92. ✧ Safwan b. 'Assal al-Muradi

1. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1262No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ: اذْهَبْ بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا النَّبِيِّ، فَقَالَ: لَا يَسْمَعَنَّ هَذَا فَيَصِيرَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَعْيُنٍ، فَأَتَيَاهُ فَسَأَلَاهُ عَنْ تِسْعِ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللهِ شَيْئًا، وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا، وَلَا تَسْرِقُوا، وَلَا تَزْنُوا، وَلَا تَسْحَرُوا، وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا، وَلَا تَقْذِفُوا الْمُحْصَنَةَ، وَلَا تَفِرُّوا مِنَ الزَّحْفِ، وَلَا تَمْشُوا بِبَرِيءٍ إِلَى ذِي سُلْطَانٍ لِتَقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ لِتُهْلِكُوهُ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ خَاصَّةً يَهُودُ أَنْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ "، فَقَبَّلَا يَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ وَقَالَا: نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ، قَالَ: " فَمَا يَمْنَعُكُمَا مِنَ اتِّبَاعِي ؟ "، فَقَالَا: إِنَّ دَاوُدَ دَعَا أَنْ لَا يَزَالَ فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ نَبِيٌّ، وَإِنَّا نَخْشَى إِنْ تَبِعْنَاكَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَنَا الْيَهُودُ ! وَقَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ مَرَّةً: " وَلَا تَقْذِفُوا الْمُحْصَنَةَ أَوْ لَا تَفِرُّوا مِنَ الزَّحْفِ

   ✧ Two men from the People of the Book, one said to his companion: 'Let us go to this prophet.' He replied: 'He must not hear this, or he will have four eyes.' So they came to him and asked him about nine clear signs. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do not associate anything with God, do not kill, do not steal, do not commit adultery, do not practice sorcery, do not consume usury, do not falsely accuse a chaste woman, do not flee from battle, and do not take an innocent person to a ruler to have him killed or destroyed. And upon you Jews in particular, do not transgress on the Sabbath.' They kissed his hands and feet and said: 'We bear witness that you are a prophet.' He said: 'What prevents you from following me?' They said: 'David prayed that there would never cease to be a prophet among his descendants, and we fear that if we follow you, the Jews will kill us!' Abu Dawud once said: 'And do not falsely accuse a chaste woman, or do not flee from battle.'

2. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1263No grade recorded

   غَدَوْتُ عَلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ فَقَالَ: مَا جَاءَ بِكَ يَا زِرُّ ؟ قُلْتُ: ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ، فَقَالَ: أَفَلَا أُبَشِّرُكَ ؟ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ: وَلَمْ يَقُلْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَرَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ: إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ

   ✧ I went early to Safwan b. 'Assal al-Muradi and he said: 'What brings you, O Zirr?' I said: 'Seeking knowledge.' He said: 'Shall I give you good news?' Abu Dawud said: Hammad b. Salama said: 'None of them said it, and he raised the hadith: The angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with what he seeks.'

3. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1264No grade recorded

   غَدَوْتُ عَلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّهُ حَكَّ فِي نَفْسِي مِنَ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ شَيْءٌ، فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَفْرًا - أَوْ مُسَافِرِينَ، " فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَبَوْلٍ وَنَوْمٍ، إِلَّا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ

   ✧ I went early to Safwan b. 'Assal and said: 'Something has stirred in my mind about wiping over the leather socks. Have you heard anything from the Messenger of God ﷺ about that?' He said: 'We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey'—or 'traveling'—'and he commanded us to wipe over them for three days and their nights, from defecation, urination, and sleep, but not from major impurity.'

4. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1265No grade recorded

   هَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْهَوَى شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرٍ أَوْ غَزْوٍ، فَنَادَاهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ جَهْوَرِيٍّ فَقَالَ: أَيَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَيَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَيَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: وَيْحَكَ اغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ، فَقَدْ نُهِيتَ عَنْ رَفْعِ الصَّوْتِ ! فَمَا زَالَ يُنَادِيهِ هَكَذَا فَأَجَابَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى قَدْرِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: " هَاؤُمْ "، قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ الْمَرْءَ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ وَلَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ ! فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ

   ✧ Have you heard anything from the Messenger of God ﷺ about passionate love?' He said: 'Yes. We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ on a march or a raid, and a bedouin called him with a loud voice: "O Muhammad, O Muhammad, O Muhammad." It was said to him: "Woe to you, lower your voice, for you have been forbidden from raising the voice!" But he kept calling him like that, and the Prophet ﷺ answered him accordingly, saying: "Here I am." He said: "What do you think of a man who loves a people but has not yet caught up with them?" The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "A man is with the one he loves."'

5. Musnad al-Tayalisi 1266No grade recorded

   مَا بَرِحَ صَفْوَانُ يُحَدِّثُنِي حَتَّى ذَكَرَ بَابَ التَّوْبَةِ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ، عَرْضُهُ أَرْبَعُونَ عَامًا أَوْ مَسِيرَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا، لَا يَزَالُ مَفْتُوحًا حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ، وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ لا يَنْفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرًا

   ✧ Safwan did not cease telling me until he mentioned the gate of repentance on the western side, its width forty years or a journey of forty years. It will not cease to be open until the sun rises from its direction. That is His saying: On the day when some of the signs of your Lord come, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had not believed before or earned good through its faith.