Tarikh (al-Tabari) 92
The story of Noah (peace be upon him)
وَصِيَّتِهِ لِوَلَدِهِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ عَلَيْهِ جُبَّةُ سِيجَانٍ مَزْرُورَةٌ بِالدِّيبَاجِ، فَقَالَ: " أَلَا إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ هَذَا قَدْ وَضَعَ كُلَّ فَارِسٍ ابْنِ فَارِسٍ " أَوْ قَالَ: " يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَضَعَ كُلَّ فَارِسٍ ابْنِ فَارِسٍ، وَرَفَعَ كُلَّ رَاعٍ بْنِ رَاعٍ ". قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِمَجَامِعِ جُبَّتِهِ، وَقَالَ: " أَلَّا أَرَى عَلَيْكَ لِبَاسَ مَنْ لَا يَعْقِلُ ". ثُمَّ قَالَ: " إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ نُوحًا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِابْنِهِ: إِنِّي قَاصٌّ عَلَيْكَ الْوَصِيَّةَ آمُرُكَ بِاثْنَتَيْنِ، وَأَنْهَاكَ عَنِ اثْنَتَيْنِ ; آمُرُكَ بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، فَإِنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ وَالْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعَ لَوْ وُضِعَتْ فِي كِفَّةٍ، وَوُضِعَتْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فِي كِفَّةٍ رَجَحَتْ بِهِنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَلَوْ أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ وَالْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعَ كُنَّ حَلْقَةً مُبْهَمَةً قَصَمَتْهُنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَبِهَا يَرْزُقُ الْخَلْقُ، وَأَنْهَاكَ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ وَالْكِبْرِ ". قَالَ: قُلْتُ، أَوْ قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الشِّرْكُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ، فَمَا الْكِبْرُ ؟ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِأَحَدِنَا نَعْلَانِ حَسَنَتَانِ لَهُمَا شِرَاكَانِ حَسَنَانِ ؟ قَالَ: " لَا ". قَالَ: هُوَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِأَحَدِنَا حُلَّةٌ يَلْبَسُهَا ؟ قَالَ: " لَا ". قَالَ: هُوَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِأَحَدِنَا دَابَّةٌ يَرْكَبُهَا ؟ قَالَ: " لَا ". قَالَ: أَفَهُوَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِأَحَدِنَا أَصْحَابٌ يَجْلِسُونَ إِلَيْهِ ؟ قَالَ: " لَا ". قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا الْكِبْرُ ؟ قَالَ: " سَفَهُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْصُ النَّاسِ ". وَهَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ، وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجُوهُ. وَيَزْعُمُ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَنَّ نُوحًا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمَّا رَكِبَ السَّفِينَةَ كَانَ عُمُرُهُ سِتَّمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَقَدَّمْنَا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مِثْلَهُ. وَزَادَ وَعَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً. وَفِي هَذَا الْقَوْلِ نَظَرٌ، ثُمَّ إِنْ لَمْ يُمْكِنِ الْجَمْعُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ دَلَالَةِ الْقُرْآنِ فَهُوَ خَطَأٌ مَحْضٌ، فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يَقْتَضِي أَنَّ نُوحًا مَكَثَ فِي قَوْمِهِ بَعْدَ الْبِعْثَةِ، وَقَبْلَ الطُّوفَانِ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ. [ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ: 14 ] ثُمَّ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ كَمْ عَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَإِنْ كَانَ مَا ذُكِرَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَحْفُوظًا مِنْ أَنَّهُ بُعِثَ وَلَهُ أَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ وَثَمَانُونَ سَنَةً، وَأَنَّهُ عَاشَ بَعْدَ الطُّوفَانِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فَيَكُونُ قَدْ عَاشَ عَلَى هَذَا أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَسَبْعَمِائَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً. وَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْ نُوحًا الْوَفَاةُ قِيلَ لَهُ: كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ الدُّنْيَا ؟ قَالَ: كَبَيْتٍ لَهُ بَابَانِ دَخَلْتُ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَخَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ قبر نوح وَأَمَّا قَبْرُهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَابِطٍ أَنَّ قَبْرَ نُوحٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ، وَهَذَا أَقْوَى وَأَثْبَتُ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُهُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ، مِنْ أَنَّهُ بِبَلْدَةٍ بِالْبِقَاعِ تُعْرَفُ الْيَوْمَ بِكَرْكِ نُوحٍ، وَهُنَاكَ جَامِعٌ قَدْ بُنِيَ بِسَبَبِ ذَلِكَ وَأُوْقِفَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَوْقَافٌ فِيمَا ذُكِرَ. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ.
Translation
✧ His bequest to his son (peace and blessings be upon him) It is reported on the authority of ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAmr that he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a man from among the desert dwellers came, wearing a striped jubba fastened with silk brocade. He said: "Indeed, this companion of yours has placed every horseman, son of a horseman low" — or he said: "He intends to place every horseman, son of a horseman low, and elevate every shepherd, son of a shepherd." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seized the collar of his jubba and said: "Shall I not see upon you the clothing of one who does not understand?" Then he said: "Indeed Allah's Prophet Nūḥ ﷺ, when death approached him, said to his son: I am about to recount to you the bequest. I command you with two things and forbid you two things. I command you with 'There is no god but Allah,' for indeed were the seven heavens and the seven earths placed in one pan of a scale, and 'There is no god but Allah' placed in the other pan, 'There is no god but Allah' would outweigh them. And if the seven heavens and the seven earths were an undivided ring, 'There is no god but Allah' would break them. And with 'Glory be to Allah and with His praise,' for it is the prayer of every thing, and by it creation is granted sustenance. And I forbid you from associating partners and from pride." He said: I said, or it was said: "O Messenger of Allah, this associating partners we have come to know, but what is pride? Is it that one of us should have two fine sandals with two fine straps?" He said: "No." He said: "Is it that one of us should have a garment he wears?" He said: "No." He said: "Is it that one of us should have a mount he rides?" He said: "No." He said: "Is it that one of us should have companions who sit with him?" He said: "No." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, then what is pride?" He said: "It is foolishly rejecting the truth and belittling people." And this is a sound chain, though they did not record it. And the People of the Book claim that Nūḥ ﷺ, when he boarded the ark, was six hundred years old. And we have already quoted the like from Ibn ʿAbbās. And he added: and after that he lived three hundred and fifty years. There is need for scrutiny in this statement. Moreover, if it cannot be reconciled with the indication of the Qurʾān, then it is sheer error, for the Qurʾān implies that Nūḥ remained among his people after being sent and before the flood for a thousand years less fifty — as the Most High says: "And We certainly sent Nūḥ to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years less fifty, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers." [Al-ʿAnkabūt: 14]. Then Allah knows best how long he lived after that. If what is preserved from Ibn ʿAbbās that he was sent when he was four hundred and eighty years old, and that he lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years, then on this basis he would have lived one thousand seven hundred and eighty years. And when death approached Nūḥ, it was said to him: How did you find the world? He said: Like a house with two doors; I entered from one of them and left from the other. The grave of Nūḥ. As for his grave ﷺ, it is reported on the authority of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Sābiṭ that the grave of Nūḥ ﷺ is in the Sacred Mosque. And this is stronger and more established than the account mentioned by many later scholars, that it is in a town in the Bekaa known today as Kark Nūḥ, and there is a mosque built there because of that, and endowments have been assigned to it, as has been mentioned. And Allah knows best what is correct.
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