Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 19927a
"مُدْهنٌ فِي حُدَودِ اللهِ، وَالراكِبُ حُدُودَ الله - ﷻ - والأَمرُ بها وَالنَّاهِى عَنْهَا، كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ اسْتَهَمُوا عَلَى سَفِينَة مِنْ سُفُن الْبَحْرِ، فَأَصَابَ بَعضُهم مُؤَخَّرَ السَّفِينَةِ وأَبْعدَها مِن الْمِرْفَق، وكَانُوا سُفَهَاءَ، وكَانُوا إِذَا أَتَوْا علَى رحالِ الْقَوْمِ آذَوْهُم، فَقَالُوا: نَحنُ أَقربُ أَهْل السَّفِينَةِ مِن الْمِرْفَق وأَبْعدُهُم مِن الْماءِ، فَبينَنَا وبين الْمِرْفَقِ أَنْ نَخْرِقَ السَّفِينَة ثم نَسُدَّه إِذا اسْتغْنَينَا عنْهُ، فَقَال ضُرباؤُه مِن السُّفَهَاءِ () فافْعَلْ، فَأَهْوَى إلى فأس يَضربُ عَرض السَّفِيِنَةِ فَأَشْرف علَيه رجُلٌ ونشَده ما تَصْنَعُ؟ قَال: نَحْنُ أَقْربُكُم منْ الْمِرْفَقِ وأَبْعدُكُم مِنْهُ، أَخْرق دُفَّ هِذه السًّفينَة، فَإِذَا اسْتَقَينَا لسَدَدْنَاهُ، قَال: لَا تَفْعل فَإِنَّك إِذنْ تَهْلَكَ وتُهْلِك".
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"The one who compromises regarding the limits of Allah, and the one who keeps to the limits of Allah - exalted is He - and the one who enjoins them and the one who forbids them, are like a people who drew lots for places on a ship from the ships of the sea. Some of them got the stern of the ship, the part farthest from the deck, and they were foolish. Whenever they came upon the people's quarters, they harmed them. They said: 'We are closest to the deck among the people of the ship and farthest from the water. Between us and the deck is that we should pierce the ship and then seal it when we no longer need the deck.' Then their companions among the foolish said: 'Do it.' So he reached for an axe to strike the side of the ship, and a man came up to him and adjured him, saying: 'What are you doing?' He said: 'We are closest to the deck and farthest from it. I will pierce the bottom of this ship, and when we need water, we will seal it.' He said: 'Do not do it, for then you will perish and destroy them.'"
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[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن النعمان بن بشير
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