al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4195
✧ The Virtue of the Reciters
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وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ؓ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ:
« يَتَمَثَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ قَدْ كَانَ حَمَلَهُ فَيَتَمَثَّلُ خَصْمًا دُونَهُ قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ حَمَّلْتَهُ إِيَّايَ فَشَرَّ حَامِلٍ؛ تَعَدَّى حُدُودِي، وَضَيَّعَ فَرَائِضِي، وَرَكِبَ مَعْصِيَتِي، وَتَرَكَ طَاعَتِي، فَمَا يَزَالُ يَقْذِفُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْحُجَجِ حَتَّى يُقَالَ: فَشَأْنُكَ بِهِ فَيَأْخُذُ بِيَدِهِ مَا يُرْسِلُهُ حَتَّى يَكُبَّهُ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ فِي النَّارِ. وَيُؤْتَى بِالْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ قَدْ كَانَ حَمَلَهُ، فَحَفِظَ أَمْرَهُ، فَيَتَمَثَّلُ خَصْمًا دُونَهُ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ حَمَّلْتَهُ إِيَّايَ فَكَانَ خَيْرَ حَامِلٍ، حَفِظَ حُدُودِي، وَعَمِلَ بِفَرَائِضِي، وَاجْتَنَبَ مَعْصِيَتِي، وَعَمِلَ بِطَاعَتِي، وَمَا يَزَالُ يَقْذِفُ لَهُ بِالْحُجَجِ، حَتَّى يُقَالَ: شَأْنُكَ بِهِ، فَيَأْخُذُ بِيَدِهِ، فَمَا يُرْسِلُهُ حَتَّى يَكْسُوَهُ حُلَّةَ الْإِسْتَبْرَقِ، وَيَعْقِدَ عَلَيْهِ تَاجَ الْمُلْكِ، وَيَسْقِيَهُ كَأْسَ الْخَمْرِ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr
- ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr
- Muḥammad b. Isḥāq
- ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb
- his father
- his father
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ “The Qur’an will appear on the Day of Resurrection, and a man who had borne it (memorized it) will be brought, and it will appear as an adversary on his behalf. He (the Prophet) said: It will say: ‘O Lord, You made me be carried by him, but he was the worst carrier: he transgressed my limits, neglected my obligations, committed acts of disobedience against me, and abandoned obedience to me.’ It will keep hurling arguments against him until it is said: ‘Your affair is up to you.’ Then it will take him by the hand and will not let him go until it throws him down on a rock in the Fire. And the righteous servant who had borne it and guarded its command will be brought, and it will appear as an adversary on his behalf. It will say: ‘O Lord, You made me be carried by him, and he was the best carrier: he guarded my limits, acted according to my obligations, avoided disobedience to me, and acted in obedience to me.’ And it will keep hurling arguments for him until it is said: ‘Your affair is up to you.’ Then it will take him by the hand and will not let him go until it clothes him in a robe of fine silk brocade, places upon him the crown of sovereignty, and gives him to drink a cup of pure wine.”
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- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
هذا إسناد حسن
machine translationThis chain of transmission is good (ḥasan).
in المطالب العالية, p. 4195
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Narrators
- One of the early Companions (sābiqūn), among those who narrated abundantly, and one of the jurist ʿAbdullāhs (al-ʿabādilah)d. 63 AH, or 65 AH, or 68 AH, or 69 AH; also said 67 AH, also said 73 AH, also said 77 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِأحد السابقين ، المكثرين من الصحابة ، وأحد العبادلة الفقهاءعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq); his hearing from his grandfather is established (thābit)d. between 81 and 90 AHأَبِيهِصدوق ، ثبت سماعه من جدهعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 118 AHعَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍصدوقعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), he practiced concealment (yudallis), and was accused of Shiʿism (tashayyuʿ) and of belief in free will (qadar)d. ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said, and Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿArafah: 150 AH, Muḥammad b. Saʿd said elsewhere: al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said: 151 AH, he said: and his son said: 150 AH. Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī said: 151 AH, Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn said, and ʿAlī Ibn al-Madīnī, and Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyā al-Sājī: 152 AH, khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said: 153 AH, 152 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَصدوق يدلس ، ورمي بالتشيع والقدرحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a man of hadith, from the people of the Sunnah (ahl al-sunnah)d. 199 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍثقة ، صاحب حديث من أهل السنةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيف
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