19. Chapter of ʿAyn (Male)
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8269No grade recorded
«كُنْتُ أَنَا وَعُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ مَعَ النِّسْوَةِ فِي أُطُمِ حَسَّانَ وَكَانَ يُطَأْطِئُ لِي مَرَّةً فَأَنْظُرُ وَأُطَأْطِئُ لَهُ فَيَنْظُرُ»
✧ “ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah and I were with the women on the day of the Trench, in the fort of Ḥassān. He would stoop down for me once and I would look, and I would stoop down for him and he would look.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8270No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدِ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِهِ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a single garment, wrapping himself in it with its two ends crossed.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8271No grade recorded
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ “The Prophet ﷺ prayed in a single garment, with its two ends crossed.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8272No grade recorded
ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَنَا مَالِكٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَاضِعًا طَرَفَيْهِ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ»
✧ Al-Qaʿnabī narrated to us from Mālik. Ḥ And Bakr b. Sahl narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh b. Yūsuf narrated to us: Mālik reported to us. Ḥ And ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣanʿānī narrated to us: Ismāʿīl b. Abī Uways narrated to us: Mālik narrated to me, from Hishām b. ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah, that he “saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a single garment in the house of Umm Salamah, placing its two ends on his shoulder.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8273No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ يَقُولُ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِهِ»
✧ I heard ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah say: “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in my mother’s house in a single garment, wrapping himself in it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8274No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a single garment, with its two ends crossed.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8275No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَاضِعًا طَرْفَهُ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ»
✧ “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a single garment, placing its end on his shoulders in the house of Umm Salamah.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8276No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُشْتَمِلًا بِهِ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ»
✧ “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a single garment, covering himself with it in the house of Umm Salamah.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8277No grade recorded
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in a single garment.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8278No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي ثَوْبٍ قَدْ أَلْقَى طَرْفَهُ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ»
✧ That he “saw the Prophet ﷺ praying in the house of Umm Salamah in a garment whose end he had thrown over his shoulders.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8279No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِهِ»
✧ “I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying in a single garment, wrapping himself in it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8280No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُتَوَشِّحًا بِهِ»
✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in the house of Umm Salamah in a single garment, wrapping himself with it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8281No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّي يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ in my mother's house praying in a single garment, having put its two ends on opposite sides.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8282No grade recorded
«صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي ثَوْبٍ مُتَلَبِّبٌ بِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ prayed in the house of Umm Salamah in a garment, having wrapped himself with it (putting it over both shoulders).
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8283No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ»
✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in a single garment.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8284No grade recorded
ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ مُشْتَمِلًا بِهِ وَاضِعًا طَرَفَيْهِ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ»
✧ Al-Qaʿnabi narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from Hisham b. ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿUmar b. Abi Salamah, that he saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in a garment, wrapping himself with it, placing its two ends upon his shoulders, in the house of Umm Salamah.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8285No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُشْتَمِلًا بِهِ وَاضِعًا طَرَفَيْهِ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ»
✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in the house of Umm Salamah in a single garment, wrapping himself with it, placing its two ends upon his shoulders.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8286No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُتَوَشِّحًا»
✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in the house of Umm Salamah in a single garment, wrapping himself with it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8287No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُلْتَحِفًا بِهِ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَاضِعًا طَرَفَيْهِ عَلَى عَاتِقَيْهِ»
It was narrated from Umar bin Abi Salamah that he saw Messenger of Allah ﷺpraying in a single garment in the house of Umm Salamah, putting the ends of it on his shoulders." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 764)
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8288No grade recorded
ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ يَقُولُ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُخَالِفًا بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ Al-Qaʿnabi narrated to us; Ibn Lahiʿah narrated to us, from Abu al-Aswad, from ʿUrwah, who said: I heard ʿUmar b. Abi Salamah say: 'I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in a single garment, having put its two ends on opposite sides.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8289No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ»
✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying in a single garment.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8290No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ»
✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying in a single garment.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8291No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُشْتَمِلًا بِهِ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ That he saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in the house of Umm Salamah in a single garment, wrapping himself with it, having put its two ends on opposite sides.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8292No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُخَالِفًا بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ That he saw the Messenger of God ﷺ praying in a single garment, having put its two ends on opposite sides.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8293No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ قَدْ خَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ»
✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in a single garment, having placed its two ends on opposite shoulders.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8294No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُقَبِّلُ الصَّائِمُ؟ فَقَالَ «سَلْ هَذِهِ» لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَهِي جَالِسَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ لَيَفْعَلُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْتَ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ قَالَ «أَمَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَتْقَاكُمْ»
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whether a fasting person may kiss. He said, "Ask this one," referring to Umm Salamah, who was sitting there. She said, "He indeed does that." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, Allah has forgiven you your past and future sins." He said, "By Allah, I am the most fearful of Allah among you and the most mindful of Him."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8295No grade recorded
نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ {إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا} فَدَعَا الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ وَفَاطِمَةَ فَأَجْلَسَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَدَعَا عَلِيًّا فَأَجْلَسَهُ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِهِ وَتَجَلَّلَ هُوَ وَهُمْ بِالْكِسَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي فَأَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا» فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَأَنَا مَعَهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ «وَأَنْتِ مَكَانَكِ وَأَنْتِ عَلَى خَيْرٍ»
✧ This verse was revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in the house of Umm Salamah: {Indeed, Allah only intends to remove from you impurity, O people of the household, and to purify you with thorough purification.} He called al-Hasan, al-Husayn, and Fatimah and seated them in front of him, and he called Ali and seated him behind his back. Then he and they were covered with the cloak. Then he said, "O Allah, these are my household, so remove impurity from them and purify them thoroughly." Umm Salamah said, "Am I with them, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "You stay in your place, and you are upon good."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8296No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ إِنَّ الْكُتُبَ كَانَتْ تَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ بَابٍ وَاحِدٍ وَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ مِنْ سَبْعَةِ أَبْوَابٍ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ حَلَالٌ وَحَرَامٌ وَمُحْكَمٌ وَمُتَشَابِهٌ وَضَرْبُ أَمْثَالٍ وَآمِرٌ وَزَاجِرٌ فَحِلَّ حَلَالَهُ وَحَرِّمْ حَرَامَهُ وَاعْمَلْ بِمُحْكَمِهِ وَقِفْ عِنْدَ مُتَشَابِهِهِ وَاعْتَبِرْ أَمْثَالَهُ فَإِنَّ كُلًّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ وَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to Abdullah b. Mas'ud: The scriptures used to descend from heaven from a single gate, but the Quran was revealed from seven gates upon seven modes: lawful and unlawful, clear and ambiguous, parables, command and prohibition. So declare lawful what it makes lawful, declare unlawful what it makes unlawful, act upon its clear verses, refrain from its ambiguous ones, and take lesson from its parables. Indeed, all of it is from Allah, and none takes heed except those of understanding.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8297No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَرَأَى عِنْدَهُمْ مُخَنَّثًا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ لَوْ قَدْ فُتِحَتِ الطَّائِفُ لَأَرَيْتُكَ بَادِيَةَ بِنْتِ غَيْلَانَ وَهِي تُقْبِلُ بِأَرْبَعٍ وَتُدْبِرُ بِثَمَانٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the house of Umm Salamah and saw with them an effeminate man, who was saying, "O Abdullah b. Abi Umayyah, if al-Ta'if is conquered, I will show you Badiyah bt. Ghaylan. She advances with four and retreats with eight." The Prophet ﷺ said, "These must never enter upon you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8298No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ «يَا عُمَرُ يَا بُنَيَّ سَمِّ اللهَ وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
✧ Food was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said to me, "O Umar, my son, mention the name of Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is near you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8299No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا أَنَا فِي حَجْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ يَدِي تَطِيشُ فِي الصَّحْفَةِ فَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ سَمِّ اللهَ وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
✧ While I was a boy in the lap of the Prophet ﷺ, my hand was moving about in the dish. He said, "O boy, mention the name of Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is near you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8300No grade recorded
ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَهْمِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو وَجْزَةَ السَّعْدِيُّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى طَعَامٍ فَقَالَ «ادْنُ يَا بُنَيَّ فَسَمِّ اللهَ وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
✧ Umar b. Abi Salamah reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ invited me to a meal and said, "Come near, my son, mention the name of Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is near you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8301No grade recorded
دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ» فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ فَقَالَ «اقْعُدْ يَا بُنَيَّ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called me and said, "O boy." I said, "At your service." He said, "Sit, my son, mention the name of Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is near you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8302No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ طَعَامٌ فَقَالَ لِي «ادْنُهْ وَكُلْ وَسَمِّ اللهَ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
✧ I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while food was in front of him. He said to me, "Come near, eat, and mention the name of Allah, from what is near you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8303No grade recorded
عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ رَبِيبِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَدِمَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ طَعَامٌ فَجِئْتُ أَعْبَثُ بِيَدِي وَآكُلُ مِنْ هَهُنَا وَمِنْ هَهُنَا فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِي فَقَالَ «مَهْ يَا بُنَيَّ كُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
✧ Umar b. Abi Salamah, the stepson of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, reported: Food was served to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I came and began moving my hand about, eating from here and there. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of my hand and said, "Stop, my son, eat from what is near you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8304No grade recorded
كُنْتُ غُلَامًا فِي حِجْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ يَدِي تَطِيشُ فِي الصَّحْفَةِ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا غُلَامُ إِذَا أَكَلْتَ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ «فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْكَ طِعْمَتِي بَعْدُ»
✧ I was a boy in the lap of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and my hand was moving about in the dish. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "O boy, when you eat, say 'In the name of Allah,' eat with your right hand, and eat from what is near you." He said, "That remained my manner of eating thereafter."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8305No grade recorded
أَكَلْتُ يَوْمًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُ آخُذُ مِنْ نَحْوٍ حَوْلَ الصَّحْفَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
✧ One day I ate with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and I started taking from around the dish. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Eat from what is near you.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8307No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ آمُرُكُمْ بِثَلَاثٍ وَأَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ آمُرُكُمْ أَنْ لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللهِ شَيْئًا وَأَنْ تَعْتَصِمُوا بِالطَّاعَةِ جَمِيعًا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكُمْ أَمْرُ اللهِ وَأَنْتُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَأَنْ تُنَاصِحُوا وُلَاةَ الْأَمْرِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَكُمْ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ وَأَنْهَى عَنْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَكَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ وَإِضَاعَةِ الْمَالِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “I command you with three and forbid you from three. I command you not to associate anything with God, to hold firmly to obedience all together until God's command comes to you while you are upon that, and to give sincere counsel to the rulers from those who command you with God's command. I forbid you from ‘he said, she said,’ excessive questioning, and squandering wealth.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8308No grade recorded
«لَا يَهُولَنَّكَ هَذَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَوَاللهِ لَمَا انْتَهَكْتُ مِمَّنْ وَلَّيْتَنِي أَمْرَهُ أَشَدُّ مِمَّا انْتَهَكْتَ مِنِّي» قَالَ فَكَأَنَّهُ أَعْجَبَ عُمَرَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَزَادَهُ خَيْرًا
✧ “Let this not alarm you, O Commander of the Believers, for by God, my violation toward the one whose affair you entrusted to me is no more severe than your violation toward me.” He said: It was as if that pleased Umar from him, and it increased him in good.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8309No grade recorded
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْأَمِيرُ وَعِنْدَهُ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَقَالُوا مَنْ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقُ الَّذِي قَصَّرَ فِي تَحِيَّةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ «إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ قَدْ عَابُوا عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ أَمَا إِنِّي قَدْ حَيَّيْتُ بِهَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ» فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِنِّي لَإِخَالُهُ قَدْ كَانَ بَعْضُ الَّذِي يَقُولُ وَلَكِنَّ أَهْلَ الشَّامِ حِينَ وَقَعَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ قَالُوا وَاللهِ لَنَعْرِفَنَّ دِينِنَا وَلَا نُقَصِّرُ تَحِيَّةَ خَلِيفَتِنَا وَإِنِّي لَإِخَالُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ تَقُولُونَ لِعَامِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ أَمِيرٌ
✧ “Peace be upon you, O Commander,” while a group from the people of Syria was with him. They said: “Who is this hypocrite who fell short in greeting the Commander of the Believers?” Uthman said to Muawiyah: “These have found fault with me for something you know better. Indeed, I greeted Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, may God have mercy on them, with it.” Muawiyah said: “I think part of what he says did happen, but the people of Syria, when the turmoil occurred, said: By God, we will know our religion and not fall short in greeting our caliph. I think you, O people of Madinah, say to the collector of zakah ‘Commander.’”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8310aNo grade recorded
هَانِئٌ حَجَجْنَا فِي زَمَانِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَجَلَسْتُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ فَصَلَّى إِلَى هَذَا الْعَمُودِ فَعَجِلَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ صَلَاتَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا لَوْ مَاتَ لَمَاتَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ مِنَ الدِّينِ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُخَفِّفُ وَيُتِمُّهَا» فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَقِيلَ لِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ
✧ Hani': We performed Hajj in the time of Uthman b. Affan ؓ. I sat in a gathering in the Prophet's Mosque ﷺ, and there was a man narrating to them: “We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ one day when a man came and prayed toward this pillar. He hurried before completing his prayer, then left. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: ‘If this man were to die, he would die without being upon anything of the religion. A man may make it light and complete it.’” I asked about this man and was told: “Uthman b. Hunayf al-Ansari.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8310bNo grade recorded
هَانِئٌ حَجَجْنَا فِي زَمَانِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَجَلَسْتُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ فَصَلَّى إِلَى هَذَا الْعَمُودِ فَعَجِلَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ صَلَاتَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ هَذَا لَوْ مَاتَ لَمَاتَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ مِنَ الدِّينِ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُخَفِّفُ وَيُتِمُّهَا» فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَقِيلَ لِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ
✧ Hani': We performed Hajj in the time of Uthman b. Affan ؓ. I sat in a gathering in the Prophet's Mosque ﷺ, and there was a man narrating to them: “We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ one day when a man came and prayed toward this pillar. He hurried before completing his prayer, then left. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: ‘If this man were to die, he would die without being upon anything of the religion. A man may make it light and complete it.’” I asked about this man and was told: “Uthman b. Hunayf al-Ansari.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8312No grade recorded
عَنْ جَدِّهِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ يَقُولُ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ يَدْعُو النَّاسَ إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ بِاللهِ وَتَصْدِيقًا بِهِ قَوْلًا بِلَا عَمَلٍ وَالْقِبْلَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَلَمَّا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْنَا نَزَلَتِ الْفَرَائِضُ وَنَسَخَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ مَكَّةَ وَالْقَوْلَ فِيهَا وَنَسَخَ الْبَيْتُ الْحَرَامُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَصَارَ الْإِيمَانُ قَوْلًا وَعَمَلًا»
✧ On the authority of his grandfather Uthman b. Sahl b. Hunayf: “Before he came from Makkah, the Messenger of God ﷺ used to call people to faith in God and belief in Him by word without action, and the qiblah was toward Jerusalem. When he migrated to us, the obligations were revealed, Madinah abrogated Makkah and what was said in it, and the Sacred House abrogated Jerusalem. Thus faith became word and action.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8313No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَقُولُ «لَقَدْ رَدَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ التَّبَتُّلَ وَلَوْ أَحَلَّهُ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا»
✧ I heard Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas say: “The Messenger of God ﷺ rejected celibacy for Uthman b. Maz'un. Had he permitted it, we would have castrated ourselves.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8314No grade recorded
أَنْ يَتَبَتَّلَ فَنَهَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ سَعْدٌ «فَلَوْ أَجَازَ ذَلِكَ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا»
✧...that he should practice celibacy, but the Messenger of God ﷺ forbade him.” Sa'd said: “Had he allowed that, we would have castrated ourselves.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8315No grade recorded
«رَدَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ التَّبَتُّلَ» وَلَوْ أَجَازَ لَهُ التَّبَتُّلَ لَاخْتَصَيْنَا
✧ “The Messenger of God ﷺ rejected celibacy for Uthman b. Maz'un,” and had he permitted celibacy for him, we would have castrated ourselves.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8316No grade recorded
وَتَسْمِيَةُ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى قَبْلَ خُرُوجِ جَعْفَرٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَمَعَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ رُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ وَأَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَمَعَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ سَهْلَةُ بِنْتُ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَالزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ وَمُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ أَخُو بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ وَعَامِرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ وَامْرَأَتُهُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَأَبُو سَبْرَةَ بْنُ أَبِي رُهْمٍ وَمَعَهُ أُمُّ كُلْثُومِ بِنْتُ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَسُهَيْلُ بْنُ بَيْضَاءَ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى قَبْلَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَصْحَابِهِ حِينَ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي يَذْكُرُ فِيهَا {وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى} وَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ يَذْكُرُ آلِهَتَنَا بِخَيْرٍ أَقْرَرْنَاهُ وَأَصْحَابَهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذْكُرُ أَحَدًا مِمَّنْ خَالَفَ دِينَهُ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ بِهِ آلِهَتَنَا مِنَ الشَّتْمِ وَالشَّرِّ فَلَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي يَذْكُرُ فِيهَا {وَالنَّجْمِ} وَقَرَأَ {أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّى وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَى} أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِيهَا عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَ الطَّوَاغِيتِ فَقَالَ «وَإِنَّهُنَّ لِمَنَ الْغَرَانِيقِ الْعُلَى وَإِنَّ شَفَاعَتَهُمْ لَتُرْتَجَى» وَذَلِكَ مِنْ سَجْعِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَفِتْنَتِهِ فَوَقَعَتْ هَاتَانِ الْكَلِمَتَانِ فِي قَلْبِ كُلِّ مُشْرِكٍ وَذَلَّتْ بِهَا أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَاسْتَبْشَرُوا بِهَا وَقَالُوا إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَدْ رَجَعَ إِلَى دِينِهِ الْأَوَّلِ وَدِينِ قَوْمِهِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آخِرَ السُّورَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا النَّجْمُ سَجَدَ وَسَجَدَ مَعَهُ كُلُّ مَنْ حَضَرَ مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ وَمُشْرِكٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ كَانَ رَجُلًا كَبِيرًا فَرَفَعَ عَلَى كَفِّهِ تُرَابًا فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ فَعَجِبَ الْفَرِيقَانِ كِلَاهُمَا مِنْ جَمَاعَتِهِمْ فِي السُّجُودِ لِسُجُودِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَّا الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَعَجِبُوا مِنْ سُجُودِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ عَلَى غَيْرِ إِيمَانٍ وَلَا يَقِينٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ سَمِعُوا الَّذِي أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَى أَلْسِنَةِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَمَّا الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَاطْمَأَنَّتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الَّذِي أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَحَدَّثَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَرَأَهَا فِي السَّجْدَةِ فَسَجَدُوا لِتَعْظِيمِ آلِهَتِهِمْ فَفَشَتْ تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ فِي النَّاسِ وَأَظْهَرَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ حَتَّى بَلَغَتِ الْحَبَشَةَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَمَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا وَصَلَّوْا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَلَغَهُمْ سُجُودُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَلَى التُّرَابِ عَلَى كَفَّيْهِ أَقْبَلُوا سِرَاعًا وَكَبُرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَهُ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهَا تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَقَالَ مَعَاذَ اللهِ مِنْ هَاتَيْنِ مَا أَنْزَلَهُمَا رَبِّي وَلَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِمَا رَبُّكَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَقَّ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ «أَطَعْتُ الشَّيْطَانَ وَتَكَلَّمْتُ بِكَلَامِهِ وَشَرَكَنِي فِي أَمْرِ اللهِ» فَنَسَخَ اللهُ ﷻ مَا أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ {وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَلَا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا إِذَا تَمَنَّى أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّتِهِ فَيَنْسَخُ اللهُ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ اللهُ آيَاتِهِ وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ لِيَجْعَلَ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَفِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ} فَلَمَّا بَرَّأَهُ اللهُ مِنْ سَجْعِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَفِتْنَتِهِ انْقَلَبَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بَضَلَالِهِمْ وَعَدَاوَتِهِمْ وَبَلَغَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِمَّنْ كَانَ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَقَدْ شَارَفُوا مَكَّةَ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا الرُّجُوعَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْبَلَاءِ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُمْ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ خَافُوا أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا مَكَّةَ فَيُبْطَشَ بِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا بِجِوَارٍ وَأَجَارَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ الَّذِي لَقِيَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابَهُ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ وَعُذِّبَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ بِالنَّارِ وَبِالسِّيَاطِ وَعُثْمَانُ مُعَافًى لَا يُعْرَضُ لَهُ رَجَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ فَاسْتَحَبَّ الْبَلَاءَ عَلَى الْعَافِيَةِ وَقَالَ أَمَا مَنْ كَانَ فِي عَهْدِ اللهِ وَذِمَّتَهِ وَذِمَّةِ رَسُولِهِ الَّذِي اخْتَارَ لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَنْ دَخَلَ فِيهِ فَهُوَ خَائِفٌ مُبْتَلًى بِالشِّدَّةِ وَالْكَرْبِ عَمَدَ إِلَى الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ قَدْ أَجَرْتَنِي فَأَحْسَنْتَ جِوَارِي وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تُخْرِجَنِي إِلَى عَشِيرَتِكَ فَتَبْرَأَ مِنِّي بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ ابْنَ أَخِي لَعَلَّ أَحَدًا آذَاكَ وَشَتَمَكَ وَأَنْتَ فِي ذِمَّتِي فَأَنْتَ تُرِيدُ مَنْ هُوَ أَمْنَعُ لَكَ مِنِّي فَأَكْفِيكَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ مَا بِي ذَلِكَ وَمَا اعْتَرَضَ لِي مِنْ أَحَدٍ فَلَمَّا أَبَى عُثْمَانُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ الْوَلِيدُ أَخْرَجَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَقُرَيْشٌ فِيهِ كَأَحْفَلِ مَا كَانُوا وَلَبِيدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ الشَّاعِرُ يُنْشِدُهُمْ فَأَخَذَ الْوَلِيدُ بِيَدِ عُثْمَانَ فَأَتَى بِهِ قُرَيْشًا فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا غَلَبَنِي وَحَمَلَنِي عَلَى أَنْ أَبْرَأَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ جِوَارِي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ فَجَلَسَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ وَأَخَذَ لَبِيدُ يُنْشِدُهُمْ فَقَالَ
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8317No grade recorded
قَالَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ هَنِيئًا لَكَ الْجَنَّةُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَظْرَةَ غَضْبَانٍ فَقَالَ «وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ فَارِسُكَ وَصَاحِبُكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ ﷺ «وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا يُفْعَلُ بِي» فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ لِعُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِهِمْ فَلَمَّا مَاتَتْ رُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْحَقِي بِسَلَفِنَا عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ»
✧ His wife said: “Congratulations on Paradise to you.” The Prophet ﷺ looked at her with an angry look and said: “What do you know?” She said: “Your horseman and your companion.” The Messenger ﷺ said: “By God, I do not know what will be done with me.” That weighed heavily on the companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ because of his statement about Uthman, who was among the best of them. When Ruqayyah, the daughter of the Messenger of God ﷺ, died, he said: “Join our predecessor Uthman b. Maz'un.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8318No grade recorded
أَتَى عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَرَى أَهْلِي عَوْرَتِي قَالَ «وَلِمَ؟ وَقَدْ جَعَلَكَ لَهُمْ لِبَاسًا وَجَعَلَهُمْ لَكَ لِبَاسًا» قَالَ أَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «فَإِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ مِنِّي وَأَرَاهُ مِنْهُمْ» قَالَ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَنَا» قَالَ أَنْتَ؟ فَمَنْ بَعْدَكَ إِذًا؟ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ عُثْمَانُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ لَحَيِيٌّ سِتِّيرٌ»
✧ Uthman b. Maz'un came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of God, I feel ashamed for my family to see my private parts." He said, "Why? When He has made you a covering for them and made them a covering for you." He said, "I dislike that." He said, "They see it from me and I see it from them." He said, "You are the Messenger of God ﷺ." He said, "I am." He said, "You? Then who after you?" He said, "When Uthman turned away, the Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Uthman b. Maz'un is indeed modest and veiling.'"
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8319No grade recorded
دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ اسْمُهَا خَوْلَةُ بِنْتُ حَكِيمٍ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَهِي بَاذَّةُ الْهَيْئَةِ فَسَأَلَتْهَا مَا شَأْنُكِ؟ قَالَتْ زَوْجِي يَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ وَيَصُومُ النَّهَارَ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ فَلَقِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ «يَا عُثْمَانُ إِنَّ الرَّهْبَانِيَّةَ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْنَا أَمَا لَكَ فِيَّ أُسْوَةٌ فَوَاللهِ إِنَّ أَخْشَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ وَأَحْفَظَكُمْ لِحُدُودِهِ لَأَنَا»
✧ The wife of Uthman b. Maz'un, whose name was Khawla bt. Hakim, entered upon A'isha looking disheveled in appearance. She asked her, "What is the matter with you?" She said, "My husband stands in prayer at night and fasts during the day." Then the Prophet ﷺ entered, and A'isha mentioned that to him. The Prophet ﷺ met Uthman and said, "O Uthman, monasticism was not prescribed for us. Do I not serve as an example for you? By God, the most fearful of you of God and the most careful of you regarding His limits is me."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8320No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ تَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ هَذِهِ الْعُزْبَةُ فِي الْمَغَازِي فَتَأْذَنُ لِي فِي الِاخْتِصَاءِ فَأَخْتَصِي؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ مَظْعُونٍ بِالصِّيَامِ فَإِنَّهُ مَجْفَرَةٌ»
✧ He said, "O Messenger of God, I am a man who finds this celibacy during military campaigns difficult. Will you permit me to castrate myself?" He said, "No, but upon you, O Ibn Maz'un, is fasting, for it is a restrainer."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8321No grade recorded
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَدْرَكَ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ وَعُثْمَانُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ عَلَى ثَنِيَّةِ الْأُثَايَةِ مِنَ الْعَرْجِ فَضَغَطَتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ رَاحِلَةَ عُثْمَانَ وَقَدْ مَضَتْ رَاحِلَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَامَ الرُّكَبِ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ أَوْجَعَتْنِي يَا غَلْقَ الْفِتْنَةِ فَلَمَّا اسْتَهَلَّتِ الرَّوَاحِلُ دَنَا مِنْهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ يَغْفِرُ اللهُ أَبَا السَّائِبِ مَا هَذَا الِاسْمُ الَّذِي سَمَّيْتَنِيهِ؟ فَقَالَ لَا وَاللهِ مَا أَنَا الَّذِي سَمَّيْتَكَهُ سَمَّاكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَذَا هُوَ أَمَامَ الرَّكْبِ يَقْدَمُ الْقَوْمَ مَرَرْتَ بِنَا يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «هَذَا غَلْقُ الْفِتْنَةِ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ لَا يَزَالُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْفِتْنَةِ بَابٌ شَدِيدُ الْغَلْقِ مَا عَاشَ هَذَا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ»
✧ Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ caught up with Uthman b. Maz'un while they were on their mounts at the pass of al-Uthaya from al-Arj. His mount pressed against Uthman's mount, and the Messenger of God's ﷺ mount had already gone ahead of the group. Uthman b. Maz'un said, "You hurt me, O lock of trial." When the mounts set off, Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ approached him and said, "May God forgive you, Abu al-Sa'ib, what is this name you called me?" He said, "No, by God, I am not the one who named you. The Messenger of God ﷺ named you. He is ahead of the group, leading the people. One day you passed by us while we were sitting with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said, 'This is the lock of trial,' and he pointed with his hand. 'There will remain between you and trial a strongly locked door as long as this man lives among you.'"
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8322No grade recorded
بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِفِنَاءِ بَيْتِهِ بِمَكَّةَ جَالِسًا إِذْ مَرَّ بِهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ فَكَشَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا تَجْلِسُ؟» فَقَالَ بَلَى فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُسْتَقْبِلَهُ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يُحَدِّثُهُ إِذْ شَخَصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَظَرَ سَاعَةً إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَأَخَذَ يَضَعُ بَصَرَهَ حَيْثُ وَضَعَهُ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَحَرَّفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ جَلِيسِهِ عُثْمَانَ إِلَى حَيْثُ وَضَعَ بَصَرَهُ فَأَخَذَ يَنْفُضُ بِرَأْسِهِ كَأَنَّهُ يَسْتَفْقِهُ مَا يُقَالُ لَهُ وَابْنُ مَظْعُونٍ يَنْظُرُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى حَاجَتَهُ وَاسْتَفْقَهَ قَالَ لَهُ أَشْخَصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَصَرَهُ حَتَّى تَوَارَى فِي السَّمَاءِ فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بِجِلْسَتِهِ الْأُولَى فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَ كُنْتُ أُجَالِسُكَ؟ مَا رَأَيْتُكَ تَفْعَلُ كَفِعْلِكَ الْغَدَاةَ قَالَ «فَطِنْتَ لِذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ عُثْمَانُ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنْتَ جَالِسٌ» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ فَمَا قَالَ لَكَ؟ قَالَ {إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ} قَالَ عُثْمَانُ «فَذَلِكَ حِينَ اسْتَقَرَّ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قَلْبِي وَأَحْبَبْتُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ»
✧ While the Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting in the courtyard of his house in Makkah, Uthman b. Maz'un passed by and smiled at the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him, "Will you not sit?" He said, "Yes." So the Messenger of God ﷺ sat facing him. While he was speaking with him, the Messenger of God ﷺ raised his gaze to the sky and looked at it for a while. Then he began to lower his gaze to where he placed it on his right, on the ground. The Messenger of God ﷺ turned from his companion Uthman to where he placed his gaze, and he began to nod his head as if trying to understand what was being said to him, while Ibn Maz'un was looking. When he finished his matter and understood it, he said, "The Messenger of God ﷺ raised his gaze until it disappeared into the sky, then returned to Uthman with his former sitting position." He said, "O Muhammad, what was I sitting with you about? I have never seen you do what you did this morning." He said, "Did you notice that?" Uthman said, "Yes." The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "A messenger of God came to me while you were sitting." He said, "A messenger of God?" He said, "Yes." He said, "What did he say to you?" He said, "{Indeed God commands justice, excellence, and giving to relatives, and forbids immorality, wrongdoing, and oppression. He admonishes you so that you may take heed.}" Uthman said, "That was when faith settled in my heart and I loved Muhammad ﷺ."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8323No grade recorded
جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِأَبِيهِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُودُهُ شَيْخٌ أَعْمَى يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا تَرَكْتَ الشَّيْخَ حَتَّى نَأْتِيَهُ؟» قَالَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُؤْجَرَ وَاللهِ لَأَنَا كُنْتُ بِإِسْلَامِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا مِنِّي بِإِسْلَامِ أَبِي أَلْتَمِسُ بِذَلِكَ قُرَّةَ عَيْنِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «صَدَقْتَ»
✧ Abu Bakr ؓ brought his father Abu Quhafa to the Messenger of God ﷺ, leading him, an old blind man, on the day of the conquest of Makkah. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him, "Why did you not leave the old man until we came to him?" He said, "I wanted him to receive the reward. By God, I was more delighted by the Islam of Abu Talib than by the Islam of my father, seeking thereby the delight of your eye." The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "You have spoken the truth."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8324No grade recorded
أُتِيَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ ثَغَامَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ فَقَالَ «غَيِّرُوهُ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ»
✧ Abu Quhafa was brought to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of the conquest, his head like white thaghama (a white plant). He said, "Change it and keep him away from black."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8325No grade recorded
جِيءَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ وَلِحْيَتَهُ ثَغَامَةٌ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْقُطْنِ الْأَبْيَضِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ يُغَيِّرُوهُ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ»
✧ Abu Quhafa was brought to the Messenger of God ﷺ, his head and beard like thaghama, like this white cotton. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Take him to some of his women to change it and keep him away from black."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8326No grade recorded
أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ وَلِحْيَتُهُ وَرَأْسُهُ كَأَنَّهُ ثَغَامَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «غَيِّرُوهُ بِشَيْءٍ وَجَنِّبُوهُ السَّوَادَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was brought Abu Quhafa on the day of the conquest of Makkah, his beard and head like thaghama. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Change it with something and keep him away from black."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8327No grade recorded
جِيءَ بِأَبِي قُحَافَةَ أَوْ جَاءَ عَامُ الْفَتْحِ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ مِثْلَ الثَّغَامِ أَوِ الثَّغَامَةِ فَأُمِرَ بِهِ إِلَى نِسَائِهِ فَقَالَ «غَيِّرُوا بِشَيْءٍ»
✧ Abu Quhafa was brought, or he came, in the year of the conquest, his head and beard like thagham or thaghama. He was ordered to his women, and they said, "Change it with something."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8329No grade recorded
عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَأَبُو الْعَاصِ اسْمُهُ وَهُوَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ هَمَّامِ بْنِ أَبَانَ بْنِ بَشَّارِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ حُطَيْطِ بْنِ جُشَمِ بْنِ قَسِّيِّ بْنِ مُنَبِّهِ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ هَوَازِنَ بْنِ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ خَصَفَةَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ غَيْلَانَ بْنِ مُضَرَ
✧ Uthman b. Abi al-'As, and Abu al-'As's name is — and he is Abu al-'As b. Bishr b. 'Abd b. 'Abd Allah b. Hammam b. Aban b. Bashshar b. Malik b. Hutayt b. Jusham b. Qasiyy b. Munabbih b. Bakr b. Hawazin b. Mansur b. 'Ikrima b. Khasafa b. Qays b. Ghaylan b. Mudar.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8330No grade recorded
بِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا فَقُلْتُ لَوْ كَانَتْ مَعِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا اشْتَرَيْتُ بِهَا كَبْشًا فَضَحَّيْتُ بِهِ وَأَطْعَمْتُ عِيَالِي فَلَمَّا قُمْتُ اتَّبَعَنِي رَسُولُ عُثْمَانَ بِصُرَّةٍ فِيهَا خَمْسُونَ دِرْهَمًا فَمَا رَأَيْتُ دَرَاهِمَ قَطُّ كَانَتْ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهَا أَعْطَانِي وَهُوَ لَهَا مُحْتَسِبٌ وَأَنَا إِلَيْهَا مُحْتَاجٌ
✧ With twelve dirhams. I said: If I had twelve dirhams with me, I would buy a ram with it, sacrifice it, and feed my family. When I stood up, ʿUthmān’s messenger followed me with a purse containing fifty dirhams. I never saw dirhams with greater blessing than those. He gave it to me while he sought reward for it, and I was in need of it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8331No grade recorded
كَانَ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بَيْتٌ قَدْ أَخْلَاهُ لِلْحَدِيثِ فَكُنَّا نَأْتِيهِ فِيهِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ «سَاعَةٌ لِلدُّنْيَا وَسَاعَةٌ لِلْآخِرَةِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ أَيُّ السَّاعَتَيْنِ تَغْلِبُ»
✧ ʿUthmān b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ had a room that he had emptied for ḥadīth. We used to come to him there, and he would say: “An hour for this world and an hour for the Hereafter, and Allah knows best which of the two hours prevails.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8332No grade recorded
إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ الْمَرْءَ الْمُسْلِمَ بَيْنَ حَاجَتَيْنِ حَاجَةٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا لَا بُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهَا وَحَاجَةٌ لِلْآخِرَةِ لَا بُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهَا وَاللهُ أعْلَمُ أَيُّ الْحَاجَتَيْنِ تَغْلِبُ
✧ I have found the Muslim man between two needs: a need of this world that is indispensable for him, and a need of the Hereafter that is indispensable for him. Allah knows best which of the two needs prevails.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8333No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ يُرَشُّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءُ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ»
✧ I saw ʿUthmān b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ having water sprinkled on him on the day of ʿArafah while he was fasting.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8334No grade recorded
«حَمَلَ نَاسًا لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْمَاءِ إِلَّا الْأَلْوَاحَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَئِنْ هَلَكُوا أَوْ كَلِمَةٌ نَحْوَهَا لَآخُذَنَّ عِدَّتَهُمْ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ»
✧ He carried people who had nothing between them and the water except the planks. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if they perish — or a word like that — I will certainly take their number from Thaqīf.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8336No grade recorded
عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَكَانَ شَابًّا وَفَدْنَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَوَجَدَنِي أَفْضَلَهُمْ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ وَقَدْ فَضَلْتُهُمْ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «قَدْ أَمَّرْتُكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِكَ وَأَنْتَ أَصْغَرُهُمْ فَإِذَا أَمَمْتَ قَوْمًا فَأُمَّهُمْ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ فَإِنَّ وَرَاءَكَ الْكَبِيرَ وَالصَّغِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ وَإِذَا كُنْتَ مُصَدِّقًا فَلَا تَأْخُذِ الشَّافِعَ وَهِي الْمَاخِضُ وَلَا الرُّبَّى وَلَا فَحْلَ الْغَنَمِ وَحَزْرَةُ الرَّجُلِ هُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا مِنْكَ وَلَا تَمَسَّ الْقُرْآنَ إِلَّا وَأَنْتَ طَاهِرٌ واعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْعُمْرَةَ هِي الْحَجُّ الْأَصْغَرُ وَأَنَّ عُمْرَةً خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَحَجَّةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عُمْرَةٍ»
✧ ʿUthmān b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ, and he was a young man: We came as a delegation to the Prophet ﷺ, and he found me the best of them in taking the Qurʾān, and I had surpassed them by Sūrat al-Baqarah. The Prophet ﷺ said: “I have appointed you over your companions, though you are the youngest of them. When you lead people in prayer, lead them according to the weakest of them, for behind you are the old, the young, the weak, and the one with a need. When you are a tax collector, do not take the shāfiʿ — that is, the pregnant one — nor the rubbā, nor the ram of the flock. And the man’s prized possession is more entitled to it than you. Do not touch the Qurʾān unless you are pure. Know that ʿumrah is the lesser ḥajj, that an ʿumrah is better than this world and what is in it, and that a ḥajj is better than an ʿumrah.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8337No grade recorded
كَانَ آخِرُ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَمَمْتَ قَوْمًا فَأَخِفَّ بِهِمُ الصَّلَاةَ»
✧ The last thing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon me was: “When you lead people in prayer, make the prayer light for them.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8339No grade recorded
أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا عُثْمَانُ أُمَّ قَوْمَكَ مَنْ أَمَّ قَوْمًا فَلْيُخَفِّفْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْمَرِيضَ وَإِنَّ فِيهِمْ ذَا الْحَاجَةِ»
✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O ʿUthmān, lead your people. Whoever leads people should lighten, for among them are the weak, the sick, and the one with a need.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8340No grade recorded
ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُصَيْفَةَ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ السُّلَمِيُّ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَبِي وَجَعٌ قَدْ كَادَ يُهْلِكُنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ امْسَحْهُ بِيَمِينِكَ سَبْعَ مِرَارٍ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَأَذْهَبَ اللهُ مَا كَانَ بِي فَلَمْ أَزَلْ آمُرُ بِهِ أَهْلِي وَغَيْرَهُمْ
✧ Al-Qaʿnabī narrated to us from Mālik from Yazīd b. Khuṣayfah that ʿAmr b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Kaʿb al-Sulamī informed him that Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim informed him from ʿUthmān b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ that he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. ʿUthmān said: I had a pain that was about to destroy me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Wipe it with your right hand seven times and say: I seek refuge in the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I find.” He said: I did that, and Allah removed what was in me. I continued to enjoin it upon my family and others.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8341No grade recorded
قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبِي وَجَعٌ فَقَالَ اجْعَلْ يَدَكَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَفَعَلْتُ فَكَفَانِي اللهُ ﷻ
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a pain. He said: “Place your right hand on it, then say: In the name of Allah, I seek refuge in the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I find — seven times.” I did that, and Allah sufficed me, may He be exalted.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8342No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ شَكَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَمًا فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ وَجَدَ أَلَمًا فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَلْيَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ
✧ He complained to the Messenger of God ﷺ of a pain. He said: 'Whoever of you feels a pain, let him place his right hand upon it and mention the name of God three times, and let him say: "I seek refuge in the might of God and His power from the evil of what I find and fear" seven times.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8343No grade recorded
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَخَذَهُ وَجَعٌ وَكَادَ يُبْطِلُهُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي تَشْتَكِي فَامْسَحْ بِهَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ فِي كُلِّ مَسْحَةٍ
✧ He informed him that ʿUthman b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while a pain had seized him and nearly disabled him. He mentioned that to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he claimed that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Place your right hand on the place that hurts, wipe over it seven times, and say in each wiping: "I seek refuge in the might of God and His power from the evil of what I find."'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8344No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ الْحَيَّاتِ «مَنْ خَشِيَ ثَأْرَهُنَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, and he mentioned snakes: 'Whoever fears their vengeance is not of me.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8345No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَدِ اسْتَجَنَّ بِجُنَّةٍ حَصِينَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ رَجُلٌ سَلَفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'A man for whom three of his own loins have preceded him in Islam has indeed entered a well-fortified shield against the Fire.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8347No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نِسْيَانَ الْقُرْآنِ فَضَرَبَ صَدْرِي بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ «يَا شَيْطَانُ اخْرُجْ مِنْ صَدْرِ عُثْمَانَ» قَالَ عُثْمَانُ «فَمَا نَسِيتُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا بَعْدُ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ»
✧ I heard ʿUthman b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ say: I complained to the Messenger of God ﷺ about forgetting the Qurʾān. He struck my chest with his hand and said: 'O Satan, come out of the chest of ʿUthman.' ʿUthman said: 'After that I never forgot anything of it that I wished to remember.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8348No grade recorded
عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ الثَّقَفِيِّ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى الطَّائِفِ قَالَ كَانَ آخِرُ شَيْءٍ عَهِدَهُ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَنْ خَفِّفْ عَلَى النَّاسِ الصَّلَاةَ»
✧ From ʿUthman b. Abī al-ʿĀṣ al-Thaqafī, whom the Prophet ﷺ appointed over al-Ṭāʾif, he said: 'The last thing the Messenger of God ﷺ enjoined upon me was: "Make the prayer light for the people."'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8350No grade recorded
كَانَ آخِرُ مَا أَوْصَانِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّكَ تَؤُمُّ قَوْمًا وَخَلْفَكَ الْكَبِيرُ وَالضَّعِيفُ وَذُو الْحَاجَةِ فَتَجَوَّزْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»
✧ The last thing the Messenger of God ﷺ instructed me was: 'You will lead a people in prayer, and behind you are the old, the weak, and the needy, so keep the prayer brief.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8353No grade recorded
آخِرُ كَلَامٍ كَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذِ اسْتَعْمَلَنِي عَلَى الطَّائِفِ قَالَ «خَفِّفِ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَتَّى وَقَّتَ سَبَّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ وَأَشْبَاهَهَا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ»
✧ The last words the Messenger of God ﷺ spoke to me when he appointed me over al-Ṭāʾif were: 'Make the prayer light for the people,' until he specified: 'Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High' and 'Recite in the name of your Lord who created' and similar surahs of the Qurʾān.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8356No grade recorded
قَدِمْتُ فِي وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ حِينَ وَفَدُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَبِسْنَا حُلَلَنَا بِبَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا مَنْ يُمْسِكُ لَنَا رَوَاحِلَنَا وَكُلُّ الْقَوْمِ أَحَبَّ الدُّخُولَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَرِهَ التَّخَلُّفَ عَنْهُ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَكُنْتُ أَصْغَرَ الْقَوْمِ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ أَمْسَكَتُ لَكُمْ عَلَى أَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ عَهْدَ اللهِ لَتُمْسِكُنَّ لِي إِذَا خَرَجْتُمْ قَالُوا فَذَلِكَ لَكَ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا فَقَالُوا انْطَلَقْ بِنَا قُلْتُ أَيْنَ؟ فَقَالُوا إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَقُلْتُ ضَرَبْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِي حَتَّى إِذَا حَلَلْتُ بِبَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَرْجِعُ وَلَا أَدْخَلُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتُمُونِي مِنَ الْعَهْدِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ؟ قَالُوا فَأَعْجِلْ فَإِنَّا قَدْ كَفَيْنَاكَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ لَمْ نَدَعْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا سَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْهُ فَدَخَلْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُفَقِّهَنِي فِي الدِّينِ وَيُعَلِّمَنِي قَالَ «مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟» فَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلَ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَنِي شَيْئًا مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ اذْهَبْ فَأَنْتَ أَمِيرٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَعَلَى مَنْ تَقْدُمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ وَأُمَّ النَّاسَ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ» فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اشْتَكَيْتُ بَعْدَكَ فَقَالَ ضَعْ يَدَكَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي تَشْتَكِي وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَفَعَلْتُ فَشَفَانِي اللهُ ﷻ
✧ I arrived in the delegation of Thaqif when they went as a delegation to the Messenger of God ﷺ. We put on our fine garments at the door of the Prophet ﷺ, and they said, 'Who will hold our riding camels for us?' Everyone wanted to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ and disliked staying back from him. Uthman said, 'I was the youngest of the group, so I said, "If you wish, I will hold them for you on condition that you have God's covenant that you will hold mine for me when you come out." They said, "That is yours." So they entered upon him, then came out and said, "Come with us." I said, "Where?" They said, "To your family." I said, "I journeyed from my family until, when I set down at the door of the Prophet ﷺ, I should turn back and not enter upon him, after you gave me the covenant that you know?" They said, "Then hurry, for we have spared you the asking; we did not leave anything without asking him about it." So I entered and said, "O Messenger of God, ask God to give me understanding in religion and to teach me." He said, "What did you say?" I repeated the words, and he said, "You have asked me something no one of your companions has asked me. Go, for you are their commander as well as over those of your people you come to, and lead the people in prayer considering their weakest." Then I left, and I came to him again another time and said, "O Messenger of God, I have been in pain since I left you." He said, "Place your right hand on the place that hurts and say seven times: I seek refuge in the might and power of God from the evil of what I feel." I did that, and God, may He be glorified and exalted, healed me.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8357No grade recorded
كَانَ آخِرُ عَهْدٍ عَهِدَهُ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ بَعَثَنِي أَمِيرًا عَلَى الطَّائِفِ فَقَالَ لِي «اقْدِرِ النَّاسَ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ السَّقِيمَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَالصَّغِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ»
✧ The last instruction the Messenger of God ﷺ gave me when he sent me as commander over al-Taif was: "Accommodate the people according to their weakest, for among them are the sick, the old, the young, and those with needs."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8358No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أُمَّ قَوْمَكَ وَاقْدِرْهُمْ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "Lead your people in prayer and accommodate them according to their weakest, for among them are the old, the weak, and those with needs."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8360aNo grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ كَجُنَّةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الْقِتَالِ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, "Fasting is a shield from the Fire, like the shield of one of you in battle."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8360bNo grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ كَجُنَّةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الْقِتَالِ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, "Fasting is a shield from the Fire, like the shield of one of you in battle."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8362No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ كَجُنَّةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الْقِتَالِ»
'Uthman bin Abi Al-As called for milk to be given to him (Mutarrif) to drink. Mutarrif said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Fasting is a shield like the shield of any one of you in battle."' Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Fasting is a shield."' (Sahih (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2230)
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8364No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «صِيَامٌ حَسَنٌ صِيَامُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ»
✧ On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "A good fast is fasting three days of every month."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8365No grade recorded
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اجْعَلْنِي إِمَامَ قَوْمِي قَالَ «أَنْتَ إِمَامُهُمْ وَاقْتَدِ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ وَاتَّخِذْ مُؤَذِّنًا لَا يَأْخُذُ عَلَى أَذَانِهِ أَجْرًا»
✧ O Messenger of God, make me the imam of my people. He said, "You are their imam, and follow the example of their weakest, and appoint a muadhdhin who does not take wages for his adhan."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8366No grade recorded
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ صَلَاتِي وَقِرَاءَتِي فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاكَ الشَّيْطَانُ يُقَالُ لَهُ خَنْزَبٌ فَإِذَا حَسَسْتَهُ فَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاتْفُلْ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ
✧ I said, "O Messenger of God, Satan comes between me and my prayer and recitation." The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him, "That is a devil called Khinzab. When you sense him, seek refuge with God from Satan and spit to your left."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8368No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ شَكَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَسْوَسَةَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ ذَاكَ شَيْطَانٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ خَنْزَبٌ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَلْيَتْفُلْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللهِ مِنْهُ
✧ He complained to the Messenger of God ﷺ about whispering during prayer. He said, "That is a devil called Khinzab. When one of you feels something of him, let him spit to his left three times and seek refuge with God from him."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8369aNo grade recorded
عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي»
✧ On the authority of Uthman b. Abi al-As and a woman of Quraysh, that they both heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, "O God, forgive me my sins, my error, and my deliberate acts."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8369bNo grade recorded
عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي»
✧ On the authority of Uthman b. Abi al-As and a woman of Quraysh, that they both heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, "O God, forgive me my sins, my error, and my deliberate acts."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8371No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَدْنُو مِنْ خَلْقِهِ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنِ اسْتَغْفِرَ إِلَّا لِبَغِيٍّ بِفَرْجِهَا أَوْ لِعَشَّارٍ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Indeed Allah draws near to His creation and forgives the one who seeks forgiveness, except for a fornicatress with her private parts or a tax collector.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8372No grade recorded
أَنَّ وَفْدَ ثَقِيفٍ لَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْزَلَهُمُ الْمَسْجِدَ لِيَكُونَ أَرَقَّ لِقُلُوبِهِمْ فَاشْتَرَطُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ لَا يُحْشَرُوا وَلَا يُعْشَرُوا وَلَا يُجَبُّوا وَلَا يُسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا خَيْرَ فِي دَيْنٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ رُكُوعٌ»
✧ When the delegation of Thaqif came to the Prophet ﷺ, he lodged them in the mosque so that their hearts might be softened. They stipulated to the Prophet ﷺ that they would not be gathered (for military service), nor subjected to tithe, nor circumcised, nor that anyone other than themselves be appointed over them. The Prophet ﷺ said: “There is no good in a religion that has no bowing (prayer).”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8373No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَاسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: “Indeed Allah ﷻ descends to the lowest heaven every night and says: ‘Is there any supplicant that I may answer him? Is there any seeker of forgiveness that I may forgive him?’”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8374No grade recorded
يَا أَبَا هَارُونَ مَا يُجْلِسُكَ هُنَا؟ فَقَالَ بَعَثَنِي هَذَا عَلَى الْأُبُلَّةِ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ دَاوُدَ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ لِأَهْلِهِ فِي سَاعَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَا آلَ دَاوُدَ قُومُوا فَصَلُّوا فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ سَاعَةٌ يُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا الدُّعَاءُ إِلَّا لِسَاحِرٍ أَوْ عَشَّارٍ فَرَكِبَ سَفِينَةً مَكَانَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى زِيَادٍ فَاسْتَعْفَاهُ
✧ O Abu Harun, what has seated you here? He said: “This person appointed me over al-Ubulla.” He said: “Shall I not tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: ‘Indeed the Prophet of Allah Dawud ﷺ used to say to his family at an hour of the night: O family of Dawud, arise and pray, for this is an hour in which supplication is answered except for a sorcerer or a tax collector.’” Then he boarded a ship in his place, then returned to Ziyad and asked to be excused.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8375aNo grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِي اللَّيْلِ سَاعَةً يُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ أُعْطِيَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ؟
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Indeed in the night there is an hour in which the gates of heaven are opened and He says: ‘Is there any asker that I may give him? Is there any supplicant that I may answer him? Is there any seeker of forgiveness that I may forgive him?’”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8375bNo grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ فِي اللَّيْلِ سَاعَةً يُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ أُعْطِيَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ؟
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Indeed in the night there is an hour in which the gates of heaven are opened and He says: ‘Is there any asker that I may give him? Is there any supplicant that I may answer him? Is there any seeker of forgiveness that I may forgive him?’”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8376No grade recorded
كَانَ مِمَّا «عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا آخُذَ عَلَى الْأَذَانِ أَجْرًا»
✧ Among what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon me was that I not take any wages for the call to prayer.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8377No grade recorded
كَانَ آخِرُ مَا «عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ صَلِّ بِأَصْحَابِكَ صَلَاةَ أَضْعَفِهِمْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ»
✧ The last thing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon me was: “Pray with your companions the prayer of the weakest among them, for among them are the elderly, the weak, and the one with a need.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8378No grade recorded
كَانَ آخِرُ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلِّ بِأَصْحَابِكَ صَلَاةَ أَضْعَفِهِمْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الْكَبِيرَ وَالضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ وَاتَّخِذْ مُؤَذِّنًا لَا يَأْخُذُ عَلَى الْأَذَانِ أَجْرًا»
✧ The last thing the Prophet ﷺ enjoined upon me was: “Pray with your companions the prayer of the weakest among them, for among them are the elderly, the weak, and the one with a need. And appoint a mu’adhdhin who does not take wages for the call to prayer.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8379No grade recorded
لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى ثَقِيفٍ «تَجَوَّزْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ يَا عُثْمَانُ وَاقْدِرِ النَّاسَ بِأَضْعَفِهِمْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ وَالْحَامِلَ وَالْمُرْضِعَ إِنِّي لَأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ فَأَتَجَوَّزُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me when he sent me to Thaqif: “Be moderate in prayer, O Uthman, and measure the people by the weakest among them, for among them are the weak, the one with a need, the pregnant, and the nursing. Indeed I hear the cry of a child and I shorten (the prayer).”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8380No grade recorded
إِنَّ آخِرَ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ بِأَصْحَابِكَ فَصَلِّ بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ أَضْعَفِهِمْ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْمَرِيضَ»
✧ Indeed the last thing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon me was: “When you pray with your companions, pray with them the prayer of the weakest among them, for among them are the weak and the sick.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8381No grade recorded
«إِنَّا كُنَّا لَا نَأْتِي الْخِتَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا يُدَعَى إِلَيْهِ»
✧ Indeed we would not attend circumcision during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, nor were we invited to it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8382No grade recorded
«هَذَا شَيْءٌ مَا كُنَّا نَرَاهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ» فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ
✧ “This is something we did not see in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” So he refused to eat.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8383No grade recorded
«وُقِّتَ لِلنُّفَسَاءِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا»
✧ “A period of forty days was set for the postpartum woman.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8384No grade recorded
وُقِّتَ لِلنُّفَسَاءِ أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا
✧ A period of forty days was set for the postpartum woman.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8385No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ حَسَنَةً فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَّا الصَّوْمُ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: He said: Allah, mighty is His mention, says: “Whoever does a good deed shall have ten times its like, except fasting, for it is Mine and I shall reward for it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8386No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ يَسْتَجِنُّ بِهَا الْعَبْدُ مِنَ النَّارِ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: He said: “Fasting is a shield with which the servant shields himself from the Fire.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8387No grade recorded
أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ مَالًا يَتَّجِرُ فِيهِ وَالرِّبْحُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَأَعْطَاهُ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ فَاشْتَرَى بِهِ خَمْرًا ثُمَّ قَدِمَ بِهِ الْأُبُلَّةَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ مِنْهَا دَنًّا وَلَا غَيْرَهُ إِلَّا كَسَرَهُ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «لَعَنَ الْخَمْرَ وَشَارِبَهَا وَمُشْتَرِيَهَا وَبَائِعَهَا وَعَاصِرَهَا وَحَامِلَهَا»
✧ That he gave him wealth to trade with, the profit to be shared between them. He gave him twenty thousand dirhams, and with it he bought wine. Then he brought it to al-Ubulla, and ʿUthman went out to him and did not leave a single jar or anything else but smashed it. ʿUthman said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ “cursed wine, its drinker, its buyer, its seller, its presser, and its carrier.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8388No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَمَاتِ»
✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from poverty, the torment of the grave, the trial of life, and the trial of death.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8389No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْتَحِبُّ الصَّوْمَ فِي السَّفَرِ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً
✧ That he used to prefer fasting while traveling, saying: “It was a concession.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8390No grade recorded
«الْإِفْطَارُ فِي السَّفَرِ رُخْصَةٌ»
✧ “Breaking the fast while traveling is a concession.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8395No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ «آتِنِي بِمِفْتَاحِ الْكَعْبَةِ» فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمٌ يَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَتَحَدَّرُ مِنْهُ مِثْلُ الْجُمَانِ مِنَ الْعَرَقِ وَيَقُولُ «مَا يُحِسُّهُ؟» فَسَعَى إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ وَجَعَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الَّتِي عِنْدَهَا الْمِفْتَاحُ وَحَسِبَتْ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُمُّ عُثْمَانَ تَقُولُ إِنَّهُ إِنْ أَخَذَهُ مِنْكُمْ لَمْ يُعْطِيكُمُوهُ أَبَدًا فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهَا عُثْمَانُ حَتَّى أَعْطَتْهُ الْمِفْتَاحَ وَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَالنَّاسُ مَعَهُ فَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ السِّقَايَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَئِنْ كُنَّا أُوتِينَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَأُعْطِينَا السِّقَايَةَ وَأُعْطِينَا الْحِجَابَةَ مَا قَوْمٌ بِأَعْظَمَ نَصِيبًا مِنَّا قَالَ وَكَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَرِهَ مَقَالَتَهُ ثُمَّ دَعَا عُثْمَانَ بْنَ طَلْحَةَ فَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْمِفْتَاحَ وَقَالَ «غَيِّبُوهُ» قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَحْسِبُهُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ يَوْمَئِذٍ حِينَ كَلَّمَهُ فِي الْمِفْتَاحِ «إِنَّمَا أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ مَا تُرْزَءُونَ وَلَمْ أُعْطِكُمْ مَا تَرْزَءُونَ» يَقُولُ أَعْطَيْتُكُمُ السِّقَايَةَ لِأَنَّكُمْ تَغْرَمُونَ فِيهَا وَلَمْ أُعْطِكُمُ الْبَيْتَ أَيْ أَنَّهُمْ يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْ هَدِيَّتِهِ هَذَا قَوْلُ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿUthmān b. Ṭalḥah on the day of conquest: “Bring me the key of the Kaʿbah.” He was slow in bringing it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood waiting for him until sweat like pearls dripped from him, and he said: “What is delaying him?” A man hastened to him, while the woman who had the key—and it was thought that he said Umm ʿUthmān—said: “If he takes it from you, he will never give it back to you.” ʿUthmān kept after her until she gave him the key, and he went with it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He opened the door, then entered the House, then came out with the people with him and sat by the drinking place. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib ؓ said to him: “O Messenger of Allah, if we have been given prophethood, and we have been given the siqāyah, and we have been given the ḥijābah, no people have a greater share than us.” He said: It was as if the Prophet ﷺ disliked his statement. Then he called ʿUthmān b. Ṭalḥah and handed the key to him and said: “Keep it hidden.” ʿAbd al-Razzāq said: I narrated this to Ibn ʿUyaynah, and he said: Ibn Jurayj informed me—I think from Ibn Abī Mulaykah—that the Prophet ﷺ said to ʿAlī that day when he spoke to him about the key: “I have only given you what you bear as a burden, and I have not given you what you will be burdened by.” He means: I gave you the siqāyah because you incur expense in it, and I did not give you the House—that is, they take from its gift. This is the statement of ʿAbd al-Razzāq.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8396No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ عُثْمَانَ لِمَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِ مِنَ الْكَعْبَةِ؟ فَقَالَ قَالَ لِي «رَأَيْتُ قَرْنَيِ الْكَبْشِ فَنَسِيتُ أَنْ آمُرَكَ أَنْ تُخَمِّرَهُمَا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي الْبَيْتِ شَيْءٌ يَشْغَلُ مُصَلِّيًا»
✧ I asked ʿUthmān: Why did the Prophet ﷺ send for you after he came out of the Kaʿbah? He said: He said to me: “I saw the two horns of the ram and forgot to command you to cover them, for nothing should be in the House that distracts a person praying.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8397No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي خَلْفَ الْأُسْطُوَانَةِ الْوُسْطَى مِنَ الْبَيْتِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ» وَفِي الْبَيْتِ أَوْ قَالَ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلَاثُ أَسَاطِينَ
✧ He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying behind the middle pillar of the House, two rakʿahs. And in the House—or he said the Kaʿbah—there were three pillars.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8400No grade recorded
عَنْ عُرْوَةَ فِي تَسْمِيَةِ مَنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سَوَّادٍ
✧ From ʿUrwah, in naming those who witnessed Badr from the Anṣār: ʿUthmān b. ʿAmr b. Rifāʿah b. al-Ḥārith b. Sawwād.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8401No grade recorded
أَمْلَى عَلَيَّ مُوسَى بْنُ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ نِسْبَةَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ كَاهِلِ بْنِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ تامرِ بْنِ مَخْزُومِ بْنِ صَاهِلَةَ بْنِ كَاهِلِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ تَمِيمِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ هُذَيْلِ بْنِ مُدْرِكَةَ بْنِ إِلْيَاسَ بْنِ مُضَرَ بْنِ نِزَارٍ
✧ Mūsā b. ʿAwn b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd dictated to me the lineage of ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd: ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd b. Kāhil b. Ḥabīb b. Tāmir b. Makhzūm b. Ṣāhilah b. Kāhil b. al-Ḥārith b. Tamīm b. Saʿd b. Hudhayl b. Mudrikah b. Ilyās b. Muḍar b. Nizār.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8402No grade recorded
«عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ شَمْخِ بْنِ مَخْزُومِ بْنِ صَاهِلَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ تَمِيمِ بْنِ هُذَيْلِ بْنِ مُدْرِكَةَ بْنِ إِلْيَاسَ بْنِ مُضَرَ بْنِ نِزَارِ بْنِ مَعْدِ بْنِ عَدْنَانَ حَلِيفُ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd b. al-Ḥārith b. Shamkh b. Makhzūm b. Ṣāhilah b. al-Ḥārith b. Tamīm b. Hudhayl b. Mudrikah b. Ilyās b. Muḍar b. Nizār b. Maʿd b. ʿAdnān, an ally of Banū Zuhrah, witnessed Badr.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8403No grade recorded
«عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ شَمْخِ بْنِ مَخْزُومِ بْنِ كَاهِلِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ هُذَيْلٍ مِنْ حُلَفَاءَ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd b. al-Ḥārith b. Shamkh b. Makhzūm b. Kāhil b. al-Ḥārith b. Saʿd b. Hudhayl, from the allies of Banū Zuhrah.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8404No grade recorded
«تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَيُكْنَى أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ بِضْعٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَفِي سَنَةِ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَأَوْصَى إِلَى الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَدُفِنَ بِالْبَقِيعِ»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd died; he was nicknamed Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and he was some sixty-odd years old, in the year thirty-two in Madinah. He bequeathed to al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām, who prayed over him, and he was buried in al-Baqīʿ.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8405No grade recorded
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَنَّاهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ لَهُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ nicknamed him Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, though no child was born to him.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8406No grade recorded
لَقَدْ «رَأَيْتُنِي سَادِسَ سِتَّةٍ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ مُسْلِمٌ غَيْرُنَا»
✧ I saw myself as the sixth of six when there was no Muslim on the face of the earth other than us.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8407No grade recorded
«كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَتْرُكُ شَعْرَهُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ»
✧ Ibn Mas'ud used to wash his head, then leave his hair behind his ears.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8408No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَصَفًا»
✧ "I saw Abdullah Ibn Masood throwing stones."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8409No grade recorded
«أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ كَانَ لَهُ ضَفِيرَتَانِ عَلَيْهِ مِسْحَةُ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَكَانَ دَقِيقَ السَّاقَيْنِ»
✧ 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud ؓ had two braids and bore the mark of the people of the Jahiliyyah, and he had thin shins.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8410No grade recorded
ذَكْرَنَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو إِنَّ ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَزَالُ أُحِبُّهُ بَعْدَ شَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ مِنَ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» فَبَدَأَ بِهِ «وَمِنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمِنْ سَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَمِنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ»
We used to go to Abdullah b. 'Amr and talk to him, Ibn Numair said: One day we made a mention of Abdullah b. Mas'ud, whereupon he said: You have made mention of a person whom I love more than anything else. I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Learn Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd (i. e. 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) he started from him-then Mu'adh b. Jabal and Ubayya b. Ka'b, then Salim the ally of Abu Hudhaifa. (Using translation from Muslim 2464a)
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8411No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَقْرِئُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي خُذَيْفَةَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Seek the Qur'an from four: Ubayy b. Ka'b, Mu'adh b. Jabal, 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud, and Salim, the freed slave of Abu Khudhayfah."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8412No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ «فَبَدَأَ بِهِ» وَمِنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ وَسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Take the Qur'an from four: from 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud"—and he began with him—"and from Ubayy b. Ka'b, Mu'adh b. Jabal, and Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8413No grade recorded
مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَمَرُّوا عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ «فَاسْتَبَقْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَمَا اسْتَبَقْنَا إِلَى خَيْرٍ إِلَّا سَبَقَنِي إِلَيْهِ فَبَشَّرَهُ» قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا أَدْرِي إِلَّا أَنَّ مِنْ دُعَائِي الَّذِي لَا أَكَادُ أَنْ أَدَعَهُ فِي صَلَاتِي اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَبِيدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي أَعْلَى جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by with Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and they passed by 'Abdullah while he was praying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Ibn Umm 'Abd, ask, and you will be given." 'Umar ؓ said: "Abu Bakr and I raced, and we never raced to any good but that he beat me to it, so he gave him the good news." 'Abdullah said: "I do not know except that among my supplications, which I can hardly leave off in my prayer, is: O Allah, I ask You for bliss that never ends, coolness of eyes that never perishes, and the companionship of Muhammad ﷺ in the highest garden of eternity."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8414No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ دَعَاهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَفِيهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي وَيَقْرَأُ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فَتَشَهَّدَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا يُثْنِي رَجُلٌ وَصَلَّى عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ ابْتَهَلَ بِالدُّعَاءِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ مَنْ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «هَذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ فَمَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْ كَمَا قَرَأَ ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» فَابْتَدَرَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ فَسَبَقَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَذَكَرَ عُمَرُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ سَبَقَهُ قَالَ عُمَرُ «وَكَانَ سَبَّاقًا بِالْخَيْرَاتِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ went out with Abu Bakr and 'Umar ؓ. Abu Bakr ؓ had invited them, so they went out from his house to the mosque, the mosque of Madinah. 'Abdullah was standing in it, praying and reciting. Then he sat down, recited the testimony of faith, praised Allah as He deserves, with the best praise a man can offer, and sent blessings upon His Prophet ﷺ. Then he earnestly supplicated, while the Prophet ﷺ said: "Ask, and you will be given." Abu Bakr ؓ said: "Who is this, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "This is 'Abdullah, the son of Umm 'Abd. Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite as Ibn Umm 'Abd recited." Abu Bakr and 'Umar ؓ hastened to him, and Abu Bakr ؓ beat him. 'Umar mentioned that Abu Bakr beat him. 'Umar said: "He was always first in good deeds."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8415No grade recorded
دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَتَعَشَّوْا عِنْدَهُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ عَلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْ عَلَى قِرَاءَةٍ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ invited Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and they had supper with him. When they finished, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out between Abu Bakr and 'Umar and came upon Ibn Mas'ud while he was standing praying. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite according to the recitation of Ibn Umm 'Abd."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8416No grade recorded
سُئِلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ مَا الَّذِي كُنْتَ دَعَوْتَ بِهِ لَيْلَةَ قَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» قَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ وَنَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي أَعْلَى دَرَجَةِ الْخُلْدِ
✧ 'Abdullah was asked: "What was it you supplicated for on the night when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to you: 'Ask, and you will be given'?" He said: "O Allah, I ask You for faith that does not turn back, bliss that never ends, and the companionship of Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in the highest degree of eternity."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8417No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَاهُ بَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ يُصَلِّي وَافْتَتَحَ النِّسَاءَ فَسَجَلَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْ قِرَاءَةَ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» ثُمَّ قَعَدَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» فَقَالَ فِيمَا سَأَلَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ وَنَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ نَبِيِّكَ ﷺ فِي جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ فَأَتَى عُمَرُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يُبَشِّرُهُ فَوَجَدَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ خَارِجًا وَقَدْ سَبَقَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنْ فَعَلْتَ لَقَدْ كُنْتَ سَبَّاقًا بِالْخَيْرَاتِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ came to him between Abu Bakr and 'Umar while 'Abdullah was praying. He began reciting Surat al-Nisa', and he recited it in full. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite according to the recitation of Ibn Umm 'Abd." Then he sat down and supplicated, and the Prophet ﷺ kept saying: "Ask, and you will be given. Ask, and you will be given." Among what he asked was: "O Allah, I ask You for faith that does not turn back, bliss that never ends, and the companionship of Your Prophet ﷺ in the garden of eternity." 'Umar went to 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud to give him the good news and found Abu Bakr ؓ already leaving, having beaten him to it. He said: "If you did, you were indeed always first in good deeds."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8418No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَرَّ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَدْعُو خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ فَلَمَّا حَاذَا بِهِ يَسْمَعُ دُعَاءَهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» فَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ الدُّعَاءُ الَّذِي دَعَوْتَ بِهِ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «حَمِدْتُ اللهَ وَمَجَّدْتُهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَعْدُكَ حَقٌّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَرُسُلُكَ حَقٌّ وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَقٌّ»
✧ While he was reciting in the mosque, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ passed by as he was supplicating. The Prophet ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and 'Umar ؓ had gone out. When they drew parallel to him, the Prophet ﷺ heard his supplication but did not recognize him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Ask, and you will be given." Abu Bakr ؓ went back to Ibn Mas'ud and said: "What was the supplication you were making?" He said: "I praised and glorified Allah, then I said: O Allah, there is no god but You. Your promise is true, meeting You is true, Paradise is true, the Fire is true, Your messengers are true, the prophets are true, and Muhammad ﷺ is true."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8419No grade recorded
ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَدْعُو بِدُعَاءٍ مَرَّ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا حَاذَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعَ دُعَاءَهُ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» فَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ الدُّعَاءُ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تَدْعُو بِهِ؟ قَالَ حَمِدْتُ اللهَ وَمَجَّدْتُهُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ اللهُمَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ وَكِتَابُكَ حَقٌّ وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَقٌّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَرُسُلُكَ حَقٌّ
✧ Al-Qa'nabi narrated to us: 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Muhammad narrated to us, from Sharik b. 'Abdullah b. Abi Namir, from 'Awn b. 'Abdullah b. 'Utbah, from his father, who said: While Ibn Mas'ud was in the mosque supplicating, the Prophet ﷺ passed by with Abu Bakr. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew parallel to him, he heard his supplication, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not recognize him. He said: "Who is this? Ask, and you will be given." Abu Bakr went back to 'Abdullah and said: "What was the supplication you were making?" He said: "I praised and glorified Allah, then I said: O Allah, there is no god but You. Your promise is true, meeting You is true, Your Book is true, the prophets are true, Muhammad ﷺ is true, Paradise is true, the Fire is true, and Your messengers are true."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8420No grade recorded
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جِئْتُكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَجُلٍ يُمْلِي الْمَصَاحِفَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ قَلْبٍ قَالَ فَفَزِعَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ انْظُرْ مَا تَقُولُ وَغَضِبَ فَقَالَ مَا جِئْتُكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ قَالَ مَنْ هُوَ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ مَا أَعْلَمْ أَحَدًا أَحَقٌّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ إِنَّا سَمَرْنَا لَيْلَةً فِي بَيْتٍ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فِي بَعْضِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ حَاجَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ إِذَا رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَعْتَمْتَ فَغَمَزَنِي بِيَدِهِ اسْكُتْ قَالَ فَقَرَأَ وَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَجَلَسَ يَدْعُو وَيَسْتَغْفِرُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ رَطْبًا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْ قِرَاءَةَ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ لِأُبَشِّرَهُ فَقَالَ سَبَقَكَ بِهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَمَا سَابَقْتُهُ إِلَى خَيْرٍ إِلَّا سَبَقَنِي إِلَيْهِ
✧ A man came to 'Umar ؓ and said: "I have come to you from a man who dictates the masahif from memory." He said: 'Umar was alarmed and said: "Woe to you! Watch what you say," and he became angry. The man said: "I have come to you only with the truth." 'Umar said: "Who is he?" He said: "'Abdullah b. Mas'ud." 'Umar said: "I know no one more entitled to that than him. I will tell you about 'Abdullah. We stayed up one night in a house with Abu Bakr ؓ for some need of the Prophet ﷺ. Then we went out, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was walking between me and Abu Bakr. When we reached the mosque, there was a man reciting. The Prophet ﷺ stood to listen to him. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, it is late,' but he nudged me with his hand, saying: 'Be quiet.' He recited, bowed, prostrated, sat down supplicating and seeking forgiveness. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Ask, and you will be given.' Then he said: 'Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite according to the recitation of Ibn Umm 'Abd.' So my companion and I knew that it was 'Abdullah. When morning came, I went to him to give him the good news, but he said: 'Abu Bakr beat you to it.' And I never raced him to any good but that he beat me to it."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8421No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»
ʿWhoever would like to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm 'Abd.ʿ Umar bin al-Khattab narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said... a similar report, in which he said: crisp or fresh. (Using translation from Aḥmad 35)
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8422No grade recorded
يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَدْ تَرَكْتُ بِالْعِرَاقِ رَجُلًا يُمْلِي الْمَصَاحِفَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ قَلْبٍ فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ ؓ حَتَّى احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ اعْلَمْ مَا تَقُولُهُ مِرَارًا فَقَالَ مَا أُنَبِّئُكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ مَنْ هُوَ؟ قَالَ ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ قَالَ فَسَكَنَ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أَصْبَحَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَمَرَ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَةٍ حَتَّى أَعْتَمَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ إِذَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ يَسْتَمِعُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ مَا أَدْرِي أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي مَنْ هُوَ؟ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ سَاعَةً قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ يُصَلِّي لَوْ رَجَعْتَ وَقَدْ أَعْتَمْتَ قَالَ فَغَمَزَنِي وَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَسْتَمِعُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ قَالَ فَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ يَدْعُو فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» وَلَا أَدْرِي أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي مَنْ هُوَ حَتَّى سَمِعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْ كَمَا يَقْرَأُ ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» قَالَ «فَذَلِكَ حِينَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي مَنْ هُوَ» قَالَ «فَغَدَوْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ لِأُبَشِّرَهُ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَبَقَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا سَابَقْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِلَى خَيْرٍ إِلَّا سَبَقَنِي»
✧ O Commander of the Faithful, I left behind in Iraq a man dictating the codices from memory. ʿUmar ؓ became angry until his face reddened. ʿUmar said to him repeatedly, “Do you know what you are saying?” He said, “I only inform you of the truth.” ʿUmar ؓ said, “Who is he?” He said, “Ibn Umm ʿAbd.” He said, “He became calm until the anger left him, then he said: There is no one on the face of the earth more deserving of that than him. I will tell you about that. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stayed up one night in the house of Abu Bakr ؓ for some need until it became dark, then he returned walking between me and Abu Bakr until we reached the mosque, and there was a man from the Emigrants praying. He stood listening to his recitation. I and my companion did not know who he was. He said: When he had stood for a while, I said, “O Messenger of Allah, a man from the Emigrants is praying; if you would return, for it has become dark.” He said: He poked me, and the Prophet ﷺ kept listening to his recitation. He said: He bowed and prostrated, then sat supplicating, and the Prophet ﷺ began saying, “Ask, you shall be given; ask, you shall be given.” Neither I nor my companion knew who he was until we heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Whoever is pleased to recite the Quran fresh as it was revealed, let him recite as Ibn Umm ʿAbd recites.” He said: “That is when I and my companion learned who he was.” He said: “I went early to ʿAbdullah to give him the good news, and he said: Abu Bakr has preceded you. By Allah, I never vied with Abu Bakr for any good except that he preceded me.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8423No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ بَشَّرَاهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ»
✧ Abu Bakr and ʿUmar ؓ gave him the good news that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever is pleased to recite the Quran as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Masʿud.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8424No grade recorded
مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ فَقَامَ يَسْتَمِعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَسَجَدَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْ مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» قَالَ فَأَدْلَجْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لِأُبَشِّرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا ضَرَبْتُ الْبَابَ سَمِعَ صَوْتِي فَقَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ جِئْتُ أُبَشِّرُكَ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَبَقَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قُلْتُ إِنْ يَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّهُ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ مَا اسْتَبَقْنَا إِلَى خَيْرٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا سَبَقَنِي إِلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by while I was with him and Abu Bakr, near Ibn Masʿud while he was reciting. He stood listening to his recitation. Then ʿAbdullah bowed and prostrated, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever is pleased to recite the Quran as it was revealed, let him recite from Ibn Umm ʿAbd.” He said: I went early to Ibn Masʿud to give him the good news of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. When I knocked on the door, he heard my voice and said, “What brings you?” I said, “I came to give you glad tidings of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said.” He said, “Abu Bakr has preceded you.” I said, “If he did, he is indeed foremost in good deeds. We never raced to any good except that Abu Bakr preceded me to it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8426No grade recorded
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اقْتَدُوا بِاللَّذَيْنِ مِنْ بَعْدِي أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَاهْدُوا هَدْيَ عَمَّارٍ وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِعَهْدِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, “Follow the two who come after me: Abu Bakr and ʿUmar, and be guided by the guidance of ʿAmmar, and hold fast to the covenant of ʿAbdullah b. Masʿud.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8427No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حِينَ شُقَّتِ الْمَصَاحِفُ وَالْمَسْجِدُ مُمْتَلِئٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهُ» قَالَ شَقِيقٌ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ اسْتَحْيَى مِمَّا قَالَ فَقَالَ «وَمَا أَنَا بِخَيْرِهِمْ وَلَوْ أعْلَمُ رَجُلًا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللهُ مِنِّي تَبْلُغُهُ الْإِبِلُ لَأَتَيْتُهُ» قَالَ شَقِيقٌ «فَمَا فَرَغَ عَبْدُ اللهِ مِنْ خُطْبَتِهِ قَعَدْتُ فِي الْحِلَقِ لِأَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُونَ فَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا مُنْكَرًا عَلَى ذَلِكَ»
✧ ʿAbdullah addressed us when the codices were being torn, and the mosque was full of the people of Badr. He said, “The Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ know that I am the most knowledgeable among them concerning the Book of Allah.” Shaqiq said: Then I saw that he felt ashamed of what he said, so he said, “But I am not the best of them. If I knew a man more knowledgeable in the Book of Allah than me, whom camels could reach, I would go to him.” Shaqiq said: “When ʿAbdullah finished his sermon, I sat in the circles to listen to what they said, and I heard no one disapproving of that.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8428No grade recorded
لَمَّا أَمَرَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ بِمَا أَمَرَ قَامَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ {وَمَنْ يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ} أَلَا فَغُلُّوا الْمَصَاحِفَ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ مَنْ تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ۔ فَوَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ سُورَةً وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ لَهُ ذُؤَابَتَانِ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ مِنِّي لَأَتَيْتُهُ۔
✧ When Uthman commanded regarding the copies of the Quran as he was commanded, Abdullah stood up and praised Allah. Then he said, "O people, surely Allah says, 'And whoever commits a sin only earns it against himself. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.' So commit transgression with the copies of the Quran upon the recitation of the one whom I command to recite it upon the recitation of Zaid bin Thabit. By He in whose hands is my soul, I have taken from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seventy surahs. And Zaid bin Thabit has two things, he plays with the boys, and by He in whose hands is my soul, if I knew anyone more knowledgeable in the Book of Allah than me, I would come to him."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8429No grade recorded
«وَاللهِ مَا نَزَلَتْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ سُورَةٌ إِلَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ أُنْزِلَتْ وَلَا أُنْزِلَتْ مِنْهُ آيَةٌ إِلَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَتْ وَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ مِنِّي تَبْلُغُهُ الْإِبِلُ لَأَتَيْتُهُ»
✧ “By Allah, no surah of the Quran was revealed except that I know where it was revealed, and no verse of it was revealed except that I know concerning what it was revealed. If I knew anyone more knowledgeable in the Book of Allah than me, whom camels could reach, I would go to him.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8430No grade recorded
«وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَا نَزَلَتْ سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ أُنْزِلَتْ وَلَا آيَةٌ وَأَعْلَمُ فِيمَنْ نَزَلَتْ وَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ مِنِّي تَبْلُغُهُ الْإِبِلُ لَرَكِبْتُ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ “By the One besides whom there is no god, no surah of the Quran was revealed except that I know where it was revealed, and no verse, and I know concerning whom it was revealed. If I knew anyone more knowledgeable in the Book of Allah than me, whom camels could reach, I would ride to him.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8431No grade recorded
«مَا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ آيَةٌ إِلَّا أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ نَزَلَتْ وفِيمَنْ أُنْزِلَتْ وَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ مِنِّي تَبْلُغُهُ الْإِبِلُ لَرَحَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ»
✧ “There is no verse in the Book of Allah except that I know where it was revealed and concerning whom it was revealed. If I knew anyone more knowledgeable in the Book of Allah than me, whom camels could reach, I would journey to him.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8432No grade recorded
«وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ سُورَةٌ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَيْنَ نَزَلَتْ وَلَا فِيهِ آيَةٌ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَتْ»
✧ "And there is none worthy of worship except Him. There is no surah (chapter) in the Book of Allah except that I know where it was revealed and there is no verse except that I know what it was revealed about."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8433No grade recorded
قِيلَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ اقْرَأْ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ «أتْرُكُ قِرَاءَتِي لِقِرَاءَةِ زَيْدٍ وَقَرَأْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً وَهُوَ غُلَامٌ لَهُ ذُؤَابَتَانِ؟»
✧ It was asked of Abdullah, "Read according to the recitation of Zaid." He said, "Should I abandon my recitation for the recitation of Zaid? I have read seventy Surahs from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was a young boy and he had two twisted hairs."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8434aNo grade recorded
أَنْ يَغُلَّ مُصْحَفًا فَلْيَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ غَلَّ شَيْئًا جَاءَ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “...that he should embezzle a codex, let him do so, for whoever embezzles something will come with what he embezzled on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8434bNo grade recorded
أَنْ يَغُلَّ مُصْحَفًا فَلْيَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ غَلَّ شَيْئًا جَاءَ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “...that he should embezzle a codex, let him do so, for whoever embezzles something will come with what he embezzled on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8435No grade recorded
«لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَإِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ لَهُ ذُؤَابَتَانِ فِي الْكِتَابِ
✧ "I have read seventy surahs from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Zaid ibn Thabit has two scrolls in the Book."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8436No grade recorded
قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مِنْ فِي النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ذُو ذُؤَابَةٍ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ
✧ Abdullah said, "I have read from the Prophet ﷺ seventy surahs," and Zaid bin Thabit, with a small bird, plays with the children.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8437No grade recorded
عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ مَنْ يَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَقْرَأَ؟ «لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَإِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ لَصَاحِبُ ذُؤَابَةٍ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الْغِلْمَانِ
✧ On whose reading am I ordered to read? "I have read seventy surahs to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." And indeed, Zaid bin Thabit is a companion of the wolves who plays with the boys.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8438No grade recorded
أَلَا أَرَاكَ تُصَلِّي وَقَدْ أُمِرَ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَمُزِّقَ فَتَجَوَّزْتُ فِي صَلَاتِي وَكُنْتُ لَا أُحْبِسُ فَدَخَلْتُ الدَّارَ وَلَمْ أُحْبَسْ وَرَقِيتُ فَلَمْ أُحْبَسْ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِالْأَشْعَرِيِّ وَحُذَيْفَةَ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ يَتَقَاوَلَانِ وَحُذَيْفَةُ يَقُولُ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ادْفَعْ إِلَيْهِمْ هَذَا الْمُصْحَفَ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ لَا أَدْفَعُهُ إِلَيْهِمْ «أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ أَدْفَعُهُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَاللهِ لَا أَدْفَعُهُ إِلَيْهِمْ»
✧ “Do I not see you praying when the Book of Allah has been ordered and then torn apart? So I prayed hastily, and I was not detained. I entered the house and was not detained. I climbed up and was not detained. Then I found al-Ashʿari, Hudhayfah, and Ibn Masʿud disputing, with Hudhayfah saying to Ibn Masʿud, ‘Hand over this codex to them.’ He said, ‘No, by Allah, I will not hand it over to them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me to recite it more than seventy times, and then I should hand it over to them? By Allah, I will not hand it over to them.’”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8439No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ «لَقَدْ تَلَقَّيْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» أَحْكَمْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ لَهُ ذُؤَابَةٌ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ
✧ He heard Abdullah ibn Mas'ood say, "I have received from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seventy Surahs." I memorized them before Zaid ibn Thabit, who had a stutter, had mastered them and was playing with the boys.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8440No grade recorded
عَجَبًا لِلنَّاسِ وَتَرْكِهِمْ قِرَاءَتِي وَأَخْذِهِمْ قِرَاءَةَ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ «وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ غُلَامٌ صَاحِبُ ذُؤَابَةٍ
✧ "Wondrous it is for people to abandon my recitation and prefer the recitation of Zaid ibn Thabit, even though I have received seventy surahs from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Zaid ibn Thabit is a young man with a lisp."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8441No grade recorded
قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَإِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ لَهُ ذُؤَابَتَانِ
✧ "Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said, 'I have read seventy-two surahs from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ.' And indeed, Zaid ibn Thabit had two notebooks."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8442No grade recorded
أَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً لَا يُنَازِعُنِي فِيهَا أَحَدٌ
I have taken seventy chapters from the Prophet ﷺ in which no one disputes with me.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8443No grade recorded
«قَرَأْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً»
I have read from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seventy surahs.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8444No grade recorded
«لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَإِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ لَهُ ذُؤَابَتَانِ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ
✧ "I have read seventy-two surahs during the time of the Prophet ﷺ. And Zaid ibn Thabit had two helpers who used to play with the children."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8445No grade recorded
«لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَإِنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ لَكَافِرٌ بِاللهِ مَا آمَنَ بِهِ
✧ "I have read from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seventy surahs. And indeed, Zaid bin Thabit is a disbeliever in Allah as he did not believe in it."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8446No grade recorded
«قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً» وَخَتَمْتُ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى خَيْرِ النَّاسِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ
I have read seventy surahs from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I completed the recitation of the Quran with the best of people, Ali ibn Abi Talib.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8447No grade recorded
لَهُ يَا أَخِي إِنَّ لَنَا مَجْلِسًا فَائْتِنَا فَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ فَتَعَلَّمْتُ مِنْهُ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً فَقَالَ لِي عَبْدُ اللهِ «أَخَذْتُهَا مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَزَلَ بِهَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﷻ»
✧ He said to him: O my brother, we have a gathering, so come to us. I went to him in his gathering and learned from him seventy surahs. ʿAbd Allah said to me, “I took them from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; Jibril ﷺ brought them down from the Lord of the worlds, Exalted is He.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8448No grade recorded
كَيْفَ تَأْمُرُونِي أَنِ اقْرَأَ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ؟ قَالَ:لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً۔
✧ I have read from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seventy Surahs.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8449No grade recorded
أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذْنُكَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ تَرْفَعَ الْحِجَابَ وَأَنْ تَسْمَعَ سِوَادِي حَتَّى أَنْهَاكَ» قَالَ الْحَسَنُ السَّوَادُ السِّرَارُ
✧ That the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, “Your permission with me is that you may raise the veil and hear my secret conversation until I forbid you.” Al-Hasan said: al-siwad means secret talk.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8450No grade recorded
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذْنُكَ عَلَيَّ تَكْشِفُ السِّتْرَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, “Your permission with me is that you may uncover the curtain.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8451No grade recorded
«أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ ؓ كَانَ صَاحِبَ الْوِسَادِ وَالسِّوَاكِ وَالنَّعْلَيْنِ»
✧ “ʿAbd Allah ؓ was the keeper of the cushion, the siwak, and the sandals.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8452No grade recorded
كُنْتُ أَجْتَنِي لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِوَاكًا مِنَ الْأَرَاكِ فَكَانَتِ الرِّيحُ تَكْفَؤُهُ فَكَانَ فِي سَاقَيْهِ دِقَّةٌ فَضَحِكَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا تَضْحَكُونَ مِنْ دِقَّةِ سَاقَيْهِ؟ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهُمَا أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ»
✧ I used to pick a siwak for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the arak tree. The wind would bend him over, and there was thinness in his legs, so the people laughed. The Prophet ﷺ said, “What are you laughing at from the thinness of his legs? By the One in whose hand is my soul, they are heavier in the Balance than Uhud.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8453No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَسَاقَا ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَعْظَمُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ»
✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, the legs of Ibn Masʿud on the Day of Resurrection will be stronger and greater than Uhud.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8454No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَمْشِي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا هَمَزَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ أَوْ بَعْضُهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَعَبْدُ اللهِ فِي الْمَوَازِينِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ» كَأَنَّهُمْ عَجِبُوا مِنْ خِفَّتِهِ
✧ While he was walking behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his companions or some of them nudged him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, ʿAbd Allah in the Scales on the Day of Resurrection is heavier than Uhud,” as if they were amazed at his lightness.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8455aNo grade recorded
جَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَقَدْ فَرَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَنَا أَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِابْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ بِجِيَادٍ فَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ عِنْدَكَ لَبَنٌ تَسْقِيَنَا؟» فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ وَلَسْتُ بِسَاقِيكُمْ فَقَالَ «عِنْدَكَ جَذَعَةٌ لَمَّا يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ؟» فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَمَسَحَ الضَّرْعَ فَحَفَلَ الضَّرْعُ وَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِصَخْرَةٍ مُقَعَّرَةٍ فَحَلَبَ وَشَرِبَ وَسَقَى وَسَقَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ وَسَقَانِي وَقَالَ لِلضَّرْعِ اقْلِصْ فَقَلَصَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ came to me after he had fled from the polytheists, while I was tending sheep belonging to Ibn Abi Muʿayt at Jiyad. He said, “O boy, do you have any milk to give us?” I said, “I am entrusted and I am not going to give you milk.” He said, “Do you have a young she-goat that no male has mounted?” I said, “Yes.” I brought it to him, and he wiped the udder, and the udder filled with milk. Abu Bakr ؓ brought him a hollowed rock, and he milked and drank and gave drink, and he gave Abu Bakr ؓ to drink and gave me to drink. Then he said to the udder, “Shrink,” and it shrank.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8455bNo grade recorded
جَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَقَدْ فَرَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَنَا أَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِابْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ بِجِيَادٍ فَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ عِنْدَكَ لَبَنٌ تَسْقِيَنَا؟» فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ وَلَسْتُ بِسَاقِيكُمْ فَقَالَ «عِنْدَكَ جَذَعَةٌ لَمَّا يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ؟» فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَمَسَحَ الضَّرْعَ فَحَفَلَ الضَّرْعُ وَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِصَخْرَةٍ مُقَعَّرَةٍ فَحَلَبَ وَشَرِبَ وَسَقَى وَسَقَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ وَسَقَانِي وَقَالَ لِلضَّرْعِ اقْلِصْ فَقَلَصَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr ؓ came to me after he had fled from the polytheists, while I was tending sheep belonging to Ibn Abi Muʿayt at Jiyad. He said, “O boy, do you have any milk to give us?” I said, “I am entrusted and I am not going to give you milk.” He said, “Do you have a young she-goat that no male has mounted?” I said, “Yes.” I brought it to him, and he wiped the udder, and the udder filled with milk. Abu Bakr ؓ brought him a hollowed rock, and he milked and drank and gave drink, and he gave Abu Bakr ؓ to drink and gave me to drink. Then he said to the udder, “Shrink,” and it shrank.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8456aNo grade recorded
كُنْتُ فِي غَنَمٍ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ وَلَكِنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ قَالَ «فَائْتِنِي بِشَاةٍ لَمْ يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ» فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِعَنَاقٍ أَوْ جَذَعَةٍ فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الضَّرْعَ وَيَدْعُو حَتَّى أَنْزَلَتْ فَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِصَخْرَةٍ فَاحْتَلَبَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ نَاوَلَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ شَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلضَّرْعِ «اقْلِصْ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» فَقَلَصَ فَعَادَ إِلَى مَا كَانَ
✧ I was among the sheep of ʿUqbah b. Abi Muʿayt when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and said, “O boy, do you have any milk?” I said, “Yes, but I am entrusted.” He said, “Then bring me a ewe that no male has mounted.” I brought him a young she-goat or a yearling, and he began wiping the udder and supplicating until it let down milk. Abu Bakr ؓ brought a rock, and he milked into it, then he handed it to Abu Bakr and he drank, then the Prophet ﷺ drank after him. Then he said to the udder, “Shrink by Allah's permission,” and it shrank and returned to what it had been.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8456bNo grade recorded
كُنْتُ فِي غَنَمٍ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَأَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا غُلَامُ هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ؟» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ وَلَكِنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ قَالَ «فَائْتِنِي بِشَاةٍ لَمْ يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ» فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِعَنَاقٍ أَوْ جَذَعَةٍ فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الضَّرْعَ وَيَدْعُو حَتَّى أَنْزَلَتْ فَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِصَخْرَةٍ فَاحْتَلَبَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ نَاوَلَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ شَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلضَّرْعِ «اقْلِصْ بِإِذْنِ اللهِ» فَقَلَصَ فَعَادَ إِلَى مَا كَانَ
✧ I was among the sheep of ʿUqbah b. Abi Muʿayt when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and said, “O boy, do you have any milk?” I said, “Yes, but I am entrusted.” He said, “Then bring me a ewe that no male has mounted.” I brought him a young she-goat or a yearling, and he began wiping the udder and supplicating until it let down milk. Abu Bakr ؓ brought a rock, and he milked into it, then he handed it to Abu Bakr and he drank, then the Prophet ﷺ drank after him. Then he said to the udder, “Shrink by Allah's permission,” and it shrank and returned to what it had been.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8457No grade recorded
مَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا فِي غَنَمٍ لِعُقْبَةَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي وَقَالَ «يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ إِنَّكَ غُلَيْمٌ مُعَلَّمٌ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was herding sheep for Uqbah. He wiped my head and said, "May Allah have mercy on you, for you are a diligent teacher."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8458No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «رَضِيتُ لِأُمَّتِي بِمَا رَضِي لَهَا ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»
✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I am pleased for my community with what Ibn Umm ʿAbd was pleased with for it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8459No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «اقْرَأْ» فَافْتَتَحَ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} الْآيَةُ دَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَقَالَ «حَسْبُنَا»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him, “Recite.” So he began Surat al-Nisaʾ until when he reached, “So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?” (Q 4:41)—the verse—his eyes shed tears, and he said, “It is enough for us.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8460No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} قَالَ «حَسْبُكَ الْآنَ» فَالْتَفَتُّ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Recite.” He said: I said, “O Messenger of God, should I recite to you when it was revealed to you?” He said, “Yes.” So I recited Surat al-Nisaʾ until I reached this verse, “So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?” He said, “Enough for you now.” I turned to him and his eyes were flowing with tears.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8462No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} قَالَ فَبَكَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»
✧ He recited to the Prophet ﷺ until he came to this verse, “So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ wept, and he said in the hadith, “Whoever would like to recite the Qurʾan as fresh as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm ʿAbd.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8463No grade recorded
اسْتَقْرَأَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَرَأْتُهُ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} اغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَا رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ asked me to recite Surat al-Nisaʾ while he was on the pulpit, so I recited it until when I reached, “So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?” the eyes of the Messenger of God ﷺ filled with tears, and he said, “Whoever is pleased to recite the Qurʾan as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm ʿAbd.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8464No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَهُ «اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ الْقُرْآنَ» فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ؟ قَالَ «فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي» فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} فَاغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَا رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ وَأَصْحَابُ شُعْبَةَ وَوَصَلَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Recite the Qurʾan to me.” Ibn Masʿud said, “O Messenger of God, should I recite the Qurʾan to you when it was revealed to you?” He said, “I would love to hear it from someone other than myself.” So he recited to him until he reached, “So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?” and the eyes of the Messenger of God ﷺ filled with tears, and he said, “Whoever is pleased to recite the Qurʾan as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm ʿAbd.” This is how it was narrated by ʿAmr b. Marzuq and the companions of Shuʿbah, and Sulayman b. Harb connected it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8466No grade recorded
ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} فَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ
✧ Ibn Masʿud said: I recited Surat al-Nisaʾ to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and when I came to this verse, “So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?” his eyes overflowed.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8467No grade recorded
أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِ اقْرَأَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ {فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ شَهِيدًا} غَمَزَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَدْمَعَانِ تَدْمَعَانِ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ ordered me to recite to him while he was on the pulpit. I recited Surat al-Nisaʾ to him until when I reached, “So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?” the Messenger of God ﷺ pressed me, so I looked at him and his eyes were shedding tears, shedding tears.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8468No grade recorded
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ ضَرَبَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ فَلَمْ يَصْنَعْ شَيْئًا قَالَ «رُوَيْعِيًا بِالْأَمْسِ؟» قَالَ هُوَ ذَاكَ فَأَخَذَ سَيْفَهُ فَضَرَبَهُ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ
✧ ʿAbd Allah struck Abu Jahl but did nothing. He said, “A little shepherd boy of yesterday?” He said, “That is him.” So he took his sword and struck him until he killed him.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8469No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي قَدْ قَتَلْتُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ «اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ لَأَنْتَ قَتَلْتَهُ؟» قُلْتُ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ لَأَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ فَاسْتَخَفَّهُ الْفَرَحُ فَقَالَ «مُرَّ أَرِنِيهِ» فَانْطَلَقْتُ بِهِ حَتَّى وَقَفْتُ بِهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَخْزَاكَ هَذَا فِرْعَوْنُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ جُرُّوهُ إِلَى الْقَلِيبِ» قَالَ وَقَدْ كُنْتُ ضَرَبْتُهُ بِسَيْفِي فَلَمْ يَحُكَّ فِيهِ فَأَخَذْتُ سَيْفَهُ فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِهِ حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهُ فَنَفَّلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَيْفَهُ
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Badr and said, “I have killed Abu Jahl.” He said, “By the God besides whom there is no deity, did you kill him?” I said, “By the God besides whom there is no deity, I killed him.” Joy overwhelmed him, and he said, “Show me him.” So I went with him until I stood with him at his head, and he said, “Praise be to God who has disgraced you. This is the Pharaoh of this community. Drag him to the well.” He said: I had struck him with my sword but it did not cut him, so I took his sword and struck him with it until I killed him. The Messenger of God ﷺ gave me his sword as booty.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8470No grade recorded
انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَهُوَ صَرِيعٌ وَعَلَيْهِ بَيْضَتُهُ وَمَعَهُ سَيْفٌ جَيِّدٌ وَمَعِي سَيْفٌ رَدِيءٌ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْقُفُ رَأْسَهُ بِسَيْفِي وَأَذْكُرُ نَقْفًا كَانَ يَنْقُفُ رَأْسِي بِمَكَّةَ حَتَّى ضَعُفَتْ يَدُهُ فَأَخَذْتُ سَيْفَهُ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَتِ الدَّبْرَةُ لَنَا أَوْ عَلَيْنَا أَلَسْتَ رُوَيْعِينَا بِمَكَّةَ؟ فَقَتَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ قَتَلْتُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ «اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ؟» فَاسْتَحْلَفَنِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَامَ مَعِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ
✧ I reached Abu Jahl while he was thrown down, wearing his helmet, with a good sword, and with me a bad sword. I began to poke his head with my sword, remembering how he used to poke my head in Makkah, until his hand weakened. I took his sword, and he raised his head and said, “On whose side was the defeat—for us or against us? Are you not our little shepherd boy in Makkah?” I killed him. Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “I have killed Abu Jahl.” He said, “By the God besides whom there is no deity?” He made me swear three times, then he stood and went with me to them and supplicated against them.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8471No grade recorded
لَمَّا هَزَمَ اللهُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَرَرْتُ فَإِذَا أَبُو جَهْلٍ صَرِيعٌ قَدْ ضُرِبَتْ رِجْلُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ يَا أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَدْ أَخْزَى اللهُ الْآخَرَ قَالَ وَلَا أَهَابُهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبْعِدْ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِسَيْفٍ لِي غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ فَلَمْ يُغْنِ عَنِّي شَيْئًا حَتَّى سَقَطَ سَيْفُهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَضَرَبْتُهُ حَتَّى بَرُدَ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أشْتَدُّ لِأَنْ آتِي أَسْرَعَ خَلْقِ اللهِ شَدًّا حَتَّى جِئْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ قَدْ قَتَلَ اللهُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ «اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ؟» فَقُلْتُ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَقَدْ قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ «كَيْفَ؟» فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ كَيْفَ كَانَ الْحَدِيثُ وَكَيْفَ وَجَدْتُهُ قَالَ «اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَقَدْ قَتَلْتُهُ فَكَبَّرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَ وَعْدَهُ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ» ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى آتَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا فِرْعَوْنُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ»
✧ When God defeated the polytheists on the day of Badr, I passed by and saw Abu Jahl thrown down with his leg struck. I said, “O enemy of God, O Abu Jahl, God has disgraced the other.” He said, and I did not fear him at that time, “Get away from a man whom his own people have killed.” So I struck him with a useless sword of mine, but it availed me nothing until his sword fell from his hand. I took it and struck him until he became cold. Then I came running to the Messenger of God ﷺ, hurrying faster than any creature of God, until I reached him and said, “O Messenger of God, God has killed Abu Jahl.” He said, “By the God besides whom there is no deity?” I said, “By the God besides whom there is no deity, I killed him.” He said, “How?” So I told him how the story went and how I found him. He said, “By the God besides whom there is no deity?” I said, “By the God besides whom there is no deity, I killed him.” He said “Allahu Akbar,” then said, “Praise be to God who fulfilled His promise and aided His servant.” Then he set out until he came to him and said, “This is the Pharaoh of this community.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8472No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ قَتَلَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَ وَعْدَهُ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ وَأَعَزَّ دِينَهُ»
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of God, God Almighty has killed Abu Jahl.” He said, “Praise be to God who fulfilled His promise, aided His servant, and exalted His religion.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8473No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِرَأْسِ أَبِي جَهْلٍ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا رَأْسُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ قَالَ «اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ؟» وَهَكَذَا كَانَتْ يَمِينُهُ فَقُلْتُ وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ إِنَّ هَذَا رَأْسُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ «هَذَا فِرْعَوْنُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ»
✧ I brought the head of Abu Jahl to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “This is the head of Abu Jahl.” He said, “By God, besides whom there is no god?”—and this was how he used to swear—so I said, “By God, besides whom there is no god, this is indeed the head of Abu Jahl.” He then said, “This is the Pharaoh of this nation.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8474No grade recorded
أَدْرَكْتُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ صَرِيعًا فَقُلْتُ أَيْ عَدُوَّ اللهِ قَدْ أَخْزَاكَ اللهُ قَالَ وَبِمَا أَخْزَانِي اللهُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ وَمَعِي سَيْفٌ لِي فَجَعَلْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ وَلَا يَحِيكُ فِيهِ وَمَعَهُ سَيْفٌ لَهُ جَيِّدٌ فَضَرَبْتُ يَدَهُ فَوَقَعَ السَّيْفُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ ثُمَّ كَشَفْتُ الْمِغْفَرَ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ فَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ «اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ؟» قُلْتُ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ قَالَ «انْطَلِقْ فَاسْتَثْبَتْ» فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَأَنَا أَسْعَى مِثْلَ الطَّائِرِ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ وَأَنَا أَسْعَى مِثْلَ الطَّائِرِ أَضْحَكُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَانْطَلِقْ فَأَرِنِي» فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ فَأَرَيْتُهُ فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «هَذَا فِرْعَوْنُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ» هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ وَتَابَعَهُ أَبُو وَكِيعٍ
✧ I came upon Abu Jahl at the Battle of Badr lying slain, and I said, “O enemy of God, God has disgraced you.” He said, “And how has God disgraced me by a man whom you killed while I had my sword with me?” I began striking him with my sword but it would not cut him, while he had a good sword of his own. Then I struck his hand, and the sword fell from his grip, so I took it. Then I uncovered the helmet from his head and struck his neck. After that I went to the Messenger of God ﷺ and told him, and he said, “By God, besides whom there is no god?” I said, “By God, besides whom there is no god.” He said, “Go and verify.” So I went, hastening like a bird, then returned, hastening like a bird, laughing, and told him. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Then go and show me.” So I went with him and showed him. When the Messenger of God ﷺ stood over him, he said, “This is the Pharaoh of this nation.” Thus it was narrated by Zayd b. Abi Unaysa from Abu Ishaq from ʿAmr b. Maymun, and Abu Wakiʿ concurred with him.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8475No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَهُوَ صَرِيعٌ فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِسَيْفٍ كَانَ مَعِي كَلِيلٍ فَبَدَرَ سَيْفُهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَقَتَلْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ كَأَنَّمَا أُقَلُّ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللهَ قَتَلَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ «اللهِ؟» قُلْتُ اللهِ حَتَّى حَلَّفَنِي ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «انْطَلِقْ فَأَرِنِيهِ» فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ «هَذَا كَانَ فِرْعَوْنَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ»
✧ I arrived at Abu Jahl on the day of Badr while he was dying, so I struck him with a sword that I had with me. His sword then slipped from his hand, so I took it and killed him. Then I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a hot day, as if I were carrying the Earth, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, did you not see that Allah killed Abu Jahl?" He said, "Allah?" I said, "Yes, Allah, until he swore to me three times." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Go and show me." So I went to him, and when he looked at him, he said, "This man was the Pharaoh of this nation."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8476No grade recorded
دُفِعْتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَقَدْ أُقْعِدْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ سَيْفَهُ فَضَرَبْتُ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ رُوَيْعِينَا بِمَكَّةَ فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِسَيْفِهِ حَتَّى بَرُدَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَتَلْتُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ عَقِيلٌ وَهُوَ أَسِيرٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَذَبْتَ مَا قَتَلْتَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلْ أَنْتَ الْكَذَّابُ الْآثِمُ يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ قَدْ وَاللهِ قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ فَمَا عَلَامَتُهُ؟ قُلْتُ بِفَخِذِهِ حَلْقَةٌ كَحَلْقَةِ الْجَمَلِ الْمُلْحِقِ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ
✧ At the Battle of Badr I was pushed toward Abu Jahl, and I had been seated. I took his sword and struck his head with it. He said, “Our little shepherd in Makkah.” I struck him with his sword until he became cold. Then I came to the Prophet and said, “O Messenger of God, I have killed Abu Jahl.” ʿAqil, who was a captive with the Prophet ﷺ, said, “You lie; you did not kill him.” I said, “Rather you are the liar and the sinner, O enemy of God. By God, I have killed him.” He said, “What is his distinguishing mark?” I said, “On his thigh there is a ring like the ring of a hobbled camel.” He said, “You have spoken the truth.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8477No grade recorded
إِنَّا لَجُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ إِذْ جَاءَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَكَادُ الْجُلُوسُ يُوَازِنُهُ مِنْ قِصَرِهِ فَضَحِكَ عُمَرُ حِينَ رَآهُ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يُكَلِّمُ عُمَرَ وَيُضَاحِكُهُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ وَلَّى فَأَتْبَعَهُ عُمَرُ بَصَرَهَ حَتَّى تَوَارَى فَقَالَ «كُنَيْفٌ مُلِئَ فِقْهًا»
✧ We were sitting with ʿUmar when ʿAbdullah came, and those seated nearly equaled him in height because of his shortness. ʿUmar laughed when he saw him. He began speaking with ʿUmar and joking with him while standing before him, then he turned away. ʿUmar followed him with his gaze until he disappeared, then said, “A little vessel filled with understanding.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8478No grade recorded
كَتَبَ عُمَرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ «إِنِّي قَدْ بَعَثْتُ عَمَّارًا أَمِيرًا وَعَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مُعَلِّمًا وَوَزِيرًا وَهُمَا مِنَ النُّجَبَاءِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ وَأُحُدٍ فَاقْتَدُوا بِهِمَا وَاسْمَعُوا مِنْ قَوْلِهُمَا وَقَدْ آثَرْتُكُمْ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَى نَفْسِي»
✧ ʿUmar wrote to the people of Kufa: “I have sent ʿAmmar as commander and ʿAbdullah b. Masʿud as teacher and minister. They are among the noble ones of the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ, from the people of Badr and Uhud. Follow them and listen to their words. I have preferred you over myself by sending ʿAbdullah to you.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8479No grade recorded
«يَرْحَمُ اللهُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ إِنْ كَانَ لَفَقِيهًا لَكِنِّي أُعْطِيهِ سَهْمَ الْأَخِ مِنَ الْأُمِّ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّهِ ثُمَّ أَقْسِمُ الْمَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا»
✧ “May God have mercy on Ibn Masʿud. He was indeed a jurist, but I will give him the share of a maternal brother on account of his mother, then divide the property between them.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8480No grade recorded
حُذَيْفَةُ «إِنَّ أَشْبَهَ النَّاسِ هَدْيًا وَدَلًّا وَقَصْدًا وَخُطْبَةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ حِينِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا يَصْنَعُ فِي أَهْلِهِ لَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَحْظُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ وَسِيلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ Hudhayfa said: “The person most resembling the Messenger of God ﷺ in manner, bearing, moderation, and address from the time he leaves his house until he returns—though I do not know what he does with his family—is ʿAbdullah b. Masʿud. By God, the fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad know that ʿAbdullah is among the closest of them in nearness to God on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8481No grade recorded
«لَقَدْ» عَلِمَ الْمَحْظُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ أَقْرَبُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَسِيلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ “The fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ know that Ibn Umm ʿAbd is the closest of them in nearness to God on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8482No grade recorded
«لَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَحْظُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ إِلَى اللهِ وَسِيلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “The fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ know that Ibn Masʿud is among the closest of them to God in nearness on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8483aNo grade recorded
حُذَيْفَةُ «لَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَحْظُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ إِلَى اللهِ وَسِيلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ Hudhayfa said: “The fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ know that Ibn Umm ʿAbd is among the closest of them to God in nearness on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8483bNo grade recorded
حُذَيْفَةُ «لَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَحْظُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ إِلَى اللهِ وَسِيلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ Hudhayfa said: “The fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ know that Ibn Umm ʿAbd is among the closest of them to God in nearness on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8484No grade recorded
«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَشْبَهَ دَلًّا وَلَا سَمْتًا وَلَا هَدْيًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ لَدُنْ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنْ دَارِهِ إِلَى أَنْ يَئُوبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ هَذَا يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَحْظُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ وَسِيلَةً عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “I have not seen a man more resembling the Messenger of God ﷺ in bearing, manner, and conduct from the time he leaves his house until he returns to it than this one”—meaning ʿAbdullah b. Masʿud. “And the fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ know that he is among the closest of them in nearness to God on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8485No grade recorded
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ حُذَيْفَةَ فَمَرَّ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبُو مُوسَى فَكَرِهَ حُذَيْفَةَ أَنْ يَتْرُكَهُمَا فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أَشْبَهَ النَّاسِ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ لَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ مَا يَصْنَعُ»
✧ I was sitting with Hudhayfah when Ibn Mas'ud and Abu Musa passed by. Hudhayfah did not want to ignore them, so he said, "The person who most resembles the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he leaves his house until he returns to his family is Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, and Allah knows best what he does."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8486No grade recorded
حُذَيْفَةُ «إِنَّ أَشْبَهَ النَّاسِ هَدْيًا وَدَلًّا وَقَضَاءً وَخُطْبَةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ حِينِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا يَصْنَعُ فِي أَهْلِهِ لَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَاللهِ إِنَّ الْمَحْظُوظِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ وَسِيلَةً»
✧ Hudhayfah said: "Indeed, the closest of people in guidance, manner, judgment, and preaching to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the time he leaves his house until he returns – and I do not know what he does with his family – is ʿAbd Allah b. Masʿud. By Allah, the fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ surely know that Ibn Masʿud is among the closest of them in means (wasilah)."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8487aNo grade recorded
أَخْبِرْنَا بِرَجُلٍ قَرِيبِ السَّمْتِ وَالْهَدْيِ وَالدَّلِّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا أعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَقْرَبُ هَدْيًا وَسَمْتًا وَدَلًّا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يُوَارِي جِدَارُ بَيْتِهِ مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»
✧ "Tell us of a man close in conduct, guidance, and manner to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said: "I do not know of anyone closer in guidance, conduct, and manner to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until the wall of his house conceals him than Ibn Umm ʿAbd."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8487bNo grade recorded
أَخْبِرْنَا بِرَجُلٍ قَرِيبِ السَّمْتِ وَالْهَدْيِ وَالدَّلِّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا أعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَقْرَبُ هَدْيًا وَسَمْتًا وَدَلًّا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يُوَارِي جِدَارُ بَيْتِهِ مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ»
✧ "Tell us of a man close in conduct, guidance, and manner to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said: "I do not know of anyone closer in guidance, conduct, and manner to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until the wall of his house conceals him than Ibn Umm ʿAbd."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8488No grade recorded
كُنَّا عِنْدَ حُذَيْفَةَ بِحِذَاءِ دَارِ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهُ دَلًّا وَلَا سَمْتًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ صَاحِبِ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ مِنْ حِينِ يَخْرُجُ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ مَنْزِلَهُ فَإِذَا تَوَارَى فَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ الْمَحْظُوظُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِمْ وَسِيلَةً إِلَى اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ We were with Hudhayfah opposite the house of ʿAbd Allah, and he said: "I do not know of anyone more similar in manner and conduct to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than the occupant of this house, from the time he leaves until he enters his home. When he is concealed, then Allah knows best. The fortunate ones among the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ certainly knew that he is among the closest of them in means (wasilah) to Allah on the Day of Resurrection."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8489No grade recorded
«أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بَأَقْرَبِ النَّاسِ شَبَهًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ هَدْيًا وَدَلًّا وَسَمْتًا؟» قُلْنَا بَلَى قَالَ «عَبْدُ اللهِ»
✧ "Shall I not tell you of the closest of people in resemblance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in guidance, manner, and conduct?" We said: "Yes, indeed." He said: "ʿAbd Allah."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8490No grade recorded
أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى أَشْبَهِ النَّاسِ هَدْيًا وَسَمْتًا وَنَحْرًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ حَتَّى يَعُودَ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ»
✧ "Whoever wishes to look at the most similar of people in guidance, conduct, and bearing to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he leaves his home until he returns, let him look at ʿAbd Allah b. Masʿud."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8491No grade recorded
وَأَنَّ أَشْبَهَكُمَا هَدْيًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَدَلًّا لَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ»
✧ "And indeed, the one of you two most similar in guidance and manner to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is ʿAbd Allah b. Masʿud."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8492No grade recorded
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ حُذَيْفَةَ وَأَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ حَدِيثَ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ لَهُ الْآخَرُ فَأَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ؟ فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَ هَذَا الدَّارِ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى «لَئِنْ فَعَلَ إِنْ كَانَ لَيَدْخُلُ إِذَا حُجِبْنَا وَيَشْهَدُ إِذَا غِبْنَا» قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ «عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَعْنِي»
✧ I was sitting with Hudhayfah and Abu Musa al-Ashʿari, and one of them said to his companion: "Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say such-and-such a hadith?" He said: "No." The other said to him: "Then did you hear it?" He said: "No." He said: "Then the occupant of this house claims that he heard it." Abu Musa said: "If he did, he used to enter when we were screened, and witness when we were absent." Sulayman al-Aʿmash said: "He means ʿAbd Allah b. Masʿud."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8493No grade recorded
إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَتَى عَبْدُ اللهِ أَبَا مُوسَى فَتَحَدَّثَ عِنْدَهُ فَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا أُقِيمَتْ فَتَأَخَّرَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ صَاحِبُ الْبَيْتِ» فَأَبَى أَبُو مُوسَى حَتَّى تَقَدَّمَ مَوْلًى لِأَحَدِهِمَا
✧ Ibrahim said: ʿAbd Allah came to Abu Musa and conversed with him. When the prayer became due and the iqamah was called, Abu Musa stepped back. ʿAbd Allah said to him: "You indeed know that it is part of the Sunnah for the owner of the house to lead." Abu Musa refused until a freedman of one of them went forward.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8494No grade recorded
كُنَّا فِي دَارِ أَبِي مُوسَى مَعَ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ فِي مُصْحَفٍ فَقَامَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ «مَا أَعْلَمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ بَعْدَهُ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ مِنْ هَذَا الْقَائِمِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى «أَمَا لِأَنْ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ لَقَدْ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ إِذَا غِبْنَا وَيُؤْذَنُ لَهُ إِذَا حُجِبْنَا»
✧ We were in the house of Abu Musa with a group of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they were looking into a mushaf. ʿAbd Allah stood up, and Abu Masʿud said: "I do not know of anyone left after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more knowledgeable of what Allah, Exalted is He, revealed than this standing one." Abu Musa said: "Since you have said that, he used to witness when we were absent and be granted permission when we were screened."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8495No grade recorded
«مَا أَرَى رَجُلًا أَعْلَمُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ» فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى «إِنْ يُقَلْ ذَاكَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ حِينَ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَيَدْخُلُ حِينَ لَا يُدْخَلُ»
✧ "I do not see any man more knowledgeable of what was revealed upon Muhammad ﷺ than ʿAbd Allah." Abu Musa said: "If that is said, then indeed he used to hear when no one was heard, and enter when no one was allowed to enter."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8496No grade recorded
أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ «لَا وَاللهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ مِنْ هَذَا الْقَائِمِ»
✧ Abu Masʿud said: "No, by Allah, I do not know of anyone left by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more knowledgeable of the Book of Allah than this standing one."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8497No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا مُوسَى يَقُولُ «لَقَدْ قَدِمْتُ أَنَا وَأَخِي مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فَمَكَثْنَا حِينًا لَا نَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ دُخُولِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ»
✧ That he heard Abu Musa say: "My brother and I arrived from Yemen, and we stayed for some time, thinking that ʿAbdullah b. Masʿud was from the household of the Prophet ﷺ, because of his frequent entering upon the Prophet ﷺ."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8498No grade recorded
«أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَرَى ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ»
✧ "I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and I considered Ibn Masʿud to be from the household."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8499No grade recorded
إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي حُبِسَ لَبَنُهَا فِي ثَدْيِهَا فَجَعَلْتُ أَمُصُّهُ ثُمَّ أَمُجُّهُ فَدَخَلَ فِي بَطْنِي شَيْءٌ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ «حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكَ» فَأَتَى عَبْدَ اللهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَطِيَّةَ فَقَامَ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَقَالَ «ارْضَعْ ثَدْيِ هَذَا فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعُ مَا أَنَبْتَ اللَّحْمَ وَالدَّمَ» فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى «لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا دَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ»
✧ "My wife's milk was retained in her breast, so I began to suck it and then spit it out. Some of it then entered my stomach." He said: "She has become forbidden to you." So he went to ʿAbdullah. Abu ʿAtiyyah said: So he stood, and we stood with him. He said: "Suckle from the breast of this one, for suckling is only what grows the flesh and the blood." Then Abu Musa said: "Do not ask me about anything as long as this learned man is among you."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8500No grade recorded
إِنَّ امْرَأَتَهُ وَرِمَ ثَدْيُهَا فَجَعَلَ يَمُصُّهُ وَيَمُجُّهُ فَدَخَلَ بَطْنَهُ فَقَالَ «لَا أُرَاهَا تَصْلُحُ لَهُ» فَأَتَى ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «لَمْ تُحَرَّمْ عَلَيْكَ إِنَّمَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ مَا أَنَبْتَ اللَّحْمَ وَشَدَّ الْعَظْمَ وَلَا رَضَاعَ بَعْدَ فِطَامٍ» فَقِيلَ لِأَبِي مُوسَى فَقَالَ «لَا تَسْأَلُونَا عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا قَامَ هَذَا الْحَبْرُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»
✧ That his wife's breast became swollen, so he began to suck it and spit it out, and some of it entered his stomach. He said: "I do not think she is suitable for him." So he went to Ibn Masʿud and asked him about that. He said: "She has not become forbidden to you. Only that suckling which grows the flesh and strengthens the bone becomes prohibited, and there is no suckling after weaning." So it was said to Abu Musa, and he said: "Do not ask us about anything as long as this learned man remains among us, one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8501No grade recorded
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ {اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ} قَالَ «أَنْ يُطَاعَ وَلَا يُعْصَى وَيُذْكَرَ وَلَا يُنْسَى وَيُشْكَرَ وَلَا يُكْفَرَ»
✧ From ʿAbdullah, regarding {Fear Allah as He should be feared}: He said: "That He is obeyed and not disobeyed, remembered and not forgotten, thanked and not denied."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8502No grade recorded
فِي قَوْلِهِ {اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ} قَالَ «أَنْ §يُطَاعَ وَلَا يُعْصَى وَأَنْ يُشْكَرَ وَلَا يُكْفَرَ وَأَنْ يُذْكَرَ وَلَا يُنْسَى»
✧ In his saying "Fear Allah as He should be feared," he said, "That He is obeyed and not disobeyed, and that He is thanked and not ungrateful, and that He is remembered and not forgotten."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8503No grade recorded
عَنْ مُرَّةَ فِي قَوْلِهِ {وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ} قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «أَنْ تُؤْتِيَهُ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَأْمُلُ الْعَيْشَ وَتَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ»
✧ From Murrah, regarding His saying {and gave wealth despite love for it}: He said: Ibn Masʿud said: "That you give it while you are healthy and miserly, hopeful of life and fearful of poverty."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8504No grade recorded
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ «الْكَبَائِرُ مَا بَيْنَ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى رَأْسِ الثَّلَاثِينَ»
✧ From ʿAbdullah: "The major sins are those between the beginning of Surat al-Nisaʾ and the beginning of its thirtieth verse."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8505No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ يَا حَبَّذَا الْمَكْرُوهَانِ الْمَوْتُ وَالْفَقْرُ وَايْمُ اللهِ أَلَا إِنَّ الْغِنَى وَالْفَقْرَ وَمَا أُبَالِي بِأَيِّهِمَا ابْتُلِيتُ إِنْ كَانَ الْغِنَى إِنَّ فِيهِ لِلْعَطْفِ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْفَقْرُ إِنَّ فِيهِ لِلصَّبْرِ
✧ ʿAbdullah said: "How excellent are the two detested things: death and poverty. By Allah, indeed wealth and poverty—I do not care with which of them I am tested. If it is wealth, indeed in it there is compassion; and if it is poverty, indeed in it there is patience."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8506No grade recorded
لَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ «إِنَّ السَّقَمَ لَا يُكْتَبُ لِصَاحِبِهِ أَجْرٌ» فَسَاءَنَا ذَلِكَ وَكَبُرَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ «وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُكَفِّرُ بِهِ الْخَطَايَا»
✧ ʿAbdullah told us one day: "Indeed, sickness does not have any reward written for the one who suffers it." That grieved us and weighed heavily upon us. Then he said: "But Allah ﷻ expiates sins through it."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8507No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «أَلَا أُنْذِرُكُمْ فُضُولَ الْكَلَامِ بِحَسْبِ أَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ حَاجَتَهُ»
✧ ʿAbdullah said: "Shall I warn you against excess in speech? It is enough for one of you to say only what achieves his need."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8508No grade recorded
«لَأَنْ أَذَكَرَ اللهَ يَوْمًا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْمِلَ عَلَى الْجِيَادِ يَوْمًا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ»
✧ "That I remember Allah from morning until evening is more beloved to me than that I raid upon thoroughbred horses from morning until evening."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8509No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَهْلَ أَبْيَاتٍ يُفْزِعُهُمُ الدَّجَّالُ» قَالُوا مَنْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَ «بُيُوتُ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ»
✧ ʿAbdullah said: "Indeed I know households that the Dajjal will frighten." They said: "Who, O Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman?" He said: "The houses of the people of Kufah."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8510No grade recorded
«لَا تُكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَهُ فَإِنَّ الْأَمْرَ إِذَا قُضِيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ كَانَ أَسْرَعُ لِنُزُولِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ عَلَى أَلْسِنَةِ النَّاسِ» قَالَ «أَلَا وَكَيْفَ بِكُمْ وَالْقَوْمُ آمِنُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ خَائِفُونَ؟ وَكَيْفَ بِكُمْ وَالْقَوْمُ فِي الظِّلِّ وَأَنْتُمْ فِي الضِّحِّ؟»
✧ “Do not mention him excessively, for when the matter is decreed in heaven, it is quicker to descend to the earth that it appear on people's tongues.” He said: “Indeed, how will you be when the people are secure and you are fearful? And how will you be when the people are in shade and you are in the sun?”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8511No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَوْ أَصْبَحَ بِبَابِلَ أَصْبَحَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ الْحَفَاءَ مِنَ السُّرْعَةِ»
✧ ʿAbdullāh said: “If he were to wake up in Bābil, some of them would wake up complaining to him of sore feet from the speed.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8512No grade recorded
«مَنْ يُرَائِي يُرَائِي اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ يُسَمِّعْ يُسَمِّعِ اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ تَطَاوَلَ تَعَظُّمًا يَخْفِضْهُ اللهُ وَمَنْ تَوَاضَعَ تَخَشُّعًا يَرْفَعْهُ اللهُ وَالنَّاسُ مُوَسَّعٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَقْتُورٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَمَقْتُورٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا مُوَسَّعٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَمَقْتُورٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمُوَسَّعٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمُسْتَرِيحٌ وَمُسْتَرَاحٌ مِنْهُ» قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ وَالْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ «أَمَا الْمُسْتَرِيحُ فَالْمُؤْمِنُ إِذَا مَاتَ اسْتَرَاحَ وَأَمَّا الْمُسْتَرَاحُ مِنْهُ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَظْلِمُ النَّاسَ وَيَغْتَابُهُمْ»
✧ “Whoever shows off, Allah will expose him; whoever seeks to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of; whoever acts arrogantly out of pride, Allah will abase him; and whoever humbles himself out of humility, Allah will raise him. People are either given ample provision in this world but constrained in the Hereafter, constrained in this world but given ample provision in the Hereafter, constrained in both this world and the Hereafter, or given ample provision in both this world and the Hereafter. And there is one who finds rest and one from whom rest is found.” We said: “O Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, what is the one who finds rest and the one from whom rest is found?” He said: “As for the one who finds rest, he is the believer; when he dies, he finds rest. As for the one from whom rest is found, he is the one who wrongs people and backbites them.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8513No grade recorded
شَامَمْتُ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَوَجَدْتُ عِلْمَهُمُ انْتَهَى إِلَى سِتَّةٍ إِلَى عُمَرَ وَعَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ثُمَّ شَامَمْتُ السِّتَّةَ فَوَجَدْتُ عِلْمَهُمُ انْتَهَى إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ
✧ I examined the Companions of Muḥammad ﷺ and found that their knowledge ended with six: ʿUmar, ʿAlī, ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd, Abū al-Dardāʾ, and Zayd b. Thābit. Then I examined the six and found that their knowledge ended with ʿAlī and ʿAbdullāh.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8514No grade recorded
إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مَكَانَهُمَا مِنَ الْتَمَسَهُمَا وَجَدَهُمَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَاطْلُبُوا الْعِلْمَ عِنْدَ أَرْبَعَةٍ عُوَيْمِرٍ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَسَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ
✧ Indeed, knowledge and faith are in their place; whoever seeks them will find them. He said that three times. And seek knowledge from four: ʿUwaymir Abū al-Dardāʾ, Salmān al-Fārisī, ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd, and ʿAbdullāh b. Salām.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8515No grade recorded
«مَا بَقِيَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ أَحَدُهُمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ»
✧ “None remained with the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Uḥud except four, one of them being ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8516No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ شَجَرَةً فَيَأْتِيَهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهَا فَنَظَرَ أَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى حُمُوشَةِ سَاقَيْهِ فَضَحِكُوا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا يُضْحِكُكُمْ؟ لَرِجْلُ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ»
✧ I heard ʿAlī say: The Prophet ﷺ ordered Ibn Masʿūd to climb a tree and bring him something from it. His Companions looked at the thinness of his legs and laughed. The Prophet ﷺ said: “What makes you laugh? The leg of ʿAbdullāh in the Scale is heavier than Uḥud.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8517No grade recorded
صَعِدْتُ أَرَاكَةً لَأَجْنِيَ مِنْهَا أَرَاكَةً فَجَعَلَ أَصْحَابِي يَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْ خِفَّتِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا تَعْجَبُونَ فَوَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهُوَ أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ»
✧ I climbed a small arāk tree to pick some of its fruit, and my companions began to marvel at my lightness. The Prophet ﷺ said: “What do you marvel at? By the One in whose hand is my soul, he is heavier in the Scale on the Day of Resurrection than Uḥud.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8518aNo grade recorded
إِنَّمَا هِي اثْنَانِ الْهَدْيُ وَالْكَلَامُ فَأَحْسَنُ الْكَلَامِ كَلَامُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَلَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْمُحْدَثَاتِ وَالْبِدَعَ فَإِنَّ شَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ أَلَا لَا يَطُولَنَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَمَدُ فَتَقْسُوا قُلُوبُكُمُ الْأَمَلَ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ أَلَا إِنَّ الْبَعِيدَ مَا لَيْسَ آتٍ أَلَا إِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ وَشَرَّ الرَّوَايَا رَوَايَا الْكَذِبِ أَلَا إِنَّ الْكَذِبَ لَا يَصْلُحُ فِي جِدٍّ وَلَا هَزْلٍ أَلَا أَنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ يُقَالُ لِلصَّادِقِ صَدَقَ وَبَرَّ وَيُقَالُ لِلْكَاذِبِ كَذَبَ وَفَجَرَ
✧ It is only two things: guidance and speech. The best speech is the speech of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad ﷺ. Beware of newly invented matters and innovations, for the worst of affairs are their newly invented ones, and every newly invented matter is misguidance. Do not let the time span grow long for you, lest your hearts harden. Hope: what is coming is near. Indeed, what is far is what is not coming. Indeed, the wretched is the one who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is the one who is admonished by others. The worst of mounts are the mounts of falsehood. Indeed, lying is not proper in seriousness or jest. Indeed, lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire; and truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. It will be said of the truthful one: he spoke truth and was righteous; and it will be said of the liar: he lied and acted wickedly.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8518bNo grade recorded
إِنَّمَا هِي اثْنَانِ الْهَدْيُ وَالْكَلَامُ فَأَحْسَنُ الْكَلَامِ كَلَامُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَلَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْمُحْدَثَاتِ وَالْبِدَعَ فَإِنَّ شَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ أَلَا لَا يَطُولَنَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَمَدُ فَتَقْسُوا قُلُوبُكُمُ الْأَمَلَ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ أَلَا إِنَّ الْبَعِيدَ مَا لَيْسَ آتٍ أَلَا إِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ وَشَرَّ الرَّوَايَا رَوَايَا الْكَذِبِ أَلَا إِنَّ الْكَذِبَ لَا يَصْلُحُ فِي جِدٍّ وَلَا هَزْلٍ أَلَا أَنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّهُ يُقَالُ لِلصَّادِقِ صَدَقَ وَبَرَّ وَيُقَالُ لِلْكَاذِبِ كَذَبَ وَفَجَرَ
✧ It is only two things: guidance and speech. The best speech is the speech of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad ﷺ. Beware of newly invented matters and innovations, for the worst of affairs are their newly invented ones, and every newly invented matter is misguidance. Do not let the time span grow long for you, lest your hearts harden. Hope: what is coming is near. Indeed, what is far is what is not coming. Indeed, the wretched is the one who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is the one who is admonished by others. The worst of mounts are the mounts of falsehood. Indeed, lying is not proper in seriousness or jest. Indeed, lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire; and truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. It will be said of the truthful one: he spoke truth and was righteous; and it will be said of the liar: he lied and acted wickedly.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8521No grade recorded
إِنَّمَا هُمَا اثْنَتَانِ الْهَدْيُ وَالْكَلَامُ وَأَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ كَلَامُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَشَرُّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ وَكُلُّ ضَلَالَةٍ فِي النَّارِ
✧ It is only two things: guidance and speech. The most truthful speech is the speech of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad ﷺ. The worst of affairs are their newly invented ones, and every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8522aNo grade recorded
أَنَّهُ يَجِيءُ كُلَّ يَوْمِ خَمِيسٍ يَقُومُ قَائِمًا لَا يَجْلِسُ فَيَقُولُ لَا تَفْتِنُوا النَّاسَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ فَيَقُولُ هُمَا اثْنَانِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَشَرُّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثٍ ضَلَالَةٌ إِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَإِنَّ السَّعِيدَ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ أَلَا فَلَا يَطُولَنَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَمَدُ وَلَا يُلْهِيَنَّكُمُ الْأَمَلُ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ وَإِنَّمَا بَعِيدٌ مَا لَيْسَ آتِيًا وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِرَارِ النَّاسِ تَطَاوَلَ النَّهَارَ خِيفَةَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ قَتْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِ كُفْرٌ وَإِنَّ سِبَابَهُ فُسُوقٌ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ أَلَا إِنَّ شِرَارَ الرَّوَايَا الْكَذِبُ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَصْلُحُ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ جِدٌّ وَلَا هَزْلٌ وَلَا أَنْ يَعِدَ الرَّجُلُ صَبِيَّهُ وَلَا يُنْجِزُهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الصَّادِقَ يُقَالُ لَهُ صَدَقَ وَبَرَّ وَإِنَّ الْكَاذِبَ يُقَالُ لَهُ كَذَبَ وَفَجَرَ
✧ He used to come every Thursday and stand, not sitting, and say: Do not put the people to trial, for among them are the weak, the elderly, and the one with a need. He would say: They are two: the best guidance is the guidance of Muḥammad, the most truthful speech is the Book of Allah, and the worst of affairs are their newly invented ones. Every newly invented matter is misguidance. The wretched is the one who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is the one who is admonished by others. Indeed, let not the time span grow long for you, nor let hope divert you, for all that is coming is near, and only what is not coming is far. Among the worst of people is the one who prolongs the day out of fear of the night. Killing a believer is disbelief and insulting him is wickedness. It is not lawful for a Muslim to abandon his brother for more than three days. Indeed, the worst of mounts is falsehood. Lying is not proper in seriousness or jest, nor for a man to promise his child something and not fulfill it. Indeed, lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire; and truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. It will be said of the truthful one: he spoke truth and was righteous; and it will be said of the liar: he lied and acted wickedly.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8522bNo grade recorded
أَنَّهُ يَجِيءُ كُلَّ يَوْمِ خَمِيسٍ يَقُومُ قَائِمًا لَا يَجْلِسُ فَيَقُولُ لَا تَفْتِنُوا النَّاسَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالْكَبِيرَ وَذَا الْحَاجَةِ فَيَقُولُ هُمَا اثْنَانِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَشَرُّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثٍ ضَلَالَةٌ إِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَإِنَّ السَّعِيدَ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ أَلَا فَلَا يَطُولَنَّ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَمَدُ وَلَا يُلْهِيَنَّكُمُ الْأَمَلُ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ وَإِنَّمَا بَعِيدٌ مَا لَيْسَ آتِيًا وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِرَارِ النَّاسِ تَطَاوَلَ النَّهَارَ خِيفَةَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ قَتْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِ كُفْرٌ وَإِنَّ سِبَابَهُ فُسُوقٌ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ أَلَا إِنَّ شِرَارَ الرَّوَايَا الْكَذِبُ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَصْلُحُ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ جِدٌّ وَلَا هَزْلٌ وَلَا أَنْ يَعِدَ الرَّجُلُ صَبِيَّهُ وَلَا يُنْجِزُهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الصَّادِقَ يُقَالُ لَهُ صَدَقَ وَبَرَّ وَإِنَّ الْكَاذِبَ يُقَالُ لَهُ كَذَبَ وَفَجَرَ
✧ That he would come every Thursday, standing upright, not sitting, and say: 'Do not cause tribulation for the people, for among them are the weak, the elderly, and the one in need.' Then he would say: 'There are two things, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ, and the truest speech is the Book of God, and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is misguidance. Indeed, the wretched is he who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is he who is admonished by others. Beware, let not the long span of time delude you, nor let false hopes divert you, for all that is coming is near; indeed far is only what is not coming. Among the worst of people is he who lengthens the day in fear of the night. Indeed, killing a believer is disbelief, and insulting him is wickedness. It is not lawful for a Muslim to abandon his brother for more than three days. Indeed, the worst of vessels is lying, and lying is not appropriate in seriousness or jest, nor may a man promise his child something and then not fulfill it. Indeed, lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire, and truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. The truthful one is said of him: He was truthful and righteous, and the liar is said of him: He lied and was wicked.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8523aNo grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «كُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ أَلَا إِنَّ الْبَعِيدَ مَا لَيْسَ بِآتٍ لَا يَعْجَلُ اللهُ لِعَجَلَةِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا يَخِفُّ لِأَمْرِ النَّاسِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لَا مَا شَاءُ النَّاسُ يُرِيدُ اللهُ أَمْرًا وَيُرِيدُ النَّاسُ أَمْرًا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ كَانَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ النَّاسُ لَا مُقَرِّبَ لِمَا بَاعَدَ اللهُ وَلَا مُبَعِّدَ لِمَا قَرَّبَ اللهُ وَلَا يَكُونُ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ أَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَشَرُّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»
✧ Abd Allah b. Mas'ud said: 'All that is coming is near. Indeed, far is only what is not coming. God does not hasten for anyone's haste, nor is He light about people's affairs. What God wills, not what people will. God wills a matter and people will a matter. What God wills happens, even if people dislike it. There is no bringer near of what God has distanced, and no distancer of what God has brought near. Nothing occurs except by God's permission. The truest speech is the Book of God, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ, and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a heresy, and every heresy is misguidance.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8523bNo grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «كُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيبٌ أَلَا إِنَّ الْبَعِيدَ مَا لَيْسَ بِآتٍ لَا يَعْجَلُ اللهُ لِعَجَلَةِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا يَخِفُّ لِأَمْرِ النَّاسِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لَا مَا شَاءُ النَّاسُ يُرِيدُ اللهُ أَمْرًا وَيُرِيدُ النَّاسُ أَمْرًا مَا شَاءَ اللهُ كَانَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ النَّاسُ لَا مُقَرِّبَ لِمَا بَاعَدَ اللهُ وَلَا مُبَعِّدَ لِمَا قَرَّبَ اللهُ وَلَا يَكُونُ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ أَصْدَقُ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنُ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَشَرُّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلُّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»
✧ Abd Allah b. Mas'ud said: 'All that is coming is near. Indeed, far is only what is not coming. God does not hasten for anyone's haste, nor is He light about people's affairs. What God wills, not what people will. God wills a matter and people will a matter. What God wills happens, even if people dislike it. There is no bringer near of what God has distanced, and no distancer of what God has brought near. Nothing occurs except by God's permission. The truest speech is the Book of God, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ, and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a heresy, and every heresy is misguidance.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8524No grade recorded
«إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَأَحْسَنَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَإِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَآتٍ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ إِنَّ بَعِيدًا مَا لَيْسَ آتِيًا أَلَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ صَدِّيقًا وَيَثْبُتَ الْبِرُّ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَلَا يَكُونَ الْفُجُورُ فِي قَلْبِهِ مَوْضِعَ إِبْرَةٍ لِيَسْتَقِرَّ فِيهَا أَلَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ كَذَّابًا وَيَسْتَقِرَّ الْفُجُورُ فِي قَلْبِهِ فَلَا يَكُنْ فِي قَلْبِهِ مَوْضِعُ إِبْرَةٍ لِيَسْتَقِرَّ فِيهَا»
✧ 'Indeed, the truest speech is the Book of God, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ, and the worst of matters are their innovations. Indeed, what you are promised is surely coming, and you are not able to escape. Indeed far is only what is not coming. Beware, hold fast to truthfulness, for it leads to Paradise. A man keeps being truthful until he is recorded with God as a true friend, and righteousness becomes firm in his heart, and wickedness does not have in his heart even the space of a needle to settle therein. Beware, and beware of lying, for it leads to the Fire. A man keeps lying until he is recorded with God as a liar, and wickedness settles in his heart until there is not in his heart the space of a needle for it to settle therein.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8525No grade recorded
«لَا يَصْلُحُ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ هَزْلٌ وَلَا جِدٌّ وَلَا أَنْ يَعِدَ أَحَدُكُمْ صَبِيَّهُ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ لَا يُنْجِزَ لَهُ»
✧ 'Lying is not appropriate in jest or seriousness, nor may one of you promise his child something and then not fulfill it for him.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8526No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا يَصْلُحُ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ جِدٌّ وَلَا هَزْلٌ»
✧ Abd Allah said: 'Lying is not appropriate in seriousness or jest.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8527No grade recorded
يُقَالُ لَهَا بُرَيْدَةُ فَقُلْنَا يَا بُرَيْدَةُ قُولِي لِأَبِي وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُنَا فَقَالَتْ أَبَا وَائِلٍ حَدِّثِ الْقَوْمَ بِمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ مَجْمُوعُونَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ يُسْمِعَكُمُ الدَّاعِي وَيَنْفُذُكُمُ الْبَصَرُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ قَالَ وَيَحْسِبُهُ يَتْبَعُهَا وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ
✧ She was called Buraydah. We said: 'O Buraydah, tell Abu Wa'il to narrate to us.' She said: 'O Abu Wa'il, narrate to the people what you heard from Abd Allah.' He said: 'I heard Abd Allah say: O people, you will be gathered on a single plain where the caller will make you hear and your sight will penetrate you. Indeed, the wretched is he who was wretched in his mother's womb' — he said, and I think he added — 'and the fortunate is he who is admonished by others.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8528No grade recorded
«الشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ»
✧ 'The wretched is he who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is he who is admonished by others.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8529No grade recorded
«الشَّقِيُّ مِنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ»
✧ 'The wretched is he who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is he who is admonished by others.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8530No grade recorded
«الشَّقِيُّ مِنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ سَعِدَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ»
✧ 'The wretched is he who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is he who was fortunate in his mother's womb.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8531No grade recorded
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَخْطُبُنَا كُلَّ خَمِيسٍ فَيَقُولُ «إِنَّ أَصْدَقَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَخَيْرَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَكُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَإِنَّكُمْ مَجْمُوعُونَ بِصَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ يَنْفُذُكُمُ الْبَصَرُ وَيُسْمِعُكُمُ الدَّاعِي أَلَا وَإِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ»
✧ Abd Allah b. Mas'ud used to address us every Thursday, saying: 'Indeed, the truest speech is the Book of God, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ, and every innovation is a heresy, and every heresy is misguidance, and the worst of matters are their innovations. Indeed, you will be gathered on a single plain where your sight will penetrate you and the caller will make you hear. Indeed, the wretched is he who was wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate is he who is admonished by others.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8532No grade recorded
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى النَّارِ إِنَّهُ يُقَالُ لِلصَّادِقِ صَدَقَ وَبَرَّ وَلِلْكَاذِبِ كَذَبَ وَفَجَرَ أَلَا وَإِنَّ لِلْمَلَكِ لَمَّةٌ وَلِلشَّيْطَانِ لَمَّةٌ فَلَمَّةُ الْمَلَكِ إِيعَادٌ لِلْخَيْرِ وَلَمَّةُ الشَّيْطَانِ إِيعَادٌ بِالشَّرِّ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ لَمَّةَ الْمَلَكِ فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللهَ وَمَنْ وَجَدَ لَمَّةَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ {الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ أَلَا إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَضْحَكُ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ رَجُلٍ قَامَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بَارِدَةٍ مِنْ فِرَاشِهِ وَلِحَافِهِ وَدِثَارِهِ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ ﷻ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ مَا حَمَلَ عَبْدِي هَذَا عَلَى مَا صَنَعَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا رَجَاءَ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدَكَ فَيَقُولُ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُ مَا رَجَا وَأَمَّنْتُهُ مِمَّا خَافَ وَرَجُلٍ كَانَ فِي فِئَةٍ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَهُ فِي الْفِرَارِ وَعَلِمَ مَا لَهُ عِنْدَ اللهِ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ فَيَقُولُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ مَا حَمَلَ عَبْدِي هَذَا عَلَى مَا صَنَعَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا رَجَاءَ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدَكَ فَيَقُولُ فَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنِّي قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُ مَا رَجَا وَأَمَّنْتُهُ مِمَّا خَافَ أَوْ كَلِمَةً شَبِيهَةً بِهَا
✧ 'O people, hold fast to truthfulness, for it brings near to righteousness, and righteousness brings near to Paradise. Beware of lying, for it brings near to wickedness, and wickedness brings near to the Fire. It is said of the truthful one: He was truthful and righteous, and of the liar: He lied and was wicked. Indeed, the angel has an inclination and the devil has an inclination. The angel's inclination is an admonition to good, and the devil's inclination is an admonition to evil. Whoever finds the angel's inclination, let him praise God, and whoever finds the devil's inclination, let him seek refuge from that, for God (may He be exalted) says: {Satan promises you poverty and commands you} until the end of the verse. He said: Indeed, God (may He be exalted) laughs at two men: a man who rises from his bed, his blanket, and his cover in a cold night, performs ablution, then stands for prayer. God says to His angels: What made My servant do what he did? They say: Our Lord, hope for what is with You and fear of what is with You. He says: I have given him what he hoped for and secured him from what he feared. And a man who was in a group, knew what he would gain from fleeing and knew what he would have with God, so he fought until he was killed. He says to the angels: What made My servant do what he did? They say: Our Lord, hope for what is with You and fear of what is with You. He says: I call you to witness that I have given him what he hoped for and secured him from what he feared — or a similar phrase.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8533No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «مَا مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا ضَيْفٌ وَعَارِيَةٌ وَالضَّيْفُ مُرْتَحِلٌ وَالْعَارِيَةُ مُؤَدَّاةٌ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا»
✧ Abd Allah b. Masʿud said: “None of you is but a guest and a loaned item. The guest is departing, and the loan is to be returned to its owner.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8534No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَيْسَ الْعِلْمَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْحَدِيثِ وَلَكِنَّ الْعِلْمَ مِنَ الْخَشْيَةِ»
✧ Abd Allah said: “Knowledge is not from abundant hadith; rather, knowledge is from fear (of Allah).”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8535No grade recorded
أَنْ أَكُونَ رَمَادًا
✧ That I be ashes.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8536No grade recorded
أَوْصَى ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ ابْنَهُ بِثَلَاثِ كَلِمَاتٍ «أَيْ بُنَيْ أُوصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ وَأَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ»
✧ Ibn Masʿud instructed his son Abu ʿUbaydah with three statements: “O my son, I instruct you to fear Allah, let your house suffice you, weep over your sin, and hold back your tongue.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8537No grade recorded
رَجُلٌ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ أَوْصِنِي بِكَلِمَاتٍ جَوَامِعٍ نَوَافِعٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ «اعْبُدِ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكْ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَزُلْ مَعَ الْقُرْآنِ حَيْثُ زَالَ وَمَنْ أَتَاكَ بِحَقٍّ فَاقْبَلْ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَعِيدًا وَمَنْ أَتَاكَ بِبَاطِلٍ فَارْدُدْهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ حَبِيبًا قَرِيبًا»
✧ A man said to Abd Allah: “Instruct me with comprehensive, beneficial words.” Abd Allah said to him: “Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Remain with the Quran wherever it goes. Whoever brings you truth, accept it from him even if he is far away, and whoever brings you falsehood, reject it even if he is a beloved close one.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8538No grade recorded
أَنْ أَرَى الرَّجُلَ فَارِغًا لَا فِي عَمِلِ دُنْيَا وَلَا آخِرَةٍ»
✧ That I see a man idle, neither engaged in work for this world nor the Hereafter.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8539No grade recorded
أَنْ أَرَى الرَّجُلَ فَارِغًا لَا فِي عَمِلِ دُنْيَا وَلَا آخِرَةٍ»
✧ That I see a man idle, neither engaged in work for this world nor the Hereafter.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8540No grade recorded
مَنْ هَاجَرَ يَبْتَغِي شَيْئًا فَهُوَ لَهُ. قَالَ: هَاجَرَ رَجُلٌ لِيَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ قَيْسٍ، وَكَانَ يُسَمَّى مُهَاجِرَ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ.
“Whoever emigrates seeking something shall have what he sought.” He said, “A man emigrated to marry a woman called Umm Qays, and he was known as the emigrant of Umm Qays.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8541No grade recorded
«لَا يَقُولُ رَجُلٌ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَرَّ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ»
✧ "A man should not say, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah, there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence, and I repent to Him three times, except that his sins will be forgiven, even if he flees from crawling.'"
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8542No grade recorded
إِنَّ الْجَبَلَ لَيُنَادِي الْجَبَلَ بِاسْمِهِ أَيْ فُلَانُ هَلْ مَرَّ بِكَ الْيَوْمَ أَحَدٌ ذَكَرَ اللهَ؟ فَإِذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ اسْتَبْشَرَ قَالَ عَوْنٌ «فَيَسْتَمِعْنَ الشَّرَّ وَلَا يَسْتَمِعْنَ الْخَيْرَ هُنَّ لِلْخَيْرِ أَسْمَعُ» وَقَرَأَ {وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَنُ وَلَدًا لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنْشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدًّا أَنْ دَعَوْا لِلرَّحْمَنِ وَلَدًا وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلرَّحْمَنِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا}
✧ Indeed, the mountain calls out to the mountain by its name: “O so-and-so, did anyone pass by you today who remembered Allah?” When it says yes, it rejoices. ʿAwn said: “They listen to evil and do not listen to good, yet they are better at hearing good.” And he recited: {And they say, “The Most Merciful has taken a son.” You have done an atrocious thing. The heavens almost rupture therefrom, and the earth splits open, and the mountains collapse in devastation that they ascribe to the Most Merciful a son. And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.}
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8543No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَنْ لَمْ تَأْمُرْهُ صَلَاتُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ لَمْ يَزْدَدْ مِنَ اللهِ إِلَّا بُعْدًا»
✧ Abd Allah said: “Whoever his prayer does not enjoin him to what is right and forbid him from what is wrong, he only increases in distance from Allah.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8544No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ الصَّبْرُ نِصْفُ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْيَقِينُ الْإِيمَانُ
✧ Abd Allah said: “Patience is half of faith, and certainty is faith.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8545No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا أَنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ إِذْ رَأَيْتُ جَمَاعَةً فَهَبَّتْ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَ «إِيَّاكَ وَكَبَّةَ السُّوقِ فَإِنَّهَا كَبَّةُ الشَّيْطَانِ»
✧ While I was with Abd Allah, I saw a crowd; it stirred and then settled. He said: “Beware of the clamor of the market, for it is the clamor of Satan.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8546No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ حُفَّتْ بِالْمَكَارِهِ وَإِنَّ النَّارَ حُفَّتْ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ فَمَنِ اطَّلَعَ الْحِجَابَ وَاقَعَ مَا وَرَاءَهُ»
✧ Abd Allah said: “Paradise is surrounded by hardships, and the Fire is surrounded by desires. Whoever peers through the veil will fall upon what lies behind it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8547No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ خَطَايَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ خَوْضًا فِي الْبَاطِلِ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah (said): “The people with the most sins on the Day of Resurrection will be those who most indulge in falsehood.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8548No grade recorded
«إِنَّ يَعْقُوبَ أَخَّرَ بَنِيهِ إِلَى السَّحَرِ»
✧ “Yaʿqub delayed his sons until the pre-dawn time.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8549No grade recorded
وَعِلْمًا
✧ And knowledge.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8550No grade recorded
ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ إِيَّاكُمْ وَأَرَأَيْتَ وَأَرَأَيْتَ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِأَرَأَيْتَ وَأَرَأَيْتَ وَلَا تَقِيسُوا شَيْئًا بِشَيْءٍ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَإِذَا سُئِلَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ فَلْيَقُلْ لَا أَعْلَمُ فَإِنَّهُ ثُلُثُ الْعِلْمِ
✧ Ibn Masʿud (said): “Beware of ‘Do you think?’ and ‘Do you think?’, for those before you were destroyed only by ‘Do you think?’ and ‘Do you think?’. Do not compare anything with anything, lest a foot slip after it was firm. When one of you is asked about what he does not know, let him say, ‘I do not know,’ for that is a third of knowledge.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8551No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَيْسَ عَامٌ إِلَّا الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ شَرٌّ مِنْهُ وَلَا عَامٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَامٍ وَلَا أُمَّةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ وَلَكِنْ ذَهَابُ خِيَارِكُمْ وَعُلَمَائِكُمْ وَيُحَدِّثُ قَوْمٌ يَقِيسُونَ الْأُمُورَ بِرَأْيِهِمْ فَيَنْهَدِمُ الْإِسْلَامُ وَيَنْثَلِمُ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah (said): “There is no year but that the one after it is worse than it, and no year is better than another year, and no community is better than another community. Rather, it is the passing away of your best ones and your scholars, and people will come who judge matters by their own opinions, and Islam will be demolished and broken.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8552No grade recorded
«يَذْهَبُ الصَّالِحُونَ أَسْلَافًا وَيَبْقَى أَهْلُ الرِّيَبِ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ مَعْرُوفًا وَلَا يُنْكِرُ مُنْكَرًا»
✧ “The righteous depart one after another, and there remain people of doubt who do not recognize good and do not reject evil.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8553No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا قَعَدَ «إِنَّكُمْ فِي مَمَرِّ اللَّيْلِ فِي آجَالٍ مَنْقُوصَةٍ وَأَعْمَالٍ مَحْفُوظَةٍ وَالْمَوْتُ يَأْتِي بَغْتَةً فَمَنْ يَزْرَعْ خَيْرًا يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَحْصُدَ رَغْبَةً وَمَنْ يَزْرَعْ شَرًّا يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَحْصُدَ نَدَامَةً وَلِكُلِّ زَارِعٍ لَا يَسْبِقُ بَطِيءٌ بِحَظِّهِ وَلَا يُدْرِكُ حَرِيصٌ مَا لَمْ يُقَدَّرْ لَهُ فَمَنْ أُعْطِيَ خَيْرًا فَاللهُ أَعْطَاهُ وَمَنْ وُقِيَ شَرًّا فَاللهُ وَقَاهُ الْمُتَّقُونَ سَادَةٌ وَالْفُقَهَاءُ قَادَةٌ وَمُجَالَسَتُهُمْ زِيَادَةٌ»
✧ When he sat down, he used to say: “You are in the passage of the night, with diminished lifespans and recorded deeds. Death comes suddenly. Whoever sows good is likely to reap desire, and whoever sows evil is likely to reap regret. Every sower is such that a slow one does not miss his share, and a greedy one does not attain what was not decreed for him. Whoever is given good, it is Allah who gave it; whoever is protected from evil, it is Allah who protected him. The God-fearing are masters, the jurists are leaders, and their company is an increase.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8554No grade recorded
«لَا تُغَالِبُوا هَذَا اللَّيْلَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُطِيقُوهُ وَإِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَسْلَمُ لَهُ»
✧ "Do not fight against this night, for you will not be able to endure it. And if one of you becomes sleepy, let him go to his bed, for it is surrendered to him."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8555No grade recorded
«أُعْطِيَ يُوسُفُ وَأُمُّهُ ثُلُثَيِ الْحُسْنِ»
✧ “Yusuf and his mother were given two-thirds of all beauty.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8556No grade recorded
«أُعْطِيَ يُوسُفُ وَأُمُّهُ ثُلُثَيِ الْحُسْنِ»
✧ “Yusuf and his mother were given two-thirds of all beauty.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8557No grade recorded
«أُعْطِيَ يُوسُفُ وَأُمُّهُ ثُلُثَيِ الْحُسْنِ حُسْنَ النَّاسِ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَالْبَيَاضَ وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا أَتَتْهُ غَطَّى وَجْهَهُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تُفْتَتَنَ»
✧ “Yusuf and his mother were given two-thirds of all beauty—the beauty of people in the face, whiteness, and other than that. When a woman came to him, he would cover his face for fear that she would be tempted.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8558No grade recorded
أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ»
✧ That he should report everything he hears.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8559No grade recorded
«إِذَا دَعَوْتَ الرَّجُلَ فَقَدْ أَذِنْتَ لَهُ»
✧ “When you invite a man, then you have given him permission.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8560No grade recorded
«آلَمُ شَيْءٍ فِي الْمُؤْمِنِ الْفُحْشُ»
✧ The most painful thing in a believer is obscenity.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8561No grade recorded
«أَلْأَمُ أَخْلَاقِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْفُحْشُ»
✧ The most base of a believer's character traits is obscenity.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8562No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَخْرُجُ وَمَعَهُ دِينُهُ فَيَرْجِعُ وَمَا مَعَهُ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ يَأْتِي الرَّجُلَ لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُ وَلَا لِنَفْسِهِ نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا فَيُقْسِمُ لَهُ بِاللهِ إِنَّكَ كَذَبْتَ وَأَذْنَبْتَ فَيَرْجِعُ مَا حُلِّيَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ بِشَيْءٍ وَقَدْ أَسْخَطَ اللهَ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah said: "A man may go out with his religion and return with nothing of it. He comes to a man who possesses no benefit or harm for him or for himself, and swears to him by Allah, 'You have lied and committed sin,' and then he returns without having obtained anything of his need, and he has made Allah angry with him."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8564No grade recorded
هَلَكَ مَنْ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَقَالَ «بَلْ هَلَكَ مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ قَلْبُهُ الْمَعْرُوفَ وَيُنْكِرْ قَلْبُهُ الْمُنْكَرَ»
✧ He said: "He is ruined who does not enjoin good and forbid evil." He said: "Rather, he is ruined whose heart does not know the good and whose heart does not reject the evil."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8566No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ مَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ أَضَرَّ بِالدُّنْيَا وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الدُّنْيَا أَضَرَّ بِالْآخِرَةِ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَضُرُّوا بِالْفَانِي لِلْبَاقِي وَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ فِي زَمَانٍ كَثِيرٌ عُلَمَاؤُهُ قَلِيلٌ خُطَبَاؤُهُ وَكَثِيرٌ مُعْطُوهُ قَلِيلٌ سُؤَّالُهُ فَأَطِيلُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاقْصُرُوا الْخُطْبَةَ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ زَمَانًا كَثِيرٌ خُطَبَاؤُهُ قَلِيلٌ عُلَمَاؤُهُ كَثِيرٌ سُؤَّالُهُ قَلِيلٌ مُعْطُوهُ
✧ ʿAbd Allah said: "Whoever desires the Hereafter harms his worldly life, and whoever desires the worldly life harms his Hereafter." And he commanded them to harm the perishable for the sake of the enduring. And he said: "You are in a time in which its scholars are many and its orators are few, and its givers are many and its beggars are few. So lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon. And indeed some eloquence is magic. And after you will come a time in which its orators are many, its scholars are few, its beggars are many, and its givers are few."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8567No grade recorded
«إِنَّكُمْ فِي زَمَانٍ الصَّلَاةُ فِيهِ طَوِيلَةٌ وَالْخُطْبَةُ فِيهِ قَصِيرَةٌ وَعُلَمَاؤُهُ كَثِيرٌ وَخُطَبَاؤُهُ قَلِيلٌ وَسَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ الصَّلَاةُ فِيهِ قَصِيرَةٌ وَالْخُطْبَةُ فِيهِ طَوِيلَةٌ خُطَبَاؤُهُ كَثِيرٌ وَعُلَمَاؤُهُ قَلِيلٌ يُأَخِّرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ إِلَى شَرْقِ الْمَوْتَى فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيُصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا وَلْيَجْعَلْهَا مَعَهُمْ تَطَوُّعًا إِنَّكُمْ فِي زَمَانٍ يُغْبَطُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهِ عَلَى كَثْرَةِ مَالِهِ وَكَثْرَةِ عِيَالِهِ وَسَيَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ يُغْبَطُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهِ عَلَى قِلَّةِ عِيَالِهِ وَخِفَّةِ حَادِّهِ مَا أَدَعُ بَعْدِي فِي أَهْلِي أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مَوْتًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْجِعْلَانِ وَإِنِّي لَأُحِبُّهُمْ كَمَا يُحِبُّونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ»
✧ "You are in a time in which the prayer is long and the sermon is short, and its scholars are many and its orators are few. And a time will come upon you in which the prayer is short and the sermon is long, its orators are many and its scholars are few. They will delay the ʿIsha prayer until the rising of the dead (i.e., very late). Whoever of you reaches that should pray the prayer at its proper time and make it with them as a supererogatory prayer. You are in a time in which a man is envied for the abundance of his wealth and the abundance of his dependents. And a time will come upon you in which a man is envied for the fewness of his dependents and the lightness of his burden. I do not leave behind in my family anyone dearer to me than their death, nor any household among the beetles. And indeed I love them as they love your families."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8568No grade recorded
رَأَى عَبْدُ اللهِ صِبْيَانًا مِنْ وَلَدِهِ يَلْعَبُونَ قُدَّامَهُ فَقَالَ «هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ عِدَّتِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِعْلَانِ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah saw some children of his offspring playing in front of him, and he said: "These are less important to me than their number of beetles."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8569No grade recorded
«عَدَلَتْ شَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ الشِّرْكَ بِاللهِ» وَقَرَأَ {وَاجْتَنِبُوا قَوْلَ الزُّورِ}
✧ "False testimony is equal to associating partners with Allah." And he recited: {And avoid false speech}.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8570No grade recorded
أَنْ يَجِدَهُ عَافِرًا وَجْهَهُ»
✧ that He finds him with his face in the dust.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8571No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ تَقَعُ فِي يَدِ اللهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقَعَ فِي يَدِ السَّائِلِ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ {وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ} الْآيَةُ
✧ "Indeed charity falls into the hand of Allah before it falls into the hand of the beggar." Then ʿAbd Allah recited: {And He is the One who accepts repentance from His servants} until the end of the verse.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8572aNo grade recorded
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِابْنِ أَخٍ لَهُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ سَكْرَانَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ هَذَا سَكْرَانَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «تَرْتِرُوهُ وَمَزْمِزُوهُ وَاسْتَنْكِهُوهُ» قَالَ فَتُرْتِرَ وَمُزْمِزَ وَاسْتُنْكِهَ فَوُجِدَ مِنْهُ رِيحُ الشَّرَابِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِلَى السِّجْنِ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِسَوْطٍ فَدُقَّتْ ثَمَرَتُهُ حَتَّى أَحْنَتْ لَهُ مِخْفَقَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْجَلَّادِ «اجْلِدْ وَأَرْجِعْ يَدَكَ وَأَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِي عُضْوٍ حَقَّهُ» فَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ وَجَعَلَهُ فِي قُبَاءٍ وَسَرَاوِيلَ أَوْ قَمِيصٍ وَسَرَاوِيلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِئْسَ لَعَمْرُ اللهِ وَالِي التَّيْمِ مَا أَدَّبْتُ فَأَحْسَنْتُ الْأَدَبَ وَلَا سَتَرْتُ الْخِزْيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ ابْنُ أَخِي أَجِدُ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّوْعَةِ مَا أَجِدُ لِوَلَدِي فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ وَلَا يَنْبَغِي لِوَالٍ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِحَدٍّ إِلَّا أَقَامَهُ»
✧ A man brought his nephew to ʿAbd Allah while he was drunk, and said: "I found this one drunk." ʿAbd Allah said: "Shake him, rinse his mouth, and smell his breath." He said: So he was shaken, his mouth was rinsed, and his breath was smelled, and the smell of wine was found on him. So ʿAbd Allah ordered him to prison, then released him the next day. Then he ordered a whip whose end was beaten until it became a light switch. Then he said to the flogger: "Flog and draw back your hand, and give every limb its due." So he flogged him with a flogging that was not severe, and he was in a cloak and trousers, or a shirt and trousers. Then he said: "By Allah, how bad is the guardian of the tribe! I did not discipline and improve the discipline, nor did I cover the disgrace." He said: "O Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman, he is my nephew; I feel for him the same anguish I feel for my own son." ʿAbd Allah said: "Indeed Allah Almighty loves pardon, but it is not appropriate for a guardian to be brought a prescribed punishment and not carry it out."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8572bNo grade recorded
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِابْنِ أَخٍ لَهُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ سَكْرَانَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ هَذَا سَكْرَانَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «تَرْتِرُوهُ وَمَزْمِزُوهُ وَاسْتَنْكِهُوهُ» قَالَ فَتُرْتِرَ وَمُزْمِزَ وَاسْتُنْكِهَ فَوُجِدَ مِنْهُ رِيحُ الشَّرَابِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِلَى السِّجْنِ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِسَوْطٍ فَدُقَّتْ ثَمَرَتُهُ حَتَّى أَحْنَتْ لَهُ مِخْفَقَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْجَلَّادِ «اجْلِدْ وَأَرْجِعْ يَدَكَ وَأَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِي عُضْوٍ حَقَّهُ» فَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ وَجَعَلَهُ فِي قُبَاءٍ وَسَرَاوِيلَ أَوْ قَمِيصٍ وَسَرَاوِيلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِئْسَ لَعَمْرُ اللهِ وَالِي التَّيْمِ مَا أَدَّبْتُ فَأَحْسَنْتُ الْأَدَبَ وَلَا سَتَرْتُ الْخِزْيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ ابْنُ أَخِي أَجِدُ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّوْعَةِ مَا أَجِدُ لِوَلَدِي فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ وَلَا يَنْبَغِي لِوَالٍ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِحَدٍّ إِلَّا أَقَامَهُ»
✧ A man brought his nephew to ʿAbd Allah while he was drunk, and said: "I found this one drunk." ʿAbd Allah said: "Shake him, rinse his mouth, and smell his breath." He said: So he was shaken, his mouth was rinsed, and his breath was smelled, and the smell of wine was found on him. So ʿAbd Allah ordered him to prison, then released him the next day. Then he ordered a whip whose end was beaten until it became a light switch. Then he said to the flogger: "Flog and draw back your hand, and give every limb its due." So he flogged him with a flogging that was not severe, and he was in a cloak and trousers, or a shirt and trousers. Then he said: "By Allah, how bad is the guardian of the tribe! I did not discipline and improve the discipline, nor did I cover the disgrace." He said: "O Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman, he is my nephew; I feel for him the same anguish I feel for my own son." ʿAbd Allah said: "Indeed Allah Almighty loves pardon, but it is not appropriate for a guardian to be brought a prescribed punishment and not carry it out."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8573No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِذَا أَصَابَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَدًّا فَلَا تَدْعُوا عَلَيْهِ تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلَكِنِ ادْعُوا اللهَ أَنْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَرْحَمَهُ»
✧ Abdullah said, "If any of you is afflicted with a punishment, do not curse him, rather ask Allah to forgive him and have mercy on him."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8574No grade recorded
إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ أَخَاكُمْ قَارَفَ ذَنْبًا فَلَا تَكُونُوا أَعْوَانًا لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَيْهِ تَقُولُوا اللهُمَّ اخْزِهِ اللهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ وَلَكِنْ سَلُوا اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ فَإِنَّا أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ كُنَّا لَا نَقُولُ فِي أَحَدٍ شَيْئًا حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ عَلَى مَا يَمُوتُ فَإِنْ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِخَيْرٍ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَصَابَ خَيْرًا وَإِنْ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِشَرٍّ خِفْنَا عَلَيْهِ عَمَلَهُ
✧ When you see your brother commit a sin, do not be helpers of Satan against him by saying, 'O Allah, disgrace him! O Allah, curse him!' Rather, ask Allah for pardon. For we, the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, would not say anything about anyone until we knew upon what he would die. If he was sealed with good, we knew that he had attained good; and if he was sealed with evil, we feared for him because of his deeds.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8575No grade recorded
«لَأَنْ أُمَتَّعَ بِسَوْطٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحُجَّ حَجَّةً بَعْدَ حَجَّةٍ»
✧ That I be provided with a whip in the path of Allah is dearer to me than that I perform Hajj after Hajj.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8576No grade recorded
«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ رَخَّصَ فِي الصَّرْفِ وَفِي الرَّجُلِ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَيَتَزَوَّجُ بِأُمِّهَا فَأَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَأَنَّهُ لَقِيَ عُمَرَ فَرَجَعَ فَأَتَى الصَّيَارِفَةَ فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ»
✧ Abdullah had permitted exchange (al-sarf) and permitted a man to marry a woman, then she died before he consummated the marriage, and to marry her mother. Then he came to Madinah and it was as if he met Umar, so he retracted. He then went to the money-changers and forbade them from that.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8577No grade recorded
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يُرَخِّصُ فِي الدِّرْهَمِ بِالدِّرْهَمَيْنِ وَالدِّينَارِ بِالدِّينَارَيْنِ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَأَتَى عُمَرَ وَعَلِيًّا وَأَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنَهَوْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ رَأَيْتُهُ يَطُوفُ فِي الصَّيَارِفَةِ وَيَقُولُ «وَيْلَكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّاسِ لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا الدِّرْهَمَ بِالدِّرْهَمَيْنِ وَلَا الدِّينَارَ بِالدِّينَارَيْنِ»
✧ Abdullah used to permit a dirham for two dirhams and a dinar for two dinars. Then he returned to Madinah and went to Umar, Ali, and the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and they forbade him from that. When he returned, I saw him going around among the money-changers saying, 'Woe to you, O people! Do not consume usury, and do not buy a dirham for two dirhams, nor a dinar for two dinars.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8578No grade recorded
عَنْ قَوْلِهِ»
✧ About his saying.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8579No grade recorded
فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ «إِنَّهَا عَلَيْكَ حَرَامٌ فَفَارَقَهَا»
✧ He informed him that she is not lawful for him. When he returned to Kufa, he said to the man, 'She is forbidden to you,' so he separated from her.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8580No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِذَا لَقِيتَ الْفَاجِرَ فَالْقَهُ بِوَجْهٍ مُكْفَهِرٍ»
✧ Abdullah said, 'When you meet the wicked man, meet him with a frowning face.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8581No grade recorded
أَنْ تُغِيَّرَ عَلَيْهِ فَاكْفَهِرَّ فِي وَجْهِهِ»
✧ That you should change it, so frown in his face.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8582No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ اطَّلَعَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْعِبَادِ فَوَجَدَ قَلْبَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ خَيْرَ قُلُوبِ الْعِبَادِ فَاصْطَفَاهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَخَصَّهُ أَوْ قَالَ بَعَثَهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْعِبَادِ بَعْدَ قَلْبِهِ فَوَجَدَ قُلُوبَ أَصْحَابِهِ خَيْرَ قُلُوبِ الْعِبَادِ فَجَعَلَهُمْ وُزَرَاءَ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ يُقَاتِلُونَ عَلَى دِينِهِ
✧ Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, looked into the hearts of His servants and found the heart of Muhammad ﷺ to be the best of the hearts of His servants, so He chose him for Himself and singled him out—or he said: He sent him with His message. Then He looked into the hearts of His servants after his heart and found the hearts of his companions to be the best of the hearts of His servants, so He made them the ministers of His Prophet ﷺ, fighting for His religion.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8583No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى نَظَرَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْعِبَادِ فَاخْتَارَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ فَبَعَثَهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَانْتَخَبَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ فِي قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ فَاخْتَارَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَجَعَلَهُمْ وُزَرَاءَ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ وأنصارَ دِينِهِ فَمَا رَآهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَسَنًا فَهُوَ عِنْدَ اللهِ حَسَنٌ وَمَا رَآهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ قَبِيحًا فَهُوَ عِنْدَ اللهِ قَبِيحٌ»
✧ Allah, may He be exalted, looked into the hearts of His servants and chose Muhammad ﷺ, so He sent him with His message and selected him with His knowledge. Then He looked into the hearts of the people and chose his companions, so He made them the ministers of His Prophet ﷺ and the supporters of His religion. Whatever the believers deem good is good in the sight of Allah, and whatever the believers deem ugly is ugly in the sight of Allah.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8584No grade recorded
سَمِعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ أَيْنَ الزَّاهِدُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالرَّاغِبُونَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَابِيَةِ وَاشْتَرَطَ خَمْسُ مِائَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنْ لَا يَرْجِعُوا حَتَّى يُقْتَلُوا» فَحَلَقُوا رُءوسَهُمْ فَلَقُوا الْعَدُوَّ فَقُتِلُوا إِلَّا مُخْبِرٌ عَنْهُمْ
✧ Abdullah heard a man say, 'Where are those who abstain from this world and desire the Hereafter?' Abdullah said, 'Those are the people of al-Jabiyah. Five hundred Muslims stipulated that they would not return until they were killed.' So they shaved their heads, met the enemy, and were killed, except one who informed about them.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8585No grade recorded
«لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ إِلَّا عَلَى شِرَارِ النَّاسِ مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ مَعْرُوفًا وَلَا يُنْكِرُ مُنْكَرًا يَتَهَارَجُونَ كَمَا تَهَارَجُ الْبَهَائِمُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ تَمُرُّ الْمَرْأَةُ بِالرَّجُلِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَيَقُومُ إِلَيْهَا فَيَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَيَضْحَكُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيَضْحَكُونَ إِلَيْهِ كَرَجْرَاجَةِ التَّمْرِ الْخَبِيثِ الَّذِي لَا يُطْعَمُ»
✧ The Hour will not come except upon the worst of people: those who do not recognize good and do not reject evil. They will copulate like beasts in the road. A woman will pass by a man in the road, and he will approach her and satisfy his need with her, then return to his companions and laugh to them and they laugh to him, like the foul, wormy dates that are not good to eat.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8586No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ عَلَى شِرَارِ النَّاسِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لَا يَأْمُرُونَ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَلَا يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ يَتَهَارَجُونَ كَمَا تَهَارَجُ الْحُمُرُ أَخَذَ رَجُلٌ بِيَدِ امْرَأَةٍ فَخَلَا بِهَا فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يَضْحَكُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَيَضْحَكُونَ إِلَيْهِ كَرَجْرَاجَةِ التَّمْرِ الْخَبِيثِ الَّذِي لَا يُطْعَمُ»
✧ The Hour will not be established except upon the worst of people, upon a people who do not enjoin good and do not forbid evil; they will copulate like donkeys copulate. A man will take a woman by the hand, be alone with her, and fulfill his need from her; then he will return laughing to them and they will laugh to him, like the putrid discarded dates that are not eaten.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8587No grade recorded
أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ لِأَخِيهِ اتَّقِ اللهَ فَيَقُولُ عَلَيْكَ نَفْسَكَ أَنْتَ تَأْمُرُنِي
✧ That a man says to his brother, 'Fear Allah,' and he replies, 'Mind yourself; you are commanding me?'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8588No grade recorded
كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللهَ غَضِبَ
✧ It is enough of a sin for a man that when it is said to him, 'Fear Allah,' he becomes angry.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8589No grade recorded
«لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا أَتَاهُمُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَمِنْ أَكَابِرِهِمْ فَإِذَا جَاءَ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَصَاغِرِهِمْ فَذَاكَ حِينَ هَلَكُوا»
✧ People will remain in good as long as knowledge comes to them from the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ and from their elders. When knowledge comes from their young ones, that is when they perish.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8590No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ «لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ صَالِحِينَ مُتَمَاسِكِينَ مَا أَتَاهُمُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَمِنْ أَكَابِرِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ أَصَاغِرِهِمْ هَلَكُوا»
✧ I heard Ibn Mas'ud say: People will remain righteous and cohesive as long as knowledge comes to them from the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ and from their elders. When it comes to them from their young ones, they perish.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8591No grade recorded
«لَنْ يَزَالَ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا أَتَاهُمُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَكَابِرِهِمْ وَذَوِي أَسْلَافِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَصَاغِرِهِمْ هَلَكُوا» هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ وَتَابَعَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ حِبَّانَ
✧ People will remain in good as long as knowledge comes to them from their elders and those of their predecessors. When it comes to them from their young ones, they perish. This is how Shu'bah narrated it from Abu Ishaq, from Zayd b. Wahb, and Zayd b. Hibban concurred with him.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8592No grade recorded
«لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا أَتَاهُمُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَكَابِرِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَصَاغِرِهِمْ هَلَكُوا»
✧ People will remain in good as long as knowledge comes to them from the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ and their elders. When it comes to them from their young ones, they perish.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8593No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ اطَّلَعَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْعِبَادِ فَوَجَدَ قَلْبَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ خَيْرَ قُلُوبِ الْعِبَادِ» فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ عَاصِمٍ
✧ Indeed Allah ﷻ looked into the hearts of the servants and found the heart of Muhammad ﷺ to be the best of hearts of the servants." Then he mentioned something similar to the hadith of 'Asim.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8594No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَسِّنُوا الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ لَعَلَّ ذَلِكَ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ فَعَلَّمَنَا قَالَ قُولُوا اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صَلَاتَكَ وَرَحْمَتَكَ وَبَرَكَاتِكَ عَلَى سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَإِمَامِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَخَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ إِمَامِ الْخَيْرِ وَقَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ وَرَسُولِ الرَّحْمَةِ اللهُمَّ ابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا يَغْبِطُهُ بِهِ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخَرُونَ اللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
“When you send peace and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then do it well, for you do not know, that may be shown to him.” They said to him: “Teach us.” He said: “Say: ‘Allahumma aj’al salataka wa rahmataka wa barakatika ‘ala sayyidil-mursalin wa imamil-muttaqin wa khatamin- nabiyyin, Muhammad ‘abdika wa Rasulika imamil-khayri (wa qa’idil- khair), wa Rasulir-Rahmah. Allahummab’athhu maqaman mahmudan yaghbituhu bihil-awwaluna wal-akhirun. Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin kama sallayta ‘ala Ibrahim wa ‘ala ali Ibrahim; Allahumma barik ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin kama barakta ‘ala Ibrahim wa ‘ala ali Ibrahim, innaka Hamidum Majid (O Allah, send Your grace, honour, mercy and blessings upon the leader of the Messengers, the imam of the pious and the seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, Your slave and Messenger, the Imam of the good (and the leader) of the good, and the Messenger of mercy. O Allah, raise him to a station of praise and glory that will be the envy of the first and the last. O Allah, send Your grace, honour and mercy upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your grace, honour and mercy upon Ibrahim, You are indeed Praiseworthy, Most Glorious. O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim, You are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 906)
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8595No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتَكَ عَلَى سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَإِمَامِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَخَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ إِمَامِ الْخَيْرِ وَقَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ وَرَسُولِ الرَّحْمَةِ اللهُمَّ ابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا يَغْبِطُهُ بِهِ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخَرُونَ اللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ» وَأَبُو سَلَمَةَ هَذَا الَّذِي رَوَى عَنْهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ
“When you send peace and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then do it well, for you do not know, that may be shown to him.” They said to him: “Teach us.” He said: “Say: ‘Allahumma aj’al salataka wa rahmataka wa barakatika ‘ala sayyidil-mursalin wa imamil-muttaqin wa khatamin- nabiyyin, Muhammad ‘abdika wa Rasulika imamil-khayri (wa qa’idil- khair), wa Rasulir-Rahmah. Allahummab’athhu maqaman mahmudan yaghbituhu bihil-awwaluna wal-akhirun. Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin kama sallayta ‘ala Ibrahim wa ‘ala ali Ibrahim; Allahumma barik ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin kama barakta ‘ala Ibrahim wa ‘ala ali Ibrahim, innaka Hamidum Majid (O Allah, send Your grace, honour, mercy and blessings upon the leader of the Messengers, the imam of the pious and the seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, Your slave and Messenger, the Imam of the good (and the leader) of the good, and the Messenger of mercy. O Allah, raise him to a station of praise and glory that will be the envy of the first and the last. O Allah, send Your grace, honour and mercy upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your grace, honour and mercy upon Ibrahim, You are indeed Praiseworthy, Most Glorious. O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim, You are Praiseworthy, Most Glorious).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 906)
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8596No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّ اللهَ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَلَعَمْرِي مَا إِخَالُ أَحَدًا مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا قَدِ اتَّخَذَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مَسْجِدًا وَلَوْ أَنَّكُمْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومٌ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٌ نِفَاقُهُ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ فَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَطَهَّرُ فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ فَيَخْطُو خُطْوَةً يَعْمِدُ إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً وَرَفَعَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً حَتَّى إِنْ كُنَّا لَنُقَارِبُ فِي الْخُطَا»
✧ Whoever would like to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prescribed prayers where the call is given for them, for they are among the ways of guidance. Indeed Allah has prescribed for your Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance. By my life, I do not think any of you has not taken a mosque in his house. If you prayed in your houses as this one who stays behind prays in his house, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ. If you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. I have seen us, and none would stay behind from them except a known hypocrite or one whose hypocrisy was recognized. I have seen a man being supported between two men until he is stood in the row. No man purifies himself and does it well, then takes a step intending to go to a mosque from the mosques, except Allah writes for him a good deed because of it, raises him a degree because of it, and removes from him a sin because of it—so much so that we used to take short steps.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8597No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ عَبْدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَلَعَمْرِي لَوْ أَنَّ كُلَّكُمْ صَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهِ كَمَا يُصَلِّي الَّذِي فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومٌ نِفَاقُهُ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُدْخَلَ بِهِ فِي الصَّفِّ وَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ جَمَاعَةٍ فَيُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَيَخْطُو خُطْوَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَهُ اللهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً أَوْ حَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً حَتَّى إِنْ كُنَّا لَنُقَارِبُ الْخُطَا» وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَدِيثِ حَجَّاجٍ
✧ Whoever would like to meet Allah as a Muslim servant, let him guard these five prayers where the call is given for them, for they are among the ways of guidance. Indeed Allah has prescribed for your Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance. By my life, if every one of you prayed in his house as the one who stays in his house prays, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ. If you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. I have seen us, and none would stay behind from them except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known. I have seen us, and indeed a man would be supported between two men until he is brought into the row. No Muslim servant performs ablution and does it well, intending to go to a congregational mosque and pray in it, and takes a step except Allah raises him a degree because of it or removes from him a sin because of it—so much so that we used to take short steps." And the wording is that of the hadith of Hajjaj.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8598No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فِي الْجَمِيعِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ فَرَضَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّكُمْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تُصَلُّونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمِ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُجَاءَ بِهِ فَيُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ وَلَقَدْ أَتَى عَلَيْنَا زَمَانٌ وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومٌ نِفَاقُهُ وَإِنْ كُنَّا لَنُقَارِبُ بَيْنَ الْخُطَا»
✧ Whoever would like to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prayers where the call is given for them in congregation, for they are among the ways of guidance. Indeed Allah ﷻ has obligated for your Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance. If you prayed in your houses as this one who stays behind prays in his house, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ. If you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. I have seen a man being supported between two men until he is brought and stood in the row. A time came upon us when none would stay behind from them except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known. Indeed we used to take short steps between them.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8599No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَلَوْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ أَتَى عَلَيْنَا زَمَانٌ وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهُنَّ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ بَيِّنٌ نِفَاقُهُ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يَقُومَ فِي الصَّفِّ»
✧ Whoever would like to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard the prescribed prayers where the call is given for them, for Allah ﷻ has prescribed for your Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance, and they are among the ways of guidance. If you prayed in your houses as this one who stays behind prays in his house, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ. If you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. A time came upon us when none would stay behind from them except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was clear. I have seen a man being supported between two men until he stands in the row.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8600No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَلَعَمْرِي لَوْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ أَتَى عَلَيْنَا زَمَانٌ وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهُنَّ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومٌ نِفَاقُهُ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَطَهَّرُ فَيُحْسِنُ طُهُورَهُ ثُمَّ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَيَخْطُو خُطْوَةً إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً وَرَفَعَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً حَتَّى إِنْ كُنَّا لَنُقَارِبُ بَيْنَ الْخُطَا»
✧ Whoever wants to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prescribed prayers where the call is given for them, for Allah has prescribed for your Prophet the ways of guidance, and they are among the ways of guidance. By my life, if you were to pray in your homes as this one who stays behind prays in his home, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, and if you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. A time came upon us when none stayed away from them except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known. I saw a man being supported between two men until he was stood in the row. No man purifies himself and perfects his purification, then heads to one of the mosques to pray in it, and takes a step except that Allah records for him a good deed by it, raises him a degree by it, and removes from him a sin by it, until we used to take short steps.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8601No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَلَعَمْرِي لَوْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَلَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومٌ نِفَاقُهُ»
✧ Whoever wants to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prescribed prayers where the call is given for them, for Allah ﷻ has prescribed for your Prophet the ways of guidance, and they are among the ways of guidance. By my life, if you were to pray in your homes as this one who stays behind prays in his home, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet, and if you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. I saw us when none stayed away from it except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8603No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّهِ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَلَوْ أَنَّكُمْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا صَلَّى هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ تَطَهَّرَ فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ ثُمَّ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَسَاجِدِ إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ يَخْطُوهَا حَسَنَةً وَرَفَعَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا سَيِّئَةً وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومُ النِّفَاقِ وَإِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ»
✧ Whoever wants to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prayers where the call is given for them, for Allah ﷻ has prescribed for His Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance, and they are among the ways of guidance. If you were to pray in your homes as this one who stays behind prayed in his home, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, and if you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. No man purifies himself and perfects the purification, then heads to one of these mosques except that Allah records for him for every step he takes a good deed, raises him a degree by it, and removes from him a bad deed by it. I saw us when none stayed away from it except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known, and a man would be supported between two men until he was stood in the row.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8604No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَإِنِّي لَأَحْسِبُ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَلَهُ مَسْجِدٌ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَمْضِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ وَرَفَعَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ وَحَطَّ عَنْهَا بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ»
✧ Whoever wants to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prayers where the call is given for them, for Allah ﷻ has prescribed for your Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance, and they are among the ways of guidance. I think there is no one among you except he has a mosque in which he prays. If you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. No Muslim servant performs ablution and perfects the ablution, then proceeds to prayer except that Allah records for him for every step a good deed, raises him a degree by it, and removes from him a sin by it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8605No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ حِينَ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى» ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ
✧ Whoever wants to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these five prayers when the call is given for them, for they are among the ways of guidance." Then he mentioned something similar to the hadith of al-Mas'udi.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8606No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ حِينَ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَلِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ مَسْجِدٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ مَسَاجِدَكُمْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَضَلَلْتُمْ»
✧ Whoever wants to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these five prayers when the call is given for them, for Allah has prescribed for your Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance, and they are among the ways of guidance. Each man among you has a mosque in his house. If you abandoned your mosques, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, and if you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet, you would go astray.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8607No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى وَهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَلَوْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ عَنْهَا لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومٌ نِفَاقُهُ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ مِنَّا يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ وَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ فَيَأْتِيهِ فَيَرْفَعُ قَدَمًا وَيَضَعُ قَدَمًا إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ بِهَا عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ وَرَفَعَ لَهُ بِهَا عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ حَتَّى إِنْ كُنَّا لَنُقَارِبُ بَيْنَ الْخُطَا»
✧ Whoever wants to meet Allah tomorrow as a Muslim, let him guard these prescribed prayers where the call is given for them, for Allah ﷻ has prescribed for your Prophet ﷺ the ways of guidance, and they are among the ways of guidance. If you were to pray in your homes as this one who stays away from it prays, you would abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, and if you abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet ﷺ, you would go astray. I saw us when none stayed away from it except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known. I saw a man among us being supported between two men until he was stood in the row. No Muslim servant performs ablution in his house, perfects the ablution, then heads to a mosque, comes to it, lifting a foot and placing a foot, except that Allah records for him by it ten good deeds, erases from him ten bad deeds, and raises for him by it ten degrees, until we used to take short steps.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8608aNo grade recorded
عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ قَدْ عُلِمَ نِفَاقُهُ أَوْ مَرِيضٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْمَرِيضُ لَيَمْشِي بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ يَأْتِي الصَّلَاةَ»
✧ From prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known or a sick person, and the sick person would walk between two men to come to prayer.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8608bNo grade recorded
عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ قَدْ عُلِمَ نِفَاقُهُ أَوْ مَرِيضٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْمَرِيضُ لَيَمْشِي بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ يَأْتِي الصَّلَاةَ»
✧ From prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known or a sick person, and the sick person would walk between two men to come to prayer.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8609aNo grade recorded
عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ قَدْ عُلِمَ نِفَاقُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْمَرِيضُ لَيَمْشِي بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَأْتِي الصَّلَاةَ»
✧ From prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known, and the sick person would walk between two men to come to prayer.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8609bNo grade recorded
عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ قَدْ عُلِمَ نِفَاقُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْمَرِيضُ لَيَمْشِي بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ يَأْتِي الصَّلَاةَ»
✧ From prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known, and the sick person would walk between two men to come to prayer.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8610No grade recorded
«عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْهُدَى وَسُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ»
✧ Adhere to the five prayers in the mosque, for they are from the matter of guidance and the Sunnah of Muhammad ﷺ.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8611No grade recorded
أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ عَبْدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُصَلِّ الصَّلَوَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَإِنَّهُ لَوْ صَلَّى كُلُّ رَجُلٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ هَدْي مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ هَدْيَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ لَضَلَلْتُمْ وَلَقَدْ كُنَّا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا مَا تُقَامُ الصَّلَاةُ حَتَّى تُسَوَّى الصُّفُوفُ أَوْ حِينَ تُسَوَّى صُفُوفُنَا وَلَمَّا تُقَامُ الصَّلَاةُ الْيَوْمَ ثُمَّ يُنَادِي أَحَدُهُمْ يَا جَارِيَةُ هَلُمِّي وَضُوءًا وَحَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَلَقَدْ كُنَّا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ قَدَمًا إِلَّا رُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ وَلَمْ يَقَعْ أُخْرَى إِلَّا حَطُّ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً فَكُنَّا نُقَارِبُ الْخُطَا»
✧ He should meet Allah as a Muslim servant; so let him perform the prayers wherever the call is made for them, for they are the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ. Indeed, if every man prayed in his house, you would abandon the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ, and if you abandoned the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ, you would go astray. We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among us, and the prayer would not be commenced until the rows were made straight—or when our rows were made straight—whereas today the prayer is commenced and then one of them calls out, 'O slave girl, bring me water for ablution,' and he bares his forearms. We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among us, and we used to speak that when a man performed ablution in his house and then went out to prayer, he would not lift a foot except that a degree was raised for him thereby, and he would not place the other except that Allah removed a sin from him thereby. So we used to take short steps.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8612No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ تَحَدَّثَ يَوْمًا فَجَرَى عَلَى لِسَانِهِ «قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ» فَعَلَتْهُ كُرْبَةٌ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ الْعَرَقَ يَتَحَدَّرُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ «إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ أَمَّا فَوْقَ ذَا أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ذَا أَوْ دُونَ ذَا»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, except that he spoke one day and the words 'The Messenger of Allah said' slipped from his tongue, and distress overcame him until I saw sweat rolling down him. He said, 'If Allah wills—either above this, or close to this, or below this.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8613No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ الرِّعْدَةُ وَيَقُولُ «هَكَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ»
✧ He said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,' and when he said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,' trembling overcame him and he would say, 'Like this, or something like this, or close to this, or whatever Allah wills.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8614No grade recorded
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ السَّنَةَ لَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَ يَوْمًا وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ «نَحْوَ هَذَا أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا»
✧ Abdullah would go a year without narrating from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then one day he narrated while we were with him and said, 'Like this, or close to this.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8615No grade recorded
جَلَسْتُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ سَنَةً فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَوْمًا «قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» ثُمَّ تَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «نَحْوَ هَذَا أَوْ فَوْقَ هَذَا أَوْ دُونَ هَذَا»
✧ I sat with Abdullah for a year and did not hear him narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then one day he said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,' then his face changed, then he said, 'Like this, or above this, or below this.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8616No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا حَدِيثًا وَاحِدًا فَعَرِقَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا أَوْ شَبِيهَ هَذَا»
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except one hadith, and he sweated, then said, 'This, or like this, or similar to this.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8617No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ ذَاتَ عَشِيَّةٍ قَالَ «سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» ثُمَّ نَكَسَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ مَحْلُولَ أَزْرَارِ قَمِيصِهِ قَدِ انْتَفَخَتْ أَوْدَاجُهُ وَاغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ «أَوْ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ أَوْ دُونَ ذَلِكَ أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ شِبْهُ ذَلِكَ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—until one evening he said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,' then he lowered his head. He raised his head and I saw that the buttons of his shirt were undone, his jugular veins had swollen, and his eyes had filled with tears. He said, 'Or above that, or below that, or close to that, or similar to that.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8618No grade recorded
«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» ثُمَّ تَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «نَحْوًا مِنْ ذَا أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ ذَا»
✧ 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,' then his face changed, then he said, 'Like this, or close to this.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8619No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ أَوْ شَبِيهَ» فَمَا رُئِيَ يُحَدِّثُ بَعْدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَعْدُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, 'Like that, or similar.' He was not seen narrating after this hadith ever again.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8620No grade recorded
«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُ رِعْدَةٌ فَقَالَ «نَحْوَ هَذَا أَوْ شِبْهَ هَذَا»
✧ 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,' then trembling seized me, and he said, 'Like this, or similar to this.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8621No grade recorded
«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُعْتَمِدٌ عَلَى عَصًا فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْعَصَا يُزْعَزَعُ
✧ 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said' more than once. He said: I looked at him while he was leaning on a staff, and I saw the staff shaking.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8622No grade recorded
«سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» وَأُرْعِدَتْ ثِيَابُهُ قَالَ «ذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ أَوْ شِبْهَ ذَا»
✧ 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,' and his clothes trembled. He said, 'This, or like it, or similar to this.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8623No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَتَلَوَّنُ وَيَتَغَيَّرُ لَوْنُهُ وَيَقُولُ «هَذَا أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا»
✧ On the authority of the Messenger of God ﷺ, he would change color and his complexion would alter, and he would say, “This or something close to this.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8624No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ حَدَّثَهُ ثُمَّ انْتَفَضَ انْتِفَاضَ السَّعَفَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ»
✧ On the authority of the Messenger of God ﷺ, except a hadith I heard him narrate; then he shuddered like the shuddering of a palm branch, then he said, “This or something like it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8625No grade recorded
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا قَطُّ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَنْتَفِضُ انْتِفَاضَ السَّعَفَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «قَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا»
✧ On the authority of the Messenger of God ﷺ ever, except once; and indeed I saw him shudder like the shuddering of a palm branch, then he said, “Close to this or something like this.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8626No grade recorded
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَمْكُثُ سَنَةً لَا يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَإِذَا قَالَ «قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» أَخَذَتْهُ رِعْدَةُ وَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ قَالَ «كَذَا أَوْ كَذَا أَوْ كَذَا»
✧ Abdullah stayed for a year without saying "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said." And when he said "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said," he was struck by a thunderbolt and his face changed, and he said, "It is like this or like that or like this."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8627No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا قَالَ «سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَ «هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوًا مِنْ هَذَا أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ هَذَا» وَإِنَّهُ يُرْعَدُ
✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ; and when he said, “I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ,” he said, “This or something like this, or close to this,” and indeed he was trembling.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8628No grade recorded
إِنِّي تَرَكْتُ قَوْمًا بِالْمَسْجِدِ يَقُولُونَ مَنْ سَبَّحَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ قُمْ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ قَالَ يَا عَلْقَمَةُ اشْغَلْ عَنِّي أَبْصَارَ الْقَوْمِ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَهُمْ وَمَا يَقُولُونَ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ لَمُتَمَسِّكُونَ بِذَنَبِ ضَلَالَةٍ أَوَ إِنَّكُمْ لَأَهْدَى مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ»
✧ I left a people in the mosque saying, “Whoever glorifies such and such will have such and such.” He said, “Stand, O ‘Alqama.” When he saw them, he said, “O ‘Alqama, divert the people’s eyes from me.” When he heard them and what they were saying, he said, “Indeed you are clinging to the tail of misguidance, or indeed you are more guided than the companions of Muḥammad ﷺ.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8629No grade recorded
ذُكِرَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَاصٌّ يَجْلِسُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَيَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ قُولُوا كَذَا فَقَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَخْبَرُونِي» قَالَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ اللهِ مُتَقَنِّعًا فَقَالَ «مَنْ عَرَفَنِي فَقَدْ عَرَفَنِي وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْنِي فَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّكُمْ لَأَهْدَى مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ أَوْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُتَعَلِّقُونَ بِذَنَبِ ضَلَالَةٍ»
✧ A storyteller who sits at night and tells the people, “Say such and such,” was mentioned to Ibn Masʿūd. He said, “When you see him, inform me.” He said, so they informed him, and ʿAbdullāh came veiled and said, “Whoever knows me has known me, and whoever does not know me, I am ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd. Do you know that you are more guided than Muḥammad ﷺ and his companions, or indeed you are clinging to the tail of misguidance?”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8630No grade recorded
أَنَّ قَوْمًا يَقْعُدُونَ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ إِلَى الْعِشَاءِ يُسَبِّحُونَ يَقُولُونَ قُولُوا كَذَا وَقُولُوا كَذَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنْ قَعَدُوا فَآذِنُونِي» فَلَمَّا جَلَسُوا أَتَوْهُ فَانْطَلَقَ فَدَخَلَ مَعَهُمْ فَجَلَسَ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْنُسٌ فَأَخَذُوا فِي تَسْبِيحِهِمْ فَحَسَرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ الْبُرْنُسَ وَقَالَ «أَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ» فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ بِبِدْعَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ أَوْ لَقَدْ فَضَلْتُمْ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عِلْمًا» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ مَا جِئْنَا بِبِدْعَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ وَلَا فَضَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عِلْمًا فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَتَفَرَّقُوا قَالَ وَرَأَى ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَلْقَتَيْنِ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقَامَ مِنْهُمَا فَقَالَ «أَيَّتُكُمَا كَانَتْ قَبْلَ صَاحِبَتِهَا؟» قَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا نَحْنُ فَقَالَ لِلْأُخْرَى «قُومَا إِلَيْهَا» فَجَعَلَهُمْ وَاحِدَةً
✧ A people would sit from sunset to nightfall glorifying, saying, “Say such and such, and say such and such.” ʿAbdullāh said, “If they sit, notify me.” When they sat, they came to him, and he set out, entered with them and sat wearing a burnoose. They began their glorification, and ʿAbdullāh uncovered the burnoose from his head and said, “I am ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd.” The people fell silent. He said, “You have brought a dark innovation, or you have surpassed the companions of Muḥammad ﷺ in knowledge.” A man from Banū Tamīm said, “We have not brought a dark innovation, nor have we surpassed the companions of Muḥammad ﷺ in knowledge.” ʿAmr b. ʿUtba b. Farqad said, “I seek forgiveness from God, O Ibn Masʿūd, and I repent to Him.” So he ordered them to disperse. He said: And Ibn Masʿūd saw two circles in the mosque of Kufa, so he stood between them and said, “Which of you was before its companion?” One of them said, “We were.” He said to the other, “Arise and go to it,” and he made them one.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8631No grade recorded
لِلْغُلَامِ انْطَلِقْ وَانْظُرْ أَهَؤُلَاءِ جُلُوسًا قَبْلُ أَمْ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي الْمَسْجِدَ مُحْدِثٌ وَاحِدٌ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِالتَّبَاغِي»
✧ He said to the boy, “Go and see whether these were sitting before or those.” He came and said, “These.” He said, “The mosque only needs one innovator, for those before you perished only through mutual hatred.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8633No grade recorded
أَخْبَرَهُ «إِذَا جَلَسُوا فَآذِنِّي» فَلَمَّا جَلَسُوا آذَنَهُ فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ بُرْنُسٌ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَكَشَفَ الْبُرْنُسَ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَنَا ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ بِبِدْعَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ أَوْ قَدْ فَضَلْتُمْ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عِلْمًا» فَقَالَ مُعَضَّدٌ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مُفَوَّهًا وَاللهِ مَا جِئْنَا بِبِدْعَةٍ ظَلْمَاءَ وَلَا فَضَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتُمُ الْقَوْمَ لَقَدْ سَبَقُوكُمْ سَبْقًا مُبِينًا وَلَئِنْ جُرْتُمْ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُمْ ضَلَالًا بَعِيدًا»
✧ He informed him, “When they sit, notify me.” When they sat, he notified him, and ʿAbdullāh came wearing a burnoose until he entered upon them, uncovered the burnoose from his head, then said, “I am the son of Umm ʿAbd. By God, you have brought a dark innovation, or you have surpassed the companions of Muḥammad ﷺ in knowledge.” Muʿaḍḍad, who was an eloquent man, said, “By God, we have not brought a dark innovation, nor have we surpassed the companions of Muḥammad ﷺ.” ʿAbdullāh said, “If you follow the people, they have preceded you with a clear precedence; and if you deviate right and left, you have gone astray with a far misguidance.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8634No grade recorded
«لَا تَمَلُّوا النَّاسَ فَيَمَلُّوا الذِّكْرَ»
✧ “Do not weary the people, lest they weary of the remembrance.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8635No grade recorded
«يَا مُذَّكِرُ لَا تُقَنِّطِ النَّاسَ»
✧ “O warner, do not drive the people to despair.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8636No grade recorded
أَبُو مُوسَى مَا جَاءَ بِكَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ إِلَّا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَمْرًا ذَعَرَنِي وَإِنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ وَلَقَدْ ذَعَرَنِي وَإِنَّهُ لَخَيْرٌ قَوْمٌ جُلُوسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَرَجُلٌ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ سَبِّحُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا احْمَدُوا كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَانْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُمْ فَقَالَ «مَا أَسْرَعَ مَا ضَلَلْتُمْ وَأَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَحْيَاءُ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ شَوَابٌّ وَثِيَابُهُ وَآنِيَتُهُ لَمْ تُغَيَّرْ أَحْصُوا سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ فَأَنَا أَضْمَنُ عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يُحْصِيَ حَسَنَاتِكُمْ»
✧ Abū Mūsā said, “What has brought you at this hour?” He said, “No, by God, except that I saw a matter that alarmed me, and indeed it is good, and indeed it alarmed me, and indeed it is good: a people sitting in the mosque and a man saying to them, ‘Glorify such and such, praise such and such.’” He said, so ʿAbdullāh set out, and we set out with him until he came to them and said, “How quickly you have gone astray, while the companions of Muḥammad ﷺ are alive, his wives are young, and his garments and vessels have not changed. Count your evil deeds, for I guarantee from God that He will count your good deeds.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8637No grade recorded
وَقَفَ عَلَيَّ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَنَا أَقُصُّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ يَا عَمْرُو لَقَدْ ابْتَدَعْتُمْ بِدْعَةَ ضَلَالَةٍ أَوَ إِنَّكُمْ لَأَهْدَى مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمْ تَفَرَّقُوا عَنِّي حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ مَكَانِي مَا فِيهِ أَحَدٌ
✧ Abdullah stood by me while I was narrating stories in the mosque and said: O Amr, you have indeed introduced an innovation of misguidance. Are you more guided than Muhammad ﷺ and his companions? I saw them disperse from me until I saw my place with no one in it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8638No grade recorded
«أَنْتُمْ أَهْدَى أَمْ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ؟ إِنَّكُمْ مُتَمَسِّكُونَ بِطَرَفِ ضَلَالَةٍ»
✧ Are you more guided or the companions of Muhammad ﷺ? Indeed you are clinging to a fringe of misguidance.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8639No grade recorded
ذَكَرُوا لَهُ رَجُلًا يَقُصُّ فَجَاءَ فِي الْقَوْمِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا» فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ قَامَ فَقَالَ «أَلَا تَسْمَعُوا؟» فَلَمَّا نَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ لَأَهْدَى مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُتَمَسِّكُونَ بِطَرَفِ ضَلَالَةٍ»
✧ They mentioned to him a man who narrates stories, so he came among the people and I heard him say: "Glory be to Allah, such and such." When he heard that, he stood up and said: "Do you not hear?" When they looked at him, he said: "Indeed you are more guided than Muhammad ﷺ and his companions. Indeed you are clinging to a fringe of misguidance."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8640No grade recorded
«إِذَا وَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِي الشَّرِّ فَقُلْ لَا أُسْوَةَ لِي بِالشَّرِّ»
✧ When people fall into evil, say: I have no example in evil.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8641No grade recorded
إِذَا وَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ اخْرُجْ لَكَ بِالنَّاسِ أُسْوَةٌ فَقُلْ لَا أُسْوَةَ لِي بِالشَّرِّ
✧ When people fall into trial and they say: Go out, you have an example in the people, then say: I have no example in evil.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8642No grade recorded
أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَلْيَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ أَصْغَرَ الْبُيُوتِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ وَإِنَّ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ شَيْءٌ كَخَرَابِ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي لَا عَامِرَ لَهُ وَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ يَسْمَعُ فِيهِ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ»
✧ That he should learn something from it, let him do so, for the smallest of houses in good is the one in which there is nothing of the Book of Allah. Indeed the house in which there is nothing of the Book of Allah is like the ruin of a house that has no one to inhabit it, and indeed Satan leaves the house in which Surah al-Baqarah is heard.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8643No grade recorded
«اقْرَءُوا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا يُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ»
✧ Recite Surah al-Baqarah in your houses, for Satan does not enter a house in which Surah al-Baqarah is recited.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8644No grade recorded
«لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَنَامٌ وَسَنَامُ الْقُرْآنِ الْبَقَرَةُ وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ لُبَابًا وَلُبَابُ الْقُرْآنِ الْمُفَصَّلُ وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لِتَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ وَإِنَّ أَصْغَرَ الْبُيُوتِ لَلْجَوْفُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ كِتَابُ اللهِ شَيْءٌ»
✧ "Every thing has a peak and the peak of the Quran is Surah Al-Baqarah, and every thing has a core and the core of the Quran is the detailed explanation. Indeed, the devils flee from the house in which Surah Al-Baqarah is recited. And even the smallest houses have an inside that does not contain anything from the Book of Allah."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8645No grade recorded
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ أَصْغَرَ الْبُيُوتِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ كِتَابُ اللهِ وَإِنَّ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ كِتَابُ اللهِ لَخَرَابٌ كَخَرَابِ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي لَا عَامِرَ لَهُ»
✧ Abdullah used to say: "The smallest of houses is the one in which there is no Book of Allah, and indeed the house in which there is no Book of Allah is ruined like the ruin of a house that has no one to inhabit it."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8646No grade recorded
إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَأْدُبَةُ اللهِ فَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ مَأْدُبَتِهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ هُوَ حَبْلُ اللهِ الَّذِي أَمَرَ بِهِ وَهُوَ النُّورُ الْبَيِّنُ وَالشِّفَاءُ النَّافِعُ عِصْمَةٌ لِمَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ وَنَجَاةٌ لِمَنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِهِ لَا يَعْوَجُّ فَيُقَوَّمَ وَلَا يَزُوغُ فَيُسْتَعْتَبَ وَلَا تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُهُ وَلَا يَخْلُقُ عَنْ رَدٍّ اتْلُوهُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَأْجُرُكُمْ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مِنْهُ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ الْم حَرْفٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ حَرْفٌ وَلَامٌ حَرْفٌ وَمِيمٌ حَرْفٌ
✧ Indeed this Quran is the banquet of Allah, so learn from His banquet what you can. Indeed this Quran is the rope of Allah which He commanded, and it is the clear light and the beneficial healing, a protection for the one who holds fast to it and a salvation for the one who clings to it. It does not go crooked so that it would need to be straightened, and it does not deviate so that it would need to be corrected. Its wonders do not cease, and it does not wear out from repetition. Recite it, for indeed Allah ﷻ will reward you for every letter of it with ten good deeds. I do not say to you that Alif Lam Mim is a letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8647No grade recorded
مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفِ آيَةٍ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَلَا أَقُولُ الْم عَشْرٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ وَلَامٌ وَمِيمٌ ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً
✧ Whoever recites the Quran, for every letter of a verse he has ten good deeds, and I do not say Alif Lam Mim is ten, but Alif, Lam, and Mim are thirty good deeds.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8648No grade recorded
تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَاتْلُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ تُؤْجَرُونَ بِهِ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مِنْهُ حَسَنَةٌ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ الْم حَسَنَةٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ وَلَامٌ وَمِيمٌ ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ {مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِها}
✧ Learn the Quran and recite it, for you will be rewarded for it with a good deed for every letter of it. Indeed I do not say Alif Lam Mim is a good deed, but Alif, Lam, and Mim are thirty good deeds. That is because Allah ﷻ says: {Whoever brings a good deed shall have ten times its like}.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8649No grade recorded
تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَاتْلُوهُ تُؤْجَرُوا بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ الْم وَلَكِنْ أَقُولُ أَلِفٌ وَلَامٌ وَمِيمٌ
✧ Learn the Quran and recite it, you will be rewarded for every letter with ten good deeds. Indeed I do not say Alif Lam Mim, but I say Alif, Lam, and Mim.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8650No grade recorded
مَاتَ رَجُلٌ فَجَاءَتْهُ مَلَائِكَةُ الْعَذَابِ فَجَلَسُوا عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَقَالَ لَا سَبِيلَ لَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ قَدْ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ فَجَلَسُوا عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَا سَبِيلَ لَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ قَدْ كَانَ يَقُومُ عَلَيْنَا بِسُورَةِ الْمُلْكِ فَجَلَسُوا عِنْدَ بَطْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَا سَبِيلَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ قَدْ وَعَى فِيَّ سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ فَسُمِّيَتِ الْمَانِعَةَ
✧ A man died, so the angels of punishment came to him and sat by his head. They said, "You have no way to escape from us. He used to recite Surah Al-Mulk." Then they sat by his feet and said the same. Finally, they sat by his abdomen and said, "You have no way to escape from us. Indeed, he has passed away while Surah Al-Mulk was with him." Thus, he was given the name "Al-Mani'ah" (the Preventer).
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8651No grade recorded
يُؤْتَى الرَّجُلُ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَيُؤْتَى رِجْلَاهُ فَيَقُولَانِ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ عَلَى مَا قِبَلَنَا مِنْ سَبِيلٍ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى جَوْفُهُ فَيَقُولُ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ عَلَيَّ سَبِيلٌ قَدْ كَانَ وَعَى فِيَّ سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ ثُمَّ يُؤْتَى مِنْ رَأْسِهِ فَيَقُولُ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ عَلَى مَا قِبَلِي سَبِيلٌ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيَّ سُورَةَ الْمُلْكِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «فَهِيَ الْمَانِعَةُ تَمْنَعُ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ وَهِي فِي التَّوْرَاةِ هَذِهِ سُورَةُ الْمُلْكِ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا فِي لَيْلَةٍ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْيَبَ»
✧ A man is approached in his grave. His feet are approached, and they say: "You have no way over what is before us; he used to recite Surat al-Mulk upon us." Then his torso is approached, and it says: "You have no way over me; he had contained Surat al-Mulk within me." Then he is approached from his head, and it says: "You have no way over what is before me; he used to recite Surat al-Mulk within me." Abdullah said: "It is the preventer, preventing the punishment of the grave. And in the Torah it is: Surat al-Mulk—whoever recites it in a night has done much and good."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8655No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «الْقُرْآنُ شَافِعٌ مُشَفَّعٌ وَمَاحِلٌ مُصَدَّقٌ فَمَنْ جَعَلَهُ إِمَامَهُ قَادَهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ جَعَلَهُ خَلْفَهُ سَاقَهُ إِلَى النَّارِ»
✧ Abdullah said: "The Quran is an intercessor whose intercession is accepted, and an advocate whose testimony is believed. Whoever makes it his guide, it leads him to Paradise; whoever puts it behind him, it drives him to the Fire."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8656No grade recorded
«مَنْ كَانَ يُحِبُّ الْقُرْآنَ وَيُعْجِبُهُ فَهُوَ بِخَيْرٍ»
✧ "Whoever loves the Quran and is pleased with it, he is upon good."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8657No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَلْيَنْظُرْ فَإِنْ كَانَ يُحِبُّ الْقُرْآنَ فَهُوَ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ﷺ»
✧ "Whoever loves to know that he loves Allah and His Messenger, let him look: if he loves the Qur'an, then he loves Allah and His Messenger ﷺ."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8658No grade recorded
سَمِعْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ وَأُصَدِّقُكَ أَوْ أُحَدِّثُ وَتُصَدِّقُنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَجْمَعَ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ لِخَيْرٍ وَشَرٍّ آيَةٌ فِي سُورَةِ النَّحْلِ {إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ} قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَكْبَرَ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَرَحًا آيَةٌ فِي سُورَةِ الْغُرَفِ {قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا} مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنْ شَاءَ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ
✧ You heard Abdullah, and I confirm you—or I narrate and you confirm me. He said: I heard Abdullah say: The most comprehensive verse in the Quran for good and evil is a verse in Surat al-Nahl: {Indeed Allah commands justice, excellence, and giving to relatives, and forbids immorality, wrongdoing, and oppression. He admonishes you so that you may take heed.} He said: You have spoken the truth. He said: I heard Abdullah say: The greatest verse in the Quran in bringing joy is a verse in Surat al-Ghuraf: {Say, O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair} of the mercy of Allah. Indeed Allah forgives all sins, if He wills. He said: You have spoken the truth.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8659No grade recorded
مَسْرُوقٌ لِشُتَيْرٍ إِنَّمَا تَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْنَا هَؤُلَاءِ لِنُحَدِّثَهُمْ فَإِمَّا أَنْ تُحَدِّثَ وَأُصَدِّقُكَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ وَتُصَدِّقَنِي فَقَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ حَدِّثْ أُصَدِّقُكَ قَالَ شُتَيْرٌ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ أَعْظَمَ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ {اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ صَدَقْتَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ أَنَّ أَجْمَعَ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ {إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ صَدَقْتَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَوْ أَكْبَرَ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَرَحًا {يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا} مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ صَدَقْتَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ أَشَدَّ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ تَفْوِيضًا {وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ صَدَقْتَ
✧ Masruq said to Shutayr: These people have turned to us only for us to narrate to them. Either you narrate and I confirm you, or I narrate and you confirm me. Masruq said: Narrate, and I will confirm you. Shutayr said: Abdullah b. Mas'ud narrated to us that the greatest verse in the Book of Allah is {Allah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer} to the end of the verse. Masruq said: You have spoken the truth. He narrated to us that Abdullah said: The most comprehensive verse in the Book of Allah is {Indeed Allah commands justice and excellence} to the end of the verse. Masruq said: You have spoken the truth. And he narrated to us that the most or greatest verse in the Book of Allah in bringing joy is {O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair} of the mercy of Allah to the end of the verse. Masruq said: You have spoken the truth. And he narrated to us that the verse in the Book of Allah conveying the greatest reliance is {And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out and provide for him from where he does not expect} to the end of the verse. Masruq said: You have spoken the truth.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8660No grade recorded
جَلَسْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَثَارَ إِلَيْهِمَا النَّاسُ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقُومُوا إِلَيْنَا إِلَّا لِنُحَدِّثَهُمْ فَإِمَّا أَنْ أُحَدِّثَهُمْ وَتُصَدِّقَنِي وَإِمَّا أَنْ تُحَدِّثَهُمْ فَأُصَدِّقَكَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ «أَعْظَمُ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ» فَقَالَ الْآخَرُ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ يَقُولُ أَجْمَعُ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ {إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ} قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَشَدُّ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ تَفْوِيضًا {وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا} قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَكْبَرُ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَرَحًا {يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ} قَالَ صَدَقْتَ
✧ We sat in the mosque, and the people surged toward the two of them. One of them said to his companion: They only stood up to us so that we narrate to them. Either I narrate to them and you confirm me, or you narrate and I confirm you. One of them said: I heard Abdullah say: "The greatest verse in the Quran is the Verse of the Throne." The other said: You have spoken the truth. The other said: I heard Abdullah say: The most comprehensive verse in the Quran is {Indeed Allah commands justice and excellence}. He said: You have spoken the truth. He said: And I heard him say: The verse in the Quran conveying the greatest reliance is {And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out}. He said: You have spoken the truth. The other said: And I heard him say: The greatest verse in the Quran in bringing joy is {O My servants who have transgressed against themselves}. He said: You have spoken the truth.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8661No grade recorded
مَسْرُوقٌ مَا أَرَى هَؤُلَاءِ جَلَسُوا إِلَيْنَا إِلَّا لِيَسْمَعُوا مِنَّا خَيْرًا فَإِمَّا تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأُصَدِّقُكَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَتُصَدِّقُنِي فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنَا أَبَا عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ «الَعَيْنَانِ تَزْنِيَانِ وَالرِّجْلَانِ تَزْنِيَانِ وَالْيَدَانِ تَزْنِيَانِ وَيُصَدِّقُ ذَلِكَ الْفَرْجُ وَيُكَذِّبُهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ وَأَنَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَ فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَجْمَعَ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ حَلَالٌ وَحَرَامٌ وَأَمْرٌ وَنَهْيٌ {إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَأَنَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَ فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَكْبَرَ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ تَفْوِيضًا {وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ} ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَأَنَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَ وَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَشَدَّ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَرَحًا {يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ «؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَنَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَدِيثِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ
✧ Masruq said: I do not think these people sat with us except to hear good from us. Either you narrate from Abdullah and I confirm you, or I narrate from Abdullah and you confirm me. He said: Narrate to us, Abu 'A'ishah. Masruq said: I heard Abdullah b. Mas'ud say: "The two eyes commit adultery, the two feet commit adultery, the two hands commit adultery, and the private part confirms or denies that." He said: Yes, and I have also heard it. He said: Have you heard Abdullah b. Mas'ud say that the most comprehensive verse in the Quran regarding lawful and unlawful, command and prohibition is {Indeed Allah commands justice, excellence, and giving to relatives, and forbids immorality} to the end of the verse? He said: Yes. He said: And I have also heard it. He said: Have you heard Abdullah b. Mas'ud say that the verse in the Quran conveying the greatest reliance is {And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out and provide for him from where he does not expect}? He said: Yes. He said: And I have also heard it. He said: And have you heard Abdullah b. Mas'ud say that the verse in the Quran bringing the greatest joy is {O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah} to the end of the verse? He said: Yes. He said: And I have also heard it. The wording is from the hadith of Hammad b. Zayd.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8662aNo grade recorded
أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ غَدَا فَتَعَلَّمَ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ كَانَتْ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَرْبَعٍ وَأَرْبَعٍ وَأَرْبَعٍ حَتَّى عَدَّ شَيْئًا كَثِيرًا
✧ That if one of you goes out in the morning and learns a verse from the Book of Allah, it is better for him than forty-four, forty-four, forty-four—until he enumerated many things.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8662bNo grade recorded
أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ غَدَا فَتَعَلَّمَ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ كَانَتْ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَرْبَعٍ وَأَرْبَعٍ وَأَرْبَعٍ حَتَّى عَدَّ شَيْئًا كَثِيرًا
✧ That if one of you goes out in the morning and learns a verse from the Book of Allah, it is better for him than forty-four, forty-four, forty-four—until he enumerated many things.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8663No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ لِلرَّجُلِ الْآيَةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «لَهِيَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا اطَّلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ أَوْ مِمَّا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ » حَتَّى يَقُولَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ كُلِّهِ
✧ He used to recite a verse to a man and then say: "It is better than what the sun has risen upon, or better than anything on the earth," until he would say that concerning the entire Quran.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8664No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَرَادَ خَيْرَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ فَلْيُثَوِّرِ الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ خَيْرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ»
✧ "Whoever desires the good of the first and the last, let him stir the Quran, for in it is the good of the first and the last."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8665No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَنْ أَرَادَ عِلْمًا فَلْيُثَوِّرِ الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ خَيْرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَخَيْرُ الْآخَرِينَ»
✧ Abdullah said, "Whoever seeks knowledge should start with the Quran, for it is the best of all things, both in the beginning and in the end."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8666No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَرَادَ الْعِلْمَ فَلْيُثَوِّرِ الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ عَلْمَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ»
✧ "Whoever desires knowledge, let him stir the Quran, for in it is the knowledge of the first and the last."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8667No grade recorded
«لِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ حَدٌّ وَلِكُلِّ حَدٍّ مُطَّلَعٌ»
✧ For every letter there is a limit, and for every limit there is a point of ascent.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8668No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ لَيْسَ مِنْهُ حَرْفٌ إِلَّا لَهُ حَدٌّ وَلِكُلِّ حَدٍّ مُطَّلَعٌ»
✧ Indeed, there is not a single letter of the Qur'an except that it has a limit, and for every limit there is a point of ascent.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8669No grade recorded
مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ
✧ Whoever recites 'Say: He is Allah, the One' it is as if he has recited a third of the Qur'an.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8670No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا يَعْمَلُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ رَيْحَانَةٍ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلَا طَعْمَ لَهَا وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَلَا يَقْرَؤُهُ كَمَثَلِ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي يَتَعَلَّمُ الْقُرْآنَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا يَعْمَلُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْحَنْظَلَةِ طَعْمُهَا خَبِيثٌ وَرِيحُهَا خَبِيثٌ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah said: 'The parable of one who recites the Qur'an but does not act upon it is like a fragrant herb whose scent is pleasant but has no taste. The parable of one who acts upon the Qur'an but does not recite it is like a date whose taste is pleasant but has no fragrance. The parable of one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it is like a citron whose taste is pleasant and whose fragrance is pleasant. The parable of one who does not recite the Qur'an nor act upon it is like a colocynth whose taste is bitter and whose smell is bitter.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8671No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَقَدْ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْيَبَ»
✧ Whoever recites Surah al-Baqarah in a night has done much and has done well.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8672No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَنْ قَرَأَ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَقَدْ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْيَبَ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah said: 'Whoever recites three verses from Surah al-Baqarah in a night has done much and has done well.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8673No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَنْ قَرَأَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي بَيْتٍ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتَ شَيْطَانٌ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ أَرْبَعَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا وَآيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَآيَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا وَخَوَاتِيمُهَا»
✧ ʿAbd Allah said: 'Whoever recites ten verses from Surah al-Baqarah in a house, no devil will enter that house that night until morning: four verses from its beginning, the Verse of the Throne, two verses after it, and its closing verses.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8674No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ {وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَاخِرِينَ}
✧ He used to recite: {And all will come to Him in humility} (Q27:87).
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8675No grade recorded
قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَمْ يَأْخُذْ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا حَرْفَيْنِ قُلْتُ {وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَاخِرِينَ} قَالَ {وَكُلٌّ آتَوْهُ دَاخِرِينَ} وَقُلْتُ {حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا} قَالَ {وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كَذَبُوا}
✧ I recited the Qur'an to ʿAbd Allah and he did not correct me except for two letters. I recited: {And all will come to Him in humility} (Q27:87). He said: {And all will come to Him in humility}. And I recited: {Until, when the messengers despaired and thought that they had been denied} (Q12:110). He said: {And thought that they had been lied to}.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8676No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ {إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ} يَقُولُ «شَيْءٌ اخْتَلَقُوهُ»
✧ He used to recite: {This is nothing but the tales of the ancients} (Q68:15), saying: 'Something they fabricated.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8677No grade recorded
كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يُقْرِئُ الْقُرْآنَ رَجُلًا، فَقَرَأَ الرَّجُلُ {إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ} مُرْسَلَةً۔ فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: مَا هَكَذَا، أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ۔ قَالَ: أَقْرَأَنِيهَا {إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ} فَمَدَّدَها۔
✧ Ibn Masood used to recite the Quran to a man. The man recited the verse "Verily, the sadaqat (charity) are only for the poor and the needy" incorrectly. So Ibn Masood said, "This is not how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited it to me. He recited it as 'Verily, the sadaqat are only for the poor and the needy'." And he elongated it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8678No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ (أَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّهْهُ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ)
✧ He recited: (Wherever He directs him, he brings only good).
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8679No grade recorded
أَنْ لَا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ»
✧ That you worship none but Him.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8680No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ الْقُرَّاءَ فَسَمِعْتُهُمْ مُتَقَارِبِينَ فَاقْرَءُوا كَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّنَطُّعَ وَالِاخْتِلَافَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ كَقَوْلِ أَحَدِكُمْ هَلُمَّ وَتَعَالَ
✧ I heard the Quran reciters and I found their recitations close to one another, so recite as you have been taught, and beware of being overly meticulous and of disagreement, for it is only like one of you saying, 'Come here' and 'Come on.'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8681No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا {هَيْتَ} إِنَّا قَدْ سَأَلْنَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ كَمَا عَلِمْتُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ
✧ ʿAbdullah [said]: Do not say {hīt} [i.e., do not alter the reading]. We have already asked about that, and I prefer to recite as I was taught.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8682No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ {مَجْرَاهَا وَمَرْسَاهَا}
✧ He used to recite {majrāhā wa-mursāhā}.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8683No grade recorded
أَنْ يُقْرَأَ بَعْضُهُ فِي بَعْضٍ وَلَكِنِ الْخَطَأُ أَنْ تُلْحِقُوا بِهِ مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ»
✧ It is permitted to recite some of it [one variant] in place of some [another variant], but the error is to attach to it something that is not part of it.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8684No grade recorded
«أَعْرِبُوا بِالْقُرْآنِ فَإِنَّهُ عَرَبِيٌّ»
✧ Inflect the Quran according to Arabic grammar, for it is Arabic.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8685No grade recorded
«أَعْرِبُوا الْقُرْآنَ»
✧ Inflect the Quran according to Arabic grammar.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8686No grade recorded
«أَعْرِبُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ عَرَبِيٌّ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَثْقَفُونَهُ وَلَيْسُوا بِخِيَارِكُمْ»
✧ Inflect the Quran according to Arabic grammar, for it is Arabic, and there will come a people who will master it but they are not the best of you.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8687No grade recorded
«أَدِيمُوا النَّظَرَ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ»
✧ Keep looking at the mushaf continuously.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8688No grade recorded
«تَعَاهَدُوا الْمَصَاحِفَ فَلَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنَ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهَا»
✧ Keep reviewing the mushafs, for it slips away from men's chests more quickly than camels break free from their tethers.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8689No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَرَأَهَا {بَلْ عَجِبْتُ وَيَسْخَرُونَ}
✧ He recited it as {bal ʿajibtu wa-yaskharūn}.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8690No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَؤُهَا «الْحَيُّ الْقَيَّامُ»
✧ He used to recite it as "al-Ḥayy al-Qayyām".
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8691No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ {حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ} قَالَ «زَوْجُ النَّاقَةِ»
✧ He used to recite {ḥattā yalija al-jamalu fī sammi al-khiyāṭi} [until the camel goes through the eye of the needle], saying, "It means the male camel."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8693No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِذَا سَأَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ كَيْفَ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلْيَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ مَا قَبْلَهَا»
✧ Abdullah said: "When one of you asks his companion how he recites such-and-such a verse, let him ask him about what comes before it."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8694No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ إِذَا سَأَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ عَنِ الْآيَةِ فَلَا يَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَكِنْ يَقْرَأُ مَا قَبْلَهَا ثُمَّ لْيَحُلْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ حَاجَتِهِ
✧ Abdullah said: "When one of you asks his brother about a verse, he should not say, 'Such-and-such,' for that is not upon him, but he should recite what comes before it, then let him come between him and his need."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8695No grade recorded
قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَأَعْجَبَهُ صَوْتِي فَقَالَ «رَتِّلْ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي»
✧ I recited to Abdullah and he was pleased with my voice, so he said: "Recite in a measured tone, may my father and mother be your ransom."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8696No grade recorded
ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «أَدِيمُوا النَّظَرَ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ وَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي يَا وَتَا فَاجْعَلُوهَا يَا ذَكِّرُوا الْقُرْآنَ»
✧ Ibn Masʿud said: "Keep looking at the mushaf, and if you differ over a ya or a ta, make it ya; treat the Quran as masculine."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8697No grade recorded
«إِذَا تَمَارَيْتُمْ فِي يَا أَوْ تَا فَاجْعَلُوهَا يَا وَذَكِّرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ مُذَّكَرٌ»
✧ He said: "When you dispute over a ya or a ta, make it ya and treat the Quran as masculine, for it is masculine."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8698No grade recorded
«لَيُنْتَزَعَنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْهُرِكُمْ» قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَيْفَ يُنْتَزَعُ وَقَدْ أَثْبَتْنَاهُ فِي مَصَاحِفِنَا؟ قَالَ «يُسْرَى عَلَيْهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَلَا يَبْقَى فِي قَلْبِ عَبْدٍ وَلَا مُصْحَفٍ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ وَيُصْبِحُ النَّاسُ فُقَرَاءَ كَالْبَهَائِمِ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ {وَلَئِنْ شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلًا}
✧ He said: "This Quran will surely be snatched away from among you." I said: "O Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman, how can it be snatched away when we have fixed it in our mushafs?" He said: "It will be taken away by night, and nothing of it will remain in the heart of any servant or in any mushaf, and people will wake up poor like beasts." Then Abdullah recited: "And if We willed, We could surely take away that which We have revealed to you, then you would find no guardian for you against Us."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8699No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «أَوَّلُ مَا تَفْقِدُونَ مِنْ دِينِكُمُ الْأَمَانَةَ وَآخَرُ مَا يَبْقَى الصَّلَاةُ وَلَيُصَلِّيَنَّ قَوْمٌ لَا إِيمَانَ لَهُمْ»
✧ Abdullah said: "The first thing you will lose of your religion is trustworthiness, and the last thing that will remain is prayer, and a people will surely pray who have no faith."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8700No grade recorded
وَلَيُنْتَزَعَنَّ الْقُرْآنُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْهُرِكُمْ» قَالُوا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَلَسْنَا نَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَقَدْ أَثْبَتْنَاهُ فِي مَصَاحِفِنَا؟ قَالَ «يُسْرَى عَلَى الْقُرْآنِ لَيْلًا فَيُذْهَبُ بِهِ مِنْ أَجْوَافِ الرِّجَالِ فَلَا يَبْقَى فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ»
✧ And the Quran will surely be snatched away from among you." They said: "O Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman, are we not reciting the Quran and have we not fixed it in our mushafs?" He said: "The Quran will be taken away by night and removed from the hearts of men, so that nothing of it will remain on the earth."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8701No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَهُوَ رَاجِزٌ»
✧ He said: "Whoever recites the Quran in less than three days is a rajaz reciter."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8702No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَهُوَ رَاجِزٌ»
✧ He said: "Whoever recites the Quran in less than three days is a rajaz reciter."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8703No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَهُوَ رَاجِزٌ»
✧ He said: "Whoever recites the Quran in less than three days is a rajaz reciter."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8705No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَهُوَ رَاجِزٌ»
✧ "Whoever recites the Quran in less than three days is negligent."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8706No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ «كَانَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ ويَقْرَأُهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ ثَلَاثًا»
✧ "He used to read the Quran on Fridays and he used to read it three times in Ramadan."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8707No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا يُقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنُ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ اقْرَءُوهُ فِي سَبْعٍ وَيُحَافِظُ الرَّجُلُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ عَلَى جُزْئِهِ»
✧ Abdullah said: "The Quran is not to be recited in less than three days. Recite it in seven, and let a man keep to his portion every day and night."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8710No grade recorded
«كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ وَمَا يَسْتَعِينُ مِنَ النَّهَارِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا»
✧ Ibn Masʿūd used to recite the Qur’an in three [days], and he would only take a little help from the daytime.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8711No grade recorded
«كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ ثَلَاثٍ وَقَلَّمَا يَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ بِالنَّهَارِ»
✧ ʿAbdullāh used to recite the Qur’an every three [days], and he rarely took from it during the daytime.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8712No grade recorded
أَصْحَابُنَا عَلْقَمَةُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ وَالرَّبِيعُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ
✧ Our companions ʿAlqamah, al-Aswad, and al-Rabīʿ b. Khuthaym.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8714No grade recorded
سُئِلَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَذْكَرَتَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ قَالَ «إِذَا قَرَأْتَ سُورَةً آخِرُهَا سَجْدَةٌ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَارْكَعْ فَإِنَّمَا الرَّكْعَةُ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَاسْجُدْ ثُمَّ اقْرَأْ بَعْدَهَا سُورَةً؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ
✧ Abū Isḥāq was asked, and it was said to him: “Do you remember from al-Aswad that ʿAbdullāh said: ‘When you recite a sūrah whose end is a prostration, then if you wish, bow, for the rakʿah is from the prostration; and if you wish, prostrate, then recite a sūrah after it?’” He said: “Yes.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8715No grade recorded
«إِذَا كَانَتِ السَّجْدَةُ خَاتِمَةَ السُّورَةِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ رَكَعْتَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ سَجَدْتَ»
✧ “When the prostration is the seal of the sūrah, then if you wish, bow; and if you wish, prostrate.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8717No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «إِنَّمَا هِي تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ ذُكِرَتْ فَكَانَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا» يَعْنِي ص
✧ ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd: “It is only the repentance of a prophet that is mentioned, so he would not prostrate in it,” meaning Ṣād.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8718No grade recorded
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ «كَانَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص»
✧ ʿAbdullāh would not prostrate in Ṣād.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8719No grade recorded
وَقَالَ «إِنَّمَا هِي تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ»
✧ And he said: “It is only the repentance of a prophet.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8720No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا هِي تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ»
✧ He would not prostrate in Ṣād, and he said: “It is only the repentance of a prophet.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8721No grade recorded
«أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ كَانَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص»
✧ ʿAbdullāh would not prostrate in Ṣād.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8722No grade recorded
عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَا كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا هِي تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ»
✧ From al-Shaʿbī: They both said: ʿAbdullāh would not prostrate in Ṣād, and he said: “It is only the repentance of a prophet.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8723No grade recorded
«اقْرَأْ» فَكَانَ يَفْتَحُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ
✧ “Recite,” and he would prompt him while he was reciting.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8724No grade recorded
«اقْرَأْ» فَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ وَجَعَلَ يَفْتَحُ عَلَيْهِ
✧ “Read,” and he began reading, and he began prompting him.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8725No grade recorded
إِبْرَاهِيمُ «تَبَرَّزَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَفْتَحَهُ رَجُلٌ فَفَتَحَ عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَلْمِسَ مَاءً»
✧ Ibrahim: “ʿAbd Allah went aside to relieve himself, then a man asked him to open (the recitation), and he prompted him before touching water.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8726No grade recorded
«كَانَ فِي خَاتَمِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ شَجَرَةٌ أَوْ شَيْءٌ بَيْنَ ذُبَابَيْنِ»
✧ “On Ibn Masʿud’s ring there was a tree, or something, between two flies.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8727No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِخَمْسِ آيَاتٍ لَمْ يَكْتُبْ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ أَبَدًا مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِنْطَارٌ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ سَبْعَ مِائَةٍ أَفْلَحَ»
✧ “Whoever recites five verses in a night will never be recorded that night among the heedless; whoever recites one hundred verses will be recorded among the devout; whoever recites three hundred will have a qintar recorded for him; and whoever recites seven hundred will succeed.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8728No grade recorded
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ
✧ ʿAbd Allah would prostrate in “When the sky is split open.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8729No grade recorded
سَجَدْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ وَمَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ قَالَ الْأَسْوَدُ «أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَلَا أَشُكُّ فِيهِ»
✧ I prostrated with ʿUmar and with ʿAbd Allah in “When the sky is split open.” Al-Aswad said, “As for one of them, I have no doubt about it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8730No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ وَعُمَرَ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا يَسْجُدُ فِي إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ
✧ I saw ʿAbd Allah and ʿUmar, or one of them, prostrate in “When the sky is split open.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8731No grade recorded
«أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي النَّجْمِ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ»
✧ “ʿAbd Allah would prostrate in (Surah) al-Najm and ‘Read in the name of your Lord who created.’”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8732No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْأَعْرَافِ أَوِ النَّجْمِ أَوْ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ أَوْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَشَاءَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ بِآخِرِهِنَّ رَكَعَ أَجْزَأَهُ سُجُودُ الرُّكُوعِ وَإِنْ سَجَدَ فَلْيُضِفْ إِلَيْهَا سُورَةً»
✧ ʿAbd Allah: “Whoever recites Surah al-Aʿraf, or al-Najm, or ‘When the sky is split open,’ or the Children of Israel, or ‘Read in the name of your Lord who created,’ then if he wishes to bow at the end of any of them, he may bow, and the prostration of bowing suffices him; and if he prostrates, let him add another surah to it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8733No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ الْأَعْرَافَ وَالنَّجْمَ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَشَاءَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ بِآخِرِهِنَّ رَكَعَ أَجْزَأَهُ سُجُودُ الرُّكُوعِ وَإِنْ سَجَدَ فَلْيُضِفْ إِلَيْهَا سُورَةً»
✧ “Whoever recites al-Aʿraf, al-Najm, and ‘Read in the name of your Lord who created,’ then if he wishes to bow at the end of any of them, he may bow, and the prostration of bowing suffices him; and if he prostrates, let him add another surah to it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8734No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَرَأَ الْأَعْرَافَ وَالنَّجْمَ وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَإِنْ شَاءَ رَكَعَ بِهَا وَقَدْ أَجْزَأَهُ عَنْهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ سَجَدَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَرَأَ السُّورَةَ وَرَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ»
✧ “Whoever recites al-Aʿraf, al-Najm, and ‘Read in the name of your Lord who created,’ then if he wishes he may bow with it and it suffices him; and if he wishes he may prostrate, then stand and recite the surah and bow and prostrate.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8735No grade recorded
أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ النَّجْمَ عَلَى النَّاسِ سَجَدَ بِهَا وَإِذَا قَرَأَهَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَكَعَ بِهَا وَسَجَدَ
✧ When Ibn Masʿud recited al-Najm to the people, he prostrated with it; and when he recited it in prayer, he bowed with it and prostrated.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8736No grade recorded
«لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ فِي التَّبَسُّمِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْءٌ»
✧ There is nothing upon him regarding smiling in the prayer.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8737No grade recorded
«أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ يَسْجُدُ فِي الْآيَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ حم تَنْزِيلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ»
✧ Abdullah b. Masʿud used to prostrate in the first verse of Ḥā Mīm Tanzīl from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8738No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنَّ الصَّلَوَاتِ هُنَّ الْحَسَنَاتُ وَكَفَّارَةُ مَا بَيْنَ الْأُولَى إِلَى الْعَصْرِ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ وَكَفَّارَةُ مَا بَيْنَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ صَلَاةُ الْمَغْرِبِ وَكَفَّارَةُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ إِلَى الْعَتَمَةِ صَلَاةُ الْعَتَمَةِ ثُمَّ يَأْوِي الْمُسْلِمُ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ مَا اجْتَنَبَ الْكَبَائِرَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ}
✧ Abdullah said: Indeed, the prayers are the good deeds and an expiation for what is between the first to the afternoon prayer is the afternoon prayer, and an expiation for what is between the afternoon prayer to the sunset prayer is the sunset prayer, and an expiation for what is between the sunset to the night prayer is the night prayer, then the Muslim retires to his bed with no sin upon him as long as he avoids major sins. Then he recited: {Indeed, good deeds remove evil deeds}.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8739No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «تَحْتَرِقُونَ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّوُا الْفَجْرَ غُسِلَتْ ثُمَّ تَحْتَرِقُونَ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّوُا الظُّهْرَ غُسِلَتْ تَحْتَرِقُونَ حَتَّى إِذَا صَلَّوُا الْعَصْرَ غُسِلَتْ حَتَّى عَدَّ الصَّلَوَاتِ كُلَّهَا هَكَذَا»
✧ Abdullah b. Masʿud said: You burn until when they pray the dawn prayer, they are washed; then you burn until when they pray the noon prayer, they are washed; you burn until when they pray the afternoon prayer, they are washed; until he counted all the prayers like this.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8740No grade recorded
«إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْحَقَائِقُ كَفَّارَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ مَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرُ»
✧ Indeed, these prayers are the true expiations for what is between them, as long as major sins are avoided.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8741No grade recorded
«الصَّلَوَاتُ كَفَّارَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ مَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرُ»
✧ The prayers are expiations for what is between them, as long as major sins are avoided.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8742No grade recorded
كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ وَهُوَ يَمْشِي فَإِذَا مَرَرْنَا بِالسَّجْدَةِ كَبَّرَ وَكَبَّرْنَا وَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدْنَا إِيمَاءً يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ وَيَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَنَقُولُ وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ «وَزَعَمَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ» أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِهِمْ
✧ We used to recite to Abu ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī while he was walking. When we came to a prostration verse, he said Allahu Akbar and we said Allahu Akbar, and he prostrated and we prostrated, gesturing. He would raise his head and say, 'Peace be upon you,' and we would say, 'And upon you be peace.' Abu ʿAbd al-Raḥmān claimed that Abdullah used to do that with them.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8743No grade recorded
مَنْ قَرَأَ مِنْكُمُ الْقُرْآنَ فَلْيَتَعَلَّمِ الْفَرَائِضَ فَإِنْ لَقِيَهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا مُهَاجِرُ أَتَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيَقُولُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ فَيَقُولُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ أَتَفْرِضُ يَا مُهَاجِرُ؟ فَإِذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ زِيَادَةٌ وَخَيْرٌ وَإِنْ قَالَ لَا أُحْسِنُهُ قَالَ فَمَا فَضْلُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا مُهَاجِرُ؟
✧ Whoever among you recites the Quran, let him learn the obligatory shares of inheritance, for if a bedouin meets him and says, 'O Muhājir, do you recite the Quran?' and he says, 'Yes,' then the bedouin says, 'And I recite,' then the bedouin says, 'Do you assign the shares, O Muhājir?' If he says, 'Yes,' he says, 'An addition and good.' But if he says, 'I do not know it well,' he says, 'Then what is your superiority over me, O Muhājir?'
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8744No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحْوَجُ إِلَى طُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»
✧ Abdullah said: By Allah, besides whom there is no god, there is nothing on the face of the earth more in need of lengthy imprisonment than a tongue.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8745No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَا عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحْوَجُ إِلَى طُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»
✧ Abdullah said: By Allah, besides whom there is no god, there is nothing on the back of the earth more in need of lengthy imprisonment than a tongue.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8746No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحَقُّ بِطُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»
✧ Abdullah said: There is nothing on the earth more deserving of lengthy imprisonment than a tongue.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8747No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَحَقُّ بِطُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»
✧ I heard Abdullah b. Masʿud say: There is nothing more deserving of lengthy imprisonment than a tongue.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8748No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الْإِثْمَ حَوَازُّ الْقُلُوبِ فَمَا حَزَّ فِي قَلْبِ أَحَدِكُمْ شَيْءٌ فَلْيَدَعْهُ»
✧ “Sin is what scratches the hearts; whatever scratches the heart of any of you, let him leave it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8749No grade recorded
«مَا كَانَ مِنْ نَظْرَةٍ فَلِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهَا مَطْمَعٌ وَالْإِثْمُ حَوَازُّ الْقُلُوبِ»
✧ “Whatever is from a glance, the devil has a share of desire in it, and sin is what scratches the hearts.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8750No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَأَحْوَازَ الصُّدُورِ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah: “Beware of the whisperings of the chests.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8751No grade recorded
سَمَّعَ سَمَّعَ اللهُ بِهِ وَمَنْ رَاءَى رَاءَى اللهُ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ تَخَشَّعَ لِلَّهِ تَوَاضُعًا رَفَعَهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “Whoever lets others hear of his deeds, Allah will expose him; whoever shows off, Allah will expose him on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever humbles himself before Allah out of humility, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8752No grade recorded
«اغْدُ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا وَلَا تَغْدُ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَأَحِبَّ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَلَا تُبْغِضْهُمْ»
✧ “Go forth as a scholar or a learner, and do not go forth between that; if you do not, then love the scholars and do not hate them.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8753No grade recorded
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ أَوْصَى ابْنَهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكَ بِاتِّقَاءِ اللهِ وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ وَأَمْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ»
✧ ʿAbd Allah counseled his son ʿAbd al-Rahman, saying: “I counsel you to be mindful of Allah, let your house suffice you, weep over your sin, and control your tongue.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8754No grade recorded
«يُكْوَى رَجُلٌ يَكْنِزُ فَيَمَسُّ دِرْهَمٌ دِرْهَمًا وَلَا دِينَارٌ دِينَارًا يُوَسَّعُ جِلْدُهُ حَتَّى يُوضَعَ كُلُّ دِينَارٍ وَدِرْهَمٍ عَلَى حِدَتِهِ»
✧ “A man who hoards will be cauterized; a dirham will touch another dirham and no dinar another dinar; his skin will be expanded until every dinar and dirham is placed separately on it.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8755No grade recorded
«تَعَوَّدُوا الْخَيْرَ فَإِنَّ الْخَيْرَ بِالْعَادَةِ وَحَافِظُوا عَلَى نِيَّاتِكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»
✧ “Accustom yourselves to good, for good comes by habit, and guard your intentions in prayer.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8756No grade recorded
«مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ»
✧ “Whoever Allah wills good for, He gives him understanding in the religion.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8757No grade recorded
«مَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ أَضَرَّ بِدُنْيَاهُ وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الدُّنْيَا أَضَرَّ بِآخِرَتِهِ فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَضُرُّوا بِالْفَانِي لِلْبَاقِي»
✧ “Whoever desires the Hereafter harms his worldly life, and whoever desires the world harms his Hereafter, so He commanded them to harm the perishable for the everlasting.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8758No grade recorded
كُنْتُ بِشِرَافَ فَنَزَلَ بِنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَيْهِ أَهْلِي بِأَشْيَاءَ وَجَاءَ غِلْمَةٌ لَنَا كَانُوا فِي الْإِبِلِ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَرْبَعٍ بِطَيْرٍ فَذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ سَأَلَنِي «مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَنِي بِهَذَا الطَّيْرِ؟» قَالَ قُلْتُ جَاءَ بِهِ غِلْمَانٌ لَنَا كَانُوا فِي الْإِبِلِ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ أَرْبَعِ لَيَالٍ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي حَيْثُ صِيدَ لَا أُكَلِّمُ بِشَيْءٍ بَشَرًا وَلَا يُكَلِّمُنِي حَتَّى أَلْحَقَ بِاللهِ»
✧ I was at Shuraf, and ʿAbd Allah stopped with us. My family sent me to him with some things, and some slave boys of ours who were with the camels came from a journey of four nights with a bird. I took it to him. When I took it to him, he asked me, “From where did you bring me this bird?” I said, “Some slave boys of ours who were with the camels brought it from a journey of four nights.” ʿAbd Allah said, “I wish that I were where it was hunted, not speaking to any human about anything, and no one speaking to me until I meet Allah.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8759No grade recorded
وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ حَيَّةٍ إِلَّا الْمَوْتُ خَيْرٌ لَهَا إِنْ كَانَ بِرًّا إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ {وَمَا عِنْدَ اللهِ خَيْرٌ لِلْأَبْرَارِ} وَإِنْ كَانَ فَاجِرًا إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَقُولُ {وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا}
✧ By Allah, other than whom there is no god, there is no living soul but that death is better for it: if it is righteous, for Allah ﷻ says, “And what is with Allah is better for the righteous,” and if it is wicked, for Allah ﷻ says, “And let not those who disbelieve think that Our granting them respite is better for themselves; We only grant them respite that they may increase in sin.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8760No grade recorded
«يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَعَلَّمُوا فَمَنْ عَلِمَ فَلْيَعْمَلْ»
✧ O people, learn! Whoever knows, let him act.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8761No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَشْرَبُونَ الْعِلْمَ شُرْبًا»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh said: “A people will come who drink knowledge as one drinks.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8762No grade recorded
«صَدَقْتَ وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ»
✧ “You have spoken the truth, by the One besides whom there is no god.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8763No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا أُلْفِيَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ جِيفَةَ لَيْلٍ قُطْرُبَ نَهَارٍ»
✧ "Abdullah said, 'I do not know any of you who has the endurance of a camel in the darkness of the night and the heat of the day.'"
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8764No grade recorded
«لَا يُقَلِّدَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ دِينَهُ رَجُلًا فَإِنْ آمَنَ آمَنَ وَإِنْ كَفَرَ كَفَرَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا بُدَّ مُقْتَدِينَ فَاقْتَدُوا بِالْمَيِّتِ فَإِنَّ الْحَيَّ لَا يُؤْمَنُ عَلَيْهِ الْفِتْنَةُ»
✧ "Do not imitate the religion of anyone among you, for if he believes, he will believe, and if he disbelieves, he will disbelieve. If you are to follow anyone, follow the one who has passed away, for the living are not safe from trials."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8765No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا يَكُونُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِمَّعَةً» قَالُوا وَمَا الْإِمَّعَةُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّاسِ إِنِ اهْتَدَوُا اهْتَدَيْتُ وَإِنْ ضَلُّوا ضَلَلْتُ أَلَا لَيُوَطِّنُ أَحَدُكُمْ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى إِنْ كَفَرَ النَّاسُ أَنْ لَا يَكْفُرَ»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh said: “None of you should be an immaʿa (one who blindly follows others).” They said, “What is an immaʿa, O Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān?” He said, “He says, ‘I am only with the people: if they are guided, I am guided; and if they go astray, I go astray.’ Indeed, let each of you resolve in himself that even if the people disbelieve, he will not disbelieve.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8766No grade recorded
«كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ نُسَمِّي الْإِمَّعَةَ الَّذِي يَأْتِي الطَّعَامَ وَلَمْ يُدْعَ إِلَيْهِ أَلَا وَإِنَّ الْإِمَّعَةَ فِيكُمُ الْمُحْقِبُ دِينَهُ»
✧ “In the Age of Ignorance we used to call the immaʿa the one who comes to food without being invited. Indeed, the immaʿa among you is the one who makes his religion a mount for others.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8767No grade recorded
«كُنَّا نُسَمِّي الْإِمَّعَةَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الرَّجُلُ يُدْعَى إِلَى الطَّعَامِ فَيَتْبَعُهُ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي يَحْقِبُ النَّاسَ دِينَهُ وَكُنَّا نُسَمِّي الْعَضَهَ السِّحْرَ وَهُوَ الْيَوْمَ قِيلَ وَقَالَ»
✧ “In the Age of Ignorance we used to call the immaʿa a man who is invited to food and another man follows him. Today it is the one who makes his religion a mount for people. And we used to call slander sorcery; today it is ‘it was said and he said.’”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8768No grade recorded
«أَنْتُمْ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاةً وَأَكْثَرُ جِهَادًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَهُمْ كَانُوا خَيْرًا مِنْكُمْ» قَالُوا بِمَ ذَاكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا أَزْهَدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَرْغَبَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»
✧ “You pray more and strive more than the Companions of Muḥammad ﷺ, yet they were better than you.” They said, “Why is that, O Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān?” He said, “Because they were more abstinent from this world and more desirous of the Hereafter.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8770No grade recorded
«اتَّبِعُوا وَلَا تَبْتَدِعُوا فَقَدْ كُفِيتُمْ كُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ»
✧ "Follow and do not innovate, for you have been sufficed with every innovation of misguidance."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8771No grade recorded
«الْأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا نَارٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالْجَنَّةُ مِنْ وَرَائِهَا يَرَوْنَ كَوَاعِبَهَا وَأَكْوَابَهَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لِيَفِيضُ عَرَقًا حَتَّى يَسِيحَ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَامَتَهُ ثُمَّ يَرْتَفِعُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ أَنْفَهُ وَمَا مَسَّهُ الْحِسَابُ» قَالُوا مِمَّ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ «مِمَّا يَرَى النَّاسَ يَلْقَوْنَ»
✧ “The whole earth will be fire on the Day of Resurrection, and Paradise will be beyond it. They will see its maidens with swelling breasts and its goblets. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of ʿAbd Allāh, a man will sweat so profusely that his sweat will flow over the earth up to his own height, then it will rise until it reaches his nose, while the reckoning has not touched him.” They said, “Why is that?” He said, “Because of what he sees people suffering.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8772No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ «وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ لَا يُحْسِنُ عَبْدُ اللهِ الظَّنَّ إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ ظَنَّهُ وَذَلِكَ بَانَ الْخَيْرُ فِي يَدِهِ»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh said: “By the One besides whom there is no god, no servant thinks well of Allah except that He gives him what he thought, and that is because all good is in His hand.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8773No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ لِامْرَأَتِهِ «الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ أَمْسِ؟» فَقَالَتْ لَا أَدْرِي فَقَالَ «لَكِنِّي أَدْرِي أَمْسِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْيَوْمِ وَالْيَوْمُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ غَدٍ وَكَذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh said to his wife: “Is today better or yesterday?” She said, “I do not know.” He said, “But I know: yesterday is better than today, and today is better than tomorrow, and so on until the Hour comes.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8774No grade recorded
خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ خَائِرٌ فَقُلْنَا مَا لَكَ؟ فَقَالَ «ذَهَبَ صَفْوُ الدُّنْيَا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا الْكَدَرُ فَالْمَوْتُ الْيَوْمَ تُحْفَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ»
✧ ʿAbd Allāh came out to us one day while he was weak. We said, “What is the matter with you?” He said, “The pure part of this world is gone, and nothing remains but its dregs. Today death is a gift for every Muslim.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8775No grade recorded
«ذَهَبَ صَفْوُ الدُّنْيَا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا الْكَدَرُ فَالْمَوْتُ الْيَوْمَ تُحْفَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ»
✧ “The pure part of this world is gone, and nothing remains but its dregs. Today death is a gift for every Muslim.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8776No grade recorded
«مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ ثَغَبٍ» قُلْنَا وَمَا الثَّغَبُ؟ قَالَ «الْغَدِيرُ ذَهَبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِي كَدَرُهُ فَالْمَوْتُ تُحْفَةٌ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ»
✧ The likeness of this world is that of a water-hole (thaghab)." We said, "What is a thaghab?" He said, "A pool whose clear water has gone and whose dregs remain. So death is a gift for every believer."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8777No grade recorded
«يَوَدُّ أَهْلُ الْبَلَاءِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حِينَ يُعَايِنُونَ الثَّوَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ جُلُودَهُمْ كَانَتْ تُقْرَضُ بِالْمَقَارِيضِ»
✧ The people of affliction will wish on the Day of Resurrection, when they behold the reward, that their skins had been cut with scissors.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8778No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَجْسَادَهُمْ كَانَتْ قُرِضَتْ بِالْمَقَارِيضِ»
✧ that their bodies had been cut with scissors."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8779No grade recorded
إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ لَيُلْجَمُ بِعَرَقِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ طُولِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ حَتَّى يَقُولَ رَبِّ أَرِحْنِي وَلَوْ إِلَى النَّارِ
✧ The disbeliever will be bridled with his sweat on the Day of Resurrection, because of the length of that day, until he says, "My Lord, relieve me, even if it be to the Fire."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8780No grade recorded
أَنْ يَسْأَلَ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْمِدْحَةِ وَالثَّنَاءِ عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ لْيُصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ لِيَسْأَلْ بَعْدُ فَإِنَّهُ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ يَنْجَحَ»
✧ that he should ask, let him begin with praising and extolling Allah as He deserves, then let him invoke blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, then let him ask afterwards, for that is more likely to succeed."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8781No grade recorded
إِذَا رَكِبَ الرَّجُلُ الدَّابَّةَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللهَ رَدَفَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَقَالَ لَهُ تَغَنَّ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُحْسِنْ قَالَ لَهُ تَمَنَّ
✧ When a man mounts a riding beast and does not remember Allah, Satan rides behind him and says to him, "Sing." If he is not good at it, he says to him, "Wish."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8782No grade recorded
إِنَّ شَّيْطَانَ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَلْقَى شَيْطَانَ الْكَافِرِ فَيَرَى شَيْطَانَ الْمُؤْمِنِ شَاحِبًا أَغْبَرَ مَهْزُولًا فَيَقُولُ شَيْطَانُ الْكَافِرِ مَا لَكَ؟ وَيْحَكَ قَدْ هَلَكْتَ فَيَقُولُ شَيْطَانُ الْمُؤْمِنِ لَا وَاللهِ مَا أَصِلُ مَعَهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا طَعِمَ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ وَإِذَا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ فَيَقُولُ الْآخَرُ لَكِنِّي آكُلُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَأَشْرَبُ مِنْ شَرَابِهِ وَأَنَامُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَهَذَا سَاحٌّ وَهَذَا مَهْزُولٌ
✧ The Satan of a believer meets the Satan of a disbeliever. The Satan of the believer appears pale, dusty, and emaciated, so the Satan of the disbeliever says, "What is the matter with you? Woe to you, you are ruined." The Satan of the believer says, "No, by Allah, I cannot get at him with anything. When he eats, he mentions the name of Allah; when he drinks, he mentions the name of Allah; and when he enters his house, he mentions the name of Allah." The other one says, "But I eat from his food, drink from his drink, and sleep on his bed." So this one is fat and that one is emaciated.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8783No grade recorded
عَبْدُ اللهِ الْكَبَائِرُ الشِّرْكُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَأْسُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللهِ وَالْقَنُوطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَالْأَمْنُ مِنْ مَكْرِ اللهِ
✧ Abdullah, the major sins are associating partners with Allah, despairing of Allah's relief, despondency of Allah's mercy, and feeling secure from Allah's plan.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8784No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ وَالْأَمْنُ مِنْ مَكْرِ اللهِ وَالْقَنُوطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَالْيَأْسُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللهِ
✧ that he said: The greatest of major sins are associating partners with Allah, feeling secure from Allah's plan, despondency of Allah's mercy, and despairing of Allah's relief.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8785No grade recorded
أَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَأْسُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللهِ وَالْقَنُوطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ وَالْأَمْنُ لِمَكْرِ اللهِ
✧ The greatest of major sins are associating partners with Allah, despairing of Allah's relief, despondency of Allah's mercy, and feeling secure from Allah's plan.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8786No grade recorded
«اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُمِّكَ فَقُلْ لَهَا فَلْتُلْبِسْكَ قَمِيصًا غَيْرَ هَذَا»
✧ Go to your mother and tell her to dress you in a shirt other than this one."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8787No grade recorded
كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَجَاءَ ابْنٌ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ حَرِيرٌ فَقَالَ «مَنْ كَسَاكَ هَذَا؟» قَالَ أُمِّي قَالَ فَشَقَّهُ قَالَ «قُلْ لِأُمِّكَ تَكْسُوكَ غَيْرَ هَذَا»
✧ We were with Abdullah when a son of his came wearing a silk shirt. He said, "Who clothed you in this?" He said, "My mother." He said, "So he tore it." He said, "Tell your mother to clothe you in something other than this."
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8788No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ قَالَ «لَنْ يَجِدَ رَجُلٌ طَعْمَ الْإِيمَانِ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ وَيَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ وَأَنَّهُ مَبْعُوثٌ»
✧ He said: “A man will never find the taste of faith until he believes in divine decree and knows that he will die and that he will be resurrected.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8789No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ ثُمَّ مَبْعُوثٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ»
✧ That he will die and then be resurrected after death.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8790No grade recorded
ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ يَجِدُ لَهُنَّ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ تَرْكُ الْمِرَاءِ فِي الْحَقِّ وَالْكَذِبَ فِي الْمُزَاحَةِ وَيَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَهُ وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَهُ
✧ Three qualities: whoever has them will find the sweetness of faith—abandoning disputation in what is true, avoiding lying in jest, and knowing that what befalls him could not have missed him and what misses him could not have befallen him.
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8791No grade recorded
ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَهَلْ قَالُوا نَحْنُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ؟
✧ Ibn Masʿūd said: “Did they say, ‘We are the people of Paradise’?”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8792No grade recorded
رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ إِنِّي مُؤْمِنٌ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «قُلْ إِنِّي فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَكِنَّا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ»
✧ A man said in the presence of ʿAbd Allāh, “I am a believer.” ʿAbd Allāh said, “Say, ‘I am in Paradise,’ but we believe in God, His angels, and His messengers.”
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 8793No grade recorded
«أَنْشُدُ اللهَ قَاطَعَ رَحِمٍ لَمَا قَامَ عَنَّا فَإِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَدْعُوَ رَبَّنَا وَأَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ مُرْتَجَةٌ دُونَ قَاطَعِ رَحِمٍ»
✧ “I adjure by God any one who has severed ties of kinship to leave us, for we wish to call upon our Lord while the gates of heaven are closed to the one who severs ties of kinship.”
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