63. ✧ al-Ash'ath b. Qais from the Prophet ﷺ
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" أَشْكَرُ النَّاسِ لِلهِ أَشْكَرُهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ
✧ "The most grateful of people to God are the most grateful of them to people."
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قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا نَزْعُمُ أَنَّا مِنْكُمْ أَوْ أَنَّكُمْ مِنَّا - شَكَّ أَبُو بِشْرٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: نَحْنُ بَنُو النَّضْرِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ لَا نَنْتَفِي مِنْ أَبِينَا وَلَا نَقْفُو أُمَّنَا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ: لَا أَجِدُ أَحَدًا - أَوْ لَا أُوتَى بِأَحَدٍ - نَفَى قُرَيْشًا مِنْ كِنَانَةَ إِلَّا جَلَدْتُهُ الْحَدَّ
✧ I said, "O Messenger of God, we claim that we are from you or that you are from us"—Abu Bishr was uncertain—so the Messenger of God ﷺ said, "We are the Banu al-Nadr b. Kinanah. We do not disown our father, nor do we follow our mother's line." Al-Ash'ath then said, "I will find no one—or no one will be brought to me—who denies that Quraysh are from Kinanah except that I will flog him with the prescribed punishment."
Musnad al-Tayalisi 1148No grade recorded
مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ كَاذِبَةٍ لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ أَخِيهِ لَقِيَ اللهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ. فَأَتَى عَلَيْنَا الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ: مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ؟ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ، فِيَّ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلا أُولَئِكَ لا خَلاقَ لَهُمْ فِي الآخِرَةِ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، خَاصَمْتُ رَجُلًا فِي بِئْرٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بَيِّنَتُكَ أَوْ يَمِينُهُ، قُلْتُ: إِذًا يَحْلِفَ وَهُوَ آثِمٌ
✧ Whoever swears a false oath in order to thereby seize his brother's property will meet God while He is angry with him. Then al-Ash'ath b. Qais came to us and said, "What did Abu 'Abd al-Rahman narrate to you?" We told him, and he said, "He spoke the truth. This verse was revealed concerning me: 'Indeed, those who purchase with the covenant of God and their oaths a small price—those will have no share in the Hereafter' to the end of the verse. I disputed with a man over a well before the Prophet ﷺ, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Your evidence or his oath.' I said, 'Then he will swear, and he is sinful.'"
Musnad al-Tayalisi 1149No grade recorded
مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينِ صَبْرٍ لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالًا وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لَقِيَ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ فَقَالَ: مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ؟ قُلْنَا: كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: صَدَقَ، نَزَلَتْ فِيَّ؛ خَاصَمْتُ رَجُلًا فِي بِئْرٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " بَيِّنَتُكَ أَوْ يَمِينُهُ "، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِذًا يَحْلِفَ وَهُوَ آثِمٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينِ صَبْرٍ هُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالًا لَقِيَ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ "، وَنَزَلَتْ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلا إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ
✧ Whoever swears a binding oath in order to thereby seize property while he is lying in it will meet God, the Mighty and Majestic, while He is angry with him. Then al-Ash'ath b. Qais al-Kindi came out to us and said, "What did Abu 'Abd al-Rahman narrate to you?" We said, "Such and such." He said, "He spoke the truth. It was revealed concerning me. I disputed with a man over a well before the Messenger of God ﷺ, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said to me, 'Your evidence or his oath.' I said, 'Then he will swear, and he is sinful.' So the Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Whoever swears a binding oath in which he is lying in order to thereby seize property will meet God, the Mighty and Majestic, while He is angry with him.' And it was revealed: 'Indeed, those who purchase with the covenant of God and their oaths a small price' to the end of the verse."