al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1230
✧ Virtue of fasting
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وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بِشْرُ بْنُ أَبِي بِشْرٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، ثَنَا حَيَّانُ الْبَصْرِيُّ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ نُوحٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ ؓ، قَالَ:
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ؓ فَقَالَ: يَا أُسَامَةُ عَلَيْكَ بِطَرِيقِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَخْتَلِجَ دُونَهَا. فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أَسْرَعُ مَا يُقْطَعُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الطَّرِيقُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الظَّمَأُ فِي الْهَوَاجِرِ، وَحَبْسُ النَّفْسِ عَنْ لَذَّةِ النِّسَاءِ. يَا أُسَامَةُ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِالصَّوْمِ ; فَإِنَّهُ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ رِيحِ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ، تَرَكَ الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّرَابَ لِلهِ تَعَالَى، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكَ الْمَوْتُ وَبَطْنُكَ جَائِعٌ وَكَبِدُكَ ظَمْآنُ فَافْعَلْ، فَإِنَّكَ تُدْرِكُ بِذَلِكَ شَرَفَ الْمَنْزِلِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَتَحُلُّ مَعَ النَّبِيِّينَ، فَتَفْرَحُ بِقُدُومِ رُوحِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَيُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ الْجَبَّارُ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: وَاعْلَمْ يَا أُسَامَةُ أَنَّ أَقْرَبَ النَّاسِ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَمَنْ طَالَ حُزْنُهُ وَعَطَشُهُ وَجُوعُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا
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Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥārith
- Abū al-Ḥasan Bishr b. Abū Bishr al-Baṣrī
- al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Ḥarrānī
- Ḥayyān al-Baṣrī
- Isḥāq b. Nūḥ
- Muḥammad b. ʿAlī
- Saʿīd b. Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl
✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ, when he turned to Usama b. Zayd ؓ, say: "O Usama, upon you is the path to Paradise, and beware of being diverted from it." He said: "O Messenger of God, what is the quickest way to traverse that path?" He ﷺ said: "Thirst in the midday heat, and restraining the self from the pleasure of women. O Usama, upon you is fasting, for it draws one near to God, Mighty and Majestic. Nothing is more loved by God Most High than the breath of a fasting person, who has left food and drink for the sake of God Most High. If you are able for death to come to you while your belly is hungry and your liver is thirsty, then do so; for by that you will attain the nobility of the station in the Hereafter, and you will dwell with the prophets, and your spirit will rejoice at coming upon them, and the Compeller will bless you." [Then he mentioned the rest of the hadith, and in it:] "And know, O Usama, that the closest of people to God Most High on the Day of Resurrection is the one whose grief, thirst, and hunger in this world are most prolonged."
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- One of the ten (promised Paradise)d. 50 AH, or 51 AH, or 52 AH, in «Tārīkh al-Bukhārī» in Abū Dharr's handwriting: 58 AHسَعِيد بْن زَيْد بْن عَمْرِو الْعَدَوِيّأحد العشرةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 114 AH, or 118 AH, also said: 115 AH, also said: 116 AH, also said: 117 AHمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّثقة فاضلعن
- إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ نُوحٍعن
- d. between 181 and 190 AHحَيَّانُ الْبَصْرِيُّحدثنا
- الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ الْحَرَّانِيُّأخبرني
- أبو الحسن بشر بن أبي بشر البصريحدثنا
- d. 279 AH or 282 AHالْحَارِثُ
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