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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4877

✧ Virtue of Abu Ka'b al-Harithi ᴿᴬ

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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، ثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي كَعْبٍ الْحَارِثِيِّ، هُوَ ذُو الْإِدَاوَةِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:

خَرَجْتُ فِي طَلَبِ إِبِلٍ لِي ضَوَالَّ، فَتَزَوَّدْتُ لَبَنًا فِي إِدَاوَةٍ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: مَا أَنْصَفْتُ، فَأَيْنَ الْوَضُوءُ ؟ فَأَهْرَقْتُ اللَّبَنَ وَمَلَأْتُهَا مَاءً، وَقُلْتُ: هَذَا وَضُوءٌ، وَهَذَا شَرَابٌ. فَكُنْتُ أَبْغِي إِبِلِي فَإِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَوَضَّأَ اصْطَبَبْتُ مِنَ الْإِدَاوَةِ مَاءً فَتَوَضَّأْتُ، وَإِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشْرَبَ اصْطَبَبْتُ لَبَنًا فَشَرِبْتُهُ، فَمَكَثْتُ بِذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أَسْمَاءُ الْبَحْرَانِيَّةُ: يَا أَبَا كَعْبٍ، أَحَقِيبًا كَانَ أَمْ حَلِيبًا ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّكِ لَبَطَّالَةٌ، بَلْ كَانَ يَعْصِمُ مِنَ الْجُوعِ، وَيَرْوِي مِنَ الظَّمَأِ. أَمَا إِنِّي حَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ نَفَرًا مِنْ قَوْمِي فِيهِمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ سَيِّدُ بَنِي قِيَانٍ، قَالَ: مَا أَظُنُّ الَّذِي تَقُولُ كَمَا قُلْتَ. قُلْتُ: اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ. ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي، فَنِمْتُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِهِ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ عَلَى بَابِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، لِمَ تَعَنَّيْتَ إِلَيَّ ؟ أَلَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيَّ فَآتِيَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ أَنْ آتِيَكَ، مَا نِمْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَّا أَتَانِي آتٍ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُكَذِّبُ مَنْ يُحَدِّثُ بِأَنْعُمِ اللهِ تَعَالَى. ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ، فَمُرْ حَاجِبَكَ أَنْ لَا يَحْجُبَنِي. فَقَالَ ؓ: يَا وَثَّابُ، إِذَا جَاءَ الْحَارِثِيُّ فَأْذَنْ لَهُ. فَكُنْتُ إِذَا جِئْتُ فَقَرَعْتُ الْبَابَ فَقَالَ: مَنْ ذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: الْحَارِثِيُّ، قَالَ: ادْخُلْ. فَدَخَلْتُ فَإِذَا عُثْمَانُ ؓ جَالِسٌ، وَحَوْلَهُ نَفَرٌ سُكُوتٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ، كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ، فَسَلَّمْتُ ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ حَالِهِمْ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Isḥāq
  2. ʿAbd al-Razzāq
  3. Maʿmar
  4. Ziyād b. Jabal
  5. Abū Kaʿb al-Ḥārithī
  6. Dhū al-Idāwah
  7. Samiʿtuh

✧ I went out seeking my stray camels, and I took with me milk in a leather water-skin. Then I said to myself: "I have not been fair. Where is the water for ablution?" So I poured out the milk and filled it with water. I said: "This is for ablution, and this is for drinking." I kept seeking my camels. Whenever I wanted to perform ablution, I poured water from the skin and performed ablution, and whenever I wanted to drink, I poured milk and drank it. I continued like that for three days. Asma' al-Bahraniyyah said to him: "O Abu Ka'b, was it a skin or a milk-skin?" He said: "You are indeed idle. Rather, it protected from hunger and quenched thirst. Indeed, I narrated this hadith to a group of my people, among them Ali ibn al-Harith, the chief of Banu Qiyan. He said: 'I do not think what you say is as you said.' I said: 'Allah knows best about that.' Then I returned to my dwelling and slept that night. At dawn prayer, he was at my door. I said: 'May Allah have mercy on you. Why did you trouble yourself to come to me? Could you not have sent for me and I would come to you?' He said: 'I am more entitled to come to you. No sooner did I sleep last night than someone came to me and said: "You are the one who denies the one who narrates the blessings of Allah, the Exalted."' Then I went out until I came to Madinah. I came to Uthman ibn Affan ؓ and asked him about something concerning my religion. I said: "O Commander of the Faithful, I am a man from Banu al-Harith from the people of Yemen. I want to ask you about some matters, so instruct your doorkeeper not to bar me." He ؓ said: "O Waththab, when the Harithi comes, permit him." So whenever I came, I knocked on the door. He said: "Who is this?" I said: "The Harithi." He said: "Enter." I entered, and Uthman ؓ was sitting with a group of silent men around him who did not speak, as if birds were on their heads. I greeted and sat down, but I did not ask him about anything because of what I saw of their state.

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