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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2434

✧ The Guard

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنَا الْعَوَّامُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ

حَدَّثَنِي شَيْخٌ كَانَ مُرَابِطًا بِالسَّاحِلِ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ لَيْلَةَ مَحْرَسِي لَمْ يَخْرُجْ أَحَدٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَرَسُ غَيْرِي، فَأَتَيْتُ الْبِنَاءَ فَصَعِدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، وَالْبِنَاءُ مَوْضِعُ الْحَرَسِ، فَجَعَلَ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ الْبَحْرَ مُشْرِفٌ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِرُؤُوسِ الْجِبَالِ، فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا وَأَنَا مُسْتَيْقِظٌ، ثُمَّ نِمْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ فِي النَّوْمِ كَأَنَّ مَعِي رَايَةً، وَكَانَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمْشُونَ خَلْفِي وَأَنَا أَمَامَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَقِيتُ أَمِيرَ الْجَيْشِ وَأَبَا صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، فَكَانَا أَوَّلَ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَا لِي: أَيْنَ النَّاسُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: رَجَعُوا قَبْلِي. فَقَالَا: لِمَ لَا تَصْدُقْنَا، نَحْنُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي. قَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ: فَمَا رَأَيْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ خُيِّلَ إِلَيَّ فِيمَا رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ الْبَحْرَ يُشْرِفُ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِرُؤُوسِ الْجِبَالِ. قَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ: صَدَقْتَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَّا وَالْبَحْرُ يُشْرِفُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، يَسْتَأْذِنُ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ - يَعْنِي يَتَدَفَّقُ - فَيَكُفُّهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قُلْتُ: وَرَأَيْتُ أَيْضًا فِي النَّوْمِ كَأَنَّ مَعِي الرَّايَةَ، وَأَنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَمْشُونَ مَعِي وَأَنَا أَمَامَهُمْ. فَقَالَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ: لَأَنْ صَدَقَتْ رُؤْيَاكَ لَتَفُوزَنَّ بِأَجْرِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ اللَّيْلَةَ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ يُبَاعِدُ إِلَيَّ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَكَأَنَّهُ اطْمَأَنَّ إِلَيَّ فَجَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُنِي وَقَالَ: أَوْصَانَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ أَنْ نَشْتَرِكَ ثَلَاثَةٌ: فَرَجُلٌ يَبِيعُ عَلَيْنَا، وَرَجُلٌ يَغْزُو، وَرَجُلٌ يَجْلِبُ عَلَيْنَا، فَهَذِهِ نَوْبَتِي، فَأَنَا الْآنَ قَافِلٌ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Isḥāq
  2. Yazīd b. Hārūn
  3. al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab

✧ A shaykh who was stationed at the coast told me: I went out on the night of my guard duty; no one else among those assigned to guard went out except me. I came to the structure and climbed upon it—the structure was the guard post. It appeared to me that the sea was rising until it was level with the mountaintops. This happened several times while I was awake. Then I slept and saw in a dream as though I had a banner, and the people of the city were walking behind me while I was in front of them. When morning came, I returned to the city and met the commander of the army and Abu Salih, the freedman of Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ. They were the first to leave the city. They said to me: 'Where are the people?' I said: 'They returned before me.' They said: 'Why don't you tell us the truth? We are the first to leave the city.' He said: So I informed them that no one had gone out except me. Abu Salih said: 'What did you see?' I said: 'By Allah, it appeared to me in what I saw that the sea was rising until it was level with the mountaintops.' Abu Salih said: 'You have spoken the truth. Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ narrated to us from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said: "There is no night except that the sea rises three times over the people of the earth, seeking permission from Allah Almighty to overwhelm them—meaning to flood—and Allah Almighty restrains it."' I said: 'I also saw in the dream as though I had the banner, and that the people of the city were walking with me while I was in front of them.' Abu Salih said: 'If your dream is true, you will surely attain the reward of this city tonight.' He said: Abu Salih had been keeping his distance from me before that, but then he seemed to trust me and began to talk to me. He said: 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ advised us that we should form a partnership of three: a man who sells on our behalf, a man who goes on military expeditions, and a man who brings us provisions. This is my turn, so I am now returning to the city.'

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