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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3323

✧ Reason and its virtue

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وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى أَنَسٍ ؓ، قَالَ: جَاءَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي سَائِلُكَ عَنْ خِصَالٍ لَمْ يُطْلِعِ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا أَحَدًا غَيْرَ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُهَا، فَهُوَ ذَاكَ، وَإِلَّا فَهُوَ شَيْءٌ خَصَّ اللهُ بِهِ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ:

يَا ابْنَ سَلَامٍ، إِنْ شِئْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِخَلْقِ الْعَرْشِ، وَلَا عِلْمَ لَهُمْ بِهِ، وَلَا حَمَلَتَهُ الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَهُ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمَّا خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ، قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ: رَبَّنَا، هَلْ خَلَقْتَ خَلْقًا أَعْظَمَ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمِ، الْبِحَارَ قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: هَلْ خَلَقْتَ خَلْقًا أَعْظَمَ مِنَ الْبِحَارِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمِ، الْعَرْشَ، قَالَ: هَلْ خَلَقْتَ خَلْقًا هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْعَرْشِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمِ، الْعَقْلَ، قَالُوا: رَبَّنَا، وَمَا بَلَغَ مِنْ قَدْرِ الْعَقْلِ وَخَلْقِهِ ؟ قَالَ: هَيْهَاتَ لَا يُحَاطُ بِعِلْمِهِ، قَالَ: هَلْ لَكُمْ عِلْمٌ بِعَدَدِ الرَّمْلِ ؟، قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي خَلَقْتُ الْعَقْلَ أَصْنَافًا شَتَّى كَعَدَدِ الرَّمْلِ، فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَبَّةً وَاحِدَةً، وَبَعْضُهُمُ الْحَبَّتَيْنِ، وَالثَّلَاثَ، وَالْأَرْبَعَ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ فَرَقًا، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ وَسْقًا، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ وَسْقَيْنِ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ أُعْطِيَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَا شَاءَ اللهُ مِنَ التَّضْعِيفِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ: فَمَنْ أُولَئِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: الْعُمَّالُ بِطَاعَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى قَدْرِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ، وَجِدِّهِمْ، وَيَقِينِهِمْ، فَالنُّورُ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَفَهْمِهِمْ فِي ذَلِكَ، كُلُّهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ الَّذِي آتَاهُمْ، فَبِقَدْرِ ذَلِكَ يَعْمَلُ الْعَامِلُ مِنْهُمْ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ، قَالَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ ؓ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْهُدَى، وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ، مَا أُخْرِمُ حَرْفًا وَاحِدًا مِمَّا وَجَدْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَإِنَّ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ وَصَفَ هَذِهِ الصِّفَةَ، وَأَنْتَ الثَّانِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: صَدَقْتَ يَا ابْنَ سَلَامٍ.،،،

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Anas
  2. Jāʾ Ibn Salām
  3. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
  4. Yā Rasūl Allāh Innī Sāʾiluk
  5. Khiṣāl Lam Yuṭliʿ Allāh ʿAlayhā Aḥad Ghayr Mūsá b. ʿImrān Faʾin Kunt Taʿlamuhā Fahū Dhāk And ʾIllā Fahū Shayʾ Khaṣ Allāh Bih Mūsá b. ʿImrān ʿAlayh al-Salām
  6. ﷺ

✧ O Ibn Salam, if you wish you may ask me, and if you wish I will inform you. He said: Inform me. He said: The angels brought near did not encompass the creation of the Throne, and they have no knowledge of it, nor do its bearers who carry it. When God created the heavens and the earth, the angels said: Our Lord, have You created a creation greater than the heavens and the earth? He said: Yes, the seas. They said: Have You created a creation greater than the seas? He said: Yes, the Throne. They said: Have You created a creation greater than the Throne? He said: Yes, the intellect. They said: Our Lord, how great is the measure of the intellect and its creation? He said: Far be it, its knowledge cannot be encompassed. He said: Do you have knowledge of the number of the sand? They said: No. He said: I created the intellect in various kinds like the number of the sand. Among people, some were given one grain of that, and some two, three, and four grains, and some were given a faraq, and some were given a wasq, and some were given two wasqs, and some were given more than that, up to what God willed of multiplication. Ibn Salam ؓ said: So who are those, O Messenger of God? He said: The workers in obedience to God Almighty according to the measure of their deeds, their striving, and their certainty. The light that God Almighty placed in their hearts and their understanding in that—all of it is according to the measure of what He gave them. According to that measure the worker among them acts and rises in ranks. Ibn Salam ؓ said: By the One who sent you with guidance and the religion of truth, I have not found a single letter differing from what I found in the Torah. Moses ﷺ was the first to describe this attribute, and you are the second. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: You have spoken truth, O Ibn Salam.

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