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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3682

✧ Traveling in pursuit of knowledge

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وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، ثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ، ثَنَا جُنْدُبٌ قَالَ:

أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ، وَإِذَا النَّاسُ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِلَقٌ حِلَقٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ قَالَ: فَجَعَلْتُ أَمْضِي إِلَى الْحِلَقِ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ حَلْقَةً، فِيهَا رَجُلٌ شَاحِبٌ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ كَأَنَّمَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: هَلَكَ أَصْحَابُ الْعُقَدِ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، لَا آسَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، قَالَ: فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَتَحَدَّثَ بِمَا قُضِيَ لَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ؓ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَتَبِعْتُهُ حَتَّى أَتَى مَنْزِلَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ، وَرَثُّ الْكِسْوَةِ، يُشْبِهُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، قَالَ ؓ: أَكْثَرُ شَيْءٍ سُؤَالًا، فَلَمَّا قَالَ ذَلِكَ غَضِبْتُ فَجَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ، وَاسْتَقْبَلْتُ الْقِبْلَةَ، وَرَفَعْتُ يَدَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَشْكُوهُمْ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّا نُنْفِقُ نَفَقَاتِنَا، وَنُنْصِبُ أَبْدَانَنَا، وَنُرَحِّلُ مَطَايَانَا ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ فَإِذَا لَقِينَاهُمْ تَجَهَّمُونَا وَقَالُوا لَنَا، فَبَكَى أُبَيٌّ ؓ وَجَعَلَ يَتَرَضَّانِي، وَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ اذْهَبْ هُنَاكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُعَاهِدُكَ لَأَنْ أَبْقَيْتَنِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ لَأَتَكَلَّمَنَّ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَخَافُ فِيكَ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ، ثُمَّ أُرَاهُ قَامَ، فَلَمَّا قَالَ ذَلِكَ انْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ، وَجَعَلْتُ أَنْتَظِرُ الْجُمُعَةَ لِأَسْمَعَ كَلَامَهُ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ، خَرَجْتُ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَاتِي، فَإِذَا السِّكَكُ غَاصَّةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، لَا آخُذُ فِي سِكَّةٍ إِلَّا يَلْقَانِي النَّاسُ، قُلْتُ: مَا شَأْنُ النَّاسِ ؟ قَالُوا: نَحْسَبُكَ غَرِيبًا ؟ قُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، قَالُوا: مَاتَ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ؓ قَالَ: فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا مُوسَى ؓ بِالْعِرَاقِ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِالْحَدِيثِ، فَقَالَ: وَا لَهْفَاهُ أَلَا كَانَ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَنَا مَقَالَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Yaʿlá
  2. al-Ḥasan b. ʿUmar b. Shaqīq
  3. Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān
  4. Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī
  5. Jundub

✧ I came to Madinah seeking knowledge, and behold the people were in the mosque of the Messenger of God ﷺ in circles, circles, conversing. He said: I began to pass by the circles until I came to a circle in which there was a pale man wearing two garments, as if he had just arrived from a journey. I heard him say: 'The people of the knots have perished, by the Lord of the Ka'bah; I do not grieve for them.' He said it three times. He said: I sat with him, and he spoke about what had been decreed for him, then he stood up. When he stood up, I asked about him: 'Who is this?' They said: 'Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ, the leader of the Muslims.' I followed him until he reached his house, and he was shabby in appearance and shabby in clothing, one part resembling another. I greeted him, and he returned the greeting. Then he asked me: 'From which people are you?' I said: 'From the people of Iraq.' He said ؓ: 'The most questioning of people.' When he said that, I became angry, so I knelt on my knees, faced the qiblah, raised my hands, and said: 'O God, we complain of them to You. We spend our wealth, weary our bodies, and travel our mounts seeking knowledge, but when we meet them, they frown at us and say things to us.' Ubayy ؓ wept and began to appease me, and said: 'Woe to you, go there.' Then he said: 'O God, I make a covenant with You that if You keep me alive until Friday, I will speak of what I heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ and will not fear the blame of any blamer for Your sake.' Then I think he stood up. When he said that, I left him and began waiting for Friday to hear his words. He said: When it was Thursday, I went out for some of my needs, and behold the streets were crowded with people. I did not enter any street but people met me. I said: 'What is the matter with the people?' They said: 'We think you are a stranger?' I said: 'Yes.' They said: 'The leader of the Muslims, Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ, has died.' He said: I met Abu Musa ؓ in Iraq and told him the hadith. He said: 'Alas! If only he had lived until he conveyed to us the statement of the Messenger of God ﷺ.'

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