al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3054
✧ The Virtue of Kindness to the Orphan
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وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ: حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ فَائِدٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ أَبِي الْوَرْقَاءِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى ؓ، قَالَ:
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ غُلَامٌ مَعَهُ أُخْتٌ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، غُلَامٌ يَتِيمٌ وَأُخْتٌ لَهُ يَتِيمَةٌ، أَطْعِمْنَا مِمَّا أَطْعَمَكَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ حَتَّى تَرْضَى، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا قُلْتَ يَا غُلَامُ، يَا بِلَالُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَهْلِنَا، فَأْتِنَا بِمَا وَجَدْتَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ طَعَامٍ » فَأَتَاهُ بِلَالٌ ؓ بِإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ تَمْرَةً، قَالَ: فَوَضَعَهَا فِي كَفِّهِ، فَأَشَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى فِيهِ فَرَأَيْنَا أَنَّهُ يَدْعُو، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « سَبْعًا لَكَ، وَسَبْعًا لِأُمِّكَ، وَسَبْعًا لِأُخْتِكَ، تَغَدَّ بِتَمْرَةٍ وَتَعَشَّ بِتَمْرَةٍ » وَكَانَ الْغُلَامُ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ، تَبِعَهُ مُعَاذٌ ؓ، فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَمَسَحَهُ، وَقَالَ: جَبَرَ اللهُ يُتْمَكَ يَا غُلَامُ، وَجَعَلَكَ خَلَفًا مِنْ أَبِيكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: « قَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ، وَمَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ » فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، رَحْمَةً لَهُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: « وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَا يَضُمُّ رَجُلٌ يَتِيمًا، فَيُحْسِنُ وِلَايَتَهُ، ثُمَّ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ حَسَنَةً، وَكَفَّرَ عَنْهُ بِكُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ سَيِّئَةً، وَرَفَعَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ دَرَجَةً
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Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Manīʿ
- Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah
- Fāʾid al-ʿAbdī Abū al-Warqāʾ
- ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Awfá
✧ We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a boy came to him with his sister. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, an orphan boy and his orphan sister. Feed us from what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has fed you; may Allah give you from His own until you are pleased." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "How excellent is what you said, O boy! O Bilal, go to our family and bring us whatever food you find with them." Bilal ؓ brought him twenty-one dates. He said, "He placed them in his palm, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gestured with his hand toward his mouth, and we saw that he was supplicating. Then he ﷺ said, 'Seven for you, seven for your mother, and seven for your sister; eat lunch with one date and dinner with one date.'" The boy was from the children of the Muhajirun. When he stood up, Mu'adh ؓ followed him, placed his hand on his head and wiped it, and said, "May Allah mend your orphanhood, O boy, and make you a successor to your father." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I saw you and what you did." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, it was out of mercy for him." He ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, no man takes an orphan to himself, treats him well as his guardian, then places his hand on his head, except that Allah (Blessed and Exalted) writes for him a good deed for every hair, erases from him a bad deed for every hair, and raises him a degree for every hair."
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Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 22153al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7847al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7955al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 3170Musnad al-Bazzar 3371al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3055
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 80 AH, or 86 AH, or 87 AH, or 88 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي أَوْفَى الْأَسْلَمِيّصحابيعن
- Abandoned (matrūk), they accused him [of lying]d. lived until around 160 AH, or from 150 AH to 160 AHفَائِدٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ أَبِي الْوَرْقَاءِمتروك اتهموهعن
- Trustworthy and a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ), though he used to practice concealment (tadlīs) of the names of his teachersd. 193 AHمَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَثقة حافظ ، وكان يدلس أسماء الشيوخحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 244 AH, or 243 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍثقة حافظ
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