al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7586
✧ The ascent of the slippery mountain.
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ ابْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ خَرَشَةَ بْنِ الْحُرِّ قَالَ
قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى أَشْيِخَةِ مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ شَيْخٌ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَصًا لَهُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَامَ خَلْفَ سَارِيَةٍ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ يَا هَؤُلَاءِ إِنَّكُمْ يَعْنِي أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ الْجَنَّةُ لِلَّهِ يُدْخِلُهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رُؤْيَا رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَانِي فَقَالَ انْطَلِقْ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ فَدَخَلَ بِي فِي مَنْهَجٍ عَظِيمٍ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي إِذْ عَرَضَ لِي طَرِيقٌ عَنْ شِمَالِي فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْلُكَهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَتْ لِي طَرِيقٌ عَنْ يَمِينِي فَسَلَكْتُهَا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى جَبَلٍ زَلِقٍ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَدَخَلَ بِي فَإِذَا أَنَا عَلَى ذُرْوَتِهِ وَإِذَا عَمُودٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فِي أَعْلَاهُ عُرْوَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَزَجَلَ بِي حَتَّى أَخَذْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَقَالَ اسْتَمْسِكْ بِالْعُرْوَةِ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «خَيْرًا أَمَّا الْمَنْهَجُ الْعَظِيمُ فَالْمَحْشَرُ وَأَمَّا الطَّرِيقُ الَّتِي عَرَضَتْ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ فَطَرِيقُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَلَسْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا وَأَمَّا الطَّرِيقُ الَّتِي عَرَضَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ فَطَرِيقُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَمَّا الْجَبَلُ الزَّلِقُ فَمَنْزِلَةُ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَأَمَّا الْعُرْوَةُ الَّتِي اسْتَمْسَكْتَ بِهَا فَعُرْوَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِهَا حَتَّى تَمُوتَ» فَأَنَا أَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا
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Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Sulaymān
- ʿAffān
- Ḥammād b. Salamah
- ʿĀṣim Ibn Bahdalah
- al-Musayyib b. Rāfiʿ
- Kharashah b. al-Ḥur
✧ I came to Madinah and sat with the elders of the mosque of the Prophet ﷺ. An old man came leaning on a staff. A man said, "This man is one of the people of Paradise." He stood behind a pillar and prayed two rak'ahs. I went to him, and when he finished his prayer, I said to them, "O you all, you mean he is one of the people of Paradise?" He said, "Paradise belongs to Allah; He admits whom He wills. Indeed, I saw a dream during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: I saw as if a man came to me and said, 'Go.' So I went with him, and he led me into a great path. While I was walking, a road appeared on my left, and I wanted to take it, but he said, 'You are not one of its people.' Then a road appeared on my right, and I took it until I reached a slippery mountain. He took my hand and pulled me up, and there I was on its summit. There was an iron pillar with a golden loop at its top. He took my hand and lifted me until I grasped the loop, and he said, 'Hold fast to the loop.' I related it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, 'Good. As for the great path, it is the gathering place; as for the road that appeared on your left, it is the path of the people of the Fire, and you are not one of them; as for the road that appeared on your right, it is the path of the people of Paradise; as for the slippery mountain, it is the station of the martyrs; as for the loop you held, it is the firm hold of Islam. Hold fast to it until you die.' I hope to be one of its people."
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