41. ✧ The Prophetic Biography and the Military Campaigns

1. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5025No grade recorded

   إِنِّي لَغُلَامٌ يَفَعَةٌ ابْنُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ أَوْ ثَمَانٍ، أَسْمَعُ مَا أَرَى وَأَعْقِلُ، إِذْ أَشْرَفَ يَهُودِيٌّ عَلَى أُطُمٍ يَصْرُخُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: يَا مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ، فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: طَلَعَ اللَّيْلَةَ نَجْمُ أَحْمَدَ الَّذِي وُلِدَ بِهِ، قَالَ: فَسَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ: ابْنُ كَمْ كَانَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ مَقْدَمَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَقَالَ: ابْنُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً

   ✧ I was a young boy of seven or eight years, hearing what I saw and understanding, when a Jew appeared on a fortress crying out at the top of his voice: 'O assembly of Jews!' They gathered to him and said, 'What is the matter with you?' He said, 'The star of Ahmad, with which he was born, rose tonight.' He said: I asked Sa'id b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Hassan b. Thabit: 'How old was Hassan b. Thabit when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah?' He said: 'Sixty years old.'

2. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5026No grade recorded

   لَمَّا وُلِدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدِمَتْ حَلِيمَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ فِي نِسْوَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ يَلْتَمِسْنَ الرُّضَعَاءَ بِمَكَّةَ، قَالَتْ حَلِيمَةُ: فَخَرَجْتُ فِي أَوَائِلِ النِّسْوَةِ عَلَى أَتَانٍ لِي قَمْرَاءَ، وَمَعِي زَوْجِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى، أَحَدُ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ أَحَدُ بَنِي نَاصِرَةَ، قَدْ أَدِمَتْ أَتَانُنَا، وَمَعِي بِالرَّكْبِ شَارِفٌ، وَاللهِ مَا تَبِضُّ بِقَطْرَةٍ مِنْ لَبَنٍ فِي سَنَةٍ شَهْبَاءَ، قَدْ جَاعَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى خَلَصَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْجَهْدُ، وَمَعِي ابْنٌ لِي، وَاللهِ مَا يَنَامُ لَيْلَنَا، وَمَا أَجِدُ فِي ثَدْيَيَّ شَيْئًا أُعَلِّلُهُ بِهِ، إِلَّا أَنَّا نَرْجُو الْغَيْثَ، وَكَانَتْ لَنَا غَنَمٌ، فَنَحْنُ نَرْجُوهَا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ فَمَا بَقِيَ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَرِهَتْهُ، فَقُلْنَا: إِنَّهُ يَتِيمٌ، وَإِنَّمَا يُكْرِمُ الظِّئْرَ وَيُحْسِنُ إِلَيْهَا الْوَالِدُ، فَقُلْنَا: مَا عَسَى أَنْ تَصْنَعَ بِنَا أُمُّهُ أَوْ عَمُّهُ أَوْ جَدُّهُ، فَكُلُّ صَوَاحِبِي أَخَذَ رَضِيعًا وَلَمْ أَجِدْ شَيْئًا، فَلَمَّا لَمْ أَجِدْ غَيْرَهُ رَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ، وَاللهِ مَا أَخَذْتُهُ إِلَّا أَنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ غَيْرَهُ، فَقُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي: وَاللهِ لَآخُذَنَّ الْيَتِيمَ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَعَسَى اللهُ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنَا بِهِ، وَلَا أَرْجِعُ مِنْ بَيْنِ صَوَاحِبِي وَلَا آخُذُ شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَصَبْتِ، قَالَتْ: فَأَخَذْتُهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ الرَّحْلَ، فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ أَتَيْتُ بِهِ الرَّحْلَ فَأَمْسَيْتُ أَفْتِلُ ثَدْيَايَ بِاللَّبَنِ حَتَّى أَرْوَيْتُهُ وَأَرْوَيْتُ أَخَاهُ، وَقَامَ أَبُوهُ إِلَى شَارِفِنَا تِلْكَ يَلْمَسُهَا، فَإِذَا هِيَ حَافِلٌ فَحَلَبَهَا، فَأَرْوَانِي وَرَوِيَ، فَقَالَ: يَا حَلِيمَةُ، تَعْلَمِينَ، وَاللهِ لَقَدْ أَصَبْتِ نَسَمَةً مُبَارَكَةً، وَلَقَدْ أَعْطَى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمَا مَا لَمْ نَتَمَنَّ، قَالَتْ: فَبِتْنَا بِخَيْرِ لَيْلَةٍ شِبَاعًا، وَكُنَّا لَا نَنَامُ لَيْلَنَا مَعَ صَبِيِّنَا، ثُمَّ اغْتَدَيْنَا رَاجِعِينَ إِلَى بِلَادِنَا أَنَا وَصَوَاحِبِي، فَرَكِبْتُ أَتَانِي الْقَمْرَاءَ فَحَمَلْتُهُ مَعِي، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ حَلِيمَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَقَطَعْتُ بِالرَّكْبِ، حَتَّى إِنَّ النِّسْوَةَ لَيَقُلْنَ: أَمْسِكِي عَلَيْنَا، أَهَذِهِ أَتَانُكِ الَّتِي خَرَجْتِ عَلَيْهَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ أَدِمَتْ حِينَ أَقْبَلْنَا، فَمَا شَأْنُهَا ؟ قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ حَمَلْتُ عَلَيْهَا غُلَامًا مُبَارَكًا، قَالَتْ: فَخَرَجْنَا فَمَا زَالَ يَزِيدُنَا اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ خَيْرًا، حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا وَالْبِلَادُ سَنَةٌ، فَلَقَدْ كَانَتْ رُعَاتُنَا يُسَرِّحُونَ، ثُمَّ يُرِيحُونَ، فَتَرُوحُ أَغْنَامُ بَنِي سَعْدٍ جِيَاعًا، وَتَرُوحُ غَنَمِي شِبَاعًا بِطَانًا حُفَّلًا، فَتُحْلَبُ وَنَشْرَبُ، فَيَقُولُونَ: مَا شَأْنُ غَنَمِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى وَغَنَمِ حَلِيمَةَ تَرُوحُ شِبَاعًا حُفَّلًا وَتَرُوحُ غَنَمُكُمْ جِيَاعًا، وَيْلَكُمُ اسْرَحُوا حَيْثُ تَسْرَحُ رِعَاؤُكُمْ، فَيُسَرِّحُونَ مَعَهُمْ فَمَا تَرُوحُ إِلَّا جِيَاعًا كَمَا كَانَتْ، وَتَرْجِعُ غَنَمِي كَمَا كَانَتْ، قَالَتْ: وَكَانَ ﷺ يَشِبُّ شَبَابًا مَا يَشِبُّهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْغِلْمَانِ، يَشِبُّ فِي الْيَوْمِ شَبَابَ الْغُلَامِ فِي الشَّهْرِ، وَيَشِبُّ فِي الشَّهْرِ شَبَابَ السَّنَةِ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَكْمَلَ ﷺ سَنَتَيْنِ أَقْدَمْنَاهُ مَكَّةَ، أَنَا وَأَبُوهُ، فَقُلْنَا: وَاللهِ لَا نُفَارِقُهُ أَبَدًا وَنَحْنُ نَسْتَطِيعُ، فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَا أُمَّهُ، قُلْنَا لَهَا: أَيْ ظِئْرُ، وَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا صَبِيًّا قَطُّ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ، وَإِنَّا نَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ وَبَاءَ مَكَّةَ وَأَسْقَامَهَا، فَدَعِيهِ، نَرْجِعُ بِهِ حَتَّى تَبْرَئِي مِنْ دَائِكِ، فَلَمْ نَزَلْ بِهَا حَتَّى أَذِنَتْ، فَرَجَعْنَا بِهِ، فَأَقَمْنَا أَشْهُرًا ثَلَاثَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعَةً، فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يَلْعَبُ خَلْفَ الْبُيُوتِ هُوَ وَأَخُوهُ فِي غَنَمٍ لَهُمْ، إِذْ أَتَى أَخُوهُ يَشْتَدُّ، وَأَنَا وَأَبُوهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَخِي الْقُرَشِيَّ أَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ فَأَخَذَاهُ فَأَضْجَعَاهُ فَشَقَّا بَطْنَهُ، فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُوهُ نَشْتَدُّ، فَوَجَدْنَاهُ قَائِمًا قَدِ انْتَقَعَ لَوْنُهُ، فَلَمَّا رَآنَا أَجْهَشَ إِلَيْنَا وَبَكَى، قَالَتْ: فَالْتَزَمْتُهُ أَنَا وَأَبُوهُ فَضَمَمْنَاهُ إِلَيْنَا، فَقُلْنَا: مَا لَكَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي ؟ فَقَالَ: أَتَانِي رَجُلَانِ فَأَضْجَعَانِي فَشَقَّا بَطْنِي فَصَنَعَ بِهِ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ رَدَّاهُ كَمَا هُوَ، فَقَالَ أَبُوهُ: وَاللهِ مَا أَرَى ابْنِي إِلَّا وَقَدْ أُصِيبَ، الْحَقِي بِأَهْلِهِ فَرُدِّيهِ إِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ بِهِ مَا يُتَخَوَّفُ مِنْهُ، قَالَتْ: فَاحْتَمَلْنَاهُ، فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى أُمِّهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْنَا أَنْكَرَتْ شَأْنَنَا، وَقَالَتْ: مَا رَجَعَكُمَا بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكُمَاهُ، وَقَدْ كُنْتُمَا حَرِيصَيْنِ عَلَى حَبْسِهِ ؟ فَقُلْنَا: لَا شَيْءَ، إِلَّا أَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ قَضَى الرَّضَاعَةَ، وَسَرَّنَا مَا تَرَيْنَ، وَقُلْنَا نُؤَدِّيهِ كَمَا تُحِبُّونَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ لَكُمَا لَشَأْنًا، فَأَخْبِرَانِي مَا هُوَ ؟ فَلَمْ تَدَعْنَا حَتَّى أَخْبَرْنَاهَا، فَقَالَتْ: كَلَّا وَاللهِ لَا يَصْنَعُ اللهُ ذَلِكَ بِهِ، إِنَّ لِابْنِي شَأْنًا، أَفَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمَا خَبَرَهُ ؟ إِنِّي حَمَلْتُ بِهِ فَوَاللهِ مَا حَمَلْتُ حَمْلًا قَطُّ كَانَ أَخَفَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُ وَلَا أَيْسَرَ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ حِينَ حَمَلْتُهُ أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مِنِّي نُورٌ أَضَاءَ مِنْهُ أَعْنَاقُ الْإِبِلِ بِبُصْرَى، أَوْ قَالَتْ: قُصُورُ بُصْرَى، ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُهُ حِينَ وَضَعْتُهُ، فَوَاللهِ مَا وَقَعَ كَمَا يَقَعُ الصِّبْيَانُ، لَقَدْ وَقَعَ مُعْتَمِدًا بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ رَافِعًا رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَدَعَاهُ عَنْكُمَا، فَقَبَضَتْهُ وَانْطَلَقْنَا.

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was born, Halimah bt. al-Harith came with a group of women from Banu Sa'd b. Bakr seeking infants to nurse in Makkah. Halimah said: 'I set out among the first of the women on a greyish she-donkey of mine, and with me was my husband al-Harith b. 'Abd al-'Uzza, one of Banu Sa'd b. Bakr, then one of Banu Nasirah. Our she-donkey was exhausted, and with me in the caravan was an old she-camel. By Allah, it did not yield a drop of milk in a barren year. The people were so hungry that hardship had worn them down. With me was a son of mine, and by Allah, he did not sleep through our nights, and I found nothing in my breasts to pacify him with, except that we hoped for rain. We had some sheep and we hoped for them. When we arrived in Makkah, there was not one of us but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was offered to her, and she disliked him. We said, "He is an orphan, and only the father honors the wet-nurse and treats her well." We said, "What can his mother or his uncle or his grandfather do for us?" All my companions took a nursling, but I found nothing. When I found no one else, I went back to him and took him. By Allah, I only took him because I found no one else. I said to my companion, "By Allah, I will take this orphan from Banu 'Abd al-Muttalib; perhaps Allah will benefit us through him. I will not return among my companions without taking something." He said, "You have done well." She said: So I took him and brought him to the saddle. By Allah, no sooner had I brought him to the saddle than I sat down squeezing my breasts with milk until I quenched him and quenched his brother. His father went to that old she-camel of ours and felt her, and behold she was full of milk, so he milked her and gave me to drink and drank himself. He said, "O Halimah, do you know? By Allah, you have obtained a blessed soul. Allah, Most High, has given us through them what we never wished for." She said: So we spent the best night, full and satisfied, and we would not sleep through our nights because of our child. Then we set out returning to our land, I and my companions. I mounted my greyish she-donkey and carried him with me. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Halimah, I outpaced the caravan, until the women were saying, "Wait for us! Is this your she-donkey that you set out on?" I said, "Yes." They said, "She was exhausted when we came. What is the matter with her?" She said: I said, "By Allah, I have carried on her a blessed boy." She said: So we went on, and Allah, Most High, kept increasing us in good every day, until we arrived while the land was in a year of drought. Our shepherds would take the flocks out in the morning and bring them back in the evening, and the sheep of Banu Sa'd would return hungry, while my sheep returned full, fat, and laden with milk, so they were milked and we drank. They would say, "What is the matter with the sheep of al-Harith b. 'Abd al-'Uzza and the sheep of Halimah? They return full and laden with milk while your sheep return hungry. Woe to you! Graze where our shepherds graze." So they grazed with them, but their sheep returned only hungry as before, while my sheep returned as they had been. She said: And he ﷺ grew as no other boy grew. He grew in a day as a boy grows in a month, and in a month as a boy grows in a year. When he ﷺ completed two years, we brought him back to Makkah, I and his father. We said, "By Allah, we will never part with him as long as we are able." When we came to his mother, we said to her, "O wet-nurse, by Allah, we have never seen a child greater in blessing than him, and we fear for him the epidemic of Makkah and its diseases. Leave him with us and we will take him back until you recover from your illness." We kept at her until she gave permission, so we returned with him. We stayed for three or four months. While he was playing behind the houses with his brother among some sheep of theirs, his brother came running, while I and his father were in the house. He said, "My Qurayshi brother: two men in white garments came to him, took him, laid him down, and split open his belly." I and his father rushed out, and we found him standing with his color changed. When he saw us, he burst into tears and wept. She said: I and his father embraced him and held him to us, and we said, "What is the matter with you, may my father and mother be your ransom?" He said, "Two men came to me, laid me down, split open my belly, and did something to it, then restored it as it was." His father said, "By Allah, I think my son has been afflicted. Take him back to his family and return him to them before something we fear appears in him." She said: So we carried him and brought him to his mother. When she saw us, she disapproved of our state and said, "What brought you back with him before I asked you for him, when you had been so eager to keep him?" We said, "Nothing, except that Allah, Most High, has decreed the completion of nursing, and we are pleased with what you see. We thought returning him to you as you love is dearer to us." She said, "You two have some matter. Tell me what it is." She did not let us go until we told her. She said, "No, by Allah, Allah will not do that to him. My son has a great destiny. Shall I not tell you about him? I conceived him, and by Allah, I never had a pregnancy that was lighter or easier than his. Then, when I conceived him, I saw a light come out of me that illuminated the necks of camels in Busra—or she said: the palaces of Busra. Then I gave birth to him, and by Allah, when he was born, he did not fall as children fall. He fell supporting himself with his hands on the ground, raising his head to the sky. So leave him to me." So she took him and we departed.

3. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5027No grade recorded

   قَدِمْتُ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ، نَلْتَمِسُ الرُّضَعَاءَ بِمَكَّةَ

   ✧ I came with a group from Banu Sa'd b. Bakr seeking infants to nurse in Makkah.

4. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5028No grade recorded

   إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ

   ✧ Indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

5. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5029No grade recorded

   يَا أَخَا بَنِي عَامِرٍ، إِنَّ حَقِيقَةَ قَوْلِي وَبَدْءَ شَأْنِي دَعْوَةُ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَبَشَّرَ بِي أَخِي عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ، وَإِنِّي كُنْتُ بِكْرًا لِأُمِّي، وَإِنَّهَا حَمَلَتْنِي كَأَثْقَلِ مَا تَحْمِلُ النِّسَاءُ، حَتَّى جَعَلَتْ تَشْتَكِي إِلَى صَوَاحِبِهَا بِثِقَلِ مَا تَجِدُ، وَإِنَّ أُمِّي رَأَتْ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنَّ الَّذِي فِي بَطْنِهَا نُورٌ، قَالَتْ: فَجَعَلْتُ أُتْبِعُ بَصَرِي النُّورَ، فَجَعَلَ النُّورُ يَسْبِقُ بَصَرِي حَتَّى أَضَاءَ لِي مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا، ثُمَّ إِنَّهَا وَلَدَتْنِي، فَلَمَّا نَشَأْتُ بُغِّضَ إِلَيَّ الْأَوْثَانُ، وَبُغِّضَ إِلَيَّ الشِّعْرُ، فَاسْتُرْضِعْتُ فِي بَنِي جُشَمِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ، فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فِي بَطْنِ وَادٍ مَعَ أَتْرَابٍ لِي مِنَ الصِّبْيَانِ، إِذَا أَنَا بِرَهْطٍ ثَلَاثٍ، مَعَهُمْ طَشْتٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مَلْآنُ نُورٍ وَثَلْجٍ، فَأَخَذُونِي مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصْحَابِي، وَانْطَلَقَ أَصْحَابِي هِرَابًا، حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَى شَفِيرِ الْوَادِي، فَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَى الرَّهْطِ، وَقَالُوا: مَا لَكُمْ وَلِهَذَا الْغُلَامِ ؟ إِنَّهُ غُلَامٌ لَيْسَ مِنَّا، وَهُوَ مِنْ بَنِي سَيِّدِ قُرَيْشٍ، وَهُوَ مُسْتَرْضَعٌ فِينَا مِنْ غُلَامٍ يَتِيمٍ، لَيْسَ لَهُ أَبٌ، فَمَاذَا يَرُدُّ عَلَيْكُمْ قَتْلُهُ ؟ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلِينَ فَاخْتَارُوا مِنَّا أَيَّنَا شِئْتُمْ، فَلْنَأْتِكُمْ فَاقْبَلُونَا مَكَانَهُ، وَدَعُوا هَذَا الْغُلَامَ، فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُمْ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الصِّبْيَانُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَا يُجِيبُونَهُمُ انْطَلَقُوا هِرَابًا مُسْرِعِينَ إِلَى الْحَيِّ يُعْلِمُونَهُمْ وَيَسْتَصْرِخُونَهُمْ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ، فَعَمَدَ إِلَيَّ أَحَدُهُمْ فَأَضْجَعَنِي إِلَى الْأَرْضِ إِضْجَاعًا لَطِيفًا، ثُمَّ شَقَّ مَا بَيْنَ صَدْرِي إِلَى مُنْتَهَى عَانَتِي وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ لِذَلِكَ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ أَحْشَاءَ بَطْنِي فَغَسَلَهُ بِذَلِكَ الثَّلْجِ فَأَنْعَمَ غَسْلَهُ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَهَا فِي مَكَانِهَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِي، وَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ: تَنَحَّ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي جَوْفِي فَأَخْرَجَ قَلْبِي وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ، فَصَدَعَهُ فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ مُضْغَةً سَوْدَاءَ رَمَى بِهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ يَمْنَةً مِنْهُ كَأَنَّهُ يَتَنَاوَلُ شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ أَتَى بِالْخَاتَمِ فِي يَدِهِ مِنْ نُورِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَ النَّاظِرِينَ دُونَهُ، فَخَتَمَ قَلْبِي فَامْتَلَأَ نُورًا، وَخَتَمَهُ ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ مَكَانَهُ، فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ ذَلِكَ الْخَاتَمِ فِي قَلْبِي دَهْرًا، ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّالِثُ فَنَحَّى صَاحِبَهُ، فَأَمَرَّ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ وَمُنْتَهَى عَانَتِي فَالْتَأَمَ ذَلِكَ الشِّقُّ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَأَنْهَضَنِي مِنْ مَكَانِي إِنْهَاضًا لَطِيفًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ الْأَوَّلُ الَّذِي شَقَّ بَطْنِي: زِنُوهُ بِعَشَرَةٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ، فَوَزَنُونِي فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: زِنُوهُ بِمِائَةٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ، فَوَزَنُونِي فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: زِنُوهُ بِأَلْفٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ، فَوَزَنُونِي فَرَجَحْتُهُمْ، قَالَ: دَعُوهُ، فَلَوْ وَزَنْتُمُوهُ بِأُمَّتِهِ جَمِيعًا لَرَجَحَ بِهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَامُوا إِلَيَّ فَضَمُّونِي إِلَى صُدُورِهِمْ، وَقَبَّلُوا رَأْسِي وَمَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيَّ، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: يَا حَبِيبُ لَمْ تُرَعْ، إِنَّكَ لَوْ تَدْرِي مَا يُرَادُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ لَقَرَّتْ عَيْنُكَ، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ الْحَيُّ بِحَذَافِيرِهِمْ، فَإِذَا ظِئْرِي أَمَامَ الْحَيِّ تَهْتِفُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهَا وَهِيَ تَقُولُ: يَا ضَعِيفَاهُ، قَالَ: فَأَكَبُّوا عَلَيَّ يُقَبِّلُونِي، وَيَقُولُونَ: يَا حَبَّذَا أَنْتَ مِنْ ضَعِيفٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: وَاوَحِيدَاهُ، قَالَ: فَأَكَبُّوا عَلَيَّ يُقَبِّلُونِي وَيَقُولُونَ: يَا حَبَّذَا أَنْتَ مِنْ وَحِيدٍ، مَا أَنْتَ بِوَحِيدٍ، إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَكَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: يَا يَتِيمَاهُ، اسْتُضْعِفْتَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصْحَابِكَ فَقُتِلْتَ لِضَعْفِكَ، فَأَكَبُّوا عَلَيَّ وَضَمُّونِي إِلَى صُدُورِهِمْ وَقَبَّلُوا رَأْسِي، وَقَالُوا: يَا حَبَّذَا أَنْتَ مِنْ يَتِيمٍ، مَا أَكْرَمَكَ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، لَوْ تَعْلَمُ مَاذَا يُرَادُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ، قَالَ: فَوَصَلُوا إِلَى شَفِيرِ الْوَادِي، فَلَمَّا بَصُرَتْ بِي ظِئْرِي قَالَتْ: يَا بُنَيَّ، أَلَا أَرَاكَ حَيًّا بَعْدُ، فَجَاءَتْ حَتَّى أَكَبَّتْ عَلَيَّ فَضَمَّتْنِي إِلَى صَدْرِهَا، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَفِي حِجْرِهَا قَدْ ضَمَّتْنِي إِلَيْهَا وَإِنَّ يَدِي لَفِي يَدِ بَعْضِهِمْ، فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ يُبْصِرُونَهُمْ، فَإِذَا هُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ، فَجَاءَ بَعْضُ الْحَيِّ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْغُلَامُ أَصَابَهُ لَمَمٌ أَوْ طَائِفٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ، فَانْطَلِقُوا بِهِ إِلَى الْكَاهِنِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ وَيُدَاوِيهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا هَذَا لَيْسَ بِي شَيْءٌ مِمَّا تَذْكُرُونَ، أَرَى نَفْسِي سَلِيمَةً، وَفُؤَادِي صَحِيحًا، وَلَيْسَ بِي قَلْبَةٌ، فَقَالَ أَبِي - وَهُوَ زَوْجُ ظِئْرِي -: أَلَا تَرَوْنَ ابْنِي كَلَامُهُ صَحِيحٌ، إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ بِابْنِي بَأْسٌ، فَاتَّفَقَ الْقَوْمُ عَلَى أَنْ يَذْهَبُوا بِي إِلَى الْكَاهِنِ، فَاحْتَمَلُونِي حَتَّى ذَهَبُوا بِي إِلَيْهِ، فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ قِصَّتِي، فَقَالَ: اسْكُتُوا حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْغُلَامِ، فَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَمْرِهِ، فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرِي مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ مَقَالَتِي ضَمَّنِي إِلَى صَدْرِهِ وَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: يَا آلَ الْعَرَبِ، اقْتُلُوا هَذَا الْغُلَامَ وَاقْتُلُونِي مَعَهُ، فَوَاللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى لَئِنْ تَرَكْتُمُوهُ لَيُبَدِّلَنَّ دِينَكُمْ، وَلَيُسَفِّهَنَّ أَحْلَامَكُمْ وَأَحْلَامَ آبَائِكُمْ، وَلَيُخَالِفَنَّ أَمْرَكُمْ، وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ بِدِينٍ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا بِمِثْلِهِ، قَالَ: فَانْتَزَعَنِي ظِئْرِي مِنْ يَدِهِ، قَالَ: لَأَنْتَ أَعْتَهُ مِنْهُ وَأَجَنُّ، وَلَوْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا يَكُونُ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ مَا أَتَيْتُكَ بِهِ، ثُمَّ احْتَمَلُونِي وَرَدُّونِي إِلَى أَهْلِي، فَأَصْبَحْتُ مُعَزًّى مِمَّا فُعِلَ بِي، وَأَصْبَحَ أَثَرُ الشَّقِّ مَا بَيْنَ صَدْرِي إِلَى مُنْتَهَى عَانَتِي كَأَنَّهُ شِرَاكٌ، فَذَاكَ حَقِيقَةُ قَوْلِي وَبَدْءُ شَأْنِي. فَقَالَ الْعَامِرِيُّ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ أَمْرَكَ حَقٌّ، فَأَنْبِئْنِي بِأَشْيَاءَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهَا، قَالَ ﷺ: سَلْ عَنْكَ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ ﷺ يَقُولُ لِلسَّائِلِينَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ: سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ، فَقَالَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْعَامِرِيِّ: سَلْ عَنْكَ، فَكَلَّمَهُ بِلُغَةِ بَنِي عَامِرٍ، فَكَلَّمَهُ بِمَا يَعْرِفُ، فَقَالَ الْعَامِرِيُّ

   ✧ O brother of Banu 'Amir, the truth of my saying and the beginning of my affair is the supplication of my father Ibrahim, and my brother 'Isa ibn Maryam gave glad tidings of me. I was the firstborn of my mother, and she carried me as the heaviest thing women carry, until she began complaining to her companions of the weight she felt. My mother saw in a dream that what was in her womb was a light. She said: I began following the light with my eyes, and the light went ahead of my sight until it illuminated for me the easts of the earth and its wests. Then she gave birth to me. When I grew up, idols were made hateful to me, and poetry was made hateful to me. I was nursed among Banu Jusham b. Bakr. While I was one day in the bottom of a valley with companions of mine among the boys, behold, a group of three came with a basin of gold filled with light and snow. They took me from among my companions, and my companions fled until they reached the edge of the valley. They turned to the group and said, "What do you want with this boy? He is not one of us. He is from Banu Sayyid Quraysh, and he is being nursed among us as an orphan boy with no father. What would killing him avail you? But if you must do something, choose any of us you wish, and we will come to you and you can take us in his place. Leave this boy." They did not answer them. When the boys saw that the people would not answer them, they ran away quickly to the settlement to inform them and call for help against the people. One of them came to me and laid me down gently on the ground, then split open what was between my chest and the end of my pubic area while I was watching, and I felt nothing of that. Then he took out my intestines and washed them with that snow, washing them thoroughly. Then he returned them to their place. Then the second one came and said to his companion, "Step aside." Then he inserted his hand into my inside and took out my heart while I was watching. He split it open and took out a black clot and threw it away. Then he gestured with his hand to his right as if reaching for something. Then he brought the seal in his hand, made of the light of prophethood and wisdom, dazzling the eyes of onlookers. He sealed my heart and it became full of light. He sealed it and returned it to its place. I felt the coolness of that seal in my heart for a long time. Then the third one came and moved his companion aside. He passed his hand between my chest and the end of my pubic area, and the split closed by the permission of Allah, Most High. Then he took me by the hand and raised me from my place gently. Then the first one who had split my belly said, "Weigh him against ten of his community." They weighed me and I outweighed them. Then he said, "Weigh him against a hundred of his community." They weighed me and I outweighed them. Then he said, "Weigh him against a thousand of his community." They weighed me and I outweighed them. He said, "Leave him, for if you weighed him against his entire community, he would outweigh them." Then they came to me and embraced me to their chests, kissed my head and between my eyes, and said, "O beloved, do not be afraid. If you knew what good is intended for you, your eye would be comforted." He said: While we were thus, behold, the settlement came with all its people, and my wet-nurse was at the front of the settlement crying out at the top of her voice, saying, "O poor weak one!" He said: They crowded around me kissing me and saying, "How wonderful you are as a weak one!" Then she said, "O lonely one!" He said: They crowded around me kissing me and saying, "How wonderful you are as a lonely one! You are not lonely, for Allah is with you, and His angels, and the believers of the people of the earth." Then she said, "O orphan! You were taken advantage of among your companions and killed because of your weakness." They crowded around me and embraced me to their chests and kissed my head, and said, "How wonderful you are as an orphan! How honored you are with Allah, Mighty and Majestic! If you knew what good is intended for you." He said: They reached the edge of the valley. When my wet-nurse saw me, she said, "O my son, do I see you still alive?" She came and bent over me, embracing me to her chest. By the One in whose hand is my soul, I was in her lap, she had embraced me to herself, and my hand was in the hand of one of them, and I thought the people could see them, but they could not. Some of the settlement came and said, "This boy has been touched by madness or a visitation from the jinn. Take him to the soothsayer to look at him and treat him." I said to him, "O you, there is nothing wrong with me as you claim. I see myself sound, my heart healthy, and there is no defect in me." My father—meaning the husband of my wet-nurse—said, "Do you not see that my son's speech is sound? I hope there is no harm in my son." The people agreed to take me to the soothsayer. They carried me until they brought me to him. They told him my story. He said, "Be quiet until I hear from the boy, for he knows best about his affair." So I told him my story from beginning to end. When he heard my words, he embraced me to his chest and cried out at the top of his voice, "O Arabs, kill this boy and kill me with him! By al-Lat and al-'Uzza, if you leave him, he will change your religion, make fools of your minds and the minds of your fathers, oppose your command, and bring you a religion the like of which you have never heard." He said: My wet-nurse snatched me from his hand and said, "You are more foolish and crazier than him. If I had known this would come from you, I would not have brought him to you." Then they carried me and returned me to my family. I woke up saddened by what had been done to me, and the trace of the split between my chest and the end of my pubic area was like a shoelace. That is the truth of my saying and the beginning of my affair. The 'Amiri said, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that your affair is true. Tell me about things I will ask you." He ﷺ said, "Ask about yourself." He said: And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say to questioners before that, "Ask about whatever appears to you." That day he said to the 'Amiri, "Ask about yourself," and he spoke to him in the dialect of Banu 'Amir, and he spoke to him in what he knew. The 'Amiri said...

6. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5030No grade recorded

   حَجَجْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ وَهُوَ يَرْتَجِزُ: رُدَّ إِلَيَّ رَاكِبِي مُحَمَّدًا رُدَّهْ إِلَيَّ وَاصْطَنِعْ عِنْدِي يَدًا قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: هَذَا عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ، ضَلَّتْ إِبِلٌ لَهُ، فَأَرْسَلَ فِي إِثْرِهَا ابْنًا لَهُ فِي طَلَبِهَا، فَاحْتُبِسَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يُرْسِلْهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا جَاءَ بِهَا، قَالَ: فَمَا بَرِحْتُ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَجَاءَ بِالْإِبِلِ، فَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ، وَاللهِ لَقَدْ حَزِنْتُ عَلَيْكَ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ حُزْنًا، لَا تُفَارِقْنِي أَبَدًا

   ✧ I performed Hajj in the pre-Islamic era, and behold, a man was circumambulating the House while reciting in rajaz: 'Return to me my rider Muhammad, return him to me and do me a favor.' I said, 'Who is this?' They said, 'This is 'Abd al-Muttalib b. Hashim. Some camels of his went astray, so he sent a son of his after them to look for them, and he was delayed. He never sent him on an errand but he came back with it accomplished.' He said: I did not leave until Muhammad ﷺ came with the camels. He said, 'O my son, by Allah, I grieved for you this time with a grief that I will never part from you again.'

7. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5031No grade recorded

   إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا كَانَتْ نُورًا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ آدَمَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ، يُسَبِّحُ ذَلِكَ النُّورُ فَتُسَبِّحُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بِتَسْبِيحِهِ، فَلَمَّا خَلَقَ اللهُ آدَمَ جَعَلَ ذَلِكَ النُّورَ فِي صُلْبِهِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَأَهْبَطَهُ اللهُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فِي صُلْبِ آدَمَ، فَجَعَلَهُ فِي صُلْبِ نُوحٍ فِي السَّفِينَةِ، وَقُذِفَ فِي النَّارِ فِي صُلْبِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَنْقُلُنِي مِنْ أَصْلَابِ الْكِرَامِ إِلَى الْأَرْحَامِ، حَتَّى أَخْرَجَنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ أَبَوَيَّ، لَمْ يَلْتَقِيَا عَلَى سِفَاحٍ قَطُّ

   ✧ Quraysh was a light before Allah, Mighty and Majestic, two thousand years before He created Adam. That light glorified Allah, and the angels glorified with its glorification. When Allah created Adam, He placed that light in his loins. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Then Allah brought it down to the earth in the loins of Adam, and placed it in the loins of Nuh in the ark, and it was cast into the fire in the loins of Ibrahim. He kept transferring me from the loins of the noble to the wombs, until He brought me out from between my parents. They never met in fornication.'

8. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5032No grade recorded

   خَرَجْتُ مِنْ نِكَاحٍ، وَلَمْ أَخْرُجْ مِنْ سِفَاحٍ، مِنْ لَدُنْ آدَمَ إِلَى أَنْ وَلَدَنِي أَبِي وَأُمِّي، فَلَمْ يُصِبْنِي مِنْ سِفَاحِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ شَيْءٌ

   ✧ I came from a legitimate marriage, not from fornication, from Adam until my father and mother begot me. Nothing of the fornication of the pre-Islamic era ever touched me.

9. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5033No grade recorded

   كُلُّ سَبَبٍ وَنَسَبٍ مُنْقَطِعٌ غَيْرَ نَسَبِي وَسَبَبِي

   ✧ Every tie and lineage will be cut off except my lineage and my tie.

10. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5034No grade recorded

    مَا هَمَمْتُ بِقَبِيحٍ مِمَّا كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَهُمُّونَ بِهِ، إِلَّا مَرَّتَيْنِ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ، كِلْتَيْهِمَا يَعْصِمُنِي اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْهَا، قُلْتُ لَيْلَةً لِفَتًى كَانَ مَعِي مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بِأَعْلَى مَكَّةَ فِي أَغْنَامٍ لِأَهْلِهَا يَرْعَاهَا: أَبْصِرْ إِلَى غَنَمِي حَتَّى أَسْمُرَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ بِمَكَّةَ كَمَا يَسْمُرُ الْفِتْيَانُ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَخَرَجْتُ فَجِئْتُ أَدْنَى دَارٍ مِنْ دُورِ مَكَّةَ، سَمِعْتُ غِنَاءً وَضَرْبَ دُفُوفٍ وَمَزَامِيرَ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالُوا: فُلَانٌ تَزَوَّجَ فُلَانَةَ، لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَلَهَوْتُ بِذَلِكَ الْغِنَاءِ وَبِذَلِكَ الصَّوْتِ حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي، فَمَا أَيْقَظَنِي إِلَّا مَسُّ الشَّمْسِ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى صَاحِبِي، قَالَ: مَا فَعَلْتَ ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُ لَيْلَةً أُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَفَعَلَ، فَخَرَجْتُ فَسَمِعْتُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَقِيلَ لِي مِثْلُ مَا قِيلَ لِي، فَلَهَوْتُ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي، فَمَا أَيْقَظَنِي إِلَّا مَسُّ الشَّمْسِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى صَاحِبِي، فَقَالَ: مَا فَعَلْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا فَعَلْتُ شَيْئًا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَوَاللهِ مَا هَمَمْتُ بَعْدَهَا بِسُوءٍ مِمَّا يَعْمَلُ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، حَتَّى أَكْرَمَنِي اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِنُبُوَّتِهِ

    ✧ I never intended anything indecent that the people of the pre-Islamic era used to intend, except twice in my life, and in both Allah, Most High, protected me from it. One night I said to a young man from Quraysh who was with me in the highlands of Makkah tending sheep for their owners: 'Watch my sheep so I can spend the night in Makkah as the young men do.' He said, 'Yes.' So I went out and came to the nearest house of Makkah. I heard singing, the beating of tambourines, and reed pipes. I said, 'What is this?' They said, 'So-and-so married so-and-so,' for a man of Quraysh married a woman of Quraysh. I enjoyed that singing and that sound until sleep overcame me, and nothing woke me but the touch of the sun. I returned to my companion and he said, 'What did you do?' I told him. Then another night I said to him the same thing, and he did. I went out and heard the like of that, and I was told the like of what I was told. I enjoyed what I heard until sleep overcame me, and nothing woke me but the touch of the sun. Then I returned to my companion and he said, 'What did you do?' I said, 'I did nothing.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By Allah, after that I never intended any evil of what the people of the pre-Islamic era did, until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, honored me with His prophethood.'

11. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5035No grade recorded

    نُهِيتُ عَنِ التَّعَرِّي، وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ النُّبُوَّةُ

    ✧ I was forbidden from being naked, and that was before prophethood came to him.

12. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5036No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَشْهَدُ مَعَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَشَاهِدَهُمْ، قَالَ: فَسَمِعَ مَلَكَيْنِ خَلْفَهُ، وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ: اذْهَبْ بِنَا حَتَّى نَقُومَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ نَقُومُ خَلْفَهُ وَإِنَّمَا عَهْدُهُ بِاسْتِلَامِ الْأَصْنَامِ قَبْلُ ؟ فَلَمْ يَعُدْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَشْهَدُ مَعَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَشَاهِدَهُمْ.

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to attend the gatherings of the polytheists. He said: He heard two angels behind him, one of them saying to the other, 'Let us go so that we may stand behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said, 'How can we stand behind him when his last contact was with touching the idols?' After that, he never attended the gatherings of the polytheists again.

13. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5037No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ، فَطَفِقَ يَتَقَلَّبُ، فَبَصُرَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَائِمًا فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَأَيْقَظَهُ فَقَامَ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَنْفُضُ رَأْسَهُ وَلِحْيَتَهُ مِنَ التُّرَابِ، فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ نَحْوَ بَابِ بَنِي شَيْبَةَ، فَتَلَقَّاهُمَا مِيكَائِيلُ، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ لِمِيكَائِيلَ: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُصَافِحَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَجِدُ مِنْ يَدِهِ رِيحَ النُّحَاسِ، فَكَأَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: أَفَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ ؟ فَكَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَسِيَ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ أَخِي، مَرَرْتُ أَوَّلَ مِنْ أَمْسِ عَلَى إِسَافٍ وَنَائِلَةَ، فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ قَوْمًا رَضُوا بِكُمَا إِلَهًا مَعَ اللهِ قَوْمُ سُوءٍ

    ✧ Jibril ﷺ entered the Sacred Mosque and began to move about. He caught sight of the Prophet ﷺ sleeping in the shade of the Kaaba, so he woke him. He ﷺ stood up, shaking his head and beard of dust. He took him toward the gate of Banu Shaybah, and Mikail met them. Jibril said to Mikail, 'What prevented you from shaking the Prophet's ﷺ hand?' He said, 'I find on his hand the smell of brass.' It was as if Jibril ﷺ found that objectionable, so he said, 'Did you do that?' It was as if the Prophet ﷺ forgot, then he remembered and said, 'My brother spoke the truth. The day before yesterday I passed by Isaf and Na'ilah, and I placed my hand on one of them and said, "A people who are content with you two as gods besides Allah are an evil people."'

14. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5038No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَبْحَ الذِّرَاعَيْنِ، بَعِيدَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ، أَهْدَبَ الْأَشْفَارِ - أَشْفَارِ الْعَيْنِ - لَمْ يَكُنْ سَخَّابًا فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَاحِشًا وَلَا مُتَفَحِّشًا، كَانَ ﷺ يُقْبِلُ جَمِيعًا وَيُدْبِرُ جَمِيعًا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had long forearms, wide shoulders, long eyelashes—the eyelashes of the eye. He was not one to shout in the markets, nor was he obscene or given to obscenity. He ﷺ would turn completely and walk away completely.

15. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5039No grade recorded

    رَحِمَ اللهُ امْرَأً سَهْلَ الْبَيْعِ سَهْلَ الشِّرَاءِ سَهْلَ الْأَخْذِ سَهْلَ الْعَطَاءِ سَهْلَ الْقَضَاءِ سَهْلَ التَّقَاضِي، ثُمَّ مَضَى، فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: هَذَا الْهَاشِمِيُّ الَّذِي أَضَلَّ النَّاسَ ؟ لَهُوَ هُوَ ! فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الْجِسْمِ، عَظِيمُ الْجَبْهَةِ، دَقِيقُ الْأَنْفِ، دَقِيقُ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ، فَإِذَا ثُغْرَةُ نَحْرِهِ إِلَى سُرَّتِهِ مِثْلُ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ شَعَرًا أَسْوَدَ، وَإِذَا هُوَ بَيْنَ طِمْرَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَدَنَا مِنَّا، فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَأَقُصَّنَّ هَذَا، فَإِنَّهُ حَسَنُ الْقَوْلِ، فَتَبِعْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ بِجَمِيعِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَشَاءُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَضْلَلْتَ النَّاسَ وَأَهْلَكْتَهُمْ وَصَدَدْتَهُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: ذَاكَ اللهُ، قُلْتُ: مَا تَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَدْعُو عِبَادَ اللهِ إِلَى اللهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا تَقُولُ ؟ قَالَ: أَتَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَتُؤْمِنُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ، وَتَكْفُرُ بِاللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَمَا الزَّكَاةُ ؟ قَالَ: يَرُدُّ غَنِيُّنَا عَلَى فَقِيرِنَا قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نِعْمَ الشَّيْءُ تَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَلَقَدْ كَانَ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ يَتَنَفَّسُ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ، فَمَا بَرِحَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ وَلَدِي وَوَالِدَيَّ وَمِنَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: قَدْ عَرَفْتُ، قَالَ: قَدْ عَرَفْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَتُؤْمِنُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَرِدُ مَاءً عَلَيْهِ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَأَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى مَا دَعَوْتَنِي إِلَيْهِ، فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ يَتَّبِعُوكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَادْعُهُمْ. فَأَسْلَمَ أَهْلُ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ، رِجَالُهُمْ وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ، فَمَسَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ.

    ✧ May Allah have mercy on a person who is easy in selling, easy in buying, easy in taking, easy in giving, easy in settling debts, and easy in demanding repayment. Then he went on. I said to myself, 'Is this the Hashimite who has led people astray? Indeed, it is he!' I looked, and behold, he was a man with a handsome body, a broad forehead, a fine nose, and thin eyebrows. Behold, from the hollow of his throat to his navel was like a black thread of black hair, and he was between two worn garments. He said: He drew near to us and said, 'Peace be upon you.' We returned the greeting. I did not hesitate and said, 'By Allah, I will investigate this, for he speaks well.' I followed him and said, 'O Muhammad.' He turned fully to me and said, 'What do you want?' I said, 'Are you the one who has led people astray, destroyed them, and turned them away from what their fathers worshipped?' He said, 'That is Allah.' I said, 'What do you call to?' He said, 'I call Allah's servants to Allah.' He said: I said, 'What do you say?' He said, 'Do you bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, believe in what has been revealed to me, disbelieve in Al-Lat and Al-ʿUzza, establish prayer, and give zakah?' He said: I said, 'And what is zakah?' He said, 'Our rich give back to our poor.' He said: I said, 'What an excellent thing you call to.' He said: By then, there was no one on earth who breathed more hateful to me than him, and it was not long before he became dearer to me than my children, my parents, and all people. He said: I said, 'I have understood.' He said, 'You have understood?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Do you bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and believe in what has been revealed to me?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah. I frequent a watering place where many people gather, and I will call them to what you have called me to, for I hope they will follow you.' He said, 'Yes, call them.' So the people of that watering place embraced Islam, men and women. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped his head.

16. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5040No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ مَعَ مَوْلَايَ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَخْرَجَتْ إِلَيْنَا شَعَرًا أَحْمَرَ، فَقَالَتْ: هَذَا شَعَرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ I entered with my master upon one of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, and she brought out to us some reddish hair and said, 'This is the hair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

17. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5041No grade recorded

    إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أُمِرَ بِبِنَاءِ الْبَيْتِ، فَضَاقَ بِهِ ذَرْعًا، فَلَمْ يَدْرِ كَيْفَ يَبْنِي، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ السَّكِينَةَ وَهِيَ رِيحٌ خَجُوجٌ، فَتَطَوَّقَتْ لَهُ مِثْلَ الْحَجَفَةِ فَبَنَى عَلَيْهَا، فَكَانَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَبْنِي سَاقًا - يَعْنِي: بِنَاءً - وَمَكَّةُ شَدِيدَةُ الْحَرِّ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مَوْضِعَ الْحَجَرِ، قَالَ لِإِسْمَاعِيلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: اذْهَبْ فَالْتَمِسْ حَجَرًا، فَذَهَبَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَطُوفُ فِي الْجِبَالِ، وَنَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِالْحَجَرِ، فَجَاءَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَقَالَ: مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: مِنْ عِنْدِ مَنْ لَا يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى بِنَائِي وَبِنَائِكَ، فَوَضَعَهُ. ثُمَّ انْهَدَمَ فَبَنَتْهُ الْعَمَالِقَةُ، ثُمَّ انْهَدَمَ فَبَنَتْهُ جُرْهُمُ، ثُمَّ انْهَدَمَ فَبَنَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَضَعُوا الْحَجَرَ تَنَازَعُوا فِيهِ، فَقَالُوا: أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ بَابِ بَنِي شَيْبَةَ، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: هَذَا الْأَمِينُ. فَأَمَرَ ﷺ بِثَوْبٍ فَبَسَطَهُ فَوَضَعَهُ فِيهِ، وَأَمَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَوْمٍ رَجُلًا، فَأَخَذَ بِنَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ الثَّوْبِ فَرَفَعَهُ، فَأَخَذَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَوَضَعَهُ.

    ✧ Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded to build the House, and he felt constrained by it, not knowing how to build. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sent down the Sakina, which is a wind that pierces, and it encircled him like a shield, so he built upon it. Each day he would build a course—meaning a wall—while Makkah was intensely hot. When he ﷺ reached the place of the Stone, he said to Ismail (peace and blessings be upon him), 'Go and seek a stone.' Ismail ﷺ went wandering in the mountains, and Jibril ﷺ descended with the Stone. Ismail ﷺ came back and said, 'Where is this from?' He said, 'From the One who does not rely on my building or yours.' So he placed it. Then it fell into ruin, and the Amalekites rebuilt it. Then it fell into ruin, and Jurhum rebuilt it. Then it fell into ruin, and Quraysh rebuilt it. When they wanted to place the Stone, they disputed over it and said, 'The first person to come out of this gate, the gate of Banu Shaybah.' The Prophet ﷺ came out, and they said, 'This is the trustworthy one.' He ﷺ ordered a garment to be spread, placed it on it, and ordered one man from each tribe to take a side of the garment. They lifted it, and the Prophet ﷺ took it and placed it.

18. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5042No grade recorded

    لَمَّا هُدِمَ الْبَيْتُ بَعْدَ جُرْهُمٍ، بَنَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَضَعُوا الْحَجَرَ تَشَاجَرُوا مَنْ يَضَعُهُ، فَاتَّفَقُوا أَنْ يَضَعَهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ، فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ بَابِ بَنِي شَيْبَةَ، فَأَمَرَ بِثَوْبٍ فَوَضَعَ الْحَجَرَ فِي وَسَطِهِ، وَأَمَرَ كُلَّ فَخِذٍ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا بِطَائِفَةٍ مِنَ الثَّوْبِ، فَرَفَعُوهُ، وَأَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ When the House was demolished after Jurhum, Quraysh rebuilt it. When they wanted to place the Stone, they quarreled over who would place it. They agreed that the first person to enter from this gate would place it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered from the gate of Banu Shaybah. He ordered a garment, placed the Stone in its middle, and ordered each clan to take a side of the garment. They lifted it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it.

19. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5043No grade recorded

    لَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَرْفَعُوا الْحَجَرَ، يَعْنِي: قُرَيْشًا، اخْتَصَمُوا فِيهِ، فَقَالُوا: نَحْنُ نُحَكِّمُ بَيْنَنَا أَوَّلَ رَجُلٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ هَذِهِ السِّكَّةِ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوَّلَ مَنْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَجَعَلُوهُ فِي مِرْطٍ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَهُ جَمِيعُ الْقَبَائِلِ كُلِّهَا، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ رَجُلٌ شَابٌّ، يَعْنِي: قَبْلَ الْبَعْثَةِ

    ✧ When they wanted to raise the Stone—meaning Quraysh—they disputed over it and said, 'We will let the first man to come out of this street judge between us.' He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the first to come out to them. They put it on a cloak, and then all the tribes together lifted it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was at that time a young man, meaning before the mission.

20. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5044No grade recorded

    أَوْحَى اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنِ ابْنِ لِي بَيْتًا، قَالَ: فَضُيِّقَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ذَرْعًا، فَأَرْسَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى رِيحًا يُقَالُ لَهَا: السَّكِينَةُ، وَيُقَالُ: الْخَجُوجُ، لَهَا عَيْنَانِ وَرَأْسٌ، فَأَوْحَى اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْ يَسِيرَ إِذَا سَارَتْ، وَيَقِيلَ إِذَا قَالَتْ، فَسَارَتْ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ الْبَيْتِ، فَتَطَوَّقَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ الْحَجَفَةِ، وَهِيَ بِإِزَاءِ الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ، يَدْخُلُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ، لَا يَعُودُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَجَعَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ يَبْنِيَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَاقًا، فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِمَا الْحَرُّ، اسْتَظَلَّا فِي ظِلِّ الْجَبَلِ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَوْضِعَ الْحَجَرِ، قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِإِسْمَاعِيلَ: ائْتِنِي بِحَجَرٍ أَضَعُهُ يَكُونُ عَلَمًا لِلنَّاسِ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ الْوَادِي وَجَاءَ بِحَجَرٍ، فَاسْتَصْغَرَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَرَمَى بِهِ، وَقَالَ: جِئْنِي بِغَيْرِهِ، فَذَهَبَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ، وَهَبَطَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدَ، فَجَاءَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: قَدْ جَاءَنِي مَنْ لَمْ يَكِلْنِي فِيهِ إِلَى حَجَرِكَ، قَالَ: فَبَنَى الْبَيْتَ، وَجَعَلَ يَطُوفُ حَوْلَهُ، وَيَطُوفُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ، حَتَّى مَاتُوا وَانْقَرَضُوا، فَتَهَدَّمَ الْبَيْتُ، فَبَنَتْهُ الْعَمَالِقَةُ، فَكَانُوا يَطُوفُونَ بِهِ حَتَّى مَاتُوا وَانْقَرَضُوا، فَبَنَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغُوا مَوْضِعَ الْحَجَرِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي وَضْعِهِ، فَقَالُوا: أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَطْلُعُ مِنَ الْبَابِ

    ✧ Allah, exalted is He, revealed to Ibrahim, 'Build Me a house.' He said: Ibrahim ﷺ felt constrained by it, so Allah, exalted is He, sent a wind called the Sakina, also called the Khajuj, which had two eyes and a head. Allah, exalted is He, revealed to Ibrahim to move when it moved and rest when it rested. It moved until it reached the site of the House, and it encircled it like a shield, and it is opposite the Populated House, which seventy thousand angels enter every day and never return to until the Day of Resurrection. Ibrahim and Ismail began building one course each day, and when the heat became intense for them, they sought shade in the shadow of the mountain. When they reached the place of the Stone, Ibrahim said to Ismail, 'Bring me a stone to place as a marker for the people.' Ismail faced the valley and came with a stone, but Ibrahim found it too small and threw it away, saying, 'Bring me another.' Ismail went off, and Jibril descended to Ibrahim with the Black Stone. Ismail came back, and Ibrahim said to him, 'Someone has come to me who did not leave me to rely on your stone.' He said: He built the House and began circumambulating it, and they circumambulated and prayed until they died and passed away. Then the House fell into ruin, and the Amalekites rebuilt it, and they circumambulated it until they died and passed away. Then Quraysh rebuilt it. When they reached the place of the Stone, they differed over its placement and said, 'The first person to appear from the gate.'

21. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5045No grade recorded

    كَانَتِ الْكَعْبَةُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مَبْنِيَّةً بِالرَّضْمِ لَيْسَ فِيهِ مَدَرٌ، وَكَانَتْ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْتَحِمُهَا الْعَنَاقُ، وَكَانَتْ غَيْرَ مَهُولَةٍ إِنَّمَا يُوضَعُ ثِيَابُهَا عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ تُسْدَلُ سَدْلًا عَلَيْهَا، وَكَانَ الرُّكْنُ الْأَسْوَدُ مَوْضُوعًا عَلَى سُورِهَا بَادِيًا، وَكَانَتْ ذَاتَ رُكْنَيْنِ كَهَيْئَةِ الْحَلْقَةِ، مُرَبَّعَةً مِنْ جَانِبٍ وَمُدَوَّرَةً مِنْ جَانِبٍ، فَأَقْبَلَتْ سَفِينَةٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ الرُّومِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا قَرِيبًا مِنْ جُدَّةَ انْكَسَرَتِ السَّفِينَةُ، فَخَرَجَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِيَأْخُذُوا خَشَبَهَا فَوَجَدُوا رُومِيًّا عِنْدَهَا، فَأَخَذُوا الْخَشَبَ، فَأَعْطَاهُمْ إِيَّاهَا، وَكَانَتِ السَّفِينَةُ تُرِيدُ الْحَبَشَةَ، وَكَانَ الرُّومِيُّ الَّذِي فِي السَّفِينَةِ تَاجِرًا، فَقَدِمُوا بِالْخَشَبِ، وَقَدِمُوا بِالرُّومِيِّ، فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ: نَبْنِي بِهَذَا الْخَشَبِ بَيْتَ رَبِّنَا، فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا هَدْمَهُ إِذَا هُمْ بِحَيَّةٍ عَلَى سُورِ الْبَيْتِ، بَيْضَاءَ الْبَطْنِ، سَوْدَاءَ الظَّهْرِ، فَجَعَلَتْ كُلَّمَا دَنَا أَحَدٌ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ لِيَهْدِمَهُ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ حِجَارَتِهِ سَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَاتِحَةً فَاهَا، فَاجْتَمَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ عِنْدَ الْمَقَامِ فَعَجُّوا إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى، قَالَ: وَقَالُوا: رَبَّنَا لَمْ تُرَعْ، أَرَدْنَا تَشْرِيفَ بَيْتِكَ وَتَزْيِينَهُ، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَرْضَى بِذَلِكَ، وَإِلَّا فَمَا بَدَا لَكَ فَافْعَلْ، فَسَمِعُوا جَوَابًا فِي السَّمَاءِ، فَإِذَا بِطَائِرٍ أَعْظَمَ مِنَ النَّسْرِ أَسْوَدَ الظَّهْرِ أَبْيَضَ الْبَطْنِ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ، فَغَرَزَ مَخَالِبَهُ فِي بَطْنِ الْحَيَّةِ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِهَا يَجُرُّهَا وَذَنَبُهَا سَاقِطٌ، حَتَّى انْطَلَقَ بِهَا نَحْوَ جِيَادٍ، فَهَدَمَتْهَا قُرَيْشٌ، فَجَعَلُوا يَبْنُونَهَا بِحِجَارَةِ الْوَادِي، تَحْمِلُهَا قُرَيْشٌ عَلَى رِقَابِهَا، وَرَفَعُوهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعًا، فَبَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ حِجَارَهُ مِنْ أَجْيَادٍ وَعَلَيْهِ نَمِرَةٌ، فَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِ النَّمِرَةُ، فَذَهَبَ بَعْضُ النَّمِرَةِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَتُرَى عَوْرَتُهُ مِنْ صِغَرِ النَّمِرَةِ، فَنُودِيَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، خَمِّرْ عَوْرَتَكَ، فَلَمْ يُرَ عُرْيَانًا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، وَكَانَ بَيْنَ بِنَائِهَا وَبَيْنَ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، فَلَمَّا كَانَ جَيْشُ الْحُصَيْنِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ... فَذَكَرَ حَرِيقَهَا فِي زَمَانِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ.

    ✧ In the pre-Islamic era, the Kaaba was built of loose stones, with no mud. It was only as high as a young goat could leap over, and it was not roofed. Its covering was simply placed on top and let hang down. The Black Corner was set on its wall, visible. It had two corners, like a ring, square on one side and round on the other. A ship came from the land of the Romans, and when it was near Jeddah, it broke apart. Quraysh went out to take its timber and found a Roman with it. They took the timber, and he gave it to them. The ship had been heading for Abyssinia, and the Roman on the ship was a merchant. They brought the timber and the Roman. Quraysh said, 'We will build the House of our Lord with this timber.' When they wanted to demolish it, behold, there was a snake on the wall of the House, white-bellied and black-backed. Every time someone approached the House to demolish it or take a stone from it, it rushed at him with its mouth open. Quraysh gathered at the Maqam and cried out to Allah, exalted is He. He said: They said, 'Our Lord, we are not afraid. We intended to honor and adorn Your House. If You approve of that, then so be it; otherwise, whatever You decide, do.' They heard an answer from the sky, and behold, there was a bird larger than a vulture, black-backed, with white belly and legs. It sank its talons into the snake's belly and carried it off, dragging it with its tail hanging down, until it took it toward Ajyad. Quraysh demolished it, and they began rebuilding it with stones from the valley, carrying them on their necks, and they raised it twenty cubits into the air. While the Prophet ﷺ was carrying stones from Ajyad, wearing a striped cloak, the cloak was too tight for him, and part of it slipped from his shoulder, so his private area was visible because of the smallness of the cloak. A voice called out, 'O Muhammad, cover your private area.' He was never seen naked after that. Between its building and what Allah revealed to him was fifteen years. When the army of al-Husayn b. Numayr came... and he mentioned its burning in the time of Ibn al-Zubayr ؓ.

22. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5046No grade recorded

    كُنَّا نَنْقُلُ الْحِجَارَةَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ حِينَ بَنَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ، فَكَانَتِ الرِّجَالُ تَنْقُلُ الْحِجَارَةَ، وَالنِّسَاءُ يَنْقُلْنَ الشِّيدَ، وَالشِّيدُ: مَا يُجْعَلُ بَيْنَ الصَّخْرِ، قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ ؓ: كُنْتُ أَنْقُلُ أَنَا وَابْنُ أَخِي مُحَمَّدٌ، فَكُنَّا نَنْقُلُ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، وَنَجْعَلُ أُزُرَنَا تَحْتَ الصَّخْرِ، فَإِذَا غَشِيَنَا النَّاسُ اتَّزَرْنَا، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا وَمُحَمَّدٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ إِذْ وَقَعَ فَانْبَطَحَ، فَجِئْتُ أَسْعَى فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ فَقَامَ فَاتَّزَرَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَمْشِيَ عُرْيَانًا، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ ؓ: فَكَتَمْتُ ذَلِكَ النَّاسَ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَرَوْهُ جُنُونًا

    ✧ We were carrying stones to the House when Quraysh built it. The men carried stones, and the women carried mortar—mortar is what is placed between the rocks. Al-Abbas ؓ said: I and my nephew Muhammad were carrying stones on our necks and putting our lower garments under the rocks. When people came upon us, we would wrap ourselves. While I was with Muhammad in front of me, he fell and lay prostrate. I came running and reached him, and behold, he was looking at the sky. I said to him, 'What is the matter with you?' He stood up and wrapped himself, and said ﷺ, 'I was forbidden to walk naked.' Al-Abbas ؓ said: I kept that from the people for fear they would think it madness.

23. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5047No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اعْتَكَفَ هُوَ وَخَدِيجَةُ شَهْرًا، فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ رَمَضَانَ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَمِعَ "السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ"، قَالَتْ: قَالَ: وَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ فَجْأَةُ الْجِنِّ، فَقَالَتْ: أَبْشِرْ، فَإِنَّ السَّلَامَ خَيْرٌ، ثُمَّ رَأَى ﷺ يَوْمًا آخَرَ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى الشَّمْسِ، جَنَاحٌ لَهُ بِالْمَشْرِقِ، وَجَنَاحٌ لَهُ بِالْمَغْرِبِ، فَهِبْتُ مِنْهُ، قَالَتْ: فَانْطَلَقَ يُرِيدُ أَهْلَهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِجِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْبَابِ، فَقَالَ: فَكَلَّمَنِي، حَتَّى آنَسْتُ بِهِ، ثُمَّ وَعَدَنِي مَوْعِدًا، فَجِئْتُ لِمَوْعِدِهِ، وَاحْتَبَسَ عَلَيَّ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِذَا بِهِ وَمِيكَائِيلَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، فَهَبَطَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، وَبَقِيَ مِيكَائِيلُ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ، قَالَ: فَأَخَذَنِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَصَلَقَنِي لِحَلَاوَةِ الْقَفَا، وَشَقَّ عَنْ بَطْنِي فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، ثُمَّ غَسَلَهُ فِي طَشْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ كَفَأَنِي كَمَا يُكْفَأُ الْإِنَاءُ، ثُمَّ خَتَمَ فِي ظَهْرِي حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ مَسَّ الْخَاتَمِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ، وَلَمْ أَقْرَأْ كِتَابًا قَطُّ، فَأَخَذَنِي بِحَلْقِي حَتَّى أَجْهَشْتُ بِالْبُكَاءِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَمَا نَسِيتُ شَيْئًا بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: تَبِعَتْهُ أُمَّتُهُ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، حَتَّى جِئْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي، فَمَا تَلَقَّانِي حَجَرٌ وَلَا شَجَرٌ إِلَّا قَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ، فَقَالَتِ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ.

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Khadijah retreated in seclusion for a month, and that coincided with Ramadan. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out and heard, 'Peace be upon you.' She said: He said, 'I thought it was a sudden encounter with the jinn.' She said, 'Rejoice, for peace is good.' Then one day he ﷺ saw Jibril ﷺ on the sun, with one wing in the east and one wing in the west, and I was frightened by him. She said: He went off intending to go to his family, and behold, Jibril ﷺ was between him and the door. He said: He spoke to me until I felt at ease with him, then he promised me an appointment. I came to the appointment, and Jibril ﷺ was delayed for me. When he wanted to return, behold, he and Mikail (peace be upon them) were there. Jibril ﷺ descended to the earth, and Mikail remained between heaven and earth. He said: Jibril ﷺ took me, threw me down on the back of my neck, split open my belly, and took out of it what Allah, exalted is He, willed. Then he washed it in a basin of gold, then returned it inside, then turned me over as a vessel is turned over, then he sealed my back until I felt the touch of the seal. Then he said to me, 'Recite in the name of your Lord,' and I had never read a book. He took me by the throat until I burst into tears. Then he said, 'Recite in the name of your Lord who created' up to His words, Mighty and Majestic: 'what he did not know.' He ﷺ said: I did not forget anything after that. Mikail ﷺ said, 'His nation has followed him, by the Lord of the Kaaba.' When I came to my house, no stone or tree met me except that it said, 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah,' until I entered upon Khadijah, and she said, 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.'

24. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5048No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَذَرَ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ شَهْرًا هُوَ وَخَدِيجَةُ، فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ، فَسَمِعَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: فَظَنَنْتُهَا فَجْأَةَ الْجِنِّ، فَجِئْتُ مُسْرِعًا، حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ فَسَجَّتْنِي ثَوْبًا، وَقَالَتْ: مَا شَأْنُكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؟ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى خَمْسِ آيَاتٍ مِنْهَا، فَمَا نَسِيتُ شَيْئًا بَعْدُ، ثُمَّ وَزَنَنِي بِرَجُلٍ فَوَزَنْتُهُ، ثُمَّ وَزَنَنِي بِآخَرَ فَوَزَنْتُهُ، حَتَّى وُزِنْتُ بِمِائَةِ رَجُلٍ، فَقَالَ مِيكَائِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ: تَبِعَتْهُ أُمَّتُهُ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ vowed to retreat in seclusion for a month, he and Khadijah, and that coincided with the month of Ramadan. One night the Prophet ﷺ went out and heard, 'Peace be upon you.' He said: I thought it was a sudden encounter with the jinn. I came quickly until I entered upon Khadijah, and she covered me with a garment and said, 'What is the matter with you, O son of Abdullah?' He mentioned the hadith in a similar way until he said: Until we came to five verses of it, and I did not forget anything after that. Then he weighed me against a man, and I outweighed him. Then he weighed me against another, and I outweighed him, until I was weighed against a hundred men. Mikail ﷺ said from above, 'His nation has followed him, by the Lord of the Kaaba.'

25. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5049No grade recorded

    بُعِثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was sent while he was forty-three years old.

26. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5050No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَنْطَلِقُ أَنَا وَأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ إِلَى أَصْنَامِ قُرَيْشٍ الَّتِي حَوْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَنَأْتِي الْعَذِرَاتِ، فَنَأْخُذُ حُرَيْرَاقَ بِأَيْدِينَا، فَنَنْطَلِقُ بِهِ إِلَى أَصْنَامِ قُرَيْشٍ فَنُلَطِّخُهَا، فَيُصْبِحُونَ فَيَقُولُونَ: مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا ؟ فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ إِلَيْهَا وَيَغْسِلُونَهَا بِاللَّبَنِ وَالْمَاءِ

    ✧ I used to go with Usama b. Zayd to the idols of Quraysh that were around the Kaaba. We would go to the places where they would relieve themselves, and we would take dung in our hands and go to the idols of Quraysh and smear them with it. When morning came, they would say, “Who did this to our gods?” So they would go to them and wash them with milk and water.

27. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5051No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْكَعْبَةَ فَرَأَى فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرَ، فَقَالَ لِي: ابْتَغِ لِي مَاءً، فَأَتَيْتُهُ ﷺ بِمَاءٍ فِي دَلْوٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَبُلُّ بِهِ الثَّوْبَ ثُمَّ يَضْرِبُ بِهِ الصُّوَرَ، وَيَقُولُ: قَاتَلَ اللهُ أَقْوَامًا يُصَوِّرُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُونَ

    ✧ I entered the Kaaba with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he saw images in it. He said to me, “Bring me some water.” So I brought him ﷺ water in a bucket. He began to moisten a cloth with it and then strike the images with it, saying, “May Allah fight the people who depict what they do not create.”

28. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5052No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّتَيْنِ بِسُوقِ ذِي الْمَجَازِ، وَأَنَا فِي بِيَاعَةٍ لِي أَبِيعُهَا، وَمَرَّ وَعَلَيْهِ جُبَّةٌ لَهُ حَمْرَاءُ، وَهُوَ ﷺ يُنَادِي بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قُولُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، تُفْلِحُوا، قَالَ: وَرَجُلٌ يَتْبَعُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ، قَدْ أَدْمَى كَعْبَيْهِ وَعُرْقُوبَيْهِ، وَيَقُولُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، لَا تُطِيعُوهُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَذَّابٌ، قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: هَذَا غُلَامٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يَتْبَعُهُ يَرْمِيهِ ؟ قَالُوا: عَمُّهُ عَبْدُ الْعُزَّى، وَهُوَ أَبُو لَهَبٍ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ الْإِسْلَامُ قِبَلَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَقْبَلْنَا فِي رَكْبٍ مِنَ الرَّبَذَةِ، حَتَّى نَزَلْنَا قَرِيبًا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ

    ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ twice in the market of Dhu al-Majaz while I was selling some goods of mine. He passed by wearing a red cloak of his, and he ﷺ was calling out at the top of his voice, “O people, say: There is no god but Allah, and you will succeed.” A man was following him throwing stones at him, and he had made his heels and Achilles tendons bleed. He was saying, “O people, do not obey him, for he is a liar.” I said, “Who is this?” They said, “This is a young man from Banu Abd al-Muttalib.” I said, “Then who is this who is following him and throwing at him?” They said, “His uncle Abd al-Uzza, who is Abu Lahab.” He said, “When Islam became manifest in Madinah, we came in a caravan from al-Rabadha until we stopped near Madinah.”

29. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5053No grade recorded

    جَاءَتْ قُرَيْشٌ إِلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ، إِنَّ ابْنَ أَخِيكَ يُؤْذِينَا فِي نَادِينَا وَفِي مَسْجِدِنَا، فَانْهَهُ عَنْ أَذَانَا، فَقَالَ: يَا عَقِيلُ، ائْتِنِي بِمُحَمَّدٍ، فَذَهَبْتُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، إِنَّ بَنِي عَمِّكَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكَ تُؤْذِيهِمْ، فَانْتَهِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَحَلَّقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ: أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الشَّمْسَ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: مَا أَنَا بِأَقْدَرَ عَلَى أَنْ أَدَعَ لَكُمْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنْ تُشْعِلُوا مِنْهَا شُعْلَةً، قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ: مَا كَذَبَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي، فَارْجِعُوا

    ✧ Quraysh came to Abu Talib and said, “O Abu Talib, your nephew harms us in our gathering place and in our mosque, so forbid him from harming us.” He said, “O Aqil, bring Muhammad to me.” So I went and brought him. He said, “O son of my brother, your cousins claim that you harm them, so stop that.” He said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his eyes to the sky and said, ‘Do you see this sun?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘I am no more able to leave that for you than you are to kindle a flame from it.’” He said, “Abu Talib said, ‘My nephew has not lied to us, so go back.’”

30. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5054No grade recorded

    إِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَهَا: مَا أَشَدُّ مَا رَأَيْتِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بَلَغُوا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَتْ: كَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ قُعُودًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَتَذَاكَرُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا يَقُولُ فِي آلِهَتِهِمْ، فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَامُوا إِلَيْهِ بِأَجْمَعِهِمْ، فَأَتَى الصَّرِيخُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَقَالُوا: أَدْرِكْ صَاحِبَكَ، فَخَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَإِنَّ لَهُ لَغَدَائِرَ أَرْبَعًا، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: وَيْلَكُمْ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ، قَالَ: فَلَهَوْا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، قَالَتْ: فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَجَعَلَ لَا يَمَسُّ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَدَائِرِهِ إِلَّا جَاءَ مَعَهُ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

    ✧ They said to her, “What was the worst thing you saw the polytheists do to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” She said, “The polytheists were sitting in the mosque, talking about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and what he said about their gods. While they were doing that, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came, so they all stood up to him. The news reached Abu Bakr ؓ, and they said, ‘Help your companion.’ He came out from us, and he had four braids, saying, ‘Woe to you! Would you kill a man for saying: My Lord is Allah, when he has come to you with clear proofs from your Lord?’” She said, “They left the Messenger of Allah ﷺ alone and turned to Abu Bakr ؓ.” She said, “Abu Bakr ؓ returned to us, and he did not touch any of his braids without some of it coming out with it, and he was saying, ‘Blessed are You, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.’”

31. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5055No grade recorded

    كَانَ أَوَّلُ إِسْلَامِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: ضَرَبَ أُخْتِي الْمَخَاضُ لَيْلًا، فَخَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ فَدَخَلْتُ فِي أَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ قَارَّةٍ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ الْحِجْرَ وَعَلَيْهِ نَعْلَاهُ، فَصَلَّى مَا شَاءَ اللهُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُ شَيْئًا لَمْ أَسْمَعْ مِثْلَهُ، فَخَرَجْتُ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: عُمَرُ، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا عُمَرُ، مَا تَتْرُكُنِي لَيْلًا وَلَا نَهَارًا، قَالَ: فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ عَلَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا عُمَرُ، اسْتُرْهُ قُلْتُ: لَا، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَأُعْلِنَنَّهُ كَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ بِالشِّرْكِ

    ✧ The beginning of Umar’s ؓ Islam was as follows: Umar ؓ said, “My sister went into labor at night, so I left the house and entered the curtains of the Kaaba on a cold night.” He said, “The Prophet ﷺ came and entered the Hijr wearing his sandals and prayed as long as Allah willed, then he left.” He said, “I heard something the like of which I had never heard, so I went out and followed him. He said, ‘Who is this?’ I said, ‘Umar.’ He ﷺ said, ‘O Umar, you do not leave me alone night or day.’” He said, “I feared that he would supplicate against me, so I said, ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are the Messenger of Allah.’ He ﷺ said, ‘O Umar, keep it secret.’ I said, ‘No, by the One who sent you with the truth, I will declare it openly just as I declared polytheism openly.’”

32. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5056No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ لَقِيَ عُمَرَ ؓ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ وَهُوَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ السَّيْفَ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ تَعْمِدُ يَا عُمَرُ ؟ فَقَالَ: أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْتُلَ مُحَمَّدًا، قَالَ: وَكَيْفَ تَأْمَنُ فِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ أَوْ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ وَقَدْ قَتَلْتَ مُحَمَّدًا ؟ قَالَ: مَا أَرَاكَ إِلَّا قَدْ صَبَوْتَ وَتَرَكْتَ دِينَكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: أَفَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى الْعَجَبِ يَا عُمَرُ ؟ إِنَّ خَتَنَكَ وَأُخْتَكَ قَدْ صَبَوَا وَتَرَكَا دِينَهُمَا الَّذِي هُمَا عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَمَشَى إِلَيْهِمَا ذَامِرًا، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: يَعْنِي مُتَغَضِّبًا، حَتَّى دَنَا مِنَ الْبَابِ وَعِنْدَهُمَا رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: خَبَّابٌ، يُقْرِئُهُمَا سُورَةَ طه، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ خَبَّابٌ ؓ حِسَّ عُمَرَ دَخَلَ تَحْتَ سَرِيرٍ لَهُمَا، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذِهِ الْهَيْنَمَةُ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهَا عِنْدَكُمْ ؟ قَالَا: مَا عِنْدَنَا حَدِيثٌ تَحَدَّثْنَا بَيْنَنَا، فَقَالَ: لَعَلَّكُمَا صَبَوْتُمَا وَتَرَكْتُمَا دِينَكُمَا الَّذِي أَنْتُمَا عَلَيْهِ ؟ فَقَالَ خَتَنُهُ: يَا عُمَرُ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ الْحَقُّ فِي غَيْرِ دِينِكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى خَتَنِهِ فَوَطِئَهُ وَطْئًا شَدِيدًا، قَالَ: فَدَفَعَتْهُ أُخْتُهُ عَنْ زَوْجِهَا، فَضَرَبَ وَجْهَهَا فَدَمِيَ وَجْهُهَا، فَقَالَتْ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ الْحَقُّ فِي غَيْرِ دِينِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَرُونِي هَذَا الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ قَالَ: وَكَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ يَقْرَأُ الْكُتُبَ، فَقَالَتْ أُخْتُهُ: لَا، أَنْتَ رِجْسٌ، أَعْطِنَا مَوْثِقًا مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى لَتَرُدَّنَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَقُمْ فَاغْتَسِلْ وَتَوَضَّأْ، قَالَ: فَفَعَلَ، قَالَ: فَقَرَأَ: طه مَا أَنْـزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَأَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ لِذِكْرِي إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: دُلُّونِي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ خَبَّابٌ ؓ كَلَامَ عُمَرَ ؓ خَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرْ يَا عُمَرُ، فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ دَعْوَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَكَ عَشِيَّةَ الْخَمِيسِ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الدِّينَ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَوْ بِعَمْرِو بْنِ هِشَامٍ، فَقَالُوا: هُوَ فِي الدَّارِ الَّتِي فِي أَصْلِ الصَّفَا، يَعْنِي: النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ، فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ ؓ، وَعَلَى الْبَابِ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ وَأُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى حَمْزَةُ ؓ وَجِلَ الْقَوْمُ مِنْ عُمَرَ ؓ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، هَذَا عُمَرُ فَإِنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُسْلِمْ وَيَتَّبِعِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ يَكُنْ قَتْلُهُ عَلَيْنَا هَيِّنًا، قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَخَذَ بِمَجَامِعِ ثَوْبِهِ وَحَمَائِلِ السَّيْفِ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنْتَ مُنْتَهِي يَا عُمَرُ حَتَّى يُنْزِلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِكَ الْخِزْيَ وَالنَّكَالَ مَا أَنْزَلَ بِالْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الدِّينَ بِعُمَرَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَأَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ: اخْرُجْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ

    ✧ A man from Banu Zuhra met Umar ؓ before he had accepted Islam, while Umar was carrying a sword. He said, “Where are you heading, O Umar?” Umar said, “I want to kill Muhammad.” He said, “How can you be safe among Banu Hashim or Banu Zuhra if you have killed Muhammad?” Umar said, “I see that you have turned apostate and left your religion.” He said, “Shall I tell you something astonishing, O Umar? Your brother-in-law and your sister have turned apostate and left the religion they were upon.” He said, “So Umar went to them angrily.” Ishaq said, “Meaning in a rage,” until he approached the door, and with them was a man called Khabbab, reciting Surah Ta-Ha to them. He said, “When Khabbab ؓ heard Umar’s footsteps, he hid under a bed of theirs.” Umar said, “What is this murmuring I hear with you?” They said, “We were just talking between ourselves.” He said, “Perhaps you have apostatized and left your religion.” His brother-in-law said, “O Umar, what do you think if the truth is in a religion other than yours?” He said, “Umar turned to his brother-in-law and trampled him severely.” He said, “His sister pushed him away from her husband, so he struck her face and made it bleed.” She said, “What do you think if the truth is in a religion other than yours? I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.” He said, “Umar ؓ said, ‘Show me this book that you were reciting.’” He said, “Umar ؓ could read books.” His sister said, “No, you are impure. Give us a covenant by Allah Almighty that you will return it to us, and get up and perform ghusl and wudu.” He said, “So he did.” He said, “He recited: ‘Ta-Ha. We have not sent down to you the Qur’an that you be distressed’ until His saying: ‘And establish prayer for My remembrance. Indeed, the Hour is coming; I almost conceal it.’” Umar ؓ said, “Show me where Muhammad is.” When Khabbab ؓ heard Umar’s ؓ words, he came out to him and said, “Rejoice, O Umar, for I hope that you are the answer to the supplication of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on Thursday evening: ‘O Allah, strengthen the religion with Umar b. al-Khattab or with Amr b. Hisham.’” They said, “He is in the house at the foot of al-Safa,” meaning the Prophet ﷺ, “receiving revelation.” So Umar ؓ went, and at the door were Hamza b. Abd al-Muttalib ؓ and some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. When Hamza ؓ saw the people’s fear of Umar ؓ, he said, “Yes, this is Umar. If Allah intends good for him, he will accept Islam and follow the Prophet ﷺ, and if it is otherwise, his killing will be easy for us.” He said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to him and grabbed the collar of his garment and his sword strap, and said, ‘Will you not stop, O Umar, until Allah Almighty sends upon you disgrace and punishment like what He sent upon al-Walid b. al-Mughira? O Allah, this is Umar b. al-Khattab. O Allah, strengthen the religion with Umar.’” Umar ؓ said, “I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah,” and he accepted Islam. Then he ؓ said, “Come out, O Messenger of Allah.”

33. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5057No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الْأَزْرَقُ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.

    ✧ Mujahid b. Musa narrated to us, Ishaq al-Azraq narrated to us, and he mentioned something similar.

34. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5058No grade recorded

    قَالَ ﷺ عَشِيَّةَ الْخَمِيسِ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الدِّينَ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَوْ بِعَمْرِو بْنِ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ: فَتَقَلَّدَ عُمَرُ ؓ السَّيْفَ، فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلٌ وَهُوَ مِنْ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ...

    ✧ He ﷺ said on Thursday evening: “O Allah, strengthen the religion with Umar b. al-Khattab or with Amr b. Hisham.” He said, “Umar ؓ took up his sword, and a man from Banu Zuhra met him...”

35. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5059No grade recorded

    اسْتَأْذَنَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: ائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ آتِيَ أَرْضًا أَعْبُدُ اللهَ تَعَالَى فِيهَا لَا أَخَافُ أَحَدًا، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَأَتَى النَّجَاشِيَّ. قَالَ: فَحَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ ؓ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ مَكَانَهُ حَسَدْتُهُ، قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَأَسْتَقْتِلَنَّ لِهَذَا وَأَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّجَاشِيَّ فَدَخَلْتُ مَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ بِأَرْضِكَ رَجُلًا ابْنُ عَمِّهِ بِأَرْضِنَا، وَإِنَّهُ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلنَّاسِ إِلَّا إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَإِنَّكَ وَاللهِ إِنْ لَمْ تَقْتُلْهُ وَأَصْحَابَهُ لَا أَقْطَعُ إِلَيْكَ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةَ أَبَدًا، لَا أَنَا وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي، قَالَ: ادْعُهُ، قُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ لَا يَجِيءُ مَعِي فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِي رَسُولًا، فَجَاءَ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى الْبَابِ نَادَيْتُ: ائْذَنْ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، فَنَادَى هُوَ مِنْ خَلْفِي: ائْذَنْ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَهُ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ قَبْلِي، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ، قَالَ: فَأَذِنَ لِي، فَدَخَلْتُ فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ، فَذَكَرَ أَيْنَ كَانَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ السَّرِيرِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ جِئْتُ حَتَّى قَعَدْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَجَعَلْتُهُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِي، وَأَقْعَدْتُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَجُلَيْنِ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِي، قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ: نَحِّرُوا نَحِّرُوا، أَيْ: تَكَلَّمُوا، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: إِنَّ ابْنَ عَمِّ هَذَا بِأَرْضِنَا، وَإِنَّهُ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلنَّاسِ إِلَّا إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَإِنَّكَ وَاللهِ إِنْ لَمْ تَقْتُلْهُ وَأَصْحَابَهُ لَا أَقْطَعُ هَذِهِ النُّطْفَةَ إِلَيْكَ أَبَدًا، وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي، قَالَ: فَتَشَهَّدَ، فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ مَا سَمِعْتُ التَّشَهُّدَ يَوْمَئِذٍ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ ابْنُ عَمِّي، وَأَنَا عَلَى دِينِهِ، قَالَ: فَصَاحَ، وَقَالَ: أَوَّهْ، حَتَّى قُلْتُ: إِنَّ الْحَبَشَةَ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُ، قَالَ: أَنَامُوسٌ مِثْلُ نَامُوسِ مُوسَى ؟ مَا يَقُولُ فِي عِيسَى ؟ قَالَ: يَقُولُ: هُوَ رُوحُ اللهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ، قَالَ: فَتَنَاوَلَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ: مَا أَخْطَأَ شَيْئًا مِمَّا قَالَ وَلَا هَذِهِ، وَلَوْلَا مُلْكِي لَتَبِعْتُكُمْ، وَقَالَ لِي: مَا كُنْتُ لِأُبَالِيَ أَنْ لَا تَأْتِيَنِي أَنْتَ وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ أَبَدًا، وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ ؓ: اذْهَبْ فَأَنْتَ آمِنٌ بِأَرْضِي، فَمَنْ ضَرَبَكَ قَتَلْتُهُ، وَمَنْ سَبَّكَ غَرَّمْتُهُ وَقَالَ لِآذِنِهِ: مَتَى أَتَاكَ هَذَا يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيَّ فَأْذَنْ لَهُ، إِلَّا أَنْ أَكُونَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِي، فَإِنْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِي فَأَخْبِرْهُ، فَإِنْ أَبَى فَأْذَنْ لَهُ، قَالَ: وَتَفَرَّقْنَا فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَكُونُ لَقِيتُهُ خَالِيًا مِنْ جَعْفَرٍ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي فِي طَرِيقٍ مَرَّةً، فَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا وَنَظَرْتُ خَلْفِي فَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا، قَالَ: فَدَنَوْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: هَدَاكَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، فَاثْبُتْ، قَالَ: وَتَرَكَنِي وَذَهَبَ. قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ أَصْحَابِي، فَكَأَنَّمَا شَهِدُوا مَعِي، فَأَخَذُونِي فَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيَّ قَطِيفَةً، أَوْ ثَوْبًا، فَجَعَلُوا يُغَمِّمُونَنِي، فَجَعَلْتُ أُخْرِجُ رَأْسِي مِنْ هَذِهِ النَّاحِيَةِ مَرَّةً، وَمِنْ هَذِهِ النَّاحِيَةِ مَرَّةً، حَتَّى أَفْلَتُّ وَمَا عَلَيَّ قِشْرَةٌ، قَالَ: فَلَقِيتُ حَبَشِيَّةً فَأَخَذْتُ قِنَاعَهَا، فَجَعَلْتُهُ عَلَى عَوْرَتِي، فَقَالَتْ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَقُلْتُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَتَيْتُ جَعْفَرًا ؓ فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: ذَهَبَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ لِي حَتَّى مَا تُرِكَ عَلَيَّ قِشْرَةٌ، وَمَا الَّذِي تَرَى عَلَيَّ إِلَّا قِنَاعُ حَبَشِيَّةٍ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ، وَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ إِلَى بَابِ الْمَلِكِ، فَقَالَ: ائْذَنْ لِحِزْبِ اللهِ، قَالَ: آذِنْهُ، إِنَّهُ مَعَ أَهْلِهِ، قَالَ: اسْتَأْذِنْ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ عَمْرًا قَدْ تَابَعَنِي عَلَى دِينِي، قَالَ: كَلَّا، قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: كَلَّا، قَالَ: بَلَى، فَقَالَ لِإِنْسَانٍ: اذْهَبْ مَعَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَعَلَ فَلَا يَقُولُ شَيْئًا إِلَّا كَتَبْتُهُ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَجَعَلَ يَكْتُبُ مَا أَقُولُ حَتَّى مَا تَرَكْتُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى الْقَدَحِ، وَلَوْ شَاءَ أَنْ آخُذَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ إِلَى مَالِي لَفَعَلْتُ. هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ حَسَنٌ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ مُخَالِفٌ لِلْمَشْهُورِ أَنَّ إِسْلَامَ عَمْرٍو ؓ كَانَ عَلَى يَدِ النَّجَاشِيِّ نَفْسِهِ. تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، وَلَمْ يَرْوِ عَنْهُ غَيْرُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَوْنٍ، وَقَدْ قَالَ ابْنُ مَعِينٍ: لَا يُسَاوِي شَيْئًا، وَوَثَّقَهُ مَرَّةً، وَفِي الْجُمْلَةِ يُكْتَبُ حَدِيثُهُ. وَقَالَ الْبَزَّارُ: لَا نَعْلَمُهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عَمْرٍو ؓ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ.

    ✧ Jafar b. Abi Talib ؓ asked permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying, “Allow me to go to a land where I can worship Allah Almighty without fearing anyone.” So he allowed him, and he went to the Negus. Amr b. al-As ؓ narrated to me, saying, “When I saw his position, I envied him. I said, ‘By Allah, I will seek the death of this man and his companions.’ So I went to the Negus and entered upon him with him. I said, ‘In your land there is a man whose cousin is in our land, and he claims that there is no god for people except one God. By Allah, if you do not kill him and his companions, I will never cross this sea to you again, neither I nor anyone of my companions.’ He said, ‘Call him.’ I said, ‘He will not come with me, so send a messenger with me.’ He came, and when he reached the door, I called out, ‘Give permission for Amr b. al-As.’ But he called out from behind me, ‘Give permission for Abdullah.’ He said, ‘He heard his voice and gave him permission before me.’ He said, ‘So he and his companions entered.’ He said, ‘Then he gave me permission, and I entered, and there he was sitting.’ He mentioned where his seat was on the couch. When I saw him, I went and sat in front of him, putting him behind my back, and I seated one of my companions between every two of them. He said, ‘The Negus said, “Sacrifice, sacrifice,” meaning, “Speak.”’ Amr said, ‘The cousin of this man is in our land, and he claims that there is no god for people except one God. By Allah, if you do not kill him and his companions, I will never cross this sea to you again, nor anyone of my companions.’ He said, ‘He recited the tashahhud, and that was the first time I heard the tashahhud.’ He said, ‘My cousin has spoken the truth, and I am upon his religion.’ He said, ‘He cried out and said, “Oh!” until I thought that the Abyssinians do not speak.’ He said, ‘Is there a Namus like the Namus of Musa? What does he say about Isa?’ He said, ‘He says: He is the Spirit of Allah and His Word.’ He said, ‘He picked up something from the ground and said, “He has not missed anything of what he said, nor even this. Were it not for my kingdom, I would have followed you.” He said to me, “I do not care if you never come to me again, neither you nor anyone of your companions.” And he said to Jafar ؓ, “Go, for you are safe in my land. Whoever strikes you, I will kill him, and whoever reviles you, I will fine him.” And he said to his doorkeeper, “Whenever this man comes asking permission to enter upon me, give him permission, unless I am with my family. If I am with my family, inform him, and if he insists, then give him permission.”’ He said, ‘We parted, and there was no one I would rather meet alone than Jafar. He met me on a road once, and I saw no one else, and I looked behind me and saw no one. He said, ‘I approached and took his hand and said, “Do you know that I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger?” He said, “May Allah Almighty guide you, so be firm.” He said, ‘He left me and went away.’ He said, ‘I came to my companions, and it was as if they had witnessed with me. They seized me and threw a velvet cloth or a garment over me, and they began to cover my head. I kept sticking my head out from this side once and from that side once, until I escaped with not even a shred of clothing on me.’ He said, ‘I met an Abyssinian woman and took her veil and put it over my private parts. She said such and such, and I said such and such. Then I went to Jafar ؓ, and he said, “What is the matter with you?” I said, “I lost everything I had until not even a shred was left on me. What you see on me is nothing but the veil of an Abyssinian woman.”’ He said, ‘He went, and I went with him until we reached the king’s door. He said, “Give permission for the party of Allah.” The doorkeeper said, “Give him permission, for he is with his family.” He said, “Ask permission.” So he asked permission, and permission was given. He said, “Amr has followed me in my religion.” The king said, “No.” He said, “Yes.” The king said, “No.” He said, “Yes.” Then he said to a man, “Go with him, and if he has done it, then everything he says I will record.” He said, “Yes.” So he began to write down what I said until I left nothing out, even the cup. If I had wanted to take from their wealth to my own, I could have done so.’ This chain is good, except that it contradicts the well-known view that Amr's ؓ acceptance of Islam was at the hands of the Negus himself. Umayr b. Ishaq is alone in narrating it, and no one else narrated from him except Abdullah b. Awn. Ibn Main said, “He is worthless,” and he also considered him reliable once. In general, his hadith is recorded. Al-Bazzar said, “We do not know of it being narrated from Amr ؓ except through this chain.”

36. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5060No grade recorded

    كَانَتِ الْهِجْرَةُ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ لَيَالِيَ خَيْبَرَ

    ✧ The migration from Abyssinia was during the nights of Khaybar.

37. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5061No grade recorded

    اجْتَمَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ يَوْمًا، فَقَالُوا: انْظُرُوا أَعْلَمَكُمْ بِالسِّحْرِ وَالْكَهَانَةِ وَالشِّعْرِ، فَلْيَأْتِ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي قَدْ فَرَّقَ جَمَاعَتَنَا، وَشَتَّتَ أَمْرَنَا، وَعَابَ دِينَنَا، فَلْيُكَلِّمْهُ وَلْيَنْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا: مَا نَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا غَيْرَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، فَقَالُوا: أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ، فَأَتَاهُ عُتْبَةُ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؟ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ، فَقَدْ عَبَدُوا الْآلِهَةَ الَّتِي عِبْتَ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى نَسْمَعَ قَوْلَكَ، أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا سَخْلَةً قَطُّ أَشْأَمَ عَلَى قَوْمِكَ مِنْكَ، فَرَّقْتَ شَمْلَنَا، وَشَتَّتَّ أَمْرَنَا، وَعِبْتَ دِينَنَا، وَفَضَحْتَنَا فِي الْعَرَبِ، حَتَّى لَقَدْ طَارَ فِيهِمْ أَنَّ فِي قُرَيْشٍ سَاحِرًا، وَأَنَّ فِي قُرَيْشٍ كَاهِنًا، وَاللهِ مَا نَنْتَظِرُ إِلَّا مِثْلَ صَيْحَةِ الْحُبْلَى أَنْ يَقْدَمَ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ بِالسُّيُوفِ حَتَّى نَتَفَانَى، أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ، إِنْ كَانَ إِنَّمَا بِكَ الْحَاجَةُ جَمَعْنَا لَكَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَغْنَى قُرَيْشٍ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا، وَإِنْ كَانَ إِنَّمَا بِكَ الْبَاءَةُ فَاخْتَرْ أَيَّ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ شِئْتَ فَلْنُزَوِّجْكَ عَشْرًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَفَرَغْتَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم تَنْـزِيلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ: فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنْذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُتْبَةُ: حَسْبُكَ، حَسْبُكَ، مَا عِنْدَكَ غَيْرُ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا: مَا وَرَاءَكَ ؟ قَالَ: مَا تَرَكْتُ شَيْئًا أَرَى أَنَّكُمْ تُكَلِّمُونَهُ بِهِ إِلَّا قَدْ كَلَّمْتُهُ بِهِ، قَالُوا: فَهَلْ أَجَابَكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَصَبَهَا بَنِيَّةً، مَا فَهِمْتُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا قَالَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ أَنْذَرَكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ، قَالُوا: وَيْلَكَ، يُكَلِّمُكَ رَجُلٌ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ لَا تَدْرِي مَا قَالَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَاللهِ، مَا فَهِمْتُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا قَالَ غَيْرَ ذِكْرِ الصَّاعِقَةِ

    ✧ Quraysh gathered one day and said: "Look for the most knowledgeable among you in sorcery, divination, and poetry; let him go to this man who has divided our assembly, scattered our affairs, and criticized our religion. Let him speak with him and see what he replies." They said: "We know no one other than 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah." They said: "You, O Abu al-Walid." So 'Utbah came to him and said: "O Muhammad, are you better or 'Abd Allah?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent. He said: "If you claim that these [forefathers] are better than you, they indeed worshipped the deities that you have criticized. And if you claim that you are better than them, then speak so that we may hear your words. By Allah, we have never seen a young lamb more ill-omened for your people than you. You have divided our unity, scattered our affairs, criticized our religion, and disgraced us among the Arabs, until it has spread among them that there is a sorcerer in Quraysh and a soothsayer in Quraysh. By Allah, we await only a cry like that of a pregnant woman [about to miscarry], that some of us will fall upon others with swords until we annihilate each other. O man, if it is need that drives you, we will gather for you until you become the richest single man of Quraysh. And if it is marriage you desire, then choose whichever women of Quraysh you wish, and we will marry you to ten." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Have you finished?" He said: "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Ha Mim. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing." He continued until he reached: "But if they turn away, then say: I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of 'Ad and Thamud." 'Utbah said to him: "Enough, enough! Do you have anything other than this?" He ﷺ said: "No." He returned to Quraysh, and they said: "What news do you bring?" He said: "I did not leave anything that I thought you would say to him except that I said it to him." They said: "Did he answer you?" He said: "Yes." He said: "By the One who erected it as a building, I understood nothing of what he said except that he warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of 'Ad and Thamud." They said: "Woe to you! A man speaks to you in Arabic and you do not know what he said?" He said: "No, by Allah, I understood nothing of what he said except the mention of the thunderbolt."

38. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5062No grade recorded

    لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ انْتُهِيَ بِي إِلَى قَصْرٍ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ، فِيهِ فَرَائِصُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ يَتَلَأْلَأُ، فَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ، أَوْ فَأَمَرَنِي فِي عَلِيٍّ بِثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ: بِأَنَّكَ سَيِّدُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَإِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ، وَقَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ

    ✧ When I was taken up to the heaven, I reached a palace of pearl, in which there were doors of gold that glittered. It was revealed to me, or I was commanded regarding 'Ali with three qualities: that you are the master of the messengers, the imam of the pious, and the leader of the radiant, marked ones [on the Day of Judgment].

39. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5063No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِغَلَسٍ، فَجَلَسَ وَأَنَا عَلَى فِرَاشِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: شَعَرْتُ أَنِّي بِتُّ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ، فَأَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَذَهَبَ بِي إِلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِذَا بِدَابَّةٍ أَبْيَضَ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ وَدُونَ الْبَغْلِ مُضْطَرِبِ الْأُذُنَيْنِ، فَرَكِبْتُ، وَكَانَ يَضَعُ حَافِرَهُ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ، إِذَا أَخَذَنِي فِي هُبُوطٍ طَالَتْ يَدَاهُ وَقَصُرَتْ رِجْلَاهُ، وَإِذَا أَخَذَنِي فِي صُعُودٍ طَالَتْ رِجْلَاهُ وَقَصُرَتْ يَدَاهُ، وَجِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَا يَفُوتُنِي، حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَأَوْثَقْتُهُ بِالْحَلْقَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ تُوثِقُ بِهَا، فَنُشِرَ لِي رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، مِنْهُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ وَكَلَّمْتُهُمْ، وَأُتِيتُ بِإِنَاءَيْنِ أَحْمَرَ وَأَبْيَضَ، فَشَرِبْتُ الْأَبْيَضَ، فَقَالَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: شَرِبْتَ اللَّبَنَ، وَتَرَكْتَ الْخَمْرَ، لَوْ شَرِبْتَ الْخَمْرَ لَارْتَدَّتْ أُمَّتُكَ. ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ وَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِ الْغَدَاةَ، قَالَتْ: فَتَعَلَّقْتُ بِرِدَائِهِ وَقُلْتُ: أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ أَنْ لَا تُحَدِّثَ بِهَذَا قُرَيْشًا فَيُكَذِّبَكَ مَنْ صَدَّقَكَ ! فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى رِدَائِهِ فَانْتَزَعَهُ مِنْ يَدِي، فَارْتَفَعَ عَنْ بَطْنِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى عُكَنِهِ فَوْقَ إِزَارِهِ كَأَنَّهَا طَيُّ الْقَرَاطِيسِ، فَإِذَا نُورٌ سَاطِعٌ عِنْدَ فُؤَادِهِ، كَادَ يَخْطِفُ بَصَرِي، فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِدَةً، فَلَمَّا رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي إِذَا هُوَ ﷺ قَدْ خَرَجَ، فَقُلْتُ لِجَارِيَتِي نَبْعَةَ: وَيْلَكِ، اتْبَعِيهِ فَانْظُرِي مَاذَا يَقُولُ ؟ وَمَاذَا يُقَالُ لَهُ ؟ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتْ نَبْعَةُ أَخْبَرَتْنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ انْتَهَى إِلَى نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِي الْحَطِيمِ، فِيهِمُ الْمُطْعِمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَالْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ الْعِشَاءَ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ، وَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِ الْغَدَاةَ، وَأَتَيْتُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَنُشِرَ لِي رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، وَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ وَكَلَّمْتُهُمْ، فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ هِشَامٍ كَالْمُسْتَهْزِئِ بِهِ: صِفْهُمْ لِي، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَمَّا عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَفَوْقَ الرَّبْعَةِ وَدُونَ الطَّوِيلِ، عَرِيضُ الصَّدْرِ، ظَاهِرُ الدَّمِ، جَعْدُ الشَّعَرِ، تَعْلُوهُ صُهْبَةٌ، كَأَنَّهُ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ، وَأَمَّا مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَضَخْمٌ آدَمُ، طُوَالٌ، كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ شَنُوءَةَ، مُتَرَاكِبُ الْأَسْنَانِ، مُقَلَّصُ الشَّفَةِ، خَارِجُ اللِّثَةِ، عَابِسٌ، وَأَمَّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَوَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَأَشْبَهُ النَّاسِ بِي خُلُقًا وَخَلْقًا، قَالَ: فَضَجُّوا وَأَعْظَمُوا ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ الْمُطْعِمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ: كُلُّ أَمْرِكَ قَبْلَ الْيَوْمِ كَانَ أَمَمًا غَيْرَ قَوْلِكَ الْيَوْمَ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ كَاذِبٌ، نَحْنُ نَضْرِبُ أَكْبَادَ الْإِبِلِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ نَصْعَدُ شَهْرًا وَنَنْحَدِرُ شَهْرًا، تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ! وَاللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى، لَا أُصَدِّقُكَ وَمَا كَانَ الَّذِي تَقُولُهُ قَطُّ، وَكَانَ لِلْمُطْعِمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ حَوْضٌ عَلَى زَمْزَمَ أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَهَدَمَهُ وَأَقْسَمَ بِاللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى لَا يَسْقِي مِنْهُ قَطْرَةً أَبَدًا. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: يَا مُطْعِمُ، بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتَ لِابْنِ أَخِيكَ، جَبَهْتَهُ وَكَذَّبْتَهُ، أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ صَادِقٌ، فَقَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَصِفْ لَنَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ. قَالَ: دَخَلْتُهُ لَيْلًا وَخَرَجْتُ مِنْهُ لَيْلًا، فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَصَيَّرَهُ فِي جَنَاحِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: بَابٌ مِنْهُ كَذَا فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا، وَبَابٌ مِنْهُ كَذَا فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ يَقُولُ: صَدَقْتَ، صَدَقْتَ، قَالَتْ نَبْعَةُ ؓ: فَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَئِذٍ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنِّي قَدْ سَمَّيْتُكَ الصِّدِّيقَ، قَالُوا: يَا مُطْعِمُ، دَعْنَا نَسْأَلُهُ عَمَّا هُوَ أَغْنَى لَنَا مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me at dawn while I was on my bed, and he sat down. He ﷺ said: "I sensed that last night I was in the Sacred Mosque. Jibril ﷺ came to me and took me to the door of the mosque, where there was a white beast, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, with twitching ears. I mounted it, and it would place its hoof at the farthest extent of its gaze. When it took me downhill, its front legs would lengthen and its hind legs shorten; when it took me uphill, its hind legs would lengthen and its front legs shorten. Jibril ﷺ did not fall behind me, until we reached the Holy House [Jerusalem]. I tied it to the ring that the prophets used to tie their mounts to. Then a group of prophets was presented to me, among them Ibrahim, Musa, and 'Isa (peace and blessings be upon them). I prayed with them and spoke with them. Then I was brought two vessels, one red and one white. I drank from the white one. Jibril ﷺ said to me: 'You drank milk and left wine. Had you drunk wine, your nation would have strayed.' Then I mounted it again and came to the Sacred Mosque, where I prayed the dawn prayer." She said: "I clung to his cloak and said: 'I ask you by Allah, O cousin, do not tell Quraysh about this, lest those who believed you disbelieve you!' He struck my hand from his cloak and pulled it away from me, and it rose above his belly. I looked at the folds of his stomach above his waist wrapper, like the folds of parchment, and there was a radiant light at his heart that almost snatched my sight. I fell down in prostration. When I raised my head, he ﷺ had already left. I said to my servant girl, Nab'ah: 'Woe to you, follow him and see what he says and what is said to him.' When Nab'ah returned, she informed me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to a group of Quraysh in the Hijr, among them al-Mut'im b. 'Adi, 'Amr b. Hisham, and al-Walid b. al-Mughirah. He ﷺ said: 'Last night I prayed the evening prayer in this mosque, and I prayed the dawn prayer here, and in between I went to the Holy House [Jerusalem]. A group of prophets was presented to me, among them Ibrahim, Musa, and 'Isa (peace and blessings be upon them). I prayed with them and spoke with them.' 'Amr b. Hisham said mockingly: 'Describe them to me.' He ﷺ said: 'As for 'Isa ﷺ, he is above medium height and below tall, broad-chested, with a reddish complexion, curly hair, and a slight reddish tinge to his hair, resembling 'Urwah b. Mas'ud al-Thaqafi. As for Musa ﷺ, he is heavy-set, dark-skinned, tall, as if he were from the men of Shanu'ah, with overlapping teeth, a drawn-in lip, and protruding gums, stern-faced. As for Ibrahim ﷺ, by Allah, he is the person most resembling me in character and appearance.'" She said: "They made an uproar and considered it a grave matter. Al-Mut'im b. 'Adi said: 'All your affairs before today were ordinary, not like your statement today. As for me, I testify that you are a liar. We strike the livers of camels to reach the Holy House, going up for a month and coming down for a month, and you claim that you went there in a single night! By al-Lat and al-'Uzza, I will not believe you, and what you say has never happened.' Al-Mut'im b. 'Adi had a cistern at Zamzam that 'Abd al-Muttalib had given him, so he demolished it and swore by al-Lat and al-'Uzza that he would never give a drop of water from it again. Abu Bakr ؓ said: 'O Mut'im, what an evil thing you have said to your nephew. You have insulted him and called him a liar. I testify that he is truthful.' They said: 'O Muhammad, describe the Holy House [Jerusalem] to us.' He said: 'I entered it at night and left it at night.' Jibril ﷺ came to him and placed him on his wing, and he began to say: 'A gate of it is such-and-such in such-and-such a place, and another gate is such-and-such in such-and-such a place,' while Abu Bakr ؓ kept saying: 'You have spoken the truth, you have spoken the truth.' Nab'ah ؓ said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say that day: "O Abu Bakr, I have named you al-Siddiq." They said: 'O Mut'im, let us ask him about something more beneficial to us than the Holy House [Jerusalem]. O Muhammad...'"

40. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5064No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِالْبُرَاقِ فَرَكِبَهُ خَلْفَ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَسَارَ بِهِمَا، فَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَى عَلَى جَبَلٍ ارْتَفَعَتْ رِجْلَاهُ، وَإِذَا هَبَطَ ارْتَفَعَتْ يَدَاهُ، فَسَارَ بِنَا فِي أَرْضٍ غُمَّةٍ مُنْتِنَةٍ، فَسَارَ بِنَا حَتَّى أَفْضَيْنَا إِلَى أَرْضٍ فَيْحَاءَ طَيِّبَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا جِبْرِيلُ، إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسِيرُ فِي أَرْضٍ غُمَّةٍ مُنْتِنَةٍ حَتَّى أَفْضَيْنَا إِلَى أَرْضٍ فَيْحَاءَ طَيِّبَةٍ، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: تِلْكَ أَرْضُ النَّارِ، وَهَذِهِ أَرْضُ الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَائِمٍ يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَعَكَ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُحَمَّدٌ، فَرَحَّبَ بِي، وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، وَقَالَ: سَلْ لِأُمَّتِكَ الْيُسْرَ، قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ عِيسَى، قَالَ: ثُمَّ سِرْنَا فَسَمِعْنَا صَوْتًا وَزَئِيرًا، فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: فَرَحَّبَ وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، وَقَالَ: سَلْ لِأُمَّتِكَ الْيُسْرَ، قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُوسَى، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: عَلَى مَنْ تَذَمُّرُهُ وَصَوْتُهُ ؟ قَالَ: عَلَى رَبِّهِ، قُلْتُ: عَلَى رَبِّهِ ؟! قَالَ: نَعَمْ، إِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَحِدَّتَهُ، ثُمَّ سِرْنَا فَرَأَيْنَا مَصَابِيحَ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذِهِ شَجَرَةُ أَبِيكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَتَدْنُو مِنْهُ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَدَنَوْنَا مِنْهُ، فَرَحَّبَ وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، ثُمَّ مَضَيْنَا حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَرَبَطَ الدَّابَّةَ بِالْحَلْقَةِ الَّتِي تَرْبِطُ بِهَا الْأَنْبِيَاءُ، ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَنُشِرَتْ لِيَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ مَنْ سَمَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُسَمِّ، فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ إِلَّا هَؤُلَاءِ الثَّلَاثَةَ: مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought al-Buraq and mounted it behind Jibril ﷺ. It carried them both. When it came upon a mountain, its hind legs would rise; when it descended, its front legs would rise. It carried us through a gloomy, stinking land, then continued until we emerged into a wide, pleasant land. I said: "O Jibril, we were traveling through a gloomy, stinking land until we emerged into a wide, pleasant land." Jibril ﷺ said: "That was the land of the Fire, and this is the land of Paradise." Then I came upon a man standing in prayer. He said: "Who is this with you, O Jibril?" Jibril said: "This is your brother Muhammad." He welcomed me, prayed for blessing for me, and said: "Ask ease for your nation." I said: "Who is this, O Jibril?" He said: "This is your brother 'Isa." Then we continued and heard a voice and a roar. We came upon another man. He said: "Who is this, O Jibril?" Jibril said: "This is your brother Muhammad." He welcomed me, prayed for blessing for me, and said: "Ask ease for your nation." I said: "Who is this, O Jibril?" He said: "This is your brother Musa." I said: "About whom is his anger and his raised voice?" He said: "About his Lord." I said: "About his Lord?!" He said: "Yes, for he is known for that and for his intensity." Then we continued and saw lamps. I said: "What is this, O Jibril?" He said: "This is the tree of your father Ibrahim. Shall we approach it?" I said: "Yes." We approached it, and he welcomed me and prayed for blessing for me. Then we went on until we entered the Holy House [Jerusalem]. He tied the mount to the ring that the prophets used to tie their mounts to. Then I entered the Holy House, and the prophets—those whom Allah the Exalted has named and those He has not named—were presented to me. I prayed with them all except these three: Musa, 'Isa, and Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon them).

41. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5065No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، وَشَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ.:،:

    ✧ Abu Ya'la said: Hudbah b. Khalid and Shayban b. Farrukh narrated to us, saying: Hammad b. Salamah narrated to us.

42. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5066No grade recorded

    فَلَمَّا انْطَلَقَ سُرَاقَةُ رَاجِعًا مِنْ طَلَبِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَطَلَبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، جَعَلَ يَذْكُرُ مَا رَأَى مِنَ الْفَرَسِ، وَيَذْكُرُ مَا أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ فِي طَلَبِهِمَا، فَسَمِعَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ بِذَلِكَ، فَخَشِيَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ حِينَ رَأَى مَا رَآهُ، فَقَالَ فِي ذَلِكَ أَبْيَاتًا: بَنِي مُدْلِجٍ إِنِّي أَخَافُ سَفِيهَكُمْ سُرَاقَةَ يَسْتَغْوِي لِنَصْرِ مُحَمَّدِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهِ أَلَّا يُفَارِقَ جَمْعَكُمْ فَيُصْبِحَ شَتَّى بَعْدَ عِزٍّ وَسُؤْدُدِ يَظُنُّ سَفِيهُ الْحَيِّ أَنْ جَاءَ بِشُبْهَةٍ عَلَى وَاضِحٍ مِنْ سُنَّةِ الْحَقِّ مُهْتَدِ فَأَنَّى يَكُونُ الْحَقُّ مَا قَالَ إِنْ غَدَا وَلَمْ يَأْتِ بِالْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ الْمُسَدَّدِ وَلَكِنَّهُ وَلَّى غَرِيبًا بِسُخْطِهِ إِلَى يَثْرِبَ مِنَّا فَيَا بُعْدَ مَوْلِدِ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَأْتِ يَثْرِبَ هَارِبًا لَأَشْجَاهُ وَقْعُ الْمَشْرَفِيِّ الْمُهَنَّدِ فَأَجَابَهُ سُرَاقَةُ فِيمَا قَالَ: فَقَالَ: أَبَا الْحَكَمِ وَاللهِ لَوْ كُنْتَ شَاهِدًا لِأَمْرِ جَوَادِي إِذْ تَسِيخُ قَوَائِمُهْ عَجِبْتَ وَلَمْ تَشْكُكْ بِأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا أَتَانَا بِبُرْهَانٍ فَمَنْ ذَا يُكَاتِمُهْ عَلَيْكَ فَكُفَّ الْقَوْمَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّنِي أَرَى أَمْرَهُ يَوْمًا سَتَبْدُو مَعَالِمُهُ بِأَمْرٍ يَوَدُّ النَّصْرُ فِيهِ وَيَا لَهَا لَوْ انَّ جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ طُرًّا تُسَالِمُهْ.

    ✧ When Suraqah returned from pursuing the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ, he began to recall what he had seen of the horse and the hardship he had endured in seeking them. Abu Jahl heard of that, and he feared that Suraqah might embrace Islam after seeing what he had seen. So he composed some verses about it: "O Banu Mudlij, I fear your fool Suraqah, who seeks to mislead you into supporting Muhammad. Beware that he does not abandon your assembly, so that you become scattered after honor and sovereignty. The fool of the tribe thinks he has brought a false argument against a clear, rightly guided path of truth. How can what he says be the truth, when he has not come with clear, upright truth? But he has gone as a stranger, with his displeasure, to Yathrib, away from us—so far is his birthplace! And if he had not come to Yathrib as a fugitive, the falling of the polished Mashrafi sword would have grieved him." Suraqah answered him, saying: "O Abu al-Hakam, by Allah, if you had witnessed the affair of my steed when its legs sank, you would have marveled and would not doubt that Muhammad came to us with a clear proof—so who can conceal it? Restrain the people from him, for I see that one day the signs of his affair will become manifest, through a matter in which victory will be wished for—and alas, if only all people would be at peace with him."

43. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5067No grade recorded

    جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّى اسْتَقْبَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَوْرَتِهِ يَبُولُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَيْسَ الرَّجُلُ يَرَانَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَوْ رَآنَا لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلْنَا بِعَوْرَتِهِ، يَعْنِي: وَهُمَا فِي الْغَارِ.

    ✧ A man from the polytheists came and faced the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with his private parts while urinating. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, does the man not see us?" He ﷺ said: "If he saw us, he would not face us with his private parts," meaning they were in the cave.

44. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5068No grade recorded

    كَانَ أَسَنَّ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، يَعْنِي: فِي الْهِجْرَةِ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ، وَسَهْلُ بْنُ بَيْضَاءَ ؓ

    ✧ The oldest of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, meaning in the migration, were Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Sahl b. Bayda' ؓ.

45. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5069No grade recorded

    لَقَدْ لَبِثْنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ سَنَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَعْمُرُ الْمَسَاجِدَ، وَنُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ

    ✧ We remained in Madinah for two years before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us, building mosques and establishing prayer.

46. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5070No grade recorded

    لَمَّا لَقِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ النُّقَبَاءَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، قَالَ: تُؤْوُونِي وَتَمْنَعُونِي ؟ قَالُوا: فَمَا لَنَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ met the leaders from the Ansar, he said: "Will you shelter me and protect me?" They said: "What will be for us?" He ﷺ said: "Paradise will be for you."

47. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5071No grade recorded

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

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

48. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5072No grade recorded

    أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا جَعَلَتْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ إِذْ جَاءَنِي رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ جَعَلَتْ فِيهِمَا قُرَيْشٌ مَا جَعَلَتْ، قَرِيبًا مِنْكَ فِي مَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ فَرَسِي وَهُوَ فِي الْمَرْعَى فَنَفَرْتُ بِهِ، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ رُمْحِي فَرَكِبْتُهُ، قَالَ: فَجَعَلْتُ أَجُرُّ الرُّمْحَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَشْرَكَنِي فِيهِمَا أَهْلُ الْمَاءِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمَا، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: بَاغٍ يَبْغِينَا، قَالَ: فَالْتَفَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنَاهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ: فَوَحَلَ بِي فَرَسِي، وَإِنِّي لَفِي جَلَدٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَى حَجَرٍ فَانْقَلَبْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: ادْعُ الَّذِي فَعَلَ مَا أَرَى أَنْ يُخَلِّصَهُ - وَعَاهَدَهُ أَلَّا يَعْصِيَهُ أَبَدًا - قَالَ: فَدَعَا ﷺ لَهُ، فَخَلَصَ الْفَرَسُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَهُ: أَوَاهِبُهُ أَنْتَ لِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: هَاهُنَا عَمِّ عَنَّا النَّاسَ، وَأَخَذَ السَّاحِلَ مِمَّا يَلِي الْبَحْرَ، قَالَ: فَكُنْتُ لَهُمْ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ طَالِبًا، وَآخِرَ النَّهَارِ لَهُمْ مَسْلَحَةً، وَقَالَ ﷺ: إِذَا اسْتَقْرَرْنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنَا فَأْتِنَا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَظَهَرَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ وَأُحُدٍ، وَأَسْلَمَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ قَالَ سُرَاقَةُ: وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ ﷺ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى بَنِي مُدْلِجٍ، أَتَيْتُهُ...

    ✧ Quraysh set a reward of forty uqiyyah for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr. He said: While I was sitting, a man came to me and said: "The two men for whom Quraysh has set what it has set are near you in such-and-such a place." He said: I went to my horse, which was in the pasture, and startled it. Then I took my spear and mounted. He said: I began to drag the spear for fear that the people of the water would share in the reward with me. He said: When I saw them, Abu Bakr ؓ said: "A seeker is seeking us." The Prophet ﷺ turned and said: "O Allah, suffice me against him as You will." He said: My horse became stuck in the mud, though I was on firm ground, and I fell upon a stone and was overturned. I said: "Call upon the One who did what I see to release it"—and he made a covenant with him that he would never disobey Him again. He said: He ﷺ supplicated for him, and the horse was freed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: "Will you give it to me?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then divert the people from us here," and he took the coastal route near the sea. He said: So I was for them a seeker at the beginning of the day and a guard at the end of the day. He ﷺ said: "When we settle in Madinah, if you wish to come to us, then come." When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Madinah and was victorious over the people of Badr and Uhud, and those around him embraced Islam, Suraqah said: "It reached me that he ﷺ intended to send Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ to Banu Mudlij, so I came to him..."

49. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5073No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بِطُولِهِ. وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَ الْبُخَارِيُّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ الْمَذْكُورَ بِمَعْنَاهُ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ سُرَاقَةَ ؓ، وَفِي هَذَا مُغَايَرَةٌ فِي مُوَيْضِعَاتٍ.:،:

    ✧ And al-Harith said: Bishr b. 'Umar al-Zahrani narrated to us, Hammad b. Salama narrated to us its full length. Al-Bukhari has extracted this mentioned hadith with its meaning from another route on the authority of Suraqa ؓ, and in this there is a difference in several places.

50. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5074No grade recorded

    لَمَّا انْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ مُسْتَخْفِيَيْنِ فِي الْغَارِ، مَرَّا بِعَبْدٍ يَرْعَى غَنَمًا، فَاسْتَسْقَا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا لِي شَاةٌ تُحْلَبُ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ هَاهُنَا عَنَاقًا حَمَلَتْ أَوَانَ الشِّتَاءِ، فَمَا بَقِيَ لَهَا لَبَنٌ وَقَدِ اهْتُجِنَتْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ائْتِنَا بِهَا، فَدَعَا عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْبَرَكَةِ ثُمَّ حَلَبَ عُسًّا فَسَقَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ، ثُمَّ حَلَبَ آخَرَ فَسَقَى الرَّاعِيَ، ثُمَّ حَلَبَ فَشَرِبَ ﷺ، فَقَالَ الْعَبْدُ: بِاللهِ مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَكَ قَطُّ، قَالَ: وَتُرَاكَ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ تَكْتُمُ عَلَيَّ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ ﷺ: فَإِنِّي مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَزْعُمُ قُرَيْشٌ أَنَّكَ صَابِئٌ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللهِ، وَأَنَّ مَا جِئْتَ بِهِ حَقٌّ، وَأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ يَفْعَلُ مَا فَعَلْتَهُ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَتَّبِعُكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: لَا، حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ أَنَّا قَدْ ظَهَرْنَا، فَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ ذَلِكَ فَاخْرُجْ، فَتَبِعَهُ بَعْدَمَا خَرَجَ مِنَ الْغَارِ

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ set out, hiding in the cave, they passed by a slave tending sheep, and they asked him for some milk to drink. He said: By Allah, I have no ewe to be milked, except that here is a young she-goat that became pregnant at the beginning of winter, so she has no milk left; she has aborted her young. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Bring her to us. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated for blessing upon her, then he milked a bowl and gave Abu Bakr ؓ to drink. Then he milked another and gave the shepherd to drink. Then he milked and drank ﷺ. The slave said: By Allah, who are you? I have never seen anyone like you. He said: Do you think that if I tell you, you will keep it secret? He said: Yes. He ﷺ said: I am Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah. He said: Are you the one whom Quraysh claim is a Sābi’? He ﷺ said: They do say that. He said: I bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allah, and that what you have brought is true, and that no one does what you have done except a prophet. Then he said: Shall I follow you? He ﷺ said: No, not until you hear that we have prevailed. When that reaches you, then come out. So he followed him after he left the cave.

51. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5075No grade recorded

    كَانَتْ صَبِيحَةُ بَدْرٍ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مَضَتْ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

    ✧ The morning of Badr was on Monday, seventeen nights having passed of Ramadan.

52. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5076No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَعْدَمَا ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ: لَوْ كُنْتُ أُبْصِرُ لَأَرَيْتُكَ الْآنَ بِبَدْرٍ الشِّعْبَ الَّذِي خَرَجَتْ مِنْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، لَا أَشُكُّ وَلَا أَتَمَارَى

    ✧ He said after his eyesight was gone: If I could see, I would show you now at Badr the ravine from which the angels came out; I have no doubt and I do not waver.

53. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5077No grade recorded

    دَفَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ فَضَرَبْتُهُ، فَقَتَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ، وَوَجَدْتُ عَقِيلَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عِنْدَهُ أَسِيرًا، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ قَتَلْتَهُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: كَذَبْتَ ! فَقُلْتُ: يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ، أَأَنْتَ تُكَذِّبُنِي ؟ قَالَ: فَمَا رَأَيْتَ بِهِ ؟ قُلْتُ: رَأَيْتُ بِفَخِذِهِ حَلْقَةً مِثْلَ حَلْقَةِ الْبَعِيرِ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، هِيَ كَيَّةُ نَارٍ اكْتَوَى بِهَا مِنَ الشَّوْكَةِ. قَالَ: وَأَبُو جَهْلٍ يَقُولُ: مَا تَنْقِمُ الْحَرْبُ الْعَوَانُ مِنِّي بَازِلٌ عَامَيْنِ سَدِيسٌ سِنِّي لِمِثْلِ هَذَا وَلَدَتْنِي أُمِّي

    ✧ I came upon Abu Jahl on the day of Badr, and I approached him and struck him, and Allah Almighty killed him. I came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him, and I found 'Aqil b. Abi Talib with him as a captive. He said: Was it you who killed him? I said: Yes. He said: You lie! I said: O enemy of Allah, do you call me a liar? He said: What mark did you see on him? I said: I saw on his thigh a ring like the ring of a camel. He said: You spoke the truth; it is a brand of fire with which he was cauterized for pain. He said: Abu Jahl said: What does the raging war resent of me, a mature camel of two years, a six-year-old; for such a one my mother bore me.

54. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5078No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، فَذَكَرَهُ:

    ✧ 'Amr b. Muhammad and Yahya b. Adam reported to us, they said: Isra'il narrated to us, and he mentioned it.

55. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5079No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ الْتَقَيْتُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ قَالَ: لَقَدْ قَلُّوا فِي أَعْيُنِنَا حَتَّى قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ إِلَى جَنْبِي: أَتُرَاهُمْ سَبْعِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ: أُرَاهُمْ مِائَةً، حَتَّى أَخَذْنَا رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ: كُنَّا أَلْفًا

    ✧ Regarding the Almighty's saying: “And when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes, and He made you appear few in their eyes,” he said: They appeared few in our eyes, so much so that I said to a man beside me: Do you think they are seventy? He said: I think they are a hundred. Until we captured a man from them and asked him, and he said: We were a thousand.

56. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5080No grade recorded

    افْتَرَضَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُقَاتِلَ الْوَاحِدُ الْعَشَرَةَ، فَثَقُلَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَوَضَعَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ يُقَاتِلَ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي ذَلِكَ: إِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَاتِ، فَقَالَ: لَوْلا كِتَابٌ مِنَ اللهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ يَعْنِي: غَنَائِمَ بَدْرٍ، يَقُولُ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي لَا أُعَذِّبُ مَنْ عَصَانِي حَتَّى أَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِمَنْ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ مِنَ الْأُسَارَى، الْآيَةَ. فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ ؓ: فِيَّ وَاللهِ نَزَلَتْ؛ حِينَ أَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِإِسْلَامِي وَسَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يُحَاسِبَنِي بِالْعِشْرِينَ الْأُوقِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَخَذْتُ مَعِي، فَأَعْطَانِي بِهَا عِشْرِينَ عَبْدًا، كُلُّهُمْ قَدْ تَاجَرَ بِمَالٍ فِي يَدِهِ، مَعَ مَا أَرْجُو مِنْ مَغْفِرَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

    ✧ Allah Almighty obliged them to fight one against ten, and that was heavy and hard for them, so Allah Almighty reduced it for them to a man fighting two men. And Allah Almighty revealed about that: “If there are among you twenty steadfast, they will overcome two hundred” to the end of the verses. Then He said: “Were it not for a prior decree from Allah, a great punishment would have touched you for what you took,” meaning the spoils of Badr. He says: Had I not decreed that I will not punish those who disobey Me until I have given them prior warning. Then He said: “O Prophet, say to those captives in your hands,” the verse. Al-'Abbas ؓ said: It was revealed concerning me, by Allah, when I informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ of my Islam and asked him to settle with me the twenty uqiyyas that I had taken with me, and he gave me in return twenty slaves, each of whom had traded with wealth in his hand, along with what I hope for from the forgiveness of Allah Almighty.

57. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5081No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ قَبْلَ هَزِيمَةِ الْقَوْمِ وَالنَّاسُ يَقْتَتِلُونَ مِثْلَ الْبِجَادِ الْأَسْوَدِ أَقْبَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِثْلَ النَّمْلِ الْأَسْوَدِ، فَلَمْ أَشْكُكْ أَنَّهَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَّا هَزِيمَةُ الْقَوْمِ

    ✧ I saw before the defeat of the people, while the people were fighting, something like a black striped cloak coming from the sky, like black ants. I did not doubt that they were the angels, and there was nothing but the defeat of the people.

58. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5082No grade recorded

    كَانَ شِعَارُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ: يَا مَنْصُورُ، أَمِتْ

    ✧ The slogan of the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Badr was: O Victorious One, give death.

59. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5083No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ: أَيْ خَالِ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قِصَّتِكَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، قَالَ ؓ: اقْرَأْ بَعْدَ الْعِشْرِينَ وَالْمِائَةِ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ تَجِدْ قِصَّتَنَا: وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَاعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: أَنْ تَفْشَلا قَالَ: هُمُ الَّذِينَ طَلَبُوا الْأَمَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ قَالَ: هُوَ تَمَنِّي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِقَاءَ الْعَدُوِّ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُمْ بِإِذْنِهِ

    ✧ I said to 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf ؓ: O uncle, tell me about your story on the day of Badr. He ؓ said: Read after the one hundred and twentieth verse of Al 'Imran, and you will find our story: “And when you went forth from your family, assigning the believers positions for battle” to His saying: “that you not falter.” He said: They are those who sought safety from the polytheists, to His saying: “while you were looking on.” He said: It is the believers' wish to meet the enemy, to His saying: “when you slew them by His permission.”

60. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5084No grade recorded

    أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُعْوِرَ آبَارَهَا، يَعْنِي: يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to blind its wells, meaning on the day of Badr.

61. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5085No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ عَلَى قَلِيبِ بَدْرٍ أَمْتَحُ أَوْ أَمِيحُ مِنْهُ، فَجَاءَتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ لَمْ أَرَ رِيحًا أَشَدَّ مِنْهَا إِلَّا الَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَهَا، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، فَكَانَتِ الْأُولَى مِيكَائِيلَ فِي أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عَنْ يَمِينِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَالثَّانِيَةُ إِسْرَافِيلَ فِي أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عَنْ يَسَارِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَالثَّالِثَةُ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَكُنْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، فَلَمَّا هَزَمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْكُفَّارَ حَمَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَرَسٍ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَمَلَنِي فَصِرْتُ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ، فَدَعَوْتُ اللهَ تَعَالَى: فَثَبَّتَنِي عَلَيْهِ، فَطَعَنْتُ بِرُمْحِي حَتَّى بَلَغَ الدَّمُ إِبْطِي

    ✧ I was at the well of Badr drawing water from it, when a strong wind came, then another strong wind came, the like of which I had never seen except the one before it, then a third strong wind came. The first was Mikail with a thousand angels on the right of the Prophet ﷺ, the second was Israfil with a thousand angels on the left of the Prophet ﷺ, and the third was Jibril ﷺ with a thousand angels. Abu Bakr ؓ was on his right and I was on his left. When Allah Almighty defeated the disbelievers, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted me on a horse. When I was settled on it, he made me ride, and I was on its neck. I supplicated to Allah Almighty, and He made me firm on it. I thrust with my spear until the blood reached my armpit.

62. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5086No grade recorded

    كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ بَدْرٍ، إِذْ تَبَسَّمَ ﷺ فِي صَلَاتِهِ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، رَأَيْنَاكَ تَبَسَّمْتَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَرَّ بِي مِيكَائِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَعَلَى جَنَاحِهِ أَثَرُ غُبَارٍ، وَهُوَ رَاجِعٌ مِنْ طَلَبِ الْقَوْمِ، فَضَحِكَ إِلَيَّ فَتَبَسَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِ

    ✧ We were praying with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Battle of Badr when he smiled ﷺ in his prayer. When he finished the prayer, we said: O Messenger of Allah, we saw you smile. He ﷺ said: Mikail ﷺ passed by me with traces of dust on his wing, returning from pursuing the people, and he smiled at me, so I smiled back at him.

63. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5087No grade recorded

    إِنَّ أَبَاهُ سَعْدًا ؓ خَرَجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى بَدْرٍ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ تُوُفِّيَ، فَكَتَبَ وَصِيَّتَهُ فِي آخِرِ رَحْلِهِ، وَأَوْصَى لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ وَرَحْلِهِ، وَثَلَاثَةِ أَوْسُقٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ، فَقَبِلَهَا ثُمَّ رَدَّهَا عَلَى وَرَثَتِهِ، وَضَرَبَ لَهُ بِسَهْمِهِ

    ✧ His father Sa'd ؓ went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Badr. When he was at al-Rawha', he died. He wrote his will at the end of his journey, bequeathing to the Prophet ﷺ his mount, his saddle, and three wasqs of barley. He accepted it, then returned it to his heirs, and allotted his share for him.

64. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5088No grade recorded

    ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ بِسَهْمِهِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted a share for Ja'far b. Abi Talib ؓ on the day of Badr.

65. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5089No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ أُوتِيَ بِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ أَسِيرًا قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ فَقَالَ: تَقْتُلُنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ قُرَيْشٍ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ ؓ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي وَأَنَا سَاجِدٌ فَوَطِئَ عَلَى عُنُقِي، فَوَاللهِ مَا رَفَعَهَا حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ عَيْنَيَّ سَتَقَعَانِ، وَأَتَى بِسَلَى جَزُورٍ فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَيَّ، حَتَّى جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَأَمَاطَتْهُ عَنْ رَأْسِي، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَقُتِلَ

    ✧ On the day of Badr, 'Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt was brought as a captive. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I will surely kill you. He said: Will you kill me from among Quraysh? He ﷺ said: Yes. Then he turned to his companions ؓ and said: He came to me while I was prostrating and stepped on my neck. By Allah, he did not lift it until I thought my eyes would fall out. And he brought the placenta of a slaughtered camel and threw it on me, until Fatimah came and removed it from my head. He said: Then he was ordered, and he was killed.

66. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5090No grade recorded

    ضَرَبَهُ ابْنَا عَفْرَاءَ، وَذَفَّفَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ، يَعْنِي: أَبَا جَهْلٍ

    ✧ The two sons of 'Afra' struck him, and Ibn Mas'ud ؓ finished him off, meaning Abu Jahl.

67. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5091No grade recorded

    إِنَّهُمُ اجْتَمَعُوا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَشَى مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى بَلَغَ بَقِيعَ الْغَرْقَدِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُقْمِرَةٍ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنْهُمْ، وَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلُوا حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَى حِصْنِهِ، يَعْنِي: كَعْبَ بْنَ الْأَشْرَفِ، فَهَتَفَ أَبُو نَائِلَةَ بِهِ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ: إِنَّكَ مُحَارِبٌ، وَإِنَّ صَاحِبَ الْحَرْبِ لَا يَنْزِلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: إِنَّهُ أَبُو نَائِلَةَ، وَاللهِ لَوْ وَجَدَنِي نَائِمًا مَا أَيْقَظَنِي، فَقَالَتْ: وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ فِي صَوْتِهِ الشَّرَّ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: لَوْ يُدْعَى الْفَتَى لِطَعْنِهِ لَأَجَابَ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَتَحَدَّثُوا سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: لَوْ مَشَيْنَا إِلَى شِعْبِ الْعَجُوزِ فَتَحَدَّثْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا هَذِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا عَهْدَ لَنَا بِذَلِكَ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَخَرَجُوا يَمْشُونَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَبَا نَائِلَةَ شَامَ يَدَهُ فِي فَوْدِ رَأْسِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ كَاللَّيْلَةِ عِطْرًا أَطْيَبَ، ثُمَّ مَشَى سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ عَادَ بِمِثْلِهَا حَتَّى اطْمَأَنَّ، فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي فَوْدِ رَأْسِهِ، فَأَخَذَ شَعَرَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اضْرِبُوا عَدُوَّ اللهِ قَالَ: فَاخْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَسْيَافُهُمْ، قَالَ: وَصَاحَ عَدُوُّ اللهِ صَيْحَةً فَلَمْ يَبْقَ حِصْنٌ إِلَّا أُوقِدَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَارٌ، قَالَ: وَأُصِيبَتْ رِجْلُ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ السُّيُوفَ لَا تُغْنِي شَيْئًا ذَكَرْتُ مِغْوَلًا فِي سَيْفِي، فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَوَضَعْتُهُ عَلَى سُرَّتِهِ فَتَحَامَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ عَانَتَهُ فَوَقَعَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا فَسَلَكْنَا عَلَى بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، ثُمَّ عَلَى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ، ثُمَّ عَلَى بُعَاثٍ، ثُمَّ أَسْرَيْنَا فِي حَرَّةِ الْعُرَيْضِ، وَأَبْطَأَ الْحَارِثُ وَنَزَفَ الدَّمُ فَوَقَفْنَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ احْتَمَلْنَاهُ حَتَّى جِئْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ بِقَتْلِ عَدُوِّ اللهِ، فَتَفَلَ ﷺ عَلَى جُرْحِ الْحَارِثِ، فَرَجَعْنَا بِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَتَفَرَّقَ الْقَوْمُ إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا خَافَتْ يَهُودُ لِوَقْعَتِنَا بِعَدُوِّ اللهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ يَهُودَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ، فَوَثَبَ مُحَيِّصَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى ابْنِ سُنَيْنَةَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ تُجَّارِ يَهُودَ، وَكَانَ يُبَايِعُهُمْ وَيُخَالِطُهُمْ فَقَتَلَهُ، قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ حُوَيِّصَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُشْرِكٌ، وَكَانَ أَسَنَّ مِنْهُ يَضْرِبُهُ وَيَقُولُ: أَيْ عَدُوَّ اللهِ أَقَتَلْتَهُ، وَاللهِ لَرُبَّ شَحْمٍ فِي بَطْنِكَ مِنْ مَالِهِ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ، لَقَدْ أَمَرَنِي بِقَتْلِهِ رَجُلٌ لَوْ أَمَرَنِي بِقَتْلِكَ لَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَكَ، قَالَ: آللهِ لَوْ أَمَرَكَ مُحَمَّدٌ بِقَتْلِي لَقَتَلْتَنِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَاللهِ فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ، إِنَّ دِينًا بَلَغَ بِكَ هَذَا لَدِينٌ عَجَبٌ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ إِسْلَامِ حُوَيِّصَةَ مِنْ قِبَلِ قَوْلِ أَخِيهِ، فَقَالَ مُحَيِّصَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ شِعْرًا

    ✧ They gathered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he walked with them until he reached Baqi' al-Gharqad on a moonlit night. He said: Go forth in the name of Allah. O Allah, help them. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to his house. They went on until they reached his fortress, meaning Ka'b b. al-Ashraf. Abu Na'ilah called out to him, and he came down to him while he was recently married. His wife said to him: You are a warrior, and a man of war does not come down at such an hour. He said to her: It is Abu Na'ilah. By Allah, if he found me sleeping, he would not wake me. She said: By Allah, I recognize evil in his voice. He said to her: If a young man is called to a thrust, he answers. So he came down to them, and they talked for a while. Then they said: If we walked to Shi'b al-'Ajuz and talked tonight, for we have not done that for a long time. He said: Yes. They went out walking. Then Abu Na'ilah felt his hand in the side of his head and said: I have never seen perfume as fragrant as tonight. Then he walked for a while, then repeated it until he was reassured. He put his hand into the side of his head and grabbed his hair, then said: Strike the enemy of Allah. Their swords fell upon him in confusion. The enemy of Allah screamed a scream, and no fortress remained but a fire was lit on it. Al-Harith's leg was injured. Muhammad b. Maslamah said: When I saw that the swords were not effective, I remembered a short sword in my scabbard. I took it and placed it on his navel and pressed on it until it reached his pubic area, and he fell. Then we left and took the road past Banu Umayyah, then Banu Qurayzah, then Bu'ath, then we traveled at night through the Harrah of al-'Urayd. Al-Harith was delayed and bleeding, so we stopped for him. Then we carried him until we came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the end of the night while he was praying. He came out to us, and we informed him of the killing of the enemy of Allah. He ﷺ spat on the wound of al-Harith, and we returned with him to his house. The people dispersed to their camps. When morning came, the Jews feared because of our attack on the enemy of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever you find of the men of the Jews, kill him. Muhayyisah b. Mas'ud jumped on Ibn Sunaynah, a man from the Jewish merchants, who used to trade with them and mix with them, and killed him. Huwayyisah b. Mas'ud, who was then a polytheist and older than him, began to beat him and say: O enemy of Allah, you killed him? By Allah, there is much fat in your belly from his wealth. He said: By Allah, a man ordered me to kill him, and if he ordered me to kill you, I would strike your neck. He said: By Allah, if Muhammad ordered you to kill me, would you kill me? He said: Yes, by Allah. He said: By Allah, a religion that has brought you to this is indeed amazing. Thus the first Islam of Huwayyisah came from the words of his brother. Muhayyisah composed poetry about that.

68. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5092No grade recorded

    قَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ: إِنِّي أَسْمَعُ صَوْتًا أَجِدُ مِنْهُ رِيحَ الدَّمِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَبُو نَائِلَةَ أَخٌ لِي، لَوْ وَجَدَنِي نَائِمًا مَا أَيْقَظَنِي، وَإِنَّ الْكَرِيمَ إِذَا دُعِيَ إِلَى طَعْنَةٍ لَأَجَابَ. وَسَمَّى الَّذِينَ أَتَوْهُ مَعَ أَبِي نَائِلَةَ: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، وَعَبَّادُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، وَأَبُو عُبَيْسِ بْنُ جَابِرٍ

    ✧ His wife said: I hear a voice from which I detect the smell of blood. He said: It is only Abu Na'ilah, a brother of mine. If he found me sleeping, he would not wake me. A noble man, when called to a thrust, answers. He named those who came to him with Abu Na'ilah: Muhammad b. Maslamah, 'Abbad b. Bishr, al-Harith b. Mu'adh, and Abu 'Ubays b. Jabir.

69. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5093No grade recorded

    وَاللهِ، إِنِّي لَأَنْظُرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَى خَدَمِ النِّسَاءِ مُشَمِّرَاتٍ يَسْعَيْنَ حِينَ انْهَزَمَ الْقَوْمُ، وَمَا أَرَى دُونَ أَخْذِهِنَّ شَيْئًا، وَإِنَّا لَنَحْسِبُهُمْ قَتْلَى مَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ، وَلَقَدْ أُصِيبَ أَصْحَابُ اللِّوَاءِ، وَصَبَرُوا عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى صَارَ إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَهُ حَبَشِيٍّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: صَوَابٌ، ثُمَّ قُتِلَ صَوَابٌ فَطَرَحَ اللِّوَاءَ، فَمَا يَقْرَبُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ تَعَالَى حَتَّى وَثَبَتْ إِلَيْهِ عَمْرَةُ بِنْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ الْحَارِثِيَّةُ، فَرَفَعَتْهُ لَهُمْ، وَثَابَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ. قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ ؓ: فَوَاللهِ، إِنَّا لَكَذَلِكَ قَدْ عَلَوْنَاهُمْ وَظَهَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ، إِذْ خَالَفَتِ الرُّمَاةُ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَى الْعَسْكَرِ حِينَ رَأَوْهُ مُخْتَلًّا قَدْ أَجْهَضْنَاهُمْ عَنْهُ، فَرَغِبُوا إِلَى الْغَنَائِمِ وَتَرَكُوا عَهْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلُوا يَأْخُذُونَ الْأَمْتِعَةَ، فَأَتَتْنَا الْخَيْلُ مِنْ خَلْفِنَا فَحَطَّمَتْنَا، وَكَرَّ النَّاسُ مُنْهَزِمِينَ، فَصَرَخَ صَارِخٌ يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ الشَّيْطَانُ: أَلَا إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ قُتِلَ، فَأَعْظَمَ النَّاسُ، وَرَكِبَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا، فَصَارُوا أَثْلَاثًا: ثُلُثًا جَرِيحًا، وَثُلُثًا مَقْتُولًا، وَثُلُثًا مُنْهَزِمًا، قَدْ بَلَغَتِ الْحَرْبُ، وَقَدْ كَانَتِ الرُّمَاةُ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ، فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ رَأَوُا النَّاسَ وَقَعُوا فِي الْغَنَائِمِ: وَقَدْ هَزَمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَأَخَذَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الْغَنَائِمَ، فَمَاذَا تَنْتَظِرُونَ ؟ وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ: قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَنَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تُفَارِقُوا مَكَانَكُمْ، إِنْ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ لَهُ، فَتَنَازَعُوا فِي ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ الطَّائِفَةَ الْأُولَى مِنَ الرُّمَاةِ أَبَتْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَلْحَقَ بِالْعَسْكَرِ، فَتَفَرَّقَ الْقَوْمُ، وَتَرَكُوا مَكَانَهُمْ، فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ حَمَلَتْ خَيْلُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

    ✧ By Allah, on that day I saw the anklets of the women exposed as they ran when the people were defeated, and I saw nothing to prevent taking them. We thought them all killed, none of them returning to us. The bearers of the banner were struck down and stood firm by it until it came to a slave of his, an Abyssinian called Sawab. Then Sawab was killed and threw down the banner, and no creature of Allah Almighty approached it until 'Amrah bt. 'Alqamah al-Harithiyyah rushed to it and raised it for them, and the people rallied to it. Al-Zubayr ؓ said: By Allah, while we were thus, having gained the upper hand over them, the archers disobeyed the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They came to the camp when they saw it stripped and we had driven them from it. They desired the spoils and abandoned the covenant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They began taking the goods. Then the cavalry came upon us from behind and crushed us, and the people turned in defeat. A crier, whom they thought was Satan, shouted: Indeed Muhammad has been killed. The people were horrified, and they trampled one another, becoming three groups: one third wounded, one third killed, and one third defeated. The war intensified. The archers had disagreed among themselves. A group, seeing the people falling upon the spoils, said: Allah Almighty has defeated the polytheists and the Muslims have taken the spoils, so what are you waiting for? Another group said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has instructed you and forbidden you to leave your place, whether it goes for him or against him. They disputed about that. Then the first group of archers insisted on joining the camp, so the people dispersed and left their place. At that moment the cavalry of the polytheists charged.

70. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5094No grade recorded

    وَاللهِ إِنَّ النُّعَاسَ لَيَغْشَانِي إِذْ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ قُشَيْرٍ يَقُولُهَا، وَمَا أَسْمَعُهَا مِنْهُ إِلَّا كَالْحُلْمِ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ. قَالَ: وَالَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا عِنْدَ جَوْلَةِ النَّاسِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الزُّرَقِيُّ، وَأَخُوهُ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَتَّى بَلَغُوا جَبَلًا بِنَاحِيَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْحَاجِبُ بِبَطْنِ الْأَعْوَصِ، فَأَقَامُوا بِهِ ثَلَاثًا، فَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهُمْ لَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: لَقَدْ ذَهَبْتُمْ فِيهَا عَرِيضَةً. ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَعْنِي: الْمُنَافِقِينَ، وَقَالُوا لإِخْوَانِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا فِي الأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا غُزًّى لَوْ كَانُوا عِنْدَنَا مَا مَاتُوا وَمَا قُتِلُوا لِيَجْعَلَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ الْآيَةَ، قَالَ: ابْتِغَاءً وَتَحَسُّرًا، وَذَلِكَ لَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ شَيْئًا. ثُمَّ كَانَتِ الْقِصَّةُ فِيمَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ وَيَعْهَدُ إِلَيْهِ، حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: أَوَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِثْلَيْهَا يَعْنِي: يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، فِيمَنْ قُتِلُوا وَأُسِرُوا، قُلْتُمْ أَنَّى هَذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ الَّتِي كَانَتْ مِنَ الرُّمَاةِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَقُولُ: عَلَانِيَةَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَيَظْهَرَ أَمْرُهُمْ، وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا فَيَكُونُ أَمْرُهُمْ عَلَانِيَةً، وَيَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُبَيٍّ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِمَّنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ سَارَ إِلَى عَدُوِّهِ، وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا قَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوِ ادْفَعُوا قَالُوا لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالا لاتَّبَعْنَاكُمْ وَذَلِكَ لِقَوْلِهِمْ حِينَ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ سَائِرُونَ إِلَى أُحُدٍ حِينَ انْصَرَفُوا عَنْهُمْ: أَتَخْذُلُونَنَا وَتُسْلِمُونَنَا لِعَدُوِّنَا، فَقَالُوا: مَا نَرَى أَنْ يَكُونَ قِتَالًا، لَوْ نَرَى أَنْ يَكُونَ قِتَالًا لَاتَّبَعْنَاكُمْ، يَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلإِيمَانِ يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا لإِخْوَانِهِمْ مِنْ ذَوِي أَرْحَامِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَعْنِ تَعَالَى إِخْوَانَهُمْ فِي الدِّينِ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا، قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: قُلْ فَادْرَءُوا عَنْ أَنْفُسِكُمُ الْمَوْتَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

    ✧ By Allah, drowsiness was overcoming me when I heard Ibn Qushayr saying it, and I could not hear it from him except as in a dream. Then he recited: "Indeed, those who turned back among you on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some of what they had earned, and Allah has pardoned them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing." He said: Those who turned back when the people fled were 'Uthman b. 'Affan, Sa'id b. 'Uthman al-Zuraqi, and his brother 'Uqbah b. 'Uthman, until they reached a mountain near Madinah called al-Hajib in the valley of al-A'was. They stayed there for three days. They claimed that when they returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: You went far in it. Then he said: "O you who believe, do not be like those who disbelieved" - meaning the hypocrites - "and said to their brothers when they traveled in the land or were on an expedition, 'If they had been with us, they would not have died or been killed,' so that Allah makes that a cause of regret in their hearts." He said: seeking and regretting, and that will not avail them anything. Then the story continued with what He commands His Prophet ﷺ and entrusts to him, until he reached His saying: "And when a disaster struck you, although you had struck them with twice as much, you said, 'How is this?' Say, 'It is from yourselves'" - that which came from the archers. He said: And "What struck you on the day the two armies met was by Allah's permission, and that He might know the believers" - meaning the openness of their affair and that their matter be manifest - "and that He might know the hypocrites" - so their affair would be open; meaning 'Abdullah b. Ubayy and those with him who turned back from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he marched to his enemy. And it was said to them: "Come, fight in the way of Allah or defend." They said: "If we knew there would be fighting, we would follow you." That was their saying when the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them while they were marching to Uhud, when they turned away from them: Will you abandon us and hand us over to our enemy? They said: We do not think there will be fighting. If we thought there would be fighting, we would follow you. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: "They were closer that day to disbelief than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts, and Allah is most knowing of what they conceal" - those who said to their brothers from their kin, not meaning their brothers in religion, "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: "Say, 'Then avert death from yourselves, if you are truthful.'"

71. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5095No grade recorded

    لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ حِينَ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْنَا الْخَوْفُ وَأُرْسِلَ عَلَيْنَا النَّوْمُ، فَمَا مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَذَقَنُهُ - أَوْ قَالَ: ذَقَنُهُ - فِي صَدْرِهِ، فَوَاللهِ، إِنِّي لَأَسْمَعُ كَالْحُلْمِ قَوْلَ مُعَتِّبِ بْنِ قُشَيْرٍ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ مَا قُتِلْنَا هَاهُنَا، فَحَفِظْتُهَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ: ثُمَّ أَنْـزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُعَاسًا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: مَا قُتِلْنَا هَا هُنَا لِقَوْلِ مُعَتِّبِ بْنِ قُشَيْرٍ، قَالَ: لَوْ كُنْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ حَتَّى بَلَغَ: وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

    ✧ I saw myself with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud when fear intensified upon us and sleep was sent upon us. There was none of us but his chin - or he said: his chin - was on his chest. By Allah, I heard as in a dream the words of Mu'attib b. Qushayr: "If we had any say in the matter, we would not have been killed here." I memorized them, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed about that: "Then after distress, He sent down upon you security - drowsiness" up to His saying: "we would not have been killed here" for the saying of Mu'attib b. Qushayr. He said: "If you had been in your houses" until: "And Allah is All-Knowing of what is in the breasts."

72. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5096No grade recorded

    خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مُصْعِدِينَ فِي أُحُدٍ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَأْتِي الْمِهْرَاسَ، فَأَتَاهُ بِمَاءٍ فِي دَرَقَتِهِ، فَأَتَى بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ مِنْهُ، فَوَجَدَ لَهُ رِيحًا فَعَافَهُ، فَغَسَلَ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ ﷺ مِنَ الدِّمَاءِ الَّتِي أَصَابَتْهُ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: اشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى مَنْ أَدْمَى وَجْهَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، وَكَانَ الَّذِي أَدْمَاهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ

    ✧ We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ climbing up in Uhud... and he mentioned the hadith. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered 'Ali b. Abi Talib to go to al-Mihras, and he brought him water in his shield. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came with it, and when he wanted to drink from it, he found it had a smell and disliked it, so he washed his face ﷺ with it from the blood that had struck him, while saying: Allah's anger is severe upon whoever made the face of the Messenger of Allah bleed. The one who made him bleed that day was 'Utbah b. Abi Waqqas.

73. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5097No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ فَخُمِشَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَكُسِرَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ، فَجَاءَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَأَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَبْكِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ائْتِنِي بِمَاءٍ فَأَتَاهُ بِمَاءٍ فِي جَحْفَةٍ مِنَ الْمِهْرَاسِ، فَلَمَّا أَدْنَاهُ مِنْهُ عَافَهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَغْسِلُ عَنْهُ الدَّمَ وَيَقُولُ: اشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ كَلَمُوا وَجْهَ نَبِيِّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْظُرُوا مَا صَنَعَ سَعْدُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رُمْحًا شَرْعَى فِيهِ، فَأَتَاهُ رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَنْظُرَ مَا صَنَعْتَ، فَقَالَ ؓ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ وَأَخْبِرْهُ بِأَنِّي بِآخِرِ رَمَقٍ، وَاقْرَأْ عَلَى قَوْمِكَ السَّلَامَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنْ هَلَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمِنْكُمْ شُفْرٌ تَطْرِفُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا عُذْرَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى. ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَأْخُذُ هَذَا السَّيْفَ بِحَقِّهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يُحَدِّثُهُ الزُّبَيْرُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَا، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي مَرَّةً، فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَعْرَضَ عَنِّي إِلَّا مِنْ شَرٍّ هُوَ فِيَّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَأْخُذُ هَذَا السَّيْفَ بِحَقِّهِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ أَبُو دُجَانَةَ ؓ: أَنَا آخُذُهُ، فَأَضْرِبُ بِهِ حَتَّى يَنْثَنِيَ، أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا، فَأَعْطَاهُ السَّيْفَ، قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ: فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ لِأَنْظُرَ مَا يَصْنَعُ ؟ فَجَعَلَ لَا يَأْتِي رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَّا قَتَلَهُ، فَأَتَى رَجُلًا كَانَ عَاطِبًا فِي الْقِتَالِ فَقَتَلَهُ، وَأَتَى عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَهِيَ تَقُولُ: إِنْ تُقْبِلُوا نُعَانِقْ وَنَفْرِشُ النَّمَارِقْ أَوْ تُدْبِرُوا نُفَارِقْ فِرَاقَ غَيْرِ وَامِقْ فَشَهَرَ عَلَيْهَا السَّيْفَ، ثُمَّ كَفَّ يَدَهُ عَنْهَا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا دُجَانَةَ، فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، حَتَّى أَتَيْتَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَشَهَرْتَ عَلَيْهَا السَّيْفَ ثُمَّ كَفَفْتَ يَدَكَ عَنْهَا ؟ قَالَ: أَكْرَمْتُ سَيْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهَا

    ✧ On the day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was scratched and his front tooth was broken. Ali ؓ came to him and bent over him, weeping. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “Bring me water.” So he brought him water in a bowl from the Mihras. When he brought it near him, he found it foul, so he began washing the blood from him and saying: “Allah's wrath is severe upon a people who wounded the face of His Prophet.” Then he said: “See what Sa'd b. al-Rabi' has done, for I saw twelve spears planted in him.” The messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him and said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to see what you have done.” He said ؓ: “Convey my greetings to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and tell him that I am at my last breath. And convey my greetings to your people and say to them: If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perishes while any of you has an eyelid that blinks, then you have no excuse before Allah Almighty.” Then he said: “Who will take this sword with its due right?” This hadith is narrated by al-Zubayr about himself. He said: I said: “O Messenger of Allah, I will.” But he turned away from me once. I said: “He only turned away from me because of some evil in me.” Then he said: “Who will take this sword with its due right?” I said: “I will.” But he turned away from me two or three times. Then Abu Dujana ؓ said: “I will take it and strike with it until it bends,” or words to that effect. So he gave him the sword. Al-Zubayr said: I followed him to see what he would do. He did not come upon any man of the polytheists except that he killed him. He came upon a man who had been held back from fighting and killed him. Then he came upon a woman who was reciting: “If you advance, we embrace and spread the cushions; or if you retreat, we part with an unloving parting.” He raised the sword over her, then withheld his hand from her. I said: “O Abu Dujana, you did such and such, until you came to the woman and raised the sword over her, then withheld your hand?” He said: “I deemed the sword of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ too noble for her.”

74. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5098No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ صَاحَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ قُتِلَ، قَالَ كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ: وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ عَرَفَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، رَأَيْتُ عَيْنَيْهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْمِغْفَرِ، فَنَادَيْتُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِي: هَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ: أَنِ اسْكُتْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ الْآيَةَ.

    ✧ Satan shouted on the day of Uhud: “Muhammad has been killed.” Ka'b b. Malik ؓ said: I was the first to recognize the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I saw his eyes beneath the helmet, so I called out at the top of my voice: “This is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” He gestured to me to be silent. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: “And Muhammad is but a messenger; messengers have passed away before him. If he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels?” — the verse.

75. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5099No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، حَتَّى إِذَا خَلَّفَ ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ نَظَرَ وَرَاءَهُ، فَإِذَا كَتِيبَةٌ خَشْنَاءُ، قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُبَيِّ ابْنِ سَلُولَ فِي مَوَالِيهِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ مِنْ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ، وَهُمْ رَهْطُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ، فَقَالَ: أَوَقَدْ أَسْلَمُوا ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهُمْ عَلَى دِينِهِمْ، قَالَ: قُلْ لَهُمْ: فَلْيَرْجِعُوا، فَإِنَّا لَا نَسْتَعِينُ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on the day of Uhud until when he passed Thaniyyat al-Wada', he looked behind him and saw a rough battalion. He ﷺ said: “Who is this?” It was said: “This is 'Abd Allah b. Ubayy b. Salul with his allies from the Jews of Banu Qaynuqa', and they are the clan of 'Abd Allah b. Salam.” He said: “Have they become Muslims?” He said: “They are upon their own religion.” He said: “Tell them to go back, for we do not seek the help of polytheists against polytheists.”

76. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5100No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَعَلَيْهِ دِرْعَانِ، وَقَالَ: لَيْتَ أَنِّي غُودِرْتُ مَعَ أَصْحَابِي بِنُحْصِ الْجَبَلِ يَعْنِي: شُهَدَاءَ أُحُدٍ

    ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud wearing two coats of mail. And he said: “Would that I had been left with my companions at the foot of the mountain” — meaning the martyrs of Uhud.

77. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5101No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ظَاهَرَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ بَيْنَ دِرْعَيْنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wore two coats of mail one over the other on the day of Uhud.

78. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5102No grade recorded

    عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ.::

    ✧ From al-Sa'ib b. Yazid, from someone who narrated to him from Talha.::

79. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5103No grade recorded

    أَنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى قَبْرِ حَمْزَةَ ؓ فَمُدَّتِ النَّمِرَةُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَانْكَشَفَتْ رِجْلَاهُ، فَمُدَّتْ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ فَانْكَشَفَ رَأْسُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مُدُّوهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَاجْعَلُوا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ شَجَرِ الْحَرْمَلِ

    ✧ I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the grave of Hamza ؓ. The striped cloak was spread over his head, but his feet were exposed, so it was spread over his feet, but his head was exposed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Spread it over his head and put over his feet some harmal shrub.”

80. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5104No grade recorded

    لَمَّا انْجَلَى النَّاسُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْقَتْلَى، فَلَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِيهِمْ، فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ ﷺ لِيَفِرَّ، وَمَا أَرَاهُ فِي الْقَتْلَى، وَلَكِنِّي أَرَى أَنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غَضِبَ عَلَيْنَا بِمَا صَنَعْنَا فَرَفَعَ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ، فَمَا لِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ حَتَّى أُقْتَلَ، فَكَسَرْتُ جَفْنَ سَيْفِي، ثُمَّ حَمَلْتُ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَأُخْرِجُوا لِي، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ

    ✧ When the people dispersed from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud, I looked at the slain and did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among them. I said: “By Allah, it was not for him ﷺ to flee, and I do not see him among the slain. But I think that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, became angry with us for what we did and raised up His Prophet ﷺ. There is nothing better for me than to fight until I am killed.” So I broke the scabbard of my sword, then charged at the people, and they were dispersed before me, and then I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among them.

81. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5105No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ أُحُدًا مَعَ مَوَالِيَّ، فَضَرَبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَلَمَّا قَتَلْتُهُ قُلْتُ: خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الرَّجُلُ الْفَارِسِيُّ، فَبَلَغَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا قُلْتَ: خُذْهَا مِنِّي وَأَنَا الرَّجُلُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ؟ فَإِنَّ مَوْلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ

    ✧ I witnessed Uhud with my masters. I struck a man from the polytheists, and when I killed him I said: “Take it from me, and I am the Persian man.” This reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: “Why did you not say: Take it from me, and I am the Ansari man? For the client of a people is one of them.”

82. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5106No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أُحُدًا

    ✧ I witnessed Uhud with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

83. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5107No grade recorded

    وَقَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ حَمْدَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بِهِ. فَلَزِمَ مِنْ هَذَا أَنْ تَرْجَمَ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ وَسَلَمَةُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ فِي الصَّحَابَةِ، وَلَا أَصْلَ لَهُ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.:

    ✧ Abu Nu'aym said: Abu 'Amr b. Hamdan narrated to us, al-Hasan narrated to us with it. From this it follows that Abu Nu'aym and Salama b. Nafi' included 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Uqba among the Companions, but there is no basis for that, and Allah knows best.:

84. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5108No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: مَنْ رَأَى مَقْتَلَ حَمْزَةَ ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَعْزَلُ: أَنَا رَأَيْتُ مَقْتَلَهُ قَالَ: فَانْطَلِقْ فَأَرِنَاهُ، فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى حَمْزَةَ ؓ، فَرَآهُ وَقَدْ شُقَّ بَطْنُهُ وَقَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مُثِّلَ بِهِ وَاللهِ، فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ، وَوَقَفَ ﷺ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيِ الْقَتْلَى، فَقَالَ: أَنَا شَهِيدٌ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ، كَفِّنُوهُمْ فِي دِمَائِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ جُرْحٌ يُجْرَحُ فِي اللهِ إِلَّا جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَدْمِي، لَوْنُهُ لَوْنُ الدَّمِ، وَرِيحُهُ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ، قَدِّمُوا أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا فَاجْعَلُوهُ فِي اللَّحْدِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Uhud: “Who saw where Hamza was killed?” A man without weapons said: “I saw where he was killed.” He said: “Go and show us.” He went out until he stood over Hamza ؓ and saw him with his belly split and mutilated. He said: “O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, he has been mutilated.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked looking at him. He ﷺ stood among the slain and said: “I am a witness over these. Shroud them in their blood, for there is no wound inflicted for the sake of Allah but it will come on the Day of Resurrection bleeding, its color the color of blood and its fragrance the fragrance of musk. Put forward the one who knew more of the Qur'an and place him in the niche of the grave.”

85. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5109No grade recorded

    جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ بِسَيْفِهِ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَقَالَ: اغْسِلِي سَيْفِي هَذَا، فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ الضِّرَابَ الْيَوْمَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَئِنْ كُنْتَ أَحْسَنْتَ الْقِتَالَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنَهُ عَاصِمُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَسَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ الصِّمَّةِ

    ✧ Ali brought his sword to Fatimah on the day of Uhud and said: Wash this sword of mine, for I have fought well today. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: If you have fought well, then Asim b. Thabit, Sahl b. Hunayf, and al-Harith b. al-Simmah also fought well.

86. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5110No grade recorded

    كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِذَا ذَكَرَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ قَالَ: ذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ كَانَ كُلُّهُ يَوْمَ طَلْحَةَ، ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ فَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا يُقَاتِلُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ دُونَهُ - قَالَ: أُرَاهُ يَحْمِيهِ - قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: كُنْ طَلْحَةَ حَيْثُ فَاتَنِي مَا فَاتَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَكُونُ رَجُلًا مِنْ قَوْمِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ، وَبَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ رَجُلٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ، وَأَنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُ، وَهُوَ يَخْطِفُ الْمَشْيَ خَطْفًا لَا أَخْطِفُهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ كُسِرَتْ رَبَاعِيَتُهُ، وَشُجَّ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَقَدْ دَخَلَ فِي وَجْنَتَيْهِ حَلْقَتَانِ مِنْ حِلَقِ الْمِغْفَرِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: عَلَيْكُمَا صَاحِبُكُمَا - يُرِيدُ طَلْحَةَ وَقَدْ نَزَفَ، فَلَمْ نَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ﷺ، وَذَهَبْتُ لِأَنْزِعَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِحَقِّي لَمَا تَرَكْتَنِي، فَتَرَكَهُ فَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَتَنَاوَلَهَا بِيَدِهِ فَيُؤْذِيَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَزَمَ عَلَيْهِ بِفِيهِ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ إِحْدَى الْحَلْقَتَيْنِ، وَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ مَعَ الْحَلْقَةِ، وَذَهَبْتُ لِأَصْنَعَ مَا صَنَعَ، فَقَالَ: أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِحَقِّي لَمَا تَرَكْتَنِي، فَفَعَلَ كَمَا فَعَلَ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى فَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ الْأُخْرَى مَعَ الْحَلْقَةِ، فَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ هَتْمًا، فَأَصْلَحْنَا مِنْ شَأْنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْنَا طَلْحَةَ فِي بَعْضِ الْجِفَارِ فَإِذَا بِهِ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ أَوْ أَقَلُّ أَوْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَعْنَةٍ وَضَرْبَةٍ وَرَمْيَةٍ، وَإِذَا قَدْ قُطِعَ أُصْبُعُهُ، فَأَصْلَحْنَا مِنْ شَأْنِهِ

    ✧ Abu Bakr, whenever he mentioned the day of Uhud, would say: That day was all Talhah's day. Then he began to narrate, saying: I was the first to return to the Messenger of God ﷺ on the day of Uhud. I saw a man fighting alongside the Messenger of God ﷺ in his defense—I think he was protecting him. I said: Would that I were Talhah, since I missed what I missed. I said: Let it be a man from my own people, more beloved to me. Between me and the east there was a man I did not recognize, and I was closer to the Messenger of God ﷺ than he was, yet he was moving swiftly in a way I could not match. Then it turned out he was Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah. I reached the Messenger of God ﷺ, and his front tooth had been broken, he had been wounded in the face, and two rings of the helmet had pierced into his cheeks. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Attend to your companion—meaning Talhah—for he has bled profusely. But we paid no attention to his words. I went to remove that from his face, but Abu Ubaydah said: I adjure you by my right to leave me. So he left him, and he disliked touching it with his hand lest he hurt the Prophet ﷺ. He bit down on it with his mouth and extracted one of the rings, and his front tooth fell out with the ring. I went to do the same as he had done, but he said: I adjure you by my right to leave me. So he did as he had done the first time, and his other front tooth fell out with the ring. Thus Abu Ubaydah became one of the most handsome of people in losing his front teeth. We attended to the Prophet ﷺ, then we went to Talhah in one of the pits. He had seventy-some, or fewer or more, wounds from stabs, strikes, and arrows, and his finger had been cut off. We attended to him.

87. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5111No grade recorded

    لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ طَلَبِ الْأَحْزَابِ وَنَزَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ اغْتَسَلَ وَاسْتَجْمَرَ وَوَضَعَ عَنْهُ لَأْمَتَهُ

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ returned from pursuing the confederates and entered Madinah, he bathed, used incense, and took off his armor.

88. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5112No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّاسَ تَفَرَّقُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا جَاثِمٌ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْيَمَانِ، قُمْ فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى عَسْكَرِ الْأَحْزَابِ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى حَالِهِمْ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا قُمْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا حَيَاءً مِنَ الْبَرْدِ، قَالَ: وَبَرْدِ الْحَرَّةِ وَبَرْدِ الصَّبَخَةِ، قَالَ ﷺ: انْطَلِقْ يَا ابْنَ الْيَمَانِ، فَلَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ بَرْدٍ وَلَا حَرٍّ حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى آتِيَ عَسْكَرَهُمْ فَوَجَدْتُ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ يُوقِدُ النَّارَ فِي عُصْبَةٍ حَوْلَهُ، وَقَدْ تَفَرَّقَ عَنْهُ الْأَحْزَابُ، فَجِئْتُ حَتَّى أَجْلِسَ فِيهِمْ، فَحَسَّ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ دَخَلَ فِيهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ، فَقَالَ: لِيَأْخُذْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ بِيَدِ جَلِيسِهِ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبْتُ بِيَمِينِي عَلَى الَّذِي عَنْ يَمِينِي فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ، وَضَرَبْتُ بِشِمَالِي عَلَى الَّذِي عَنْ يَسَارِي فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ، فَكُنْتُ فِيهِمْ هُنَيْهَةً، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيَّ بِيَدِهِ أَنِ ادْنُ، فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَرْسَلَ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الثَّوْبِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ لِيُدْفِئَنِي، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ ﷺ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ، قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْيَمَانِ، اقْعُدْ فَأَخْبِرِ النَّاسَ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا فِي عُصْبَةٍ تُوقِدُ النَّارَ، وَقَدْ صَبَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي صَبَّ عَلَيْنَا، وَلَكِنَّا نَرْجُو مِنَ اللهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ

    ✧ The people dispersed from the Messenger of God ﷺ on the night of the confederates, and only twelve men remained with him. The Messenger of God ﷺ came to me while I was crouching from the cold and said: O Ibn al-Yaman, rise and go to the camp of the confederates and observe their situation. I said: O Messenger of God, by the One who sent you with the truth, I only rose to come to you out of shame from the cold. He said: The cold of the harrah and the cold of the sabkhah. He ﷺ said: Go, O Ibn al-Yaman, for no harm will befall you from cold or heat until you return to me. So I went until I came to their camp and found Abu Sufyan lighting a fire among a small group around him, and the confederates had dispersed from him. I came and sat among them. Abu Sufyan sensed that someone not of them had entered their midst, so he said: Let each man take the hand of his neighbor. I struck with my right hand on the one to my right and took his hand, and I struck with my left hand on the one to my left and took his hand. I remained among them for a little while, then I got up and came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was standing praying. He gestured to me with his hand to come close, so I drew near to him until he threw over me part of the garment he was wearing to warm me. When he ﷺ finished his prayer, he said: O Ibn al-Yaman, sit and tell the people. I said: O Messenger of God, the people have dispersed from Abu Sufyan, and only a small group remains lighting a fire. God Almighty has poured upon them cold like that which He poured upon us, but we hope from God what they do not hope.

89. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5113No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ الْأَحْزَابِ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ جَهْدٌ شَدِيدٌ، وَأَصَابَهُمْ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ مَا لَمْ يُصِبْهُمْ مِثْلُهُ قَطُّ، وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي، فَصَلَّى مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَقُومُ الْآنَ فَيَعْلَمُ لَنَا خَبَرَ الْقَوْمِ، بَيَّضَ اللهُ وَجْهَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ؟ قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَقُومَ لِمَا بِهِمْ مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى ﷺ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ يَقُومُ الْآنَ فَيَعْلَمُ لَنَا خَبَرَ الْقَوْمِ جَعَلَهُ اللهُ مَعِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ ؟ قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَقُومَ لِمَا هُمْ فِيهِ مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: يَا فُلَانُ قُمْ، قَالَ: وَالَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ لَا أَقُومُ إِلَيْكَ الْآنَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: يَا حُذَيْفَةُ قُمْ، قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ كَمَا حَلَفَ صَاحِبِي، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّكُمْ لَحُلَّفٌ، قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لِي: انْطَلِقْ فَاعْلَمْ لَنَا خَبَرَ الْقَوْمِ، وَلَا تُحْدِثَنَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ إِلَيَّ، قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: فَدَعَا لِي أَنْ يَحْفَظَنِي اللهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي حَتَّى أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ وَبَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَبَخَةٌ يَابِسَةٌ، فَلَمْ أَنْشَبْ أَنْ قَطَعْتُهَا، فَإِذَا هُمْ فِي أَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَإِذَا أَبُو سُفْيَانَ يَصْطَلِي عَلَى نَارٍ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ: وَإِذَا نُوَيْرَةٌ لَهُمْ تُضِيءُ أَحْيَانًا وَتَخْبُو أَحْيَانًا، فَإِذَا أَضَاءَتْ رَأَيْتُ مَنْ حَوْلَهَا، فَقُلْتُ: مَا أَنْتَظِرُ ؟ لَهَذَا عَدُوُّ اللهِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَكَانَهُ، فَأَخَذْتُ سَهْمًا مِنْ كِنَانَتِي فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي كَبِدِ الْقَوْسِ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: لَا تُحْدِثَنَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَرْجِعَ إِلَيَّ، فَأَلْقَيْتُهُ فِي الْكِنَانَةِ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا هُمْ فِيهِ، فَجَعَلَ ﷺ يَحْمَدُ اللهَ تَعَالَى، فَأَرْسَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الرِّيحَ، وَذَكَرَ الْآيَةَ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ الْآيَةَ

    ✧ On the night of the confederates, the people suffered severe hardship and cold such as they had never experienced before. The Messenger of God ﷺ stood praying, and he prayed as long as God willed. Then he said: Who will stand now and bring us news of the enemy? God will whiten his face on the Day of Resurrection. By God, no man among them was able to stand because of the hardship they were in. Then he ﷺ prayed as long as God willed, then said: Who will stand now and bring us news of the enemy? God will place him with me in Paradise. By God, no man among them was able to stand because of the hardship they were in. Then he ﷺ said: O so-and-so, stand. He said: By the One who sent down the Book upon you, I will not come to you now. Then he ﷺ said: O Hudhayfah, stand. Hudhayfah said: I wanted to swear as my companion had sworn, but the Prophet ﷺ said: You are indeed swearers. So I rose to him ﷺ, and he said to me: Go and bring us news of the enemy, and do not do anything until you return to me. Hudhayfah said: He prayed for me that God would protect me from before me and behind me until I returned. I went, and between me and them was a dry salt marsh, and I had hardly crossed it when I found them in a great state. Abu Sufyan was warming himself by a fire of theirs from the cold, and a small fire of theirs sometimes flared up and sometimes died down. When it flared up, I saw those around it. I said: What am I waiting for? This is an enemy of God, and I have seen his position. I took an arrow from my quiver and placed it in the bow, but then I remembered the Prophet's ﷺ words: Do not do anything until you return to me. So I threw it back into the quiver. Then I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and told him what they were doing, and he ﷺ began to praise God Almighty. Then God, Mighty and Majestic, sent the wind, and he mentioned the verse: O you who believe, remember the favor of God upon you... (to the end of the verse).

90. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5114No grade recorded

    ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْخَنْدَقِ بِيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: بِاسِمِ اللهِ وَبِهِ بَدَيْنَا وَلَوْ عَبَدْنَا غَيْرَهُ شَقَيْنَا حَبَّذَا رَبًّا وَحَبَّذَا دِينًا.

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ struck with his hands in the trench and said: In the name of God, and with Him we begin. If we worshiped other than Him, we would be wretched. Blessed be a Lord and blessed be a religion.

91. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5115No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا عَيْشَ إِلَّا عَيْشُ الْآخِرَهْ فَارْحَمِ الْأَنْصَارَ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ وَالْعَنْ عَضَلًا وَالْقَارَهْ هُمْ كَلَّفُونَا نَقْلَ الْحِجَارَهْ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the day of the trench: O God, there is no life but the life of the Hereafter, so have mercy on the Ansar and the Muhajirun, and curse Adal and al-Qarah. They burdened us with carrying the stones.

92. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5116No grade recorded

    أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْخَنْدَقِ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَتَاهُ قَوْمٌ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّهُمْ وَجَدُوا صَفَاةً لَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ يَنْقُبُوهَا، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ، فَأَخَذَ الْمِعْوَلَ فَضَرَبَ، فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ ضَرْبَةً مِنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ أَكْبَرَ صَوْتًا مِنْهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ فُتِحَتْ فَارِسُ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ أُخْرَى مِثْلَهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ فُتِحَتِ الرُّومُ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ أُخْرَى مِثْلَهَا، فَقَالَ ﷺ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ جَاءَ اللهُ بِحِمْيَرَ أَعْوَانًا وَأَنْصَارًا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ ordered the digging of the trench around Madinah. A group came to him and told him that they had found a boulder they could not break. The Messenger of God ﷺ stood up, and we stood with him. He took the pickaxe and struck, and I never heard a strike from a man louder than it. He ﷺ said: God is Greatest! Persia has been conquered. Then he struck another similar blow and said: God is Greatest! Byzantium has been conquered. Then he struck another similar blow and said: God is Greatest! God has brought Himyar as helpers and supporters.

93. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5117No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ لَيْلَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ الزُّبَيْرَ وَرَجُلًا آخَرَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ قَمِرَةٍ فَنَظَرَا، ثُمَّ جَاءَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مِرْطٍ لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، فَأَدْخَلَهُمَا فِي الْمِرْطِ، وَلَزِقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent al-Zubayr and another man on the night of the confederates, on a moonlit night, and they looked around. Then they came back while the Messenger of God ﷺ was in a woolen cloak belonging to Umm Salamah. He brought them both into the cloak, and the Messenger of God ﷺ clung to Umm Salamah.

94. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5118No grade recorded

    حَكَمَ سَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَنْ يُقَتَّلَ مَنْ جَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمُوسَى، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قَدْ حَكَمْتَ فِيهِمْ بِحُكْمِ اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ فَوْقِ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ

    ✧ On that day Sa'd b. Mu'adh ruled that those who had reached puberty should be killed. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: You have judged among them with the judgment of God Almighty from above seven heavens.

95. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5119No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَوَّاتَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ إِلَى بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ يَدْعُوهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا مَثَلُنَا مَثَلُ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ، فَقُطِعَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَبَقِيَ الْآخَرُ، فَأَبَوْا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent Khawwat b. Jubayr to Banu Qurayzah to call them, and they said: Our parable is that of a man who had two wings, one was cut off and the other remained. So they refused.

96. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5120No grade recorded

    لَمَّا كَانَ بَنُو قُرَيْظَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ادْعُوا إِلَيَّ سَيِّدَكُمْ يَحْكُمُ فِي عِبَادِهِ، يَعْنِي: سَعْدَ بْنَ مُعَاذٍ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: احْكُمْ، قَالَ: أَخْشَى أَلَا أُصِيبَ فِيهِمْ حُكْمَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، قَالَ ﷺ: احْكُمْ فِيهِمْ فَحَكَمَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَصَبْتَ حُكْمَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَرَسُولِهِ

    ✧ When it was the affair of Banu Qurayzah, the Messenger of God ﷺ said: Call to me your chief to judge among His servants, meaning Sa'd b. Mu'adh. He came, and he said to him: Judge. He said: I fear I may not attain God's judgment, Mighty and Majestic, regarding them. He ﷺ said: Judge among them. So he judged, and he ﷺ said: You have attained the judgment of God, Mighty and Majestic, and His Messenger.

97. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5121No grade recorded

    مَا نَسِيتُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ وَهُوَ يُعَاطِيهِمُ اللَّبَنَ، وَقَدِ اغْبَرَّ شَعَرُهُ - يَعْنِي: النَّبِيَّ ﷺ - وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ خَيْرُ الْآخِرَهْ فَاغْفِرْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ.

    ✧ I have not forgotten the day of the trench while he was handing them the milk, and his hair was dusty - meaning the Prophet ﷺ - and he was saying: 'Indeed the good is the good of the Hereafter, so forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun.'

98. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5122No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ نَحْوَهُ، وَالْأَوَّلُ أَعَمُّ. ( 204 ) وَتَقَدَّمَ حَدِيثُ صَفِيَّةَ ؓ فِي فَضْلِهَا.::

    ✧ Abu Khaythamah narrated to us: 'Affan narrated to us: Yazid b. Zuray' narrated to us: Ibn 'Awn narrated to us something similar, and the first is more general. (204) And the hadith of Safiyyah ؓ regarding her virtue has already been mentioned.::

99. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5123No grade recorded

    قَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ: أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَوْمَ أُغِيرَ عَلَى لِقَاحِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عَلَى الْبِئْرِ أَسْقِي

    ✧ 'Uthman said to Abu Dharr ؓ: '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, giving water.'

100. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5124No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُمْ فِي غَزْوَةٍ أَغْزَاهَا بَنِي لِحْيَانَ: لِيَنْبَعِثْ مِنْ كُلِّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ، وَالْأَجْرُ بَيْنَهُمَا

     ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them regarding a military expedition he dispatched against Banu Lihyan: 'Let one man from every two of you go forth, and the reward will be shared between them.'

101. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5125No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ: حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، مِثْلَهُ.:

     ✧ And Ahmad b. Mani' said: Husayn b. Muhammad narrated to us: Shayban narrated to us, something similar.:

102. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5126No grade recorded

     كَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ صَاحِبِ الرُّومِ: مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ صَاحِبِ الرُّومِ، إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، فَإِنْ أَسْلَمْتَ فَلَكَ مَا لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَعَلَيْكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَدْخُلْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَعْطِ الْجِزْيَةَ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللهِ الْآيَةَ، وَإِلَّا فَلَا تَحُلْ بَيْنَ الْفَلَّاحِينَ وَبَيْنَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا فِيهِ أَوْ يُعْطُوا الْجِزْيَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to Heraclius, the ruler of the Romans: 'From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Heraclius, the ruler of the Romans. I call you to Islam. If you submit, you will have what the Muslims have, and you will be responsible for what they are responsible for. If you do not enter Islam, then pay the jizyah, for Allah, the Exalted, says: Fight those who do not believe in Allah [Quran 9:29]... Otherwise, do not come between the farmers and Islam, that they may enter it or pay the jizyah.'

103. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5127No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَبَعَثَ مَعِي رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ: ائْتِيَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ فَاقْتُلَاهُ بِفِنَائِهِ، فَنَذِرُوا بِنَا، فَصَعِدْنَا فِي الْجَبَلِ، فَجَاءَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ فَقَتَلْتُهُ، ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ غَارًا، فَجَاءَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي دِيلِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ، فَدَخَلَ مَعَنَا، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ: مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: وَأَنَا مِنْ بَنِي بَكْرٍ، فَاضْطَجَعَ وَرَفَعَ عَقِيرَتَهُ يَتَغَنَّى، فَقَالَ: لَسْتُ بِمُسْلِمٍ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا وَلَا دَانٍ بِدِينِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقُلْتُ: نَمْ فَسَتَعْلَمُ، فَنَامَ فَقَتَلْتُهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ فَوَجَدْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ بَعَثَتْهُمَا قُرَيْشٌ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُمَا: اسْتَأْسِرَا، فَأَبَى أَحَدُهُمَا فَقَتَلْتُهُ، وَاسْتَأْسَرَ الْآخَرُ، فَقَدِمْتُ بِهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, and he sent with me a man from the Ansar, and he said: 'Go to Abu Sufyan and kill him in his courtyard.' They became aware of us, so we climbed the mountain. Then a man from Banu Tamim came to us, and I killed him. Then I entered a cave. A man from Banu Dil b. Bakr came to us and entered with us. I said: 'Who are you?' He said: 'From Banu Bakr.' I said: 'And I am from Banu Bakr.' He lay down and raised his voice singing, and he said: 'I am not a Muslim as long as I live, nor do I adhere to the religion of the Muslims.' I said: 'Sleep, and you will find out.' He slept, and I killed him. Then I went out and found two men whom Quraysh had sent. I said to them: 'Surrender as prisoners.' One of them refused, so I killed him, and the other surrendered. I brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

104. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5128No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَبَعَثَ مَعِي رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ بَعْدَمَا قُتِلَ خُبَيْبٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ ؓ، فَقَالَ: اقْتُلَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بِفِنَائِهِ، فَخَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا بَطْنَ يَأْجِجَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الشِّعْبِ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ صَاحِبِي رَجُلًا سُهَيْلًا، لَيْسَتْ لَهُ رِحْلَةٌ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنْ خِفْتَ شَيْئًا فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى بَعِيرِكَ فَارْكَبْهُ حَتَّى تَلْحَقَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي صَاحِبِي: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، إِنَّهُمْ إِذَا أَظْلَمُوا رَشُّوا أَفْنِيَتَهُمْ فَجَلَسُوا فِيهَا، وَأَنَا أَعْرَفُ فِيهِمْ مِنَ الْفَرَسِ الْأَبْلَقِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عَنِّي حَتَّى طُفْنَا سَبْعًا، ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا حَتَّى مَرَرْنَا بِمَجَالِسِهِمْ، فَقَالُوا: هَذَا عَمْرٌو، وَاللهِ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ خَيْرٌ، وَكَانَ عَمْرٌو ؓ رَجُلًا فَاتِكًا يُسَمَّى الْخَلِيعَ، قَالَ: فَشَدَدْنَا حَتَّى صَعِدْنَا الْجَبَلَ، فَدَخَلْتُ غَارًا، فَإِذَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، أَوْ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَالِكٍ التَّيْمِيُّ يَخْتَلِي لِفَرَسٍ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنَ الْغَارِ، قُلْتُ لِصَاحِبِي: وَاللهِ لَئِنْ رَآنَا هَذَا لَيَدُلَّنَّ عَلَيْنَا، قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَأْتُهُ بِالْخِنْجَرِ تَحْتَ ثَدْيِهِ، فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ الْقَاضِيَةَ، فَصَرَخَ صَرْخَةً أَسْمَعَهَا أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ، قَالَ: فَجَاءُوا، وَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مَكَانِي فَدَخَلْتُ فِيهِ، فَجَاءَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ فَوَجَدُوا بِهِ رَمَقًا، فَقَالُوا: مَنْ طَعَنَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَمَا أَدْرَكُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعُوا أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُمْ بِمَكَانِنَا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِخُبَيْبٍ عَلَى خَشَبَتِهِ، فَقَالَ لِي صَاحِبِي: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تُنْزِلَ خُبَيْبًا عَنْ خَشَبَتِهِ فَتَدْفِنَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَتَنَحَّ عَنِّي، فَإِنْ أَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَخُذِ الطَّرِيقَ، فَعَمَدْتُ لِخُبَيْبٍ فَأَنْزَلْتُهُ عَنْ خَشَبَتِهِ، فَحَمَلْتُهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِي فَمَا مَشَيْتُ بِهِ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعًا حَتَّى بَدَرَنِي الْحَرَسُ، وَكَانُوا قَدْ وَضَعُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَرَسَ، قَالَ: فَطَرَحْتُهُ فَمَا أَنْسَى وَجْبَتَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ حِينَ طَرَحْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ عَلَى الصَّفْرَاوَاتِ حَتَّى انْصَبَبْتُ عَلَى الْعَلِيلِ عَلِيلِ ضَجْنَانَ، وَهُمْ يَتْبَعُونَنِي، فَدَخَلْتُ غَارًا، فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةَ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْغَارِ عَلَى بِلَادٍ أَنَا بِهَا عَالِمٌ، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ عَلَى رُكُوبَةٍ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ بَعَثَتْهُمَا قُرَيْشٌ يَتَجَسَّسَانِ الْأَخْبَارَ، فَقُلْتُ لِأَحَدِهِمَا: اسْتَأْسِرْ فَأَبَى فَرَمَيْتُهُ فَقَتَلْتُهُ، وَاسْتَأْسَرَ الْآخَرُ، فَقَدِمْتُ بِهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me, and he sent with me a man from the Ansar after Khubayb and his companions ؓ were killed. He said: 'Kill Abu Sufyan in his courtyard.' I went out with my companion until we reached the bottom of Ya'jaj from the direction of the mountain pass. He said: 'My companion was a simple man, with no travel experience. I said to him: 'If you fear anything, go to your camel and ride it until you catch up with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'My companion said to me: 'Would you like to circumambulate the House?' I said: 'I know the people of Makkah better: when it gets dark, they sprinkle their courtyards and sit in them, and I am more recognizable among them than a piebald horse.' He kept at me until we circumambulated seven times. Then we went out and passed by their gatherings. They said: 'This is 'Amr; by Allah, he has not come with good.' And 'Amr ؓ was a daring man called al-Khali' (the outcast). He said: 'We hastened until we climbed the mountain, and I entered a cave. There was 'Uthman b. Malik, or 'Ubayd Allah b. Malik al-Taymi, cutting grass for a horse. When he approached the cave, I said to my companion: 'By Allah, if this man sees us, he will surely point us out.' He said: 'I went out to him and stabbed him with the dagger under his breast, and I gave him the fatal blow. He screamed a scream that the people of Makkah heard.' He said: 'They came, and I returned to my place and entered it. The people of Makkah came and found him with a spark of life. They said: 'Who stabbed you?' He said: ''Amr b. Umayyah.' Then he died before they could get from him any information about our location.' He said: 'Then we went out, and there was Khubayb on his wooden cross. My companion said to me: 'Would you like to take Khubayb down from his cross and bury him?' I said: 'Yes. Move away from me, and if I am delayed, take the road.' I went to Khubayb and took him down from his cross, and carried him on my back. I had not walked with him twenty cubits before the guards surprised me; they had placed guards over him. He said: 'I dropped him, and I will never forget the thud of his body on the ground when I dropped him. Then I took to the yellow mountains until I descended to al-'Alil, the 'Alil of Dajnan, while they were pursuing me. I entered a cave,' and he mentioned the story of the one he killed. 'Then I came out of the cave to lands I knew well. Then I took to a riding camel, and I saw two men whom Quraysh had sent to spy out the news. I said to one of them: 'Surrender as a prisoner.' He refused, so I shot him and killed him, and the other surrendered. I brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

105. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5129No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ وَحْدَهُ عَيْنًا إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ، فَجِئْتُ إِلَى خَشَبَةِ خُبَيْبٍ، وَأَنَا أَتَخَوَّفُ الْعُيُونَ، فَرَقِيتُ فِيهَا فَحَلَّيْتُ خُبَيْبًا فَوَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَانْتَبَذْتُ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ، وَالْتَفَتُّ فَلَمْ أَرَ خُبَيْبًا، وَلَكَأَنَّمَا ابْتَلَعَتْهُ الْأَرْضُ، قَالَ: فَمَا رُئِيَ خُبَيْبٌ رِمَّةً حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ

     ✧ Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him alone as a spy to Quraysh. I came to the wooden cross of Khubayb, and I was afraid of being watched. I climbed up and untied Khubayb, and he fell to the ground. I withdrew to a place not far away, and I turned around but did not see Khubayb. It was as if the earth had swallowed him. He said: 'No trace of Khubayb's remains has been seen to this hour.'

106. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5130No grade recorded

     كَاتِبُ الْكِتَابِ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

     ✧ The scribe of the document on the day of al-Hudaybiyyah was 'Ali b. Abi Talib.

107. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5131No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ: مَنْ كَاتِبُ الْكِتَابِ يَوْمَئِذٍ ؟ فَضَحِكَ وَقَالَ: هُوَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ، وَلَوْ سَأَلْتَ هَؤُلَاءِ، يَعْنِي: بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، لَقَالُوا: هُوَ عُثْمَانُ

     ✧ I asked al-Zuhri: 'Who was the scribe of the document on that day?' He laughed and said: 'It was 'Ali ؓ. But if you asked those people - meaning Banu Umayyah - they would say: It was 'Uthman.'

108. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5132No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ كَانَ قَائِمًا عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَهُوَ مُتَلَثِّمٌ، فَجَعَلَ عُرْوَةُ، يَعْنِي: ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ، يَتَنَاوَلُ لِحْيَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُكَلِّمُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ: لَتَكُفَّنَّ يَدَكَ، أَوْ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ يَدُكَ، وَالْمُغِيرَةُ مُتَقَلِّدٌ سَيْفًا، فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: هَذَا ابْنُ أَخِيكَ الْمُغِيرَةُ قَالَ: أَجَلْ يَا غُدَرُ، مَا غَسَلْتُ رَأْسِي مِنْ غَدْرَتِكَ

     ✧ He was standing over the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a sword, and he was veiled. 'Urwah - meaning Ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi - began to touch the beard of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while speaking to him. Al-Mughirah said to him: 'You must stop your hand, or your hand will not return to you.' And al-Mughirah was girded with a sword. 'Urwah said: 'Who is this, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ said: 'This is your nephew, al-Mughirah.' He said: 'Indeed, O treacherous one. I have not washed my head from your treachery.'

109. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5133No grade recorded

     إِنَّ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ زَمَنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ: أَيْ قَوْمِ، قَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمُلُوكَ وَكَلَّمْتُهُمْ، فَابْعَثُونِي إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَأُكَلِّمَهُ، فَأَتَاهُ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، فَجَعَلَ عُرْوَةُ يُكَلِّمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَيَتَنَاوَلُ لِحْيَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَالْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ شَاكٍ فِي السِّلَاحِ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ: كُفَّ يَدَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ لَا تَصِلَ إِلَيْكَ، فَرَفَعَ عُرْوَةُ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ هُوَ ؟ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَفِي غَدْرَتِكَ مَا خَرَجْتُ مِنْهَا بَعْدُ، فَرَجَعَ عُرْوَةُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ: أَيْ قَوْمِ، إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْمُلُوكَ وَكَلَّمْتُهُمْ، مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ قَطُّ، مَا هُوَ مَلِكٌ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْهَدْيَ مَعْكُوفًا، وَمَا أَرَاكُمْ إِلَّا سَتُصِيبُكُمْ قَارِعَةٌ، فَانْصَرَفَ هُوَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، فَصَعِدَ سُورَ الطَّائِفِ، فَشَهِدَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي أُمَّتِي مِثْلَ صَاحِبِ يَاسِينَ

     ✧ Urwah b. Mas'ud said to his people at the time of al-Hudaybiyyah: 'O my people, I have seen kings and spoken to them. Send me to Muhammad so I may speak with him.' So he came to him at al-Hudaybiyyah. Urwah began to speak with the Prophet ﷺ and reached for the beard of the Prophet ﷺ. Al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah was armed with weapons at the head of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Al-Mughirah said to him: 'Withdraw your hand before it does not reach you.' Urwah raised his head and said: 'Is it you? By God, I am still within your treachery, and I have not yet left it.' Urwah returned to his people and said: 'O my people, I have seen kings and spoken with them. I have never seen anyone like Muhammad. He is not a king. I saw the sacrificial animals held back, and I think you will be struck by a calamity.' Then he departed with those of his people who followed him, climbed the wall of al-Ta'if, and testified that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. A man from his people shot him with an arrow and killed him. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Praise be to God who has placed in my community someone like the companion of Yasin.'

110. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5134No grade recorded

     أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِالسُّقْيَا قَالَ مُعَاذٌ: مَنْ يَسْقِينَا فِي أَسْقِيَتِنَا ؟ قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَ فِتْيَانٍ مَعِي حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْأُثَايَةَ، فَأَسْقَيْنَا وَاسْتَقَيْنَا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ عَتَمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، إِذَا رَجُلٌ يُنَازِعُهُ بَعِيرُهُ الْمَاءَ، قَالَ: فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَخَذْتُ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَأَنَخْتُهَا، قَالَ: فَتَقَدَّمَ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ، وَأَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً

     ✧ We set out with the Messenger of God ﷺ in the year of al-Hudaybiyyah. When we were at al-Suqya, Mu'adh said: 'Who will give us water in our water-skins?' He said: So I went out with some youths with me until we came to al-Uthaya, and we gave water and drew water. He said: Then when it was after the evening prayer of the night, a man was struggling with his camel for water. He said: And it was the Messenger of God ﷺ. I took hold of his riding camel and made it kneel. He said: He came forward and prayed the 'Isha' prayer, and I was on his right. Then he prayed thirteen rak'ahs.

111. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5135No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبَا قَتَادَةَ، وَحَلِيفًا لَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَتِيكٍ إِلَى ابْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ لِنَقْتُلَهُ، فَخَرَجْنَا لَيْلًا، فَتَتَبَّعْنَا أَبْوَابَهُمْ، فَعَلَّقْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، ثُمَّ جَمَعْنَا الْمَفَاتِيحَ، فَصَعِدَ الْقَوْمُ فِي النَّخْلِ، وَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَتِيكٍ فِي دَرَجَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ، فَتَكَلَّمَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَتِيكٍ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ عَبْدَ اللهِ، أَنَّى لَكَ بِهَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ ؟ قُومِي فَافْتَحِي لَهُ، فَإِنَّ الْكَرِيمَ لَا يَرُدُّ عَنْ بَابِهِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ، فَقَامَتْ، فَقُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَتِيكٍ: دُونَكَ، فَشَهَرَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّيْفَ، فَذَهَبَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ لِتَصِيحَ فَأَشْهَرَ عَلَيْهَا السَّيْفَ، فَأَدْرَكَهُ قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ فَأَكَفَّ. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ: فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَشْرُبَةٍ لَهُ، فَوَقَفْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى شِدَّةِ بَيَاضِهِ فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي أَخَذَ وِسَادَةً فَاسْتَتَرَ بِهَا، فَذَهَبْتُ أَرْفَعُ السَّيْفَ لِأَضْرِبَهُ، فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ مِنْ قِصَرِ الْبَيْتِ، فَوَخَزْتُهُ وَخْزًا، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ، فَقَالَ صَاحِبِي: فَعَلْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَدَخَلَ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا فَانْحَدَرْنَا مِنَ الدَّرَجَةِ، فَسَقَطَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَتِيكٍ فِي الدَّرَجَةِ، فَقَالَ: وَارِجْلَاهُ، كُسِرَتْ رِجْلِي، فَقُلْتُ: لَيْسَ بِرِجْلِكَ بَأْسٌ، وَوَضَعْتُ قَوْسِي فَاحْتَمَلْتُهُ، وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَصِيرًا ضَئِيلًا، فَأَنْزَلْتُهُ فَإِذَا رِجْلُهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِهَا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى لَحِقْنَا أَصْحَابَنَا، وَصَاحَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: وَابَيَاتَاهُ، فَيَثُورُ أَهْلُ خَيْبَرَ لِقَتْلِهِ، فَذَكَرْتُ مَوْضِعَ قَوْسِي، فَقُلْتُ: لَا أَرْجِعُ حَتَّى آخُذَ قَوْسِي، فَرَجَعْتُ فَإِذَا أَهْلُ خَيْبَرَ قَدْ ثَوَّرُوا، وَإِذَا مَا لَهُمْ كَلَامٌ إِلَّا مَنْ قَتَلَ ابْنَ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ ؟ فَجَعَلْتُ لَا أَنْظُرُ فِي وَجْهِ إِنْسَانٍ وَلَا يَنْظُرُ فِي وَجْهِي إِلَّا قُلْتُ كَمَا يَقُولُ: مَنْ قَتَلَ ابْنَ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ ؟ حَتَّى جِئْتُ الدَّرَجَةَ، فَصَعِدْتُ مَعَ النَّاسِ، فَأَخَذْتُ قَوْسِي، ثُمَّ لَحِقْتُ بِأَصْحَابِي، فَكُنَّا نَسِيرُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَنَكْمُنُ بِالنَّهَارِ، فَإِذَا كَمَنَّا النَّهَارَ أَقْعَدْنَا نَاطُورًا يَنْظُرُنَا حَتَّى إِذَا اقْتَرَبْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَكُنَّا بِالْبَيْدَاءِ كُنْتُ أَنَا نَاطِرَهُمْ، ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَلَحْتُ لَهُمْ بِثَوْبِي فَانْحَدَرُوا، فَخَرَجُوا جَمْزًا، وَانْحَدَرْتُ أَنَا فِي آثَارِهِمْ، فَأَدْرَكْتُهُمْ حَتَّى بَلَغْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَقَالَ لِي أَصْحَابِي: هَلْ رَأَيْتَ شَيْئًا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُ مَا أَدْرَكَكُمْ مِنَ الْعَيَاءِ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَحْمِلَكُمُ الْفَزَعُ. وَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ بِالنَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: أَفْلَحَتِ الْوُجُوهُ، فَقُلْنَا: أَفْلَحَ وَجْهُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَقَتَلْتُمُوهُ ؟ قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ، فَدَعَا ﷺ بِالسَّيْفِ الَّذِي قُتِلَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا طَعَامُهُ فِي ظُبَاتِ السَّيْفِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me, Abu Qatadah, an ally of theirs from the Ansar, and Abdullah b. Atik to Ibn Abi al-Huqayq to kill him. We went out at night, tracked their doors, and hung them on them from outside. Then we gathered the keys. The group climbed into the palm trees, and I and Abdullah b. Atik entered the stairs of Ibn Abi al-Huqayq. Abdullah b. Atik spoke, and Ibn Abi al-Huqayq said: 'May your mother lose you, Abdullah! How did you get to this land? Get up and open for him, for a nobleman is not turned away from his door at this hour.' She got up, and I said to Abdullah b. Atik: 'Go ahead.' He drew his sword upon them. His wife went to scream, so he drew his sword upon her, but then he remembered the saying of the Messenger of God ﷺ that he forbade killing women and children, so he refrained. Abdullah b. Unays said: I entered upon him in his upper room, and I stood looking at the extreme whiteness of his skin in the darkness of the night. When he saw me, he took a pillow and covered himself with it. I went to raise the sword to strike him, but I could not because of the shortness of the room, so I stabbed him with a thrust. Then I went out, and my companion said: 'Did you do it?' I said: 'Yes.' He entered and stood over him. Then we went out and descended the stairs, and Abdullah b. Atik fell on the stairs and said: 'Oh my leg! My leg is broken.' I said: 'There is nothing wrong with your leg,' and I put down my bow and carried him. Abdullah was short and slight, so I brought him down and found his leg was fine. We went on until we caught up with our companions. The woman cried out: 'Oh father of the house!' and the people of Khaybar rose up to kill him. I remembered the place of my bow and said: 'I will not return until I take my bow.' I went back and found the people of Khaybar in an uproar, and they were saying nothing but 'Who killed Ibn Abi al-Huqayq?' I did not look at the face of any person nor did any person look at my face but I said as they said: 'Who killed Ibn Abi al-Huqayq?' until I came to the stairs. I climbed up with the people, took my bow, and then caught up with my companions. We traveled at night and hid by day. When we hid during the day, we set a watchman to look out for us until we approached al-Madinah. When we were at al-Bayda', I was their watchman. Then I signaled to them with my garment, and they went down and ran briskly. I descended following their tracks and caught up with them until we reached al-Madinah. My companions said to me: 'Did you see anything?' I said: 'No, but I saw what overtook you of exhaustion, and I wanted fear to carry you.' We came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon to the people. He said: 'The faces have succeeded.' We said: 'May your face succeed, O Messenger of God.' He said: 'Did you kill him?' We said: 'Yes.' He called for the sword with which he was killed and said: 'This is his food in the edges of the sword.'

112. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5136No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ خَيْبَرَ: مَنْ كَانَ مُضْعِفًا أَوْ مُصْعِبًا فَلْيَرْجِعْ وَأَمَرَ ﷺ مُنَادِيًا فَنَادَى بِذَلِكَ، فَرَجَعَ نَاسٌ، وَفِي الْقَوْمِ رَجُلٌ عَلَى بَكْرٍ صَعْبٍ، فَمَرَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى سَوَادٍ، فَنَفَرَ بِهِ فَصَرَعَهُ فَوَقَصَهُ، فَلَمَّا جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: مَا شَأْنُ صَاحِبِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ كَذَا كَذَا، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا بِلَالُ مَا كُنْتَ أَذَّنْتَ فِي النَّاسِ: مَنْ كَانَ مُضْعِفًا أَوْ مُصْعِبًا فَلْيَرْجِعْ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى قَالَ: فَأَبَى أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said during the expedition of Khaybar: 'Whoever has a weak or refractory mount, let him return.' He ﷺ ordered a caller to announce that, and some people returned. Among the people was a man on a refractory young camel. At night he passed by some black object, and it bolted with him and threw him, breaking his neck. When he was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'What is the matter with your companion?' They said: 'His affair was such and such.' He ﷺ said: 'O Bilal, did you not announce to the people: "Whoever has a weak or refractory mount, let him return?"' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'But he refused to pray over him.'

113. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5137No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَسْلَمَ حِينَ شَكَوْا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْحَالِ، فَنَدَبَ ﷺ النَّاسَ، فَنَهَضُوا، فَرَأَيْتُ أَسْلَمَ أَوَّلَ مَنِ انْتَهَى إِلَى الْحِصْنِ، فَمَا غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، حَتَّى فَتَحَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْنَا، وَهُوَ حِصْنُ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ بِالنَّطَاةِ

     ✧ I saw Aslam when they complained to the Prophet ﷺ about severe hardship. He ﷺ called upon the people, and they arose. I saw Aslam be the first to reach the fortress. The sun did not set on that day until God Almighty granted us victory over it, and it was the fortress of al-Sa'b b. Mu'adh in al-Natah.

114. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5138No grade recorded

     قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ لِلْفَارِسِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَسْهُمٍ، وَلِلرَّاجِلِ سَهْمًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ divided on the day of Khaybar: for the horseman three shares, and for the foot soldier one share.

115. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5139No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ بِرَايَتِهِ إِلَى بَعْضِ حُصُونِ خَيْبَرَ، فَقَاتَلَ وَرَجَعَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَتَحَ، وَقَدْ جَهَدَ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَقَاتَلَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فَتَحَ، وَقَدْ جَهَدَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ رَجُلًا يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا ﷺ بِعَلِيٍّ فَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: خُذْ هَذِهِ الرَّايَةَ، فَامْضِ بِهَا حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ. قَالَ: يَقُولُ سَلَمَةُ: فَخَرَجَ بِهَا وَاللهِ يُهَرْوِلُ هَرْوَلَةً، وَنَحْنُ خَلْفَهُ نَتْبَعُ أَثَرَهُ، حَتَّى رَكَزَ رَايَتَهُ فِي رَضْمٍ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ تَحْتَ الْحِصْنِ، فَاطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ يَهُودِيٌّ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْحِصْنِ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: غُلِبْتُمْ، وَمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُوسَى - أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ - فَمَا رَجَعَ حَتَّى فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent Abu Bakr al-Siddiq with his banner to one of the fortresses of Khaybar. He fought and returned without conquering it, and he had exerted himself. Then he sent Umar b. al-Khattab the next day, and he fought and returned without conquering it, and he had exerted himself. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'I will give the banner to a man who loves God and His Messenger, and God will grant victory at his hands.' Then he ﷺ called for Ali and spat into his eyes, then said: 'Take this banner and go with it until God grants you victory.' Salamah said: He went out with it, by God, trotting briskly, while we followed his tracks behind him, until he planted his banner in a pile of stones beneath the fortress. A Jew looked down at him from the top of the fortress and said: 'Who are you?' He said: 'Ali b. Abi Talib.' The Jew said to his companions: 'You are defeated, by what was revealed to Moses'—or as he said. He did not return until God granted victory at his hands.

116. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5140No grade recorded

     جَاءَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ بَعْدَ قَتْلِ أَبِيهِ، فَقَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَا رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَاءَ مِنَ الْغَدِ، فَقَامَ فِي مَقَامِهِ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ لَهُ: أُلَاقِي مِنْكَ الْيَوْمَ مَا لَقِيتُهُ مِنْكَ أَمْسِ ؟

     ✧ Usamah b. Zayd came after the killing of his father and stood before the Messenger of God ﷺ, and the eyes of the Messenger of God ﷺ shed tears. Then he came the next day and stood in that same place, and he ﷺ said to him: 'Shall I encounter from you today what I encountered from you yesterday?'

117. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5141No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ غَضِبَ فِيمَا كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِ بَنِي كَعْبٍ غَضَبًا لَمْ أَرَهُ غَضِبَهُ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ، وَقَالَ: لَا نَصَرَنِي اللهُ إِنْ لَمْ أَنْصُرْ بَنِي كَعْبٍ، وَقَالَ ﷺ: قُولِي لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَلْيَتَجَهَّزَا لِهَذَا الْغَزْوِ. قَالَ: فَجَاءَا إِلَى عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَا لَهَا: أَيْنَ يُرِيدُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَتْ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ غَضِبَ فِيمَا كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِ بَنِي كَعْبٍ غَضَبًا لَمْ أَرَهُ غَضِبَهُ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ become angry over the affair of Banu Ka'b with an anger I had not seen him show for a long time. He said: 'May God not help me if I do not help Banu Ka'b.' And he ﷺ said: 'Tell Abu Bakr and Umar to prepare for this expedition.' He said: They came to A'ishah and said to her: 'Where does the Messenger of God ﷺ intend to go?' She said: 'I saw him become angry over the affair of Banu Ka'b with an anger I had not seen him show for a long time.'

118. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5142No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ أَعْطَاهُ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ لِوَاءَ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ، فَدَخَلَ الزُّبَيْرُ مَكَّةَ بِلِوَاءَيْنِ

     ✧ On the day of the conquest of Makkah, he gave him the banner of Sa'd b. Ubadah, and al-Zubayr entered Makkah with two banners.

119. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5143No grade recorded

     لَمَّا دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ أَمَّنَ النَّاسَ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةً

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ entered Makkah, he granted safety to the people except for four.

120. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5144No grade recorded

     أَمَّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ: عَبْدَ الْعُزَّى بْنَ خَطَلٍ، وَمِقْيَسَ بْنَ صُبَابَةَ، وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَعْدٍ، وَأُمَّ سَارَةَ، فَأَمَّا عَبْدُ الْعُزَّى بْنُ خَطَلٍ فَإِنَّهُ قُتِلَ وَهُوَ آخِذٌ بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ، قَالَ: وَنَذَرَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَعْدٍ إِذَا رَآهُ، وَكَانَ أَخَا عُثْمَانَ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، فَأَتَى بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَشْفَعَ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا بَصُرَ بِهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ اشْتَمَلَ عَلَى السَّيْفِ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ، فَوَجَدَهُ فِي حَلْقَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَعَلَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَتَرَدَّدُ وَيَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ عَلَيْهِ، لِأَنَّهُ فِي حَلْقَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَبَسَطَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدَهُ فَبَايَعَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ لِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ: قَدِ انْتَظَرْتُكَ أَنْ تُوَفِّيَ بِنَذْرِكَ، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هِبْتُكَ، أَفَلَا أَوْمَأْتَ إِلَيَّ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِلنَّبِيِّ أَنْ يَكُونَ يُومِئُ. قَالَ: وَأَمَّا مِقْيَسُ بْنُ صُبَابَةَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ أَخٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُتِلَ خَطَأً، فَبَعَثَ مَعَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي فِهْرٍ لِيَأْخُذَ عَقْلَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَلَمَّا جَمَعَ لَهُ الْعَقْلَ وَرَجَعَ نَامَ الْفِهْرِيُّ، فَوَثَبَ مِقْيَسٌ فَأَخَذَ حَجَرًا فَجَلَدَ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ، وَأَقْبَلَ يَقُولُ: شَفَى النَّفْسَ مَنْ قَدْ بَاتَ بِالْقَاعِ مُسْنَدًا يُضَرِّجُ ثَوْبَيْهِ دِمَاءُ الْأَخَادِعِ وَكَانَتْ هُمُومُ النَّفْسِ مِنْ قَبْلِ قَتْلِهِ تُلِمُّ وَتُنْسِينِي وِطَاءَ الْمَضَاجِعِ قَتَلْتُ بِهِ فِهْرًا وَغَرَّمْتُ عَقْلَهُ سَرَاةَ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ أَرْبَابَ فَارِعِ حَلَلْتُ بِهِ نَذْرِي وَأَدْرَكْتُ ثُؤْرَتِي وَكُنْتُ إِلَى الْأَوْثَانِ أَوَّلَ رَاجِعِ وَأَمَّا أُمُّ سَارَةَ: فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مَوْلَاةَ قُرَيْشٍ، فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَشَكَتْ إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةَ، فَأَعْطَاهَا شَيْئًا، ثُمَّ أَتَاهَا رَجُلٌ فَبَعَثَ مَعَهَا بِكِتَابٍ إِلَى مَكَّةَ... فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةَ حَاطِبٍ، كَذَا فِي الْأَصْلِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ granted safety to the people on the day of the conquest of Makkah except for four people: Abd al-Uzza b. Khatal, Miqyas b. Subabah, Abdullah b. Sa'd, and Umm Sarah. As for Abd al-Uzza b. Khatal, he was killed while clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah. He said: A man from the Ansar vowed to kill Abdullah b. Sa'd if he saw him, and he was Uthman's foster brother. He was brought to the Messenger of God ﷺ to intercede for him. When the Ansari saw him, he took hold of his sword and went to him, but he found him in the circle of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Ansari kept hesitating and disliked to advance upon him because he was in the circle of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ stretched out his hand and accepted his pledge of allegiance, then he ﷺ said to the Ansari: 'I waited for you to fulfill your vow.' He said: 'O Messenger of God, I was in awe of you. Could you not have signaled to me?' He ﷺ said: 'It is not for a prophet to signal.' He said: As for Miqyas b. Subabah, he had a brother with the Messenger of God ﷺ who was killed by mistake. The Messenger of God ﷺ sent with him a man from Banu Fihr to take his blood money from the Ansar. When the blood money was collected for him and he returned, the Fihri slept, and Miqyas jumped up, took a stone, and struck his head with it, killing him. He then went on saying: 'It healed the soul that the one who spent the night in the open, supported, his two garments stained with the blood of the jugular veins. The anxieties of the soul before killing him used to beset me and make me forget the softness of beds. I killed with him a man of Fihr and paid his blood money to the nobles of Banu al-Najjar, lords of Fari'. With that I fulfilled my vow and achieved my revenge, and I was the first to return to the idols.' As for Umm Sarah: she was a freedwoman of Quraysh. She came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and complained to him of need, so he gave her something. Then a man came to her and sent with her a letter to Makkah... And he mentioned the story of Hatib, as it is in the original.

121. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5145No grade recorded

     اسْمُ ابْنِ خَطَلٍ: عَبْدُ اللهِ، كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَتَانِ تُغَنِّيَانِ بِهِجَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ آمِنِينَ إِلَّا ابْنَ خَطَلٍ وَقَيْنَتَيْهِ وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ وَمِقْيَسَ بْنَ صُبَابَةَ اللَّيْثِيَّ، فَإِنَّهُ ﷺ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُمُ الْأَمَانَ، فَقُتِلُوا كُلُّهُمْ إِلَّا إِحْدَى الْقَيْنَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهَا أَسْلَمَتْ

     ✧ The name of Ibn Khatal was ʿAbdullāh. He had two slave girls who would sing satires against the Messenger of God ﷺ. So the Messenger of God ﷺ granted safety to all the people except Ibn Khatal, his two singing girls, ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿd b. Abī Sarḥ, and Miqyas b. Ṣubābah al-Laythī. He ﷺ did not grant them safety, so they were all killed except one of the two singing girls, for she embraced Islam.

122. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5146No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ تَبْرَءُوا مِنْ حِلْفِ بَنِي بَكْرٍ أَوْ تَدُوا خُزَاعَةَ، وَإِلَّا أُوذِنُكُمْ بِحَرْبٍ. فَقَالَ قَرَظَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ صِهْرُ مُعَاوِيَةَ: إِنَّ بَنِي بَكْرٍ قَوْمٌ مَشَائِيمُ، فَلَا نَدِي مَا قَتَلُوا، لَا يَبْقَى لَنَا سَبَدٌ وَلَا لَبَدٌ، وَلَا نَبْرَأُ مِنْ حِلْفِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ عَلَى دِينِنَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّا نُؤْذِنُهُ بِحَرْبٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent word to Quraysh: “To proceed: if you disavow the alliance of Banū Bakr or pay blood money for Khuzāʿah, [then well and good]; otherwise, I declare war on you.” Quraẓah b. ʿAbd ʿAmr b. Nawfal b. ʿAbd Manāf, Muʿāwiyah’s in-law, said: “Banū Bakr are an ill-omened people. We will not pay blood money for what they killed, lest neither short hair nor wool remain for us, and we will not disavow their alliance, for no one else remains upon our religion besides them. Rather, we will declare war on him.”

123. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5147No grade recorded

     نَعَمْ، مَنْ دَخَلَ دَارَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ، وَمَنْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ لِيُخْبِرَهُمْ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: احْبِسْهُ بِمَضِيقٍ مِنَ الْوَادِي عِنْدَ حَطْمِ الْخَيْلِ، حَتَّى تَمُرَّ بِهِ جُنُودُ اللهِ، فَحَبَسَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَرَّتِ الْقَبَائِلُ عَلَى رَايَاتِهَا، فَكُلَّمَا مَرَّتْ رَايَةٌ، قَالَ: مَنْ هَذِهِ ؟ فَأَقُولُ: بَنُو سُلَيْمٍ فَيَقُولُ: مَا لِي وَلِبَنِي سُلَيْمٍ، ثُمَّ تَمُرُّ أُخْرَى، فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ فَأَقُولُ: مُزَيْنَةُ، فَيَقُولُ: مَا لِي وَلِمُزَيْنَةَ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى مَرَّتْ كَتِيبَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْخَضْرَاءُ، فِيهَا الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَالْأَنْصَارُ، لَا يُرَى مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا الْحَدَقُ، قَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ: مَا لِأَحَدٍ بِهَؤُلَاءِ قِبَلٌ، وَاللهِ لَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ مُلْكُ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ الْيَوْمَ لَعَظِيمٌ، فَقُلْتُ: وَيْحَكَ يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ، إِنَّهَا النُّبُوَّةُ، قَالَ: فَنَعَمْ إِذًا، فَقُلْتُ: النَّجَاءُ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ، فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَاهُمْ بِمَكَّةَ، فَجَعَلَ يَصِيحُ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَدْ أَتَاكُمْ بِمَا لَا قِبَلَ لَكُمْ بِهِ، فَقَامَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ هِنْدُ بِنْتُ عُتْبَةَ، فَأَخَذَتْ بِشَارِبِهِ، فَقَالَتِ: اقْتُلُوا الْحَمِيتَ الدَّسِمَ، حَمِسَ الْبَعِيرُ مِنْ طَلِيعَةِ قَوْمٍ، فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ: لَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمْ هَذِهِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ، مَنْ دَخَلَ دَارَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ، فَقَالُوا: قَاتَلَكَ اللهُ، وَمَا يُغْنِي عَنَّا دَارُكَ ؟ قَالَ: وَمَنْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَرَوَى مَعْمَرٌ، وَابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَمَالِكٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، طَرَفًا مِنْهُ فِي قِصَّةِ الصَّوْمِ، وَأَخْرَجَ ذَلِكَ الشَّيْخَانِ وَغَيْرُهُمَا. وَرَوَى أَحْمَدُ طَرَفًا مِنْهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ. وَرَوَى أَبُو دَاوُدَ طَرَفًا مِنْهُ مِنْ قِصَّةِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ مُخْتَصَرًا جِدًّا، وَلَمْ يَسُقْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ السِّتَّةِ، وَأَحْمَدُ بِتَمَامِهِ. وَرَوَاهُ الذُّهْلِيُّ بِتَمَامِهِ بِالزُّهْرِيَّاتِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، لَكِنْ لَيْسَ فِيهِ تَصْرِيحُ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بِسَمَاعِهِ لَهُ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَالسِّيَاقُ الَّذِي هُنَا حَسَنٌ جِدًّا.

     ✧ “Yes, whoever enters the house of Abū Sufyān is safe, and whoever locks his door is safe.” When he went back to Makkah to inform them, the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Detain him at a narrow pass in the valley, at the place where the cavalry will be halted, until the armies of God pass by him.” So al-ʿAbbās detained him where the Messenger of God ﷺ commanded. The tribes passed by with their banners, and every time a banner passed, he asked: “Who are these?” I said: “Banū Sulaym.” He said: “What do I have to do with Banū Sulaym?” Then another passed, and he said: “Who are these?” I said: “Muzaynah.” He said: “What do I have to do with Muzaynah?” He kept saying that until the green squadron of the Messenger of God ﷺ passed, containing the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār, in which nothing could be seen but their eyes. He said: “Who is this?” I said: “This is the Messenger of God ﷺ among the Muhājirūn and the Anṣār.” He said: “No one can withstand these. By God, the kingship of your nephew has become great today!” I said: “Woe to you, O Abū Sufyān! It is prophethood.” He said: “Then yes.” I said: “Hasten to your people.” He left until he came to them in Makkah and began shouting at the top of his voice: “O people of Quraysh! This is Muḥammad; he has come to you with what you cannot withstand.” His wife Hind bt. ʿUtbah stood up, grabbed his mustache, and said: “Kill this fat, greasy fool! The camel has become excited from the vanguard of a people.” Abū Sufyān said: “Do not let this woman deceive you about yourselves. Whoever enters the house of Abū Sufyān is safe.” They said: “May God fight you! What does your house avail us?” He said: “And whoever locks his door is safe.” This is a sound hadith. Maʿmar, Ibn ʿUyaynah, and Mālik narrated part of it from al-Zuhrī in the story of the fast, and the two Shaykhs and others included it. Aḥmad narrated part of it from the hadith of Ibn Isḥāq. Abū Dāwūd narrated a very abbreviated part of it from the story of Abū Sufyān, but none of the six imams nor Aḥmad narrated it in full. Al-Dhuhlī narrated it in full in al-Zuhrīyāt from the path of Abū Idrīs from Muḥammad b. Isḥāq, but it does not contain Ibn Isḥāq’s explicit statement of having heard it from al-Zuhrī. The wording here is very good.

124. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5148No grade recorded

     لَمَّا فَتَحَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَكَّةَ رَنَّ إِبْلِيسُ رَنَّةً، فَاجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ، فَقَالَ: ايْأَسُوا أَنْ تَرُدُّوا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَى الشِّرْكِ بَعْدَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا، وَلَكِنْ أَفْشُوا فِيهِمْ - يَعْنِي: بِمَكَّةَ، النَّوْحَ وَالشِّعْرَ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ conquered Makkah, Iblīs let out a loud cry, and his offspring gathered around him. He said: “Despair of ever returning the community of Muḥammad to polytheism after this day of yours. But spread among them—meaning in Makkah—wailing and poetry.”

125. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5149No grade recorded

     دَخَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ، وَفِي الْبَيْتِ أَوْ حَوْلَ الْبَيْتِ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ صَنَمًا تُعْبَدُ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُكِبَّتْ لِوَجْهِهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْتَ، فَصَلَّى فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَرَأَى فِيهِ تِمْثَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ، وَقَدْ جَعَلُوا فِي يَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَزْلَامَ يَسْتَقْسِمُ بِهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قَاتَلَهُمُ اللهُ، مَا كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ بِالْأَزْلَامِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ فَلَطَّخَهُ بِتِلْكَ التَّمَاثِيلِ

     ✧ We entered Makkah with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and in the House or around the House there were three hundred and sixty idols worshipped besides God Almighty. The Messenger of God ﷺ ordered that they be thrown on their faces, then he said: “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished; indeed falsehood is bound to vanish.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ entered the House and prayed two rakʿahs in it. He saw in it images of Ibrāhīm, Ismāʿīl, and Isḥāq, and they had placed divining arrows in Ibrāhīm’s hand with which he sought omens. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “May God fight them! Ibrāhīm never sought omens with divining arrows.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ called for saffron and smeared it over those images.

126. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5150No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَكَّةَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ مَكَّةَ، مِنْهُمْ حَاطِبُ بْنُ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ، وَفَشَا فِي النَّاسِ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ حُنَيْنًا، قَالَ: فَكَتَبَ حَاطِبٌ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُرِيدُكُمْ، قَالَ: فَبَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَأَبَا مَرْثَدٍ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي قِصَّةِ الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي مَعَ الْمَرْأَةِ بِرَوْضَةِ خَاخٍ، وَفِيهِ: قَالَ حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ: فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ قُبُلِهَا

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ intended to march on Makkah, he sent word to some of his companions that he intended to go to Makkah, among them Ḥāṭib b. Abī Baltaʿah, while it spread among the people that he intended to go to Ḥunayn. He said: So Ḥāṭib wrote to the people of Makkah that the Messenger of God ﷺ intends to come to you. He said: So the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me and Abū Marthad... then he mentioned the hadith about the story of the letter that was with the woman at Rawḍat Khākh, which included: Ḥabīb b. Abī Thābit said: She took it out from her private parts.

127. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5151No grade recorded

     إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِلَالًا أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَصَفْوَانُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ قَاعِدَانِ، أَحَدُهُمَا بِجَنْبَيْ صَاحِبِهِ، يُشِيرَانِ إِلَى بِلَالٍ، يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا: انْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا الْعَبْدِ، فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: إِنْ يَكْرَهْهُ اللهُ يُغَيِّرْهُ

     ✧ On the day of the conquest, the Prophet ﷺ ordered Bilāl to give the call to prayer on top of the Kaʿbah, while al-Ḥārith b. Hishām and Ṣafwān b. Umayyah were sitting side by side. One of them pointed at Bilāl and said: “Look at this slave.” The other said: “If God dislikes him, He will change him.”

128. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5152No grade recorded

     لَمَّا وَقَفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِذِي طُوًى، قَالَ أَبُو قُحَافَةَ لِأَصْغَرِ بَنَاتِهِ: اصْعَدِي بِي عَلَى الْجَبَلِ، وَكَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَعْمَى، فَذَكَرَ الْقِصَّةَ، وَفِيهَا: وَكَانَ فِي عُنُقِ الْجَارِيَةِ طَوْقٌ لَهَا مِنْ وَرِقٍ، فَمَرَّ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ فَاقْتَطَعَهُ، وَفِي آخِرِهِ قَوْلُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ: يَا أُخْتَهْ احْتَسِبِيهِ، فَوَاللهِ إِنَّ الْأَمَانَةَ فِي النَّاسِ لَقَلِيلَةٌ

     ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ halted at Dhū Ṭuwā, Abū Quḥāfah said to his youngest daughter: “Take me up the mountain,” for he was blind that day. Then he mentioned the story, which included: The girl had a silver necklace on her neck, and a man passed by her and snatched it. At the end of it, Abū Bakr said: “O sister, consider that as a loss for God’s sake. By God, trustworthiness among people is indeed rare.”

129. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5153No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ انْكَشَفَ عَنْهُ النَّاسُ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: زَيْدٌ، آخِذٌ بِلِجَامِ بَغْلَتِهِ الشَّهْبَاءِ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: وَيْحَكَ يَا زَيْدُ، ادْعُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، فَإِنَّ لِلهِ تَعَالَى فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ بَيْعَةً، فَحَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدَةُ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ أَلْفٌ، قَدْ طَرَحُوا الْجُفُونَ وَكَسَرُوهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ

     ✧ On the day of Ḥunayn, the people fled from the Messenger of God ﷺ, and no one remained with him except one man called Zayd, holding the bridle of his gray mule. He ﷺ said: “Woe to you, O Zayd! Call the Muhājirūn, for God Almighty has taken a pledge from their necks.” Buraydah ؓ told me that he said: “A thousand of them came forward, having thrown down and broken their scabbards, then they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ until God granted them victory.”

130. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5154No grade recorded

     لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ نَزَلَ الْجِعْرَانَةَ، قَسَمَ بِهَا الْغَنَائِمَ، ثُمَّ اعْتَمَرَ مِنْهَا، وَذَلِكَ لِلَيْلَتَيْنِ بَقِيَتَا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ returned from al-Ṭāʾif, he camped at al-Jiʿrānah and there divided the spoils. Then he performed ʿUmrah from there, and that was two nights before the end of Shawwāl.

131. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5155No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِهَذَا

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

132. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5156No grade recorded

     لَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا نَحْنُ وَأَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ يَقُومُوا لَنَا حَلْبَ شَاةٍ أَنْ كَشَفْنَاهُمْ، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَسُوقُهُمْ فِي أَدْبَارِهِمْ، حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى صَاحِبِ الْبَغْلَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ أَوِ الشَّهْبَاءِ، فَنَلْقَى عِنْدَهَا رِجَالًا بِيضَ الْوُجُوهِ، فَقَالَ: شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ ارْجِعُوا، فَانْهَزَمْنَا مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ، فَرَكِبُوا أَكْتَافَنَا، فَكَانَتْ إِيَّاهَا

     ✧ When we met the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, they did not stand against us even for the milking of a sheep before we routed them. While we were driving them in their tracks until we reached the rider of the white or gray mule, we encountered men with bright white faces. He said: “May the faces be ugly! Go back!” And we were defeated by their words, so they mounted upon our shoulders, and that was it.

133. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5157No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ السُّوَائِيَّ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ شَهِدَ حُنَيْنًا مَعَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ، فَنَحْنُ نَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الرُّعْبِ الَّذِي أَلْقَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ كَيْفَ كَانَ ؟ قَالَ: كُنَّا نَأْخُذُ الْحَصَاةَ فَنَرْمِيهَا فِي الطَّسْتِ فِيهِ الْمَاءُ فَيَطِنُّ، قَالَ: كُنَّا نَجِدُ فِي أَجْوَافِنَا مِثْلَ هَذَا

     ✧ I heard Yazid b. Amir al-Suwa'i say, and he had been present at Hunayn with the polytheists, then embraced Islam. We asked him about the terror which Allah the Exalted cast into the hearts of the polytheists on the day of Hunayn, how it was. He said: We would take a pebble and throw it into a metal basin containing water, and it would ring. He said: We would find in our insides something like that.

134. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5158No grade recorded

     فَذَكَرَ انْكِشَافَةً انْكَشَفَهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ، فَتَبِعَهُمُ الْكُفَّارُ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْضَةً مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ بِهَا عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَرَمَى بِهَا فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ، فَقَالَ: ارْجِعُوا، شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ، قَالَ: فَمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَلْقَى أَخَاهُ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَشْكُو الْقَذَى فِي عَيْنَيْهِ

     ✧ He mentioned a defeat which the Muslims suffered, and the disbelievers pursued them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took a handful of earth, then turned with it toward the polytheists and threw it in their faces, saying: 'Return! May the faces be ugly!' He said: No one met his brother except that he complained of pain in his eyes.

135. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5159No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ حُنَيْنٍ انْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَأَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، وَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَبَّاسَ أَنْ يُنَادِيَ: يَا أَصْحَابَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَحَثَّ النِّدَاءَ فِي بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا النِّدَاءَ أَقْبَلُوا، فَوَاللهِ مَا شَبَّهْتُهُمْ إِلَّا الْإِبِلَ تَحِنُّ إِلَى أَوْلَادِهَا، فَلَمَّا الْتَقَوُا الْتَحَمَ الْقِتَالُ، فَقَالَ: الْآنَ حَمِيَ الْوَطِيسُ، وَأَخَذَ ﷺ كَفًّا مِنْ حَصًى أَبْيَضَ فَرَمَى بِهَا، وَقَالَ: هُزِمُوا وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَكَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ قِتَالًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ﷺ

     ✧ On the day of Hunayn, the people fled from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, except al-Abbas b. Abd al-Muttalib and Abu Sufyan b. al-Harith. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered al-Abbas to call out: 'O companions of Surat al-Baqarah, O assembly of the Ansar!' Then he urged the call among Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj. When they heard the call, they came. By Allah, I did not liken them except to camels yearning for their young. When they met, the battle intensified. Then he said: 'Now the oven is heated!' He ﷺ took a handful of white pebbles and threw it, and said: 'They are defeated, by the Lord of the Ka'bah!' Ali b. Abi Talib was on that day the most intense in fighting in front of him ﷺ.

136. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5160No grade recorded

     خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بِعَيْنِ الرُّومِ الَّتِي يُقَالُ لَهَا غَزْوَةُ تَبُوكَ، أَصَابَنَا جُوعٌ شَدِيدٌ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا، وَهُمْ شِبَاعٌ وَنَحْنُ جِيَاعٌ، فَخَطَبَ ﷺ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ فَضْلُ طَعَامٍ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِهِ، وَبَسَطَ نِطَعًا، فَأُتِيَ بِبِضْعَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ صَاعًا، فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَدَعَا بِالْبَرَكَةِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: خُذُوا، فَأَخَذُوا، حَتَّى جَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَرْبِطُ كُمَّ قَمِيصِهِ فَيَأْخُذُ فِيهِ، فَفَضَلَ فَضْلَةٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَلَا يَقُولُهَا رَجُلٌ مُحِقٌّ فَيَدْخُلُ النَّارَ

     ✧ We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, until when we were at the spring of the Romans which is called the expedition of Tabuk, severe hunger afflicted us. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we will meet the enemy tomorrow, and they are full while we are hungry.' He ﷺ addressed the people, then said: 'Whoever has surplus food, let him bring it to us.' He spread a leather mat, and about twenty-some sa's were brought. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat and invoked blessing, then called the people and said: 'Take.' They took, until a man would tie the sleeve of his shirt and take in it. A leftover remained, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah. No truthful man says it and then enters the Fire.'

137. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5161No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أَقْبَلْنَا مِنْ غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. وَفِيهِ: فَمَنْ لَقِيَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُتَخَلِّفِينَ فَلَا يُكَلِّمْهُ وَلَا يُجَالِسْهُ. وَفِيهِ: هَذِهِ طَيْبَةُ، أَسْكَنَنِيهَا رَبِّي، تَنْفِي خَبَثَ أَهْلِهَا كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ، فَمَنْ لَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْمُتَخَلِّفِينَ فَلَا يُكَلِّمْهُ وَلَا يُجَالِسْهُ

     ✧ When we returned from the expedition of Tabuk, he mentioned the hadith. In it: Whoever of you meets any of those who lagged behind, let him not speak to him nor sit with him. In it also: This is Taybah, my Lord settled me in it; it expels the filth of its people as the bellows expels the filth of iron. Whoever of you meets any of those who lagged behind, let him not speak to him nor sit with him.

138. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5162No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِذْ مَالَتْ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَاحِلَتُهُ، فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي قَالَ: أَيْنَ النَّاسُ ؟ قُلْتُ: تَرَكْتُهُمْ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَنَاخَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ عَنْ رَاحِلَتِهِ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى عَنِّي، فَاحْتُبِسَ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْضِي الرَّجُلُ حَاجَتَهُ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ، وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: حَاجَتَكَ، قُلْتُ: مَا لِي حَاجَةٌ، فَرَكِبْنَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكْنَا النَّاسَ

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey. While we were traveling with him at night, his riding camel turned aside, and I followed him. When he saw me, he said: 'Where are the people?' I said: 'I left them at such-and-such a place.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made his camel kneel, then dismounted, then went away until he was hidden from me, and stayed for the time a man takes to relieve himself... he mentioned the hadith about wiping over the leather socks, and at the end he said: Then he said: 'Your need?' I said: 'I have no need.' Then we rode until we caught up with the people.

139. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5163No grade recorded

     مَنْ يَذْهَبُ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَلَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: وَإِنْ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: وَإِنْ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ فَانْطَلَقَ الرَّجُلُ، فَأَتَاهُ بِالْكِتَابِ فَقَرَأَهُ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ إِلَى نَبِيِّكُمْ فَأَخْبِرْهُ أَنِّي مُتَّبِعُهُ، وَلَكِنْ لَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَدَعَ مُلْكِي، وَبَعَثَ مَعَهُ بِدَنَانِيرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَجَعَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَذَبَ، وَقَسَّمَ الدَّنَانِيرَ

     ✧ Who will take this letter to Caesar and for him is Paradise? A man said: 'Even if he is not killed?' He ﷺ said: 'Even if he is not killed.' The man went and brought him the letter. He read it and said: 'Go to your Prophet and tell him that I am his follower, but I do not wish to give up my kingdom.' He sent with him dinars to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He returned and informed him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'He has lied,' and he distributed the dinars.

140. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5164No grade recorded

     خَرَجَتْ خَيْلٌ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَمِعَ بِهَا أُكَيْدِرُ دُومَةِ الْجَنْدَلِ، فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ خَيْلَكَ انْطَلَقَتْ، وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ عَلَى أَرْضِي وَمَالِي، فَاكْتُبْ لِي كِتَابًا لَا يُتَعَرَّضُ لِشَيْءٍ هُوَ لِي، فَإِنِّي مُقِرٌّ بِالَّذِي عَلَيَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ، فَكَتَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Cavalry of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out. Ukaydir of Dumat al-Jandal heard of it, so he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have heard that your cavalry has set out, and I fear for my land and property. Write me a document that nothing belonging to me will be touched, for I acknowledge what is due from me.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote for him.

141. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5165No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ النَّجَاشِيُّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفْدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْقُرْآنَ، فَأَقَرُّوا وَأَسْلَمُوا، وَفِيهِمْ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: الشَّاهِدِينَ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ، فَأَسْلَمَ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَلَغَتْهُ وَفَاتُهُ، فَصَلَّوْا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يُصَلَّى عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ

     ✧ The Negus sent to the Prophet ﷺ a delegation of his companions. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the Quran to them, and they affirmed and embraced Islam. About them this verse was revealed: 'You will surely find the most intense of people in animosity toward those who believe are the Jews and those who associate others with Allah' up to His saying: 'the witnesses.' Then they returned to the Negus, and he embraced Islam. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ learned of his death, and they prayed over him as one prays over a deceased person.

142. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5166No grade recorded

     لَأَعْلَمَنَّ مَا بَقَاءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِينَا، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوِ اتَّخَذْتَ شَيْئًا تَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ يَدْفَعُ عَنْكَ الْغُبَارَ وَيَرُدُّ عَنْكَ الْخَصْمَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: وَاللهِ، لَأَدَعَنَّهُمْ يُنَازِعُونِي رِدَائِي، وَيَطَئُونَ عَقِبِي، وَيَغْشَانِي غُبَارُهُمْ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ اللهُ تَعَالَى هُوَ الَّذِي يُرِيحُنِي مِنْهُمْ، قَالَ: فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ بَقَاءَهُ فِينَا قَلِيلٌ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عُمَرُ: وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَعِيشَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يَقْطَعَ أَيْدِيَ رِجَالٍ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ يَقُولُونَ: قَدْ مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، هَلْ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ عَهْدٌ أَوْ عَقْدٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى قَطَعَ الْحِبَالَ وَوَصَلَ، وَحَارَبَ وَسَالَمَ، وَنَكَحَ النِّسَاءَ وَطَلَّقَ، وَتَرَكَكُمْ عَلَى مَحَجَّةٍ بَيِّنَةٍ، وَطَرِيقٍ نَاهِجَةٍ، وَلَئِنْ كَانَ كَمَا قَالَ عُمَرُ لَمْ يَعْجِزِ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَحْثُوَ عَنْهُ فَيُخْرِجَهُ لَنَا، فَخَلِّ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ فَلْنَدْفِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْسُنُ كَمَا يَأْسُنُ النَّاسُ

     ✧ I will surely know how long the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will remain among us. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, if only you would take something to sit on that would protect you from the dust and keep the adversary away from you.' He ﷺ said: 'By Allah, I will surely leave them disputing with me over my cloak, stepping on my heels, and their dust covering me, until Allah the Exalted is the one who gives me rest from them.' He said: So I knew that his remaining among us was little. He said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, Umar said: 'By Allah, I hope that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will live until he cuts off the hands and tongues of men among the hypocrites who say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has died.' Al-Abbas said: 'O people, does anyone among you have a covenant or contract from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' They said: 'No.' He said: 'Indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not die until he had cut the ropes and joined, fought and made peace, married women and divorced, and left you upon a clear path and a well-marked road. If it is as Umar says, Allah the Exalted is not incapable of uncovering him and bringing him out to us. So leave us alone with him, let us bury him, for he decomposes as people decompose.'

143. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5167No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُطْبَةً قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ، وَهِيَ آخِرُ خُطْبَةٍ خَطَبَهَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ، حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِاللهِ تَعَالَى، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ، وَفِيهِ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّي، وَدَقَّ عَظْمِي، وَأُنْهِكَ جِسْمِي، وَنُعِيَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي، وَاقْتَرَبَ أَجِلِي، وَاشْتَقْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي، أَلَا وَإِنَّ هَذَا آخِرُ الْعَهْدِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ، فَمَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا فَقَدْ تَرَوْنِي، فَإِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ فَاللهُ خَلِيفَتِي عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon before his death, and it was the last sermon he gave in Madinah until he joined Allah the Exalted. He mentioned the hadith in full, and in it: O people, my age has grown old, my bones have become thin, my body has been worn out, my soul has been announced to me, my term has drawn near, and I long for my Lord. Indeed this is the last covenant between me and you. As long as I am alive, you see me. When I die, Allah is my successor over every Muslim. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.

144. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5168No grade recorded

     مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ ذَاتِ الْجَنْبِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died of pleurisy.

145. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5169No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ وَعِنْدَهُ عِصَابَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ، أَوْ قَالَ: صَفْرَاءُ، فَقَالَ: ابْنَ عَمٍّ، خُذْ هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةَ، فَاشْدُدْ بِهَا رَأْسِي، فَشَدَدْتُ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ تَوَكَّأَ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا الْمَسْجِدَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ، وَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَرُبَ مِنِّي الرَّحِيلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْهُرِكُمْ، فَمَنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَصَبْتُ مِنْ عِرْضِهِ أَوْ مِنْ بَشَرِهِ أَوْ مِنْ شَعَرِهِ أَوْ مِنْ مَالِهِ شَيْئًا فَهَذَا عِرْضُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَشَعْرُهُ وَبَشَرُهُ وَمَالُهُ، فَلْيَقُمْ فَلْيَقْتَصَّ، وَلَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ: إِنِّي أَتَخَوَّفُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالشَّحْنَاءَ، أَلَا إِنَّهُمَا لَيْسَا مِنْ طَبِيعَتِي وَلَيْسَا مِنْ خُلُقِي، قَالَ: ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: ابْنَ عَمِّي، لَا أَحْسَبُ أَنَّ مَقَامِي بِالْأَمْسِ أَجْزَأَ عَنِّي، خُذْ هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةَ فَاشْدُدْ بِهَا رَأْسِي، قَالَ: فَشَدَدْتُ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ تَوَكَّأَ ﷺ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَقَالَ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِ بِالْأَمْسِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا مَنِ اقْتَصَّ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ يَوْمَ أَتَاكَ السَّائِلُ فَسَأَلَكَ، فَقُلْتَ: مَنْ مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ يُقْرِضُنَا ؟ فَأَقْرَضْتُكَ ثَلَاثَةَ دَرَاهِمَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: يَا فَضْلُ، أَعْطِهِ، فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: وَمَنْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ فَلْيَسْأَلْنَا نَدْعُ لَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي رَجُلٌ جَبَانٌ كَثِيرُ النَّوْمِ، قَالَ الْفَضْلُ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَشْجَعَنَا وَأَقَلَّنَا نَوْمًا. قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَتَى ﷺ بَيْتَ عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَ لِلنِّسَاءِ مِثْلَمَا قَالَ لِلرِّجَالِ

     ✧ I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ during his illness, and he had a red band — or he said: a yellow band. He said: 'O cousin, take this band and bind my head with it.' So I bound his head with it. He said: Then he leaned on me until we entered the mosque. He said: 'O people, I am but a human like you. Perhaps my departure from among you has drawn near. Whoever I have wronged in his honor, his person, his hair, or his wealth, here is Muhammad’s honor, hair, person, and wealth; let him rise and take retribution. And let none of you say: I fear enmity and hatred from Muhammad. Indeed, they are not part of my nature nor my character.' He said: Then he left. The next day I came to him, and he said: 'O cousin, I do not think that my standing yesterday sufficed for me. Take this band and bind my head with it.' He said: So I bound his head with it. He said: Then he ﷺ leaned on me until he entered the mosque and said the same as his speech the day before. Then he ﷺ said: 'The most beloved of you to us is the one who seeks retribution.' He said: A man stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, do you remember the day a beggar came to you and asked you, and you said: Who has something to lend us? And I lent you three dirhams.' He ﷺ said: 'O Fadl, give it to him.' So I gave it to him. Then he ﷺ said: 'Whoever is overcome by something, let him ask us so that we may supplicate for him.' He said: A man stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I am a cowardly man who sleeps a lot.' Al-Fadl said: I later saw him as the bravest of us and the one who slept the least. He said: Then he ﷺ came to Aisha’sws house and said to the women the same as he had said to the men.

146. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5170No grade recorded

     سَيُعَزِّي النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا مِنْ بَعْدِي لِلتَّعْزِيَةِ بِي، فَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَقُولُونَ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَقِيَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا، يُعَزِّي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ People will console one another for me after my death. People were saying: What is this? And when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, people met one another, consoling one another for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

147. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5171No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ فَقَبَّلَ جَبْهَتَهُ

     ✧ Abu Bakr ؓ entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was dead and kissed his forehead.

148. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5172No grade recorded

     وَوَلِيَ دَفْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِخْفَاءَهُ دُونَ النَّاسِ أَرْبَعَةٌ: عَلِيٌّ، وَالْعَبَّاسُ، وَالْفَضْلُ، وَصَالِحٌ ؓ، وَأُلْحِدَ لَهُ لَحْدًا، وَنُصِبَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّبِنُ نَصْبًا

     ✧ The burial of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his concealment from the people were undertaken by four: Ali, al-Abbas, al-Fadl, and Salih ؓ. A niche was dug for him, and bricks were placed over him.

149. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5173No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ نَفَرٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: لَمَّا كَانَ قَبْلَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ أَهْبَطَ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَحْمَدُ، إِنَّ اللهَ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ إِكْرَامًا لَكَ وَتَفَضُّلًا لَكَ وَخَاصَّةً لَكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنْكَ، يَقُولُ: كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَجِدُنِي يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَكْرُوبًا. ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ الْيَوْمَ الثَّانِيَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً، ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ الْيَوْمَ الثَّالِثَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً، وَزَادَ: وَأَجِدُنِي يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَغْمُومًا، قَالَ: وَهَبَطَ مَعَ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مَلَكٌ فِي الْهَوَاءِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَلَى سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا أَحْمَدُ، هَذَا مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيْكَ، وَلَمْ يَسْتَأْذِنْ عَلَى آدَمِيٍّ قَبْلَكَ، وَلَا يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى آدَمِيٍّ بَعْدَكَ، فَقَالَ: ائْذَنْ لَهُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ: يَا أَحْمَدُ، إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُطِيعَكَ؛ إِنْ أَمَرْتَنِي بِقَبْضِ نَفْسِكَ قَبَضْتُهَا، وَإِنْ كَرِهْتَ تَرَكْتُهَا، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَدِ اشْتَاقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ، قَالَ ﷺ: يَا مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ، امْضِ لِمَا أُمِرْتَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا أَحْمَدُ، عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ هَذَا آخِرُ وَطْئِي الْأَرْضَ، إِنَّمَا كُنْتَ حَاجَتِي مِنَ الدُّنْيَا، فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَاءَتِ التَّعْزِيَةُ جَاءَ آتٍ يَسْمَعُونَ حِسَّهُ وَلَا يَرَوْنَ شَخْصَهُ، فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، فِي اللهِ عَزَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ مُصِيبَةٍ، وَخَلَفٌ مِنْ كُلِّ هَالِكٍ، وَدَرَكٌ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا فَاتَ، فَبِاللهِ فَثِقُوا، وَإِيَّاهُ فَارْجُوا، فَإِنَّ الْمَحْرُومَ مَنْ حُرِمَ الثَّوَابَ، وَإِنَّ الْمُصَابَ مَنْ حُرِمَ الثَّوَابَ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَنْ هَذَا ؟ هَذَا الْخَضِرُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

     ✧ A group of Quraysh entered upon him, and he said: Shall I not tell you about Abu al-Qasim ﷺ? They said: Yes. He said: Three days before the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Allah sent down to him Gabriel ﷺ, who said: 'O Ahmad, Allah has sent me to you as an honor to you, a favor to you, and specifically for you. I ask you about what He knows better than you. He says: How do you find yourself?' He ﷺ said: 'I find myself, O Gabriel, distressed.' Then he came to him on the second day and mentioned the same thing exactly. Then he came to him on the third day and mentioned the same thing exactly, and added: 'And I find myself, O Gabriel, grieved.' He said: And with Gabriel ﷺ descended an angel in the air called Isma'il, over seventy thousand angels. Gabriel ﷺ said to him: 'O Ahmad, this is the Angel of Death seeking permission to enter upon you. He has never sought permission from any human before you, and he will never seek permission from any human after you.' He said: 'Give him permission.' So Gabriel ﷺ gave him permission. The Angel of Death said to him: 'O Ahmad, Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has sent me to you and commanded me to obey you. If you command me to take your soul, I will take it, and if you dislike it, I will leave it.' Gabriel ﷺ said: 'Allah, Exalted be He, has longed to meet you.' He ﷺ said: 'O Angel of Death, proceed with what you have been commanded.' Gabriel ﷺ said: 'O Ahmad, peace be upon you. This is my last treading of the earth. You were my only need from this world.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away and condolence came, a comer came whose sound they heard but whose person they did not see. He said: 'Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah. In Allah is consolation for every calamity, a successor for every perished one, and a compensation for everything missed. So trust in Allah and hope in Him. For the deprived is the one deprived of the reward, and the afflicted is the one deprived of the reward. And peace be upon you.' He said: Do you know who this is? This is al-Khidr ﷺ.

150. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5174No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ دَخَلُوا عَلَى أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، فَحَدَّثَنَا قَالَ: لَمَّا مَرِضَ ﷺ جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يُقَالُ لَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَلَى مِائَةِ أَلْفِ مَلَكٍ، كُلُّ مَلَكٍ مِنْهُمْ مِائَةُ أَلْفٍ. وَقَالَ فِيهِ بَعْدَ " تَرَكْتُهَا " فَقَالَ: أَوَتَفْعَلُ يَا مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، بِهَذَا أُمِرْتُ، وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُطِيعَكَ، قَالَ: فَنَظَرَ ﷺ إِلَى جِبْرِيلَ، فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ... فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ. وَقَالَ بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ: الثَّوَابُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ: تَدْرُونَ مَنْ هَذَا ؟ هَذَا الْخَضِرُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

     ✧ Men of Quraysh entered upon his father, Ali b. al-Husayn, and he said: Shall I not tell you about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? They said: Yes. So he narrated to us, saying: When he ﷺ fell ill, Gabriel came to him... and he mentioned the hadith in full, except that he said: he is called Isma'il, over one hundred thousand angels, each angel of them over one hundred thousand. And he said in it after 'I will leave it': He said: 'Will you indeed do it, O Angel of Death?' He said: 'Yes, with this I have been commanded, and I have been commanded to obey you.' He said: Then he ﷺ looked at Gabriel, and Gabriel said: 'O Muhammad...' and he mentioned something similar. And he said after his saying 'the reward': Ali ؓ said: Do you know who this is? This is al-Khidr ﷺ.

151. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5175No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ حَتَّى خَتَمَ السُّورَةَ، نُعِيَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَفْسُهُ حِينَ أُنْزِلَتْ، فَأَخَذَ فِي أَشَدِّ مَا كَانَ قَطُّ اجْتِهَادًا فِي أَمْرِ الْآخِرَةِ

     ✧ When 'When the help of Allah and the victory comes' was revealed until the end of the surah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was notified of his own death when it was revealed. So he began the most intense striving ever in the affair of the Hereafter.

152. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5176No grade recorded

     سَمِعُوا صَوْتًا عِنْدَ وَفَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَسْرَعَ الْعَبَّاسُ، فَأَصَابَ رِجْلُهُ ظَهْرَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا أُمَّتَاهُ، يَا أُمَّتَاهُ، يَا أُمَّتَاهُ، لَا تَلُومِينَنِي هَذِهِ، فَأَدْرَكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: الرَّفِيقَ الْأَعْلَى، قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ خُيِّرَ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ الْمَوْتَ غَسَّلَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَالْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ يُنَاوِلُهُمُ الْمَاءَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السِّتْرِ، فَقَالَ: مَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُغَسِّلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّا كُنَّا صِبْيَانًا نَحْمِلُ الْحِجَارَةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ

     ✧ They heard a sound at the death of the Prophet ﷺ, and al-Abbas hurried, and his leg struck the back of one of the Prophet's ﷺ wives. He said: 'O my mother, O my mother, O my mother, do not blame me for this.' He caught up with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: 'The highest companion.' Al-Abbas said: I knew that he had been given a choice. When Allah decreed death upon His Prophet ﷺ, Ali b. Abi Talib and al-Fadl b. al-Abbas washed him. Al-Abbas was handing them water from behind the curtain. He said: 'What prevents me from washing him is only that we were boys carrying stones in the mosque.'

153. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5177No grade recorded

     أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ أَبَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي نَحْوَهُ.:،:

     ✧ Ibrahim b. al-Hakam b. Aban reported to us: My father narrated to me something similar.

154. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5178No grade recorded

     نَعَى لَنَا نَبِيُّنَا وَحَبِيبُنَا ﷺ نَفْسَهُ - وَنَفْسِي لَهُ الْفِدَاءُ - قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْفِرَاقُ جَمَعَنَا ﷺ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّنَا عَائِشَةَ ؓ، فَنَظَرَ ﷺ إِلَيْنَا، فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنُهُ، فَتَشَهَّدَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ، حَيَّاكُمُ اللهُ، رَحِمَكُمُ اللهُ، آوَاكُمُ اللهُ، حَفِظَكُمُ اللهُ، نَصَرَكُمُ اللهُ، نَفَعَكُمُ اللهُ، هَدَاكُمُ اللهُ، وَفَّقَكُمُ اللهُ، سَلَّمَكُمُ اللهُ، قَبِلَكُمُ اللهُ، رَزَقَكُمُ اللهُ، رَفَعَكُمُ اللهُ. أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ، وَأُوصِي اللهَ بِكُمْ، وَأَسْتَخْلِفُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ، أَنْ لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللهِ فِي عِبَادِهِ وَبِلَادِهِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ لِي وَلَكُمْ: تِلْكَ الدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ الْآيَةَ، وَقَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَلَيْسَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ. قُلْنَا: فَمَتَى الْأَجَلُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: دَنَا الْأَجَلُ، وَالْمُنْقَلَبُ إِلَى اللهِ، وَإِلَى السِّدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى، وَإِلَى جَنَّةِ الْمَأْوَى، وَإِلَى الْكَأْسِ الْأَوْفَى، وَالرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى، وَالْعَيْشِ الْأَهْنَأِ، قُلْنَا: فَمَنْ يُغَسِّلُكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي، الْأَدْنَى فَالْأَدْنَى، قُلْنَا: فَفِيمَ نُكَفِّنُكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: فِي ثِيَابِي هَذِهِ، أَوْ ثِيَابِ مِصْرَ، أَوْ حُلَّةٍ يَمَانِيَّةٍ.. قُلْنَا: فَمَنْ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَبَكَى ﷺ وَبَكَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: مَهْلًا، غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ وَجَزَاكُمْ عَنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ خَيْرًا، إِذَا غَسَّلْتُمُونِي وَكَفَّنْتُمُونِي، فَضَعُونِي عَلَى سَرِيرِي فِي بَيْتِي هَذَا، عَلَى شَفِيرِ قَبْرِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ اخْرُجُوا عَنِّي سَاعَةً، فَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يُصَلِّي عَلَيَّ خَلِيلِي وَحَبِيبِي جِبْرِيلُ، ثُمَّ مِيكَائِيلُ، ثُمَّ إِسْرَافِيلُ، ثُمَّ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ وَجُنُودُهُ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ بِأَجْمَعِهَا، ثُمَّ ادْخُلُوا عَلَيَّ فَوْجًا فَوْجًا فَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا، وَلَا تُؤْذُونِي بِتَزْكِيَةٍ وَلَا صَيْحَةٍ وَلَا رَنَّةٍ، وَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيَّ رِجَالُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَنِسَاؤُهُمْ، ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ بَعْدُ، وَمَنْ غَابَ عَنِّي مِنْ أَصْحَابِي فَأَبْلِغُوهُ عَنِّي السَّلَامَ، وَمَنْ دَخَلَ مَعَكُمْ فِي دِينِي مِنْ إِخْوَانِي فَأَبْلِغُوهُ عَنِّي السَّلَامَ، وَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَى مَنْ يَتْبَعُنِي عَلَى دِينِي مِنَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، قُلْنَا: فَمَنْ يُدْخِلُكَ قَبْرَكَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَهْلِي مَعَ مَلَائِكَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، يَرَوْنَكُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ

     ✧ Our Prophet and beloved ﷺ announced to us his own death—may my soul be his ransom—a month before his death. When the parting drew near, he ﷺ gathered us in the house of our mother Aisha ؓ. He ﷺ looked at us, and his eyes shed tears. He pronounced the testimony of faith, then said: 'Welcome to you. May Allah keep you alive, have mercy on you, shelter you, preserve you, aid you, benefit you, guide you, grant you success, grant you peace, accept you, provide for you, and raise you. I enjoin upon you fear of Allah, and I entrust you to Allah, and I appoint Him as a guardian over you. I make you witness that I am a clear warner to you, that you should not exalt yourselves over Allah in His servants and His lands. For Allah, Exalted be He, said to me and to you: "That is the abode of the Hereafter"—the verse—and He, Mighty and Exalted, said: "Is there not in Hell a dwelling for the arrogant?"' We said: When is the appointed time? He ﷺ said: 'The appointed time has drawn near, and the return is to Allah, to the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, to the Garden of Refuge, to the fullest cup, to the highest companion, and to the most pleasant life.' We said: Who will wash you? He ﷺ said: 'Men of my household, the nearest then the nearest.' We said: In what shall we shroud you? He ﷺ said: 'In these garments of mine, or garments of Egypt, or a Yemeni suit.' We said: Who will pray over you? He said: Then he ﷺ wept and we wept. He said: 'Gently, may Allah forgive you and reward you well on behalf of your Prophet. When you have washed me and shrouded me, place me on my bier in this house of mine, at the edge of this grave of mine. Then leave me for a while. The first to pray over me will be my friend and beloved Gabriel, then Michael, then Israfil, then the Angel of Death with all his hosts of angels. Then enter upon me in groups and pray over me and give greetings of peace. Do not harm me with excessive praise, nor with a cry, nor with a wail. Let the men of my household and their women begin the prayer over me, then you after. Convey my greetings of peace to those of my companions who are absent from me. Convey my greetings of peace to those of my brothers who enter with you into my religion. I make you witness that I have sent peace upon whoever follows me in my religion from this day to the Day of Resurrection.' We said: Who will place you in your grave? He ﷺ said: 'My family with many angels, who see you from where you do not see them.'

155. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5179No grade recorded

     نَعَى لَنَا حَبِيبُنَا وَنَبِيُّنَا - بِأَبِي هُوَ نَفْسِي لَهُ الْفِدَاءُ - نَفْسَهُ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِسَنَةٍ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا الْفِرَاقُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ: وَمَنْ دَخَلَ مَعَكُمْ فِي دِينِكُمْ بَعْدِي فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي أَقْرَأُ السَّلَامَ - أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ - عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ تَابَعَنِي عَلَى دِينِي مِنْ يَوْمِي هَذَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

     ✧ Our beloved and Prophet—may my father be his ransom, and my soul be his ransom—announced to us his own death a year before his death. When the parting drew near, he mentioned the hadith, and he said at its end: 'And whoever enters with you into your religion after me, I make you witness that I send peace—I think he said—upon him and upon everyone who follows me in my religion from this day of mine to the Day of Resurrection.'

156. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5180No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّاسُ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي دَفْنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ يَمُوتُ إِلَّا يُدْفَنُ حِينَ يُقْبَضُ، فَخُطُّوا حَوْلَ فِرَاشِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ ادْفِنُوهُ حَيْثُ قُبِضَ

     ✧ The people differed concerning the burial of the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Bakr ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'No prophet dies but that he is buried where he is taken.' So draw lines around the bed of the Prophet ﷺ, then bury him where he was taken.

157. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5181No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وُضِعَ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ، فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ أَفْوَاجًا أَفْوَاجًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was placed near the pulpit, and the people began to pray over him in companies, one after another.

158. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5182No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَآخِرُ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَإِنَّا حَفَرْنَا لَهُ وَلَحَدْنَا، فَلَمَّا دَفَنُوهُ وَخَرَجُوا أَلْقَيْتُ الْفَأْسَ فِي الْقَبْرِ، فَقُلْتُ: الْفَأْسَ، الْفَأْسَ، فَدَخَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهُ، وَمَسَحْتُ يَدِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     ✧ I was the last of the people to be with the Prophet ﷺ. We dug for him and made a lahd. When they had buried him and came out, I dropped the axe into the grave and said, 'The axe, the axe!' So I went in and took it, and I wiped my hand over the Prophet ﷺ.

159. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5183No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنَا هَاهُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا آخِرُ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: لَمَّا خَرَجَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنَ الْقَبْرِ وَدُفِنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَلْقَيْتُ خَاتَمِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ، خَاتَمِي، قَالَ: انْزِلْ فَخُذْ خَاتَمَكَ، فَنَزَلْتُ وَأَخَذْتُ خَاتَمِي، وَوَضَعْتُهُ عَلَى الْكَفَنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ

     ✧ He used to narrate to us here in Kufa, and he said: I am the last of the people to see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: When Ali b. Abi Talib came out of the grave after the Prophet ﷺ had been buried, I dropped my ring and said, 'O Abu al-Hasan, my ring!' He said, 'Go down and take your ring.' So I went down and took my ring, and I placed it on the shroud, then I came out.

160. al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5184No grade recorded

     وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا شُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ بِهَذَا.::

     ✧ And Abu Ya'la said: Shuja' b. Makhlad narrated to us, Hushaym narrated to us, Mujalid narrated to us with this.::