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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4874

✧ Virtues of Thabit b. Qays b. Shammas ᴿᴬ

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قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، ثَنَا ابْنُ بَكْرٍ، ثَنَا ابْنُ جَابِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ، قَالَ:

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَدْخَلَنِي رَجُلٌ عَلَى ابْنَةِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ ؓ فَحَدَّثَتْنِي بِقِصَّةِ ثَابِتٍ.. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.. قَالَتْ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بَلْ تَعِيشُ حَمِيدًا، وَتُقْتَلُ شَهِيدًا، وَيُدْخِلُكَ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْيَمَامَةِ خَرَجَ مَعَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى مُسَيْلِمَةَ الْكَذَّابِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا لَقِيَ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَانْكَشَفُوا قَالَ: قَالَ لِسَالِمٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ ؓ: مَا هَكَذَا كُنَّا نُقَاتِلُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ حَفَرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حُفْرَةً، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمَا الْقَوْمُ، فَبَقِيَا يُقَاتِلَانِ حَتَّى قُتِلَا، رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِمَا، وَكَانَتْ عَلَى ثَابِتٍ ؓ دِرْعٌ لَهُ نَفِيسَةٌ، فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَخَذَهَا، فَبَيْنَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ نَائِمٌ، إِذْ أَتَاهُ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ؓ فِي مَنَامِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أُوصِيكَ بِوَصِيَّةٍ، إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ: هَذَا حُلْمٌ فَتُضَيِّعَهُ، إِنِّي لَمَّا قُتِلْتُ أَمْسِ، مَرَّ بِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَخَذَ دِرْعِي، وَمَنْزِلُهُ فِي أَقْصَى الْعَسْكَرِ، وَعِنْدَ خِبَائِهِ فَرَسٌ يَسْتَنُّ فِي طِوَلِهِ، وَقَدْ كَفَأَ عَلَى الدِّرْعِ بُرْمَةً، وَجَعَلَ فَوْقَ الْبُرْمَةِ رَحْلًا، فَأْتِ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ فَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ إِلَى دِرْعِي فَيَأْخُذَهَا، فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ عَلَى خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبِرْهُ أَنَّ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَلِي مِنَ الدَّيْنِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَفُلَانٌ رَقِيقِي عَتِيقٌ وَفُلَانٌ، وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ: هَذَا حُلْمٌ فَتُضَيِّعَهُ. فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ الدِّرْعَ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى خِبَاءٍ فِي أَقْصَى الْعَسْكَرِ، فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ فَرَسٌ يَسْتَنُّ فِي طِوَلِهِ، فَنَظَرَ فِي الْخِبَاءِ، فَإِذَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ، فَدَخَلُوا وَرَفَعُوا الرَّحْلَ، وَإِذَا تَحْتَهُ بُرْمَةٌ، فَرَفَعُوهَا فَإِذَا الدِّرْعُ تَحْتَهَا، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ حَدَّثَ الرَّجُلُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ بِرُؤْيَاهُ، فَأَجَازَ وَصِيَّتَهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، فَلَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُوِّزَتْ وَصِيَّتُهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ غَيْرَ ثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ ؓ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Yaʿlá
  2. Aḥmad b. ʿĪsá
  3. Ibn Bakr
  4. Ibn Jābir
  5. ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī

✧ I came to Madinah, and a man brought me to the daughter of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas ؓ, and she narrated to me the story of Thabit... Then she mentioned the hadith... She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Rather, you will live a praiseworthy life, be killed as a martyr, and Allah will admit you to Paradise." When the day of Yamamah came, he went out with Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ to Musaylimah the Liar. He said: When he met the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and attacked them, they were routed. He said: He said to Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah ؓ: "This is not how we used to fight alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Then each of them dug a pit, and the people attacked them. They kept fighting until they were killed, may Allah have mercy on them. Thabit ؓ had a precious coat of mail, and a Muslim man passed by him and took it. While a Muslim man was sleeping, Thabit ibn Qays ؓ came to him in his dream and said: "I enjoin upon you a bequest: beware of saying, 'This is a dream,' and neglecting it. When I was killed yesterday, a Muslim man passed by me and took my coat of mail. His dwelling is at the far end of the army, and by his tent is a horse prancing in its tether. He has placed a cooking pot over the coat of mail and put a saddle on top of the pot. Go to Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ and tell him to send for my coat of mail and take it. When you come to the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, inform him that I owe such-and-such a debt, and I am owed such-and-such a debt. So-and-so, my slave, is free, and so-and-so. Beware of saying, 'This is a dream,' and neglecting it." The man went to Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ and informed him, so he sent for the coat of mail. He looked at a tent at the far end of the army, and there was a horse prancing in its tether. He looked in the tent and found no one there. They entered, lifted the saddle, and beneath it was a cooking pot. They lifted it, and the coat of mail was under it. It was brought to Khalid ibn al-Walid ؓ. When he came to Madinah, the man told Abu Bakr ؓ of his dream, and he executed his bequest after his death. We do not know of any Muslim whose bequest was executed after his death except Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas ؓ.

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