَطَعْتُ النَّاسَ، وَمَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا أَرَى أَنَّهُ يُوَارِي أَحَدًا، وَقَدْ مَلَأَ النَّاسُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَ شَجَرًا، أَوْ رُجَمًا ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَدْ رَأَيْتُ نَخَلَاتٍ صِغَارًا، إِلَى جَانِبِهِنَّ رُجَمٌ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا أُسَيْمُ، اذْهَبْ إِلَى النَّخَلَاتِ، فَقُلْ لَهُنَّ: يَأْمُرُكُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَلْحَقَ بَعْضُكُنَّ بِبَعْضٍ ; حَتَّى تَكُنَّ سُتْرَةً لِمَخْرَجِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقُلْ كَذَلِكَ لِلرُّجَمِ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّخَلَاتِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُنَّ الَّذِي أَمَرَنِي بِهِ ﷺ، فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَهُ بِالْحَقِّ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ تَفَاقُرَهُنَّ بِعُرُوقِهِنَّ وَتُرَابِهِنَّ، حَتَّى لَصِقَ بَعْضُهُنَّ بِبَعْضٍ، فَكُنَّ كَأَنَّهُنَّ نَخْلَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَقُلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلْحِجَارَةِ، فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَهُ بِالْحَقِّ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى تَفَاقُرِهِنَّ حَجَرًا حَجَرًا حَتَّى عَلَا بَعْضُهُنَّ بَعْضًا، فَكُنَّ كَأَنَّهُنَّ جِدَارٌ. فَأَتَيْتُهُ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: خُذِ الْإِدَاوَةَ فَأَخَذْتُهَا، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْنَا نَمْشِي، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنْهُنَّ سَبَقْتُهُ ﷺ، فَوَضَعْتُ الْإِدَاوَةَ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَانْصَرَفَ ﷺ حَتَّى قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ وَهُوَ يَحْمِلُ الْإِدَاوَةَ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا مِنْهُ ﷺ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْنَا، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ ﷺ الْخِبَاءَ قَالَ ﷺ: يَا أُسَيْمُ، انْطَلِقْ إِلَى النَّخَلَاتِ، فَقُلْ لَهُنَّ: يَأْمُرُكُنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ كُلُّ نَخْلَةٍ إِلَى مَكَانِهَا، وَقُلْ ذَلِكَ لِلْحِجَارَةِ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّخَلَاتِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُنَّ، قَالَ: فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَهُ بِالْحَقِّ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى تَفَاقُرِهِنَّ وَتُرَابِهِنَّ، حَتَّى عَادَتْ كُلُّ نَخْلَةٍ إِلَى مَكَانِهَا، وَقُلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلْحِجَارَةِ، فَوَالَّذِي بَعَثَهُ بِالْحَقِّ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى تَفَاقُرِهِنَّ حَجَرًا حَجَرًا، حَتَّى عَادَ كُلُّ حَجَرٍ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ ﷺ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ. هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ حَسَنٌ، وَمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصَّدَفِيُّ ضَعِيفٌ، وَلَكِنْ لِحَدِيثِهِ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ طَرِيقِ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ، أَخْرَجَهُ أَحْمَدُ وَغَيْرُهُ.

    ✧ 'Get out, enemy of Allah, for I am the Messenger of Allah.' Then he ﷺ handed him to her and said, 'Take him, and you will not see anything from him that worries you after today, if Allah, the Exalted, wills.' Usamah ؓ said: We completed our Hajj and departed. When we camped at al-Rawha', there was that woman, the mother of the child. She came with a roasted sheep and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I am the mother of the child whom I brought to you.' She said, 'By the One who sent you with the truth, I have not seen anything from him that worries me until this hour.' Usamah ؓ said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'O Usaym' - al-Zuhri said: This is how he used to call him, out of fondness - 'hand me its foreleg.' He said: I pulled off the foreleg and handed it to him ﷺ, and he ate it ﷺ. Then he said, 'O Usaym, hand me the foreleg.' I pulled off the foreleg and handed it to him, and he ate it ﷺ. Then he said, 'O Usaym, hand me the foreleg.' I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, you said "hand me," and I handed it to you and you ate it. Then you said "hand me," and I handed it to you and you ate it. Then you said "hand me the foreleg," but the sheep has only two forelegs.' He ﷺ said, 'If you had reached for it, you would have kept finding a foreleg in it as long as I told you.' He ﷺ said, 'O Usaym, get up and go out and see if you can find a place that would conceal the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' I went out and walked until I was tired, and I had not passed the people, and I did not see anything that I thought would conceal anyone, for the people had filled the space between the two mountains. I informed him, and he ﷺ said, 'Did you see any trees or piles of stones?' I said, 'Yes, I saw small palm trees, and beside them were piles of stones.' He ﷺ said, 'O Usaym, go to the palm trees and say to them: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands you to join one another so that you may be a screen for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And say the same to the stones.' So I went to the palm trees and said to them what he ﷺ had commanded me. By the One who sent him with the truth, it was as if I was watching them pull themselves along by their roots and soil until they clung to one another and became like a single palm tree. And I said that to the stones, and by the One who sent him with the truth, it was as if I was watching them pull themselves along stone by stone until some rose upon others and they became like a wall. I came to him ﷺ and informed him, and he ﷺ said, 'Take the water-skin.' I took it, and we walked until we approached them. I went ahead of him ﷺ and put down the water-skin, then I returned to him. He ﷺ went aside until he relieved himself, then he came back, peace and blessings be upon him, carrying the water-skin. I took it from him ﷺ, and we returned. When he ﷺ entered the tent, he ﷺ said, 'O Usaym, go to the palm trees and say to them: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands each palm tree to return to its place. And say that to the stones.' So I went to the palm trees and said to them. He said: By the One who sent him with the truth, it was as if I was watching them pull themselves along with their soil until each palm tree returned to its place. And I said that to the stones, and by the One who sent him with the truth, it was as if I was watching them pull themselves along stone by stone until each stone returned to its place. I came to him ﷺ and informed him of that. This is a good chain, and Mu'awiyah b. Yahya al-Sadafi is weak, but his hadith has a witness from the route of Ya'la b. Murrah, narrated by Ahmad and others.

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4553No grade recorded

    اذْهَبْ، فَارْدُدْهُمْ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ رَاحِلَتِي قَدْ كَلَّتْ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا أَخَا صُدَاءٍ، إِنَّكَ لَمُطَاعٌ فِي قَوْمِكَ فَقُلْتُ: بَلِ اللهُ تَعَالَى هَدَاهُمْ بِكَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَفَلَا أُؤَمِّرُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَكَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كِتَابًا لِي، فَأَمَّرَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، مُرْ لِي بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ صَدَقَاتِهِمْ فَكَتَبَ لِي ﷺ كِتَابًا آخَرَ، قَالَ الصُّدَائِيُّ ؓ: وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ، فَنَزَلَ ﷺ مَنْزِلًا، فَأَتَاهُ أَهْلُ الْمَنْزِلِ يَشْكُونَ عَامِلَهُمْ، وَيَقُولُونَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَخَذَنَا بِشَيْءٍ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِهِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ، فَقَالَ: لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْإِمَارَةِ لِرَجُلٍ مُؤْمِنٍ، قَالَ الصُّدَائِيُّ ؓ: فَدَخَلَ قَوْلُهُ ﷺ فِي نَفْسِي، ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ ﷺ آخَرُ، فَسَأَلَهُ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَعْطِنِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى، فَصُدَاعٌ فِي الرَّأْسِ، وَدَاءٌ فِي الْبَطْنِ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: أَعْطِنِي مِنَ الصَّدَقَاتِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ اللهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لَمْ يَرْضَ فِيهَا بِحُكْمِ نَبِيٍّ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ، حَتَّى حَكَمَ فِيهَا بِنَفْسِهِ، فَجَزَّأَهَا، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَجْزَاءِ أَعْطَيْتُكَ - أَوْ أَعْطَيْنَاكَ بِحَقِّكَ، قَالَ الصُّدَائِيُّ ؓ: فَدَخَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي نَفْسِي، أَنِّي سَأَلْتُهُ وَأَنَا غَنِيٌّ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَارَ بِنَا مِنْ أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ، فَلَزِمْتُهُ - وَكُنْتُ قَوِيًّا - وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ ؓ يَنْقَطِعُونَ عَنْهُ وَيَسْتَأْخِرُونَ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، فَلَمَّا كَانَ أَوَانُ أَذَانِ الصُّبْحِ أَمَرَنِي ﷺ، فَأَذَّنْتُ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَقُولُ: أُقِيمُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَيَنْظُرُ ﷺ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ الْمَشْرِقِ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ، فَيَقُولُ: لَا، حَتَّى إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ، نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَتَبَرَّزَ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَيَّ، وَقَدْ تَلَاحَقَ أَصْحَابُهُ ؓ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: هَلْ مِنْ مَاءٍ يَا أَخَا صُدَاءٍ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا، إِلَّا شَيْءٌ قَلِيلٌ لَا يَكْفِيكَ، قَالَ ﷺ: اجْعَلْهُ فِي إِنَاءٍ، ثُمَّ ائْتِنِي بِهِ فَفَعَلْتُ، فَوَضَعَ كَفَّهُ ﷺ فِي الْإِنَاءِ، فَرَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ ﷺ عَيْنًا تَفُورُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَخَا صُدَاءٍ، لَوْلَا أَنِّي أَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَسَقَيْنَا وَاسْتَقَيْنَا، فَنَادِ فِي أَصْحَابِي: مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ فِي الْمَاءِ، فَنَادَيْتُ، فَأَخَذَ مَنْ أَرَادَ مِنْهُمْ، ثُمَّ قَامَ ﷺ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَأَرَادَ بِلَالٌ ؓ أَنْ يُقِيمَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ أَخَا صُدَاءٍ أَذَّنَ، فَهُوَ يُقِيمُ، قَالَ الصُّدَائِيُّ ؓ: فَأَقَمْتُ الصَّلَاةَ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ أَتَيْتُهُ بِالْكِتَابَيْنِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَعْفِنِي مِنْ هَذَيْنِ الْكِتَابَيْنِ، قَالَ ﷺ: وَمَا بَدَا لَكَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: سَمِعْتُكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ تَقُولُ: لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْإِمَارَةِ لِرَجُلٍ مُؤْمِنٍ، وَأَنَا أُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ. وَسَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ لِلسَّائِلِ: مَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى، فَهُوَ صُدَاعٌ فِي الرَّأْسِ، وَدَاءٌ فِي الْبَطْنِ، وَقَدْ سَأَلْتُكَ وَأَنَا غَنِيٌّ قَالَ ﷺ: فَهُوَ ذَاكَ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَاقْبَلْ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَدَعْ، فَقُلْتُ: بَلْ أَدَعُ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَدُلَّنِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ أُؤَمِّرْهُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَدَلَلْتُهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْوَفْدِ الَّذِينَ قَدِمُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَأَمَّرَهُ عَلَيْنَا، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، إِنَّ لَنَا بِئْرًا، إِذَا كَانَ الشِّتَاءُ وَسِعَنَا مَاؤُهَا، وَاجْتَمَعْنَا عَلَيْهَا، وَإِذَا كَانَ الصَّيْفُ قَلَّ مَاؤُهَا، فَتَفَرَّقْنَا عَلَى مِيَاهٍ حَوْلَنَا، وَقَدْ أَسْلَمْنَا، وَكُلُّ مَنْ حَوْلَنَا عَدُوٌّ، فَادْعُ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَنَا فِي بِئْرِنَا أَنْ يَسَعَنَا مَاؤُهَا، فَنَجْتَمِعَ عَلَيْهَا، وَلَا نَتَفَرَّقَ، فَدَعَا بِسِتِّ حَصَيَاتٍ، فَفَرَكَهُنَّ فِي يَدِهِ، وَدَعَا فِيهِنَّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: اذْهَبُوا بِهَذِهِ الْحَصَيَاتِ، فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الْبِئْرَ، فَأَلْقُوهَا وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، قَالَ الصُّدَائِيُّ ؓ: فَفَعَلْنَا، قَالَ: فَمَا اسْتَطَعْنَا بَعْدُ أَنْ نَنْظُرَ إِلَى قَعْرِهَا. أَخْرَجَ أَحْمَدُ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ بَعْضَهُ مُفَرَّقًا.

    ✧ Go and send them back. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, my mount has become exhausted.' He ﷺ said, 'O brother of Suda', you are obeyed among your people.' I said, 'Rather, Allah, the Exalted, guided them through you to Islam.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'Shall I not appoint you over them?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote a document for me and appointed me. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, order for me something from their sadaqat.' So he ﷺ wrote another document for me. Al-Suda'i ؓ said: That was during one of his journeys. He ﷺ stopped at a place, and the people of that place came to him complaining about their governor, saying, 'O Messenger of Allah, he seized us for something that was between him and his people in the Jahiliyyah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Did he do that?' They said, 'Yes.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to his companions, and I was among them, and said, 'There is no good in leadership for a believing man.' Al-Suda'i ؓ said: His ﷺ words entered my heart. Then another man came to him ﷺ and asked him, saying, 'O Messenger of Allah, give me.' He ﷺ said, 'Whoever asks people while he is self-sufficient, it is a headache in the head and a disease in the belly.' The man said, 'Give me from the sadaqat.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah, Mighty and Majestic, did not accept in it the judgment of a prophet or anyone else until He judged in it Himself and divided it. If you are from those parts, I will give you - or we will give you your due.' Al-Suda'i ؓ said: That entered my heart, that I had asked him while I was self-sufficient. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ traveled with us from the beginning of the night. I kept close to him - and I was strong - and his companions ؓ would fall behind him and lag, until no one remained with him except me. When it was time for the morning adhan, he ﷺ commanded me, and I called the adhan. I kept saying, 'Shall I call the iqamah, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ would look toward the east at the dawn and say, 'No.' When the dawn broke, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dismounted and went to relieve himself. Then he returned to me, and his companions ؓ had caught up with him. He ﷺ said, 'Is there any water, O brother of Suda'?' I said, 'No, except a little that is not enough for you.' He ﷺ said, 'Put it in a vessel, then bring it to me.' I did so, and he placed his palm ﷺ in the vessel. I saw between every two of his fingers ﷺ a spring gushing forth. He said, 'O brother of Suda', if I were not ashamed before my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, we would have drunk and given drink. Call out to my companions: Whoever has a need for water, let him take it.' I called out, and those who wanted took some. Then he ﷺ stood for prayer. Bilal ؓ wanted to call the iqamah, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The brother of Suda' called the adhan, so he will call the iqamah.' Al-Suda'i ؓ said: I called the iqamah. When he ﷺ finished the prayer, I brought him the two documents and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, excuse me from these two documents.' He ﷺ said, 'What has appeared to you?' I said, 'I heard you, O Prophet of Allah, say: There is no good in leadership for a believing man, and I believe in Allah and His Messenger. And I heard you say to the beggar: Whoever asks people while he is self-sufficient, it is a headache in the head and a disease in the belly, and I asked you while I was self-sufficient.' He ﷺ said, 'That is it. If you wish, accept, and if you wish, leave.' I said, 'Rather, I leave.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, 'Guide me to a man whom I can appoint over you.' I guided him to a man from the delegation who had come to him, and he appointed him over us. Then I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, we have a well. In winter, its water suffices us and we gather around it, but in summer its water decreases, so we disperse to other waters around us. We have embraced Islam, and all those around us are enemies. So pray to Allah, the Exalted, for us regarding our well, that its water may suffice us and we may gather around it and not disperse.' He called for six pebbles, rubbed them in his hand, and supplicated over them. Then he ﷺ said, 'Go with these pebbles, and when you come to the well, throw them in one by one, and mention the name of Allah, the Exalted.' Al-Suda'i ؓ said: We did so, and he said: After that, we could not see its bottom. Ahmad and Abu Dawud narrated part of it separately.

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4554No grade recorded

    كَانَ فِيمَا دَعَا لِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: اللَّهُمَّ، آتِهِ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا، فَمَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَصَابَ مِنْ لِينِ الْعَيْشِ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا أَصَبْتُ، وَلَقَدْ دَفَنْتُ بِكَفَّيَّ هَاتَيْنِ مِنْ وَلَدِي أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةٍ، لَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ فِيهِ وَلَدُ وَلَدٍ، وَلَا سِقْطٌ.

    ✧ Among what the Prophet ﷺ supplicated for me was: 'O Allah, grant him wealth and children.' I do not know anyone who attained from the softness of life better than what I attained, and I have buried with these two hands of mine more than a hundred of my children, not counting grandchildren or miscarriages.

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4555No grade recorded

    بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي السُّوقِ، إِذِ امْرَأَةٌ قَدْ أَخَذَتْ بِعِنَانِ دَابَّتِهِ، وَهُوَ عَلَى حِمَارٍ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ زَوْجِي لَا يَقْرَبُنِي ; فَفَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ، قَالَ ﷺ: وَمَنْ زَوْجُهَا، فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ وَلَهَا ؟ جَاءَتْ تَشْكُو مِنْكَ جَفَاءً، تَشْكُو مِنْكَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَقْرَبُهَا ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَكَ إِنَّ عَهْدِي بِهَا لَهَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةُ، فَبَكَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ، وَقَالَتْ: كَذَبَ، فَفَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَبْغَضِ خَلْقِ اللهِ إِلَيَّ، فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَرَأْسِهَا، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ ادْنُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، قَالَ جَابِرٌ ؓ: فَلَبِثْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ نَلْبَثَ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالسُّوقِ، فَإِذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ تَحْمِلُ أُدْمًا، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ ﷺ طَرَحَتِ الْأُدْمَ، وَأَقْبَلَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

    ✧ While we were with the Messenger of God ﷺ in the market, a woman took hold of the rein of his mount while he was on a donkey. She said, “O Messenger of God, my husband does not come near me, so separate me from him.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Who is her husband?” He called him and said, “What is the matter with you and her? She has come complaining of your harshness, complaining that you do not come near her.” He said, “O Messenger of God, by the One who has honored you, I was with her only last night.” The woman wept and said, “He lies. Separate me from him, for he is one of the most hateful of God’s creatures to me.” The Messenger of God ﷺ smiled, then took his head and her head and brought them together, and said, “O God, draw each of them near to the other.” Jabir ؓ said, “We remained as long as God willed, then the Messenger of God ﷺ passed by the market, and there was a woman carrying leather goods. When she saw him ﷺ she threw down the leather and came to the Prophet ﷺ, saying, ‘O Messenger of God, by the One who sent you with the truth, God has not created anything more beloved to me than him, except you.’”

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4556No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَعَرَفْتُ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْجُوعَ، فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ وَهِيَ أُمُّ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ، كَانَتْ تَحْتَ مَالِكٍ أَبِي أَنَسٍ - فَقُلْتُ: يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ إِنِّي عَرَفْتُ فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْجُوعَ، فَهَلْ عِنْدَكِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ؟ فَقَالَتْ: عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ وَأَشَارَتْ بِكَفِّهَا، فَقَالَ لَهَا: اصْنَعِي وَانْعَمِي، فَأَرْسَلْتُ أَنَسًا ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: سَارِّهِ فِي أُذُنِهِ، وَادْعُهُ فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ أَنَسٌ ؓ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَرْسَلَكَ أَبُوكَ يَدْعُونَا يَا بُنَيَّ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ ؓ: اذْهَبُوا بِاسْمِ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَأَدْبَرَ أَنَسٌ ؓ يَشْتَدُّ حَتَّى أَتَى أَبَا طَلْحَةَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَتَاكَ فِي النَّاسِ، قَالَ ؓ: فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ حَتَّى لَقِينَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ عَلَى مُسْتَرَاحِ الدَّرَجَةِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَاذَا صَنَعْتَ بِنَا ؟ إِنَّمَا عَرَفْتُ فِي وَجْهِكَ الْجُوعَ، فَصَنَعْنَا لَكَ شَيْئًا تَأْكُلُهُ، قَالَ ﷺ: ادْخُلْ، وَأَبْشِرْ، قَالَ: فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَمَعَهَا فِي الصَّحْفَةِ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ أَصْلَحَهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: هَلْ مِنْ ؟ كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي الْأُدْمَ، قَالَ: فَأَتَوْهُ ﷺ بِعُكَّةٍ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ - أَوْ لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ - فَقَالَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ، فَأَسْلَتَ مِنْهَا السَّمْنَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: أَدْخِلْ عَلَيَّ عَشَرَةً عَشَرَةً، فَأَكَلُوا كُلُّهُمْ وَشَبِعُوا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْفَضْلِ الَّذِي فَضَلَ: كُلُوا أَنْتُمْ وَعِيَالُكُمْ فَأَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا.

    ✧ I entered the mosque and recognized hunger in the face of the Messenger of God ﷺ. I went out until I came to Umm Sulaym ؓ, the mother of Anas b. Malik ؓ, who was married to Malik, the father of Anas. I said, “O Umm Sulaym, I recognized hunger in the face of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Do you have anything?” She said, “I have something,” and gestured with her hand. He said to her, “Prepare it and make it good.” So she sent Anas ؓ to the Messenger of God ﷺ. I said, “Whisper it in his ear and invite him.” When Anas ؓ came, the Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Did your father send you to invite us, my son?” He said, “Yes.” He ﷺ said to his Companions ؓ, “Go in the name of God.” Anas ؓ turned and hurried back until he came to Abu Talhah ؓ and said, “The Messenger of God ﷺ has come to you with the people.” He said, “I and he went out until we met the Messenger of God ﷺ at the door on the resting place of the step. I said, ‘O Messenger of God, what have you done to us? We only recognized hunger in your face, so we prepared something for you to eat.’ He ﷺ said, ‘Enter and rejoice.’ He said, ‘The Messenger of God ﷺ took it and gathered it in the dish with his hand, then prepared it.’ He ﷺ said, ‘Is there any—’ as if he meant condiment. He said, ‘They brought him ﷺ a small skin with something—or nothing—in it. The Messenger of God ﷺ handled it with his hand and extracted the ghee from it, then said ﷺ, ‘Let ten enter upon me, ten at a time.’ They all ate and were satisfied. The Messenger of God ﷺ said concerning the surplus that remained, ‘Eat, you and your families.’ So they ate and were satisfied.”

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4557No grade recorded

    كَانَتْ لِي شَاةٌ، فَجَمَعْتُ مِنْ سَمْنِهَا فِي عُكَّةٍ، فَمَلَأْتُ الْعُكَّةَ، ثُمَّ بَعَثْتُ بِهَا مَعَ رَبِيبَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَبِيبَةُ، أَبْلِغِي هَذِهِ الْعُكَّةَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتَدِمُ بِهَا فَانْطَلَقَتْ بِهَا رَبِيبَةُ، حَتَّى أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا سَمْنٌ بَعَثَتْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ قَالَ ﷺ: فَرِّغُوا لَهَا عُكَّتَهَا، فَفُرِّغَتِ الْعُكَّةُ، فَدُفِعَتْ إِلَيْهَا، فَانْطَلَقَتْ، فَجَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ، فَرَأَتِ الْعُكَّةَ مُمْتَلِئَةً تَقْطُرُ، فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ: يَا رَبِيبَةُ، أَلَيْسَ أَمَرْتُكِ أَنْ تَنْطَلِقِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِهَا ؟ قَالَتْ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تُصَدِّقِينِي فَانْطَلِقِي، فَسَلِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَانْطَلَقَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ ؓ، وَمَعَهَا رَبِيبَةُ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكَ مَعَهَا بِعُكَّةٍ فِيهَا سَمْنٌ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: قَدْ فَعَلَتْ، جَاءَتْ بِهَا، فَقَالَتْ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ، إِنَّهَا لَمُمْتَلِئَةٌ تَقْطُرُ سَمْنًا ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَتَعْجَبِينَ إِنْ كَانَ اللهُ أَطْعَمَكِ كَمَا أَطْعَمْتِ نَبِيَّهُ ؟ كُلِي، وَأَطْعِمِي، قَالَتْ ؓ: فَجِئْتُ الْبَيْتَ، فَقِسْتُ فِي قَعْبٍ لَنَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَتَرَكْتُهَا فِيهَا مَا ائْتَدَمْنَا بِهِ شَهْرًا أَوْ شَهْرَيْنِ.

    ✧ I had a ewe, and I collected its ghee in a small skin and filled the skin. Then I sent it with a foster daughter, saying, ‘O foster daughter, deliver this skin to the Messenger of God ﷺ so he may use it as a condiment.’ The foster daughter went with it until she came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said, ‘O Messenger of God, this is ghee that Umm Sulaym ؓ sent to you.’ He ﷺ said, ‘Empty her skin for her.’ The skin was emptied and returned to her, and she left. Umm Sulaym ؓ came and saw the skin full and dripping. She said, ‘O foster daughter, did I not command you to take it to the Messenger of God ﷺ?’ She said, ‘I did. If you do not believe me, go and ask the Messenger of God ﷺ.’ Umm Sulaym ؓ went with her foster daughter and said, ‘O Messenger of God, I sent you with her a skin containing ghee?’ He ﷺ said, ‘She did; she brought it.’ She said, ‘By the One who sent you with the truth and the religion of truth, it is full and dripping with ghee?’ He ﷺ said, ‘Do you marvel that God fed you as you fed His Prophet? Eat and feed others.’ She ؓ said, ‘I came home and measured in a bowl of ours so-and-so much, and left it with what we used as condiment for a month or two.’”

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4558No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَتَاهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ لَكَ فِي خَيْرٍ ؟ تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: وَمَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ، فَدَعَاهَا وَهِيَ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْوَادِي، فَجَاءَتْ تَجِدُّ السَّيْرَ حَتَّى قَامَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ﷺ، فَاسْتَشْهَدَهَا، فَشَهِدَتْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى مَكَانِهَا، فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ: آتِي قَوْمِي، فَإِنْ تَابَعُونِي أَتَيْتُكَ بِهِمْ، وَإِلَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَيْكَ، فَأَكُونُ مَعَكَ

    ✧ I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a bedouin came to him and said, ‘Will you accept a good thing? That you testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God?’ He said, ‘Who will testify for you?’ The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘This tree.’ So he called it while it was on the bank of the valley, and it came cutting through the ground until it stood before him ﷺ. He asked it to testify, and it testified three times, then returned to its place. The bedouin said, ‘I will go to my people. If they follow me, I will bring them to you; otherwise I will return to you and stay with you.’”

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4559No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ. 3814 / 3 - وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُعْفِيُّ. قَالَا: ثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ بِهِ. وَصَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ.:. الحسن بن سفيان:.:

    ✧ And al-Bazzar said: ‘Ali b. al-Mundhir narrated to us. And al-Hasan b. Sufyan said: ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar al-Ju‘fi narrated to us. They both said: Ibn Fudayl narrated to us with it. Ibn Hibban authenticated it.:. al-Hasan b. Sufyan:.:

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4560No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ بِالْحَجُونِ، وَهُوَ كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِي الْيَوْمَ آيَةً، لَا أُبَالِي مَنْ كَذَّبَنِي بَعْدَهَا مِنْ قَوْمِي، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: نَادِ شَجَرَةً، فَنَادَى ﷺ شَجَرَةً مِنْ قِبَلِ عَقَبَةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَجَاءَتْ تَشُقُّ الْأَرْضَ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ، فَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَهَا فَذَهَبَتْ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَا أُبَالِي مَنْ كَذَّبَنِي بَعْدَهَا مِنْ قَوْمِي

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was at al-Hajun, sad and grieved. He said, ‘O God, show me a sign today; after it I will not care who denies me from my people.’ It was said to him, ‘Call a tree.’ He ﷺ called a tree from the direction of the mountain pass of the people of Madinah, and it came splitting the earth until it reached him, greeted him, then he commanded it and it went back. He said, ‘I do not care who denies me after this from my people.’”

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4561No grade recorded

    4561 3815 / 2 - وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، ثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ. [:

    ✧ Al-Bazzar said: Muhammad b. Marzuq narrated to us; Dawud b. Shabib narrated to us; Hammad narrated to us with it. [:

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4562No grade recorded

    كَانَ ﷺ بِالْحَجُونِ، فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْمُشْرِكُونَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: اللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِي آيَةً، فَقَالَ: ادْعُ شَجَرَةً، فَدَعَا ﷺ شَجَرَةً، وَقَالَ فِيهِ: ثُمَّ أَمَرَهَا ﷺ، فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى مَنْبَتِهَا

    ✧ He ﷺ was at al-Hajun, and the polytheists rejected him. He ﷺ said, ‘O God, show me a sign.’ He said, ‘Call a tree.’ He ﷺ called a tree, and it said in it: then he commanded it ﷺ and it returned to its place of growth.”

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4563No grade recorded

    كَانَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ ؓ جَالِسًا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ بَعْضِ بُيُوتِهِ مُلْتَحِفًا فِي ثَوْبٍ، فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ ؓ، وَهُوَ فِي مَكَانِهِ: لَيْتَ شِعْرِي بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ غَلَبْتَنِي ؟ قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، حَتَّى ضَرَبَ ظَهْرَهُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: غَلَبْتُكَ بِاللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ ؓ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ

    ✧ Abu Sufyan ؓ was sitting in a corner of the mosque when the Prophet ﷺ came out from one of his houses wrapped in a garment. Abu Sufyan ؓ said, while in his place, ‘I wonder by what means you have overcome me.’ He said, ‘Then the Prophet ﷺ came until he struck his back with his hand, then said, “I overcame you by God, the Mighty and Majestic.” He ؓ said, “I bear witness that you are the Messenger of God.”’

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4564No grade recorded

    لَمَّا بَنَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَضَعَ حَجَرًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لِيَضَعْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَجَرَهُ، ثُمَّ لِيَضَعْ عُمَرُ ؓ حَجَرَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ حَجَرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: لِيَضَعْ عُثْمَانُ حَجَرَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ حَجَرِ عُمَرَ ؓ ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: هَؤُلَاءِ الْخُلَفَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدِي

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ built the mosque, he placed a stone and said, ‘Let Abu Bakr place his stone, then let ‘Umar ؓ place his stone next to Abu Bakr’s stone.’ Then he ﷺ said, ‘Let ‘Uthman place his stone next to ‘Umar’s stone ؓ.’ Then he ﷺ said, ‘These are the caliphs after me.’”

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4565No grade recorded

    لَمَّا أَسَّسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَسْجِدَ الْمَدِينَةِ جَاءَ بِحَجَرٍ فَوَضَعَهُ، وَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِحَجَرٍ فَوَضَعَهُ، وَجَاءَ عُمَرُ ؓ بِحَجَرٍ فَوَضَعَهُ، وَجَاءَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ بِحَجَرٍ فَوَضَعَهُ، قَالَ: فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا أَمْرُ الْخِلَافَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِي

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ founded the mosque of Madinah, he came with a stone and placed it. Abu Bakr ؓ came with a stone and placed it. ‘Umar ؓ came with a stone and placed it. ‘Uthman ؓ came with a stone and placed it. He said, ‘The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked about that, and he said, “This is the matter of the caliphate after me.”’”

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4566No grade recorded

    جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَدَخَلَ إِلَى بُسْتَانٍ، فَجَاءَ آتٍ، فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا أَنَسُ، قُمْ فَافْتَحْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْخِلَافَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِي، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أُعْلِمُهُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَعْلِمْهُ فَإِذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ، قُلْتُ: أَبْشِرْ بِالْجَنَّةِ، وَأَبْشِرْ بِالْخِلَافَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ آتٍ، فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا أَنَسُ، فَذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِهِ سَوَاءً، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ ؓ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَبْشِرْ بِالْجَنَّةِ، وَبِالْخِلَافَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَ: ثُمَّ جَاءَ آتٍ، فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: قُمْ يَا أَنَسُ، قُمْ فَافْتَحْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْخِلَافَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ عُمَرَ ؓ، وَأَنَّهُ مَقْتُولٌ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ، فَإِذَا عُثْمَانُ ؓ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَبْشِرْ بِالْجَنَّةِ، وَبِالْخِلَافَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ عُمَرَ ؓ، وَأَنَّكَ مَقْتُولٌ، فَدَخَلَ ؓ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَاللهِ مَا تَغَنَّيْتُ، وَلَا تَمَنَّيْتُ، وَلَا مَسِسْتُ فَرْجِي مُنْذُ بَايَعْتُكَ، قَالَ ﷺ: هُوَ ذَاكَ يَا عُثْمَانُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came and entered a garden. Then someone came and knocked on the door. He ﷺ said, ‘O Anas, get up and open for him, and give him glad tidings of Paradise and of the caliphate after me.’ I said, ‘O Messenger of God, shall I inform him?’ He ﷺ said, ‘Inform him.’ It was Abu Bakr ؓ. I said, ‘Rejoice in Paradise and in the caliphate after the Messenger of God ﷺ.’ Then someone came and knocked on the door. He ﷺ said, ‘O Anas,’ and he mentioned the same thing exactly. It was ‘Umar ؓ. I said to him, ‘Rejoice in Paradise and in the caliphate after Abu Bakr ؓ.’ Then someone came and knocked on the door. He ﷺ said, ‘Get up, O Anas, open for him, and give him glad tidings of Paradise and of the caliphate after ‘Umar ؓ, and that he will be killed.’ He said, ‘I went out and it was ‘Uthman ؓ. I said to him, “Rejoice in Paradise and in the caliphate after ‘Umar ؓ, and that you will be killed.”’ He ؓ entered upon the Prophet ﷺ and said to him, ‘O Messenger of God, by God, I have not sung, nor wished, nor touched my private part since I pledged allegiance to you.’ He ﷺ said, ‘It is that, O ‘Uthman.’”

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4567No grade recorded

    صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ، فَرَأَى قَرِيبًا مِنْ مِائَةِ ذِئْبٍ قَدْ أَقْعَيْنَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هَؤُلَاءِ وُفُودُ الذِّئَابِ، تَسْأَلُكُمْ أَنْ تَرْضَخُوا مِنْ فُضُولِ طَعَامِكُمْ، وَتَأْمَنُونَ عَلَى مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ، فَشَكَوْا إِلَيْهِ ﷺ الْحَاجَةَ، قَالَ: فَأْذَنُوهُنَّ، قَالَ: فَأَذِنُوهُنَّ، وَلَهُنَّ عُوَاءٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the dawn prayer, then he saw nearly a hundred wolves sitting on their haunches. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'These are delegations of wolves; they ask you to give them some of your surplus food, and they will guarantee you safety regarding everything else.' They complained to him ﷺ of need. He said: 'Give them permission.' He said: 'So they gave them permission, and they howled.'

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4568No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَحْتَجِمُ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا الدَّمِ، فَادْفِنْهُ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَاكَ أَحَدٌ، فَلَمَّا بَرَزَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَمَدَ إِلَى الدَّمِ فَشَرِبَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ: جَعَلْتُهُ فِي أَخْفَى مَكَانٍ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ يَخْفَى عَنِ النَّاسِ، قَالَ ﷺ: لَعَلَّكَ شَرِبْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: وَلِمَ شَرِبْتَ الدَّمَ ؟ وَيْلٌ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْكَ، وَوَيْلٌ لَكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ

    ✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was being cupped. When he finished, he said: 'O Abdullah, take this blood and bury it where no one sees you.' When he was out of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ sight, he went to the blood and drank it. When he returned, he ﷺ said: 'O Abdullah, what did you do?' He said: 'I put it in the most hidden place I knew, hidden from people.' He ﷺ said: 'Perhaps you drank it?' He said: 'Yes.' He ﷺ said: 'Why did you drink the blood? Woe to the people from you, and woe to you from the people.'

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4569No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، ثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِهِ.:،:

    ✧ Al-Bazzar said: Muhammad b. al-Muthanna narrated to us, Musa b. Ismail narrated to us, from him.:,:

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4570No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: خُذْ هَذَا الدَّمَ، وَادْفِنْهُ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ وَالنَّاسِ، قَالَ: فَذَهَبْتُ، فَبَغَيْتُ لَهُ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ، فَقَالَ لِي: مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: شَرِبْتُهُ، فَتَبَسَّمَ ﷺ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped, then he said to me: 'Take this blood and bury it away from animals and people.' He said: 'So I went and sought a place for it, then I came back.' He said to me: 'What did you do?' I said: 'I drank it.' He ﷺ smiled.

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4571No grade recorded

    كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَخَّارَةٌ يَبُولُ فِيهَا، فَكَانَ ﷺ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ يَقُولُ: يَا أُمَّ أَيْمَنَ، صُبِّي مَا فِي الْفَخَّارَةِ، فَقُمْتُ لَيْلَةً وَأَنَا عَطْشَى، فَشَرِبْتُ مَا فِيهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا أُمَّ أَيْمَنَ، صُبِّي مَا فِي الْفَخَّارَةِ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قُمْتُ وَأَنَا عَطْشَى، فَشَرِبْتُ مَا فِيهَا، قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّكِ لَنْ تَشْتَكِي بَطْنَكِ بَعْدَ يَوْمِكِ هَذَا أَبَدًا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a pottery vessel in which he urinated. When morning came, he ﷺ would say: 'O Umm Ayman, pour out what is in the pottery vessel.' One night I got up thirsty and drank what was in it. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O Umm Ayman, pour out what is in the pottery vessel.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I got up thirsty and drank what was in it.' He ﷺ said: 'You will never complain of your stomach after this day of yours, ever.'

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4572No grade recorded

    حَيَاتِي خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ، تُحَدِّثُونَ وَيُحَدَّثُ لَكُمْ، وَمَوْتِي خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ، تُعْرَضُ عَلَيَّ أَعْمَالُكُمْ، فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ حَمِدْتُ اللهَ عَلَيْهِ، وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ اللهَ لَكُمْ

    ✧ My life is good for you: you narrate and are narrated to. My death is good for you: your deeds are presented to me. Whatever good I see, I praise Allah for it; and whatever evil, I ask Allah's forgiveness for you.

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4573No grade recorded

    إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْعَوَالِي يَدْعُو رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ شَطْرَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى خُبْزِ الشَّعِيرِ، فَيُجِيبُهُ

    ✧ A man from the outskirts of Madinah would invite the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the middle of the night for barley bread, and he would accept his invitation.

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4574No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ عَائِشَةَ أَنْ تُهَيِّئَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أُسَامَةَ شَيْئًا، إِمَّا مُخَاطٌ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ، فَكَأَنَّهَا كَرِهَتْهُ، فَانْتَزَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا، يَتَوَلَّى ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ ordered Aisha to prepare something for Usama's affair, either mucus or something else, and it seemed she disliked it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it from her, undertaking that himself.

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4575No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَوَجَدَ ( ثُفْرُوقَةً ) فِيهَا تَمْرٌ، فَأَخَذَ تَمْرَةً، وَأَعْطَانِي تَمْرَةً

    ✧ I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ, and he found a date-palm spathe containing dates. He took one date and gave me one date.

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4576No grade recorded

    مَا أَخْرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رُكْبَتَيْهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ جَلِيسٍ لَهُ قَطُّ، وَلَا نَاوَلَ يَدَهُ أَحَدًا قَطُّ فَتَرَكَهَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ يَدَعُهَا، وَمَا جَلَسَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ فَقَامَ حَتَّى يَقُومَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never put his knees forward in front of a sitting companion, nor did he ever extend his hand to someone and then withdraw it before the other let go. No one ever sat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and then stood up before he stood up.

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4577No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ لُطْفًا بِالنَّاسِ، وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْتَنِعُ فِي غَدَاةٍ بَارِدَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدٍ وَلَا أَمَةٍ وَلَا صَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ بِالْمَاءِ، فَيَغْسِلَ وَجْهَهُ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ، وَمَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ قَطُّ أُذُنَهُ إِلَّا أَصْغَى إِلَيْهِ، وَلَا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْصَرِفُ، وَمَا تَنَاوَلَ آدَمِيٌّ يَدَهُ ﷺ قَطُّ إِلَّا آتَاهُ إِيَّاهَا، فَلَمْ يَدَعْهَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَدَعُهَا مِنْهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was among the gentlest of people with others. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never refused, on a cold morning, to accept water from a slave, a slave woman, or a child to wash his face and forearms. No one ever asked to whisper in his ear but that he inclined toward him, and he would not turn away until the other turned away. No human ever reached for his hand ﷺ but that he gave it to him, and he would not withdraw it until the other withdrew his.

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4578No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَذْرَمِيُّ، ثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، ثَنَا ثَابِتٌ بِهِ. صَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ.:

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Adhrami narrated to us, Abu Qatan narrated to us, Mubarak b. Fadala narrated to us, Thabit narrated to us from him. Ibn Hibban authenticated it.

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4579No grade recorded

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

    ✧ A man called out to the Prophet ﷺ three times, each time he (the Prophet) would reply to him: 'Labbayk, labbayk.'

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4580No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِهَدِيَّةٍ، فَنَظَرَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئًا يَضَعُهَا فِيهِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: ضَعْهَا بِالْحَضِيضِ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ، آكُلُ كَمَا يَأْكُلُ الْعَبْدُ، وَأَشْرَبُ كَمَا يَشْرَبُ الْعَبْدُ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was brought a gift, and he looked but did not find anything to put it in, so he said ﷺ: 'Put it in the hollow, for I am only a servant; I eat as a servant eats and drink as a servant drinks.'

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4581No grade recorded

    كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَحِيمًا بِالْعِيَالِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was compassionate toward dependents.

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4582No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي زَوَّجْتُ ابْنَتِي، وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تُعِينَنِي بِشَيْءٍ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَا عِنْدِي شَيْءٌ، وَلَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَ غَدَاةُ غَدٍ فَأْتِنِي بِقَارُورَةٍ وَاسِعَةِ الرَّأْسِ، وَعُودِ شَجَرَةٍ، وَإِنَّهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ أَنْ تَدُقَّ نَاحِيَةَ الْبَابِ، قَالَ: فَأَتَاهُ ﷺ بِقَارُورَةٍ وَاسِعَةِ الرَّأْسِ، وَعُودِ شَجَرَةٍ، فَجَعَلَ ﷺ يَسْلُتُ الْعَرَقَ مِنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ حَتَّى امْتَلَأَتِ الْقَارُورَةُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: خُذْهَا، وَمُرْ بِنْتَكَ أَنْ تَغْمِسَ هَذَا الْعُودَ فِي الْقَارُورَةِ، وَتَطَيَّبَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: فَكَانَتْ إِذَا تَطَيَّبَتْ بِهِ شَمَّ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ رَائِحَةَ ذَلِكَ الطِّيبِ، فَسُمُّوا بُيُوتَ الْمُطَيَّبِينَ.

    ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, I have married off my daughter, and I would love for you to help me with something.' He ﷺ said: 'I have nothing, but when tomorrow morning comes, bring me a wide-mouthed bottle and a stick from a tree. And it is between me and you that you knock on the side of the door.' He said: So he came to him ﷺ with a wide-mouthed bottle and a stick from a tree. He ﷺ began to wipe the sweat from his forearms until the bottle was filled. Then he ﷺ said: 'Take it and tell your daughter to dip this stick into the bottle and perfume herself with it.' He said: When she perfumed herself with it, the people of Madinah would smell the fragrance of that perfume, so they called them the houses of the perfumed ones.

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4583No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا مَرَّ فِي طَرِيقٍ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ وُجِدَ مِنْهُ رَائِحَةُ الْمِسْكِ، فَيُقَالُ: مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ passed along any road of Madinah, the scent of musk would be found from him, and it would be said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ passed by.'

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4584No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَعَلَيْهِ جُبَّةٌ مِنْ سِيجَانٍ مُزَرَّرَةٌ بِالذَّهَبِ، فَقَامَ عَلَى رَأْسِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ هَذَا يَرْفَعُ كُلَّ رَاعٍ ابْنِ رَاعٍ، وَيَضَعُ كُلَّ فَارِسٍ ابْنِ فَارِسٍ قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَجَامِعِ جُبَّتِهِ، وَقَالَ: اجْلِسْ، فَإِنِّي أَرَى عَلَيْكَ ثِيَابَ مَنْ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ، مَا بَعَثَ اللهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيًّا قَبْلِي إِلَّا وَقَدْ رَعَى، قَالَ: قِيلَ: وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، عَلَى الْقَرَارِيطِ، وَأَنْصَافِ الْقَرَارِيطِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ نُوحًا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ لِابْنِهِ: إِنِّي مُوصِيكَ بِوَصِيَّةٍ

    ✧ A bedouin man came to the Prophet ﷺ wearing a jubbah of sijān (a type of fabric) adorned with gold. He stood at the head of the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'This companion of yours elevates every shepherd, son of a shepherd, and lowers every horseman, son of a horseman.' He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ took hold of the collar of his jubbah and said: 'Sit down, for I see on you the clothes of one who has no intellect. God Almighty did not send any prophet before me except that he had herded sheep.' He said: It was said: 'And you, O Messenger of God?' He ﷺ said: 'Yes, for qarārīṭ and half qarārīṭ.' Then the Prophet ﷺ said: 'When death approached Prophet Nūḥ ﷺ, he said to his son: I enjoin upon you a bequest...'

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4585No grade recorded

    مَا قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِشَيْءٍ يَكْرَهُهُ: مَا أَقْبَحَ مَا صَنَعْتَ، وَلَا لِشَيْءٍ يُعْجِبُهُ: مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا صَنَعْتَ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ never said to me about something he disliked: 'How ugly is what you did,' nor about something that pleased him: 'How beautiful is what you did.'

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4586No grade recorded

    فَارِسُ نَطْحَةٌ أَوْ نَطْحَتَانِ، ثُمَّ لَا فَارِسَ بَعْدَ هَذَا أَبَدًا، وَالرُّومُ ذَاتُ الْقُرُونِ، كُلَّمَا هَلَكَ قَرْنٌ خَلَفَهُ قَرْنٌ، أَهْلُ صَبْرٍ، وَأَهْلُ ( بَحْرٍ )، هَيْهَاتَ لِآخِرِ الدَّهْرِ، هُمْ أَصْحَابُكُمْ، مَا دَامَ فِي الْعَيْشِ خَيْرٌ

    ✧ Persia will face a blow or two blows, then there will be no Persia after this ever. Byzantium has horns; every time one horn perishes, another horn succeeds it. They are people of patience and people of the sea. Far from it, until the end of time, they are your companions as long as there is any good in life.

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4587No grade recorded

    إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، امْسَحْ وَجْهِي، وَادْعُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِي، قَالَ: فَمَسَحَ ﷺ وَجْهَهَا، وَدَعَا اللهَ تَعَالَى لَهَا، قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، سَفِّلْ يَدَكَ فَسَفَّلَ ﷺ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِهَا، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، سَفِّلْ يَدَكَ فَأَبَى ﷺ، وَبَاعَدَهَا

    ✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of God, wipe my face and supplicate to God Almighty for me.' He said: He ﷺ wiped her face and supplicated to God Almighty for her. She said: 'O Messenger of God, lower your hand.' So he ﷺ lowered his hand onto her chest. She said: 'O Messenger of God, lower your hand.' But he ﷺ refused and distanced himself from her.

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4588No grade recorded

    إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لِيَمْسَحَ وَجْهَهَا، فَمَسَحَهُ ﷺ وَدَعَا لَهَا، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، طَأْطِئْ يَدَكَ بَعْدَمَا قَدْ وَضَعَهَا عَلَى صَدْرِهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِلَيْكِ عَنِّي

    ✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ for him to wipe her face, so he ﷺ wiped it and supplicated for her. She said: 'O Messenger of God, lower your hand after he had placed it on her chest.' He ﷺ said: 'Get away from me.'

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4589No grade recorded

    إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَمَسَحَ وَجْهَهَا، وَكُنَّ يَأْتِينَهُ ﷺ، فَيَمْسَحُ وُجُوهَهُنَّ وَيَدْعُو لَهُنَّ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، طَأْطِئْ يَدَكَ، قَالَ: فَدَفَعَهَا، وَقَالَ: إِلَيْكِ عَنِّي

    ✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ, so he wiped her face. Women used to come to him ﷺ, and he would wipe their faces and supplicate for them. She said: 'O Messenger of God, lower your hand.' He said: He pushed her away and said: 'Get away from me.'

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4590No grade recorded

    أُعْطِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قُوَّةَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا فِي الْجِمَاعِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was given the strength of forty men in sexual intercourse.

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4591No grade recorded

    أُعْطِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُوَّةَ بِضْعٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا، كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given the strength of forty-some men, every man from the people of Paradise.

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4592No grade recorded

    قَدَّمْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَمْرًا، فَجَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، فَأَخَذَ قَبْضَةً، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا إِلَى فُلَانَةَ وَأَخَذَ قَبْضَةً، وَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا إِلَى فُلَانَةَ، حَتَّى قَسَمَ ﷺ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ قَبْضَةً قَبْضَةً، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ قَبْضَةً يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ، وَيُلْقِي النَّوَى بِشِمَالِهِ، فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ دَاجِنَةٌ، فَنَاوَلَهَا إِيَّاهُ، فَأَكَلَتْهُ.

    ✧ We brought dates to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he knelt on his knees, took a handful, and said: 'Take this to so-and-so.' And he took a handful and said: 'Take this to so-and-so,' until he ﷺ distributed among his wives handful by handful. Then he took a handful, eating from it and casting the pits with his left hand. A domestic animal passed by him, so he handed it to her, and she ate it.

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4593No grade recorded

    بَعَثَتْنِي عَمَّتِي ؓ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَجِئْتُهُ وَعِنْدَهُ حِلْيَةٌ أَهْدَاهَا لَهُ صَاحِبُ الْبَحْرَيْنِ، فَأَخَذَ ﷺ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْحِلْيَةِ مِلْءَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّةُ، هَذَا لَكِ

    ✧ My aunt ؓ sent me to the Prophet ﷺ, and I came to him while he had jewelry that the ruler of Bahrain had gifted him. He ﷺ took from that jewelry a fill of his two hands, then said: 'O my little daughter, this is for you.'

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4594No grade recorded

    كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ ﷺ الْقِثَّاءُ، وَكَانَ يُحِبُّ الْقِثَّاءَ

    ✧ He ﷺ liked cucumbers, and he loved cucumbers.

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4595No grade recorded

    مَا رَأَيْتُ بَطْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا ذَكَرْتُ الْقَرَاطِيسَ الْمَثْنِيَّةَ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ

    ✧ I never saw the belly of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except that I remembered folded sheets of paper, one upon another.

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4596No grade recorded

    لَقَدْ تَرَكَنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا تَقَلَّبَ طَيْرٌ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا ذَكَّرَنَا مِنْهُ عِلْمًا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left us, and no bird flapped its wings in the sky except that he mentioned to us some knowledge of it.

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4597No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

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

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4598No grade recorded

    أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ الْكَلَامِ، وَخَوَاتِيمَهُ، قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَكَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَعَلَّمَنَا

    ✧ I was given the keys of speech and its seals. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, teach us from what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, taught you.' So he taught us.

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4599No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ؓ - فَذَكَرَ حِكَايَةً طَوِيلَةً فِيهَا - فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي قَدْ أُوتِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَخَوَاتِيمَهُ، وَاخْتُصِرَ لِيَ الْكَلَامُ اخْتِصَارًا

    ✧ I was sitting with Umar ؓ — and he mentioned a long story in which — the Prophet ﷺ said: 'O people, I have been given the comprehensive words and their seals, and speech has been shortened for me in a concise manner.'

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4600No grade recorded

    مَا أَمِنَ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِهِ إِلَّا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ، قَالَ: لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ: وَمَنْ يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّي إِلَهٌ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَذَلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ

    ✧ Allah, exalted, did not assure anyone of His creation except Muhammad ﷺ. He said: 'That Allah may forgive you your past and future sins.' And He said regarding the angels, peace be upon them: 'And whoever of them says, "I am a god besides Him," that one We shall recompense with Hell.'

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4601No grade recorded

    مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهُ شَيْطَانٌ، قَالُوا: وَمَعَكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: وَمَعِي، إِلَّا أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ، وَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُدْخِلُهُ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ، قَالُوا: وَلَا أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: وَلَا أَنَا، إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَغَمَّدَنِي اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ

    ✧ There is none of you except that with him is a devil. They said: 'And with you?' He ﷺ said: 'And with me, except that Allah, exalted, helped me against him, so he submitted. And there is none of you whose deeds will admit him to Paradise.' They said: 'Not even you?' He ﷺ said: 'Not even me, unless Allah, Mighty and Majestic, envelops me with His mercy.'

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4602No grade recorded

    فَأَسْلَمَ

    ✧ So he submitted.

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4603No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَكْرَمَ خَلْقِ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ، وَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَإِنَّ النَّارَ فِي الْأَرْضِ، فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ بَعَثَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْخَلَائِقَ أُمَّةً أُمَّةً، وَنَبِيًّا نَبِيًّا، حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَحْمَدُ ﷺ وَأُمَّتُهُ آخِرَ الْأُمَمِ مَرْكَزًا، ثُمَّ يُوضَعُ جِسْرُ جَهَنَّمَ، ثُمَّ يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ: أَيْنَ أَحْمَدُ وَأُمَّتُهُ ؟ فَيَقُومُ، وَتَتْبَعُهُ أُمَّتُهُ بَرُّهَا وَفَاجِرُهَا

    ✧ Indeed the most honored of Allah's creation to Him is Abu al-Qasim ﷺ, and Paradise is in the heaven, and the Fire is in the earth. When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will raise the creatures nation by nation and prophet by prophet, until Ahmad ﷺ and his nation are the last of the nations to be stationed. Then the bridge of Hell will be placed, then a caller will call out: 'Where is Ahmad and his nation?' He will stand, and his nation, both its righteous and its wicked, will follow him.

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4604No grade recorded

    أَنَا سَابِقُ الْعَرَبِ

    ✧ I am the foremost of the Arabs.

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4605No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنْتَ سَيِّدُ الْعَرَبِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَنَا سَيِّدُ وَلَدِ آدَمَ وَلَا فَخْرَ، آدَمُ تَحْتَ لِوَائِي وَلَا فَخْرَ

    ✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, are you the master of the Arabs?' He ﷺ said: 'I am the master of the children of Adam, and no boast. Adam is under my banner, and no boast.'

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4606No grade recorded

    لَا يَفْضُلُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَحَدٌ، وَلَا عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ خَلِيلِ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَدٌ

    ✧ No one surpasses Muhammad ﷺ, and no one surpasses Ibrahim ﷺ, the friend of my Lord, Mighty and Majestic.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4607No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبَانَ

    ✧ And al-Harith said: 'Abd al-Aziz b. Aban narrated to us.

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4608No grade recorded

    كُنَّا قُعُودًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَشَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ ﷺ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَمْشِي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَلَا يُنَازِعُهُ الْكَلَامَ إِلَّا قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا قَالَ: أَتَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَالْإِنْجِيلَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَالْقُرْآنَ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَشَاءُ لَقَرَأْتُهُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَاشَدَهُ: هَلْ تَجِدُنِي نَبِيًّا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ ؟ قَالَ: سَأُحَدِّثُكَ، نَجِدُ مِثْلَكَ، وَهَيْئَتَكَ، وَمِثْلَ مَخْرَجِكَ، وَكُنَّا نَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ فِينَا، فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتَ تَخَوَّفْنَا أَنْ تَكُونَ أَنْتَ هُوَ، فَنَظَرْنَا، فَإِذَا لَيْسَ أَنْتَ هُوَ، قَالَ ﷺ فَهُوَ الَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَأَنَا هُوَ، وَإِنَّهُمْ لَأُمَّتِي، وَإِنَّهُمْ لَأَكْثَرُ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا

    ✧ We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque, and his gaze ﷺ turned to a man walking in the mosque. He said: 'Labbayk, O Messenger of Allah,' and he did not dispute the speech except that he said: 'O Messenger of Allah.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: 'Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Do you read the Torah?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'And the Gospel?' He said: 'Yes, and the Qur'an, and by the One in Whose hand is my soul, if I wished I could read it.' He said: 'Then he adjured him: Do you find me as a prophet in the Torah and the Gospel?' He said: 'I will tell you. We find one like you, and your appearance, and like your emergence, and we hoped that you would be among us. But when you emerged, we feared that you might be him, so we looked, and found that you are not him.' He ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose hand is Muhammad's soul, I am indeed him, and they are indeed my nation, and they are indeed more than seventy thousand and seventy thousand.'

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4609No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ حِينَ فُتِحَتْ نَهَاوَنْدُ أَصَابَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ سَبَايَا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، فَأَقْبَلَ رَأْسُ الْجَالُوتِ، فَتَلَقَّى سَبَايَا الْيَهُودِ، فَأَصَابَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جَارِيَةً وَضِيئَةً صَبِيحَةً، فَقَالَ لِي: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَمْشِيَ مَعِي إِلَى هَذَا الْإِنْسَانِ، عَسَى أَنْ يُثَمِّنَ لِي فِي هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةِ ؟ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ، فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى شَيْخٍ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ، لَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ، فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مَعَهُ: سَلْ هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةَ: وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا هَذَا الْعَرَبِيُّ ؟ قَالَ: وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ غَارَ حِينَ رَأَى حُسْنَهَا، فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ، فَفَهِمْتُ الَّذِي قَالَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَقَدْ أَثِمْتَ بِمَا تَجِدُ فِي كِتَابِكَ ; بِسُؤَالِكَ هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةَ عَمَّا وَرَاءَ ثِيَابِهَا، فَقَالَ لِي: كَذَبْتَ، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ مَا فِي كِتَابِي ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِكَ مِنْكَ، قَالَ: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِي مِنِّي ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِكَ مِنْكَ، قَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ، قَالَ: فَانْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ، فَأَرْسَلَ لِي رَسُولًا لَتَأْتِيَنِّي بِعَزْمَةٍ، وَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ بِدَابَّةٍ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَيْهِ احْتِسَابًا ; رَجَاءَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ، فَحَبَسَنِي عِنْدَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ التَّوْرَاةَ وَيَبْكِي، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ وَاللهِ لَهُوَ النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي تَجِدُونَهُ فِي كِتَابِكُمْ، فَقَالَ لِي: فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِالْيَهُودِ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ لَنْ يُغْنُوا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللهِ شَيْئًا، فَأَبَى أَنْ يُسْلِمَ، وَغَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّقَاءُ

    ✧ When Nahawand was conquered, the Muslims took captives from the Jews. The head of the exilarch came and received the Jewish captives. A man among the Muslims had obtained a beautiful, radiant slave girl. He said to me: 'Would you walk with me to this person? Perhaps he will set a price for me for this slave girl.' So I went with him, and we entered upon an arrogant old man who had an interpreter. He said to a man with him: 'Ask this slave girl: has this Arab had intercourse with her?' He said: 'I saw that he became jealous when he saw her beauty, so he spoke to her in his own language, and I understood what he said. I said to him: 'You have sinned by what you find in your Book, by asking this slave girl about what is behind her clothes.' He said to me: 'You lie. What do you know of what is in my Book?' He said: I said: 'I know your Book better than you.' He said: 'You know my Book better than me?' I said: 'Yes, I know your Book better than you.' He said: 'Who is this?' They said: 'Abd Allah b. Salam.' He said: 'So I left him that day, and he sent a messenger to me saying: 'You must come to me by an oath,' and he sent me a mount. He said: 'So I went to him seeking reward, hoping that he would embrace Islam. He detained me for three days, while I read the Torah to him and he wept. I said to him: 'By Allah, he is indeed the prophet whom you find in your Book.' He said to me: 'What should I do with the Jews?' He said: I said: 'The Jews will not avail you anything against Allah.' But he refused to embrace Islam, and wretchedness overcame him.'

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4610No grade recorded

    إِنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ رَكِبُوا الْبَحْرَ عِنْدَ مَبْعَثِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَلْقَتْهُمُ الرِّيحُ عَلَى جَزِيرَةٍ مِنْ جَزَائِرِ الْبَحْرِ، فَإِذَا فِيهَا رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَنْتُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَحْنُ نَاسٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، قَالَ: وَمَا قُرَيْشٌ ؟ قَالُوا: أَهْلُ الْحَرَمِ، وَأَهْلُ كَذَا، فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ قَالَ: نَحْنُ أَهْلُهَا لَا أَنْتُمْ، فَإِذَا هُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُرْهُمَ، قَالَ: أَتَدْرُونَ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ سُمِّيَ أَجْيَادٌ ؟ كَانَتْ خُيُولُنَا جِيَادًا عَطَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: إِنَّهُ خَرَجَ فِينَا رَجُلٌ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، وَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَمْرَهُ، فَقَالَ: اتَّبِعُوهُ، فَلَوْلَا حَالِي الَّتِي أَنَا عَلَيْهَا، لَحِقْتُ مَعَكُمْ بِهِ

    ✧ Some people of Quraysh rode the sea at the time of the Prophet's ﷺ mission, and the wind cast them upon an island among the islands of the sea. There was a man on it. He said: 'Who are you?' They said: 'We are people of Quraysh.' He said: 'What is Quraysh?' They said: 'The people of the Sanctuary, and the people of such and such.' When he understood, he said: 'We are its people, not you.' And it turned out he was a man of Jurhum. He said: 'Do you know why Ajyad was named that? Our horses were excellent and returned to it.' He said: 'Then they said: A man has emerged among us claiming to be a prophet,' and they mentioned his affair to him. He said: 'Follow him. Were it not for my present condition, I would have joined you to go to him.'

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4611No grade recorded

    رَأَى عُمَرُ امْرَأَةً فِي زِيِّهَا، فَقَالَ لَهَا: أَتَرَيْنَ قَرَابَتَكِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يُغْنِي عَنْكِ مِنَ اللهِ شَيْئًا ؟ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ يَنْفَعُ شَفَاعَتِي

    ✧ Umar saw a woman in her finery and said to her: 'Do you think your kinship to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will avail you anything against Allah?' She mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: 'My intercession will benefit.'

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4612No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَهُوَ عَاصِبٌ رَأَسَهُ بِخِرْقَةٍ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ، فَأَهْوَى قَبِلَ الْمِنْبَرِ، فَاتَّبَعْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، إِنِّي لَقَائِمٌ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ السَّاعَةَ... الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ فَضِيلَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، وَفِي آخِرِهِ: ثُمَّ هَبَطَ ﷺ، فَمَا قَامَ حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us while we were in the mosque, and he had bound his head with a cloth during the illness in which he died. He headed towards the pulpit, and we followed him. He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I am indeed standing at the Pond this very hour...' the hadith, and in it is the virtue of Abu Bakr ؓ, and at its end: 'Then he descended ﷺ, and he did not stand until that hour.'

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4613No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيُصْلِحَ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَقَالَ بِلَالٌ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ: قَدْ حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، وَلَيْسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَاهِدًا، فَهَلْ لَكَ أَنْ أُؤَذِّنَ وَأُقِيمَ، وَتُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: إِنْ شِئْتَ، فَأَذَّنَ بِلَالٌ ؓ، وَأَقَامَ، وَتَقَدَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَمَا فَرَغَ، فَقَالَ: أَصَلَّيْتُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ صَلَّى بِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَ ﷺ: أَحْسَنْتُمْ، لَا يَنْبَغِي لِقَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to reconcile between them, and the prayer time arrived. Bilal said to Abu Bakr ؓ: 'The prayer time has arrived, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is not present. Would you like me to call the adhan and the iqamah, and you lead the people in prayer?' He ؓ said: 'If you wish.' So Bilal ؓ called the adhan and the iqamah, and Abu Bakr ؓ advanced and led the people in prayer. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came after he had finished, and said: 'Did you pray?' They said: 'Yes.' He ﷺ said: 'Who led you?' They said: 'Abu Bakr ؓ.' He ﷺ said: 'You have done well. It is not fitting for a people among whom Abu Bakr is present that anyone other than him should lead them.'

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4614No grade recorded

    إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَكْرَهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يُخَطَّأَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ ؓ فِي الْأَرْضِ

    ✧ Allah, Exalted be He, dislikes in heaven that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ؓ be wronged on earth.

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4615No grade recorded

    لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ - قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: أَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ لَا أُكَلِّمَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِلَّا كَأَخِي السِّرَارِ

    ✧ When the verse was revealed to the Prophet ﷺ: "Indeed, those who lower their voices in the presence of the Messenger of God" – Abu Bakr ؓ said: "I swear that I will not speak to the Prophet ﷺ except in a whisper like a secret conversation."

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4616No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْغَزْوِ، وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَابَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ النِّسَاءِ، وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ، فَدَخَلَ فَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَرْحَبًا بِرَجُلٍ سَلِمَ وَغَنِمَ، هَاتِ حَاجَتَكَ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: هَذِهِ خَلْفِي - وَهِيَ عَائِشَةُ ؓ -، قَالَ: لَمْ أَعْنِكَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ، أَعْنِيكَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَبُوهَا

    ✧ A man came from a military expedition, and between him and the Messenger of God ﷺ there was a relationship through women, and he was in the house of A'ishah ؓ. He entered and greeted, and he ﷺ said: "Welcome to a man who has remained safe and gained spoils. State your need." He said: "Which of the people is most beloved to you?" He ﷺ said: "This one behind me" – and she was A'ishah ؓ. He said: "I did not mean from the women; I meant from the men." He ﷺ said: "Her father."

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4617No grade recorded

    مَا نَفَعَنَا مَالُ أَحَدٍ مَا نَفَعَنَا مَالُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

    ✧ No one's wealth has benefited us as much as the wealth of Abu Bakr.

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4618No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، نَحْوَهُ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

    ✧ Amr al-Naqid narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, something similar. And in the chapter there is a narration from Abu Hurayrah.

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4619No grade recorded

    كَانَ بَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ مُعَاتَبَةٌ، فَاعْتَذَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ، فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ مِنْهُ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ رَاحَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ ؓ فَجَلَسَ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلَ، فَجَلَسَ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ أَرَى إِعْرَاضَكَ عَنِّي، وَلَا أَرَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا لِشَيْءٍ بَلَغَكَ عَنِّي، فَمَا خَبَرُ جَثْوِي، وَأَنْتَ مُعْرِضٌ عَنِّي، وَاللهِ مَا أُبَالِي أَنْ لَا أَعِيشَ فِي الدُّنْيَا سَاعَةً وَأَنْتَ مُعْرِضٌ عَنِّي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ تَقْبَلْ مِنْهُ، إِنِّي جِئْتُكُمْ جَمِيعًا، فَقُلْتُمْ: كَذَبْتَ، وَقَالَ صَاحِبِي: صَدَقْتَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: هَلْ أَنْتُمْ تَارِكِيَّ وَصَاحِبِي ؟ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

    ✧ There was a mutual reproach between Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ. Abu Bakr apologized to Umar ؓ, but he did not accept it from him. That reached the Messenger of God ﷺ, and it distressed him. Then Umar ؓ went to him and sat down, but he turned away from him. Then he moved and sat on the other side, but he turned away from him. Then he stood and sat in front of him, but he turned away from him. He said: "O Messenger of God, I see you turning away from me, and I do not think that is for anything except something that has reached you about me. What is the state of my kneeling while you turn away from me? By God, I do not care if I do not live in this world for even an hour while you are turning away from me." He ﷺ said: "You are the one to whom Abu Bakr apologized, and you did not accept it from him. I came to you all, and you said: 'You have lied,' while my companion said: 'You have spoken the truth.'" Then he ﷺ said: "Will you leave me and my companion alone?" three times.

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4620No grade recorded

    عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، فَمَا مَرَرْتُ بِسَمَاءٍ إِلَّا وَجَدْتُ فِيهَا: مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ مِنْ خَلْفِي

    ✧ I was taken up to the lowest heaven, and I did not pass by any heaven except that I found in it: Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq behind me.

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4621No grade recorded

    دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّارَ فِي هِرَّةٍ... الْحَدِيثَ. وَفِيهِ: يَشْهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَلَيْسَ ثَمَّةَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَا عُمَرُ ؓ. قَالَ ﷺ: وَبَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ فِي غَنَمِهِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ الذِّئْبُ فَأَخَذَ شَاةً... الْحَدِيثَ. وَفِيهِ: يَشْهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ مِثْلَهُ. وَبَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ رَاكِبٌ بَقَرَةً... الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: يَشْهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَلَيْسَ ثَمَّةَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَا عُمَرُ ؓ. قَالَ: وَبَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي فِي حُلَّةٍ قَدْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ نَفْسُهُ خَسَفَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ... الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: يَشْهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، وَلَيْسَ ثَمَّةَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَلَا عُمَرُ ؓ.

    ✧ A woman entered the Fire because of a cat... the hadith. And in it: Abu Bakr and Umar will testify to that, while Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ are not present. He ﷺ said: "While a man was among his sheep, a wolf came and took a sheep..." the hadith. And in it: Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ will testify to that, similarly. "While a man was riding a cow..." the hadith, and in it: Abu Bakr and Umar will testify to that, while Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ are not present. He said: "While a man was walking in a fine garment, pleased with himself, God Almighty caused the earth to swallow him..." the hadith, and in it: Abu Bakr and Umar will testify to that, while Abu Bakr and Umar ؓ are not present.

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4622No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ رَجُلًا خَفِيفَ اللَّحْمِ أَبْيَضَ

    ✧ I saw Abu Bakr ؓ as a man of light flesh, fair-skinned.

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4623No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ كَانَ يَخْضِبُ بِالْحِنَّاءِ

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ used to dye his hair with henna.

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4624No grade recorded

    بَيْنَا عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ طَلْحَةَ ؓ تَقُولُ لِأُمِّهَا أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ: أَبِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِيكِ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ: أَلَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمَا ؟ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَنْتَ عَتِيقُ اللهِ مِنَ النَّارِ. قَالَتْ ؓ: فَمِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ سُمِّيَ عَتِيقًا، وَدَخَلَ طَلْحَةُ ؓ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ يَا طَلْحَةُ مِمَّنْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ

    ✧ While A'ishah bint Talhah ؓ was saying to her mother Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr ؓ: "My father is better than your father," A'ishah the Mother of the Believers ؓ said: "Shall I not judge between you two? Abu Bakr ؓ entered upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'O Abu Bakr, you are the freed one of God from the Fire.'" She ؓ said: "From that day he was called Atiq. And Talhah ؓ entered upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'You, O Talhah, are among those who have fulfilled their vow.'"

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4625No grade recorded

    وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَفِي بَيْتِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِنَاءِ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ ؓ، وَالسِّتْرُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى عَتِيقِ اللهِ مِنَ النَّارِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ وَإِنَّ اسْمَهُ الَّذِي سَمَّاهُ أَهْلُهُ: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، فَغَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ اسْمُ عَتِيقٍ

    ✧ By God, I was in my house one day, and the Messenger of God ﷺ was in the courtyard with his companions ؓ, and the curtain was between me and them, when Abu Bakr ؓ came. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever is pleased to look at the one freed by God from the Fire, let him look at Abu Bakr ؓ. And his name that his family gave him was Abdullah b. Uthman, but the name Atiq prevailed over him.'

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4626No grade recorded

    إِنْ لَمْ أُفَضِّلْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَكُونُ قَدْ كَذَّبْتُ عَلِيًّا، وَإِنِّي إِلَى تَصْدِيقِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَحْوَجُ مِنِّي إِلَى تَكْذِيبِهِ

    ✧ If I do not prefer Abu Bakr and Umar over Ali ؓ, I would have belied Ali; and I am more in need of affirming Ali ؓ than of belying him.

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4627No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فِي غَزْوَةِ ذَاتِ السَّلَاسِلِ، وَلِحْيَتُهُ كَأَنَّهَا لَهَبُ الْعَرْفَجِ

    ✧ I saw Abu Bakr ؓ in the campaign of Dhat al-Salasil, and his beard was like the flame of the arfaj.

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4628No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ اللهِ، قَالَ ؓ: أَنَا خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَرْضَى بِذَلِكَ

    ✧ I said to Abu Bakr ؓ, 'O Caliph of Allah,' and he ؓ said, 'I am the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I am content with that.'

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4629No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ بِيَدِهِ عَسِيبُ نَخْلٍ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: اسْمَعُوا لِخَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ I saw Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ with a palm branch in his hand, while he was saying, 'Listen to the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4630No grade recorded

    لَوْ وُزِنَ إِيمَانُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ بِإِيمَانِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ لَرَجَحَ بِهِمْ

    ✧ If the faith of Abu Bakr ؓ were weighed against the faith of all the people of the earth, it would outweigh them.

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4631No grade recorded

    وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي شَعَرَةٌ فِي صَدْرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ

    ✧ I wish I were a hair on the chest of Abu Bakr ؓ.

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4632No grade recorded

    مِنْبَرِي هَذَا عَلَى تُرْعَةٍ مِنْ تُرَعِ الْجَنَّةِ، إِنَّ رَجُلًا خَيَّرَهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَيْنَ أَنْ يَعِيشَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَعِيشَ، وَبَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ، فَبَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ... الْحَدِيثَ، مِثْلُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ؓ، وَفِيهِ: وَلَكِنْ وُدٌّ، وَإِخَاءُ إِيمَانٍ.

    ✧ This pulpit of mine is on one of the gates of Paradise. A man was given the choice by his Lord, Mighty and Glorious, between living in this world as long as Allah willed for him to live, and meeting his Lord, and Abu Bakr ؓ wept... the hadith, like the hadith of Abu Sa'id ؓ, and in it: but love and the brotherhood of faith.

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4633No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: مَا عِنْدَنَا مِنَ الْمَالِ غَيْرُ قَدَحٍ وَلِقْحَةٍ، فَإِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ فَابْعَثِي بِهِمَا إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ بَعَثَتْ بِهِمَا إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، لَقَدْ أَتْعَبَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُ

    ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ said to me, 'We have no wealth except a bowl and a milch-camel. When I die, send them both to Umar ؓ.' When he died, she sent them to Umar ؓ, and he said, 'May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr. He has indeed made it difficult for those who come after him.'

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4634No grade recorded

    لَقَدْ ضَرَبُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّةً حَتَّى غُشِيَ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِي: وَيْلَكُمْ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللهُ ؟ قَالُوا: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: ابْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ

    ✧ They once struck the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he lost consciousness. He said: 'Abu Bakr ؓ stood up and began calling out, "Woe to you! Would you kill a man for saying, 'My Lord is Allah'?" They said, "Who is this?" He said, "The son of Abu Quhafah."'

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4635No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، ثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بِهِ، وَفِي آخِرِهِ: الْمَجْنُونُ. صَحِيحٌ، أَخْرَجَهُ الْحَاكِمُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ ابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ بِهِ، وَاخْتَارَهُ الضِّيَاءُ، وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ.:

    ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Muhammad b. Abdullah b. Numayr narrated to us, Ibn Abi Ubaydah narrated to us with it, and at its end: the madman. Sahih, al-Hakim extracted it from the path of Ibn Numayr with it, and al-Diya chose it, and it has a witness from the hadith of Abdullah b. Amr b. al-As ؓ in al-Bukhari.

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4636No grade recorded

    كَانَ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رَجُلًا صَدُوقًا صَمُوتًا، فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ؓ قَالَ: الْيَوْمَ تَنْطِقُ الْعَذْرَاءُ مِنْ خِدْرِهَا، سَمِعْتُ عَمَّتِي عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ؓ تَقُولُ: لَمَّا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، ارْتَدَّتِ الْعَرَبُ قَاطِبَةً، وَاشْرَأَبَّ الْقَوْمُ، وَعَادَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ كَأَنَّهُمْ مِعْزَى طُيِّرَتْ فِي حَشٍّ، فَوَاللهِ مَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي لَفْظَةٍ إِلَّا طَارَ أَبِي بِفَنَائِهَا، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَتْ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَقَالَتْ: وَمَنْ رَأَى عُمَرَ ؓ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ خُلِقَ عَنَاءً لِلْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ ؓ: كَانَ ؓ وَاللهِ أَحْوَذِيًّا، نَسِيجَ وَحْدِهِ، قَدْ أَعَدَّ لِلْأُمُورِ أَقْرَانَهَا، مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ خُلُقِهِ ؓ حَتَّى تَعُدَّ سَبْعَ خِصَالٍ لَا أَحْفَظُهَا

    ✧ Al-Qasim b. Muhammad was a truthful and silent man. When Umar b. Abd al-Aziz ؓ became caliph, he said: 'Today the virgin will speak from her chamber.' I heard my aunt A'ishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ ؓ, say: 'When the Prophet ﷺ passed away, the Arabs apostatized altogether, the people craned their necks (in anticipation), and the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ became like goats scattered in a thicket. By Allah, they did not differ over a single word except that my father flew with its understanding.' Then she mentioned Umar ؓ and said: 'Whoever saw Umar ؓ knew that he was created as a burden for Islam.' Then she said ؓ: 'He was, by Allah, skilled and unmatched, a man of his own kind. He had prepared for affairs their counterparts. I have not seen the like of his character ؓ, until you count seven qualities which I do not remember.'

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4637No grade recorded

    تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَوَاللهِ لَوْ نَزَلَ بِالْجِبَالِ الرَّاسِيَاتِ مَا نَزَلَ بِأَبِي

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, and by Allah, if what descended upon my father had descended upon the firm mountains, they would have crumbled.

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4638No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: وَلَدَنِي مَرَّتَيْنِ

    ✧ That he mentioned Abu Bakr ؓ and praised him, and said: 'He begot me twice.'

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4639No grade recorded

     كُسِرَ بَعِيرٌ مِنَ الْمَالِ فَنَحَرَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ، فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ نَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ ؓ: لَوْ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، تَحَدَّثْنَا عِنْدَكَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: لَا أَعُودُ لِمِثْلِهَا، إِنَّهُ مَضَى لِي صَاحِبَانِ سَلَكَا طَرِيقًا، فَإِنِّي إِنْ عَمِلْتُ بِغَيْرِ عَمَلِهِمَا، سُلِكَ بِي غَيْرُ طَرِيقِهِمَا

     ✧ A camel from the spoils broke (its leg), so Umar ؓ slaughtered it and invited some of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ to eat. Al-Abbas ؓ said to him: "If you did this every day, we would just come and sit with you?" He ؓ said: "I will not do the like of it again. I had two companions (the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ) who passed away after following a certain path. If I act differently from their way, I will be made to follow a path other than theirs."

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4640No grade recorded

     كُنَّا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ لَا نَشُكُّ أَنَّ السَّكِينَةَ تَنْطِقُ عَلَى لِسَانِ عُمَرَ

     ✧ We, the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ, had no doubt that tranquility spoke upon the tongue of Umar.

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4641No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ بِهِ نَحْوَهُ.:،::

     ✧ Ahmad b. Mani' said: Abbad b. Abbad narrated to us, from Mujalid, something similar to it.

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4642No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ ؓ جَاءَ، فَجَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى خَتَنَتِكَ خَطَبَهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَأَبَتْهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَا مَنَعَهَا مِنْ عُمَرَ ؓ ؟ مَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ - إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ نَبِيٌّ - أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لِلَّذِي

     ✧ Abu Sufyan ؓ came and sat near the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Have you not seen your son-in-law? Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ proposed to her, and she refused him." The Prophet ﷺ said: "What prevented her from (marrying) Umar ؓ? There is no man in Madinah better than Umar ؓ—except if he were a prophet." He said: So I said to the one…

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4643No grade recorded

     أَتَى أَهْلُ نَجْرَانَ عَلِيًّا ؓ، فَقَالُوا: نَسْأَلُكَ خَطَّكَ بِيَدِكَ، وَشَفَاعَتَكَ بِلِسَانِكَ: أَنْ تَرُدَّنَا، قَالَ: كَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ رَشِيدَ الْأَمْرِ، فَلَوْ طُعِنَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا لَطُعِنَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ

     ✧ The people of Najran came to Ali ؓ and said: "We ask you by your own hand and your intercession with your tongue to return us (to our previous status)." He said: "Umar ؓ was rightly guided in his affairs. If he were criticized one day, he would be criticized on that day (i.e., the day of his stabbing)."

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4644No grade recorded

     يَا عَمَّارُ، أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ آنِفًا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا جِبْرِيلُ، حَدِّثْنِي بِفَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، لَوْ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِفَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ ؓ مِثْلَ مَا لَبِثَ نُوحٌ فِي قَوْمِهِ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا، مَا نَفِدَتْ فَضَائِلُ عُمَرَ، وَإِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ لَحَسَنَةٌ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ

     ✧ "O Ammar, Jibril ﷺ came to me just now. I said: 'O Jibril, tell me about the virtues of Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ.' He said: 'O Muhammad, if I were to tell you the virtues of Umar ؓ for as long as Nuh remained among his people—nine hundred and fifty years—his virtues would not be exhausted. Indeed, Umar ؓ is one good deed among the good deeds of Abu Bakr ؓ.'"

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4645No grade recorded

     إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يَعْرِفُ الْكَذِبَ، فَعُمَرُ

     ✧ If there was anyone who did not know lying, it was Umar.

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4646No grade recorded

     لَوْ مَاتَ جَمَلٌ فِي عَمَلِي ضَيَاعًا، خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَنِي اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَنْهُ

     ✧ If a camel died lost in my jurisdiction (i.e., through my negligence), I would fear that Allah, Blessed and Exalted, would question me about it.

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4647No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَهُوَ يَشْتَكِي فِي مَرَضِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَيْنَا عُمَرَ، وَقَدْ عَتَا عَلَيْنَا وَلَا سُلْطَانَ لَهُ، فَكَيْفَ لَوْ مَلَكَنَا كَانَ أَعْتَى وَأَعْتَى، فَكَيْفَ تَقُولُ لِلهِ إِذَا لَقِيتَهُ ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَجْلِسُونِي فَأَجْلَسُوهُ، فَقَالَ: أَبِاللهِ تَعْرِفُونِي ؟ قَالَ: أَقُولُ إِذَا لَقِيتُهُ: اسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ خَيْرَ أَهْلِكَ

     ✧ A man from the Muhajirun entered upon Abu Bakr while he was suffering in his illness and said to him: "You have appointed Umar over us, and he has been harsh with us even without authority. So how will it be when he rules over us? He will be even harsher and harsher. What will you say to Allah when you meet Him?" Abu Bakr said: "Sit me up." So they sat him up. He said: "Are you trying to frighten me with Allah? Do you know me? I will say when I meet Him: 'I appointed over them the best of Your people.'"

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4648No grade recorded

     مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ، كَانَ أَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ مِنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

     ✧ I do not know anyone among the people who was more knowledgeable after the Messenger of Allah than Umar b. al-Khattab.

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4649No grade recorded

     وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي خَرَجْتُ مِنْهَا - يَعْنِي: الْإِمَارَةَ - كَفَافًا، لَا عَلَيَّ، وَلَا لِي

     ✧ I wish that I could leave it—meaning the governorship—evenly, with nothing for me and nothing against me.

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4650No grade recorded

     صَعِدْتُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَقُلْتُ: انْزِلْ عَنْ مِنْبَرِ أَبِي، وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى مِنْبَرِ أَبِيكَ، قَالَ ؓ: إِنَّ أَبِي لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مِنْبَرٌ، قَالَ ؓ: ثُمَّ أَخَذَنِي ؓ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَقْلِبُ حَصًى فِي يَدِي، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ ذَهَبَ بِي إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَمَرَكَ بِهَذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهَذَا أَحَدٌ، قَالَ: جَعَلْتَ تَغْشَانَا، جَعَلْتَ تَأْتِينَا، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ يَوْمًا، وَهُوَ خَالٍ بِمُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ، وَجَاءَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ فَرَجَعَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ رَجَعَ رَجَعْتُ، فَلَقِيَنِي بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ: لَمْ أَرَكَ تَأْتِينَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ جِئْتُ، وَكُنْتَ خَالِيًا بِمُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ، وَجَاءَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ فَرَجَعَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ رَجَعَ رَجَعْتُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِالْإِذْنِ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ عَلَى رُؤُوسِنَا، مَا نَرَى إِلَّا اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَأَنْتُمْ، قَالَ: وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ ؓ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ

     ✧ I went up to Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ and said: "Come down from my father's pulpit and go to your father's pulpit." He ؓ said: "My father had no pulpit." He ؓ then took me by the hand and I began to turn pebbles in my hand. When he came down, he took me to his house and said: "Who ordered you to do this?" I said: "No one ordered me." He said: "You made us become close to you, you kept coming to us." He said: Then one day I came to him while he was alone with Muawiyah ؓ, and Ibn Umar ؓ came and went back. When I saw him go back, I went back. Later he met me and said: "I did not see you coming to us." I said: "I did come, but you were alone with Muawiyah ؓ, and Ibn Umar ؓ came and went back. When I saw him go back, I went back." Umar ؓ said: "You are more entitled to permission than Abdullah b. Umar. You are only above our heads. We see none but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and you." He said: And he put his hand on his head.

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4651No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ قَتْلِي بِيَدِ رَجُلٍ صَلَّى لَكَ سَجْدَةً

     ✧ He used to say: O Allah, do not make my killing at the hand of a man who has prostrated to You a single prostration.

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4652No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى عَلَى عُمَرَ ؓ ثَوْبًا غَسِيلًا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَجَدِيدٌ ثَوْبُكَ هَذَا أَمْ غَسِيلٌ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: غَسِيلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: الْبَسْ جَدِيدًا، وَعِشْ حَمِيدًا، وَتَوَفَّ شَهِيدًا، وَيُعْطِيكَ اللهُ قُرَّةَ عَيْنِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a washed garment on Umar ؓ and said ﷺ: Is this garment of yours new or washed? He said ؓ: Washed, O Messenger of Allah. He said ﷺ: Wear new, live praiseworthy, and die as a martyr, and Allah will grant you the delight of the eye in this world and the Hereafter.

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4653No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ عُمَرُ ؓ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ الْبَابَ، سَمِعْتُ نَحِيبَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: اعْتُرِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَدَخَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِمَنْكِبِهِ، وَقُلْتُ: لَا بَأْسَ، لَا بَأْسَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: بَلْ أَشَدُّ الْبَأْسِ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَأَدْخَلَنِي الْبَابَ، فَإِذَا حَقَائِبُ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ، فَقَالَ: الْآنَ هَانَ آلُ الْخَطَّابِ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، لَوْ شَاءَ لَجَعَلَ هَذَا إِلَى صَاحِبَيَّ - يَعْنِي: النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ - فَسَنَّا لِي فِيهِ سُنَّةً أَقْتَدِي بِهَا، فَقُلْتُ: اجْلِسْ بِنَا نُفَكِّرْ، اجْلِسْ بِنَا نُفَكِّرْ، فَجَعَلْنَا لِأُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ، وَجَعَلْنَا لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ، وَلِسَائِرِ النَّاسِ أَلْفَيْنِ أَلْفَيْنِ

     ✧ Umar ؓ sent for me, so I came to him. When I reached the door, I heard his sobbing. I said: Has the Commander of the Faithful been afflicted? I entered and took hold of his shoulder and said: No harm, no harm, O Commander of the Faithful. He said: Rather, the severest harm. Then he took my hand and brought me inside, and there were bags piled one on top of another. He said: Now the family of al-Khattab has become insignificant before Allah, the Exalted. If Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, had willed, He would have given this to my two companions—meaning the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ—and He would have established for me a practice in it that I could follow. I said: Sit with us and let us think. Sit with us and let us think. So we assigned four thousand to each of the Mothers of the Believers ؓ, and we assigned four thousand to each of the Muhajirun, and two thousand to each of the rest of the people.

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4654No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أُصِيبَ عُمَرُ ؓ، دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةُ ؓ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، وَيَا صِهْرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، وَيَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ: أَجْلِسْنِي يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، أَجْلِسْنِي، فَلَا صَبْرَ لِي عَلَى مَا أَسْمَعُ، فَأَسْنَدَهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: إِنِّي أُحَرِّجُ عَلَيْكِ لِمَا لِي عَلَيْكِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ أَلَّا تَنْدُبِينِي بَعْدَ مَجْلِسِكِ هَذَا، وَأَمَّا عَيْنَيْكِ فَلَمْ أَمْلِكْهُمَا، إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ مَيِّتٍ يُنْدَبُ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ، إِلَّا الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَلْعَنُهُ

     ✧ When Umar ؓ was struck, Hafsah ؓ entered upon him and said: O companion of the Messenger of Allah, O in-law of the Messenger of Allah, O Commander of the Faithful. Umar said to Ibn Umar ؓ: Seat me, O Abdullah, seat me, for I cannot bear what I hear. So he leaned him against his chest ؓ. Then he said to her: I adjure you by the right I have over you not to mourn me after this sitting of yours. As for your eyes, I do not control them. Indeed, no deceased person is mourned with what is not in him except that the angels curse him.

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4655No grade recorded

     لَمَّا صَدَرَ عُمَرُ ؓ مِنْ مِنًى أَنَاخَ بِالْأَبْطَحِ، ثُمَّ كَوَّمَ كَوْمَةً مِنَ الْبَطْحَاءِ، ثُمَّ أَلْقَى نَفْسَهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَزِقَ بِثَوْبِهِ وَاسْتَلْقَى، وَمَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِي، وَكَبِرَتْ سِنِّي، وَانْتَشَرَتْ رَعِيَّتِي، فَاقْبِضْنِي إِلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مُضَيِّعٍ وَلَا مُفَرِّطٍ، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ ؓ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَخَطَبَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي قَدْ سَنَنْتُ لَكُمُ السُّنَنَ، وَفَرَضْتُ لَكُمُ الْفَرَائِضَ، وَتَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى وَاضِحَةٍ - وَصَفَّقَ يَحْيَى بِيَدَيْهِ - إِلَّا أَنْ تَضِلُّوا بِالنَّاسِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا. وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: فَمَا انْسَلَخَ ذُو الْحِجَّةِ، حَتَّى قُتِلَ عُمَرُ

     ✧ When Umar ؓ departed from Mina, he made his camel kneel at al-Abtah. Then he piled up a heap of pebbles and threw himself upon it, pressing his garment to it and lying on his back. He stretched his hand toward the sky and said: O Allah, my strength has weakened, my age has advanced, and my flock has scattered, so take me to You without negligence or excess. Then he ؓ came to Madinah and gave a sermon: O people, I have established for you the sunnahs, I have ordained for you the obligations, and I have left you upon a clear path—Yahya clapped his hands—unless you lead people astray to the right and left. And he mentioned the hadith. Said: Dhul-Hijjah had not ended before Umar was killed.

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4656No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ غَدَاةَ طُعِنَ، فَكُنْتُ فِي الصَّفِّ الثَّانِي، وَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ إِلَّا هَيْبَتُهُ، كَانَ ؓ يَسْتَقْبِلُ الصَّفَّ إِذَا أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَإِنْ رَأَى إِنْسَانًا مُتَقَدِّمًا أَوْ مُتَأَخِّرًا أَصَابَهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي مَنَعَنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ، فَكُنْتُ فِي الصَّفِّ الثَّانِي، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ ؓ يُرِيدُ الصَّلَاةَ، فَعَرَضَ لَهُ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ غُلَامُ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، فَنَاجَاهُ عُمَرُ ؓ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ، ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ، ثُمَّ نَاجَاهُ، ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ، ثُمَّ نَاجَاهُ، ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ، ثُمَّ طَعَنَهُ، فَرَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ قَائِلًا بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا، يَقُولُ: دُونَكُمُ الْكَلْبَ فَقَدْ قَتَلَنِي، فَمَاجَ النَّاسُ، فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: الصَّلَاةَ، عِبَادَ اللهِ، قَدْ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ بِأَقْصَرِ سُورَتَيْنِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ: إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ قَالَ: فَاحْتُمِلَ عُمَرُ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، نَاوِلْنِي الْكَتِفَ، فَلَوْ أَرَادَ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُمْضِيَ مَا فِيهَا أَمْضَاهُ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ: أَنَا أَكْفِيكَ، أَمْحُوهَا، فَقَالَ: لَا، وَاللهِ لَا يَمْحُوهَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، فَمَحَاهَا عُمَرُ ؓ بِيَدِهِ، وَكَانَ فِيهَا فَرِيضَةُ الْجَدِّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ: ادْعُوا لِي عَلِيًّا، وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ، وَطَلْحَةَ، وَالزُّبَيْرَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ، وَسَعْدًا - يَ ؓ -، قَالَ: فَدُعُوا، فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْ ؓ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا عَلِيًّا وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ، قَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ لَعَلَّهُمْ أَنْ يَعْرِفُوا لَكَ قَرَابَتَكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَمَا أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْفِقْهِ وَالْعِلْمِ، فَإِنْ وَلَّوْكَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فَاتَّقِ اللهَ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ: يَا عُثْمَانُ، لَعَلَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ أَنْ يَعْرِفُوا لَكَ صِهْرَكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَشَرَفَكَ، فَإِنْ وَلَّوْكَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فَاتَّقِ اللهَ، وَلَا تَحْمِلَنَّ بَنِي أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ عَلَى رِقَابِ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ: يَا صُهَيْبُ، صَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ ثَلَاثًا، وَأَدْخِلْ هَؤُلَاءِ فِي بَيْتٍ، فَإِذَا أَجْمَعُوا عَلَى رَجُلٍ، فَمَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ فَلْيَضْرِبُوا رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا قَالَ ؓ: إِنْ وَلَّوُا الْأَجْلَحَ سَلَكَ بِهِمُ الطَّرِيقَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَحْمِلَهَا حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا

     ✧ I witnessed Umar ibn al-Khattab ؓ on the morning he was stabbed. I was in the second row, and nothing prevented me from being in the first row except awe of him. When the prayer was about to begin, he ؓ would face the rows, and if he saw anyone forward or back, he would strike him with the whip. That is what prevented me from being in the first row, so I was in the second row. Umar ؓ came to lead the prayer, and Abu Lu'lu'ah, the slave of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, intercepted him. Umar ؓ spoke privately with him not far away, then left him, then spoke privately again, then left him, then spoke privately again, then left him, then stabbed him. I saw Umar ؓ gesturing with his hand like this, saying: Stop the dog, for he has killed me. The people surged, and someone said: The prayer, O servants of Allah, the sun has risen. So Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ led them in prayer with the two shortest surahs in the Quran: 'When comes the help of Allah' and 'Indeed, We have granted you al-Kawthar.' Then Umar ؓ was carried, and he said: O Abdullah, hand me the shoulder blade. If Allah, the Exalted, willed to carry out what is in it, He would. Abdullah ؓ said: I will suffice you, I will erase it. He said: No, by Allah, no one will erase it but me. So Umar ؓ erased it with his hand, and in it was the share of the grandfather. Then he said ؓ: Call for me Ali, Uthman ؓ, Talhah, al-Zubayr, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, and Sa'd— ؓ. They were called, and he ؓ did not speak to any of the group except Ali and Uthman ؓ. He said: O Ali, perhaps these people will recognize your kinship to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and what Allah, the Exalted, has given you of understanding and knowledge. If they entrust you with this matter, fear Allah in it. Then he said ؓ: O Uthman, perhaps these people will recognize your relationship by marriage to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and your honor. If they entrust you with this matter, fear Allah and do not let the Banu Abi Mu'ayt ride on the necks of the people. Then he said ؓ: O Suhayb, lead the people in prayer for three days, and place these men in a house. If they agree upon a man, whoever opposes them, strike his head. When they went out, he said ؓ: If they appoint the bald one, he will lead them on the path. Abdullah ibn Umar ؓ said to him: What prevents you? He said ؓ: I dislike carrying it alive and dead.

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4657No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قُتِلَ عُمَرُ قَالَتْ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ: الْيَوْمَ وَهَى الْإِسْلَامُ

     ✧ When Umar was killed, Umm Ayman said: Today Islam has been weakened.

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4658No grade recorded

     لَمَّا طُعِنَ عُمَرُ ؓ، دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَا تَعْجَلُوا إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، فَإِنْ أَعِشْ رَأَيْتُ فِيهِ رَأْيِي، وَإِنْ أَمُتْ فَهُوَ إِلَيْكُمْ، قَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّهُ وَاللهِ قَدْ قُتِلَ وَقُطِعَ، قَالَ ؓ: إِنَّا لِلهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ: وَيْحَكُمْ، مَنْ هُوَ ؟ قَالُوا: أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ، قَالَ ؓ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ؓ إِلَى ابْنِهِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ، فَقَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ، أَيُّ وَالِدٍ كُنْتُ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: خَيْرُ وَالِدٍ، قَالَ ؓ: فَأُقْسِمُ عَلَيْكَ لَمَا احْتَمَلْتَنِي حَتَّى تُلْصِقَ خَدِّي بِالْأَرْضِ، حَتَّى أَمُوتَ كَمَا يَمُوتُ الْعَبْدُ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ: وَاللهِ، إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيَشْتَدُّ عَلَيَّ يَا أَبَتَاهُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: قُمْ، فَلَا تُرَاجِعْنِي، قَالَ: فَقَامَ فَاحْتَمَلَهُ، حَتَّى أَلْصَقَ خَدَّهُ بِالْأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِحَقِّ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَحَقِّ عُمَرَ، إِذَا مُتُّ فَدَفَنْتَنِي، لمَا لَمْ تَغْسِلْ رَأْسَكَ حَتَّى تَبِيعَ مِنْ رِبَاعِ آلِ عُمَرَ بِثَمَانِينَ أَلْفًا، فَتَضَعُهَا فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ وَكَانَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَمَا قَدْرُ هَذِهِ الثَّمَانِينَ أَلْفًا، قَدْ أَضْرَرْتَ بِعِيَالِكَ، أَوْ بِآلِ عُمَرَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي يَا ابْنَ عَوْفٍ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ، وَاثْنَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفًا أَنْفَقْتُهَا فِي اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ حَجَّةً حَجَجْتُهَا فِي وِلَايَتِي، وَنَوَائِبَ كَانَتْ تَنُوبُنِي فِي الرُّسُلِ، تَأْتِينِي مِنْ قِبَلِ الْأَمْصَارِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَبْشِرْ وَأَحْسِنِ الظَّنَّ بِاللهِ تَعَالَى، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَخَذَ مِثْلَ الَّذِي أَخَذْتَ مِنَ الْفَيْءِ الَّذِي قَدْ جَعَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَنَا، وَقَدْ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَنْكَ رَاضٍ، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ لَكَ مَعَهُ ﷺ سَوَابِقُ فَقَالَ ؓ: يَا ابْنَ عَوْفٍ، وَدَّ عُمَرُ أَنَّهُ لَوْ خَرَجَ مِنْهَا كَمَا دَخَلَ فِيهَا، إِنِّي أَوَدُّ أَنْ أَلْقَى اللهَ تَعَالَى، فَلَا تَطْلُبُونِي بِقَلِيلٍ وَلَا كَثِيرٍ. ثُمَامَةُ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ وَغَيْرُهُ، وَسِيَاقُ قِصَّةِ عُمَرَ ؓ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ لَيْسَ فِيهَا غَالِبُ هَذَا الْمَذْكُورِ هُنَا.

     ✧ When Umar ؓ was stabbed, we entered upon him while he was saying: Do not rush to this man. If I live, I will see my opinion about him; if I die, he is your affair. They said: O Commander of the Faithful, by Allah, he has been killed and cut to pieces. He said ؓ: Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return. Then he said ؓ: Woe to you, who is he? They said: Abu Lu'lu'ah. He said ؓ: Allah is greatest. Then he ؓ looked at his son Abdullah ؓ and said: O my son, what kind of father was I to you? He said: The best of fathers. He said ؓ: I adjure you to carry me until you press my cheek to the ground, so that I die as a slave dies. Abdullah ؓ said: By Allah, that is hard for me, O father. He said: Then he said: Get up and do not argue with me. So he got up and carried him until he pressed his cheek to the ground. Then he said ؓ: O Abdullah, I adjure you by the right of Allah, the Exalted, and the right of Umar, when I die and you bury me, do not wash your head until you sell from the properties of the family of Umar for eighty thousand and place it in the treasury of the Muslims. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ, who was at his head, said: O Commander of the Faithful, what is the value of these eighty thousand? You have harmed your dependents, or the family of Umar. He said ؓ: Get away from me, O Ibn Awf. Then he looked at Abdullah ؓ and said: O my son, and thirty-two thousand I spent in twelve pilgrimages I performed during my governance and in needs that came to me from messengers arriving from the provinces. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ said to him: O Commander of the Faithful, rejoice and think well of Allah, the Exalted. There is no one among us of the Muhajirun but has taken the like of what you took from the fay' that Allah, the Exalted, has assigned to us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away while pleased with you, and you have with him ﷺ prior merits. He said ؓ: O Ibn Awf, Umar wishes that he had come out of it as he entered it. I wish to meet Allah, the Exalted, and that you do not hold me accountable for little or much. Thumamah: Ali ibn al-Madini and others spoke about him. The narration of the story of Umar ؓ in the two Sahihs does not contain most of what is mentioned here.

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4659No grade recorded

     كَانَ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ عَبْدًا لِلْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، فَكَانَ يَصْنَعُ الرَّحَا، وَكَانَ الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ يَسْتَغِلُّهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَرْبَعَةَ دَرَاهِمَ، فَلَقِيَ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ قَدْ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ غَلَّتِي، فَكَلِّمْهُ يُخَفِّفْ عَنِّي، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: اتَّقِ اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَأَحْسِنْ إِلَى مَوْلَاكَ، وَمِنْ نِيَّةِ عُمَرَ ؓ أَنْ يَلْقَى الْمُغِيرَةَ فَيُكَلِّمَهُ، فَيُخَفِّفَ عَنْهُ، فَغَضِبَ الْعَبْدُ، وَقَالَ: وَسِعَ النَّاسَ عَدْلُهُ كُلُّهُمْ غَيْرِي، فَأَضْمَرَ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ، فَاصْطَنَعَ خِنْجَرًا لَهُ رَأْسَانِ، وَشَحَذَهُ وَسَمَّهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى بِهِ الْهُرْمُزَانَ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ تَرَى هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: أَرَى أَنَّكَ لَا تَضْرِبُ بِهِ أَحَدًا إِلَّا قَتَلْتَهُ، فَتَحَيَّنَ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ، فَجَاءَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ، حَتَّى قَامَ وَرَاءَ عُمَرَ ؓ، وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِذَا أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَتَكَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: أَقِيمُوا صُفُوفَكُمْ، فَذَهَبَ يَقُولُ كَمَا كَانَ يَقُولُ، فَلَمَّا كَبَّرَ وَجَأَهُ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ فِي كَتِفِهِ، وَوَجَأَهُ فِي خَاصِرَتِهِ، فَسَقَطَ عُمَرُ ؓ، وَطَعَنَ بِخِنْجَرِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، فَهَلَكَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعَةٌ، وَجُرِحَ مِنْهُمْ سِتَّةٌ، وَحُمِلَ عُمَرُ ؓ، فَذُهِبَ بِهِ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، وَمَاجَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ، فَنَادَى عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، الصَّلَاةَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَفَزِعُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَتَقَدَّمَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ، فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ بِأَقْصَرِ سُورَتَيْنِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ، تَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ، فَدَعَا بِشَرَابٍ لِيَنْظُرَ مَا قَدْرُ جُرْحِهِ، فَأُتِيَ بِنَبِيذٍ فَشَرِبَهُ، فَخَرَجَ مَنْ جُرْحِهِ، فَلَمْ يَدْرِ أَنَبِيذٌ هُوَ أَمْ دَمٌ ؟ فَدَعَا ؓ بِلَبَنٍ فَشَرِبَهُ، فَخَرَجَ مِنْ جُرْحِهِ، فَقَالُوا: لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكَ، يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ ؓ: إِنْ يَكُنِ الْقَتْلُ بَأْسًا فَقَدْ قُتِلْتُ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُثْنُونَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ، وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي خَرَجْتُ مِنْهَا كَفَافًا، وَأَنَّ صُحْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَلِمَتْ لِي، فَتَكَلَّمَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: لَا، وَاللهِ لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا كَفَافًا، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَسْتَرِيحُ إِلَى كَلَامِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: كَرِّرْ، فَكَرَّرَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ ؓ: عَلَى مَا تَقُولُ، لَوْ أَنَّ لِي طِلَاعَ الْأَرْضِ لَافْتَدَيْتُ بِهِ مِنْ هَوْلِ الْمَطْلَعِ

     ✧ Abu Lu'lu'ah was a slave of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah. He used to make millstones, and al-Mughirah used to take from him four dirhams every day. Abu Lu'lu'ah met Umar ؓ and said: O Commander of the Faithful, al-Mughirah has made my tax heavy; speak to him to lighten it for me. Umar ؓ said to him: Fear Allah, the Exalted, and be good to your master. Umar ؓ intended to meet al-Mughirah and speak to him to lighten it. The slave became angry and said: His justice has encompassed all the people except me. He resolved to kill him. He fashioned a dagger with two heads, sharpened it, and poisoned it. Then he brought it to al-Hurmuzan and said: How do you see this? He said: I see that you will not strike anyone with it except that you kill him. Abu Lu'lu'ah waited for an opportunity and came at the dawn prayer until he stood behind Umar ؓ. When the prayer was about to begin and someone spoke, Umar ؓ used to say: Straighten your rows. He went to say as he used to say, and when he said the takbir, Abu Lu'lu'ah stabbed him in his shoulder and stabbed him in his side. Umar ؓ fell, and he stabbed with his dagger thirteen men; seven of them died and six were wounded. Umar ؓ was carried and taken to his house. The people surged until the sun almost rose. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ called out: O people, the prayer, the prayer. They rushed to the prayer, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ stepped forward and led them with the two shortest surahs in the Quran. When he finished the prayer, they went to Umar ؓ. He called for a drink to see the extent of his wound. He was brought nabidh and drank it, and it came out of his wound, and they did not know whether it was nabidh or blood. He ؓ called for milk and drank it, and it came out of his wound. They said: No harm upon you, O Commander of the Faithful. He said ؓ: If killing is harm, then I have been killed. The people began to praise him, and he said: Despite what you say, I wish I had come out of it even, and that the companionship of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is secure for me. Ibn Abbas ؓ spoke and said: No, by Allah, you will not come out of it even. And he mentioned the hadith. He said: Umar ؓ used to find rest in the words of Ibn Abbas ؓ, so he said: Repeat. He repeated it to him, and he said ؓ: Despite what you say, if I had the fill of the earth, I would ransom myself with it from the terror of the rising.

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4660No grade recorded

     وَأَخَذَ تِبْنَةً، وَقَالَ: وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي هَذِهِ، وَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ أُمِّي لَمْ تَلِدْنِي، وَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا

     ✧ He took a straw and said: I wish I were this. I wish my mother had not given birth to me. I wish I were a forgotten thing, forgotten.

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4661No grade recorded

     وَيْلٌ لِي، وَوَيْلٌ لِأُمِّي، إِنْ لَمْ يَغْفِرِ اللهُ لِي - ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ -، فَقَضَى مَا بَيْنَهُمَا كَلَامٌ

     ✧ Woe to me, and woe to my mother, if Allah does not forgive me—three times—then something between them was settled.

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4662No grade recorded

     ذَكَرَ رَجُلَانِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: قُتِلَ شَهِيدًا، فَتَعَلَّقَهُ الْآخَرُ، فَأَتَى بِهِ عَلِيًّا ؓ فَقَالَ: هَذَا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ ؓ قُتِلَ شَهِيدًا ؟! فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: أَقُلْتَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَمَا تَذْكُرُ يَوْمَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَأَنْتَ، فَسَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي، وَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَأَعْطَانِي، وَسَأَلْتُ عُمَرَ ؓ فَأَعْطَانِي، وَسَأَلْتُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَأَعْطَانِي، وَسَأَلْتُكَ فَمَنَعْتَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُبَارِكَ لِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: وَمَا لَكَ أَلَّا يُبَارِكَ لَكَ وَقَدْ أَعْطَاكَ نَبِيٌّ وَصِدِّيقٌ وَشَهِيدَانِ ؟ " ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. قَالَ ؓ: دَعُوهُ

     ✧ Two men mentioned Uthman ؓ. One of them said: He was killed as a martyr. The other clung to him and brought him to Ali ؓ, saying: This one claims that Uthman ؓ was killed as a martyr?! Ali ؓ said to him: Did you say that? He said: Yes. Do you not remember the day I came to the Prophet ﷺ and with him were Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and you? I asked the Prophet ﷺ and he gave me; I asked Abu Bakr ؓ and he gave me; I asked Umar ؓ and he gave me; I asked Uthman ؓ and he gave me; and I asked you and you refused me. I said: O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah to bless me. He said ﷺ: What prevents you from being blessed when a Prophet, a Siddiq, and two martyrs have given you? Three times. He said ؓ: Leave him.

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4663No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا بِالْكُوفَةِ شَهِدَ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ ؓ قُتِلَ شَهِيدًا، فَأَخَذَتْهُ الزَّبَانِيَةُ فَرَفَعُوهُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ وَقَالُوا: لَوْلَا أَنْ تَنْهَانَا أَوْ نَهَيْتَنَا أَنْ نَقْتُلَ أَحَدًا قَتَلْنَاهُ، يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ يَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ ؓ شَهِيدٌ. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ: وَأَنْتَ تَشْهَدُ أَوْ تَذْكُرُ أَنِّي أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي، وَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَأَعْطَانِي

     ✧ A man in Kufa testified that Uthman ؓ was killed as a martyr, so the zabaniya seized him and brought him to Ali ؓ, and they said: "Were it not that you forbade us—or you forbade us—from killing anyone, we would have killed him. He claims to testify that Uthman ؓ is a martyr." The man said to Ali ؓ: "And you testify—or you remember—that I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and he gave me, and I came to Abu Bakr ؓ and asked him and he gave me."

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4664No grade recorded

     يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُدَيْسٍ الْبَلَوِيِّ، وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَوَقَعَ فِيهِ، قَالَ أَبُو ثَوْرٍ: فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ وَهُوَ مَحْصُورٌ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ ابْنَ عُدَيْسٍ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ: وَمِنْ أَيْنَ وَقَدِ اخْتَبَأْتُ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَشْرًا؛ إِنِّي لَرَابِعُ أَرْبَعَةٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، وَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ ثُمَّ ابْنَتَهُ، وَبَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِي فَمَا سَتَرْتُ بِهَا ذَكَرِي، وَلَا تَغَنَّيْتُ، وَلَا تَمَنَّيْتُ، وَلَا شَرِبْتُ خَمْرًا فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ... الْحَدِيثَ

     ✧ He narrates from Abd al-Rahman b. Udays al-Balawi, who was among those who pledged allegiance under the tree. He ascended the pulpit, praised God Almighty and extolled Him, then mentioned Uthman ؓ and disparaged him. Abu Thawr said: I entered upon Uthman ؓ while he was besieged, and I said: "Ibn Udays said such-and-such." Uthman ؓ said: "From what [fault]? I have taken refuge with God, Mighty and Majestic, ten times: I am the fourth of four in Islam; the Messenger of God ﷺ married me to his daughter, then his daughter; I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ with my hand, and I did not cover my private part with it, nor did I sing, nor did I wish [for what is forbidden], nor did I drink wine in the Jahiliyyah or in Islam..." (the hadith).

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4665No grade recorded

     إِنْ كَانَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ لَيَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ، إِلَّا هَجْعَةً مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ

     ✧ Uthman ؓ used to fast during the day and stand in prayer at night, except for a short sleep at its beginning.

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4666No grade recorded

     كَانَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ قَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالْقَائِلِينَ عَدْلَا وَبِالصَّلَاةِ مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا

     ✧ When Uthman ؓ heard the call to prayer, he would say: "Welcome to those who proclaim justice, and to the prayer—welcome and greetings."

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4667No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ ؓ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ عِنْدَ الْمَقَامِ قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ، فَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ

     ✧ I saw Uthman ؓ one night at the Maqam, having stepped forward, and he recited the Quran in a single rak'ah, then he finished.

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4668No grade recorded

     أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْنَا عُثْمَانُ ؓ يَوْمَ الدَّارِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، لَا تَقْتُلُونِي فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ قَتَلْتُمُونِي كُنْتُمْ هَكَذَا، وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ ؓ

     ✧ Uthman ؓ looked down upon us on the Day of the House, and he said: "O people, do not kill me, for if you kill me you will be like this"—and he interlaced his fingers ؓ.

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4669No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتٍ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَعُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِيٌّ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ؓ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لِيَنْهَضْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ إِلَى كُفْئِهِ، وَنَهَضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَاعْتَنَقَهُ، وَقَالَ: " أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ While we were with the Messenger of God ﷺ in a house among a group of the Muhajirun, among them Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, al-Zubayr, Abd al-Rahman b. Awf, and Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas ؓ, the Prophet ﷺ said: "Let each man go to his peer." And the Prophet ﷺ went to Uthman ؓ and embraced him, and said: "You are my ally in this world and the Hereafter."

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4670No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ وَعَائِشَةُ ؓ وَرَاءَهُ، اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَدَخَلَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَدَخَلَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَدَخَلَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ سَعْدٌ ؓ فَدَخَلَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَدَخَلَ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَحَدَّثُ كَاشِفًا عَنْ رُكْبَتِهِ، فَمَدَّ رُكْبَتَهُ وَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ: " اسْتَأْخِرِي عَنِّي "، فَتَحَدَّثُوا سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ، ؓ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، دَخَلَ عَلَيْكَ أَصْحَابُكَ فَلَمْ تُصْلِحْ ثَوْبَكَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْكَ، وَلَمْ تُؤَخِّرْنِي عَنْكَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ ؟! فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَلَا أَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ؟ وَلَوْ دَخَلَ وَأَنْتِ قَرِيبٌ مِنِّي لَمْ يَرْفَعْ رَأْسَهُ وَلَمْ يَتَحَدَّثْ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ

     ✧ While the Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting with Aisha ؓ behind him, Abu Bakr ؓ asked permission and entered, then Umar ؓ asked permission and entered, then Ali ؓ asked permission and entered, then Sa'd ؓ asked permission and entered, then Uthman ؓ asked permission and entered, while the Messenger of God ﷺ was conversing with his knee uncovered. He stretched his knee and said to his wife: "Move back from me." They conversed for a while, then they left. Aisha ؓ said: "I said: O Messenger of God, your companions entered upon you and you did not adjust your garment over your knees, and you did not move me away from you, until Uthman ؓ entered?!" He ﷺ said: "Should I not feel shy before a man who feels shy before God and His Messenger? If he entered while you were close to me, he would not raise his head nor converse until he left."

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4671No grade recorded

     لَقِيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ: مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ جَفَوْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَبْلِغْهُ عَنِّي أَنِّي لَمْ أَفِرَّ يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنِ - قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: هُوَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ - وَلَمْ أَتَخَلَّفْ عَنْ بَدْرٍ، وَلَمْ أَتْرُكْ سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَانْطَلَقَ يُخْبِرُ ذَاكَ عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ: أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ " يَوْمَ عَيْنَيْنِ " فَكَيْفَ يُعَيِّرُنِي بِذَنْبٍ قَدْ عَفَا اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ.. الْآيَةَ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " إِنِّي تَخَلَّفْتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ "، كُنْتُ أُمَرِّضُ رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ، وَقَدْ ضَرَبَ لِي بِسَهْمٍ، وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَدْ شَهِدَ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: " إِنِّي أَتْرُكُ سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ ؓ " فَإِنِّي لَا أُطِيقُهَا أَنَا وَلَا هُوَ. فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ met al-Walid b. Uqba ؓ, and al-Walid said to him: "Why do I see that you have become distant from the Commander of the Faithful Uthman ؓ?" He said: "Convey to him from me that I did not flee on the day of Aynayn—Asim said: it is the day of Uhud—and I did not stay behind from Badr, and I did not abandon the sunna of Umar ؓ." He went to inform Uthman of that, and Uthman ؓ said: "As for his saying 'the day of Aynayn,' how can he reproach me for a sin from which God Almighty has pardoned [me]? He, Mighty and Majestic, said: 'Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts met...' [the verse]. As for his saying 'I stayed behind on the day of Badr,' I was nursing Ruqayya, the daughter of the Messenger of God ﷺ, until she died, and he allotted me a share, and whoever the Messenger of God ﷺ allotted a share has indeed participated. As for his saying 'I abandon the sunna of Umar ؓ,' I am not able to bear it, neither I nor he." So I came to him and narrated that to him.

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4672No grade recorded

     رَفَعَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ صَوْتَهُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ: لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ رَفَعْتَ صَوْتَكَ وَقَدْ شَهِدْتُ بَدْرًا وَلَمْ تَشْهَدْ، وَبَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ تُبَايِعْ، وَفَرَرْتَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَلَمْ أَفِرَّ ؟! قَالَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ: أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: " إِنَّكَ شَهِدْتَ بَدْرًا وَلَمْ أَشْهَدْ " فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَلَّفَنِي عَلَى بِنْتِهِ، وَضَرَبَ لِي بِسَهْمٍ، وَأَعْطَانِي أَجْرِي، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: " بَايَعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ أُبَايِعْ " فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى نَاسٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا احْتُبِسْتُ ضَرَبَ ﷺ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ، فَقَالَ: " هَذِهِ لِعُثْمَانَ "، وَشِمَالُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ مِنْ يَمِينِي، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: " فَرَرْتَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَلَمْ أَفِرَّ " فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ.. الْآيَةَ، فَلِمَ تُعَيِّرُنِي بِذَنْبٍ قَدْ عَفَا اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ ؟!

     ✧ Uthman ؓ raised his voice at Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ, and Abd al-Rahman b. Awf said to him: "For what reason did you raise your voice, when I witnessed Badr and you did not, and I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ and you did not, and I did not flee on the day of Uhud while you fled?!" Uthman ؓ said: "As for your saying that you witnessed Badr and I did not, the Messenger of God ﷺ left me behind with his daughter, and he allotted me a share, and gave me my reward. As for your saying that you pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ and I did not, the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to some people among the polytheists, and you know that. When I was detained, he ﷺ struck his right hand on his left and said: 'This is for Uthman.' And the left hand of the Messenger of God ﷺ is better than my right hand. As for your saying that I fled on the day of Uhud and you did not flee, God Almighty said: 'Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts met...' [the verse]. So why do you reproach me for a sin from which God Almighty has pardoned [me]?!"

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4673No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ ذَلِكَ حِينَ أَعْطَى عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَا جَهَّزَ بِهِ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ، فَجَاءَ ؓ بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ أُوقِيَّةِ ذَهَبٍ

     ✧ He witnessed that when Uthman b. Affan ؓ gave the Messenger of God ﷺ what he equipped the army of hardship with, he ؓ came with seven hundred uqiyyas of gold.

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4674No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَنْ هَاجَرَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِأَهْلِهِ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَاحْتَبَسَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ خَبَرُهُ، فَجَعَلَ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ يَتَوَكَّفُ الْأَخْبَارَ، فَقَدِمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ، قَدْ رَأَيْتُ خَتَنَكَ مُتَوَجِّهًا فِي سَفَرِهِ، وَامْرَأَتُهُ عَلَى حِمَارٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الدَّبَّابَةِ، وَهُوَ يَسُوقُ بِهَا، يَمْشِي خَلْفَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: صَحِبَهُمَا اللهُ تَعَالَى، إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ لَأَوَّلُ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَى اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - بِأَهْلِهِ بَعْدَ لُوطٍ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

     ✧ The first of the Muslims to emigrate with his family to Abyssinia was Uthman ؓ. His news was withheld from the Prophet ﷺ, and he ﷺ kept going out looking for news. A woman from Quraysh arrived and said to him: "O Abu al-Qasim, I saw your son-in-law heading off on his journey, with his wife on a donkey of these [small, creeping] creatures, and he was driving it, walking behind her." The Prophet ﷺ said: "May God Almighty accompany them. Uthman is the first to emigrate with his family to God—Mighty and Majestic—after Lot ﷺ."

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4675No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ إِذْ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - فَاحْتَمَلَنِي عَلَى جَنَاحِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ، فَأَدْخَلَنِي جَنَّةَ عَدْنٍ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِيهَا إِذْ رَقَبْتُ بِعَيْنَيَّ تُفَّاحَةً، فَانْفَلَقَتِ التُّفَّاحَةُ نِصْفَيْنِ فَخَرَجَتْ مِنْهَا جَارِيَةٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَمْ أَرَ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا حُسْنًا، وَلَا أَكْمَلَ مِنْهَا جَمَالَا، تُسَبِّحُ اللهَ تَعَالَى بِتَسْبِيحٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعِ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخِرُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ، قُلْتُ: مَا أَنْتِ ؟ قَالَتْ: أَنَا الْحَوْرَاءُ، خَلَقَنِي رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ مِنْ نُورِ عَرْشِهِ، قُلْتُ: لِمَنْ أَنْتِ ؟ قَالَتْ: أَنَا لِلْأَمِينِ الْأَمْعَرِ الْخَلِيفَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ

     ✧ While I was sitting, Gabriel ﷺ came to me, carried me on his right wing, and admitted me to the Garden of Eden. While I was in it, I noticed with my eyes an apple. The apple split into two halves, and out of it came a maiden. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: I have not seen anyone more beautiful in beauty than her, nor more perfect in loveliness. She glorified God Almighty with a glorification the like of which the first and the last have not heard. I said: Who are you? She said: I am al-Ḥawrāʾ. My Lord, may His majesty be glorified, created me from the light of His Throne. I said: For whom are you? She said: I am for the trustworthy, the generous, the wronged caliph, ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān ؓ.

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4676No grade recorded

     قُمْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَيْسَ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا لَهَا قَرَابَةٌ وَعَشِيرَةٌ، فَإِلَى مَنْ تُوصِي بِي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أُوصِي بِكِ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ

     ✧ I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said to him: None of your wives is without relatives and kinsfolk, so to whom do you entrust me? He ﷺ said: I entrust you to ʿAlī ؓ.

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4677No grade recorded

     وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَعَهْدُ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ: سَيَغْدِرُونَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِي

     ✧ By God, it is indeed the covenant of the unlettered Prophet: They will betray you after me.

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4678No grade recorded

     إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ سَتَغْدِرُ بِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِي

     ✧ This community will betray you after me.

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4679No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَعَهْدُ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ سَتَغْدِرُ بِي

     ✧ I heard ʿAlī ؓ say on the pulpit: By God, it is indeed the covenant of the unlettered Prophet: This community will betray me.

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4680No grade recorded

     لَمَّا افْتَتَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الطَّائِفِ فَحَاصَرَهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ فَلَمْ يَفْتَحْهَا، ثُمَّ أَوْغَلَ رَوْحَةً أَوْ غَدْوَةً فَنَزَلَ ثُمَّ هَجَّرَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي فَرَطُكُمْ، وَأُوصِيكُمْ بِعِتْرَتِي خَيْرًا، وَإِنَّ مَوْعِدَكُمُ الْحَوْضُ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتُقِيمُنَّ الصَّلَاةَ، وَلَتُؤْتُنَّ الزَّكَاةَ، أَوْ لَأَبْعَثَنَّ إِلَيْكُمْ رَجُلًا مِنِّي أَوْ كَنَفْسِي فَلَيَضْرِبَنَّ أَعْنَاقَ مُقَاتِلِيهِمْ، وَلَيَسْبِيَنَّ ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ ". قَالَ: فَرَأَى النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَوْ عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَخَذَ ﷺ يَدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَقَالَ: " هَذَا

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ conquered Makkah, he turned to al-Ṭāʾif and besieged it for nineteen or eighteen days but did not conquer it. Then he went deep at midday or morning, dismounted, and then rested during the heat. He said: O people, I precede you, and I commend my family to you with good. Your appointment is at the Pond. By Him in whose hand is my soul, you shall establish prayer and give zakāh, or I shall send to you a man from me or like myself who will strike the necks of their fighters and take their offspring captive. He said: The people thought he meant Abū Bakr or ʿUmar ؓ. But he ﷺ took the hand of ʿAlī ؓ and said: This one.

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4681No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، بِهَذَا:

     ✧ Abū Yaʿlā said: Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah narrated to us with this.

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4682No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ: أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to ʿAlī ؓ: Are you not content to be to me as Hārūn was to Mūsā, except that there is no prophet after me?

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4683No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ مِنْ أَقْضَى أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ

     ✧ We used to say that the most judicious of the people of Madinah was Ibn Abī Ṭālib ؓ.

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4684No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ، ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ السَّكَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بِهِ. وَصَحَّحَهُ الْحَاكِمُ.::

     ✧ Al-Bazzār said: Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Junayd narrated to us, Yaḥyā b. Muḥammad b. al-Sakan narrated to us, Shuʿbah narrated to us with it. Al-Ḥākim deemed it authentic.::

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4685No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُكُمْ وَارِدًا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ أَوَّلُكُمْ إِسْلَامًا: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ

     ✧ The first of you to come to me at the Pond is the first of you in Islam: ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib ؓ.

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4686No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَجَعْتُ مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ قَوْلًا مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي بِهِ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me when I returned from a funeral a statement for which I would not love to have the whole world.

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4687No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ آخَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَتَرَكَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، آخَيْتَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِكَ وَتَرَكْتَنِي ؟! فَقَالَ ﷺ: " تَرَى تَرَكْتُكَ ؟ إِنَّمَا تَرَكْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي، أَنْتَ أَخِي وَأَنَا أَخُوكَ. قَالَ: فَإِنْ حَاجَّكَ أَحَدٌ فَقُلْ: إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَخُو رَسُولِهِ ﷺ، لَا يَدَّعِيهَا أَحَدٌ بَعْدَكَ إِلَّا كَذَّابٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ established brotherhood between the people and left me out. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, you established brotherhood between your companions and left me out?!" He ﷺ said, "Do you think I left you out? I only left you for myself. You are my brother and I am your brother." He said, "If anyone disputes with you, say: I am the servant of Allah and the brother of His Messenger ﷺ. No one will claim it after you except a liar."

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4688No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ: يَا عَلِيُّ، خُذِ الْبَابَ فَلَا يَدْخُلَنَّ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ، فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي زَوْرًا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْتَأْذَنُوا رَبَّهُمْ أَنْ يَزُورُونِي " فَأَخَذَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ الْبَابَ، وَجَاءَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: لَيْسَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْنٌ، فَرَجَعَ عُمَرُ ؓ، وَظَنَّ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ سَخْطَةٍ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ عُمَرُ ؓ أَنْ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْنٌ. فَقَالَ ؓ: وَلِمَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: لِأَنَّ زَوْرًا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عِنْدَهُ، وَاسْتَأْذَنُوا رَبَّهُمْ أَنْ يَزُورُوهُ، قَالَ ؓ: وَكَمْ هُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ مَلَكًا، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِفَتْحِ الْبَابِ، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ ؓ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Ali ؓ: "O Ali, take the door and let no one enter upon me, for I have visitors from the angels who asked their Lord to visit me." So Ali ؓ took the door, and Umar ؓ came and sought permission. He said, "O Ali, seek permission for me to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Ali ؓ said, "There is no permission for anyone over the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So Umar ؓ went back, thinking that this was due to displeasure from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Umar ؓ could not bear it, so he returned and said, "Seek permission for me from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "There is no permission for anyone over the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He ؓ said, "Why?" He ؓ said, "Because visitors from the angels are with him, and they asked their Lord to visit him." He ؓ said, "And how many are they, O Ali?" He ؓ said, "Three hundred and sixty angels." Then the Prophet ﷺ ordered the door to be opened, and Umar ؓ mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed he..."

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4689No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْنَا عَلِيًّا ؓ فَلَمَّا جِئْنَاهُ، قَالَ: " كَيْفَ رَأَيْتُمْ صَاحِبَكُمْ ؟ " قَالَ: فَإِمَّا شَكَوْتُهُ وَإِمَّا شَكَاهُ غَيْرِي، فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي وَكُنْتُ رَجُلًا مِكْبَابًا، فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَدِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us on a military expedition and appointed Ali ؓ over us. When we came to him, he said, "How did you find your companion?" He said, "Either I complained about him or someone else did." I raised my head, and I was a man who often looked down, and behold, the Prophet ﷺ had turned red in the face, and he was saying, "Whoever's mawla I am, Ali is his mawla."

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4690No grade recorded

     كُنَّا بِالْجُحْفَةِ بِغَدِيرِ خُمٍّ، إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ يَدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَقَالَ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ

     ✧ We were at al-Juhfah by Ghadir Khumm when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us, took the hand of Ali ؓ and said, "Whoever's mawla I am, Ali is his mawla."

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4691No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ شَابٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ بِاللهِ، أَسَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ، اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ ؟ " قَالَ ؓ: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ

     ✧ Abu Hurayrah ؓ entered the mosque and people gathered around him. A young man stood up to him and said, "I implore you by Allah, did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever's mawla I am, Ali is his mawla. O Allah, befriend whoever befriends him and be hostile to whoever is hostile to him'?" He ؓ said, "O Allah, yes."

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4692No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا. 3931 / 3 - وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصُّوفِيُّ، ثَنَا رَجُلٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ، وَإِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِمَا، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ بِهِ

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr narrated to us with this. 3931/3 - And al-Bazzar said: Ali b. Shubrumah al-Bahili narrated to us, Ahmad b. Yahya al-Sufi narrated to us, a man narrated to us, from Mansur b. Abi al-Aswad, from Dawud and Idris, from their father, from Abu Hurayrah ؓ with it.

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4693No grade recorded

     وَوَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَوْدِيِّ بِهِ

     ✧ I found in my book from Muhammad b. Miskin, from Abdullah b. Yusuf, from Ikrimah b. Ibrahim, from Idris al-Awdi with it.

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4694No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أُهْدِيَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ... الْحَدِيثَ وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ فِي كِتَابِ النِّكَاحِ، وَفِيهِ: فَقَالَ: يَا فَاطِمَةُ، إِنِّي لَمْ آلُ أَنْ أُنْكِحَكِ أَحَبَّ أَهْلِي إِلَيَّ

     ✧ When Fatimah was given in marriage to Ali... the hadith has already been mentioned in the Book of Marriage, and in it: He said: "O Fatimah, I have not failed to marry you to the most beloved of my family to me."

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4695No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آخِذٌ بِيَدِي وَنَحْنُ نَمْشِي فِي بَعْضِ سِكَكِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِذْ أَتَيْنَا عَلَى حَدِيقَةٍ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أَحْسَنَهَا مِنْ حَدِيقَةٍ ! قَالَ ﷺ: لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا حَتَّى مَرَرْنَا بِسَبْعِ حَدَائِقَ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ أَقُولُ: مَا أَحْسَنَهَا ! وَيَقُولُ ﷺ: " لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا " فَلَمَّا خَلَا لِي الطَّرِيقُ اعْتَنَقَنِي ثُمَّ أَجْهَشَ بَاكِيًا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا يُبْكِيكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: " ضَغَائِنُ فِي صُدُورِ أَقْوَامٍ لَا يُبْدُونَهَا إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِي " قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فِي سَلَامَةٍ مِنْ دِينِي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: " فِي سَلَامَةٍ مِنْ دِينِكَ

     ✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was holding my hand and we were walking in some streets of Madinah, we came upon a garden. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful this garden is!" He ﷺ said, "You will have something more beautiful than it in Paradise." We passed by seven gardens, each time I said, "How beautiful it is!" and he ﷺ said, "You will have something more beautiful than it in Paradise." When the road became empty, he embraced me and then burst into tears. He said, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what makes you cry?" He ﷺ said, "Grudges in the hearts of people that they will not show except after me." He said, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, is my religion safe?" He ﷺ said, "Your religion is safe."

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4696No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَا: ثَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ بِهِ. لَا يُرْوَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، وَلَا جَاءَ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ غَيْرُ هَذَا.::

     ✧ Al-Bazzar said: Amr b. Ali and Muhammad b. Ma'mar narrated to us, both saying: Harami b. Umarah narrated to us with it. It is not reported from the Prophet ﷺ except with this chain, and nothing has come from Abu Uthman, from Ali ؓ other than this.::

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4697No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ أُهْدِيَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا تُحْدِثْ شَيْئًا حَتَّى آتِيَكَ قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمَا، فَقَامَ ﷺ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ، فَدَخَلَ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ مُعْتَزِلٌ عَنْهَا، فَقَالَ: " إِنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ شِهَابُ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ "، فَدَعَا ﷺ بِمَاءٍ فَمَضْمَضَ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ، ثُمَّ نَضَحَ ﷺ صَدْرَهَا وَصَدْرَهُ ؓ وَسَمَّتَ عَلَيْهِمَا، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ﷺ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمَا

     ✧ On the night Fatimah was given in marriage to Ali ؓ, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Do not do anything until I come to you." He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not wait long before he followed them. He ﷺ stood at the door and asked permission, then entered, and there was Ali ؓ keeping away from her. He said: "I already know that you are the flame of Allah and His Messenger." He ﷺ called for water, rinsed his mouth, then returned it to the vessel, then he ﷺ sprinkled her chest and his chest ؓ and invoked blessings upon them, then he ﷺ left them.

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4698No grade recorded

     أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَجَلٌ مَشْوِيٌّ بِخُبْزَةٍ وَظَبَابَةٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اللَّهُمَّ ائْتِنِي بِأَحَبِّ خَلْقِكَ إِلَيْكَ يَأْكُلُ مَعِي مِنْ هَذَا الطَّعَامِ. فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ أَبِي، وَقَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ ؓ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ أَبِي، قَالَ أَنَسٌ ؓ: فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ، قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُ حَرَكَةً بِالْبَابِ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى حَاجَةٍ، فَانْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُ حَرَكَةَ الْبَابِ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ كَذَلِكَ، فَسَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَوْتَهُ، فَقَالَ: " انْظُرْ مَنْ هَذَا ؟ " فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ: " اللَّهُمَّ وَالِيَّ، اللَّهُمَّ وَالِيَّ

     ✧ A roasted partridge with bread and a lizard was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah, bring me the most beloved of Your creation to You to eat with me from this food." A'ishah ؓ said: "O Allah, make it my father." Hafsah ؓ said: "O Allah, make it my father." Anas ؓ said: I said: "O Allah, make it Sa'd b. Ubadah." He said: I heard movement at the door, so I went out and there was Ali ؓ. I said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is occupied." So he left. Then I heard movement at the door again, and I went out and there was Ali ؓ as before. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard his voice and said: "See who this is." I went out and there was Ali ؓ, so I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him. He said: "O Allah, my ally, O Allah, my ally."

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4699No grade recorded

     أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَطْيَارٌ، فَقَسَّمَهَا ﷺ بَيْنَ نِسَائِهِ ؓ، فَأَصَابَ كُلَّ امْرَأَةٍ

     ✧ Some birds were gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he ﷺ distributed them among his wives ؓ, so each woman received [one].

161. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4700No grade recorded

     أَهْدَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ طَيْرَيْنِ بَيْنَ رَغِيفَيْنِ، وَكَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْبَيْتِ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُ أَنَسٍ ؓ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِالْغَدَاءِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَدْ أَهْدَتْ لَكَ امْرَأَةٌ هَدِيَّةً، فَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِ الطَّيْرَيْنِ فَقَالَ ﷺ: اللَّهُمَّ ائْتِنِي بِأَحَبِّ خَلْقِكَ - أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ - إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى رَسُولِكِ قَالَ: فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَضَرَبَ الْبَابَ ضَرْبًا خَفِيفًا، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ وَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: " مَنْ هَذَا ؟ " قُلْتُ: عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: " افْتَحْ لَهُ " فَفَتَحْتُ فَأَكَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الطَّيْرَيْنِ حَتَّى فَنِيَا

     ✧ A woman from the Ansar gifted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ two birds between two loaves of bread, while he was in the mosque, and there was no one in the house except me and Anas ؓ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and called for lunch, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, a woman has given you a gift," and I presented the two birds to him. He ﷺ said, "O Allah, bring me the most beloved of Your creation — I think he said — to You and to Your Messenger." He said: Then Ali ؓ came and knocked on the door lightly. I said, "Who is this?" He said, "Abu al-Hasan." Then he knocked again and raised his voice, and he ﷺ said, "Who is this?" I said, "Ali." He ﷺ said, "Open for him." So I opened, and he ate with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the two birds until they were finished.

162. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4701No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ الْتَزَمَ عَلِيًّا ؓ وَقَبَّلَهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: بِأَبِيَ الْوَحِيدُ الشَّهِيدُ، بِأَبِيَ الْوَحِيدُ الشَّهِيدُ

     ✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ embrace Ali ؓ and kiss him, saying, "May my father be ransomed for the unique martyr, may my father be ransomed for the unique martyr."

163. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4702No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا عَلِيًّا ؓ فَتَنَاوَلْنَا مِنْهُ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُغْضَبًا يُعْرَفُ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْغَضَبُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَا لَكُمْ وَلِي، مَنْ آذَى عَلِيًّا فَقَدْ آذَانِي يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، قَالَ: فَكُنْتُ أُوتَى مِنْ بَعْدُ، فَيُقَالُ: إِنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ يُعَرِّضُ بِكَ يَقُولُ: اتَّقُوا فِتْنَةَ الْأُخَيْنِسِ، فَأَقُولُ: هَلْ سَمَّانِي ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: لَا، فَأَقُولُ: إِنَّ خُنَّسَ النَّاسِ لَكَثِيرٌ، مَعَاذَ اللهِ أَنْ أُوذِيَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ مَا سَمِعْتُ

     ✧ I was sitting in the mosque with two men and we were discussing Ali ؓ and spoke ill of him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached, angry, with anger recognizable on his face. I said, "I seek refuge in Allah from the anger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He ﷺ said, "What do you have against me? Whoever harms Ali has harmed me," saying it three times. He said: After that, someone would come to me and say, "Ali ؓ is alluding to you," saying, "Beware the trial of al-Ukhaynis." I would say, "Did he name me?" They would say, "No." I would say, "The khunnas among people are many. Allah forbid that I should harm the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after hearing from him what I heard."

164. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4703No grade recorded

     لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ سَعْدٍ، إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ.

     ✧ We do not know it to be narrated from Sa'd except with this chain.

165. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4704No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ، ثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بِهِ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Mahmud b. Khidash narrated to us, Marwan narrated to us with it:

166. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4705No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ: ذُكِرَ لِي أَنَّكُمْ تَسُبُّونَ عَلِيًّا ؓ ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ فَعَلْنَا. قَالَ: فَلَعَلَّكَ قَدْ سَبَبْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَعَاذَ اللهِ. قَالَ: لَا تَسُبَّهُ، فَلَوْ وُضِعَ الْمِنْشَارُ عَلَى مَفْرِقِي عَلَى أَنْ أَسُبَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ مَا سَبَبْتُهُ أَبَدًا بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا سَمِعْتُ

     ✧ I came to Sa'd b. Malik ؓ in Madinah, and he said, "It has been mentioned to me that you all revile Ali ؓ?" He said, "We have done so." He said, "Perhaps you have reviled him?" I said, "Allah forbid." He said, "Do not revile him, for if a saw were placed on the parting of my hair on condition that I revile Ali ؓ, I would never revile him after hearing from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what I heard."

167. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4706No grade recorded

     هَلَكَ فِيَّ رَجُلَانِ: مُحِبٌّ مُفْرِطٌ، وَمُبْغِضٌ مُفْتَرِي

     ✧ Two men are destroyed because of me: an excessive lover and a lying hater.

168. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4707No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى: هَلَكَ فِيَّ رَجُلَانِ: مُحِبٌّ غَالٍ، وَمُبْغِضٌ قَالٍ

     ✧ I heard Ali ؓ say from the pulpit, pointing with his index and middle fingers: "Two men are destroyed because of me: an extreme lover and a hateful detester."

169. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4708No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْأُصْبُعَيْنِ:

     ✧ I heard him narrate from Ali ؓ the like of it, except that he did not mention the two fingers:

170. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4709No grade recorded

     مَا لِي وَلَكُمْ، مَنْ آذَى عَلِيًّا ؓ فَقَدْ آذَانِي

     ✧ What do you have against me? Whoever harms Ali ؓ has harmed me.

171. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4710No grade recorded

     طَلَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدَنِي فِي جَدْوَلٍ نَائِمًا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: قُمْ، مَا أَلْأَمَ النَّاسَ؛ يُسَمُّونَكَ أَبَا تُرَابٍ. قَالَ: فَرَآنِي ﷺ كَأَنِّي وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَاكَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: " قُمْ، وَاللهِ لَأُرْضِيَنَّكَ، أَنْتَ أَخِي، وَأَبُو وَلَدَيَّ، تُقَاتِلُ عَنْ سُنَّتِي، وَتُبْرِئُ ذِمَّتِي، مَنْ مَاتَ فِي عَهْدِي فَهُوَ أَسِيرُ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَمَنْ مَاتَ فِي عَهْدِكَ فَقَدْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ، وَمَنْ مَاتَ يُحِبُّكَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِكَ خَتَمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ مَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ أَوْ غَرَبَتْ، وَمَنْ مَاتَ يُبْغِضُكَ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً، وَحُوسِبَ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sought me and found me sleeping in a small stream. He ﷺ said, "Get up. How blameworthy are the people who call you Abu Turab." He said: He ﷺ saw that I felt something in myself from that, so he ﷺ said, "Get up, for by Allah I will surely please you. You are my brother and the father of my children; you fight for my Sunnah and fulfill my protection. Whoever dies in my era is a captive of Allah Almighty, and whoever dies in your era has fulfilled his vow. Whoever dies loving you after your death, Allah Almighty seals for him with security and faith as long as the sun rises or sets. Whoever dies hating you dies a death of Jahiliyyah and will be held to account for what he did in Islam."

172. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4711No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَضَرَ الشَّجَرَةَ بِخُمٍّ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ آخِذًا بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ: " أَلَسْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى رَبُّكُمْ ؟ " قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ ﷺ: أَلَسْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أَوْلَى بِكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَأَنَّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ أَوْلِيَاؤُكُمْ ؟ ". فَقَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: " فَمَنْ كَانَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مَوْلَاهُ فَإِنَّ هَذَا مَوْلَاهُ، وَقَدْ تَرَكْتُ فِيكُمْ مَا إِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِهِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا: كِتَابَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، سَبَبُهُ بِيَدِي، وَسَبَبُهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ، وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِي

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ attended the tree at Khumm, then came out holding the hand of Ali ؓ and said: "Do you not bear witness that Allah, Blessed and Exalted, is your Lord?" They said: "Yes." He ﷺ said: "Do you not bear witness that Allah and His Messenger have more right over you than your own selves, and that Allah and His Messenger are your guardians?" They said: "Yes." He said: "So whoever's guardian is Allah and His Messenger, indeed this one is his guardian. I have left among you that which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray: the Book of Allah, the Exalted, its rope is in my hand and its rope is in your hands, and my household."

173. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4712No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ took him by the hand on the day of Ghadir Khumm and said: "O Allah, whoever's guardian I am, Ali is his guardian."

174. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4713No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ ؓ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: " أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخِيَارِكُمْ ؟ " قَالُوا: بَلَى. قَالَ ﷺ: فَإِنَّ خِيَارَكُمُ الْمُوفُونَ الْمُطَيِّبُونَ، إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ الْحَفِيَّ التَّقِيَّ قَالَ: وَمَرَّ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: " الْحَقُّ مَعَ ذَا، الْحَقُّ مَعَ ذَا

     ✧ I was near the house of the Prophet ﷺ among a group of the Muhajirun and Ansar ؓ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and said: "Shall I tell you who are the best among you?" They said: "Yes." He ﷺ said: "The best among you are those who fulfill their promises and are pure. Indeed, Allah the Exalted loves the considerate, the God-fearing." He said: "Then Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ passed by, and he ﷺ said: 'The truth is with this one, the truth is with this one.'"

175. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4714No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ يَأْمُرُ بِشَيْءٍ، وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ يَنْهَى عَنْهُ، فَقُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ: إِنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا لَشَرًّا. قَالَ ؓ: مَا بَيْنَنَا إِلَّا خَيْرٌ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْرُنَا أَتْبَعُنَا لِهَذَا الدِّينِ

     ✧ I saw Ali ؓ commanding something and Uthman ؓ forbidding it, so I said to Ali ؓ: "There is surely evil between you two." He ؓ said: "Between us is nothing but good, but the best of us is the one who most follows this religion."

176. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4715No grade recorded

     خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا رَزَيْتُ مِنْ مَالِكُمْ قَلِيلَا وَلَا كَثِيرًا إِلَّا هَذِهِ، وَأَخْرَجَ ؓ قَارُورَةً مِنْ كُمِّ قَمِيصِهِ فِيهَا طِيبٌ، فَقَالَ: أَهْدَاهَا إِلَيَّ دِهْقَانٌ

     ✧ Ali ؓ delivered a sermon and said: "O people, by Allah, besides whom there is no deity, I have not taken anything from your wealth, small or large, except this." He ؓ took out a bottle from the sleeve of his shirt containing perfume, and said: "A dehaqan gave it to me as a gift."

177. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4716No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ مُضْطَجِعُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَضَرَبَنَا بِعَسِيبٍ كَانَ بِيَدِهِ رَطْبًا، فَقَالَ: " تَرْقُدُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ؟! إِنَّهُ لَا يُرْقَدُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ " قَالَ: فَانْجَفَلْنَا وَانْجَفَلَ مَعَنَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: تَعَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ، إِنَّهُ يَحِلُّ لَكَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَا يَحِلُّ لِي، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكَ لَتَذُودُ عَنْ حَوْضِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، كَمَا يُذَادُ الْبَعِيرُ الضَّالُّ عَنِ الْمَاءِ بِعَصًا لَكَ مِنْ عَوْسَجٍ، وَلَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَقَامِكَ مِنْ حَوْضِي

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came while we were lying in the mosque, and he struck us with a fresh palm branch that was in his hand and said: "Do you sleep in the mosque?! Indeed, one should not sleep in the mosque." He said: "So we quickly got up, and Ali ؓ got up with us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: 'Come, O Ali. Indeed, what is permissible for me in the mosque is permissible for you. By Him in whose hand is my soul, you will drive away people from my pond on the Day of Resurrection, just as a stray camel is driven away from water with a stick you have made of 'awsaj. It is as if I am looking at your station beside my pond.'"

178. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4717No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ الْمَغْرِبَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى حَتَّى صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: مَلَكٌ عَرَضَ لِي فَاسْتَأْذَنَ رَبَّهُ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ عَلَيَّ وَيُبَشِّرَنِي أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَأَنَّ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ ؓ شَبَابُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and prayed Maghrib with him. Then he stood and prayed until he prayed Isha. Then he left and I followed him. He said: "An angel appeared to me and asked his Lord's permission to greet me and give me good news that Fatimah ؓ is the mistress of the women of Paradise, and that al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ are the young men of Paradise."

179. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4718No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنِي عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ أَسْمَاءَ ؓ مُتَزَوِّجَةٌ عَلِيًّا ؓ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا كَانَ لَهَا أَنْ تُؤْذِيَ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ﷺ

     ✧ Ali ؓ proposed to me, and that news reached Fatimah ؓ, so she went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Asma' ؓ is married to Ali ؓ." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "It was not for her to harm Allah and His Messenger ﷺ."

180. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4719No grade recorded

     تُقْطَعُ الْأَسْبَابُ وَالْأَنْسَابُ وَالْأَصْهَارُ إِلَّا صِهْرِي، فَاطِمَةُ ؓ شِجْنَةٌ مِنِّي، يَقْبِضُنِي مَا قَبَضَهَا، وَيَبْسُطُنِي مَا بَسَطَهَا

     ✧ All bonds and lineages and in-laws will be severed, except my in-law relationship. Fatimah ؓ is a part of me; whatever distresses her distresses me, and whatever pleases her pleases me.

181. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4720No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْطِبَ بِنْتَ أَبِي جَهْلٍ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: أَتَرَوْنَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَجِدُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ فَقَالَ نَاسٌ: وَمَا ذَلِكَ ؟ إِنَّمَا هِيَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ، وَقَالَ نَاسٌ: لَيَجِدَنَّ مِنْ هَذَا، يَتَزَوَّجُ ابْنَةَ عَدُوِّ اللهِ عَلَى ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَمَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنِّي لَا أَجِدُ لِفَاطِمَةَ ؓ وَإِنَّمَا فَاطِمَةُ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّي ؟ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ ابْنَةَ عَدُوِّ اللهِ عَلَى ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ wanted to propose to the daughter of Abu Jahl. People said: "Do you think the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would be affected by that?" Some said: "What of it? She is just a woman among women." Others said: "He will certainly be affected by this: marrying the daughter of Allah's enemy along with the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." That reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he praised Allah the Exalted and extolled Him, then said: "Now then, what is the matter with people who claim that I am not affected concerning Fatimah ؓ? Indeed, Fatimah is a part of me. It is not for anyone to marry the daughter of Allah's enemy while married to the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

182. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4721No grade recorded

     خَدِيجَةُ ؓ خَيْرُ نِسَاءِ عَالَمِهَا، وَمَرْيَمُ - عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ - خَيْرُ نِسَاءِ عَالَمِهَا، وَفَاطِمَةُ ؓ خَيْرُ نِسَاءِ عَالَمِهَا

     ✧ Khadijah ؓ is the best of the women of her time, Maryam (peace be upon her) is the best of the women of her time, and Fatimah ؓ is the best of the women of her time.

183. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4722No grade recorded

     زَارَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَبَاتَ عِنْدَنَا، وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ ؓ نَائِمَانِ، فَاسْتَسْقَى الْحَسَنُ ؓ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى قِرْبَةٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَعْتَصِرُهَا فِي الْقَدَحِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَسْقِيهِ، فَتَنَاوَلَ الْحُسَيْنُ ؓ يَشْرَبُ، فَمَنَعَهُ ﷺ وَبَدَأَ بِالْحَسَنِ، فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ: كَأَنَّهُ أَحَبُّهُمَا إِلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ اسْتَسْقَى أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: " إِنِّي وَإِيَّاكِ وَهَذَانِ - وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ - وَهَذَا الرَّاقِدُ - يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا ؓ - يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited us and spent the night with us, while al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ were sleeping. Al-Hasan ؓ asked for water, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to a water skin and squeezed it into a cup, then came to give him water. Al-Husayn ؓ reached out to drink, but he ﷺ stopped him and began with al-Hasan. Fatimah ؓ said: "It is as if he is more beloved to you?" He ﷺ said: "No, but he asked for water first." Then he ﷺ said: "I and you and these two—and I think he said—and this sleeping one, meaning Ali ؓ, on the Day of Resurrection will be in one place."

184. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4723No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي فَاخِتَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَذَكَرَهُ

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Ibrahim b. Sa'id narrated to us, Husayn b. Muhammad narrated to us, from 'Amr b. Thabit, from his father, from Abu Fakhitah, from 'Ali ؓ, and he mentioned it.

185. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4724No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِفَاطِمَةَ: إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيَّ الْقُرْآنُ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ، وَإِنَّهُ عُرِضَ عَلَيَّ الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَإِنِّي مَيِّتٌ فَبَكَتْ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِي لُحُوقًا بِي

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Fatimah: "In every year the Qur'an was presented to me, and this year it was presented to me twice, and I am going to die." So she wept. Then he said: "You are the first of my family to join me."

186. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4725No grade recorded

     أَرْسَلَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ ؓ فَجَاءَتْ تَمْشِي مِشْيَةَ أَبِيهَا، فَحَدَّثَهَا فَبَكَتْ، فَسُئِلَتْ ؓ فَقَالَتْ: لَا أُخْبِرُ بِسِرِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَدًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent me to Fatimah ؓ, and she came walking with the gait of her father. He spoke to her, and she wept. She was asked ؓ, and she said: "I will not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to anyone."

187. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4726No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا قَطُّ أَصْدَقَ مِنْ فَاطِمَةَ غَيْرَ أَبِيهَا ﷺ وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا شَيْءٌ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، سَلْهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَكْذِبُ

     ✧ I have never seen anyone more truthful than Fatimah except her father ﷺ. There was something between them, and she said: "O Messenger of Allah, ask her, for she does not lie."

188. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4727No grade recorded

     الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَكِ يَا بُنَيَّةُ، شَبِيهَةً لِسَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ إِذَا رَزَقَهَا اللهُ شَيْئًا فَسُئِلَتْ عَنْهُ قَالَتْ: مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ. فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ، ثُمَّ أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلِيٌّ، وَفَاطِمَةُ، وَحَسَنٌ، وَحُسَيْنٌ، وَجَمِيعُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ - ؓ جَمِيعًا - حَتَّى شَبِعُوا، وَبَقِيَتِ الْجَفْنَةُ كَمَا هِيَ، قَالَتْ: فَأَوْسَعْتُ بِبَقِيَّتِهَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ جِيرَانِي، وَجَعَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِيهَا بَرَكَةً وَخَيْرًا كَثِيرًا.

     ✧ Praise be to Allah who made you, O my little daughter, resemble the mistress of the women of the Children of Israel. For when Allah provided her with something and she was asked about it, she would say: "It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for 'Ali ؓ. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate, along with 'Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, Husayn, and all the wives of the Prophet ﷺ and his household ؓ, until they were all full, and the large bowl remained as it was. She said: "So I shared its remainder generously with all my neighbors, and Allah, Blessed and Exalted, placed in it blessing and much good."

189. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4728No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ حَصَّنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَحَرَّمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى ذُرِّيَّتَهَا عَلَى النَّارِ

     ✧ Indeed, Fatimah ؓ guarded her chastity, so Allah the Exalted made her descendants forbidden to the Fire.

190. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4729No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخَذَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ took Hasan b. 'Ali ؓ and said: "O Allah, I love him, so love him."

191. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4730No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا.:

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

192. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4731No grade recorded

     خَطَبْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ فَبَاعَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ دِرْعًا لَهُ، وَبَعْضَ مَا بَاعَ مِنْ مَتَاعِهِ، فَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَثَمَانِينَ دِرْهَمًا. وَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ ثُلُثَيْهِ فِي الطِّيبِ، وَثُلُثًا فِي الثِّيَابِ، وَمَجَّ ﷺ فِي جَرَّةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلُوا بِهِ، وَأَمَرَهَا ﷺ أَنْ لَا تَسْبِقَهُ بِرَضَاعِ وَلَدِهَا، قَالَ: فَسَبَقَتْهُ ﷺ بِرَضَاعِ الْحُسَيْنِ ؓ، قَالَ: وَأَمَّا الْحَسَنُ ؓ فَإِنَّهُ ﷺ وَضَعَ فِي فِيهِ شَيْئًا لَا أَدْرِي مَا هُوَ، كَانَ أَعْلَمَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ

     ✧ I proposed to the Prophet ﷺ for his daughter Fatimah ؓ. 'Ali ؓ sold a coat of mail of his and some of what he sold of his belongings, and it reached four hundred dirhams and eighty dirhams. The Prophet ﷺ commanded that two-thirds of it be spent on perfume and one-third on clothes. He ﷺ blew into a jar of water and commanded them to bathe with it. And he commanded her ﷺ not to precede him in nursing her child. He said: But she preceded him ﷺ in nursing Husayn ؓ. He said: As for Hasan ؓ, he ﷺ placed something in his mouth—I do not know what it was. He was the more learned of the two men.

193. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4732No grade recorded

     مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُهُ

     ✧ Whoever would like to look at a man from the people of Paradise, let him look at Husayn b. 'Ali ؓ, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say it.

194. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4733No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ الْجِنَّ تَنُوحُ عَلَى الْحُسَيْنِ ؓ

     ✧ I heard the jinn mourning over Husayn ؓ.

195. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4734No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، بِهِ.::

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

196. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4735No grade recorded

     قَالَ فِي الْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ ؓ: مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي فَلْيُحِبَّ هَذَيْنِ

     ✧ He said concerning al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ: Whoever loves me, let him love these two.

197. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4736No grade recorded

     الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ ؓ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ Al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ are the two masters of the youth of the people of Paradise.

198. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4737No grade recorded

     اصْطَرَعَ الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ ؓ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: " هِي حَسَنٌ " فَقَالَتْ لَهُ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَأَنَّهُ - يَعْنِي الْحَسَنَ - أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ؓ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - يُعِينُ الْحُسَيْنَ، وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُعِينَ الْحَسَنَ ؓ

     ✧ Al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ wrestled in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began saying, "Hai, Hasan!" Fatimah ؓ said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, it is as if he—meaning al-Hasan—is dearer to you than al-Husayn ؓ?" He ﷺ said, "Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) is helping al-Husayn, and I love to help al-Hasan ؓ."

199. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4738No grade recorded

     بَصُرَ عَيْنِي وَسَمِعَ أُذُنِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ حَسَنٍ أَوْ حُسَيْنٍ ؓ - وَأَكْثَرُ ظَنِّي أَنَّهُ حُسَيْنٌ - وَوَضَعَ قَدَمَيْهِ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ

     ✧ My eye saw and my ear heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he took the hand of Hasan or Husayn ؓ —and my stronger belief is that it was Husayn—and placed his feet upon his feet.

200. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4739No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ ؓ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: نِعْمَ الْفَرَسُ تَحْتَكُمَا. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: وَنِعْمَ الْفَارِسَانِ هُمَا

     ✧ I saw al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ on the shoulders of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I said, "What an excellent mount is beneath you two." The Prophet ﷺ said, "And what excellent riders they are."

201. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4740No grade recorded

     لِكُلِّ بَنِي أُمٍّ عَصَبَةٌ يَنْتَمُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا وَلَدَ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ فَأَنَا وَلِيُّهُمَا وَأَنَا عَصَبَتُهُمَا

     ✧ Every children of a mother have a paternal kin to whom they belong, except the children of Fatimah ؓ, for I am their guardian and I am their paternal kin.

202. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4741No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْجُدُ فَيَجِيءُ الْحَسَنُ أَوِ الْحُسَيْنُ ؓ فَيَرْكَبُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ ﷺ فَيُطِيلُ السُّجُودَ، فَيُقَالُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَطَلْتَ السُّجُودَ ؟ ! فَيَقُولُ ﷺ: ارْتَحَلَنِي ابْنِي فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُعْجِلَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would prostrate, and al-Hasan or al-Husayn ؓ would come and climb onto his back ﷺ, so he would prolong the prostration. It was said, "O Prophet of Allah, you prolonged the prostration?!" He ﷺ said, "My son mounted me, and I disliked to hurry him."

203. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4742No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ وَأَنَا جَالِسَةٌ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ، فَاطَّلَعْتُ وَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَلِّبُ شَيْئًا بِكَفِّهِ، وَالصَّبِيُّ نَائِمٌ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، رَأَيْتُكَ تُقَلِّبُ شَيْئًا بِكَفِّكَ وَالصَّبِيُّ نَائِمٌ عَلَى بَطْنِكَ وَدُمُوعُكَ تَسِيلُ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَتَانِي بِالتُّرْبَةِ الَّتِي يُقْتَلُ فِيهَا، وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ أُمَّتَكَ يَقْتُلُونَهُ

     ✧ Al-Husayn b. Ali entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the house while I was sitting by the door. I looked and saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turning something in his palm, while the boy was sleeping on his stomach. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I saw you turning something in your palm while the boy was sleeping on your stomach and your tears were flowing?" He said, "Jibril came to me with the soil in which he will be killed, and informed me that your community will kill him."

204. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4743No grade recorded

     إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا سَيِّدٌ يُصْلِحُ اللهُ بِهِ فِئَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ This son of mine is a master through whom Allah will reconcile two factions of the Muslims.

205. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4744No grade recorded

     النُّجُومُ أَمَانٌ لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ، وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِي ؓ أَمَانٌ لِأُمَّتِي

     ✧ The stars are a safeguard for the people of the sky, and my household ؓ are a safeguard for my community.

206. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4745No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ، بِهِ

     ✧ And Abu Bakr said: Ibn Numayr narrated to us, Musa b. Ubaydah narrated to us, with it.

207. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4746No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهِ

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

208. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4747No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ وَهُوَ آخِذٌ بِحَلْقَةِ الْبَابِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، مَنْ عَرَفَنِي فَقَدْ عَرَفَنِي، وَمَنْ أَنْكَرَ أَنْكَرَ، أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فِيكُمْ مَثَلُ سَفِينَةِ نُوحٍ، مَنْ دَخَلَهَا نَجَا، وَمَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا هَلَكَ

     ✧ I heard Abu Dharr ؓ while he was holding the door ring, saying: O people, whoever knows me, he knows me; and whoever does not know me, he does not know me. I am Abu Dharr. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The likeness of my household among you is like the ark of Nuh; whoever boards it is saved, and whoever stays behind from it perishes.

209. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4748No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ قَائِمًا عَلَى الْبَابِ وَهُوَ يُنَادِي: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، تَعْرِفُونِي ؟ مَنْ عَرَفَنِي فَقَدْ عَرَفَنِي، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْنِي فَأَنَا جُنْدُبٌ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ مَثَلَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فِيكُمْ مَثَلُ سَفِينَةِ نُوحٍ، مَنْ رَكِبَهَا نَجَا، وَمَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا غَرِقَ، وَإِنَّ مَثَلَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فِيكُمْ مَثَلُ بَابِ حِطَّةٍ

     ✧ He saw Abu Dharr ؓ standing at the door calling out: O people, do you know me? Whoever knows me, he knows me; and whoever does not know me, then I am Jundub, the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I am Abu Dharr al-Ghifari. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The likeness of my household among you is like the ark of Nuh; whoever boards it is saved, and whoever stays behind from it drowns. And the likeness of my household among you is like the Gate of Hittah.

210. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4749No grade recorded

     أَخْرَجَهُ الْبَزَّارُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ حَنَشٍ:،:

     ✧ Al-Bazzar narrated it through al-Hasan ibn Abi Ja'far, from Ali ibn Zayd, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Dharr ؓ, and he mentioned the like of the hadith of Hanash:

211. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4750No grade recorded

     جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ؓ وَعَلَيْهَا الْهَيْبَةُ مُتَوَرِّكَةً الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ ؓ فِي يَدِهَا بُرْمَةٌ لِلْحَسَنِ، فِيهَا سَخِينٌ، حَتَّى أَتَتْ بِهَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قُدَّامَهُ قَالَ ﷺ: أَيْنَ أَبُو حَسَنٍ ؟ قَالَتْ: فِي الْبَيْتِ، فَدَعَاهُ فَجَلَسُوا جَمِيعًا يَأْكُلُونَ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ: وَمَا سَامَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَا أَكَلَ طَعَامًا قَطُّ وَأَنَا عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا سَامَنِيهِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ - يَعْنِي: دَعَانِي إِلَيْهِ - فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ لَفَّهُمْ ﷺ بِثَوْبِهِ

     ✧ Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, came, and upon her was awe, carrying al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ at her waist, and in her hand was a pot for al-Hasan, containing hot food, until she brought it to the Prophet ﷺ. When she placed it in front of him, he ﷺ said: Where is Abu Hasan? She said: In the house. So he called him, and they all sat eating. Umm Salamah ؓ said: The Prophet ﷺ never shared his food with me, nor did he ever eat food while I was with him, except that he shared it with me before that day — meaning, he invited me to it. When he finished, he wrapped them ﷺ with his garment.

212. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4751No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ؓ جَاءَهُ قَوْمٌ فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكُمْ، مَا أَكْذَبَكُمْ وَأَجْرَأَكُمْ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ صَالِحِي قَوْمِنَا، وَحَسْبُنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ مِنْ صَالِحِي قَوْمِنَا

     ✧ Ali ibn al-Husayn ؓ had some people come to him and they praised him. He said: Woe to you, how lying you are and how bold against Allah the Exalted! We are a people from among the righteous of our people, and it is enough for us that we be among the righteous of our people.

213. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4752No grade recorded

     غُشِيَ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ غَشْيَةً حَتَّى ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ فَاضَتْ نَفْسُهُ، فَخَرَجَتْ أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ ؓ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ تَسْتَعِينُ بِمَا أُمِرَتْ بِهِ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ، فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ: أَغُشِيَ عَلَيَّ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتُمْ، إِنَّهُ جَاءَنِي مَلَكَانِ فَقَالَا: انْطَلِقْ نُحَاكِمْكَ إِلَى الْعَزِيزِ الْأَمِينِ، فَقَالَ مَلَكٌ آخَرُ: أَرْجِعَنَاهُ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا مِمَّنْ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ السَّعَادَةُ وَهُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ، وَسَيُمَتَّعُ بِهِ بَنُوهُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، فَعَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ ؓ

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ fainted with a swoon until they thought that his soul had departed. Umm Kulthum ؓ went out to the mosque seeking help with what she was commanded of patience and prayer. When he regained consciousness, he said: Did I faint? They said: Yes. He said: You spoke truth. Two angels came to me and said: Come, we will take you to judgment before the Mighty, the Trustworthy. Then another angel said: Return him, for this one is among those for whom happiness was written while they were in their mothers' wombs, and his sons will enjoy him for as long as Allah the Exalted wills. He lived after that for a month, then died ؓ.

214. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4753No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ ؓ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِ الشُّورَى: هَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْ أَخْتَارَ لَكُمْ وَانْقَضَى مِنْهَا ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: نَعَمْ، أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَضِيَ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: أَنْتَ أَمِينٌ فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ، أَمِينٌ فِي أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ said to the members of the consultative council: Would you like me to choose for you and be exempted from it? Ali ؓ said: Yes, I am the first to be pleased, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: You are trustworthy among the inhabitants of the heavens, trustworthy among the inhabitants of the earth.

215. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4754No grade recorded

     قَرَأَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيِّنُ الصَّوْتِ، لَيِّنُ الْقِرَاءَةِ، فَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَّا فَاضَتْ عَيْنُهُ غَيْرَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فَاضَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَقَدْ فَاضَ قَلْبُهُ

     ✧ A man recited before the Prophet ﷺ with a soft voice and soft recitation, and no one of the people remained but that his eye overflowed except Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ. The Prophet ﷺ said: If Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf's eye did not overflow, then his heart has overflowed.

216. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4755No grade recorded

     لَمْ يَمُتْ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ حَتَّى يَؤُمَّهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ

     ✧ No prophet ever died until a man from his nation led him in prayer.

217. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4756No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ: يَا ابْنَ حَوَارِيِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَإِلَّا فَلَا

     ✧ He heard a man say: O son of the disciple of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Ibn Umar ؓ said to him: If you are from the family of al-Zubayr, then yes; otherwise, no.

218. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4757No grade recorded

     مَا رَوَاهُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ إِلَّا سَعِيدٌ، وَلَا عَنْهُ إِلَّا يَزِيدُ.:

     ✧ No one narrated it from Ayyub except Sa'id, and no one from him except Yazid.

219. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4758No grade recorded

     دَعَا لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلِوَلَدِي، وَلِوَلَدِ وَلَدِي. فَسَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ لِأُخْتٍ لِي كَانَتْ أَسَنَّ مِنِّي: إِنَّكِ مِمَّنْ أَصَابَتْهُ دَعْوَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated for me, for my children, and for my children's children. I heard my father say to a sister of mine who was older than me: You are among those whom the supplication of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reached.

220. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4759No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَأَدْنَاهُ حَتَّى أَجْلَسَهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِذِرَاعِ مُوسَى فَغَمَزَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَوِّنْ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، فَوَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - وَأَبَاكَ - يَعْنِي طَلْحَةَ ؓ - مِمَّنْ نَزَعَ اللهُ مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَى سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ

     ✧ He entered with Musa b. Talhah upon Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ, and he drew him close until he seated him with him on the bed. Then he took Musa's forearm and squeezed it, then said: 'Take it easy, O son of my brother, for by Allah, I hope that Allah – Mighty and Majestic – will make me and your father – meaning Talhah ؓ – among those from whose hearts Allah has removed rancor, as brothers on couches facing one another.'

221. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4760No grade recorded

     وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَفِي بَيْتِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ ؓ فِي الْفِنَاءِ، وَالسِّتْرُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ؓ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ قَدْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى طَلْحَةَ ؓ

     ✧ By Allah, I was in my house one day, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his Companions ؓ were in the courtyard, with a curtain between me and them, when Talhah b. Ubayd Allah ؓ came. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever is pleased to look at a man walking on the earth who has fulfilled his vow, let him look at Talhah ؓ.'

222. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4761No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ طَلْحَةُ ؓ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ: ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ فِيهِ بَأْوٌ مُنْذُ أُصِيبَتْ يَدُهُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Talhah ؓ was mentioned in the presence of Umar ؓ, and he said: 'That is a man in whom there has been pride since his hand was injured with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

223. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4762No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ مَوْتَةٍ أَمُوتُهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُقْتَلَ مَظْلُومًا

     ✧ There is no death I would die that is more beloved to me than to be killed unjustly.

224. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4763No grade recorded

     اتَّقُوا دَعْوَةَ سَعْدٍ

     ✧ Beware of the supplication of Sa'd.

225. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4764No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي - تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى - أَنْ لَا أَتَزَوَّجَ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي وَلَا أُزَوِّجَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي إِلَّا كَانَ مَعِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَأَعْطَانِي ذَلِكَ

     ✧ I asked my Lord – Blessed and Exalted – that I should not marry into any of my nation, nor give in marriage any of my nation, except that he would be with me in Paradise, and He granted me that.

226. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4765No grade recorded

     عَزِيمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَعَهْدٌ عَهِدَهُ إِلَيَّ - أَنْ لَا أَتَزَوَّجَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ وَلَا أُزَوِّجَ شَيْئًا مِنْ بَنَاتِي إِلَّا كَانُوا رُفَقَائِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ A firm resolve from my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, and a covenant He made with me – that I should not marry into any household, nor give any of my daughters in marriage, except that they would be my companions in Paradise.

227. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4766No grade recorded

     لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ عُمَرُ أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ: أَلَا تُهَنُّونِي، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: كُلُّ سَبَبٍ وَنَسَبٍ مُنْقَطِعٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ غَيْرَ سَبَبِي وَنَسَبِي

     ✧ When Umar married Umm Kulthum bt. Ali ؓ, he said: 'Will you not congratulate me? For I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Every tie and lineage will be severed on the Day of Resurrection except my tie and my lineage.'

228. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4767No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِلَى أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا تُهَنُّونِي ؟ قَالُوا: وَمَا ذَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: تَزَوَّجْتُ أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ ؓ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلِفَاطِمَةَ، وَلِعَلِيٍّ ؓ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ.. فَذَكَرَهُ، قَالَ: فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ

     ✧ Umar ؓ went out to the people of the Suffah and said: 'Will you not congratulate me?' They said: 'For what, O Commander of the Faithful?' He said ؓ: 'I married Umm Kulthum ؓ, who is related to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Fatimah and Ali ؓ, and I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say...' – and he mentioned it. He said: 'So I wanted to be that.'

229. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4768No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا النَّاسُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ إِذْ وَافَقُوا مِنْهُ طِيبَ نَفْسٍ، فَقَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ ؓ: عَنْ أَيِّ أَصْحَابِي ؟ قَالُوا: أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ ؓ: كُلُّ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَصْحَابِي، فَأَيُّهُمْ تُرِيدُونَ ؟ قَالُوا: النَّفَرُ الَّذِي رَأَيْنَاكَ تُلَطِّفُهُمْ بِذِكْرِكَ وَالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِمْ دُونَ الْقَوْمِ، قَالَ ؓ: أَيُّهُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ، قَالَ: عَلِمَ السُّنَّةَ وَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَكَفَى بِهِ عِلْمًا. ثُمَّ خَتَمَ بِهِ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يَدْرُوا عَلَى مَا أَرَادَ بِقَوْلِهِ "كَفَى بِهِ عِلْمًا"، كَفَى بِعَبْدِ اللهِ أَمْ كَفَى بِالْقُرْآنِ ؟ قَالُوا: فَحُذَيْفَةُ ؓ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: عَلِمَ أَوْ عُلِّمَ أَسْمَاءَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ، وَسَأَلَ عَنِ الْمُعْضِلَاتِ حَتَّى عَقَلَ عَنْهَا، فَإِنْ سَأَلْتُمُوهُ عَنْهَا تَجِدُونَهُ بِهَا عَالِمًا. قَالُوا: فَأَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: وِعَاءٌ مُلِئَ عِلْمًا، وَكَانَ ؓ شَحِيحًا حَرِيصًا، شَحِيحًا عَلَى دِينِهِ، حَرِيصًا عَلَى الْعِلْمِ، وَكَانَ يُكْثِرُ السُّؤَالَ فَيُعْطَى وَيُمْنَعُ، أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ مُلِئَ لَهُ فِي وِعَائِهِ حَتَّى امْتَلَأَ. قَالُوا: فَسَلْمَانُ ؓ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: امْرُؤٌ مِنَّا وَإِلَيْنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ، مَنْ لَكُمْ بِمِثْلِ لُقْمَانَ الْحَكِيمِ، عَلِمَ الْعِلْمَ الْأَوَّلَ، وَأَدْرَكَ الْعِلْمَ الْآخِرَ، وَقَرَأَ الْكِتَابَ الْأَوَّلَ وَالْكِتَابَ الْآخِرَ، وَكَانَ ؓ بَحْرًا لَا يُنْزَفُ. قَالُوا: فَعَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ ؓ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: ذَاكَ امْرُؤٌ خَلَطَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْإِيمَانَ بِلَحْمِهِ وَدَمِهِ وَعَظْمِهِ وَشَعَرِهِ وَبَشَرِهِ، لَا يُفَارِقُ الْحَقَّ سَاعَةً، حَيْثُ زَالَ زَالَ مَعَهُ، لَا يَنْبَغِي لِلنَّارِ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا. قَالُوا: فَحَدِّثْنَا عَنْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: مَهْلًا، نَهَى اللهُ عَنِ التَّزْكِيَةِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ، قَالَ ؓ: فَإِنِّي أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، كُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ أُعْطِيتُ، وَإِذَا سَكَتُّ ابْتُدِيتُ، وَبَيْنَ الْجَوَارِحِ مِنِّي مُلِئَ عِلْمًا جَمًّا

     ✧ While the people were with Ali ؓ one day, they found him in good spirits. They said: 'Tell us about your companions, O Commander of the Faithful.' He said ؓ: 'Which of my companions?' They said: 'The companions of the Prophet ﷺ.' He said ؓ: 'All the companions of the Prophet ﷺ are my companions. Which of them do you want?' They said: 'The group whom we have seen you treat kindly in your mention and praise of them, apart from the rest.' He said ؓ: 'Which of them?' They said: 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud ؓ.' He said: 'He learned the Sunnah and recited the Quran, and that suffices as knowledge.' Then he ended with that, and they did not know what he meant by his saying 'that suffices as knowledge' – did it suffice for Abdullah, or did it suffice for the Quran? They said: 'What about Hudhayfah ؓ?' He said ؓ: 'He knew – or was taught – the names of the hypocrites, and he asked about difficult matters until he understood them. If you ask him about them, you will find him knowledgeable about them.' They said: 'What about Abu Dharr ؓ?' He said ؓ: 'A vessel filled with knowledge, and he was ؓ stingy and eager – stingy about his religion, eager for knowledge. He used to ask many questions, and he was given and denied. Indeed, it was filled for him in his vessel until it was full.' They said: 'What about Salman ؓ?' He said ؓ: 'A man from us and to us, the People of the House. Who among you can be like Luqman the Wise? He knew the first knowledge and attained the last knowledge, and he read the first Book and the last Book. He was ؓ a sea that never runs dry.' They said: 'What about Ammar b. Yasir ؓ?' He said ؓ: 'That is a man into whose flesh, blood, bones, hair, and skin Allah the Exalted mixed faith. He never leaves the truth for even an hour; wherever it goes, he goes with it. The Fire should not consume anything of him.' They said: 'Then tell us about yourself, O Commander of the Faithful.' He said ؓ: 'Hold on, Allah has forbidden self-praise.' He said: Then someone said: 'But Allah the Exalted says: And as for the favor of your Lord, proclaim it.' He said ؓ: 'Then I will tell you of the favor of my Lord, Blessed and Exalted: When I asked, I was given; when I was silent, I was approached. And within my faculties, I was filled with abundant knowledge.'

230. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4769No grade recorded

     افْتَخَرَ الْحَيَّانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ; الْأَوْسُ وَالْخَزْرَجُ، فَقَالَتِ الْأَوْسُ: مِنَّا غَسِيلُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ حَنْظَلَةُ الرَّاهِبُ ؓ، وَمِنَّا مَنِ اهْتَزَّ لَهُ عَرْشُ الرَّحْمَنِ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ؓ، وَمِنَّا مَنْ حَمَتْهُ الدَّبْرُ؛ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَقْلَحِ ؓ، وَمِنَّا مَنْ أُجِيزَتْ شَهَادَتُهُ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ؛ خُزَيْمَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ. وَقَالَ الْخَزْرَجُ، ؓ: مِنَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ جَمَعُوا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَجْمَعْهُ غَيْرُهُمْ: زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ، وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، وَمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ، ؓ

     ✧ The two tribes of the Ansar – Aws and Khazraj – boasted. The Aws said: 'From us is the one washed by the angels, Hanzalah al-Rahib ؓ ; from us is the one for whom the Throne of the Most Merciful shook, Sa'd b. Mu'adh ؓ ; from us is the one whom the bees protected, Asim b. Thabit b. Abi al-Aqlah ؓ ; from us is the one whose testimony was accepted as equal to that of two men, Khuzaymah b. Thabit ؓ.' And the Khazraj said ؓ: 'From us are four who collected the Quran during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and no one else collected it: Zayd b. Thabit, Abu Zayd, Ubayy b. Ka'b, and Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ.'

231. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4770No grade recorded

     لَمَّا طُعِنَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَأَمَرَ بِالشُّورَى دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةُ ؓ فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَةِ، إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ السِّتَّةَ لَيْسُوا بِرِضًا. فَقَالَ ؓ: أَسْنِدُونِي، فَأَسْنَدُوهُ، قَالَ ؓ: مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ ؟! سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يَا عَلِيُّ، يَدُكَ فِي يَدِي، تَدْخُلُ مَعِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَيْثُ أَدْخُلُ، مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي عُثْمَانَ ؓ ؟! سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يَوْمَ يَمُوتُ عُثْمَانُ ؓ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ مَلَائِكَةُ السَّمَاءِ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لِعُثْمَانَ خَاصَّةً أَمْ لِلنَّاسِ عَامَّةً ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: " لِعُثْمَانَ ؓ خَاصَّةً "، مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ؓ ؟! سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَيْلَةً وَقَدْ سَقَطَ رَحْلُهُ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يُسَوِّي لِي رَحْلِي وَهُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ؟ " فَبَدَرَ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ؓ فَسَوَّاهُ لَهُ ﷺ حَتَّى رَكِبَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا طَلْحَةُ، هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - يُقْرِيكَ السَّلَامَ وَيَقُولُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ فِي أَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى أُنْجِيَكَ مِنْهَا ". مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ ؟! رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ نَامَ فَجَلَسَ الزُّبَيْرُ ؓ يَذُبُّ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَظَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: " يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ، لَمْ تَزَلْ ؟ " قَالَ ؓ: لَمْ أَزَلْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي، قَالَ ﷺ: هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - يُقْرِيكَ السَّلَامَ وَيَقُولُ: أَنَا مَعَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى أَذُبَّ عَنْ وَجْهِكَ شَرَرَ النَّارِ. مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ؓ ؟! سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَقَدْ أَوْتَرَ قَوْسَهُ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً، يَدْفَعُهَا إِلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: " ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي ". وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ يَقُولُوا فِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ ؟! رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ فِي مَنْزِلِ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ، وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ ؓ يَبْكِيَانِ جُوعًا وَيَتَضَوَّرَانِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: " مَنْ يَصِلُنَا بِشَيْءٍ ؟ " فَطَلَعَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ بِصَفْحَةٍ فِيهَا حَيْسَةٌ وَرَغِيفَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا إِهَالَةٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: كَفَاكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَمْرَ دُنْيَاكَ، وَأَمَّا أَمْرُ آخِرَتِكَ فَأَنَا لَهَا ضَامِنٌ

     ✧ When Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ was stabbed and ordered the consultation, Hafsah ؓ entered upon him and said: 'O father, the people claim that these six are not approved.' He said ؓ: 'Prop me up.' So they propped him up. He said ؓ: 'What could they possibly say about Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ? I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "O Ali, your hand is in my hand, you will enter with me on the Day of Resurrection wherever I enter." What could they possibly say about Uthman ؓ? I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "On the day Uthman ؓ dies, the angels of heaven will pray over him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, for Uthman specifically or for all people generally?" He said ﷺ: "For Uthman ؓ specifically." What could they possibly say about Talhah b. Ubayd Allah ؓ? I heard the Prophet ﷺ say one night when his saddle fell: "Who will set my saddle right for me, and he will be in Paradise?" Talhah b. Ubayd Allah ؓ rushed and set it right for him ﷺ until he mounted. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "O Talhah, this is Jibril ﷺ conveying greetings to you and saying: I am with you in the terrors of the Day of Resurrection until I save you from them." What could they possibly say about al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam ؓ? I saw the Prophet ﷺ when he slept, and al-Zubayr ؓ sat fanning away from his face until he woke up. He said to him: "O Abu Abdullah, have you not stopped?" He said ؓ: "I have not stopped, may my father and mother be your ransom." He said ﷺ: "This is Jibril ﷺ conveying greetings to you and saying: I am with you on the Day of Resurrection until I ward off from your face the sparks of the Fire." What could they possibly say about Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas ؓ? I heard the Prophet ﷺ say on the day of Badr, when he had strung his bow fourteen times, as he handed it to him, saying: "Shoot, may my father and mother be your ransom." And what could they possibly say about Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ? I saw the Prophet ﷺ in the house of Fatimah ؓ, while al-Hasan and al-Husayn ؓ were crying from hunger and writhing. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Who will bring us something?" Then Abd al-Rahman b. Awf ؓ came with a platter containing a dish of dates mixed with butter and two loaves between which there was fat. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: "May Allah the Exalted suffice you in the affair of your worldly life; as for the affair of your Hereafter, I guarantee it for you."

232. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4771No grade recorded

     أَتَى جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ ثَلَاثَةً فَأَحِبَّهُمْ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ، وَالْمِقْدَادُ ؓ قَالَ: وَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لَتَشْتَاقُ إِلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ، وَعِنْدَهُ ﷺ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ، فَرَجَا أَنْ يَكُونَ لِبَعْضِ الْأَنْصَارِ، قَالَ: فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمْ فَهَابَهُ، فَخَرَجَ فَلَقِيَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ آنِفًا فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ، فَرَجَوْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِبَعْضِ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَهِبْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ ﷺ، فَهَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ فَتَسْأَلَهُ ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ فَلَا أَكُونُ مِنْهُمْ، فَيَشْمَتُ بِي قَوْمِي. ثُمَّ لَقِيَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَلَقِيَ عَلِيًّا ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: نَعَمْ أَنَا أَسْأَلُهُ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ فَأَحْمَدُ اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَإِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْهُمْ، يَعْنِي فَلَا يَضُرُّ. فَدَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَنَسًا ؓ

     ✧ Jibril ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Muhammad, Allah the Exalted loves three of your Companions, so love them: Ali b. Abi Talib, Abu Dharr, and al-Miqdad ؓ.' He said: Then Jibril ﷺ came to him and said, 'O Muhammad, Paradise yearns for three of your Companions,' and Anas b. Malik ؓ was with him ﷺ, and he hoped it might be for some of the Ansar. Anas said: He wanted to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about them but was in awe of him. So he went out and met Abu Bakr ؓ and said, 'O Abu Bakr, I was just with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when Jibril ﷺ came to him and said, "Paradise yearns for three of your Companions." I hoped it might be for some of the Ansar, but I was too in awe to ask him ﷺ. Would you go in and ask him?' Abu Bakr ؓ said, 'I fear to ask him and then not be among them, and my people would gloat over me.' Then Anas met Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ and said to him the same as he had said to Abu Bakr ؓ, and Umar replied the same as Abu Bakr ؓ had. Then he met Ali ؓ, and Ali ؓ said to him, 'Yes, I will ask him. If I am among them, I will praise Allah the Exalted; and if I am not among them—meaning, it will not harm.' So Ali ؓ entered and said, 'Anas ؓ...'

233. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4772No grade recorded

     النَّضْرُ وَسَعْدٌ لَمْ يَكُونَا قَوِيَّيْنِ، وَمَا رَوَاهُ إِلَّا جَعْفَرٌ. <متن_مخفي ربط="26048251" نص="أَتَى جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ النَّبِيّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّد إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ مِنْ أَصْحَابِك ثَلَاثَة فَأَحَبّهمْ عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ وَالْمِقْدَاد ؓ قَالَ وَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّد إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لِتَشْتَاقَ إِلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِك وَعِنْدَهُ ﷺ أَنَس بْن مَالِك ؓ فَرَجَا أَنْ يَكُونَ لِبَعْضِ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمْ فَهَابَهُ فَخَرَجَ فَلَقِيَ أَبَا بَكْر ؓ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْر إِنِّي كُنْت عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ آنِفًا فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ فَقَالَ إِنْ الْجَنَّةَ تَشْتَاقُ إِلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِك فَرَجَوْت أَنْ يَكُونَ لِبَعْضِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَهِبْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ ﷺ فَهَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ فَتَسْأَلَهُ فَقَالَ ؓ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ فَلَا أَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ فَيَشْمَتَ بِي قَوْمِي ثُمَّ لَقِيَ عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ قَوْله لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ قَوْلٍ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَلَقِيَ عَلِيًّا ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيّ ؓ نَعَم أَنَا أَسْأَلُهُ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ فَأَحْمَدُ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَإِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْهُمْ يَعْنِي فَلَا يضَرَ فَدَخَلَ عَلِيّ ؓ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَنَسًا ؓ

     ✧ Al-Nadr and Sa'd were not strong, and none narrated it except Ja'far. <hidden matn linked="26048251" text="Jibril ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Muhammad, Allah the Exalted loves three of your Companions, so love them: Ali b. Abi Talib, Abu Dharr, and al-Miqdad ؓ.' He said: Then Jibril ﷺ came to him and said, 'O Muhammad, Paradise yearns for three of your Companions,' and Anas b. Malik ؓ was with him ﷺ, and he hoped it might be for some of the Ansar. Anas said: He wanted to ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about them but was in awe of him. So he went out and met Abu Bakr ؓ and said, 'O Abu Bakr, I was just with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when Jibril ﷺ came to him and said, "Paradise yearns for three of your Companions." I hoped it might be for some of the Ansar, but I was too in awe to ask him ﷺ. Would you go in and ask him?' Abu Bakr ؓ said, 'I fear to ask him and then not be among them, and my people would gloat over me.' Then Anas met Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ and said to him the same as he had said to Abu Bakr ؓ, and Umar replied the same as Abu Bakr ؓ had. Then he met Ali ؓ, and Ali ؓ said to him, 'Yes, I will ask him. If I am among them, I will praise Allah the Exalted; and if I am not among them—meaning, it will not harm.' So Ali ؓ entered and said, 'Anas ؓ...'">

234. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4773No grade recorded

     لَا يَجْتَمِعُ حُبُّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ إِلَّا فِي قَلْبِ مُؤْمِنٍ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَعُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِيٌّ، ؓ

     ✧ The love of these four does not come together except in the heart of a believer: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali, ؓ.

235. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4774No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعْشَرَ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ مُتَوَافِرُونَ نَقُولُ: أَفْضَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ﷺ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ عُثْمَانُ ؓ ثُمَّ نَسْكُتُ

     ✧ We, the community of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while we were numerous, used to say: The best of this Ummah after its Prophet ﷺ is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman ؓ, then we would fall silent.

236. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4775No grade recorded

     قَرَأَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ، فَقَالَ: لَا يَدْخُلُهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ، هَنِيئًا لَكَ يَا صَاحِبَ الْقَبْرِ - وَأَشَارَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ - أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ، هَنِيئًا لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَوْ شَهِيدٌ، وَأَنَّى لِعُمَرَ بِالشَّهَادَةِ ! وَإِنَّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَنِي مِنْ مَنْزِلِي بِالْحَثْمَةِ لَقَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يَسُوقَهَا إِلَيَّ

     ✧ Umar ؓ recited on the pulpit: 'Gardens of Eden,' and said, 'None will enter it except a prophet—congratulations to you, O companion of the grave—and he pointed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—or a truthful one—congratulations to you, O Abu Bakr—or a martyr, and how can Umar attain martyrdom! Indeed, the One who brought me out of my house at al-Hathamah is able to drive it to me.'

237. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4776No grade recorded

     ذَكَرْنَا عِنْدَهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعَلِيًّا ؓ فَقَالَ: نِعْمَ الرَّأْيُ، وَإِنِّي لَأَجِدُ لِعَلِيٍّ فِي قَلْبِي مِنَ اللِّيطَةِ مَا لَا أَجِدُ لَهُمَا

     ✧ We mentioned Abu Bakr, Umar, and Ali ؓ in his presence, and he said, 'What an excellent view, and I find in my heart for Ali a lingering feeling that I do not find for those two.'

238. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4777No grade recorded

     أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَرْأَفُ أُمَّتِي وَأَرْحَمُهَا، وَعُمَرُ أَجْرَأُ أُمَّتِي وَأَعْدَلُهَا، وَعُثْمَانُ أَحْيَا أُمَّتِي وَأَكْرَمُهَا، وَعَلِيٌّ أَلَبُّ أُمَّتِي وَأَشْجَعُهَا، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَبَرُّ أُمَّتِي وَآمَنُهَا، وَأَبُو ذَرٍّ أَزْهَدُ أُمَّتِي وَأَصْدَقُهَا، وَأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ أَعْذَرُ أُمَّتِي وَأَتْقَاهَا، وَمُعَاوِيَةُ أَحْلَمُ أُمَّتِي وَأَجْوَدُهَا

     ✧ Abu Bakr is the most compassionate of my Ummah and the most merciful of them; Umar is the boldest of my Ummah and the most just of them; Uthman is the most modest of my Ummah and the most generous of them; Ali is the most intelligent of my Ummah and the bravest of them; Abdullah b. Mas'ud is the most pious of my Ummah and the most trustworthy of them; Abu Dharr is the most ascetic of my Ummah and the most truthful of them; Abu al-Darda' is the most excusing of my Ummah and the most God-fearing of them; and Mu'awiya is the most forbearing of my Ummah and the most open-handed of them.

239. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4778No grade recorded

     أَرْأَفُ أُمَّتِي بِأُمَّتِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ، وَأَشَدُّهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ عُمَرُ ؓ، وَأَصْدَقُهُمْ حَيَاءً عُثْمَانُ ؓ، وَأَفْضَلُهُمْ عَلِيٌّ ؓ، وَأَفْرَضُهُمْ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ، وَأَعْلَمُهُمْ بِالْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ، وَأَقْرَؤُهُمْ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ؓ، وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَمِينٌ، وَأَمِينُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ ؓ

     ✧ The most compassionate of my Ummah toward my Ummah is Abu Bakr ؓ; the strongest of them in Islam is Umar ؓ; the most truthful of them in modesty is Uthman ؓ; the most excellent of them is Ali ؓ; the most knowledgeable of them in inheritance law is Zayd b. Thabit ؓ; the most learned of them in the lawful and the unlawful is Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ; the best reciter among them is Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ. Every Ummah has a trustworthy one, and the trustworthy one of this Ummah is Abu Ubayda ؓ.

240. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4779No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ، فَتَزَلْزَلَ الْجَبَلُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: اثْبُتْ حِرَاءُ، فَمَا عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ أَوْ شَهِيدٌ. وَعَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، وَعُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِيٌّ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَسَعْدٌ، وَسَعِيدٌ، ؓ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on Hira', and the mountain trembled, so he said ﷺ, 'Be still, Hira', for upon you are none but a prophet, a truthful one, or a martyr.' And upon it were the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, al-Zubayr, Abd al-Rahman b. Awf, Sa'd, and Sa'id, ؓ.

241. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4780No grade recorded

     قَاتَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ، قِيلَ: وَكَيْفَ قَاتَلْتَ الْجِنَّ ؟ قَالَ: نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلًا فَأَخَذْتُ قِرْبَتِي وَدَلْوِي لِأَسْتَقِيَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّهُ سَيَأْتِيكَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ آتٍ يَمْنَعُكَ. فَلَمَّا كُنْتُ عَلَى الْبِئْرِ أَتَانِي رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ كَأَنَّهُ مَرْسٌ فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَا تَسْتَقِي الْيَوْمَ مِنْهَا ذَنُوبًا، فَأَخَذَنِي فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَصَرَعْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ حَجَرًا فَكَسَرْتُ أَنْفَهُ وَوَجْهَهُ، ثُمَّ مَلَأْتُ قِرْبَتِي فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: هَلْ أَتَاكَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ أَحَدٌ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعْتُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: ذَاكَ الشَّيْطَانُ

     ✧ I fought alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ against the jinn and mankind. It was said, 'How did you fight the jinn?' He said, 'We stopped at a place, and I took my water-skin and bucket to draw water. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Someone will come to you at the water to prevent you." When I was at the well, a black man came to me, as if he were a demon, and said, "You will not draw a bucketful from it today." He grabbed me, and I grabbed him and threw him down. Then I took a stone and broke his nose and face. Then I filled my water-skin and came to the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "Did anyone come to you at the water?" I said, "A black man." I told him what I had done. He ﷺ said, "That was a devil."

242. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4781No grade recorded

     لَقِيتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِعَمَّارٍ وَبِأُمِّ عَمَّارٍ ؓ يُعَذَّبَانِ، فَقَالَ: صَبْرًا آلَ يَاسِرٍ، فَإِنَّ مَصِيرَكُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ I met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at al-Batha', and he took my hand, and I went with him ﷺ. He passed by Ammar and Umm Ammar ؓ while they were being tortured, and he said, 'Patience, O family of Yasir, for your destination is Paradise.'

243. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4782No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَبْنِي الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا نَقَلَ النَّاسُ حَجَرًا نَقَلَ عَمَّارٌ ؓ حَجَرَيْنِ، فَإِذَا نَقَلُوا لَبِنَةً نَقَلَ لَبِنَتَيْنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was building the mosque, and when the people carried one stone, Ammar ؓ carried two; and when they carried one brick, he carried two.

244. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4783No grade recorded

     قَعَدَ أَبُو مُوسَى ؓ فِي بَيْتِهِ، وَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ نَاسٌ، فَأَنْشَأَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنَ، فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا أُعَجِّبُكَ مِنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ؓ ؟ قَعَدَ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ نَاسٌ وَأَنْشَأَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنَ ! فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُقْعِدَنِي مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَانِي مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَأَقْعَدَهُ الرَّجُلُ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَاهُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، فَسَمِعَ ﷺ قِرَاءَةَ أَبِي مُوسَى ؓ فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّهُ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى مِزْمَارٍ مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ

     ✧ Abu Musa ؓ sat in his house, and people gathered around him, and he began reciting the Quran to them. A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I not amaze you about Abu Musa ؓ? He sat in a house, people gathered around him, and he began reciting the Quran to them! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Can you seat me where none of them sees me? He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out, and the man seated him where none of them saw him. He ﷺ heard Abu Musa's ؓ recitation and said ﷺ: Indeed, he recites upon a flute from the flutes of the family of David.

245. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4784No grade recorded

     سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبَا مُوسَى ؓ يَقْرَأُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: كَأَنَّ صَوْتَ هَذَا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ heard Abu Musa ؓ reciting and said ﷺ: It is as if the voice of this one is from the flutes of the family of David.

246. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4785No grade recorded

     هَبَطْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ ثَنِيَّةِ هَرْشَا، فَانْقَطَعَ شِسْعُ نَعْلِهِ ﷺ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ شِسْعِي، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهُ، وَجَلَسَ ﷺ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ لِيُصْلِحَ نَعْلَهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ لِي: انْظُرْ مَنْ تَرَى ؟ قُلْتُ: هَذَا فُلَانٌ. قَالَ ﷺ: بِئْسَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فُلَانٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ لِي: انْظُرْ مَنْ تَرَى ؟ قُلْتُ: هَذَا فُلَانٌ. قَالَ ﷺ: بِئْسَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فُلَانٌ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ لِي: انْظُرْ مَنْ تَرَى ؟ قُلْتُ: هَذَا فُلَانٌ، قَالَ ﷺ: نِعْمَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فُلَانٌ. وَالَّذِي قَالَ ﷺ لَهُ: نِعْمَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فُلَانٌ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ، وَأَمَّا الْآخَرَانِ لَا أُخْبِرُ بِهِمَا أَحَدًا

     ✧ I descended with the Prophet ﷺ from the mountain pass of Harsha, and the strap of his sandal broke. I handed him my strap, but he refused to accept it, and he ﷺ sat in the shade of a tree to repair his sandal. He ﷺ said to me: Look who you see. I said: This is so-and-so. He ﷺ said: Wretched is the servant of God, so-and-so. Then he ﷺ said to me: Look who you see. I said: This is so-and-so. He ﷺ said: Wretched is the servant of God, so-and-so. Then he ﷺ said to me: Look who you see. I said: This is so-and-so. He ﷺ said: Excellent is the servant of God, so-and-so. The one to whom he ﷺ said 'Excellent is the servant of God' was Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ. As for the other two, I will not inform anyone about them.

247. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4786No grade recorded

     لَا تَسُبُّوا خَالِدًا، فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - سَلَّهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ

     ✧ Do not revile Khalid, for he is one of the swords of God—Mighty and Majestic—which God Almighty has drawn against the disbelievers.

248. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4787No grade recorded

     شَكَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا خَالِدُ، لِمَ تُؤْذِي رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، لَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا لَمْ تُدْرِكْ عَمَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، يَقَعُونَ فِيَّ فَأَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: لَا تُؤْذُوا خَالِدًا، فَإِنَّهُ سَيْفٌ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، صَبَّهُ اللهُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ

     ✧ Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf ؓ complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ. He said: O Khalid, why do you harm a man from the people of Badr? If you were to spend gold equal to Mount Uhud, you would not attain his deed. He said: O Messenger of Allah, they revile me, so I respond to them. He ﷺ said: Do not harm Khalid, for he is a sword from the swords of God Almighty, which God has poured upon the disbelievers.

249. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4788No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ مَنَعَنِي كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

     ✧ Jihad in the path of God Almighty has indeed kept me from much recitation.

250. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4789No grade recorded

     مَا لَيْلَةٌ يُهْدَى إِلَى بَيْتِي فِيهَا عَرُوسٌ أَنَا لَهَا مُحِبٌّ، أَوْ أُبَشَّرَ فِيهَا بِغُلَامٍ، بِأَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ شَدِيدَةِ الْجَلِيدِ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ مِنَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ أُصَبِّحُ بِهَا الْعَدُوَّ

     ✧ There is no night in which a bride is gifted to my house and I love her, or in which I am given glad tidings of a boy, more beloved to me than a night of severe frost in a detachment of warriors, in which I attack the enemy at dawn.

251. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4790No grade recorded

     نَزَلَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ عَلَى الْمَرَازِبَةِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: احْذَرِ السُّمَّ لَا تَسْقِيكَهُ الْأَعَاجِمُ. فَقَالَ ؓ: ائْتُونِي بِهِ. فَأُتِيَ بِهِ، فَأَخَذَهُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ اقْتَحَمَهُ، وَقَالَ: بِاسْمِ اللهِ. فَلَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْئًا

     ✧ Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ encamped near the marzbans, and they said to him: Beware of poison, lest the non-Arabs give it to you to drink. He ؓ said: Bring it to me. It was brought, and he took it in his hand, then swallowed it, and said: In the name of God. It did not harm him at all.

252. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4791No grade recorded

     اعْتَمَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي عُمْرَةٍ اعْتَمَرَهَا، فَحَلَقَ شَعَرَهُ ﷺ فَسَبَقْتُ إِلَى النَّاصِيَةِ فَأَخَذْتُهَا، فَاتَّخَذْتُ قَلَنْسُوَةً فَجَعَلْتُهَا فِي مُقَدَّمِ الْقَلَنْسُوَةِ، فَمَا وُجِّهْتُ فِي وَجْهٍ إِلَّا فُتِحَ لِي

     ✧ We performed Umrah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in an Umrah he performed, and he shaved his hair. I hastened to the forelock and took it, and I made a cap and placed it in the front of the cap. I was never directed in any direction except that it was opened for me.

253. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4792No grade recorded

     آخَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ ; بَيْنَ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَسَلْمَانَ ؓ، وَبَيْنَ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَالصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ ؓ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ established brotherhood between his companions: between Abu al-Darda' and Salman ؓ, and between Awf ibn Malik and al-Sa'b ibn Jaththamah ؓ.

254. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4793No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ سَعْدٌ عَلَى سَلْمَانَ ؓ يَعُودُهُ، فَبَكَى سَلْمَانُ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ ؓ: مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ ؟ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَنْكَ رَاضٍ، وَتَرِدُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْضَ، وَتَلْقَى أَصْحَابَكَ

     ✧ Sa'd entered upon Salman ؓ to visit him, and Salman ؓ wept. Sa'd ؓ said to him: What makes you weep, O servant of God? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died while he was pleased with you, you will come to him at the Pond, and you will meet your companions.

255. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4794No grade recorded

     مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَسْبِقُهُ بَعْضُ أَعْضَائِهِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ صُوحَانَ ؓ

     ✧ Whoever would be pleased to look at a man some of whose limbs precede him to Paradise, let him look at Zayd ibn Sawhan ؓ.

256. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4795No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: قَدْ جَاءَ حَسَّانُ اللَّعِينُ. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ: مَا هُوَ بِلَعِينٍ، لَقَدْ جَاهَدَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِلِسَانِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ

     ✧ A man came to Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ and said: “Ḥassān, the accursed, has come.” Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ said: “He is not cursed; he strove with the Messenger of God ﷺ with his tongue and his self.”

257. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4796No grade recorded

     أَنْشَدَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَبْيَاتًا، فَقَالَ: شَهِدْتُ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ الَّذِي فَوْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ عَلِ وَأَنَّ أَبَا يَحْيَى وَيَحْيَى كِلَاهُمَا لَهُ عَمَلٌ فِي دِينِهِ مُتَقَبَّلُ وَأَنَّ أَخَا الْأَحْقَافِ إِذْ قَامَ فِيهِمُ يَقُولُ بِذَاتِ اللهِ فِيهِمْ وَيَعْدِلُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: وَأَنَا

     ✧ Ḥassān b. Thābit ؓ recited to the Prophet ﷺ some verses: “I bear witness, by God’s permission, that Muḥammad / is the Messenger of Him who is above the heavens, from on high; / and that Abū Yaḥyā and Yaḥyā, both of them, / have in his religion a work accepted; / and that the brother of al-Aḥqāf, when he stood among them, / spoke concerning the essence of God, and was just.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “And I [bear witness too].”

258. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4797No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ، وَرَاحِلَتُهُ بِهَا زَادُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَجَاءَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قَدْ جُعْتُ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِمُعْطِيكَ حَتَّى يَأْمُرَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَيَنْزِلَ النَّاسُ فَنَأْكُلَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ هَكَذَا بِالسَّيْفِ، وَكَشَفَ عُرْقُوبَ الرَّاحِلَةِ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ إِذَا حَزَبَهُمْ أَمْرٌ قَالُوا: احْبِسْ أَوَّلُ، احْبِسْ أَوَّلُ. فَسَمِعُوا فَوَقَفُوا، وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا صَنَعَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ بِالرَّاحِلَةِ قَالَ لَهُ: اخْرُجْ، وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يَسِيرُوا، فَجَعَلَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ يَتْبَعُهُمْ حَتَّى نَزَلُوا، فَجَعَلَ يَأْتِيهِمْ فِي رِحَالِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ: إِلَى أَيْنَ أَخْرَجَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ إِلَى النَّارِ أَخْرَجَنِي ؟ قَالَ: فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا زَالَ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ الْمُعَطَّلِ يَتَحَوَّبُ رِحَالَنَا مُنْذُ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَيَقُولُ: إِلَى أَيْنَ أَخْرَجَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ إِلَى النَّارِ أَخْرَجَنِي ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ الْمُعَطَّلِ خَبِيثُ اللِّسَانِ طَيِّبُ الْقَلْبِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was on a journey, and his riding camel carried the provisions of the Prophet ﷺ. Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal came and said: “I am hungry.” He said: “I will not give you until the Prophet ﷺ orders me, and the people dismount, and we eat.” He said: “So he said, like this, with the sword,” and he cut the hamstring of the riding camel. He said: “When some matter distressed them, they would say: ‘Hold back the front, hold back the front.’ They heard, so they halted. The Messenger of God ﷺ came, and when he saw what Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal had done to the riding camel, he said to him: ‘Depart.’ He ordered the people to continue, and Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal began to follow them until they camped. Then he started coming to their mounts, saying: ‘To where has the Messenger of God ﷺ expelled me? To the Fire has he expelled me?’ They came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of God, Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal has been grieving at our mounts since last night, saying: ‘To where has the Messenger of God ﷺ expelled me? To the Fire has he expelled me?’ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: ‘Ṣafwān b. al-Muʿaṭṭal has a foul tongue but a pure heart.’”

259. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4798No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدِ اشْتَرَى فَرَسًا مِنْ أَعْرَابِيٍّ فَجَحَدَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ الْبَيْعَ، فَقَالَ: لَمْ أَبِعْكَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: قَدْ بِعْتَنِي، فَمَرَّ عَلَيْهِمْ خُزَيْمَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ فَسَمِعَ قَوْلَهُمَا، فَقَالَ: أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ بِعْتَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: وَمَا عِلْمُكَ بِذَلِكَ وَلَمْ تَشْهَدْنَا ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: قَدْ شَهِدْنَا عَلَى مَا هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَأَجَازَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَهَادَتَهُ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى مَاتَ خُزَيْمَةُ ؓ

     ✧ He passed by the Prophet ﷺ after he had bought a horse from a Bedouin, and the Bedouin denied the sale, saying: “I did not sell to you.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “You did sell to me.” Khuzaymah b. Thābit ؓ passed by them and heard their words, and said: “I testify that you sold.” The Prophet ﷺ said to him: “How do you know that when you did not witness us?” He ؓ said: “We have testified to what is greater than that.” The Prophet ﷺ accepted his testimony as that of two men until Khuzaymah ؓ died.

260. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4799No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اشْتَرَى فَرَسًا مِنْ سَوَاءِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ، فَجَحَدَهُ، فَشَهِدَ لَهُ خُزَيْمَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ مَعَنَا حَاضِرًا، فَقَالَ ؓ: صَدَّقْتُكَ بِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ، وَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ لَا تَقُولُ إِلَّا حَقًّا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ شَهِدَ لَهُ خُزَيْمَةُ أَوْ عَلَيْهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ bought a horse from Sawāʾ b. Qays al-Muḥāribī, who denied it. Khuzaymah b. Thābit ؓ testified for him. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: “What led you to testify when you were not present with us?” He ؓ said: “I believed you in what you brought, and I know that you speak nothing but truth.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Whoever Khuzaymah testifies for or against, it suffices him.”

261. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4800No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ Abū Yaʿlā said: Abū Bakr narrated to us with this.

262. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4801No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اشْتَرَى مِنْ أَعْرَابِيٍّ فَرَسًا، فَجَحَدَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ، فَجَاءَ خُزَيْمَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ، أَتَجْحَدُ ؟ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَيْكَ أَنَّكَ بِعْتَهُ. فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ: إِنْ شَهِدَ عَلَيَّ خُزَيْمَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَأَعْطِنِي الثَّمَنَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا خُزَيْمَةُ، إِنَّا لَمْ نَشْهَدْكَ، فَكَيْفَ تَشْهَدُ ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: أَنَا أُصَدِّقُكَ عَلَى خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ، أَلَا أُصَدِّقُكَ عَلَى ذَا الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ؟ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَهَادَتَهُ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ رَجُلٌ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلَيْنِ غَيْرَ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ bought a horse from a Bedouin, and the Bedouin denied it. Khuzaymah b. Thābit ؓ came and said: “O Bedouin, do you deny? I testify against you that you sold it.” The Bedouin said: “If Khuzaymah b. Thābit testifies against me, then give me the price.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “O Khuzaymah, we did not call you as a witness; how do you testify?” He ؓ said: “I believe you in the news of heaven; should I not believe you about this Bedouin?” The Messenger of God ﷺ made his testimony equal to that of two men. There was no man in Islam whose testimony counted as that of two men except Khuzaymah b. Thābit ؓ.

263. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4802No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ، وَذَلِكَ عَلَى قَدْرِ دِيَتِهِ. أَوْ قَالَ: دِيَتِي

     ✧ I seek forgiveness from God—Mighty and Majestic—and turn to Him in repentance every day twelve thousand times, according to the amount of his blood money—or he said: “my blood money.”

264. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4803No grade recorded

     إِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو وَوَرَقَةَ بْنَ نَوْفَلٍ خَرَجَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الدِّينَ حَتَّى انْتَهَيَا إِلَى رَاهِبٍ بِالْمَوْصِلِ، فَقَالَ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو: مِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْتَ يَا صَاحِبَ الْبَعِيرِ ؟ قَالَ: مِنْ بَنِيَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: فَمَا تَلْتَمِسُ ؟ قَالَ: أَلْتَمِسُ الدِّينَ، قَالَ: ارْجِعْ، فَإِنَّهُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُ فِي أَرْضِكَ، فَأَمَّا وَرَقَةُ فَتَنَصَّرَ، وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ النَّصْرَانِيَّةُ فَلَمْ تُوَافِقْنِي، فَرَجَعَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَبَّيْكَ حَقًّا حَقًّا، تَعَبُّدًا وَرِقًّا، الْبِرَّ أَبْغِي لَا الْخَالَ، وَهَلْ تَرَى مُهَجِّرًا كَمَنْ قَالَ: آمَنْتُ بِمَا آمَنَ بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: أَبْغِي لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَانٍ رَاغِمٌ مَهْمَا تُجَشِّمْنِي فَإِنِّي جَاشِمٌ ثُمَّ يَخِرُّ فَيَسْجُدُ. قَالَ: وَجَاءَ ابْنُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ كَمَا رَأَيْتَ وَكَمَا بَلَغَكَ، أَفَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، فَإِنَّهُ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ. وَأَتَى زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ ؓ وَهُمَا يَأْكُلَانِ مِنْ سُفْرَةٍ لَهُمَا، فَدَعَوَاهُ لِطَعَامِهِمَا، فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: إِنَّا لَا نَأْكُلُ مَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ

     ✧ Zayd b. ʿAmr and Waraqah b. Nawfal went out seeking the religion until they came to a monk in Mosul. He said to Zayd b. ʿAmr: “Where have you come from, O owner of the camel?” He said: “From the house of Abraham.” He said: “What do you seek?” He said: “I seek the religion.” He said: “Return, for the one you seek is about to appear in your land.” As for Waraqah, he became a Christian. As for me, Christianity was offered to me but it did not suit me. He returned saying: “At Your service, truly, truly; in worship and servitude; righteousness I seek, not the fancy. Do you see one who emigrates like one who says: I believe in what Abraham believed?” Then he would say: “I seek for you, O God, a humble, submissive servant. Whatever You impose on me, I will undertake.” Then he would fall down in prostration. His son came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of God, my father was as you have seen and as you have heard. Shall I seek forgiveness for him?” He ﷺ said: “Yes, for he will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as a nation alone.” Zayd b. ʿAmr came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while Zayd b. Ḥārithah ؓ was with him, and they were eating from their food. They invited him to their meal, but Zayd b. ʿAmr said to the Prophet ﷺ: “We do not eat what is slaughtered on stone altars.”

265. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4804No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ، بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عِيسَى - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -. وَسُئِلَ ﷺ عَنْ وَرَقَةَ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، قَالَ: أَبْصَرْتُهُ فِي بُطْنَانِ الْجَنَّةِ عَلَيْهِ سُنْدُسٌ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl, and he ﷺ said: “He will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as a nation alone, between me and Jesus ﷺ.” He ﷺ was asked about Waraqah b. Nawfal, and he said: “I saw him in the midst of the Garden, wearing silk brocade.”

266. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4805No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا حَارًّا مِنْ أَيَّامِ مَكَّةَ، وَهُوَ مُرْدِفِي إِلَى نُصُبٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَابِ، وَقَدْ ذَبَحْنَا لَهُ شَاةً فَأَنْضَجْنَاهَا، قَالَ: فَلَقِيَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، فَحَيَّا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ تَحِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا زَيْدُ، مَا لِي أَرَى قَوْمَكَ قَدْ شَنِفُوا لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لِغَيْرِ نَايِلَةٍ لِي مِنْهُمْ، وَلَكِنِّي خَرَجْتُ أَبْتَغِي هَذَا الدِّينَ، حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَى أَحْبَارِ فَدَكَ، فَوَجَدْتُهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ وَيُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا بِالَّذِي أَبْتَغِي. فَقَالَ شَيْخٌ مِنْهُمْ: إِنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُ عَنْ دِينٍ مَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا يَعْبُدُ اللهَ بِهِ تَعَالَى إِلَّا شَيْخًا بِالْحِيرَةِ، فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَقْدَمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ اللهِ، وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّوْكِ وَالْقَرَظِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ بِبِلَادِكَ، قَدْ بُعِثَ نَبِيٌّ قَدْ طَلَعَ نَجْمُهُ، وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ فِي ضَلَالٍ، فَلَمْ أُحِسَّ بِشَيْءٍ بَعْدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ. قَالَ: فَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْهِ السُّفْرَةَ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: شَاةٌ ذَبَحْنَاهَا لِنُصُبٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَابِ. فَقَالَ ﷺ: مَا كُنْتُ لِآكُلَ مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ ؓ: فَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ فَطَافَ بِهِ، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، وَبِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ، وَكَانَ عِنْدَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ صَنَمَانِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ أَحَدُهُمَا يُقَالُ لَهُ: يَسَافٌ، وَالْآخَرُ يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَائِلَةُ، وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِذَا طَافُوا تَمَسَّحُوا بِهِمَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَا تَمَسَّحَنَّهُمَا فَإِنَّهُمَا رِجْسٌ. فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لَأَمَسَّحَنَّهُمَا حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ مَا يَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَمَسَحْتُهُمَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا زَيْدُ، أَلَمْ تُنْهَ ؟ وَمَاتَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِزَيْدٍ: إِنَّهُ يُبْعَثُ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ

     ✧ I went out with the Messenger of God ﷺ on a hot day from the days of Makkah, and he was riding behind me, to a stone idol among the idols. We had slaughtered a sheep for it and cooked it. He said: Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl met him, and each greeted the other with the greeting of the Age of Ignorance. The Prophet ﷺ said: “O Zayd, why do I see your people have turned against you?” He said: “By God, O Muḥammad, that is not for any harm they have from me. But I went out seeking this religion, until I came to the rabbis of Fadak. I found them worshipping God and associating partners with Him. I said: ‘This is not what I seek.’ An old man among them said: ‘You ask about a religion that we do not know anyone worships God by except an old man in al-Ḥīrah.’ So I went out until I came to him. When he saw me, he said: ‘Who are you from?’ I said: ‘From the people of the House of God, from the people of thorns and acacia.’ He said: ‘The one you seek has appeared in your land. A prophet has been sent whose star has risen, and all whom you see are in error.’ I did not sense anything after that, O Muḥammad.” He said: So he brought the food near to him, and he said: “What is this?” He said: “A sheep we slaughtered for a stone idol.” He ﷺ said: “I would not eat from what the name of God has not been mentioned over.” Zayd b. Ḥārithah ؓ said: The Prophet ﷺ came to the House and circumambulated it, and I was with him, and [he went between] al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah. At al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah there were two idols of brass, one called Isāf and the other Nāʾilah. The polytheists, when they circumambulated, would rub themselves against them. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do not rub them, for they are filth.” I said to myself: I will rub them to see what the Prophet ﷺ says. So I rubbed them, and he ﷺ said: “O Zayd, were you not forbidden?” Zayd b. ʿAmr died, and revelation came to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said to Zayd: “He will be raised as a nation alone.”

267. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4806No grade recorded

     صَوْتُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ؓ فِي الْجَيْشِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ

     ✧ The voice of Abū Ṭalḥah ؓ in the army is better than a thousand men.

268. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4807No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ ؓ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ بَرَاءَةٌ، فَأَتَى عَلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: انْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالا فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَرَى رَبِّي يَسْتَنْفِرُنِي شَابًّا وَشَيْخًا ؟ جَهِّزُونِي. فَقَالَ لَهُ بَنُوهُ: قَدْ غَزَوْتَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قُبِضَ، وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ حَتَّى مَاتَ، وَمَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ، فَنَحْنُ نَغْزُو عَنْكَ. قَالَ: جَهِّزُونِي. فَجَهَّزُوهُ، فَرَكِبَ الْبَحْرَ حَتَّى مَاتَ، فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُ جَزِيرَةً يَدْفِنُوهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا بَعْدَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَلَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ

     ✧ Abu Talhah ؓ recited Surat Bara'ah and came upon this verse: ﷻGo forth, light and heavy.﷼ He said: ﷻDo I not see my Lord calling me to go forth, young and old? Equip me.﷼ His sons said to him: ﷻYou campaigned with the Messenger of God ﷺ until he passed away, and with Abu Bakr ؓ until he died, and with Umar ؓ, so we will campaign on your behalf.﷼ He said: ﷻEquip me.﷼ So they equipped him, and he rode the sea until he died. They did not find an island to bury him in except after seven days, yet he did not change.

269. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4808No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ. صَحَّحَهُ ابْنُ حِبَّانَ.::

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abd al-Rahman b. Sallam narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us with it. Ibn Hibban deemed it authentic.::

270. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4809No grade recorded

     اهْتَزَّ الْعَرْشُ لِحُبِّ اللهِ تَعَالَى لِقَاءَ سَعْدٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا يَعْنِي السَّرِيرَ، قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، قَالَ: تَفَسَّخَتْ أَعْوَادُهُ، قَالَ: وَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْرَهُ فَاحْتُبِسَ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا حَبَسَكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: ضُمَّ سَعْدٌ ؓ فِي الْقَبْرِ ضَمَّةً، فَدَعَوْتُ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَكْشِفَ عَنْهُ

     ✧ The Throne shook out of love for God the Exalted to meet Sa'd ؓ. He said: He only means the bier. God the Exalted said: And he raised his parents upon the throne. He said: Its boards broke apart. He said: And the Messenger of God ﷺ entered his grave and was detained. When he came out, it was said: O Messenger of God, what detained you? He ﷺ said: Sa'd ؓ was squeezed in the grave with a squeeze, so I supplicated to God the Exalted to relieve him.

271. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4810No grade recorded

     هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ بِهَذَا التَّفْسِيرِ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، ؓ.:

     ✧ This hadith with this interpretation we know only from Ibn Umar, ؓ.:

272. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4811No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَامِرَ بْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ ؓ بَارَزَ رَجُلًا فَقَتَلَهُ، وَجَرَحَ نَفْسَهُ. قَالَ: فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: لَهُ أَجْرَانِ

     ✧ Amir b. al-Akwa' ؓ fought a man in single combat and killed him, and wounded himself. He said: That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: He has two rewards.

273. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4812No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَمَّهُ جُرِحَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ، وَقَتَلَ رَجُلًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَكَ أَجْرَانِ

     ✧ His uncle was wounded on the day of Khaybar and killed a man, so the Messenger of God ﷺ said: You have two rewards.

274. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4813No grade recorded

     إِنَّ صُهَيْبًا حِينَ أَرَادَ الْهِجْرَةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ لَهُ كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ: أَتَيْتَنَا صُعْلُوكًا فَكَثُرَ مَالُكَ عِنْدَنَا وَبَلَغْتَ مَا بَلَغْتَ، ثُمَّ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ بِنَفْسِكَ وَمَالِكَ ! وَاللهِ لَا يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ مَالِي تُخَلُّونَ سَبِيلِي ؟ فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنْ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَكُمْ مَالِي، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: رَبِحَ صُهَيْبٌ، رَبِحَ صُهَيْبٌ

     ✧ When Suhayb wanted to emigrate to Madinah, the disbelievers of Quraysh said to him: You came to us destitute, then your wealth grew among us and you reached what you reached, and now you want to leave with your self and your wealth! By God, that will not happen. He said to them: What if I give you my wealth, will you let me go? They said: Yes. He said: I call you to witness that I have given you my wealth. That reached the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said: Suhayb has profited, Suhayb has profited.

275. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4814No grade recorded

     قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لِصُهَيْبٍ: يَا صُهَيْبُ، إِنَّ فِيكَ خِصَالًا ثَلَاثًا أَكْرَهُهَا لَكَ. قَالَ ؓ: إِطْعَامُكَ الطَّعَامَ وَلَا مَالَ لَكَ، وَاكْتِنَاؤُكَ وَلَيْسَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ، وَادِّعَاؤُكَ إِلَى الْعَرَبِ وَفِي لِسَانِكَ لُكْنَةٌ. قَالَ ؓ: أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: أَفْضَلُكُمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ، وَأَيْمُ اللهِ لَا أَتْرُكُ إِطْعَامَ الطَّعَامِ أَبَدًا. وَذَكَرَ الْكُنْيَةَ، قَالَ: فَعَلَيْهَا أَحْيَا وَعَلَيْهَا أَمُوتُ. وَذَكَرَ الِادِّعَاءَ، قَالَ: فَأَنَا صُهَيْبُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، حَتَّى انْتَسَبَ إِلَى النَّمِرِ بْنِ قَاسِطٍ، كُنْتُ أَرْعَى عَلَى أَهْلِي، وَإِنَّ الرُّومَ أَغَارَتْ فَرَقَّتْنِي، فَعَلَّمَتْنِي لُغَتَهَا، فَهُوَ الَّذِي تَرَى مِنْ لُكْنَتِي

     ✧ Umar ؓ said to Suhayb: O Suhayb, you have three traits that I dislike for you. He ؓ said: Your feeding of food while you have no wealth, your taking a kunya while you have no son, and your claiming Arab lineage while your tongue has an accent. He ؓ said: As for what you mentioned about food, the Messenger of God ﷺ said: The best of you is the one who feeds food. By God, I will never stop feeding food. And he mentioned the kunya, and he said: Upon it I live and upon it I die. And he mentioned the claim, and he said: I am Suhayb b. Sinan, until he traced his lineage to al-Namir b. Qasit. I used to tend sheep for my family, and the Romans raided and enslaved me, so they taught me their language, and that is the accent you see in me.

276. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4815No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ قَوْلِي: وَإِنَّا لَقَوْمٌ مَا نُعَوِّدُ خَيْلَنَا إِذَا مَا الْتَقَيْنَا أَنْ تَحِيدَ وَتَنْفِرَا وَتُنْكِرُ يَوْمَ الرَّوْعِ أَلْوَانَ خَيْلِنَا مِنَ الطَّعْنِ حَتَّى تَحْسَبَ الْجَوْنَ أَشْقَرَا وَلَيْسَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ لَنَا أَنْ نَرُدَّهَا صِحَاحًا وَلَا مُسْتَنْكَرٌ أَنْ يُعَفَّرَا بَلَغْنَا السَّمَاءَ مَجْدُنَا وَجُدُودُنَا وَإِنَّا لَنَبْغِي فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ مَظْهَرًا قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِلَى أَيْنَ ؟ قُلْتُ: إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى. قَالَ ؓ: فَلَمَّا أَنْشَدْتُهُ ﷺ: وَلَا خَيْرَ فِي حِلْمٍ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بَوَادِرُ تَحْمِي صَفْوَهُ أَنْ يُكَدَّرَا وَلَا خَيْرَ فِي جَهْلٍ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَرِيبٌ إِذَا مَا أُورِدَ الْأَمْرُ أَصْدَرَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَا يَفْضُضُ اللهُ فَاكَ. قَالَ: فَكَانَ ؓ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ ثَغْرًا، وَكَانَ إِذَا سَقَطَتْ لَهُ سِنٌّ نَبَتَتْ

     ✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ and recited to him my verse: We are a people who do not accustom our horses, when we meet, to swerve and flee. And on the day of terror the colors of our horses are unrecognizable from the stabbing, until you think the dark bay is a sorrel. It is not known of us to return them sound, nor is it disapproved that they be bloodied. Our glory and our forefathers reached the sky, and we seek above that a place to appear. He said: Then the Prophet ﷺ said: To where? I said: To Paradise. He said: Yes, if God the Exalted wills. He ؓ said: And when I recited to him ﷺ: There is no good in forbearance if it has no sudden acts that protect its purity from being turbid. And there is no good in ignorance if it has no intelligent man who, when the matter is brought, sets it right. The Prophet ﷺ said: May God not break your mouth. He said: And he ؓ was among the people with the most beautiful set of teeth, and when a tooth fell out, another grew.

277. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4816No grade recorded

     كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مُقْعَدٌ، فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ: ضَعُونِي عَلَى طَرِيقِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى مَسْجِدِهِ، قَالَ: فَوُضِعَ الْمُقْعَدُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَكَانَ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ سَلَّمَ عَلَى الْمُقْعَدِ، فَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمُقْعَدِ لِيَرُدُّوهُ، فَقَالَ: لَا وَاللهِ، لَا أَبْرَحُ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ مَا عَاشَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَابْنُوا لِي خُصًّا، فَبَنُوا لَهُ خُصًّا فَكَانَ فِيهِ، فَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ دَخَلَ الْخُصَّ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْمُقْعَدِ، وَكُلَّمَا أَصَابَ طُرْفَةً مِنْ طَعَامٍ، بَعَثَ ﷺ إِلَى الْمُقْعَدِ. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ أَتَى آتٍ فَنَعَى لَهُ الْمُقْعَدَ، فَنَهَضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَهَضْنَا مَعَهُ، حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَا مِنَ الْخُصِّ، قَالَ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: لَا يَقْرَبَنَّ الْخُصَّ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، فَدَنَا ﷺ مِنَ الْخُصِّ، فَإِذَا جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَ الْمُقْعَدِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ لَمْ تَأْتِنَا لَكَفَيْنَاكَ أَمْرَهُ، فَأَمَّا إِذْ جِئْتَ فَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِهِ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَغَسَّلَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَكَفَّنَهُ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ، وَأَدْخَلَهُ الْقَبْرَ

     ✧ There was in Madinah a disabled man. He said to his family: Place me on the road of the Messenger of God ﷺ to his mosque. He said: So the disabled man was placed on the road of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Whenever he ﷺ went back and forth to the mosque, he would greet the disabled man. Then the disabled man's family came to take him back, and he said: No, by God, I will not leave this place as long as the Messenger of God ﷺ lives, so build me a hut. They built him a hut, and he remained in it. Whenever the Messenger of God ﷺ passed to the mosque, he would enter the hut and greet the disabled man, and whenever he ﷺ got a bit of food, he would send some to the disabled man. He said: While we were with the Messenger of God ﷺ, a man came and announced the death of the disabled man to him. The Messenger of God ﷺ rose, and we rose with him, until when he drew near the hut, he ﷺ said to his companions: Let no one approach the hut except me. He ﷺ drew near the hut, and there was Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting by the disabled man. He said: O Messenger of God, if you had not come to us, we would have taken care of him for you. But since you have come, you are more entitled to him. So the Messenger of God ﷺ went to him, washed him with his own hand, shrouded him, prayed over him, and placed him in the grave.

278. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4817No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ يَوْمَ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ، وَعَلَيْهِ دِرْعٌ وَبِيَدِهِ رَايَةٌ

     ✧ I saw Ibn Umm Maktum on the day of al-Qadisiyyah, wearing armor and holding a banner in his hand.

279. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4818No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اعْتَمَرَ وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَنْ لَا يُخْرِجَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا، فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُمْرَتَهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ، فَمَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبِنْتِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِلَى مَنْ تَدَعُنِي ؟ فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ ﷺ إِلَيْهَا لِلْعَهْدِ الَّذِي بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، وَمَرَّ بِهَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ ؓ فَقَالَتْ: إِلَى مَنْ تَدَعُونِي ؟ فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ عَلَيْهَا، وَمَرَّ بِهَا جَعْفَرٌ ؓ فَنَاشَدَتْهُ، فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ، إِلَى مَنْ تَدَعُنِي ؟ فَأَخَذَهَا عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَأَلْقَاهَا خَلْفَ فَاطِمَةَ ؓ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا أَدْنَى مَنْزِلٍ، أَتَى زَيْدٌ عَلِيًّا ؓ فَقَالَ: إِنَّا أَوْلَى بِهَا مِنْكَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ performed Umrah, and there was an agreement between him and the people of Makkah that he would not take anyone out of its people. When the Messenger of God ﷺ completed his Umrah, he left Makkah. The Messenger of God ﷺ passed by the daughter of Hamza b. Abd al-Muttalib ؓ, and she said: O Messenger of God, to whom are you leaving me? He ﷺ did not turn to her because of the pact between him and the people of Makkah. Zayd b. Haritha ؓ passed by her, and she said: To whom are you leaving me? He did not turn to her. Ja'far ؓ passed by her, and she appealed to him, but he did not turn to her. Then Ali b. Abi Talib ؓ passed by her, and she said: O Abu al-Hasan, to whom are you leaving me? Ali ؓ took her and placed her behind Fatima ؓ. When they stopped at the nearest place, Zayd came to Ali ؓ and said: We are more entitled to her than you.

280. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4819No grade recorded

     أُصِيبَ جَعْفَرٌ، وَكُنْتُ أُحِبُّ جَعْفَرًا ؓ

     ✧ Ja'far was struck, and I used to love Ja'far ؓ.

281. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4820No grade recorded

     كَانَ حُصِرَ فِيمَا قِيلَ مِنْ جَعْفَرٍ ؓ تِسْعُونَ، بَيْنَ ضَرْبَةٍ بِسَيْفٍ وَطَعْنَةٍ بِرُمْحٍ

     ✧ It was said that Ja'far ؓ received ninety wounds, between sword strikes and spear thrusts.

282. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4821No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ ؓ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ عَانَقَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ

     ✧ When Ja'far ؓ arrived from Abyssinia, the Prophet ﷺ embraced him.

283. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4822No grade recorded

     مَا بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً قَطُّ فِيهِمْ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ ؓ إِلَّا أَمَّرَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never dispatched a military expedition in which Zayd b. Haritha ؓ was included without appointing him as their commander.

284. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4823No grade recorded

     قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، آخَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ

     ✧ He said: O Messenger of Allah, you established brotherhood between me and Hamza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib ؓ.

285. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4824No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى قَوْمِي، فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَنَا طَاوِي، وَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ الدَّمَ، فَقَالُوا: هَلُمَّ، فَقُلْتُ: جِئْتُ أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ هَذَا، فَنِمْتُ وَأَنَا مَغْلُوبٌ، فَأَتَانِي آتٍ فِي مَنَامِي بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ شَرَابٌ، فَقَالَ: خُذْ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَشَرِبْتُ، فَشَبِعْتُ وَرَوِيتُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ: أَتَاكُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ سَرَاةِ قَوْمِكُمْ فَلَمْ تُتْحِفُوهُ بِمَذِيقَةٍ، قَالَ: فَأَتَوْنِي بِمَذِيقَتِهِمْ، فَقُلْتُ: لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا، قَالُوا: إِنَّا رَأَيْنَاكَ بِجَهْدٍ، فَأَرَيْتُهُمْ بَطْنِي، فَأَسْلَمُوا عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ، ؓ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to my people. I came to them while I was hungry, and I found them eating blood. They said, 'Come.' I said, 'I have come to forbid you from this.' I slept while overcome, and someone came to me in my sleep with a vessel containing a drink and said, 'Take it.' I took it and drank, and I became full and quenched. A man among the people said, 'A man from the nobility of your people has come to you, and you have not honored him with a small draught (of milk).' He said: They brought me their draught, and I said, 'I have no need of it.' They said, 'We saw you in hardship,' so I showed them my stomach, and they all embraced Islam, to the last of them ؓ.

286. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4825No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِأَبِي أُمَامَةَ ؓ: ابْنُ كَمْ كُنْتَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا غَيْرُكَ قَبْلَكَ، كُنْتُ ابْنَ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَحَضَرْتُ خُطْبَةً، فَجَعَلَ يَمِيلُ بِصَدْرِ رَاحِلَتِهِ فَيَكَادُ أَنْ تُزِيلَنِي عَنِ السَّمَاعِ، فَأَضَعُ كَتِفِي فِي صَدْرِ رَاحِلَتِهِ فَأُزِيلُهَا

     ✧ I said to Abu Umama ؓ: 'How old were you at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'No one but you has asked me about that before you. I was thirty-three years old. I remember being present at a sermon, and he would lean with the chest of his riding camel, and it would almost unseat me from hearing, so I would put my shoulder against the chest of his camel and push it away.'

287. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4826No grade recorded

     مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ رَجُلٌ يَمُوتُ وَفِي قَلْبِهِ مِنَ الْكِبْرِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ إِلَّا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي النَّارِ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ؓ بَكَى، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، لِمَ تَبْكِي ؟ فَقَالَ: مِنْ كَلِمَتِكَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَبْشِرْ، فَإِنَّكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ. قَالَ: فَبَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْثًا فَغَزَا، فَقُتِلَ فِيهِمْ شَهِيدًا

     ✧ There is no man on earth who dies with an atom's weight of pride in his heart but Allah Almighty will place him in the Fire. When Abdullah b. Qays al-Ansari ؓ heard that, he wept. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O Abdullah b. Qays, why are you weeping?' He said: 'Because of your words.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Rejoice, for you shall be in Paradise.' He said: Then the Prophet ﷺ dispatched an expedition, and he went on a raid and was killed among them as a martyr.

288. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4827No grade recorded

     ثُمَّ مَرَّ، يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ يَلْعَبُ بِشَيْءٍ يَبِيعُهُ وَهُوَ غُلَامٌ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُ فِي تِجَارَتِهِ

     ✧ Then he passed by, meaning the Prophet ﷺ, Abdullah b. Ja'far ؓ while he was playing with something he was selling, and he was a boy, and he ﷺ said: 'O Allah, bless him in his trade.'

289. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4828No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ فِطْرٍ مِثْلَهُ. إِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ. أَخْرَجَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ أَوَّلَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَا أَوْرَدْتُهُ

     ✧ Ibn Numayr narrated to us from Fitr similarly. Its chain is good, meeting the criterion of Abu Dawud. He reported with this chain the beginning of this hadith, but did not mention what I have cited.

290. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4829No grade recorded

     بَارَكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ فِي بَيْعِهِ أَوْ قَالَ: فِي صَفْقَتِهِ

     ✧ Allah Almighty blessed him in his sale, or he said: in his transaction.

291. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4830No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَجُلًا جَلَبَ سُكَّرًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَسَدَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: ائْتِ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ؓ فَأَتَاهُ فَاشْتَرَاهُ مِنْهُ: بِدَهْ وَازْدَهْ، وَقَالَ: مَنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَ. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: آخُذُ مَعَهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: خُذْ

     ✧ A man brought sugar to Madinah and it became unsellable for him. They said to him: 'Go to Abdullah b. Ja'far ؓ.' So he went to him and bought it from him for ten and eleven (dirhams), and said: 'Whoever wants may take.' The man said: 'Should I take along with them?' He said: 'Take.'

292. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4831No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا.. الْآيَةَ، قَالَ أَبُو الدَّحْدَاحِ ؓ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يُرِيدُ مِنَّا الْقَرْضَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ يَا أَبَا الدَّحْدَاحِ. قَالَ: أَرِنِي يَدَكَ، فَنَاوَلَهُ ﷺ يَدَهُ، قَالَ: قَدْ أَقْرَضْتُ رَبِّي حَائِطِي، وَحَائِطُهُ فِيهِ سِتُّمِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ، فَجَاءَ ؓ يَمْشِي حَتَّى أَتَى الْحَائِطَ، وَأُمُّ الدَّحْدَاحِ فِيهِ وَعِيَالُهَا، فَنَادَى: يَا أُمَّ الدَّحْدَاحِ، قَالَتْ: لَبَّيْكَ. قَالَ: اخْرُجِي، فَقَدْ أَقْرَضْتُ رَبِّي

     ✧ When the verse “Who is it that will lend God a goodly loan...” was revealed, Abu al-Dahdah ؓ said: “O Messenger of God, does God Almighty desire a loan from us?” He ﷺ said: “Yes, O Abu al-Dahdah.” He said: “Show me your hand.” He ﷺ extended his hand to him, and he said: “I have lent my Lord my garden”—his garden contained six hundred palm trees. Then he ؓ came walking until he reached the garden, where Umm al-Dahdah and his family were, and he called out: “O Umm al-Dahdah!” She said: “At your service.” He said: “Leave, for I have lent my Lord.”

293. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4832No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ صَوْتًا أَشَدَّ مِنْ صَوْتِهِ - يَعْنِي أَبَا سُفْيَانَ يَوْمَ الْيَرْمُوكِ - وَهُوَ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ ابْنِهِ يَقُولُ: هَذَا يَوْمٌ مِنْ أَيَّامِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْزِلْ نَصْرَكَ

     ✧ He never heard a voice louder than his—meaning Abu Sufyan on the day of al-Yarmuk—while he was under his son’s banner saying: “This is a day of the days of God Almighty. O God, send down Your victory.”

294. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4833No grade recorded

     لَمَّا حُضِرَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ ؓ جَزِعَ جَزَعًا شَدِيدًا وَجَعَلَ يَبْكِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُهُ: لِمَ تَجْزَعْ، وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَعْمِلُكَ وَيُدْنِيكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ، وَلَا أَدْرِي أَحُبًّا ذَلِكَ لِي أَمْ تَأَلُّفًا يَتَأَلَّفُنِي، وَلَكِنْ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُحِبُّهُمَا: ابْنُ سُمَيَّةَ، يَعْنِي عَمَّارًا، وَابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فَلَمَّا جَدَّ بِهِ - يَعْنِي النَّزْعَ - جَمَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَوَضَعَهَا مَوْضِعَ الْغُلِّ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَمَرْتَنَا فَتَرَكْنَا، وَنَهَيْتَنَا فَرَكِبْنَا، فَلَا يَسَعُنَا إِلَّا رَحْمَتُكَ. قَالَ: فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْكَ هِجِّيرَاهُ حَتَّى قُبِضَ

     ✧ When Amr b. al-As ؓ was near death, he became intensely distressed and began to weep. His son said to him: “Why are you so distressed, when the Messenger of God ﷺ used to appoint you and draw you near?” He said: “He ﷺ used to do that, but I do not know whether he loved me or was simply trying to win me over. However, I bear witness to two men whom the Messenger of God ﷺ died loving: the son of Sumayya, meaning Ammar, and Ibn Mas’ud ؓ.” When his death throes intensified—meaning the final agony—he clasped his hands and placed them at his neck like a collar, saying: “O God, You commanded us and we neglected, You forbade us and we transgressed. Nothing can save us except Your mercy.” He kept repeating this until he died.

295. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4834No grade recorded

     بَايَعَ جَدُّ أَبِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ My father’s grandfather pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God ﷺ.

296. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4835No grade recorded

     جَاءَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُنَاجِي جِبْرِيلَ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - فَجَلَسَ وَلَمْ يُسَلِّمْ، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -: لَوْ سَلَّمَ هَذَا عَلَيْنَا لَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَتَعْرِفُهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، هَذَا مِنَ الثَّمَانِينَ الَّذِي صَبَرُوا مَعَكَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ، أَرْزَاقُهُمْ وَأَرْزَاقُ أَوْلَادِهِمْ عَلَى اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ Al-Harith b. al-Nu’man al-Ansari ؓ came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was conversing privately with Gabriel ﷺ. He sat down and did not greet. Gabriel ﷺ said: “If this man had greeted us, we would have returned his greeting.” He ﷺ asked: “Do you know him?” He replied: “Yes, this is one of the eighty who stood firm with you on the day of Hunayn. Their provision and the provision of their children is upon God, Mighty and Majestic, in Paradise.”

297. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4836No grade recorded

     إِنَّ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ النُّعْمَانِ ؓ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُنَاجِي جِبْرِيلَ

     ✧ Haritha b. al-Nu’man ؓ came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was conversing privately with Gabriel.

298. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4837No grade recorded

     مَا زِلْتُ أَطْمَعُ فِي الْخِلَافَةِ مُنْذُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا قَالَ: يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ، إِنْ مَلَكْتَ فَأَحْسِنْ

     ✧ I have been hoping for the caliphate ever since the Messenger of God ﷺ said what he said: “O Mu’awiya, if you gain sovereignty, then act well.”

299. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4838No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ، قَالَ: مِنْ رَبِيعَةَ الْفَرَسِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ لَوْلَاهُمُ انْتَقَلَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِأَهْلِهَا، أَحْمَدُ اللهَ الَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ رَبِيعَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ asked me: “From whom are you?” I said: “From Rabi’a.” He said: “From Rabi’a of the horse, those of whom it is said: Were it not for them, the earth would have moved away with its inhabitants. I praise God who has favored you among Rabi’a.”

300. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4839No grade recorded

     سَقَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَبَنًا، فَقَالَ: مَتَّعَهُ اللهُ بِشَبَابِهِ

     ✧ I gave the Messenger of God ﷺ milk to drink, and he said: “May God grant him enjoyment of his youth.”

301. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4840No grade recorded

     قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِعَقِيلٍ ؓ: يَا أَبَا يَزِيدَ، إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ حُبَّيْنِ: حُبُّ الْقَرَابَةِ، وَحُبٌّ لِحُبِّ أَبِي طَالِبٍ إِيَّاكَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Aqil ؓ: “O Abu Yazid, I love you with two kinds of love: love of kinship, and love because of Abu Talib’s love for you.”

302. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4841No grade recorded

     ذَهَبَتْ بِي أُمِّي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالرِّزْقِ

     ✧ My mother took me to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he wiped over my head and prayed for provision for me.

303. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4842No grade recorded

     ذَهَبَ بِي أَبِي وَأُمِّي الْحَدِيثَ

     ✧ My father and my mother took me—the same hadith.

304. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4843No grade recorded

     صَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ رَجُلٍ فَجَعَلْتُ أَدْعُو وَأَنَا مُمْسِكٌ بِحَصَاةٍ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ، إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ كَانَ يَقُولُ: إِذَا سَأَلْتَ رَبَّكَ فَلَا تُمْسِكْ بِيَدِكَ الْحَجَرَ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُهُ ذَكَرَ عَبْدَ اللهِ اسْتَأْنَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ، وَانْتَسَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنِي فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَبَشَّرَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَبَشَّرَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَبَشَّرَهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ لَوْ شِئْتُ لَسَمَّيْتُهُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَبَشَّرَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ، وَحُذَيْفَةُ ؓ جَالِسٌ، فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ ؓ: فَأَيْنَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَنْتَ فِي خَيْرٍ أَوْ إِلَى خَيْرٍ

     ✧ I prayed beside a man and began supplicating while holding a pebble. He turned to me and said: O Abu 'Abd Allah, 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud ؓ used to say: If you ask your Lord, do not hold a stone in your hand. When I heard him mention 'Abd Allah, I felt at ease with him and introduced myself. He began to tell me: Abu Bakr ؓ asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he granted him permission and gave him glad tidings of Paradise. Then 'Umar ؓ came, and he granted him permission and gave him glad tidings of Paradise. Then 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud ؓ came, and he granted him permission and gave him glad tidings. Then another man came, whom I could name if I wished, and he granted him permission and gave him glad tidings of Paradise. Hudhayfa ؓ was sitting, and he said: Where am I, O Messenger of Allah? He ﷺ said: You are in good, or heading toward good.

305. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4844No grade recorded

     أَيْنَ أَنَا ؟ فَذَكَرَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ.::

     ✧ Where am I? He mentioned it abbreviated from the beginning.::

306. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4845No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ أَصَابَهُ سَهْمٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ غَزَوَاتِهِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا رَافِعُ، إِنْ شِئْتَ رَفَعْتُ السَّهْمَ وَتَرَكْتُ الْقُطْبَةَ، وَأَشْهَدُ لَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَنَّكَ شَهِيدٌ ؟ قَالَ: فَفَعَلَ ﷺ

     ✧ He was struck by an arrow while with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in one of his battles. He ﷺ said: O Rafi', if you wish I will remove the arrow but leave the arrowhead, and I will testify for you on the Day of Resurrection that you are a martyr? He said: So he ﷺ did.

307. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4846No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَلْقَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَقُولَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، خُوَيْدِمُكَ أَنَسٌ

     ✧ I hope to meet the Prophet ﷺ and say: O Messenger of Allah, your little servant Anas.

308. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4847No grade recorded

     4847 4058 / 2 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ، ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِهَذَا

     ✧ 4847 4058 / 2 - Abu Ya'la said: Harun narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us with this.

309. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4848No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ إِذَا أَتَيْتُ أَنَسًا ؓ يُخْبَرُ بِمَكَانِي، فَأَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ فَآخُذُ يَدَيْهِ فَأُقَبِّلُهُمَا، وَأَقُولُ: بِأَبِي هَاتَيْنِ الْيَدَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ مَسَّتَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأُقَبِّلُ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَأَقُولُ: بِأَبِي هَاتَيْنِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ رَأَتَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ When I came to Anas ؓ, he would be told of my location, and I would enter upon him, take his hands and kiss them, saying: May my father be ransomed for these two hands that touched the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. And I would kiss his eyes, saying: May my father be ransomed for these two eyes that saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

310. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4849No grade recorded

     رَكِبْتُ الْبَحْرَ فِي سَفِينَةٍ فَكُسِرَتْ بِنَا، فَرَكِبْتُ لَوْحًا مِنْهَا، فَطَرَحَنِي فِي أَجَمَةٍ فِيهَا الْأَسَدُ، فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِي إِلَّا بِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَارِثِ، أَنَا سَفِينَةُ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبَنِي بِمَنْكِبِهِ وَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ، وَجَعَلَ يَغْمِزُنِي بِمَنْكِبِهِ، ثُمَّ مَشَى مَعِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَنِي بِيَدِهِ وَهَمْهَمَ سَاعَةً، فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوَدِّعُنِي

     ✧ I traveled by sea in a ship, and it broke apart with us. I mounted a plank from it, and it cast me into a thicket where there was a lion. Nothing startled me except it. I said: O Abu al-Harith, I am Safina, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah. He said: It struck me with its shoulder, lowered its head, and began nudging me with its shoulder, then walked with me until it set me on the road. Then it struck me with its hand and made a sound for a while, and I thought it was bidding me farewell.

311. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4850No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ Al-Bazzar said: Muhammad b. Bashshar narrated to us, 'Uthman b. 'Umar narrated to us, with it.:

312. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4851No grade recorded

     فَضَرَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ وَقَالَ: لَقَدْ جَعَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي قَلْبِكَ يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ غَيْرَ قَلِيلٍ

     ✧ 'Umar ؓ struck between the shoulders of Ibn Mas'ud ؓ and said: Allah, exalted is He, has placed in your heart, O Ibn Mas'ud, no small amount of knowledge.

313. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4852No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَفْشَى الْقُرْآنَ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ

     ✧ The first to proclaim the Quran openly in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Makkah was 'Abd Allah b. Mas'ud ؓ.

314. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4853No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَأَتَى سَارِيَةً، فَوَقَفَ إِلَيْهَا يُصَلِّي، قَالَ: وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: قَائِدُنَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، وَهُوَ لَا يَسْمَعُهُ، فَقَرَأَ: قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَخْلِصْ يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَجَلَسَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: ادْعُ يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ تُجَبْ، وَسَلْ تُعْطَ. وَهُوَ ؓ فِي ذَاكَ لَا يَسْمَعُهُ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الرَّفِيقَ الْأَعْلَى، وَالنَّصِيبَ الْأَوْفَرَ مِنْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعِفَّةَ وَالثَّرَى، وَالْبُشْرَى عِنْدَ انْقِطَاعِ الدُّنْيَا، وَأَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ، وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَنْفَدُ، وَفَرَحًا لَا يَنْقَطِعُ، وَتَوْفِيقًا لِلْحَمْدِ، وَلِبَاسَ التَّقْوَى، وَزِينَةَ الْإِيمَانِ، وَمُرَافَقَةَ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي أَعْلَى جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ فَبَشَّرَهُ

     ✧ He entered the mosque and came to a pillar, stood by it and prayed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the mosque. The Prophet ﷺ said: Our leader is Ibn Mas'ud, while he could not hear him. He recited: Say, O disbelievers, then bowed and prostrated, then stood for the second rak'ah. The Prophet ﷺ said: Be sincere, O Ibn Mas'ud. He recited: Say, He is Allah, the One, then bowed, prostrated, and sat. The Prophet ﷺ said: Supplicate, O Ibn Mas'ud, and you will be answered; ask and you will be given. He ؓ, during that, could not hear him. Ibn Mas'ud ؓ said: O Allah, I ask You for the highest companion, the fullest share of the gardens of bliss, and I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and contentment, and glad tidings at the severance of this world. And I ask You for faith that does not turn back, coolness of eyes that never ends, joy that never ceases, success in praise, the garment of piety, the adornment of faith, and the companionship of Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in the highest garden of eternity. He said: A man went and gave him the good news.

315. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4854No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ مِنْ أَجْوَدِ النَّاسِ ثَوْبًا أَبْيَضَ، وَأَطْيَبِ النَّاسِ رِيحًا

     ✧ 'Abd Allah ؓ was among the people with the finest white garment and the sweetest scent.

316. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4855No grade recorded

     مَا أَرَى رَجُلًا أَعْلَمَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ مِنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ. فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى ؓ: لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ، لَقَدْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ حِينَ لَا يُسْمَعُ، وَيَدْخُلُ حَيْثُ لَا نَدْخُلُ ؓ

     ✧ I do not consider any man more knowledgeable of what was revealed to Muhammad ﷺ than Ibn Mas'ud ؓ. Abu Musa ؓ said: If you say that, he used to hear when others could not hear, and enter where we could not enter ؓ.

317. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4856No grade recorded

     تَكَلَّمَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَضِيتُ بِاللهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ: رَضِيتُ لَكُمْ مَا رَضِيَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَكَرِهْتُ لَكُمْ مَا كَرِهَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: رَضِيتُ لِأُمَّتِي مَا رَضِيَ لَهَا ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ

     ✧ Ibn Mas'ud ؓ spoke in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, praised and extolled Allah, then said: I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Messenger. Then he ؓ said: I am pleased for you with what Allah and His Messenger are pleased with, and I dislike for you what Allah and His Messenger dislike. The Prophet ﷺ said: I am pleased for my Ummah with what Ibn Umm 'Abd is pleased with for them.

318. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4857No grade recorded

     إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ ذَهَبَ يَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِالسِّوَاكِ، فَجَعَلُوا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى دِقَّةِ سَاقِهِ وَيَعْجَبُونَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: هُمَا أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ

     ✧ Ibn Mas'ud ؓ went to bring the Prophet ﷺ a tooth-stick, and they began looking at the thinness of his legs and marveling. The Prophet ﷺ said: They are heavier in the Scale than Mount Uhud.

319. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4859No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَسْتُرُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اغْتَسَلَ، وَأُوقِظُهُ إِذَا نَامَ، وَأَمْشِي مَعَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ

     ✧ I used to screen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he bathed, wake him when he slept, and walk with him in the land.

320. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4860No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: تَعَالَ فَلْنَسْأَلْ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كَثِيرٌ. فَقَالَ: وَاعَجَبًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَتَرَى النَّاسَ يَفْتَقِرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَفِي النَّاسِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ فِيهِمْ ؟ ! قَالَ: فَتَرَكْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ أَسْأَلُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَبْلُغُنِي عَنِ الرَّجُلِ فَآتِيهِ وَهُوَ قَائِلٌ، فَأَتَوَسَّدُ رِدَائِي عَلَى بَابِهِ، يَسْفِي الرِّيحُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، فَيَخْرُجُ فَيَرَانِي، فَيَقُولُ: يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، مَا جَاءَ بِكَ ؟ أَلَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيَّ فَآتِيَكَ ؟ فَأَقُولُ: لَا، أَنَا أَحَقُّ أَنْ آتِيَكَ، فَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ، فَعَاشَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَتَّى رَآنِي وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ حَوْلِي يَسْأَلُونَنِي، فَقَالَ: كَانَ هَذَا الْفَتَى أَعْقَلَ مِنِّي

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, I said to a man of the Ansar: Come, let us ask the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for today they are many. He said: How astonishing of you, O Ibn 'Abbas! Do you think people will need you while among the people are Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ such as they? He said: So I left that, and I began asking the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hadith. If I heard of a man, I would go to him while he was napping, and I would pillow my cloak at his door, with the wind blowing dust upon me. He would come out, see me, and say: O cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, what brought you? Why did you not send for me so I could come to you? I would say: No, I am more entitled to come to you. Then I would ask him about the hadith. That Ansari man lived until he saw me with people gathered around me asking me, and he said: This youth was wiser than I.

321. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4861No grade recorded

     جَالَسْتُ سَبْعِينَ أَوْ خَمْسِينَ شَيْخًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ خَالَفَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَيَلْتَقِيَانِ، إِلَّا قَالَ: هُوَ كَمَا قُلْتَ. أَوْ قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ

     ✧ I sat with seventy or fifty elders from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and not one of them differed with Ibn 'Abbas ؓ when they met except that he said: It is as you said, or: You have spoken truly.

322. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4862No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ الَّذِي هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ وَلَا أَوْرَعَ مِنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، ؓ

     ✧ I have not seen anyone more knowledgeable than Ibn 'Abbas ؓ nor more pious than Ibn 'Umar ؓ.

323. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4863No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشَدَّ تَعْظِيمًا لِحُرُمَاتِ اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ وَاللهِ لَوْ أَشَاءُ إِذَا ذَكَرْتُهُ أَنْ أَبْكِيَ لَبَكَيْتُ

     ✧ I have not seen anyone more reverent of the sacred limits of Allah Almighty than Ibn 'Abbas ؓ. By Allah, if I wished, when I mentioned him, to weep, I would weep.

324. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4864No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ خَالَفَهُ أَحَدٌ حَتَّى يُقَرِّرَهُ

     ✧ I have not seen Ibn 'Abbas contradicted by anyone without him establishing his point.

325. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4865No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ، فَأَصَابَهُ قَدَرُهُ، فَأَوْصَاهُمْ أَنِ اغْسِلُونِي، وَكَفِّنُونِي، ثُمَّ ضَعُونِي عَلَى قَارِعَةِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَأَوَّلُ رَكْبٍ يَمُرُّونَ بِكُمْ، فَقُولُوا: هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ، صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعِينُونَا عَلَى غُسْلِهِ وَدَفْنِهِ، فَفَعَلُوا، فَأَقْبَلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فِي رَكْبٍ مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ، وَقَدْ وُضِعَتِ الْجِنَازَةُ عَلَى قَارِعَةِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ غُلَامٌ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَبَكَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ وَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: تَمْشِي وَحْدَكَ، وَتَمُوتُ وَحْدَكَ، وَتُبْعَثُ وَحْدَكَ

     ✧ Abu Dharr ؓ went out to al-Rabadhah, and his appointed time came. He instructed them: Wash me, shroud me, then place me on the main road. The first riders who pass by you, say: This is Abu Dharr, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so help us with his washing and burial. They did so. 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud ؓ came in a group of riders from Iraq, and the funeral bier had been placed on the main road. A boy went up to him and said: This is Abu Dharr, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud ؓ wept and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: You will walk alone, die alone, and be resurrected alone.

326. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4866No grade recorded

     خَرَجْنَا عُمَّارًا فَعَمَدْنَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ يَحْمِلُ عَظْمَ جَزُورٍ أَوْ يُحْمَلُ مَعَهُ، فَأَتَى مَنْزِلَهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَانَا فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا.. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: فِي كُلِّ كَذَا وَكَذَا جَزُورًا يَنْحَرُونَهَا فَيَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَلِي فِي كُلِّ جَزُورٍ عَظْمٌ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا مَالُكَ ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: لِي قَطِيعٌ مِنْ إِبِلٍ، وَصَرِيمَةٌ مَنْ غَنَمٍ فِي إِحْدَاهَا ابْنِي، وَفِي الْأُخْرَى غُلَامٌ أَسْوَدُ اشْتَرَيْتُهُ فَهُوَ عَتِيقٌ، يَخْدُمُنِي إِلَى الْحَوْلِ ثُمَّ هُوَ عَتِيقٌ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، وَاللهِ مَا مِنَ النَّاسِ عِنْدَنَا أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ. فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا لَهُمْ فِي مَالٍ مِنَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا وَلِي مِثْلُهُ. قَالَ: فَجَعَلْنَا نَسْتَفْتِيهِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، عِنْدَنَا رَجُلٌ يَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ إِلَّا الْأَضْحَى وَالْفِطْرَ ؟ قَالَ ؓ: لَمْ يَصُمْ وَلَمْ يُفْطِرْ. قَالَ: إِنَّهُ وَإِنَّهُ. قَالَ: فَأَعَادَهَا..

     ✧ We went out to perform 'Umrah and headed to the dwelling of Abu Dharr ؓ. There he was coming carrying a camel's bone or it was being carried with him. He came to his dwelling, then came to us and greeted us... and mentioned the hadith. He said to them: For every such-and-such, they slaughter a camel and eat it, and for me in every camel is a bone. A man said: O Abu Dharr, what is your wealth? He ؓ said: I have a herd of camels and a small flock of sheep; in one of them is my son, and in the other is a black slave I bought, and he is to be freed. He serves me until the year ends, then he is free. He said: A man said: O Abu Dharr, by Allah, none of the people we know has more wealth than your companions. He said: By Allah, there is no right in their wealth except that I have the like of it. He said: We began asking him for legal opinions. A man said: O Abu Dharr, we have a man who fasts the entire year except the day of Sacrifice and the day of Breaking the Fast. He ؓ said: He has neither fasted nor broken his fast. He said: But he does such-and-such. He said: He repeated it...

327. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4867No grade recorded

     مَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ، وَلَا أَقَلَّتِ الْغَبْرَاءُ، عَلَى ذِي لَهْجَةٍ أَصْدَقَ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ، مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى تَوَاضُعِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ - فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ.

     ✧ The green sky has not shaded, nor the dusty earth carried, anyone of truer speech than Abu Dharr ؓ. Whoever would like to look at the humility of Jesus son of Mary ﷺ, let him look at Abu Dharr ؓ.

328. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4868No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ رَابِعَ أَرْبَعَةٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، أَسْلَمَ قَبْلِي ثَلَاثَةٌ وَأَنَا الرَّابِعُ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَ: فَرَأَيْتُ الِاسْتِبْشَارَ فِي وَجْهِهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: جُنْدُبٌ، رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ

     ✧ I was the fourth of four in Islam: three embraced Islam before me, and I was the fourth. I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Peace be upon you, O Prophet of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger." He said: Then I saw joy in his face ﷺ. He said: "Who are you?" I said: "Jundub, a man from Banu Ghifar."

329. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4869No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، أَرَأَيْتَ أَنِّي وُزِنْتُ بِأَرْبَعِينَ أَنْتَ فِيهِمْ، فَوَزَنْتُهُمْ. فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ: كَأَنَّكَ قَدْ عِيرَ بِكَ، قَالَ: اسْكُتِي، مَلَأَ اللهُ فَاكِ تُرَابًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "O Abu Dharr, do you think that if I were weighed against forty men among whom you were included, I would outweigh them?" His wife said to him: "It is as if you have been reproached." He said: "Be quiet, may Allah fill your mouth with dust."

330. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4870No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَرَاهُ وَأَلْقَاهُ مِنْهُ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ ؓ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ: إِنْ كَانَ لَكَ بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ حَاجَةٌ فَاخْرُجْ أَبَا ذَرٍّ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ ثَقُلَ النَّاسُ عِنْدِي. فَقَدِمَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ وَتَصَايَحَ النَّاسُ: هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ، هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ. فَخَرَجْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فِيمَنْ يَنْظُرُ، فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَعُثْمَانُ ؓ فِيهِ، فَأَتَى سَارِيَةً فَصَلَّى عِنْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى عُثْمَانَ ؓ فَسَلَّمَ، فَمَا سَبَّهُ وَلَا أَنَّبَهُ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ: أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَوْمَ أُغِيرَ عَلَى لِقَاحِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عَلَى الْبِئْرِ أَسْتَسْقِي. ثُمَّ رَفَعَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ بِصَوْتِهِ الْأَشَدِّ فَقَرَأَ: وَالَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَلا يُنْفِقُونَهَا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْنِزُونَ فَأَمَرَهُ عُثْمَانُ ؓ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ

     ✧ I used to hear about Abu Dharr ؓ, and there was no one I was more eager to see and meet than him. Uthman ؓ wrote to him to come to him, so Muawiyah wrote to him: "If you have any need of Syria and its people, then leave, Abu Dharr, for the people have become burdensome to me." Abu Dharr ؓ arrived, and the people cried out: "This is Abu Dharr, this is Abu Dharr!" I went out to look at him among those who were looking. He entered the mosque while Uthman ؓ was in it. He went to a pillar and prayed two rak'ahs near it, then came to Uthman ؓ and greeted him. He did not revile him or rebuke him. Uthman ؓ said: "Where were you on the day when the milch-camels of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were raided?" He said: "I was at the well, drawing water." Then Abu Dharr ؓ raised his voice and recited: "And those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend them..." up to "...what you used to hoard." Then Uthman ؓ ordered him to go out to al-Rabadhah.

331. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4871No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَأَقْرَبُكُمْ مَجْلِسًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ تَرَكْتُهُ فِيهَا، وَإِنَّهُ وَاللهِ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ تَشَبَّثَ مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ غَيْرِي

     ✧ Indeed, I am the closest of you in seating to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Day of Resurrection - whoever leaves this world in the same state as when I left him in it. By Allah, there is none of you but has clung to something of this world except me.

332. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4872No grade recorded

     كَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ ؓ، قَالَ: عُوَيْمِرٌ حَكِيمُ أُمَّتِي، وَجُنْدُبٌ طَرِيدُ أُمَّتِي، يَعِيشُ وَحْدَهُ، وَيَمُوتُ وَحْدَهُ، وَاللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - يَبْعَثُهُ وَحْدَهُ

     ✧ When he went out to his companions ؓ, he said: "Uwaymir is the wise man of my Ummah, and Jundub is the outcast of my Ummah. He will live alone, die alone, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will resurrect him alone."

333. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4873No grade recorded

     وَدِدْتُ لَوْ أَنِّي شَجَرَةٌ تُعْضَدُ

     ✧ I wish I were a tree that is cut down.

334. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4874No grade recorded

     قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَدْخَلَنِي رَجُلٌ عَلَى ابْنَةِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ ؓ فَحَدَّثَتْنِي بِقِصَّةِ ثَابِتٍ.. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.. قَالَتْ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بَلْ تَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا، وَتُقْتَلُ شَهِيدًا، وَيُدْخِلُكَ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْيَمَامَةِ خَرَجَ مَعَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى مُسَيْلِمَةَ الْكَذَّابِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا لَقِيَ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَانْكَشَفُوا قَالَ: قَالَ لِسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ: مَا هَكَذَا كُنَّا نُقَاتِلُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ حَفَرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حُفْرَةً، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمَا الْقَوْمُ، فَبَقِيَا يُقَاتِلَانِ حَتَّى قُتِلَا، رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِمَا، وَكَانَتْ عَلَى ثَابِتٍ ؓ دِرْعٌ لَهُ نَفِيسَةٌ، فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَخَذَهَا، فَبَيْنَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ نَائِمٌ، إِذْ أَتَاهُ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ؓ فِي مَنَامِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أُوصِيكَ بِوَصِيَّةٍ، إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ: هَذَا حُلْمٌ فَتُضَيِّعَهُ، إِنِّي لَمَّا قُتِلْتُ أَمْسِ، مَرَّ بِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَخَذَ دِرْعِي، وَمَنْزِلُهُ فِي أَقْصَى الْعَسْكَرِ، وَعِنْدَ خِبَائِهِ فَرَسٌ يَسْتَنُّ فِي طِوَلِهِ، وَقَدْ كَفَأَ عَلَى الدِّرْعِ بُرْمَةً، وَجَعَلَ فَوْقَ الْبُرْمَةِ رَحْلًا، فَأْتِ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ فَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ إِلَى دِرْعِي فَيَأْخُذَهَا، فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ عَلَى خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبِرْهُ أَنَّ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَلِي مِنَ الدَّيْنِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَفُلَانٌ رَقِيقِي عَتِيقٌ وَفُلَانٌ، وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ: هَذَا حُلْمٌ فَتُضَيِّعَهُ. فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ الدِّرْعَ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى خِبَاءٍ فِي أَقْصَى الْعَسْكَرِ، فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ فَرَسٌ يَسْتَنُّ فِي طِوَلِهِ، فَنَظَرَ فِي الْخِبَاءِ، فَإِذَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ، فَدَخَلُوا وَرَفَعُوا الرَّحْلَ، وَإِذَا تَحْتَهُ بُرْمَةٌ، فَرَفَعُوهَا فَإِذَا الدِّرْعُ تَحْتَهَا، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ حَدَّثَ الرَّجُلُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ بِرُؤْيَاهُ، فَأَجَازَ وَصِيَّتَهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، فَلَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُوِّزَتْ وَصِيَّتُهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ غَيْرَ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ ؓ

     ✧ I came to Madinah, and a man brought me to the daughter of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas ؓ, and she narrated to me the story of Thabit... Then she mentioned the hadith... She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Rather, you will live a praiseworthy life, be killed as a martyr, and Allah will admit you to Paradise." When the day of Yamamah came, he went out with Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ to Musaylimah the Liar. He said: When he met the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and attacked them, they were routed. He said: He said to Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah ؓ: "This is not how we used to fight alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Then each of them dug a pit, and the people attacked them. They kept fighting until they were killed, may Allah have mercy on them. Thabit ؓ had a precious coat of mail, and a Muslim man passed by him and took it. While a Muslim man was sleeping, Thabit ibn Qays ؓ came to him in his dream and said: "I enjoin upon you a bequest: beware of saying, 'This is a dream,' and neglecting it. When I was killed yesterday, a Muslim man passed by me and took my coat of mail. His dwelling is at the far end of the army, and by his tent is a horse prancing in its tether. He has placed a cooking pot over the coat of mail and put a saddle on top of the pot. Go to Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ and tell him to send for my coat of mail and take it. When you come to the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, inform him that I owe such-and-such a debt, and I am owed such-and-such a debt. So-and-so, my slave, is free, and so-and-so. Beware of saying, 'This is a dream,' and neglecting it." The man went to Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ and informed him, so he sent for the coat of mail. He looked at a tent at the far end of the army, and there was a horse prancing in its tether. He looked in the tent and found no one there. They entered, lifted the saddle, and beneath it was a cooking pot. They lifted it, and the coat of mail was under it. It was brought to Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ. When he came to Madinah, the man told Abu Bakr ؓ of his dream, and he executed his bequest after his death. We do not know of any Muslim whose bequest was executed after his death except Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas ؓ.

335. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4875No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ. فَدَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَيُّ عَمَلٍ لَكَ أَوْثَقُ تَرْجُو بِهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ عَمَلِي لَضَعِيفٌ، وَإِنَّ أَوْثَقَ عَمَلِي أَرْجُو بِهِ - سَلَامَةُ صَدْرِي وَتَرْكِي مَا لَا يَعْنِينِي

     ✧ The first person to enter through the gate of the mosque will be a man from the people of Paradise. Abdullah ibn Salam ؓ entered. A man said to him: "The Prophet ﷺ said such-and-such. What deed of yours do you consider most reliable for your hope?" He said: "Indeed, my deeds are weak. The most reliable deed for which I hope is soundness of my heart and leaving what does not concern me."

336. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4876No grade recorded

     قَالَ أَبِي حَنِيفَةُ بْنُ حِذْيَمٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي رَجُلٌ ذُو بَنِينَ، وَهَذَا أَخَصُّ بَنِيَّ فَسَمِّتْ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا غُلَامُ - وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي - بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكَ. قَالَ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنَ حِذْيَمٍ ؓ يُؤْتَى بِالْإِنْسَانِ الْوَارِمِ، فَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَيَقُولُ: بِاسْمِ اللهِ، فَيَذْهَبُ الْوَرَمُ.

     ✧ My father Hanifah ibn Hudhaym said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am a man with many sons, and this is the dearest of my sons to me, so bless him." He ﷺ said: "O boy" - and he took my hand and wiped my head - "may Allah bless you." He said: I indeed saw Hanzalah ibn Hudhaym ؓ being brought a person with a swelling, and he would place his hand on it and say: "In the name of Allah," and the swelling would go away.

337. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4877No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ فِي طَلَبِ إِبِلٍ لِي ضَوَالَّ، فَتَزَوَّدْتُ لَبَنًا فِي إِدَاوَةٍ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: مَا أَنْصَفْتُ، فَأَيْنَ الْوَضُوءُ ؟ فَأَهْرَقْتُ اللَّبَنَ وَمَلَأْتُهَا مَاءً، وَقُلْتُ: هَذَا وَضُوءٌ، وَهَذَا شَرَابٌ. فَكُنْتُ أَبْغِي إِبِلِي فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَوَضَّأَ اصْطَبَبْتُ مِنَ الْإِدَاوَةِ مَاءً فَتَوَضَّأْتُ، وَإِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشْرَبَ اصْطَبَبْتُ لَبَنًا فَشَرِبْتُهُ، فَمَكَثْتُ بِذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أَسْمَاءُ الْبَحْرَانِيَّةُ: يَا أَبَا كَعْبٍ، أَحَقِيبًا كَانَ أَمْ حَلِيبًا ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّكِ لَبَطَّالَةٌ، بَلْ كَانَ يَعْصِمُ مِنَ الْجُوعِ، وَيَرْوِي مِنَ الظَّمَأِ. أَمَا إِنِّي حَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ نَفَرًا مِنْ قَوْمِي فِيهِمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ سَيِّدُ بَنِي قِيَانٍ، قَالَ: مَا أَظُنُّ الَّذِي تَقُولُ كَمَا قُلْتَ. قُلْتُ: اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ. ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي، فَنِمْتُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِهِ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ عَلَى بَابِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، لِمَ تَعَنَّيْتَ إِلَيَّ ؟ أَلَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيَّ فَآتِيَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ أَنْ آتِيَكَ، مَا نِمْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَّا أَتَانِي آتٍ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُكَذِّبُ مَنْ يُحَدِّثُ بِأَنْعُمِ اللهِ تَعَالَى. ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ، فَمُرْ حَاجِبَكَ أَنْ لَا يَحْجُبَنِي. فَقَالَ ؓ: يَا وَثَّابُ، إِذَا جَاءَ الْحَارِثِيُّ فَأْذَنْ لَهُ. فَكُنْتُ إِذَا جِئْتُ فَقَرَعْتُ الْبَابَ فَقَالَ: مَنْ ذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: الْحَارِثِيُّ، قَالَ: ادْخُلْ. فَدَخَلْتُ فَإِذَا عُثْمَانُ ؓ جَالِسٌ، وَحَوْلَهُ نَفَرٌ سُكُوتٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ، كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ، فَسَلَّمْتُ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حَالِهِمْ

     ✧ I went out seeking my stray camels, and I took with me milk in a leather water-skin. Then I said to myself: "I have not been fair. Where is the water for ablution?" So I poured out the milk and filled it with water. I said: "This is for ablution, and this is for drinking." I kept seeking my camels. Whenever I wanted to perform ablution, I poured water from the skin and performed ablution, and whenever I wanted to drink, I poured milk and drank it. I continued like that for three days. Asma' al-Bahraniyyah said to him: "O Abu Ka'b, was it a skin or a milk-skin?" He said: "You are indeed idle. Rather, it protected from hunger and quenched thirst. Indeed, I narrated this hadith to a group of my people, among them Ali ibn al-Harith, the chief of Banu Qiyan. He said: 'I do not think what you say is as you said.' I said: 'Allah knows best about that.' Then I returned to my dwelling and slept that night. At dawn prayer, he was at my door. I said: 'May Allah have mercy on you. Why did you trouble yourself to come to me? Could you not have sent for me and I would come to you?' He said: 'I am more entitled to come to you. No sooner did I sleep last night than someone came to me and said: "You are the one who denies the one who narrates the blessings of Allah, the Exalted."' Then I went out until I came to Madinah. I came to Uthman ibn Affan ؓ and asked him about something concerning my religion. I said: "O Commander of the Faithful, I am a man from Banu al-Harith from the people of Yemen. I want to ask you about some matters, so instruct your doorkeeper not to bar me." He ؓ said: "O Waththab, when the Harithi comes, permit him." So whenever I came, I knocked on the door. He said: "Who is this?" I said: "The Harithi." He said: "Enter." I entered, and Uthman ؓ was sitting with a group of silent men around him who did not speak, as if birds were on their heads. I greeted and sat down, but I did not ask him about anything because of what I saw of their state.

338. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4878No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ وَهُوَ مُسْتَلْقٍ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، وَهُوَ يُنْشِدُ أَبْيَاتًا مِنَ الشِّعْرِ، كَأَنَّهُ يَتَغَنَّى بِهِنَّ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: رَحِمَكَ اللهُ، قَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللهُ بِهِ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ، الْقُرْآنُ. فَقَالَ: أَتَرْهَبُ أَنْ أَمُوتَ عَلَى فِرَاشِي ! لَا وَاللهِ، مَا كَانَ اللهُ لِيَحْرِمَنِي ذَلِكَ وَقَدْ قَتَلْتُ مِائَةً مُنْفَرِدًا سِوَى مَنْ شَارَكْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ I entered upon al-Bara' ibn Malik ؓ while he was lying on his bed, reciting some verses of poetry as if singing them. I said to him: "May Allah have mercy on you. Allah has given you something better than this: the Quran." He said: "Do you fear that I might die on my bed? No, by Allah! Allah would not deprive me of that, for I have killed a hundred men in single combat, besides those I fought alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

339. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4879No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ خَيْرٍ: كَمْ أَتَى عَلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: عِشْرُونَ وَمِائَةُ سَنَةٍ. قُلْتُ: تَذْكُرُ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كُنَّا بِبِلَادِ الْيَمَنِ فَجَاءَنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو النَّاسَ إِلَى خَيْرٍ وَاسِعٍ، وَكَانَ أَبِي مِمَّنْ خَرَجَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ قَالَ لِأُمِّي: مُرِي بِهَذِي الْقِدْرِ فَلْتُرَقْ لِلْكِلَابِ فَإِنَّا قَدْ أَسْلَمْنَا، فَأَسْلَمَ

     ✧ I said to Abd Khayr: "How old are you?" He said: "One hundred and twenty years." I said: "Do you remember anything from the days of ignorance?" He said: "Yes. We were in the lands of Yemen when a letter from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us, calling people to abundant good. My father was among those who went out while I was a boy. When he returned, he said to my mother: 'Order this pot to be poured out for the dogs, for we have embraced Islam.' So he became a Muslim."

340. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4880No grade recorded

     وُلِدْتُ لِسَنَتَيْنِ مَضَتَا مِنْ خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ ؓ

     ✧ I was born two years into the caliphate of Umar ؓ

341. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4881No grade recorded

     سَأَلَ صُبَيْحٌ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيَّ، وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ فَقَالَ لَهُ: هَلْ أَدْرَكْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَسْلَمْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَدَّيْتُ لَهُ ثَلَاثَ صَدَقَاتٍ، وَلَمْ أَلْقَهُ، وَغَزَوْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ عِدَّةَ غَزَوَاتٍ، شَهِدْتُ فَتْحَ الْقَادِسِيَّةِ، وَجَلُولَاءَ، وَنِهَاوَنْدَ، وَالْيَرْمُوكَ، وَأَذْرَبِيجَانَ، وَمِهْرَانَ، وَرُسْتُمَ، فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ السَّمْنَ وَنَتْرُكُ الْوَدَكَ. قَالَ: فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الظُّرُوفِ ؟ فَقَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ يُسْأَلُ عَنْهَا. يَعْنِي: ظُرُوفَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

     ✧ Subayh asked Abu Uthman al-Nahdi while I was listening: "Did you meet the Prophet ﷺ?" He said: "Yes. I accepted Islam during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I paid him three charities, but I did not meet him. And I went on several campaigns during the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab ؓ. I witnessed the conquest of al-Qadisiyyah, Jalula', Nihawand, al-Yarmuk, Adharbijan, Mihran, and Rustum. We used to eat ghee and leave the fat." He said: "Then I asked him about vessels." He said: "They were not asked about." Meaning the vessels of the polytheists.

342. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4882No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُ أَصْحَابَهُ، إِذْ قَالَ: يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَجِّ رَكْبٌ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَتَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ الْوَجْهِ، فَلَقِيَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَاكِبًا، فَرَحَّبَ بِهِمْ وَقَرَّبَ، وَقَالَ: مَنِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ قَالُوا: قَوْمٌ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ، قَالَ: فَمَا أَقْدَمَكُمْ هَذِهِ الْبِلَادَ ؟ التِّجَارَةُ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَتَبِيعُونَ سُيُوفَكُمْ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَلَعَلَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا قَدِمْتُمْ فِي طَلَبِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ ؟ قَالُوا: أَجَلْ، فَمَشَى مَعَهُمْ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ، حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: هَذَا صَاحِبُكُمُ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَ، فَرَمَى الْقَوْمُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ رِحَالِهِمْ، فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ سَعَى سَعْيًا، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَرْوَلَ هَرْوَلَةً، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ مَشَى حَتَّى أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذُوا يَدَهُ يُقَبِّلُونَهَا، وَقَعَدُوا إِلَيْهِ، وَبَقِيَ الْأَشَجُّ، وَهُوَ أَصْغَرُ الْقَوْمِ، فَأَنَاخَ الْإِبِلَ وَعَقَلَهَا، وَجَمَعَ مَتَاعَ الْقَوْمِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يَمْشِي عَلَى تُؤَدَةٍ، حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَبَّلَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: فِيكَ خَصْلَتَانِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللهُ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَ: وَمَا هُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْأَنَاةُ وَالتُّؤَدَةُ، قَالَ: أَجَبْلًا جُبِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ تَخَلُّقًا مِنِّي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: بَلْ جَبْلٌ، فَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي جَبَلَنِي عَلَى مَا يُحِبُّ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ. وَأَقْبَلَ الْقَوْمُ قِبَلَ تَمَرَاتٍ يَأْكُلُونَهَا

     ✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was talking to his companions, he said: "A rider from the best people of the East will appear to you from this mountain pass." Umar ibn al-Khattab ؓ stood up and went towards that direction. He met thirteen riders, welcomed them, and brought them close. He said: "Who are the people?" They said: "A people from Abd al-Qays." He said: "What brought you to these lands? Trade?" They said: "No." He said: "Would you sell these swords of yours?" They said: "No." He said: "Perhaps you have come seeking this man?" They said: "Yes." So he walked with them, talking to them, until he saw the Prophet ﷺ. He said to them: "This is your companion whom you seek." The people threw themselves off their saddles. Some of them ran quickly, some of them jogged, and some of them walked, until they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They took his hand and kissed it, and sat with him. Al-Ashajj remained—he was the youngest of the people. He made the camels kneel, hobbled them, and gathered the people's belongings. Then he came walking calmly until he reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, took his hand and kissed it. The Prophet ﷺ said: "You have two qualities that Allah Almighty and His Messenger love." He said: "What are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He ﷺ said: "Deliberateness and calmness." He said: "Is it a natural disposition I was created with, or something I have acquired?" He ﷺ said: "Rather, it is natural." He said: "Praise be to Allah who created me with what Allah and His Messenger love." Then the people turned to some dates and ate them.

343. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4883No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عِنَبَةَ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ أَكَلَ الدَّمَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ

     ✧ I heard Abu Anbah al-Khawlani, and he was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and he was among those who ate blood in the pre-Islamic era.

344. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4884No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ سَرِيَّةً وَحْدَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him on a military expedition alone.

345. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4885No grade recorded

     وُلِدْتُ مَقْدِمَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَقُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا ابْنُ عَشْرٍ

     ✧ I was born when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah, and the Prophet ﷺ passed away when I was ten years old.

346. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4886No grade recorded

     تُزَوَّجُ حَفْصَةُ خَيْرًا مِنْ عُثْمَانَ، وَيُزَوَّجُ عُثْمَانُ خَيْرًا مِنْ حَفْصَةَ. فَزَوَّجَهُ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ

     ✧ Hafsah will marry someone better than Uthman, and Uthman will marry someone better than Hafsah. So he ﷺ married his daughter to him.

347. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4887No grade recorded

     سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فُلَانَةُ، وَخَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ ؓ أَوَّلُ نِسَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِسْلَامًا

     ✧ The mistress of the believing women is so-and-so, and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ؓ was the first of the Muslim women to accept Islam.

348. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4888No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ خَدِيجَةَ ؓ لِأَنَّهَا مَاتَتْ قَبْلَ الْفَرَائِضِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَبْصَرْتُهَا فِي نَهَرٍ مِنْ أَنْهَارٍ الْجَنَّةِ، فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ قَصَبٍ، لَا صَخَبَ فِيهِ وَلَا نَصَبَ.

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked about Khadijah ؓ because she died before the obligatory duties were prescribed. He ﷺ said: "I saw her in a river of the rivers of Paradise, in a house of reeds, with no noise in it and no fatigue."

349. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4889No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ رُخْصَةُ التَّيَمُّمِ بِالصُّعُدَاتِ، دَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَقَالَ: إِنَّكِ لَمُبَارَكَةٌ، أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْنَا رُخْصَةُ التَّيَمُّمِ

     ✧ When the concession of dry ablution with clean earth was revealed to them, Abu Bakr ؓ entered upon A'ishah ؓ and said: "You are indeed blessed. The concession of dry ablution was revealed for us."

350. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4890No grade recorded

     تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيَّ حَوْفٌ، فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَزَوَّجَنِي، فَأُلْقِيَ عَلَيَّ الْحَيَاءُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married me when I was wearing a garment with a hem, and as soon as he married me, modesty was cast upon me.

351. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4891No grade recorded

     رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بِهِ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la narrated it: Muhammad ibn Abbad narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us with it.

352. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4892No grade recorded

     وَرَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْبَقَّالِ بِهِ، وَأَتَمَّ مِنْهُ

     ✧ And al-Bazzar narrated it from the route of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad al-Muharibi, from Abu Sa'id al-Baqqal with it, and more complete than it.

353. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4893No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَبْكِي، فَقَالَ: مَا يُبْكِيكِ ؟ قُلْتُ: سَبَّتْنِي فَاطِمَةُ ؓ فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا فَاطِمَةُ، سَبَبْتِ عَائِشَةَ ؟ قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَلَيْسَ تُحِبِّينَ مَنْ أُحِبُّ وَتُبْغِضِينَ مَنْ أُبْغِضُ ؟ قَالَتْ: بَلَى، قَالَ ﷺ: فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ عَائِشَةَ، فَأَحِبِّيهَا. قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ؓ: لَا نَقُولُ لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ شَيْئًا يُؤْذِيهَا أَبَدًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me while I was crying, and he said: 'What makes you cry?' I said: 'Fatimah ؓ insulted me.' He ﷺ said: 'O Fatimah, did you insult A'ishah?' She said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said: 'Do you not love whom I love and hate whom I hate?' She said: 'Yes.' He ﷺ said: 'For I love A'ishah, so love her.' Fatimah ؓ said: 'We will never say anything to A'ishah ؓ that hurts her.'

354. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4894No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ ذُكِرَتْ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: دَعُوا عَائِشَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا صَوَّامَةٌ قَوَّامَةٌ، زَوْجَتِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ A'ishah ؓ was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'Leave A'ishah alone, for she is a woman who fasts much and prays much at night; she is my wife in this world and the Hereafter.'

355. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4895No grade recorded

     وَذَكَرَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَنَالَ مِنْهَا - فَقَالَ عَمَّارٌ ؓ: اسْكُتْ مَقْبُوحًا مَنْبُوحًا، أَتُؤْذِي حَبِيبَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ. ؟

     ✧ A man mentioned A'ishah ؓ in his presence and spoke ill of her, so 'Ammar ؓ said: 'Be silent, you repulsive, rebuked one! Do you hurt the beloved of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?'

356. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4896No grade recorded

     حَمَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ، وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ الدِّرْكِلَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ carried me on his shoulder while the Abyssinians were playing with the dirkilah.

357. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4897No grade recorded

     لَا يُبْغِضُنِي إِنْسَانٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا تَبَرَّأْتُ مِنْهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ No one hates me in this world except that I disavow him in the Hereafter.

358. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4898No grade recorded

     قَدِمَ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَسَأَلَهُ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ: كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ وَجْدَ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهَا ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا اشْتَدَّ وَجْدُهُمْ كُلَّ ذَاكَ. قَالَ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ: إِنَّمَا يَحْزَنُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أُمًّا

     ✧ A man arrived after the death of A'ishah ؓ, and 'Ubayd b. 'Umayr asked him: 'How did you find the people's grief over her?' He said: 'By Allah, their grief was not as intense as all that.' 'Ubayd b. 'Umayr said: 'Only one for whom she was a mother grieves over A'ishah ؓ.'

359. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4899No grade recorded

     سَمِعَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ الصَّرْخَةَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَأَرْسَلَتْ جَارِيَتَهَا: انْظُرِي مَا صَنَعَتْ، فَجَاءَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: قَدْ قَضَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: يَرْحَمُهَا اللهُ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَقَدْ كَانَتْ أَحَبَّ النَّاسِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا أَبَاهَا

     ✧ Umm Salamah ؓ heard the cry over A'ishah ؓ, so she sent her slave girl, saying: 'See what she has done.' She came back and said: 'She has passed away.' Umm Salamah said: 'May Allah have mercy on her. By the One in whose hand is my soul, she was the most beloved of people to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except her father.'

360. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4900No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُمَا أَتَيَا عَائِشَةَ ؓ فَقَالَتْ ؓ: يَا فُلَانُ، هَلْ سَمِعْتَ حَدِيثَ حَفْصَةَ ؓ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ ؓ: وَمَا ذَاكَ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَتْ ؓ: فِيَّ تِسْعٌّ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي أَحَدٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ، إِلَّا مَا آتَى اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - مَرْيَمَ ابْنَةَ عِمْرَانَ ؓ وَاللهِ مَا أَقُولُ هَذَا أَنِّي أَفْتَخِرُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ صَوَاحِبَاتِي. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ ؓ: وَمَا هُنَّ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَتْ ؓ: نَزَلَ الْمَلَكُ بِصُورَتِي، وَتَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ، وَأُهْدِيتُ لَهُ ﷺ لِتِسْعٍ، وَتَزَوَّجَنِي ﷺ بِكْرًا لَمْ يَشْرَكْهُ فِيَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَأَتَاهُ ﷺ الْوَحْيُ وَأَنَا وَإِيَّاهُ فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَكُنْتُ أَحَبَّ النِّسَاءِ إِلَيْهِ ﷺ، وَنَزَلَ فِيَّ آيَاتٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ كَادَتِ الْأُمَّةُ أَنْ تَهْلِكَ فِيهِنَّ، وَرَأَيْتُ جِبْرِيلَ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - وَلَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ ﷺ غَيْرِي، وَقُبِضَ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِي لَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ غَيْرَ الْمَلَكِ وَأَنَا.

     ✧ They both came to A'ishah ؓ, and she said: 'O so-and-so, have you heard the hadith of Hafsah ؓ?' He said: 'Yes, O Mother of the Believers.' 'Abd Allah b. Safwan ؓ said: 'And what is that, O Mother of the Believers?' She said: 'There are nine qualities in me that were not in any other woman except what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, gave to Maryam daughter of 'Imran ؓ. By Allah, I do not say this to boast over any of my companions.' 'Abd Allah b. Safwan ؓ said: 'What are they, O Mother of the Believers?' She said: 'The angel descended with my likeness; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married me when I was seven years old; I was given to him ﷺ when I was nine; he ﷺ married me as a virgin, no other person sharing me with him; revelation came to him ﷺ while he and I were under one blanket; I was the most beloved of women to him ﷺ; verses of the Qur'an were revealed concerning me, and the community almost perished because of them; I saw Jibril ﷺ, and none of his other wives ﷺ saw him besides me; and he ﷺ passed away in my house, with no one present except the angel and me.'

361. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4901No grade recorded

     أُعْطِيتُ تِسْعًا مَا أُعْطِيَهُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا مَرْيَمُ.. فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ. فَقَالَتْ: وَإِنْ كَانَ الْوَحْيُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مُتَفَرِّقُونَ عَنْهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فِي لِحَافِهِ، وَإِنِّي لَابْنَةُ خَلِيفَتِهِ وَصِدِّيقِهِ، لَقَدْ خُلِقْتُ طَيِّبَةً وَعِنْدَ طَيِّبٍ، وَلَقَدْ وُعِدَتُ مَغْفِرَةً وَرِزْقًا كَرِيمًا

     ✧ I was given nine things that no woman was given except Maryam... and she mentioned something similar. She said: 'Revelation would descend upon him while he was with his family and they were apart from him, but it would descend upon him ﷺ while I was with him under his blanket. I am the daughter of his caliph and his truthful friend; I was created good and at the hands of a good one, and I have been promised forgiveness and generous provision.'

362. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4902No grade recorded

     وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَزُورُهَا وَيُسَمِّيهَا الشَّهِيدَةَ، وَكَانَتْ قَدْ جَمَعَتِ الْقُرْآنَ وَالْحَدِيثَ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ ؓ فِي النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أُمَّ وَرَقَةَ غَمَّهَا غُلَامُهَا وَجَارِيَتُهَا فَقَتَلَاهَا وَإِنَّهُمَا هَرَبَا، فَأُتِيَ بِهِمَا، فَصُلِبَا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: صَدَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، كَانَ يَقُولُ: انْطَلِقُوا نَزُورُ الشَّهِيدَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to visit her and called her 'the martyr'. She had compiled the Qur'an and hadith. 'Umar ؓ stood among the people and said: 'Umm Waraqah was grieved by her slave boy and her slave girl, and they killed her, then they fled. They were brought and crucified.' 'Umar ؓ said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke the truth; he used to say: "Come, let us visit the martyr."'

363. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4903No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِإِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي

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

364. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4904No grade recorded

     بَنَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِزَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ ؓ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ أُعْطِيَتْ جَمَالًا، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَدِيدَ الْحَيَاءِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ consummated his marriage with Zaynab bint Jahsh ؓ, and she had been endowed with beauty, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was extremely modest.

365. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4905No grade recorded

     كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ، فَقَالَ ﷺ يَوْمًا: خَيْرُكُنَّ أَطْوَلُكُنَّ يَدًا، فَقَامَتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ تَضَعُ يَدَهَا عَلَى الْجِدَارِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَسْتُ أَعْنِي هَذَا، وَلَكِنْ أَصْنَعَكُنَّ يَدَيْنِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ had nine wives. One day he ﷺ said, "The best of you is the one with the longest hand." So each one stood and placed her hand against the wall. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I do not mean this; rather, the most generous of you in giving."

366. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4906No grade recorded

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

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

367. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4907No grade recorded

     ثَقُلَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ ؓ بِمَكَّةَ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهَا مِنْ بَنِي أُخْتِهَا أَحَدٌ، فَقَالَتْ: أَخْرِجُونِي مِنْ مَكَّةَ، فَإِنِّي لَا أَمُوتُ بِهَا، أَخْبَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي لَا أَمُوتُ بِهَا، حَتَّى أَتَوْا بِهَا سَرِفَ إِلَى الشَّجَرَةِ الَّتِي بَنَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَحْتَهَا فِي مَوْضِعِ الْقُبَّةِ فَمَاتَتْ، فَلَمَّا وَضَعْنَاهَا فِي لَحْدِهَا، أَخَذْتُ رِدَائِي فَوَضَعْتُهُ تَحْتَ خَدِّهَا فِي اللَّحْدِ، فَأَخَذَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَرَمَى بِهِ

     ✧ Maymunah ؓ became gravely ill in Makkah, and she had none of her sister's sons with her. She said, "Take me out of Makkah, for I will not die in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed me that I would not die in it." So they carried her to Sarif, to the tree under which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had consummated his marriage with her, at the site of the dome, and she died there. When we placed her in her grave niche, I took my cloak and placed it under her cheek in the niche, but Ibn Abbas ؓ took it and threw it away.

368. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4908No grade recorded

     لَمَّا خَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، خَلَّفَهُنَّ فِي فَارِعٍ، وَفِيهِنَّ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ وَخَلَّفَ فِيهِنَّ حَسَّانَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ ؓ فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لِيَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ، فَقَالَتْ صَفِيَّةُ ؓ لِحَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ: دُونَكَ الرَّجُلَ، فَجَبُنَ حَسَّانُ ؓ وَأَبَى عَلَيْهَا، فَتَنَاوَلَتْ صَفِيَّةُ ؓ السَّيْفَ فَضَرَبَتْ بِهِ الْمُشْرِكَ حَتَّى قَتَلَتْهُ، فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَضَرَبَ لِصَفِيَّةَ ؓ بِسَهْمٍ كَمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرِّجَالِ.

     ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left his wives behind on the day of Uhud in Madinah, he left them in a fortress, among them Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib ؓ, and he left Hassan b. Thabit ؓ with them. A man from the polytheists approached to enter upon them. Safiyyah ؓ said to Hassan b. Thabit ؓ, "Deal with the man." But Hassan ؓ was cowardly and refused. So Safiyyah ؓ took up a sword and struck the polytheist with it until she killed him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed of that, and he allotted a share of the spoils to Safiyyah ؓ just as he allotted to the men.

369. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4909No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى سَوْدَةَ بِطَلَاقِهَا، فَقَالَتْ: أَمِنْ بَيْنِ نِسَائِهِ طَلَّقَنِي ؟ فَجَلَسَتْ عَلَى طَرِيقِهِ مِنْ بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ، فَمَرَّ عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَتْ: أَنْشُدُكَ بِالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ، وَاصْطَفَاكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ، أَطَلَّقْتَنِي مِنْ مَوْجِدَةٍ وَجَدْتَهَا عَلَيَّ ؟ وَأَنْشُدُكَ بِالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ، وَاصْطَفَاكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ، لَمَا رَاجَعْتَنِي، فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ كَبِرْتُ، وَمَا بِي حَاجَةٌ إِلَى الرِّجَلِ، وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُبْعَثَ وَأَنَا مِنْ نِسَائِكَ، فَرَاجَعَهَا، فَقَالَتْ: فَإِنِّي أَهَبُ يَوْمِي وَلَيْلَتِي بِقُرَّةِ عَيْنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ عَائِشَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent to Sawdah his decision to divorce her. She said, "Among all his wives, he divorced me?" Then she sat in his path from Aisha's house. He passed by her, and she said, "I adjure you by the One who sent down the Book upon you and chose you over all creation: did you divorce me out of anger you felt toward me? I adjure you by the One who sent down the Book upon you and chose you over all creation: take me back. For by Allah, I have grown old, and I have no need of men, but I wish to be resurrected as one of your wives." So he took her back. She then said, "I give my day and night to the delight of the Messenger of Allah's eye, Aisha."

370. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4910No grade recorded

     لَمَّا حَضَرَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ ؓ الْوَفَاةُ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ: إِلَى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي ؟ فَقَالَ ؓ: اللَّهُمَّ أَبْدِلْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ خَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ: إِنِّي كَبِيرَةُ السِّنِّ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْكِ سِنًّا، وَالْعِيَالُ عَلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولِهِ، وَأَمَّا الْغَيْرَةُ فَسَأَدْعُو اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - يُذْهِبُهَا، فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا بِرَحَاءَيْنِ، وَجَرَّةِ الْمَاءِ

     ✧ When Abu Salamah ؓ was on his deathbed, Umm Salamah ؓ said, "To whom do you entrust me?" He said ؓ, "O Allah, grant Umm Salamah someone better than Abu Salamah." When he passed away, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ proposed to her. She said, "I am advanced in age." He ﷺ said, "I am older than you. The dependents are upon Allah Almighty and His Messenger. As for jealousy, I will supplicate Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to remove it." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married her and sent her two millstones and a water jar.

371. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4912No grade recorded

     جَاءَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ؓ.. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي وَفَاتِهِ، وَأَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ خَطَبَهَا فَرَدَّتْهُ، ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ؓ فَرَدَّتْهُ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُهَا، فَقَالَتْ ؓ: إِنَّ فِيَّ خِلَالًا ثَلَاثًا، فَسَمِعَ عُمَرُ ؓ مَا رَدَّتْ بِهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا غَضِبَ لِنَفْسِهِ، فَأَتَاهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا: أَنْتِ الَّتِي تَرُدِّينَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَ تَرُدِّينَهُ ؟ قَالَتْ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، إِنَّ فِيَّ كَذَا وَكَذَا. وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ: فَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتِ مِنَ الْغَيْرَةِ، فَإِنِّي أَدْعُو اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُذْهِبَهَا. قَالَ: فَكَانَتْ فِي النِّسَاءِ كَأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ مِنْهُنَّ، لَا تَجِدُ مَا يَجِدْنَ النِّسَاءُ مِنَ الْغَيْرَةِ

     ✧ Abu Salamah ؓ came... then he mentioned the hadith about his death, and that Abu Bakr ؓ proposed to her but she refused him, then Umar ؓ proposed but she refused him, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent to propose to her. She said ؓ, "I have three traits." Umar ؓ heard what she said in response to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he became angrier for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than he did for himself. He went to her and said, "Are you the one who refuses the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? With what do you refuse him?" She said, "O Ibn al-Khattab, I have such and such." And in the hadith: "As for what you mentioned about jealousy, I will supplicate Allah Almighty to remove it." He said: So she became among the women as if she were not one of them; she did not feel the jealousy that women feel.

372. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4913No grade recorded

     كَانَ الَّذِي تَزَوَّجَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ عَلَى شَيْءٍ قِيمَتُهُ عَشَرَةُ دَرَاهِمَ

     ✧ That with which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married Umm Salamah ؓ was something worth ten dirhams.

373. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4914No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ الْحَمَّالُ، ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، بِهِ.:

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Harun al-Hammal narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, with it.:

374. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4915No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ ؓ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكِ ؟ أَطَلَّقَكِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ إِنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ طَلَّقَكِ مَرَّةً، ثُمَّ رَاجَعَكِ مِنْ أَجْلِي، وَاللهِ إِنْ كَانَ طَلَّقَكِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى لَا أُكَلِّمُكِ أَبَدًا

     ✧ Umar ؓ entered upon Hafsah ؓ while she was weeping. He said, "What is wrong with you? Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divorce you? He had divorced you once before, then took you back because of me. By Allah, if he divorces you another time, I will never speak to you again."

375. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4916No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَلَّقَ حَفْصَةَ ؓ فَجَاءَ خَالَاهَا؛ قُدَامَةُ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ ؓ فَبَكَتْ وَقَالَتْ: أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا طَلَّقَنِي عَنْ شِبَعٍ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَجَلْبَبَتْ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - قَالَ لِي: رَاجِعْ حَفْصَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا صَوَّامَةٌ قَوَّامَةٌ، وَإِنَّهَا زَوْجَتُكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divorced Hafsah ؓ. Her maternal uncles Qudamah and Uthman b. Maz'un ؓ came, and she wept, saying, "By Allah, he did not divorce me out of being satisfied." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came, and she covered herself with a garment. He said, "Jibril ﷺ said to me: Take back Hafsah, for she fasts much and prays much, and she will be your wife in Paradise."

376. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4917No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَوْ يَزِيدَ، نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ Yunus b. Muhammad narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us, from Abu Imran, from Qays b. Zayd or Yazid, something similar.

377. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4918No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَبَى صَفِيَّةَ ؓ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ وَالنَّضِيرِ، يَوْمَ فَتَحَ اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - عَلَيْهِ، فَجَاءَ يَقُودُهَا مَسْبِيَّةً، فَلَمَّا رَأَتِ النِّسَاءَ، قَالَتْ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَأَرْسَلَهَا، فَكَانَ ذِرَاعُهَا ؓ فِي يَدِهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا، ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا، وَأَمْهَرَهَا رَزِينَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ captured Safiyyah ؓ on the day of Qurayzah and al-Nadir, the day when Allah, Mighty and Majestic, granted him victory. He came leading her as a captive. When she saw the women, she said: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah.' So he released her, and her forearm ؓ was in his hand ﷺ. Then he freed her, then he proposed to her and married her, and he gave her as her dowry Razinah.

378. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4919No grade recorded

     انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَدٌ أَكْرَهَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ قَوْمَكِ صَنَعُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَتْ ؓ: فَمَا قُمْتُ مِنْ مَقْعَدِي، وَمِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَدٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and there was no one among the people more hateful to me than him. He ﷺ said: 'Your people did such and such.' She ؓ said: 'So I did not rise from my seat, and there was no one among the people more beloved to me than him.'

379. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4920No grade recorded

     أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عَجُزِ نَاقَتِهِ، قَالَتْ ؓ: فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْعَسُ، فَيَمَسُّنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ: يَا هَذِهِ، يَا بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ، وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: يَا صَفِيَّةُ، إِنِّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكِ مِمَّا صَنَعْتُ بِقَوْمِكِ، إِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِي كَذَا، إِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِي كَذَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted me behind him on the rear of his camel. She ؓ said: 'I started to doze off, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ touched me with his hand and said: "O you, O daughter of Huyayy." And he kept saying: "O Safiyyah, I apologize to you for what I did to your people. They said to me such and such. They said to me such and such."'

380. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4921No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ خُلُقًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ I never saw anyone with better character than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

381. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4922No grade recorded

     خَرَجَتْ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ ؓ مُهَاجِرَةً إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَهِيَ مَاشِيَةٌ لَيْسَ مَعَهَا زَادٌ، وَهِيَ صَائِمَةٌ فِي يَوْمٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ، فَأَصَابَهَا عَطَشٌ شَدِيدٌ حَتَّى كَادَتْ تَمُوتُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْعَطَشِ، قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ إِذَا أَنَا بِخَفِيقِ شَيْءٍ فَوْقَ رَأْسِي، فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذْ أَنَا بِدَلْوٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ بِرِشَاءٍ أَبْيَضَ، فَدَنَا مِنِّي حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِنِّي حَيْثُ أَسَتَمْكِنُ تَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى رَوِيتُ، لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَصُومُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْحَارِّ ثُمَّ أَطُوفُ فِي الشَّمْسِ كَيْ أَعْطَشَ فَمَا عَطِشْتُ بَعْدَهَا

     ✧ Umm Ayman ؓ set out as an emigrant to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Makkah to Madinah, walking, with no provisions with her, while she was fasting on a very hot day. She was seized by severe thirst until she almost died of extreme thirst. She said: 'When the sun set, I suddenly felt a flapping sound above my head. I raised my head and saw a bucket of water with a white rope. It came near me until, when it was within my reach, I took it and drank from it until I was quenched. After that, I used to fast on hot days and then walk in the sun in order to become thirsty, but I never became thirsty again.'

382. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4923No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ أَعْطَاهَا بِخَيْبَرَ جُذَاذَ خَمْسِينَ وَسْقًا تَمْرًا، وَعِشْرِينَ وَسْقًا شَعِيرًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ had given her at Khaybar the harvest of fifty wasqs of dates and twenty wasqs of barley.

383. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4924No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاعْتَذَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَعَذَرَنِي، ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ أَزْوَاجَكَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَ، قَالَتْ: لَمْ أَكُنْ أَحِلُّ لَهُ، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ هَاجَرْتُ مَعَهُ، كُنْتُ مَعَ الطُّلَقَاءِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ proposed to me, but I excused myself to him, and he accepted my excuse. Then Allah revealed: 'O Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives...' up to His saying: '...who emigrated with you.' She said: 'I was not lawful for him, and I had not emigrated with him; I was among the released ones.'

384. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4925No grade recorded

     جَاءَتْ أُمُّ مَالِكٍ ؓ بِعُكَّةِ سَمْنٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِلَالًا ؓ فَعَصَرَهَا، ثُمَّ رَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهَا، فَرَجَعَتْ، فَإِذَا هِيَ مَمْلُوءَةٌ سَمْنًا، فَأَتَيْتُ فَقُلْتُ: نَزَلَ فِيَّ شَيْءٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: وَمَا ذَاكِ يَا أُمَّ مَالِكٍ ؟ قَالَتْ: رَدَدْتَ عَلَيَّ هَدِيَّتِي، قَالَ: فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِلَالًا ؓ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَقَدْ عَصَرْتُهَا حَتَّى اسْتَحْيَيْتُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هَنِيئًا لَكِ يَا أُمَّ مَالِكٍ، هَذِهِ بَرَكَةٌ عَجَّلَ اللهُ لَكِ ثَوَابَهَا

     ✧ Umm Malik ؓ came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a small skin of ghee. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered Bilal ؓ to squeeze it. Then he returned it to her, and she went back and found it full of ghee. She came and said: 'Has something been revealed concerning me, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ said: 'And what is that, O Umm Malik?' She said: 'You returned my gift to me.' He said: 'So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Bilal ؓ and asked him about that. He said: "By the One who sent you with the truth, I squeezed it until I felt ashamed." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Rejoice, O Umm Malik! This is a blessing whose reward Allah has hastened for you."'

385. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4926No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ يَقُولُ: لَا يَدْخُلُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِي بَابٍ إِلَّا دَخَلَ مَعَهُ نَاسٌ. وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا تَأْوِيلُ قَوْلِهِ، حَتَّى طُعِنَ عُمَرُ ؓ فَأَمَرَ صُهَيْبًا ؓ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لِلنَّاسِ طَعَامًا

     ✧ I used to hear Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ say: 'No one from Quraysh enters a door except that people enter with him.' I did not know the interpretation of his saying until Umar ؓ was stabbed. Then he ordered Suhayb ؓ to lead the people in prayer and ordered that food be prepared for the people.

386. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4927No grade recorded

     وَلَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرَ قُرَيْشٌ لَأَخْبَرْتُهَا بِالَّذِي لَهَا عِنْدَ اللهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَذَقْتَ أَوَّلَهَا نَكَالًا، فَأَذِقْ آخِرَهَا نَوَالًا

     ✧ Were it not that Quraysh would become arrogant, I would have told them what they have with Allah, Mighty and Majestic. O Allah, You made their first taste punishment, so make their last taste bounty.

387. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4928No grade recorded

     4928 4128 / 2 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، ثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ 4928 4128 / 2 - Abu Ya'la said: Mahmud b. Khidash narrated to us: Muhammad b. Ubayd narrated to us: Talhah narrated to us with this.

388. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4929No grade recorded

     لَا تَسُبُّوا قُرَيْشًا، فَإِنَّ عِلْمَ عَالِمِهَا يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ عِلْمًا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَذَقْتَ أَوَّلَ قُرَيْشٍ نَكَالًا عِقَابًا أَوْ وَبَالًا، فَأَذِقْ آخِرَهَا نَوَالًا

     ✧ Do not revile Quraysh, for the knowledge of their scholar would fill the earth with knowledge. O Allah, You have made the first of Quraysh taste exemplary punishment and retribution, so make their last taste bounty.

389. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4930No grade recorded

     قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: انْظُرُوا قُرَيْشًا، فَاسْمَعُوا قَوْلَهُمْ وَدَعُوا فِعْلَهُمْ

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and heard him say: 'Observe Quraysh, listen to their speech but do not follow their deeds.'

390. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4931No grade recorded

     اطْلُبُوا الْقُوَّةَ وَالْأَمَانَةَ فِي الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَإِنَّ قَوِيَّ قُرَيْشٍ لَهُ فَضْلَانِ عَلَى أَقَوَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ، وَإِنَّ أَمِينَ قُرَيْشٍ لَهُ فَضْلَانِ عَلَى أَمِينِ مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ

     ✧ Seek strength and trustworthiness as rulers from Quraysh, for a strong man of Quraysh has two merits over the strongest of others, and a trustworthy man of Quraysh has two merits over the most trustworthy of others.

391. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4932No grade recorded

     4932 4131 / 2 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْوَكِيعِيُّ، ثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ، ثَنَا حَمَّادٌ بِهِ.:

     ✧ 4932 4131 / 2 - Abu Ya'la said: Ahmad b. 'Umar al-Waki'i narrated to us, Mu'ammal narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us from it.

392. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4933No grade recorded

     النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لِقُرَيْشٍ، خِيَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِخِيَارِهِمْ، وَشِرَارُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِشِرَارِهِمْ

     ✧ People are followers of Quraysh; the best of them follow the best of Quraysh, and the worst of them follow the worst of Quraysh.

393. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4934No grade recorded

     تَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَلَا تُعَلِّمُوهَا، وَقَدِّمُوا قُرَيْشًا وَلَا تُؤَخِّرُوهَا، فَإِنَّ لِلْقُرَشِيِّ قُوَّةَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ قُرَيْشٍ

     ✧ Learn from Quraysh and do not teach them, and give precedence to Quraysh and do not put them behind, for a man of Quraysh has the strength of two men from other than Quraysh.

394. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4935No grade recorded

     يَقُومُ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ لِأَخِيهِ، إِلَّا بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَقُومُونَ لِأَحَدٍ

     ✧ A man may stand up from his seat for his brother, except Banu Hashim, for they do not stand for anyone.

395. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4936No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ فَنَاءً قُرَيْشٌ، وَأَوَّلُ قُرَيْشٍ فَنَاءً بَنُو هَاشِمٍ

     ✧ The first of people to perish will be Quraysh, and the first of Quraysh to perish will be Banu Hashim.

396. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4937No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: لِلْمُهَاجِرِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ، قَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

     ✧ Regarding His saying, Mighty and Majestic: 'For the poor emigrants who were expelled...' (He said): Those who prayed the two qiblahs with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

397. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4938No grade recorded

     اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ، وَلِذَرَارِيِّ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَذَرَارِيِّ ذَرَارِيِّهِمْ وَمَوَالِيهِمْ وَجِيرَانِهِمْ

     ✧ O Allah, forgive the Ansar, the children of the Ansar, the children of their children, their freedmen, and their neighbors.

398. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4939No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ لَبِثْنَا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ سَنَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا نَعْمُرُ الْمَسَاجِدَ وَنُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ

     ✧ We stayed in Madinah for two years before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us, building mosques and establishing prayer.

399. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4940No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ الْحَجَّاجَ يَضْرِبُ عَبَّاسَ بْنَ سَهْلٍ فِي إِمْرَةِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ فَأَتَاهُ سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ؓ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَهُ ضَفِيرَتَانِ، وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ: إِزَارٌ وَرِدَاءٌ، فَوَقَفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السِّمَاطَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: يَا حَجَّاجُ، أَلَا تَحْفَظُ فِينَا وَصِيَّةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِيكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ يُحْسَنَ إِلَى مُحْسِنِ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَيُعْفَى عَنْ مُسِيئِهِمْ، قَالَ: فَأَرْسَلَهُ.

     ✧ I saw al-Hajjaj beating 'Abbas b. Sahl during the governorship of Ibn al-Zubayr ؓ. Sahl b. Sa'd ؓ came to him, an old man with two braids, wearing two garments: an izar and a rida'. He stood before the two rows and said: 'O Hajjaj, do you not preserve among us the bequest of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' He said: 'What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoin regarding you?' He said: 'To be good to the good-doers of the Ansar and to pardon their wrongdoers.' So he released him.

400. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4941No grade recorded

     قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا رَأَيْنَا مِثْلَ قَوْمٍ نَزَلْنَا بِهِمْ، يَعْنِي: الْأَنْصَارَ، لَقَدْ أَشْرَكُونَا فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَكَفَوْنَا الْمُؤْنَةَ، وَلَقَدْ خِفْنَا أَنْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ ذَهَبُوا بِالْأَجْرِ كُلِّهِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: كَلَّا، مَا دَعَوْتُمُ اللهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - لَهُمْ وَأَثْنَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَذْهَبُوا بِالْأَجْرِ كُلِّهِ

     ✧ They said: O Messenger of God, we have not seen the like of a people whom we stayed with, meaning the Helpers. They shared their wealth with us and spared us the burden, and we feared that they might have taken all the reward. He ﷺ said: No, as long as you supplicate to God - Mighty and Majestic - for them and praise them, they will not have taken all the reward.

401. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4942No grade recorded

     اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِيهِنَّ. يَعْنِي: جَوَارِيَ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ

     ✧ O God, bless them, meaning the slave girls of Banu al-Najjar.

402. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4943No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُكْثِرُ زِيَارَةَ الْأَنْصَارِ خَاصَّةً وَعَامَّةً، فَكَانَ ﷺ إِذَا زَارَ خَاصًّا أَتَى الرَّجُلَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، وَإِذَا زَارَ عَامًّا أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ

     ✧ He used to visit the Helpers frequently, both privately and publicly. When he ﷺ visited privately, he would come to a man in his home, and when he visited publicly, he would come to the mosque.

403. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4944No grade recorded

     دَعَانِي أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ ؓ فَقَطَعْتُ لَهُ عِرْقَ النَّسَا، فَحَدَّثَنِي بِحَدِيثَيْنِ، قَالَ: أَتَانِي أَهْلُ بَيْتَيْنِ مِنْ قَوْمِي: أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مِنْ بَنِي ظَفَرٍ، وَأَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مِنْ بَنِي مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَقَالُوا: كَلِّمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَنَا، أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا. فَكَلَّمْتُهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، أَقْسِمُ لِأَهْلِ كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مِنْهُمْ بِشَطْرٍ، فَإِنْ عَادَ اللهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - عُدْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: وَأَنْتُمْ فَجَزَاكُمُ اللهُ خَيْرًا، فَإِنَّكُمْ مَا عَلِمْتُ أَعِفَّةٌ صُبُرٌ، قَالَ: وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّكُمْ سَتَلْقَوْنَ بَعْدِي أَثَرَةً. فَلَمَّا كَانَ زَمَنُ عُمَرَ قَسَمَ حُلَلًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا بِحُلَّةٍ، فَاسْتَصْغَرْتُهَا فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا ابْنِي، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أُصَلِّي إِذْ مَرَّ بِي شَابٌّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْحُلَلِ يَجُرُّهَا، فَذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: صَدَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَجَاءَ وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ: صَلِّ يَا أُسَيْدُ، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ صَلَاتِي، قَالَ: تِلْكَ حُلَّةٌ بَعَثْتُ بِهَا إِلَى فُلَانٍ، وَهُوَ بَدْرِيٌّ أُحُدِيٌّ عَقَبِيٌّ، فَأَتَاهُ هَذَا الْفَتَى فَابْتَاعَهَا مِنْهُ فَلَبِسَهَا، فَظَنَنْتَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يَكُونُ فِي زَمَانِي ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: قَدْ - وَاللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَكُونُ فِي زَمَانِكَ.

     ✧ Usayd b. Hudayr ؓ invited me, and I cauterized his sciatic nerve. He told me two hadiths. He said: Two families of my people came to me: a family from Banu Zafar and a family from Banu Mu'awiyah. They said: Speak to the Messenger of God ﷺ for us, or something like that. So I spoke to him, and he ﷺ said: Yes, I will allocate to each family of them a half. If God - Mighty and Majestic - restores, we will restore to them. He said: I said: May God reward you well, O Messenger of God. He ﷺ said: And you, may God reward you well, for you are, as far as I know, chaste and patient. He said: And I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: You will encounter after me preferential treatment. When it was the time of Umar, he distributed garments among the people and sent me one of them. I found it too small, so I gave it to my son. While I was praying, a young man of Quraysh passed by me wearing a garment from those garments, dragging it. I remembered the saying of the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: The Messenger of God ﷺ spoke the truth. A man went to Umar and informed him. He came while I was praying and said: Pray, O Usayd. When I finished my prayer, he said: That garment I sent to so-and-so, and he is a Badri, Uhudi, Aqabi. This young man came to him and bought it from him and wore it. Did you think that would happen in my time? He said: I said: By God, O Commander of the Faithful, I did not think that would happen in your time.

404. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4945No grade recorded

     قُرَيْشٌ وَالْأَنْصَارُ وَجُهَيْنَةُ، وَمُزَيْنَةُ، وَأَسْلَمُ، وَغِفَارُ، وَأَشْجَعُ، وَسُلَيْمُ أَوْلِيَاءُ لِي، لَيْسَ لَهُمْ وَلِيٌّ دُونَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ

     ✧ Quraysh, the Helpers, Juhaynah, Muzaynah, Aslam, Ghifar, Ashja', and Sulaym are my allies. They have no ally besides God and His Messenger.

405. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4946No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ، فَقَالَ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ، أَنْتُمْ مِنِّي

     ✧ I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ along with a man from Banu Amir. He said: From whom are you? They said: From Banu Amir. He said: Welcome to you, you are from me.

406. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4947No grade recorded

     قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ نَحْوَهُ.:

     ✧ Abu Bakr said: Abbad b. al-Awwam narrated to us, Hajjaj narrated to us something similar.

407. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4948No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ بِهِ.:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Abu Khaythamah narrated to us, Ibn Numayr narrated to us, from Hajjaj, with it.

408. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4949No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ قَبَائِلِ الْعَرَبِ، قَالَ: فَشُغِلَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَوْ شُغِلُوا عَنْهُ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ثَلَاثِ قَبَائِلَ، سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ، فَقَالَ: جَمَلٌ أَزْهَرُ، يَأْكُلُ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ الشَّجَرِ، وَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ غَطَفَانَ، فَقَالَ: زَهْرَةٌ تَنْبُعُ مَاءً، وَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ، فَقَالَ: هَضْبَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ، لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ عَادَاهُمْ وَقَالَ النَّاسُ فِيهِمْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَبَى اللهُ لِبَنِي تَمِيمٍ إِلَّا خَيْرًا؛ هُمْ ضِخَامُ الْهَامِ، رُجَّحُ الْأَحْلَامِ، ثُبَّتُ الْأَقْدَامِ، أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ قِتَالًا لِلدَّجَّالِ، وَأَنْصَارُ الْحَقِّ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked about the tribes of the Arabs. He said: He was distracted from them that day, or they were distracted from him, except that they asked him about three tribes. They asked him about Banu Amir, and he said: A bright camel that eats from the edges of trees. They asked him about Ghatafan, and he said: A flower that gushes water. They asked him about Banu Tamim, and he said: A red hill; those who oppose them will not harm them. And the people said about them, then the Prophet ﷺ said: God has refused for Banu Tamim anything but good. They are large-headed, sound in judgment, firm-footed, the strongest of people in fighting the Dajjal, and the supporters of truth at the end of time.

409. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4950No grade recorded

     إِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِ النَّاسِ الْأُمْلُوكَ؛ أُمْلُوكَ حِمْيَرَ، وَشَعْبَانَ، وَالسَّكُونِ، وَالْأَشْعَرِيِّينَ

     ✧ Among the best of people are the kings: the kings of Himyar, Sha'ban, al-Sakun, and the Ash'aris.

410. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4951No grade recorded

     إِنَّ بَنِي نَاجِيَةَ ذُكِرُوا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: هُمْ حَيٌّ مِنِّي، قَالَ: وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ، فَإِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ غَيْرَهَا، يَعْنِي: سَامَةَ بْنَ لُؤَيٍّ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: عَلِقَتْ مَا بِسَامَةَ الْعَلَّاقَةُ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ ذَلِكَ، فَأَجَابَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Banu Najiyah were mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: They are a tribe from me. He said: And I think he said: And I am from them. It may be that the Messenger of God ﷺ said otherwise, meaning Samah b. Lu'ayy. A man said: The attachment to Samah is not fitting. Or it may be that the man said that, and the Messenger of God ﷺ replied to him.

411. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4952No grade recorded

     هُمْ حَيٌّ مِنِّي، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ

     ✧ They are a tribe from me. Shu'bah said: And I think he said: And I am from them.

412. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4953No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِسَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: أَسَمِعْتَ مَا يُذْكَرُ فِي بَنِي نَاجِيَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: إِنَّهُمْ حَيٌّ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ، أَعَنْ ثِقَةٍ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، يُرْوَى ذَلِكَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ ؓ. قَالَ: وَقَدْ أَتَوْا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ ؓ وَأَهْدَوْا لَهُ رِحَالًا عِلَافِيَّةً

     ✧ I said to Sa'd b. Ibrahim: 'Have you heard what is mentioned about Banu Najiyah from the Prophet ﷺ: that they are a clan from me and I am from them, from a reliable source?' He said: 'Yes, that is narrated from Sa'id b. Zayd b. 'Amr b. Nufayl ؓ.' He said: 'And they came to 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf ؓ and gifted him 'ilafiyyah saddles.'

413. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4954No grade recorded

     خَيْرُ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ بَنُو النَّجَّارِ، ثُمَّ بَنُو عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ، ثُمَّ بَنُو الْحَارِثِ، ثُمَّ بَنُو سَاعِدَةَ، وَفِي كُلِّ دُورِ الْأَنْصَارِ خَيْرٌ

     ✧ The best dwellings of the Ansar are Banu al-Najjar, then Banu 'Abd al-Ashhal, then Banu al-Harith, then Banu Sa'idah, and in all the dwellings of the Ansar there is good.

414. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4955No grade recorded

     لَا أَقْبَلُ هَدِيَّةً مِنْ أَعْرَابِيٍّ، فَجَاءَتْهُ أُمُّ سُنْبُلَةَ الْأَعْرَابِيَّةُ بِقَعْبِ لَبَنٍ أَهْدَتْهُ لَهُ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَفْرِغِي مِنْهُ فِي هَذَا الْقَعْبِ، فَأَفْرَغَتْهُ، فَتَنَاوَلَهُ ﷺ فَشَرِبَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَنْتَ قُلْتَ: لَا أَقْبَلُ هَدِيَّةً مِنْ أَعْرَابِيٍّ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ أَعْرَابَ أَسْلَمَ لَيْسُوا بِأَعْرَابٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَهْلُ بَادِيَتِنَا، وَنَحْنُ أَهْلُ حَاضِرَتِهِمْ، إِنْ دَعَوْنَا أَجَبْنَاهُمْ، وَإِنْ دَعَوْنَاهُمْ أَجَابُوا

     ✧ I do not accept a gift from a Bedouin. Then Umm Sunbulah al-A'rabiyyah came to him with a bowl of milk that she gifted to him. He ﷺ said: 'Pour some of it into this bowl.' So she poured it, and he ﷺ took it and drank. I said to him: 'You said: I do not accept a gift from a Bedouin.' He ﷺ said: 'The Bedouins of Aslam are not Bedouins; rather they are the people of our desert, and we are the people of their settled area. If they call us, we answer them, and if we call them, they answer.'

415. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4956No grade recorded

     خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ عَبْدُ الْقَيْسِ

     ✧ The best people of the East are 'Abd al-Qays.

416. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4957No grade recorded

     قَدِمَ وَفْدُ بَجِيلَةَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: ابْدَءُوا بِالْأَحْمَسِينَ وَدَعَا لَنَا

     ✧ The delegation of Bajilah came to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'Begin with the Ahmasiyyin,' and he supplicated for us.

417. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4958No grade recorded

     إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ فَالْحَقُّ فِي مُضَرَ، وَإِذَا عَزَّتْ رَبِيعَةُ فَذَلِكَ ذُلُّ الْإِسْلَامِ

     ✧ When people differ, the truth is with Mudar, and when Rabi'ah becomes mighty, that is a humiliation for Islam.

418. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4959No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهِ.:

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

419. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4960No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْحَكَمَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو الْغِفَارِيَّ كَتَبَ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ ؓ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ: إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ - يَعْنِي - قَدْ تَكَاثَرُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: أَنِ اجْعَلْ بَكْرَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ يَلُونَهُمْ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الْعَدُوَّ لَا يَظْهَرُ عَلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ

     ✧ Al-Hakam b. 'Amr al-Ghifari wrote to Mu'awiyah ؓ from Khurasan: 'The polytheists - meaning - have become numerous against him.' So he wrote to him: 'Appoint Bakr b. Wa'il to be in charge of them, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The enemy will not prevail over Bakr b. Wa'il.'

420. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4961No grade recorded

     أَبْعَدُ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ الْعُبَّادُ مِنَ الرُّومِ

     ✧ The furthest people from Islam are the 'Ibad from the Romans.

421. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4962No grade recorded

     الْخُبْثُ أَحَدٌ وَسِتُّونَ جُزْءًا، فَجُزْءٌ فِي الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ، وَسِتُّونَ فِي الْبَرْبَرِ

     ✧ Evil is sixty-one parts: one part is in the jinn and humans, and sixty are in the Berbers.

422. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4963No grade recorded

     لَا تَسُبُّوا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، فَلَمُقَامُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَمَلِ أَحَدِكُمْ عُمُرَهُ

     ✧ Do not revile the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, for the standing of one of them is better than the deeds of any of you for his entire life.

423. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4964No grade recorded

     مَثَلُ أَصْحَابِي فِي أُمَّتِي مَثَلُ النُّجُومِ يَهْتَدُونَ بِهَا، إِذَا غَابَتْ تَحَيَّرُوا

     ✧ The example of my companions among my nation is like the stars by which they are guided; when they disappear, they become confused.

424. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4965No grade recorded

     مَثَلُ أَصْحَابِي مَثَلُ النُّجُومِ يُهْتَدَى بِهِمْ، فَأَيُّهُمْ أَخَذْتُمْ بِقَوْلِهِ اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

     ✧ My Companions are like the stars; whoever you follow, you will be guided. Whichever of them you take their saying, you will be guided.

425. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4966No grade recorded

     لَوْ أَنَّ لِرَجُلٍ أُحُدًا ذَهَبًا فَأَنْفَقَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَفِي الْأَرَامِلِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْيَتَامَى لِيُدْرِكَ فَضْلَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي سَاعَةً مِنَ النَّهَارِ مَا أَدْرَكَهُ أَبَدًا

     ✧ If a man had gold equal to Mount Uhud and spent it in the way of Allah, the Exalted, and on widows, the poor, and the orphans, he would never attain the merit of a man from my Companions for even an hour of the day.

426. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4967No grade recorded

     خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الْآخَرُونَ أَرْدَى

     ✧ The best people are my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then those who follow them, then the later ones are worse.

427. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4968No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ بِهَذَا.:

     ✧ And 'Abd said: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaybah narrated to us with this.

428. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4969No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ - فَذَكَرَهُ.:

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Zakariyya b. Yahya narrated to us, Ibn Idris narrated to us - and he mentioned it.

429. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4970No grade recorded

     لَا تَزَالُونَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا دَامَ فِيكُمْ مَنْ رَآنِي وَصَاحَبَنِي، وَاللهِ لَا تَزَالُونَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا دَامَ فِيكُمْ مَنْ رَأَى مَنْ رَآنِي وَصَاحَبَ مَنْ صَاحَبَنِي

     ✧ You will continue to be in good as long as there is among you someone who saw me and accompanied me. By Allah, you will continue to be in good as long as there is among you someone who saw someone who saw me and accompanied someone who accompanied me.

430. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4971No grade recorded

     لَا تَسُبُّوا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِالِاسْتِغْفَارِ لَهُمْ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ سَيُحْدِثُونَ وَيَفْعَلُونَ

     ✧ Do not revile the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ, for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has commanded seeking forgiveness for them, and He knows that they will innovate and do things.

431. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4972No grade recorded

     يَكُونُ لِأَصْحَابِي مِنْ بَعْدِي زَلَّةٌ يَغْفِرُهَا اللهُ تَعَالَى لِسَابِقَتِهِمْ مَعِي، يَعْمَلُ بِهَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَعْدِي يَكُبُّهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي النَّارِ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ

     ✧ After me, my Companions will have a lapse that Allah, the Exalted, will forgive due to their precedence with me. Some people after me will act upon it and Allah, the Exalted, will cast them into the Fire on their faces.

432. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4973No grade recorded

     لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَخْرُجُ الْجَيْشُ فَيُقَالُ: هَلْ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ ؟ فَيَطْلُبُونَهُ فَلَا يَجِدُونَهُ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ الْجَيْشُ فَيُقَالُ: هَلْ فِيكُمْ مَنْ رَأَى أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ ؟ فَيَطْلُبُونَهُ فَلَا يَجِدُونَهُ، فَلَوْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي وَرَاءَ الْبَحْرِ لَأَتَوْهُ

     ✧ A time will surely come upon the people when an army goes out and it is said: 'Is there anyone among you from the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ?' They will seek him but will not find him. Then an army goes out and it is said: 'Is there anyone among you who saw anyone from the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ?' They will seek him but will not find him. If any of my Companions were beyond the sea, they would come to him.

433. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4974No grade recorded

     لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ يَخْرُجُ الْجَيْشُ مِنْ جُيُوشِهِمْ فَيُقَالُ: هَلْ فِيكُمْ مَنْ صَحِبَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ فَتَسْتَنْصِرُونَ بِهِ فَتُنْصَرُوا، فَيُقَالُ: لَا، فَيُقَالُ: هَلْ فِيكُمْ مَنْ صَحِبَ أَصْحَابَهُ ؟ وَيُقَالُ: مَنْ رَأَى مَنْ صَحِبَ أَصْحَابَهُ ؟ فَلَوْ سَمِعُوا بِهِ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْبِحَارِ لَأَتَوْهُ

     ✧ A time will surely come upon the people when an army from their armies goes out and it is said: 'Is there anyone among you who accompanied Muhammad ﷺ, so that you may seek victory through him and be granted victory?' It is said: 'No.' Then it is said: 'Is there anyone among you who accompanied his Companions?' And it is said: 'Who saw someone who accompanied his Companions?' If they heard of him from beyond the seas, they would come to him.

434. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4975No grade recorded

     يُبْعَثُ بَعْثٌ، فَيُقَالُ: هَلْ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ صَحِبَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ ؟ فَيُقَالُ: نَعَمْ، فَيُلْتَمَسُ فَيُوجَدُ الرَّجُلُ، فَيُسْتَفْتَحُ بِالرَّجُلِ، ثُمَّ يُبْعَثُ بَعْثٌ، فَيُقَالُ: هَلْ فِيكُمْ مَنْ رَأَى أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، فَيُلْتَمَسُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ، حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْبَحْرِ لَأَتَيْتُمُوهُ، ثُمَّ يَبْقَى قَوْمٌ يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يَدْرُونَ مَا هُوَ

     ✧ An expedition is sent, and it is said: 'Is there anyone among you who accompanied Muhammad ﷺ?' It is said: 'Yes.' So he is sought and the man is found, and victory is sought through the man. Then an expedition is sent, and it is said: 'Is there anyone among you who saw the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ?' He is sought but not found. Even if he were beyond the sea, you would come to him. Then there remain people who recite the Qur'an but do not know what it is.

435. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4976No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ بِهِ. وَهَذَا الْإِسْنَادُ صَحِيحٌ، لَكِنْ قَصَّرَ بِهِ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ. فَقَدْ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ مِنْ طَرِيقِ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، وَمُسْلِمٌ مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ؓ، وَهُوَ الصَّوَابُ.:

     ✧ And al-Haytham b. Kulayb said: Ahmad b. Hazim b. Abi Gharazah narrated to us, Ja'far b. 'Awn narrated to us with it. And this chain is authentic, but Abu Sufyan shortened it. Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated it from the path of 'Amr b. Dinar, and Muslim from the path of Abu al-Zubayr, both from Jabir, from Abu Sa'id ؓ, and that is the correct one.

436. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4977No grade recorded

     يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ لَوْ يَسْمَعُونَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْبَحْرِ لَأَتَوْهُ

     ✧ A time will come upon the people when, if they hear of a man among my Companions from beyond the sea, they will go to him.

437. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4978No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَكْثُرُونَ وَأَصْحَابِي يَقِلُّونَ، فَلَا تَسُبُّوهُمْ، لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ سَبَّهُمْ

     ✧ Indeed, the people will increase in number while my Companions decrease, so do not revile them. May Allah curse the one who reviles them.

438. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4979No grade recorded

     لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُبْتَغَى الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي كَمَا تُبْتَغَى الضَّالَّةُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ

     ✧ The Hour will not be established until a man among my Companions is sought as a stray animal is sought, but he will not be found.

439. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4980No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ ؓ: كَيْفَ بِكُمْ إِذَا شَبِعْتُمْ مِنَ الْخُبْزِ وَالزَّيْتِ ؟ فَضَجُّوا وَكَبَّرُوا سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: مَتَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا فُتِحَتِ الْأَمْصَارُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيْفَ بِكُمْ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَلْوَانُ وَغَدَوْتُمْ بِثِيَابٍ وَجِئْتُمْ بِأُخْرَى ؟ قَالُوا: مَتَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا فُتِحَتِ الْأَمْصَارُ، وَفُتِحَتْ فَارِسُ وَالرُّومُ وَقَالُوا: فَهُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنَّا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، يُدْرِكُونَ الْفُتُوحَ، قَالَ: بَلْ أَنْتُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبْنَائِهِمْ، وَأَبْنَاءُ أَبْنَائِكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أَبْنَائِهِمْ، لَمْ يَأْخُذُوا بِشُكْرٍ، لَمْ يَأْخُذُوا بِشُكْرٍ، لَمْ يَأْخُذُوا بِشُكْرٍ

     ✧ He heard Abu Hurayrah ؓ in Madinah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his Companions ؓ: "How will you be when you are satiated with bread and oil?" They raised a clamor and glorified Allah for a while, then said, "When, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "When the cities are conquered." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them: "How will you be when various colors differ for you and you go out in some garments and return in others?" They said, "When will that be, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "When the cities are conquered, and Persia and Byzantium are conquered." They said, "Then they are better than us, O Messenger of Allah, for they will attain the conquests." He said, "Rather, you are better than them, and your sons are better than their sons, and the sons of your sons are better than the sons of their sons. They did not take hold of gratitude. They did not take hold of gratitude. They did not take hold of gratitude."

440. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4981No grade recorded

     مَثَلُ أَصْحَابِي مَثَلُ الْمِلْحِ فِي الطَّعَامِ، لَا يَصْلُحُ الطَّعَامُ إِلَّا بِالْمِلْحِ

     ✧ The likeness of my Companions is that of salt in food; food is only good with salt.

441. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4982No grade recorded

     تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ إِسْمَاعِيلُ، وَلَيْسَ بِالْحَافِظِ.:

     ✧ Ismail alone narrated it, and he is not a reliable memorizer.

442. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4983No grade recorded

     يَا لَيْتَنِي لَقِيتُ إِخْوَانِي، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَسْنَا إِخْوَانَكَ وَأَصْحَابَكَ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنْ قَوْمًا يَجِيئُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ، يُؤْمِنُونَ بِي إِيمَانَكُمْ، وَيُصَدِّقُونِي تَصْدِيقَكُمْ، وَيَنْصُرُونِي نَصْرَكُمْ، فَيَا لَيْتَنِي لَقِيتُ إِخْوَانِي

     ✧ "Would that I could meet my brothers." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, are we not your brothers and Companions?" He said, "Yes, but there will be a people who come after you, who believe in me as you believe, and affirm me as you affirm, and support me as you support. So would that I could meet my brothers."

443. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4984No grade recorded

     كَانَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ؓ فِي نَفَرٍ، فَذَكَرُوا عَلِيًّا ؓ فَشَتَمُوهُ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ ؓ: مَهْلًا عَنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِنَّا أَصَبْنَا ذَنْبًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: لَوْلا كِتَابٌ مِنَ اللهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ، وَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ رَحْمَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى سَبَقَتْ لَنَا، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: إِنْ كَانَ وَاللهِ يُبْغِضُكَ وَيُسَمِّيكَ الْأُخَيْنِسَ، فَضَحِكَ سَعْدٌ ؓ حَتَّى اسْتَعْلَاهُ الضَّحِكُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَوَلَيْسَ الرَّجُلُ قَدْ يَجِدُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ فِي الْأَمْرِ يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ لَا يَبْلُغُ ذَلِكَ أَمَانَتَهُ، وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً أُخْرَى

     ✧ Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas ؓ was among a group, and they mentioned Ali ؓ and reviled him. Sa'd ؓ said: "Gently, about the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, for we committed a sin along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: 'Had it not been for a decree from Allah that had preceded, a great punishment would have touched you for what you took.' I hope that a mercy from Allah, Exalted, preceded for us." One of them said: "By Allah, he hates you and calls you 'al-Ukhaynis.'" Sa'd ؓ laughed until laughter overcame him, then said: "Does not a man feel anger toward his brother over a matter between them, yet that does not reach his trustworthiness?" And he mentioned another word.

444. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4985No grade recorded

     دَعُوا أَصْهَارِي وَأَصْحَابِي، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ حَفِظَنِي فِيهِمْ كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ اللهِ حَافِظٌ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْفَظْنِي فِيهِمْ تَخَلَّى اللهُ مِنْهُ، وَمَنْ تَخَلَّى اللهُ مِنْهُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ

     ✧ Leave my in-laws and my Companions, for whoever preserves me among them will have a protector from Allah with him, and whoever does not preserve me among them, Allah will disown him, and whoever Allah disowns is likely to be seized.

445. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4986No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فِي زَمَنِ الْأَقِطِ وَالسَّمْنِ، وَالْأَعْرَابُ يَأْتُونَ بِالزِّقَاقِ يَسْتَقُونَ بِهَا، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ طَامِحِ الْبَصَرِ وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّاسِ، فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ غَرِيبٌ، فَدَنَوْتُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ، وَقَالَ لِي: مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَجَلَسْتُ مَعَهُ فَقُلْتُ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: مِنْ بَنِي هِلَالٍ، وَاسْمِي كَهْمَسٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا شَهِدْتُهُ مِنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَهُ - فَذَكَرَ الْقِصَّةَ، فَقَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِي أَنَا مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ الثَّانِي، ثُمَّ الثَّالِثُ، ثُمَّ يَنْشَأُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ أَيْمَانُهُمْ شَهَادَتَهُمْ، يَشْهَدُونَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدُوا، لَهُمْ لَغَطٌ فِي أَسْوَاقِهِمْ. قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ: قَالَ كَهْمَسٌ: أَتَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ أُولَئِكَ

     ✧ I came to Madinah during the season of dried curd and clarified butter, while the Bedouins were bringing water skins to draw water. Then I saw a man with a lofty gaze looking at the people, and I thought he was a stranger. I approached and greeted him, and he returned the greeting and said to me: "Are you from the people of Madinah?" I said, "Yes." So I sat with him and said, "Who are you from?" He said, "From Banu Hilal, and my name is Kahmas." Then he said to me, "Shall I not narrate to you a hadith that I witnessed from Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ?" I said, "Yes." He said: "While we were sitting with him" — and he mentioned the story — then he said: "Then Umar ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The best of my nation is the generation in which I am, then the second, then the third, then a people will arise whose oaths precede their testimonies; they testify without being asked to testify; they have clamor in their markets.'" Mu'awiyah said: Kahmas said: "Do you fear that these are from those?"

446. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4987No grade recorded

     سَدِّدُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَيْسَ إِلَى عَذَابِكُمْ بِسَرِيعٍ، وَسَيَأْتِي قَوْمٌ لَا حُجَّةَ لَهُمْ

     ✧ Be upright and rejoice, for Allah, Exalted, is not quick to punish you. A people will come who have no argument.

447. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4988No grade recorded

     طُوبَى لِمَنْ رَآنِي وَآمَنَ بِي، وَطُوبَى لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَلَمْ يَرَنِي، طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَآبٍ

     ✧ Blessed is the one who saw me and believed in me, and blessed is the one who believed in me and did not see me. Blessed are they, and a goodly return.

448. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4989No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنْتُمْ نَظَرْتُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَعْيُنِكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَكَلَّمْتُمُوهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَبَايَعْتُمُوهُ بِأَيْمَانِكُمْ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: طُوبَى لَكُمْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: أَفَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: طُوبَى لِمَنْ رَآنِي وَآمَنَ بِي، وَطُوبَى لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَلَمْ يَرَنِي - ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ A man came to Ibn Umar ؓ and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, did you look at the Messenger of God ﷺ with your own eyes? He said: Yes. He said: And did you speak to him with these tongues of yours? He said: Yes. He said: And did you pledge allegiance to him with these right hands of yours? He said: Yes. He said: Tuba (glad tidings) for you, O Abu Abd al-Rahman. He said: Shall I not tell you about something I heard from him? I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: Tuba for the one who saw me and believed in me, and tuba for the one who believed in me and did not see me - three times.

449. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4990No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو بِهِ.::

     ✧ And Abd said: Abu Nuaym narrated to us, Talha b. Amr narrated to us with it.::

450. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4991No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ أَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمَا، فَقَالَ: مَذْحِجِيَّانِ أَوْ كِنْدِيَّانِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: بَلْ كِنْدِيَّانِ، فَأَتَيَاهُ فَإِذَا هُمَا كِنْدِيَّانِ، قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: أَرَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ مَا أُرْسِلْتَ بِهِ، وَصَدَّقَكَ وَلَمْ يَرَكَ ؟ قَالَ: طُوبَى لَهُ، ثُمَّ طُوبَى لَهُ

     ✧ That two men came to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he looked at them and said: Madhhijians or Kindians. Then he ﷺ said: Rather Kindians. So they came to him and indeed they were Kindians. One of them said: What do you think, O Messenger of God, of the one who follows what you were sent with and believes you but has not seen you? He said: Tuba for him, then tuba for him.

451. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4992No grade recorded

     بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ طَلَعَ رَاكِبَانِ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُمَا قَالَ: كِنْدِيَّانِ مَذْحِجِيَّانِ، حَتَّى أَتَيَا فَإِذَا رَجُلَانِ مِنْ مَذْحِجٍ، قَالَ: فَدَنَا أَحَدُهُمَا إِلَيْهِ لِيُبَايِعَهُ، فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِكَ وَصَدَّقَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ، فَمَاذَا لَهُ ؟ قَالَ: طُوبَى لَهُ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَانْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ الْآخَرُ حَتَّى أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ لِيُبَايِعَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِكَ وَصَدَّقَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ وَلَمْ يَرَكَ ؟ قَالَ: طُوبَى لَهُ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ عَلَى يَدِهِ وَانْصَرَفَ

     ✧ While we were with the Messenger of God ﷺ, two riders appeared. When he saw them he said: Kindians, Madhhijians. Until they came and indeed they were two men from Madhhij. He said: One of them approached him to pledge allegiance. When he took his hand he said: O Messenger of God, what do you think of the one who believes in you, believes you, and follows you - what is for him? He said: Tuba for him. Then he wiped over his hand and left. Then the other came forward until he took his hand to pledge allegiance. He said: O Messenger of God, what do you think of the one who believes in you, believes you, and follows you but has not seen you? He said: Tuba for him. Then he wiped over his hand and left.

452. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4993No grade recorded

     كَانَ لِعُمَرَ ؓ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ حَقٌّ، فَأَتَاهُ يَطْلُبُهُ، فَلَقِيَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَى مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ عَلَى الْبَشَرِ، لَا أُفَارِقُكَ وَأَنَا أَطْلُبُكَ بِشَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: وَاللهِ مَا اصْطَفَى إِلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدًا عَلَى الْبَشَرِ، فَلَطَمَهُ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ: لَا وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَى مُحَمَّدًا عَلَى الْبَشَرِ، قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ مَا اصْطَفَى اللهُ مُحَمَّدًا عَلَى الْبَشَرِ، فَلَطَمَنِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ فَأَرْضِهِ مِنْ لَطْمَتِهِ، بَلْ يَا يَهُودِيُّ، آدَمُ صَفِيُّ اللهِ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلِيلُ اللهِ، وَمُوسَى نَجِيُّ اللهِ، وَعِيسَى رُوحُ اللهِ، وَأَنَا حَبِيبُ اللهِ، بَلْ يَا يَهُودِيُّ تَسَمَّى اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِاسْمَيْنِ سَمَّى بِهِمَا أُمَّتِي: هُوَ السَّلَامُ وَسَمَّى بِهَا أُمَّتِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَهُوَ الْمُؤْمِنُ وَسَمَّى بِهَا أُمَّتِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. بَلْ يَا يَهُودِيٌّ، طَلَبْتُمْ يَوْمًا ذُخِرَ لَنَا، لَنَا الْيَوْمُ، وَلَكُمْ غَدًا، وَبَعْدَ غَدٍ لِلنَّصَارَى، بَلْ يَا يَهُودِيُّ، أَنْتُمُ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَنَحْنُ الْآخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، بَلْ وَالْجَنَّةُ مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ حَتَّى أَدْخُلَهَا، وَهِيَ مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَى الْأُمَمِ حَتَّى تَدْخُلَهَا أُمَّتِي

     ✧ Umar ؓ had a debt owed by a Jew, so he came to him to demand it. He met him and Umar said: No, by the One who chose Muhammad ﷺ over all mankind, I will not leave you while I am demanding something from you. The Jew said: By God, He did not choose Muhammad over all mankind. So Umar slapped him. He said: Between me and you is Abu al-Qasim. He said: Umar said: No, by the One who chose Muhammad over all mankind. I said: By God, God did not choose Muhammad over all mankind, so he slapped me. He ﷺ said: As for you, O Umar, compensate him for his slap. Rather, O Jew, Adam is the chosen one of God, Abraham is the friend of God, Moses is the confidant of God, Jesus is the spirit of God, and I am the beloved of God. Rather, O Jew, God the Mighty and Majestic named Himself with two names with which He named my nation: He is al-Salam and He named my nation the Muslims, and He is al-Mu'min and He named my nation the believers. Rather, O Jew, you sought a day that was stored for us. For us is today, for you is tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is for the Christians. Rather, O Jew, you are the first and we are the last, the foremost on the Day of Resurrection. Rather, Paradise is forbidden to the prophets until I enter it, and it is forbidden to the nations until my nation enters it.

453. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4994No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِأُمَّتِي مِنْ دُونِ الْبَشَرِ أَنْ لَا يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا

     ✧ I asked my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, for my nation to spare them from the punishment of the other nations, and He granted it to me.

454. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4995No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، أَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَنَادَى بِالصَّلَاةِ جَامِعَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ، فَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، فَارْتَقَى الْمِنْبَرَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، ادْنُوا وَأَوْسِعُوا لِمَنْ خَلْفَكُمْ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَدَنَا النَّاسُ، وَانْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، وَالْتَفَتُوا فَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَحَدًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: ادْنُوا وَأَوْسِعُوا لِمَنْ خَلْفَكُمْ، فَدَنَا النَّاسُ، وَانْضَمَّ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، وَالْتَفَتُوا فَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَحَدًا، فَقَالَ ﷺ ذَلِكَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ، فَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَحَدًا، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: لِمَنْ نُوسِعُ ؟ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، إِنَّهُمْ إِذَا كَانُوا مَعَكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَلَا خَلْفَكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ عَنْ يَمِينِكُمْ وَعَنْ شِمَالِكُمْ فَقَالَ: وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَلَا خَلْفَنَا، أَهُمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنَّا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: بَلْ أَنْتُمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، اجْلِسْ - فَجَلَسَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ addressed us. He ordered Bilal to call out that prayer was to be held in congregation before he spoke. The people gathered to him, and he ascended the pulpit and said: O people, come forward and make room for those behind you - three times. The people came forward and pressed together, and they turned around but saw no one. Then he ﷺ said: Come forward and make room for those behind you. The people came forward and pressed together, and they turned around but saw no one. He ﷺ said that a third time, and they saw no one. A man stood up and said: For whom should we make room? For the angels? He ﷺ said: No, when they are with you, they are not in front of you or behind you, but on your right and on your left. He said: And they are not in front of us or behind us - are they better than us? He ﷺ said: Rather you are better than the angels. Sit down - so he sat down.

455. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4996No grade recorded

     مَثَلُ أُمَّتِي مَثَلُ الْمَطَرِ؛ لَا يُدْرَى أَوَّلُهُ أَنْفَعُ أَوْ آخِرُهُ

     ✧ The likeness of my nation is that of rain; it is not known whether its beginning is more beneficial or its end.

456. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4997No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْأُمَمَ السَّالِفَةَ الْمِائَةَ أُمَّةٍ، إِذَا شَهِدُوا لِعَبْدٍ بِخَيْرٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ، وَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي الْخَمْسُونَ مِنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ، فَإِذَا شَهِدُوا لِعَبْدٍ بِخَيْرٍ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ

     ✧ The past nations were one hundred nations; if they testified to the goodness of a servant, Paradise became obligatory for him. And my nation is the fiftieth of them as a nation; so if they testify to the goodness of a servant, Paradise becomes obligatory for him.

457. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4998No grade recorded

     لَا تَزَالُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا إِذَا قَالَتْ صَدَقَتْ، وَإِذَا حَكَمَتْ عَدَلَتْ، وَإِذَا اسْتُرْحِمَتْ رَحِمَتْ

     ✧ This nation will remain in goodness as long as when it speaks it is truthful, when it judges it is just, and when mercy is sought from it it shows mercy.

458. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4999No grade recorded

     عُقُوبَةُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بِالسَّيْفِ

     ✧ The punishment of this nation is by the sword.

459. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5000No grade recorded

     إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ مَرْحُومَةٌ، لَا عَذَابَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا مَا عَذَّبَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا، قُلْتُ: وَكَيْفَ تُعَذِّبُ أَنْفُسَهَا ؟ قَالَ: أَمَا كَانَ يَوْمَ النَّهَرِ عَذَابٌ، أَمَا كَانَ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ عَذَابٌ، أَمَا كَانَ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ عَذَابٌ ؟

     ✧ This nation is shown mercy; there is no punishment upon it except what it inflicts upon itself. I said: And how does it punish itself? He said: Was there not punishment on the day of al-Nahar? Was there not punishment on the day of al-Jamal? Was there not punishment on the day of Siffin?

460. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5001No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِعَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ، فَقَالَ لِي: مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ أَنْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ لِي: ادْنُ مِنِّي أُحَدِّثْكَ بِحَدِيثٍ تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنُكَ، قَالَ: فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو ؓ: بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ يَوْمًا جُلُوسًا، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَعَدَ إِلَيْنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْنَ إِخْوَانِي الَّذِينَ أَنَا مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ مِنِّي، أَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ مَعِي ؟ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَذَهَبَ، فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ رَجَعَ فَقَعَدَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْنَ إِخْوَانِي الَّذِينَ أَنَا مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ مِنِّي، أَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَيَدْخُلُونَ مَعِي ؟ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَذَهَبَ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: لَوْ أَنَّا سَأَلْنَاهُ: أَوَغَيْرُنَا هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ فَمَا كَانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا أَنْ رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ إِخْوَانِي الَّذِينَ أَنَا مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ مِنِّي، أَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ مَعِي ؟ فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوَغَيْرُنَا هُمْ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، هُمْ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ، الْمُطْرَحُونَ فِي أَطْرَافِ الْأَرْضِ، الْمَدْفُوعُونَ عَنْ أَبْوَابِ السُّلْطَانِ، يَمُوتُ أَحَدُهُمْ وَحَاجَتُهُ فِي صَدْرِهِ لَمْ يَقْضِهَا.

     ✧ He was in the mosque when he saw 'Amr b. al-'As ؓ. He said to me: 'Are you from the people of Yemen?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Come close to me, and I will tell you a hadith that will delight your eyes.' He said: 'So I drew near to him.' 'Amr ؓ said: 'While we were sitting one day, the Messenger of God ﷺ came and sat with us. Then he said: "Where are my brothers from whom I am and they are from me, I will enter Paradise and they will enter with me?" Then he stood and left. It was not long before he returned and sat down. Then he said: "Where are my brothers from whom I am and they are from me, I will enter Paradise and they will enter with me?" Then he stood and left. Some of us said to others: "If only we had asked him: 'Are they other than us, O Messenger of God?'" It was only a little while before the Messenger of God ﷺ returned and said: "Where are my brothers from whom I am and they are from me, I will enter Paradise and they will enter Paradise with me?" We said: "O Messenger of God, are they other than us?" He said: "Yes, they are the people of Yemen, the ones cast down in the remote parts of the earth, the ones turned away from the doors of rulers. One of them dies while his need is still in his chest, unfulfilled."

461. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5002No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، قَدْ جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ، وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ، قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا أَهْلُ الْيَمَنِ ؟ قَالَ: قَوْمٌ رَقِيقَةٌ قُلُوبُهُمْ، لَيِّنَةٌ طَاعَتُهُمُ، الْإِيمَانُ يَمَانٍ، وَالْحِكْمَةُ يَمَانِيَةٌ

     ✧ While the Messenger of God ﷺ was in Madinah, he said: "God is most great, God is most great. God's help and victory have come, and the people of Yemen have come." It was said: "O Messenger of God, who are the people of Yemen?" He said: "A people with tender hearts, soft in obedience. Faith is Yemeni, and wisdom is Yemeni."

462. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5003No grade recorded

     لَمْ يُسْنِدِ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ غَيْرَ هَذَا. قُلْتُ: حُسَيْنٌ ضَعِيفٌ.:

     ✧ Al-Zuhri did not narrate from Abu Hazim any hadith other than this one. I say: Husayn is weak.

463. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5004No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرٍ مِنَ الْآجُرِّ، وَخَلْفِي صَعْصَعَةُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ، فَكَلَّمَهُ رَجُلٌ بِشَيْءٍ خَفِيٍّ عَلَيْنَا، فَعَرَفْنَا الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَسَكَتَ، فَجَاءَ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى كَانَ قَرِيبًا، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، غَلَبَتْنَا هَذِهِ الْحَمْرَاءُ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ، فَضَرَبَ صَعْصَعَةُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ بِيَدِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا لِلهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، لَيُبْدِيَنَّ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْعَرَبِ أَمْرًا كَانَ يَكْتُمُهُ، قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ غَضَبًا، وَقَالَ: مَنْ يَعْذِرُنِي مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الضَّيَاطِرَةِ، يَتَمَرَّغُ أَحَدُهُمْ عَلَى حَشَايَاهُ، وَيَهْجُرُ أَقْوَامًا تَذْكُرُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَيَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَطْرُدَهُمْ وَأَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ، وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يَقُولُ: وَاللهِ لَيَضْرِبُنَّكُمْ عَلَى الدِّينِ عَوْدًا كَمَا ضَرَبْتُمُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ بَدْءًا.

     ✧ I was in the mosque on Friday while 'Ali b. Abi Talib was giving a sermon from a brick minbar. Behind me was Sa'sa'a b. Suhan. A man spoke to him about something that was hidden from us, and we recognized anger in his face, so he fell silent. Then al-Ash'ath b. Qays came, stepping over people's necks until he was close. He said: 'O Commander of the Believers, these red-skinned ones have overcome us in your presence.' Sa'sa'a struck me between my shoulders with his hand and said: 'To God we belong and to Him we return. Today he will reveal a matter concerning the Arabs that he was concealing.' He said: 'He became very angry and said: "Who will excuse me from these fools? One of them wallows in his cushions and abandons people who remember God, Mighty and Majestic. He orders me to expel them, and that I should be among the wrongdoers. By Him who split the grain and created the soul, I heard Muhammad ﷺ say: 'By God, they will strike you back regarding the religion as you struck them regarding it in the beginning.'"

464. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5005No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ يَخْطُبُ وَقَدْ أَحْدَقَتْ بِهِ الْمَوَالِي

     ✧ 'Ali ؓ was giving a sermon while the mawali had surrounded him.

465. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5006No grade recorded

     وَأَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ.

     ✧ Abu Bakr b. Abi Shayba narrated it from Sharik, from al-A'mash, from al-Minhal, from 'Abbad b. 'Abd Allah.

466. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5007No grade recorded

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

     ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shayba narrated it to us.

467. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5008No grade recorded

     لَوْ كَانَ الْإِيمَانُ مُعَلَّقًا بِالثُّرَيَّا لَنَالَهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ فَارِسَ

     ✧ If faith were suspended from the Pleiades, men from the people of Persia would attain it.

468. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5009No grade recorded

     مِنْ بَنِي الْحَمْرَاءِ بَنِي الْمُوَالِي. صَحِيحٌ.::

     ✧ From the Banu al-Hamra', the Banu al-Mawali. Sahih.