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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3754

✧ Affliction befalling the perfect believer as a trial

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قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنَا فُلَانٌ، رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ؓ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ، فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا قَالَ: وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:

« تَجْتَمِعُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ، فَتَصْعَدُ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، وَتَبْقَى فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ، وَتَصْعَدُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَتَبْقَى فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: أَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا لَمْ يُصِبْهُ خَيْرٌ قَطُّ وَلَا بَلَاءٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ مِنْكَ، فَيَقُولُ: ابْتَلُوا عَبْدِي، أَوْ زِيدُوا عَبْدِي، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: لَا أَدْرِي بِأَيَّتِهِمَا بَدَأَ، قَالَ: فَيَبْتَلُونَهُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: ابْتَلُوهُ، فَيُبْتَلَى، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: ابْتَلُوهُ - وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ - فَيَقُولُونَ: انْتَهَى الْبَلَاءُ أَيْ رَبِّ، فَيَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ فَيُزَادُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ فَيُزَادُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ فَيُزَادُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: زِيدُوهُ - وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ - فَيَقُولُونَ: انْتَهَى الْمَزِيدُ أَيْ رَبِّ، فَيَقُولُ: كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عَبْدِي فِي الْبَلَاءِ، وَكَيْفَ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فِي الرَّخَاءِ ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: أَيْ رَبِّ أَصْبَرُ عَبْدٍ وَأَشْكَرُهُ، فَيَقُولُ: اكْتُبُوا عَبْدِي مِمَّنْ لَا يُبَدَّلُ وَلَا يُغَيَّرُ حَتَّى يَلْقَانِي

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Ibn Abū ʿUmar
  2. Sufyān
  3. ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib
  4. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá
  5. Fulān a man Min Aṣḥāb al-Nabī ﷺ
  6. al-Nabī ﷺ
  7. Fadhakar Ḥadīth
  8. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

✧ The angels of the night and the angels of the day gather at the ‘Asr prayer and the Fajr prayer. The angels of the day ascend at the ‘Asr prayer, and the angels of the night remain among you, and the angels of the night ascend at the Fajr prayer, and the angels of the day remain among you. They say: “We came to them while they were praying, and we left them while they were praying. We left among them a man whom no good or affliction ever befell except that he knew it was from You.” So He says: “Test My servant,” or “Increase My servant.” Sufyan said: I do not know which of the two he began with. He said: So they test him. Then He says: “Test him,” and he is tested. Then He says: “Test him,” while He is most knowing. Then they say: “The affliction has reached its limit, O Lord.” He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” while He is most knowing. Then they say: “The increase has reached its limit, O Lord.” He says: “How did you leave My servant in affliction, and how did you see him in ease?” They say: “O Lord, the most patient of servants and the most grateful.” He says: “Record My servant among those who will not be replaced or changed until he meets Me.”

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