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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4882

✧ The Virtue of al-Ashajj, Ashajj of Abd al-Qays, whose name was al-Mundhir

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قَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صُدْرَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ، ثَنَا طَالِبُ بْنُ حُجَيْرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، ثَنَا هُودٌ الْعَصَرِيُّ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ:

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُ أَصْحَابَهُ، إِذْ قَالَ: يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَجِّ رَكْبٌ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَتَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ الْوَجْهِ، فَلَقِيَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَاكِبًا، فَرَحَّبَ بِهِمْ وَقَرَّبَ، وَقَالَ: مَنِ الْقَوْمُ ؟ قَالُوا: قَوْمٌ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ، قَالَ: فَمَا أَقْدَمَكُمْ هَذِهِ الْبِلَادَ ؟ التِّجَارَةُ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَتَبِيعُونَ سُيُوفَكُمْ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: فَلَعَلَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا قَدِمْتُمْ فِي طَلَبِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ ؟ قَالُوا: أَجَلْ، فَمَشَى مَعَهُمْ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ، حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: هَذَا صَاحِبُكُمُ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَ، فَرَمَى الْقَوْمُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ رِحَالِهِمْ، فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ سَعَى سَعْيًا، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَرْوَلَ هَرْوَلَةً، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ مَشَى حَتَّى أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذُوا يَدَهُ يُقَبِّلُونَهَا، وَقَعَدُوا إِلَيْهِ، وَبَقِيَ الْأَشَجُّ، وَهُوَ أَصْغَرُ الْقَوْمِ، فَأَنَاخَ الْإِبِلَ وَعَقَلَهَا، وَجَمَعَ مَتَاعَ الْقَوْمِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يَمْشِي عَلَى تُؤَدَةٍ، حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَبَّلَهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: فِيكَ خَصْلَتَانِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللهُ تَعَالَى وَرَسُولُهُ قَالَ: وَمَا هُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: الْأَنَاةُ وَالتُّؤَدَةُ، قَالَ: أَجَبْلًا جُبِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ تَخَلُّقًا مِنِّي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: بَلْ جَبْلٌ، فَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي جَبَلَنِي عَلَى مَا يُحِبُّ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ. وَأَقْبَلَ الْقَوْمُ قِبَلَ تَمَرَاتٍ يَأْكُلُونَهَا

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Yaʿlá
  2. Muḥammad b. Ṣudrān Abū Jaʿfar
  3. Ṭālib b. Ḥujayr al-ʿAbdī
  4. / d al-ʿAṣarī
  5. his father

✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was talking to his companions, he said: "A rider from the best people of the East will appear to you from this mountain pass." Umar ibn al-Khattab ؓ stood up and went towards that direction. He met thirteen riders, welcomed them, and brought them close. He said: "Who are the people?" They said: "A people from Abd al-Qays." He said: "What brought you to these lands? Trade?" They said: "No." He said: "Would you sell these swords of yours?" They said: "No." He said: "Perhaps you have come seeking this man?" They said: "Yes." So he walked with them, talking to them, until he saw the Prophet ﷺ. He said to them: "This is your companion whom you seek." The people threw themselves off their saddles. Some of them ran quickly, some of them jogged, and some of them walked, until they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They took his hand and kissed it, and sat with him. Al-Ashajj remained—he was the youngest of the people. He made the camels kneel, hobbled them, and gathered the people's belongings. Then he came walking calmly until he reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, took his hand and kissed it. The Prophet ﷺ said: "You have two qualities that Allah Almighty and His Messenger love." He said: "What are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He ﷺ said: "Deliberateness and calmness." He said: "Is it a natural disposition I was created with, or something I have acquired?" He ﷺ said: "Rather, it is natural." He said: "Praise be to Allah who created me with what Allah and His Messenger love." Then the people turned to some dates and ate them.

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