al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7721
✧ The Compensation and the Punishment
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أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصُّورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ
رَأَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَقَدْ نَقِهَ مِنْ مَرْضَةٍ مَرِضَهَا وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ وَقَدْ حَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَهُمَا كَأَنَّهُمَا عَسِيبُ نَخْلٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ هَلِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَمَا ذُقْنَا وَجَرَّبْنَا؟ وَاللهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَا أُخَيَّرُ فِيكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ حَتَّى أَلْحَقَ اللهَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ بَلْ إِلَى مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لِي وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَلْوِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ اللهُ شَيْئًا لِغَيَّرَهُ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿImrān b. Bakkār
- Muḥammad b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣūrī
- Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān
- Hushaym
- Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid
- Qays
✧ I saw Mu'awiyah after he had recovered from an illness he had suffered, while he was delivering a sermon. He had rolled up his sleeves, and his forearms were like palm stalks, and he was saying: "Is this world anything but what we have tasted and experienced? By Allah, I wish that I would not be given a choice among you for more than three [nights] until I meet Allah." A man stood up to him and said: "To the mercy of Allah, O Commander of the Believers!" He said: "Rather, to whatever Allah wills for me. Allah knows that I have not turned away from the truth, and if Allah disliked something, He would change it."
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