al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5198
✧ Withholding gifts for fear of trial and the encouragement to obey Allah, Blessed and Exalted
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قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ؓ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ:
خُذُوا الْعَطَاءَ مَا دَامَ عَطَاءً، فَإِذَا صَارَ رِشْوَةً عَلَى الدِّينِ فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا، وَلَسْتُمْ بِتَارِكِيهِ، يَمْنَعُكُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَخَافَةُ وَالْفَقْرُ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ رَحَى الْإِيمَانِ دَائِرَةٌ، فَدُورُوا مَعَ الْكِتَابِ حَيْثُ يَدُورُ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ السُّلْطَانَ وَالْكِتَابَ سَيَفْتَرِقَانِ فَلَا تُفَارِقُوا الْكِتَابَ، أَلَا إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَرَاءُ إِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ أَضَلُّوكُمْ وَإِنْ عَصَيْتُمُوهُمْ قَتَلُوكُمْ، قَالُوا: فَكَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: كَمَا صَنَعَ أَصْحَابُ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ، حُمِلُوا عَلَى الْخَشَبِ، وَنُشِرُوا بِالْمَنَاشِيرِ، مَوْتٌ فِي طَاعَةِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاةٍ فِي مَعْصِيَتِهِ
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Chain of narrators
- Isḥāq
- Sūwayd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dimashqī
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir
- Yazīd b. Marthad
- Muʿādh b. Jabal
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ Take the gift as long as it is a gift, but when it becomes a bribe for religion, do not take it. You will not leave it; fear and poverty will prevent you from that. Indeed, the millstone of faith is turning, so turn with the Book wherever it turns. Indeed, the ruler and the Book will separate; do not abandon the Book. Indeed, there will be rulers over you: if you obey them, they will lead you astray, and if you disobey them, they will kill you. They said, 'What should we do, O Messenger of Allah?' He ﷺ said, 'As the companions of Jesus son of Mary (peace and blessings be upon him) did: they were carried on wood and sawn with saws. Death in obedience to Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is better than life in disobedience to Him.'
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Other narrations of this report
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 18350al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 750al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5188
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- well-known, among the notable Companionsd. 17 AH, or: 18 AHمُعَاذ بْن جَبَلمشهور ، من أعيان الصحابةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 101 and 110 AHيَزِيدَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 153 AH, or 154 AH, or 155 AH, or 156 AHعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍثقةحدثنا
- Very weak (ḍaʿīf jiddan).d. 194 AH, Muḥammad b. Saʿd said: 167 AH, Abū al-Qāsim said: this is a mistake regarding his deathسُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّضعيف جداأخبرنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AHإِسْحَاقُثقة حافظ مجتهد
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